Ed's Bad Break

A/N: This fic started out as my creative writing project and I recieved an A on it. It's also on my schools monthly newspaper now for anime fans to read. My friend had suggested I submit it here so... now it is. This is my second FMA fic and I hope it's as good as my other. A little important note: This fic is exactly how it was given to my school so some things such as facts are a bit off and I apoligize. People at my school are idiots so they didn't pick up my mistakes. Let me now and I'll correct it as soon as possible. Thanks and enjoy!

Chapter One… The Two Angry Alchemists

It was the coldest day of all winter at Central. It was also the day before winter break. The smaller residents of Central played in the white fluff that had pilled up in the streets earlier that day. The much older residents took comfort in the warmth of their homes drinking coffee or hot chocolate. The city of Central was rather peaceful but that would be a completely different story.

Central's East City military headquarters was rather hectic considering it's normally calm. There was absolutely no heat in the building since the custodian some how went missing. People that would normally be there stood home sick or were too sick to come to work, meaning the colonel had double the work. As if he didn't have enough…

Colonel Roy Mustang, twenty eight year old flame alchemist, was agitated by the fact he was stuck in his office yet again to sign papers and check reports. One certain report was due for the past two weeks. And that one report was by a certain state alchemist that drove the colonel crazy. Roy sighed in frustration at the thought of that kid coming in causing problems, as if there weren't enough. This kid was nuts, hotheaded and annoying. For a seventeen-year-old, he sure acted like he was five.

The colonel signed the last paper on his desk and filed it. He sighed in relief after placing his pen down and running his hand through his dark blue hair. Roy was finally done, or so he thought. Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye walked into the office with a fresh stack of papers. The colonel groaned in annoyance.

"Why?" He asked, apparently to nobody.

"The Furhur wants you to get as much done as possible before we take break." Hawkeye answered as she walked over and dropped the stack on Roy's desk.

"Why doesn't he do his own damn work!" He complained as he began signing the important papers. "Half of these request don't even make sense!"

"Yet you sign them anyway." Riza said as she sat at her desk at the corner of the room. He replied with a noise of frustration as he continued to sign his name. Roy hated his work but he rarely complained about it. You know when the colonel was having a bad day when he complained. And right now was one of his worst days.

"By the way colonel…" Hawkeye began as she began to scribble something on a piece of paper. "I think you should consider telling Fullmetal how you really feel about him."

"What are you talking about, Lieutenant?" He asked, his expression one of confusion.

"You know perfectly well what I'm talking about, sir." She said firmly as she stood up and handed him the paper.

The expression on his face changed to one of pure bafflement mixed with anger as he read it. It was most funny and actually made Riza smirk, something you would never catch her doing very often. His eyebrow furrowed in confusion, his eye twitched in anger, and the frown on his face was a perfect upside-down "U". Riza couldn't help but snicker.

"What do you mean I should call Fullmetal and tell him I like him?" He asked with malice as he looked up at her.

"Sir, we've worked together for a very long time. I could read you like a book now. I know, for a fact, that you have feelings for Edward."

"Ha! That's a good one!" The colonel laughed.

"That's not what I've seen for the past month."

Roy's expression changed to one of anger again. "What are you saying, lieutenant?"

"I've seen the way you look at him, the way you act around him. You two used to always bicker about every little thing and now I see you're holding your anger back. You've been treating him better, which is an improvement, yet it's all abnormal." Riza explained.

"Okay, so I changed a little bit. That doesn't mean I have a crush on him." Roy said as he continued to do his work.

"I know how you look at people, colonel. You used to give that look of hate to Fullmetal. Now you give him that look of lust."

"And how do you know that?"

"Because... you used to look at me the same way at one point." She said flatly.

"Whatever." Roy sighed as he continued to sign papers and file them.

"Sir, he has feelings for you too."

"Okay, now what gave you that idea." He asked stopping completely and giving Riza his full attention.

"You and Edward are exactly the same. Just he's a bit shy."

"HA! Shy my ass!"

"I'm serious sir. Fullmetal just isn't used to the whole couple thing."

"So you're saying that we like each other but neither of us wants to admit it?"

"Precisely."

"You've gotta be kidding me…" He sighed.

"I think that if you were to tell Edward first about how you felt then maybe-"

"I am not gay, Hawkeye." Roy said firmly as he glared at her.

"Liar."

"What the hell…" He sighed.

"You've dated Havoc."

"I already told you that I was going through my bi-curios stage." He corrected.

