"The Mustang Family"

by: Chibi Viki

Husband and wife stood quietly side by side as they watched their son play with their dog in his room. Roy sighed contently and slid his arms around his wife's soft shoulders. Riza, in turn, rested her head by the side of his neck.

"I can't believe he's already a year old", Roy muttered, "it feels like yesterday when I was sitting in the lobby holding him for the first time".

Riza laughed, "and I can't believe that the small child that I just gave birth to is now this big".

For a while, they were silent as they watched Maes walking around trying to catch Black Hayate. Suddenly, he tripped. His parents were alarmed, but he quickly got back up, with Black Hayate's coaxing, and started to run around after the black dog again.

Both proud parents laughed.

"So, Mr. Mustang", Riza started, "Was this all part of your plan when you become head of the military years ago?"

Roy scratched his head playfully with his free hand. "Well… I did plan to have a harem of women butoww!". His wife quickly gave him a painful jibe to the ribs with her elbow.

"But…", he continued, his voice now soft and sincere, "…this is definitely better".

"Than a harem of women?", she added with a frown still on her face.

"Better than a harem of 1000 women".

Riza couldn't help but smile at his playful comment.

Again, there was silence between them as Maes stumbled making him sit on the floor. Black Hayate licked his face to comfort him, and little Maes laughed. "Tickles", he muttered.

"Hey", Riza addressed her husband, "now that we have named our first child after your bestfriend and my father… what do we name our next child?"

Roy was quite taken aback by her sudden question. Scratching his slightly bearded chin, he began to think for a few minutes until he finally gave up.

"I don't really know right now. But now that you mention it, looks like I'll give it a thought… "

"Good". Riza grinned as she turned to leave the room. "You have…" she slid her hand around her tummy, "… around eight months or so to think about a good one".

She left her dumbfounded husband still looking at her with his mouth slightly agape. With a second child on the way, the Mustang Family household will once again be busy preparing for a another baby, just like a year ago.

THE END

A/N: Yes folks, this is really the end of the Mustang Family Journal series. But don't worry, there's a reason why I decided to cut this series short with the announcement of the second child. Thank you for reading and for giving this series all those wonderful reviews!

I decided to end this series on June 11 because this is Royai Day, yay! This celebration was started by Royai fans in Japan so I waited for June 11, Tokyo time, to submit it. Heh, this is the only fandom with its own day of celebration that I know of n.n;

I must admit, writing this series has been fun, and a lot of chapters didn't make it to because I never finished them. Again, thanks for reading!