When I Return (Edward Elric x Reader)

Chapter 10: The Mechanic

(A/n :thank you guys so much for the feedback, since everyone so far seems okay with my idea of Al being gay I'll go through with it. Thank you all for being so supportive and open. Hope you all enjoy the chapter! Love y'all. Bye!)

(Y/n)'s P.O.V

I woke up to my alarm, walked to the bathroom, brushed my hair and teeth, washed my face, and got dressed. I got a knock on the door just then and opened it to see Riza, she looked down at me and stated with her monotoned serious voice, "good morning Mrs.(l/n), Mustang called for you to come to his office."

I nodded and grabbed my key from my bedside table and walked past her to Roy's office, Riza saluted when I looked back at her, "at ease Hawkeye, no need to be so uptight" I stated before she relaxed a little, nodded, and walked away.

As I walked into Roy's office I noticed that Ed and Al were in there, of course Roy was too, but as my eyes wandered around the room, standing next to Maes was my mechanic, Mitch.

I haven't seen him in so long; since he went to Rush Valley 8 months ago. My mind didn't have time to comprehend anything, my legs just sprinted to his arms as he wrapped them tightly around my torso, my arms slung over his shoulders to wrap around his neck. My legs bended behind me from the knees as I squeezed him tightly to me and he started to spin me around.

   Once he stopped and set me down we both released each other from the embrace and I kissed his cheek(in a friend way) I looked out the corner of my eye and saw Al quietly trying to calm down an Edward that was shaking in frustration with a not so subtle look of jealousy shining throughout his eyes.

Mitch was fairly attractive, but more like a brother to me than anything: he was short with Latino sun-kissed skin, carmel eyes that shimmered constantly with excitement, and had thick, almost black, wavy hair. His clothes were always dirty with oil, grease, and dirt; his everyday outfit usually consisted of an off-white, collared shirt with three light brown buttons towards the top that were always unbuttoned, as well as a bright orange shirt underneath, tan combat boots, olive green or tan colored jeans that usually had rips in them from metal or falling *he's pretty clumsy at times* and beige leather suspenders, along with his tool belt that was packed with different tools and materials and hung fairly loosly around his waist. He was very scrawny and elf-ish, his ears were pointed as well as his nose came to a soft point and had a smooth slope profile at the bridge of his nose. Plus he's gay, so yeah, I would never have a chance even if I was attracted to him.

I smiled brightly at him and he flashed me a winning smile of his own. I turned to face Roy and saw that Maes had moved to stand next to the Flame Alchemist. I pointed to Mitch and looked at the two men with disbelief. "You did this?" The two men nodded, beaming with pride as they felt accomplished for making you this happy.

Mitch suddenly made a pouty face as I faced him "What's that for, aren't happy to see me?" I teased him, he smiled warmly down at me. "Liberated, but I wanna check him out" he pointed over to Al, "He's so cool" Mitch whined. I giggled and jabbed my thumb over in Al's direction, "only if it's okay with Al, and don't touch the seal" I said feeling proud that I had researched bonding seals and that I could share that fact. Mitch jumped up and down like an excited little kid, repeating the words 'yay' and 'thank you' over and over again.

I giggled at his childish actions and patted his arm, "go get 'em tiger" I said as he ran over to Al who got flustered as soon as Mitch got close to him. I walked over to Roy and hugged him really tight, then did the same to Maes.