"So you are saying that you're going through it again?"

"No! I just don't like Fullmetal."

"You're a bad liar, Roy." She said strongly.

Roy huffed loudly and finally gave up. "Alright fine! Yes I do like him." He admitted.

"Good, now call him." Riza said firmly.

"What?"

"Call him." She repeated.

"I'm not going to call him!"

"Do it." She said as she pulled out her gun at him, like usual.

Whenever Roy refused to do something, she would make him by threatening him.

"Alright, alright, I'm doing it…" He said in annoyance as he picked up the phone and dialed the number.

Riza put her gun away and sat at her desk.

"'Ello." A voice answered.

"How's that report coming along?" Roy asked, in his usual firm tone.

"Oh…Roy." Ed sighed in annoyance. "I wasn't expecting you to call me today."

"Did you finish the report?"

"Yes."

"Do you have it on you?"

"Yes."

"May I see it?"

"No."

Roy sighed and began to rub his temples when he felt a headache coming. "It was due two weeks ago. I want it."

"Then you come and get! I'm doing something right now!" Ed yelled.

"Get over here and bring it to me, Fullmetal." He said, more forcefully this time.

"No! It's too cold and it's snowing! I am NOT going outside!"

"I am your higher-up! You bring me that damn report when I ask for it! And I am asking for it now!"

"NO! You come and get it you're damn self you-" The colonel slammed the phone down before Ed finished his colorful sentence.

He slammed his head down on the desk and let out a sigh of hopelessness. Ed always gave the colonel a headache; it was surprising he put up with him with him for four years.

"That's not what you had called him for, sir." Hawkeye said as she stood up to leave.

"Hawkeye, why are you pushing me? I thought you had liked me or something…" Roy asked, keeping his head on the desk.

"I did... at some point." The trigger-happy woman said then left the room.

Roy sighed yet again before leaning back in his chair and looking up at the ceiling. "Did you make it that obvious? Even Hawkeye knows…" Roy thought before sitting straight and carrying on with his "chore".

…About thirty minutes later…

The colonel sighed when he heard the familiar sound of yelling in the hallways. The door was slammed open and an angry state alchemist named Edward Elric, a.k.a. Fullmetal Alchemist, raged in. Roy acted as if he wasn't there and continued to sign the papers on his desk. Ed stomped over to the colonel's desk and slammed his hands down on it, causing some snow on his body to fall on to the papers.

"Oh, Fullmetal. I didn't see you there." Roy said without looking up.

This ticked off the small alchemist and thus began the Edward rampage…

Ed hated short jokes, especially when they're aimed at him, no matter if it was a joke or not. In truth, Ed was short for his age. There were many other things that ticked off the young alchemist but on the top of the list were short jokes. The fact that he was 17 years old and only grew about three inches since he first became state alchemist only made the jokes seem worse. And those jokes coming from the colonel only served to anger him further. His younger brother, Alphonse Elric, was also taller than he was. Even to this day.

After a few more minutes of yelling and swearing, Ed stomped over to the couch and plopped on it angrily. Roy looked up and smirked at the sight. The usual blond braid was covered by snow and his long bangs were sticking to his face. Ed's long red coat wasn't even red anymore, the snow also covered it but now it was turning into a dark burgundy since the snow was melting and wetting the fabric. And brown icy snow covered his boots. The mesh left behind footprints on the wooden floor. Other than that, Ed looked like a cranky five-year-old.

Ed looked up and saw the colonel snickering at him. "WHAT THE HELL IS SO FUNNY?" He asked angrily.

"Only you, Fullmetal." Roy sighed and shook his head as he returned to the work left on his desk.

"Well you should look at your face before you start talking!" Ed snapped.

"Do you need a hug?" Roy couldn't help but ask. He really wanted to hug Ed.

Ed's expression changed to one of confusion.

"Say what?" He asked after blinking several times. He wouldn't ask such a question, especially with a smirk.

"You need a hug." He said.

"The hell I do." The small alchemist mumbled as he returned to his irritated state.

Roy stood up from his desk, walked over to Fullmetal, and wrapped his arms around the small boy.

"Did that help?" Roy asked as he released the young boy and then ruffled his blond hair to get rid of those pesky snowflakes.

"Does it look like it helped!" Ed replied with less anger.

He sank deeper into the couch and huffed, trying his best to get angry once more. Truthfully, he felt a hell of a lot better after that hug.

"Actually, it does." Roy replied before walking back to his desk and sitting on his leather chair.

