It is What it Is (FMA Fanfiction)

Disquietude

Story: It is What it is, Chapter 7
Disclaimer: I don't own FMA. (If this chapter isn't satisfying to readers I will rewrite it. I feel like there was unnecessary stuff in this, so I would understand if people hate it.)

Now this is gonna be the tedious part, even though I'm gonna enjoy every minute of it!

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Also, ... Fraternization... Roy and Riza technically can't get married or have a relationship because of fraternization laws, but I have plans, because I couldn't forgive myself if I didn't get them together eventually. Either way, they're totally in love, and nothing will ever change that. (EVEN GRUMMAN SHIPS ROY WITH HER)

There is some Royai in this chapter. (It may be a bit pointless, so ignore it if you want, I guess. It wasn't really the greatest.)

I wrote this in a way to set up for future chapters. I've re-edited and replaced certain parts of this chapter about SIX OR SEVEN times so far, but no matter what, I can't get it the way I want it to be. D'x Though the future chapters should be better than this one, I think. :D;;; Please try to be patient.

Also, I hope Roy doesn't seem too out of character at the end of this. I just feel like he would kind of panic in such a situation, even if he is usually calm and stuff. He's going to be back to normal next chapter though, but Ed and him are gonna work through some of their differences soon.

This chapter is probably a disaster and a huge mess, though... and I feel like the direction doesn't make a whole lot of sense... I was trying to get some nice passages I'd written on rough draft, but it may have ruined the flow. Hope this isn't too dramatic, but I have said this is kind of based off personal experience, and my life is pretty damn chaotic and dramatic, so...

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The next few days went by fairly eventfully. Gerhard had tried to attack Roy when he realized the full extent of everything he was being accused of, only to gracefully get burned by him in the process. After that, Gerhard gave away most of the answers they needed. And though he never revealed what kind of drug he used, he didn't need to. As it turned out, Gerhard had escaped prison, just as Roy had suspected.

Why he had not been caught before that, they didn't know, but what mattered was that he was back in prison where he belonged with maximum security precautions applied to his sentence. And though there would be a trial eventually, that wasn't something Roy would personally be involved with.

With everything settling down, Kanon and Lana had been questioned on what they knew, and Edward had come to visit them a few times in the hospital until Wednesday when two beds over in CBH were available and both siblings were transferred over. Lana had told the doctors that she didn't want to take any of her stuff with her, as she felt it would be nice to start anew. Though a bit reluctant at first, Kanon eventually went along with her decision, agreeing that it would probably be for the best.

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"So... I heard that you three are from the military..." Caspar said, Wednesday afternoon.

"Yeah." Roy murmured, eyes downcast, expecting Caspar to be angry at him. He waited to hear what more he had to say. Riza didn't say anything out of respect for both of them, and Edward didn't even seem to be paying attention.

"I figure you have your reasons for hiding your identities from everybody, so I won't bother prying into your personal business." Caspar gave a small smile. "Just know that you'll always be Alistair to me."