Secret Yearnings

Summary: Alternate Universe: Roy and his woman have problems, but everything will be fine...right? He thought so until he met a certain short and friendly blond. RoyEd

Disclaimer: Only the story is mine.(sniff)

Chapter 1, Everyday

It was after midnight in the nearly empty restaurant as the small group of employees laughed and chattered amongst themselves. The place had closed over an hour ago, but that just meant playtime for the tired group.

They always looked forward to their little fun after a hard day's worth of work. They always made sure all the cleaning and paperwork had been done. No one wanted to hear the boss gripe the next morning. The man already seemed upset when he came in everyday.

"Okay, all or nothing this round." The slightly irritated blond man spoke with a cigarette hanging coolly from his lips.

"Why? You're already flat broke, Jean." Roy Mustang said to his friend in a teasing manner. The blond man frowned at him. He never did like people to use his first name and, as much as he hated to admit it, he was broke.

"You don't know that!" He yelled at Roy, which only got him a smirk as a response. Havoc looked over at the young man sitting next to him.

"Hey, give me something to wager." He demanded from his partner, who looked more ready to fall asleep than play the card game.

"What? Oh! I don't have anything." He spoke tiredly. Havoc frowned at him, too, until something caught his eye. He then grabbed the other blond's wrist and snatched off his watch.

"There. I bet you that watch that I'll win this round." Havoc spoke confidently to Roy.

"Hey! Are you crazy? Give me that back!" His partner yelled at him and tried to grab back his watch.

"It's alright, Al. I know I'll win." Al looked skeptically at the older man. His partner hadn't won one game all night. He knew this one wasn't any different. He successfully got back his property and slipped it back on his wrist.

"Thanks for the support." Havoc sighed at Al then thought of another plan.

"Hey, how about I bet you a hundred bucks that I'll win this game?" He grinned at Roy. The other man shrugged.

"Sure." Havoc grabbed the deck and started dealing out cards to everyone when a ring was heard. Roy picked up his cellphone and answered it.

"Yeah?" He frowned as the person on the line yelled in his ear.

"Wait! Slow down! I told you that I was still at work. I know I got off an hour ago. I'm just playing a card game! I'll be home in--what? Just give me half an hour, okay!" The other three people at the table just glanced at each other as Roy argued with his girlfriend. They already knew it was her. She'd call and fight with him everyday.

"Alright! Bye!" He slammed his phone shut and sighed. "...sorry." He said, slightly embarrassed with the three sets of eyes on him.

"Why don't you cut her lose, man?" Havoc blurted out him.

"Because."

"Because what? You like fighting every night?" Roy looked ready to strangle the man.

"Why don't we call it a night?" Roy's partner, who was silent until now, spoke up. "We're all pretty tired."

"Yeah. Come on, Al. You look like you're ready to drop." Roy chuckled as the boy lazily got up from the table. They flipped their chairs upside down and put them on the table.

"See ya tomorrow. Oh, here." Winry gave Alphonse back the things she had won from him that night. They always did that. The games were only for fun. Havoc was the only one that would get all worked up that he would start cursing and trying to bet money.

"Thanks. Bye, guys." Al and Roy went their way as Winry and Havoc went theirs. Havoc didn't live with his parents anymore, but since Winry was his younger sister, he'd always take her home. Roy never minded taking Al home since it wasn't going out his way. Besides, it wasn't like he was looking forward to going home.

Al kicked off his shoes as he walked in his apartment. He just wanted to drop on his bed, but decided to take a shower first and brush his teeth. It was a habit his mom branded in his brain since he was a kid. That reminded him, his brother was suppose to be visiting him. He looked at the calendar and marked down another day. He had a little over a week to wait until Edward got there.

He would only be staying two weeks, but Al was happy with that. He hadn't seen his brother in almost half a year. He missed the loudmouthed, bad-tempered shorty. His brother would hate that. He chuckled at the thought, then finally jumped in his bed and fell into a nice deep sleep.

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Roy walked into the front door.

"Where have you been, really?" He was met with the question before he even locked the door.

"I already told you on the phone." He walked past his girlfriend and into the kitchen to grab something to drink, but only found bottled water. He frowned. He desperately needed a beer for the headache that was quickly forming.

"You're such a liar! You get off work at eleven, but don't show up at home until after one in the morning!" She followed him as he walked in the bedroom.

"What? You think I'm cheating on you?" He asked her as he sat on the bed. "You do this every night."

"Do what? I can't help it. Everything that comes out of your mouth is a lie!"

"I'm not lying! Why do you do this? Why put us through this all the time? If you don't trust me, why don't you just leave!" Roy immediately regretted the words as soon as they left his mouth.

"Is that what you want?" She asked quietly. He looked toward the floor. He just couldn't deal with the hurt on her face.

"Is it?" She asked more forcefully.

"Riza, I'm..." He still couldn't look at her.

"Sorry?" She chuckled bitterly. "I don't want your apology. I'm gone. I'll be back for my things tomorrow." And with that, she was gone. Slamming the door behind her so hard, he cringed.

Roy didn't know what to do. He loved her, but they had been at each others throats for months now. There's only so much that he could take. He was going to really miss--no! He couldn't do this. He didn't want to be alone! He had to get Riza back.

He would apologize when she comes to get her things, then everything would be okay. That was his plan. He'd say sorry and she'd come back. Roy didn't know why he did this to himself. They had broken up and gotten back together more times than he could count. Yeah, she might take him back, but nothing would change. He knew that the same arguments that happened today would happen tomorrow and so on. He knew because it happened everyday.

Hoped you liked it. Kinda sad and short, I know, but I wanted to show what kind of relationship Roy and Riza had. Sorry for any mistakes and making Riza such a beyatch. I love her and couldn't think of another woman in FMA that would fit w/ him and I didn't want an OC. Anyway, please review and tell me what you thought. Bye!