Pairing: Roy/Ed

Warning: shonen-ai, angst

Disclaimers: I do not own Roy, Ed or any other characters from FMA.

RUMORS

Chapter 1: Rumors

by Sara-chan

Ed walked through the office with suspicious eyes. Something was going on. No doubt about it, but Full Metal hadn't a clue what it was. When he had arrived a hour ago, people were looking at him. Ed was sure he had seen Havoc smirking at him, but when the man had raised his thumb up, Ed had run as if chimeras were after him. That was a hour ago.

Now, Ed felt like he should turn back and flee toward his dorm.

"Elric-kun, the Colonel is waiting for you," Hawkeye said to him. The blonde teen nodded, but didn't miss the smirk behind the lieutenant's papers. Damn it! He was going to transmute something if no one would tell him what the hell was going on!

Without further words, he opened the door and entered. Something told him he would have his answer there.

The Colonel didn't so much as raise his head when Ed flopped down on the couch. The teen shrugged, unfazed. He was used to the older man's attitude. He spotted a plate of cookies on the coffee table and jumped on it with delight. He hadn't gotten the time to take his breakfast this morning.

"Don't make a mess on my carpet."

Ed looked up at the Colonel, who had stopped writing and was now scowling at him. The blonde alchemist grinned with mischief and crunched noisily his cookie. Mustang glared but thought  better of it and shook his head.

"Did you finish your report?" he asked instead.

The boy mumbled a 'Yeah'. When his stomach was full, Ed stood up and frowned at the door. The Colonel raised his eyebrows at him which seemed to infuriate Ed even more.

"Could you tell me why the heck everyone has been looking at me funny since this morning?"

"What do you mean Full Metal?" the older man asked, intrigued. The blonde alchemist was nearly growling with anger. When he thought about it, Edward looked like a furious cat, ready to fight with his claws.

"Why are you smirking Colonel?" the boy hissed as he saw the man's face.

The man didn't answer, but stood up and stretched. "Let's go. I'm hungry." He didn't wait for him and left the room. Ed glared at his retreating back and hurried up to catch him.

"Oï Mustang! Who said I'd want to go with you?" the teen glared. Damn it! How he hated to have to look UP at the smirking bastard. He wanted to argue more, but he suddenly felt people's eyes on him. He whirled around, and damn if he didn't see their head suddenly back on their work. What the hell?!!

His hands twitched as if the teen was going to transmute something. Mustang seemed to have caught the sudden change in the office and looked around. He frowned when he saw Havoc grinning like a loon behind his papers. He was going to demand an explanation when he was dragged by a fuming Full Metal out of the building. He thought he heard snickers bursting out of the office after they left, but he wasn't sure of it.

Once they arrived at a nice restaurant – Mustang had given orders at his chauffeur – they took a table and waited for their commands.

"You see what I mean?" Ed said once the waiter left.

Mustang shrugged as he sipped his wine. "I don't. Are you sure you didn't do anything with your brother?"

The teen glared and crossed his arms over his chest. "It's weird. I mean yesterday, I could walk around and they wouldn't notice." He stopped after those words when he saw the Colonel smirking. "If you're going to say I'm short, I will transmute your new car." The Colonel just drank his wine, but you could tell he was hiding a smirk behind his glass.

"Anyway," Ed continue, "I don't remember anything that would put them like that. I left the office around 8 p.m. last night after going to your office, and then I went back to my dorm."

"You went to my office?" the older man asked with an unreadable look.

"Yeah, but you weren't there, so I left my report on your desk. Why?" the boy asked, puzzled.

The Colonel seemed to be lost in his thoughts, and then he smirked. He put his hand inside his pocket and showed a hair tie with blonde stands of hair. "I found it this morning on my floor. You must have lost it. I left earlier than usual last night, but no one knew, so they must have thought we secretly met each other."

Edward stared at the red tie. He remembered how his head had been hurting him yesterday, so he had scratched it. That was when he had lost his hair tie, and couldn't find it. So, Havoc and the others thought that Mustang and him… in his office…

Fuck!

He nearly let go of his glass. Mustang's eyes were laughing – or smirking he wasn't sure – at him, but Ed didn't utter a word. He was too busy trying to stop turning red like a tomato.

"I'm going to kill them!"

- YYY -

"Why does it bother you so much?" Roy asked as they walked back to headquarters. "It's not as if what they said was true, right?" he added casually.

Ed glared, but his cheeks pinked slightly. "Of course not! You know I can't stand you, so how could I even li… well you know!"

The older man raised a brow at the unfinished sentence. "Yes? What is it Edward-kun?"

The blonde teen flushed and stepped back against the wall when he saw the Colonel leaning over him with his damned smirk.  "What are you doing?" he hissed through his teeth with made the taller man even more amused.

Roy looked down at him, and noticed how the boy's anger seemed to lighten his golden eyes. Such pretty eyes… His smirk widened and he leaned forward, bringing his face closed to the boy's one.

"Edward-kun…"  he whispered with a husky tone.

Oh my fucking God! He's going to kiss me!!! was the thought that went through Ed's mind. The funny part was that he didn't want to escape Mustang. His eyes slowly shut…

"Damn it! I knew you wanted the kid when I saw you once looking at his ass!" a familiar voice said behind them.

Ed 'eeped' and nearly screamed when he saw Hugues looking at them with a knowing grin. Mustang didn't seem to be fazed at all. He turned toward his friend, but didn't move away from Ed.

"Hugues, you are my friend so I won't hurt you. But if you don't get lost now, I will." The Colonel said those words with his usual pleasant smile reserved for his best friend, but something in his eyes must have frightened the taller man, because he ran, saying something about seeing his little girl.

Roy smirked, but blinked when he didn't find Ed against the wall where he should've been. Huh? He must have fled when he was talking with Hugues.

Damn.

But he wasn't angry. In fact he was pleased. He liked when his prey resisted him.

Edward-kun, you are mine.

And with this promise, he walked back toward his office.

Tbc…    

A.N: So, how was my first FMA fic? –grins-