This is a gift for asexualedwardelric for the 2015 Royed Gift Exchange. So I only entered the Royed gift exchange last minute on a whim, and I'm so glad because now I get to write this fic, of which I'm really proud of so far. The original plan for this fic was to post a chapter each day during the gift exchange, but that didn't work out and I'm still continuing this fic well into 2017.

Summary: A Secret Santa gift for asexualedwardelric. Modern YouTube AU. Edward Elric and Roy Mustang are famous YouTubers who have been in a rivalry for two years. Just in time for Vidcon, Roy Mustang proposes a truce to end their feuding, saying it's old and stale. But is there an ulterior motive behind this truce?

"He's just a little bratty kid with no real life experiences-yes, he's been through some shit and I sympathize. But he means nothing to me. He can shit talk me on his pathetic little YouTube channel all he wants, but it doesn't change the fact that there's a reason people like me more. I'm experienced. I know what I'm talking about. He's just a brat. This will be the last time I mention Edward Elric, the Fullmetal YouTuber, again. I'm not going to give him any more exposure, nor should you."

Ed fumed. Bratty? Hmph, yeah, totally. Which is why he always talked about people with disabilities. Which is why he was always good to any fans he met. Kid? He was almost twenty-one, thank you very much. And don't give him any of that patronizing I-sympathize-with-you bullshit, either.

Roy Mustang, the YouTuber known as the Flame YouTuber, was an insufferable bastard with as much YouTube views as Edward Elric, the Fullmetal YouTuber. How anyone could stand the bastard's smug-ass face for longer than two seconds, Ed did not know.

The video he was watching was the sixth video Mustang had made about him. It was titled. NO MORE ELRIC. It was only about two-and-a-half minutes long and was said to be Mustang's final video on their ongoing YouTube feud, but they both knew it wasn't over. It was never over.

Their feud began two years ago when they tried to get together for a collaboration video, figuring it would help their rising popularity. They were both gaining views and subscribers like no other at the exact same time, so why the hell not?

It…didn't go as planned. Mustang immediately made a comment about Ed's height, which instantly got Mustang on Ed's hit list. That sparked an argument that got heated real fast. Like, a literal shouting match. It only got worse when they actually got around to filming the video. They fought like cats and dogs over lighting, camera angles, what they were saying. It was an overall disaster, so much so that they scrapped the whole thing, went their separate ways, and went on to make videos about the situation. Ed's video was a creatively-titled ROY MUSTANG SUCKS. It was just an angry rant about how smug Mustang was. And he was. He was a know-it-all.

Mustang's side was just a condescending video entitled WHAT I LEARNED FROM ED ELRIC. In it, Mustang asserted that Ed was difficult to work with, that he was a spoiled brat, that his temper was as short as his height (that enraged Ed).

And thus…a legendary YouTube feud was born.

To their respective fans, the feud was fairly entertaining. They enjoyed fighting amongst themselves on who was right. Of course, to Ed's complete horror, a lot of them also enjoyed shipping them together.

To the YouTubers themselves, this feud was just tiring at this point. They had other material to cover, yet their fans constantly tweeted them about the other.

It was time to move on.

"Ed, will you be coming to Vidcon this year?" his childhood friend and occasional YouTube collaborator, Winry Rockbell, asked.

"Of course. I can't let my fans down," Ed answered. He was busy editing his latest video. "When is it again?"

"Uh, June 23rd-25th," Winry answered.

"Who else will be there?" Ed asked. He hoped Mustang would take his smug ass elsewhere.

"Tyler Oakley, Shane Dawson, Pewdiepie…and Roy Mustang," Winry said, looking away as she announced the last name.

Dammit. "Mustang will be there?" he asked, trying to make it seem like it didn't bother him.

"Yes, and please don't start anything with him, Edward. You don't want to embarrass yourself in front of your fans, or his."

"I won't. Who do you take me for, anyway?" He scowled at his childhood best friend.

"Someone with a hot temper and poor impulse control," Winry deadpanned.

Ed rolled his eyes. "Whatever. I won't start shit, Winry. I promise."

Winry smiled. "Good boy. Oh, what video are you working on this week?"

Ed smiled. "Another collab with Al. We're doing another dare video to celebrate 1.5 million subscribers."

"Cool. Link it to me, okay?" she asked before leaving.

Roy Mustang was only mildly annoyed when he heard that the Fullmetal, Edward Elric, would be at Vidcon this year. Any real anger or any kind of feeling for the brat had been gone for a while. Roy didn't care about the kid anymore. The feud had long gotten tired and until recently, he only kept it up because it got him views on his channel.

He was done. Elric mattered nothing. They would go their separate ways. Well, if the damned short-tempered brat could control himself so as to not embarrass himself at the convention.

That is…if the pipsqueak didn't start shit. Considering his temper, that wasn't completely unlikely. Though, to the kid's credit, he was smart, and would know not to make a scene at Vidcon and risk getting banned.

Roy had no worries. The event would go off without a hitch.