A/N: Hello there, Kyosbeads13 here! This is actually my first attempt at a collection of fics so let's see how it goes. Rating will probably never exceed T, if it does (which I doubt) there will be warnings. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy. Feedback is much appreciated.
DISCLAIMER FOR WHOLE FIC: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or its characters or anything related to the series. (Nor do I own that song 99 Red Balloons, it won't be used but just to be safe.)
99 Red Balloons
Chapter 1
It was a calm evening despite the sharp bite of the cold winds that blew through the town. A sleek black car made its way up and over tall hills and sharp turns as the two inside made idle conversation. Well, it was more like one made the conversation and the other merely nodded and mumbled one word answers.
"Come on, Roy. Lighten up!" The louder of the two said smacking the other on the shoulder earning a glare. "We're both going home for the night, it's not a time to be somber!"
"Hughes, you could be at a funeral and still think it wasn't a time to be somber." The Colonel sighed placing his right arm against the car door and leaning his jaw down on his fist. He steered with his free hand and kept up his look of utter boredom. Hughes took the hint and sighed, kicking his feet up on the dashboard.
"Remind me not to get rides with you anymore. I'd have more fun talking with people on the street." Suddenly, the car jerked to a halt as Mustang pointed at his friend's door.
"Then get out." After a few moments, the car started back up.
"You wouldn't be like this if you got yourself a wife, Roy." Hughes rubbed the back of his head while placing his feet back on the floor.
"You've told me before."
"I'm serious!"
"So am I." Roy attempted to end the conversation but his so called "best friend" wasn't about to leave it off at that.
"If you had a girlfriend you'd be able to take all that negative energy and transfer it into love for her. I think we could all benefit from it." The car stopped in front of the large apartment building as Mustang threw it into park.
"I'm not interested in finding a woman at the moment." The younger man commented, carefully forming his sentence into an articulate stream of words. Maes cocked and eye brow and laughed.
"You've made that perfectly clear to me, Roy." The flame alchemist felt fire rise in his cheeks before turning to make a smart remark only to catch Hughes' lips on his in a light kiss. The Lieutenant Colonel drew back and pulled the handle of the car; placing his feet on the sidewalk outside. "See you tomorrow."
"Y-yeah." The car door slammed as Mustang watched Maes walk into the front of the building, closing the door slowly behind him. Shaking his head for a minute, Roy put his car back into drive and flipped on his head lights, the last rays of the red sky falling behind the rapid ink spill of the night-time backdrop.