FMA Fic: "Another Day, Another Stray"
Title: Another Day, Another Stray
Author: Lalikaa
Words: 249
Series: Manga/Brotherhood, post-series
Characters/Pairings: AlxMei
Rating: K
Summary: Even at the age of 25, Al’s still bringing home strays.
Author’s Notes: I imagine Al and Mei living in an apartment in Central in this fic... the 'Mrs. Thompson mentioned is their landlady. Also, ALxMEI. <333
“Aww… he’s precious!” Mei cooed over the brownish orange tabby in her fiancé’s arms.
“Isn’t he?”
Mei took the cat, smiling. “He really is adorable, but Alphonse… Do we really have room for another stray? Mrs. Thompson keeps telling us that we need to find homes for the ones we already have, and at the rate we’re going…”
She gestured to their living room from where the two were standing in the hallway. Al looked over her shoulder, but nothing seemed unusual to him…. Mittens, Cupcake, and Yang were napping on the loveseat; Xiao-Mei was busy gnawing on Snuffles’ ear.
“We do have room for more… and what Mrs. Thompson doesn’t know can’t hurt her, right?” Al tried hopefully.
Mei was easily persuaded. “Well, I suppose… Xiao-Mei does like the company.”
Al beamed. “What do you want to call him?”
“You let me name every stray. Why don’t you name him?”
Mei was right; she had named most of the strays, giving them cutesy names like ‘Sunshine’ and ‘Ming-Ming’. This one, he decided, he would give a manly name.
“How about ‘Pumpkin’? He’s almost the same color as the pumpkin pie we made last week.”
…Or maybe not. But who could blame him? It was the first thing that came to mind.
Mei smiled and said teasingly, “Is pie all you ever think about?”
“Of course not,” Al said indignantly. “I think about you far more often than pie.”
Mei blushed, leaving Al triumphant. They would be keeping Pumpkin.