"You really annoy me…" Ed glared at the colonel in annoyance.

"I guess I accomplished one thing in life." He said sarcastically with that usual smirk.

Ed countered that with several colorful words and insults, causing the colonel's smirk to grow. Gosh, did he love messing with this kid. It was just so funny to see him throw anger fits and tantrums.

Once the tiny alchemist was done his "aggravated verbal assault" on the colonel, Roy decided to ask, "So why exactly did you come into my office, Fullmetal?"

Ed blinked. He hadn't really expected that question.

"Um… What if you were all alone and had nothing else better to do?" The Fullmetal Alchemist answered in nervousness. He didn't want to remind the colonel of his overdue report.

"Well, I would do my work, as usual." Roy answered flatly as he filed his papers.

"I see." Ed looked around the room in boredom.

The colonel placed his pen down and looked over to Ed, "Would you be in the mood for some coffee?"

"If it will give me something better to do then why not."

…One minute later…

The two alchemists were in the lounge room drinking their coffee. Fullmetal was sitting on the counter, sipping his coffee in silence while the colonel stood about a foot away from him, leaning against the counter with mug at hand. Roy looked at the young boy sitting on the tabletop. Ed had ditched his red coat before they left.

He had on his usual clothing; the opened black jacket revealing the black tank he wore under. And his black pants where the chain of his watch hung out of the pocket and attached to the belt hoop. The timepiece was the official seal. Ed happened to be the youngest, being age 14 when he won the competition. But after all these years, Ed still refused to wear the uniform and keep his watch in his coat pocket for all to see.

Roy continued to observe the small alchemist and noticed how cute he looked each time he would sip his coffee and burn himself, squinting in pain. …Wait, did he just think that Edward was cute? Edward Elric, cute? HA! That was a first.

Roy shook off the thought and turned to his almost finished coffee. He stared at his mug for a few moments, thinking about what Hawkeye had said earlier. Then a thought popped into his head…

"Hey, Fullmetal. Have you ever thought about your sexuallity?"

"What?" Ed turned to face the colonel and blinked in confusion. Then his eye twitched, "Wait… what are trying to say?"

"Well..."

"No! Wait! Ugh, stop! Shut up!"

"Are you gay?"

"Wh-what! What the hell, man!" Ed hopped off the counter and glared at the colonel. "WHAT THE HELL GAVE YOU THE IDEA THAT I'M GAY?" He yelled.

"Oh, nothing." Roy said casually as he placed the mug on the counter. "Just wondering." Then a smirk grew on his face.

"Gay my ass…" Edward mumbled as he too placed his mug on the counter then crossed his arms over his chest in anger. "What the hell was your point, Mustang?" Edward asked with malice.

"Just that, you don't need to be ashamed about what you are and who you like." Roy replied… kindly? What's this all of sudden? Roy is never kind about anything.

"Whatever." Ed answered angrily and nervously, a bit freaked about Roy's strange behavior.

There was an awkward silence between the two alchemists until… "Gooooooooood Morning!"

Ed and Roy looked up with wide eyes. "Dammit…" They mumbled in unison.

Major Maes Hughes, close friend of the colonel, strode into the lounge room and held up a long line of photos of his beloved five-year-old daughter. "Look! It's the new Christmas edition!"

"Err…Umm…" The two alchemists began to mumble, thinking of a way to get out of this sticky situation.

"Umm… I have to go right now. I have uh… a report to do, see ya!" And Ed ran off.

"Oh… and… I have to help him! Bye!" and Roy did the same, following behind the small boy.

Hughes stared at the two fleeing alchemists in bafflement.

They ran into the room and slammed the office door closed and placed a chair under the doorknob.

"I don't think I can take another hour of his daughters pictures!" Ed complained as he lazily plopped on the couch.

Roy sighed in relief before walking over to his desk and resting on his leather chair. It was awfully quite in the room yet again. Roy returned to his work while Ed was still thinking about what Roy said.

"Does he… know?" Ed thought. "Nah… There's no way he would know. How could he have known? Ugh, this is so frustrating!" Ed turned his head and faced the back of the couch.

He didn't want to look at the colonel. Well, he did but… Anyway! Ed had feelings for the colonel; mixed feelings, as a matter of fact. He didn't really know if he liked him or not.

The problem was that Roy was a dude. It's wrong to for a guy to like another guy…even worse if the guy is much older than you are.

