Chapter 4
Winry hugged me and Roy. "Are you sure that you have to leave?"
"Yes, Roy and I have to be back in the office by tomorrow."
Winry sighed. "Alright, but you two are coming back for Christmas right?"
I smiled and kissed her cheek. "Yes, we wouldn't miss it."
Al said his goodbyes and Roy and I walked to the train station hand-in-hand.
The train ride was short and when we got to Central, we walked to our apartments.
"You do know what our engagement means, right?"
"What?" I asked confused.
"You said that once I proposed you would move in with me."
"You want me to move in with you?"
Roy nodded.
"But I need to pack up my stuff and we have to work tomorrow and…"
Roy cut me off. "We don't have to get everything done now. Let's just take our time. Just stay at my place tonight, we can swing by your place and grab your uniform and other necessities. Tomorrow I can help you pack a bit."
I smiled. "Thank you." I coughed.
"Are you sick?"
"No. I might have a developing cold though."
Roy walked with me to my apartment to grab some things.
Roy waited in the little living room as I packed a small bag. "You don't really have a lot to move."
"You think I don't know that?" I walked out with my bag and held his hand. "Let's go home." I smiled.
We walked to Roy's apartment and I settled down, I was use to his huge apartment. It was more like a condo or a small house than an apartment.
When I hung my uniform up, Roy kissed me as he wrapped his arms around my waist. "Get a shower and I will start dinner."
I agreed to that. A nice hot shower sounded really good with the freezing weather outside. I grabbed a change of clothes and walked into the bathroom.
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Roy started making some homemade stew, one of Ed's favorites, when he smelled something off. Roy rolled his eyes. "You know, you could knock."
Riza smiled. "Sorry. I'm not use to you having company like this. You always were a loner Roy."
"What do you want?"
"Oh, nothing. I just wanted to congratulate you on your engagement."
Roy gave her a look that said, 'yeah right'. "Riza, I'm sorry. We are done. We agreed to go our separate ways and see other people 50 years ago."
"Yeah, I know that. It just disappoints me as your ex-girlfriend and your creator that you would choose someone like Edward over me."
Roy hissed. "Watch it."
"Roy, stop being silly and just come back to me."
"Riza, we are done. We are not mates. We are too different."
"And you think Edward and you aren't different? He doesn't even know what you are." She said. "You sneak around his back and lie to his face. How would he feel about you if he ever found out about your deceit? Would he ever love a monster?"
"Shut up, you don't know him."
"And he doesn't know you." Riza gave Roy a pitying look. "You poor thing, you really believe that he is your mate?"
"Get out!"
"What do you plan to do Roy? I know you can smell it. The boy is like his mother. He carries the stench of disease and it is just starting to take his body over. I smelled it the first time I met him, so I know you've smelled it really good up close. I presume that he has started the cough?
Roy grit his teeth, but nodded. "He coughed yesterday and a few times today."
"Poor thing, he probably has just a little bit less than a year left, what a shame." She said and picked up a picture of Edward who was holding a book and looking up at the camera, smiling. "Do you intend to change him?"
"I would never subject Edward to this life." Roy said.
"Really?"
"After Edward dies, I intend to follow him."
"You don't have to be so dramatic Roy, there are other humans."
"But there is only one Edward."
Riza huffed. "You are a fool Roy Mustang. But I will do nothing to convince you otherwise. It is a shame that Edward has to die because you refuse to let him live."
"This is not living. This is imprisonment."
Riza smirked. "Keep telling yourself that. One day you yourself might believe it. I'm not jealous about you Roy, you just need to accept what you are and stop acting so human." Riza walked out, leaving Roy in thought.
Edward walked out of the bathroom, still drying his hair off. "Was someone here? I swore that I heard a woman's voice."
Roy smiled and kissed Ed. "No, I was just talking to myself."
"Weirdo." Ed smirked.
Roy laughed and finished making dinner. He looked at Ed who was sitting on the couch reading. Could he really turn his love into a monster?