The thing was that Ed was always told that having feelings for another guy or being sexual attracted to another male was a sin. It was considered revolting and disgraceful. But besides that, Roy is like, thirty years old! It was just wrong to like someone who was like five years older than you, let alone eleven. (A/N: Just so you know Roy's 28 and Ed's 17.)

Another problem was the fact that they were both state alchemist and members of the military. It was prohibited to be with someone within the force. And another problem was Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye. She's the competition. The said trigger-happy woman was in love with the colonel. "More like obsessed…" Ed thought and rolled his eyes in annoyance.

The last and final problem and most important was Roy himself. Would he even consider Ed as a boyfriend? Would things change between them? Ed wouldn't want that. He loved the arguing and the fistfights they would have everyday. Ed just wanted to be loved by someone, by Roy. But that would never happen. He wouldn't let it, no matter how much he liked Roy. His pride was his primary concern, and it takes a lot to break it.

"Hey Fullmetal." Roy called, breaking Ed's concentration of thought.

"Yessm?" He replied as he sat up.

"About that report, did you have it ready for me?"

Ed sweatdropped and looked up to the colonel in nervousness. "Um… what report?"

"The one that was due today, Fullmetal." Roy said in annoyance.

"Uh… I don't know what you're talking about!"

"Fullmetal…" Roy said in a warning tone.

"I'm leaving!" Ed announced angrily and stood up to leave.

But before he was able to reach the door though, the colonel had tackled him and pinned the small alchemist to the ground.

"GET OFFA ME!"

"Fullmetal, give me the damn report."

"No!"

"Dammit Fullmetal, just give me the report!"

"NOO!"

"GIMME!"

"NOOOO!"

…Minutes later…

"I suggest that the next time you try to tie up Fullmetal then threaten him, you should think about making sure there is no way he can get out." Riza said as she handed Roy an icepack.

"How was I supposed to know he could use alchemy with his feet!" He said through gritted teeth from frustration and anger.

He then winced when he placed the icepack on his face were a large imprint of a boot was left there. Riza smiled for a moment and shook her head in hopelessness before exiting the room. Roy sighed before clunking his head on the wooden desk.

"Why do I even try?" Roy sighed. The colonel stood there in silence for about a few minutes before,

"Here," A familiar voice said. Roy lifted his head up and saw Ed standing in front of his desk while holding papers stapled together.

"Hawkeye told me that if I handed in the report today I could be off for Christmas break. So can you so... here." Ed mumbled.

Roy placed the icepack down and took a look at the report Edward handed him. He signed it and filed it with the day's work.

"Thank you, Fullmetal."

Ed glanced at the mark left on the colonel's face and grimaced.

"And um… sorry about that thing I did to your face." It looked pretty funny.

He was surprised the colonel didn't even say anything about it. Not one swear or insult.

"Don't worry about it."

"Alright then, I'll be seein' ya." Ed said as he turned to leave.

"Fullmetal,"

"Yessm?" Ed said as he turned around to face Roy again.

"I know I'm going to regret this but, " He mumbled. "Are you doing anything later today?"

"No, not really. Why?"

"I was wondering if you'd like to hang out for a while. That's if you're not heading to Resembool anytime soon."

"Did he just ask me to hang out with him?" Ed felt his cheeks grow pink. "He just asked me to hang out later today!"

Roy never asked Ed to hang out with him after work. It was just a big shock and he was very happy inside. He brushed the thought aside and lowered his head in bashfulness. As if it didn't go unnoticed, Roy thought he was seeing things at first then thought it was absolutely adorable.

"Well I'm not doing anything until tomorrow so why not." He replied, letting a small smirk grow.

"GUESSWHATGUESSWHATGUESSWHAT!" a blondhaired man said excitedly as he ran into the office, breaking the awkward silence.

"What is it, Havoc?" The colonel asked with an annoyed sigh.

Jean Havoc, one of the colonels sabordinants (Yup, definently killed it...), was one of the most annoying people in the building, and most nosey. He loved to instigate and he was also Roy's ex-boyfriend. Well… one of them.

"The Furhur is giving us a vacation!"

"Say what?" Ed blinked.

"He's giving us a free trip to best hotel ever! The Carrabanas!"

"You gotta be kidding me…" Roy sighed.

"Hey Mustang, what the hell happened to your face!" Havoc laughed.

End of Chapter One

A/N: I know it sucked. The next chapter is way better but for you guys to get it you must review! Haha! Equivalant Exchange! Five reviews and the next chapter will be up. Tell me what you think, give me suggestions, tell me what I did wrong, anything! K, bye!