No pairings here :p Done for a contest on Short and simple. Enjoy~

"DAMMIT ROY I'M NOT SHORT!"

The black haired man smirked from behind his desk. Lieutenant Hawkeye raised an eyebrow, albeit an amused one, from her position next to superior. Alphonse and Winry both coughed viciously to cover their rude laughing.

"If you can prove it full-metal, I'll treat you to ice cream AND stop calling you short."

"Hey! You have to treat me too then!" Winry's voice was raised as she held up her hand.

Roy raised an eyebrow, before saying 'no' blandly. Winry collapsed, her soul slowly drifting off despite Alphonse's desperate attempts. Edward held his chin in thought. Clearly he wasn't going to let something like that slip up; the chance to be not being called short and ice cream, it was too good to let go.

"Hah!" He pounded his fist into his other hand. He pointed an accusing finger at Roy. "We'll race across the courtyard!" The room fell deadly silent.

"…Okay."

"You better win me some ice-cream too!" Winry was giving him a 'shoulder massage', causing him to wince in pain. "Sure, sure, whateve- OW!" He rubbed his shoulder sorely, but his hand was swatted away by Winry's. The sharp tapping of Mustang's shoes was heard as he came over. "Are you going to get pampered all day or race?"

He shot up and pointed a finger at Roy, "Shut up! We can start right now!"

Roy smirked and shrugged. "Okay."

They both assumed their positions and Riza, unwilling of course, she was against this nonsense, fired her pistol upward. Both men, or perhaps their were boys, seeing their foolish behavior, took off, leaving an ominous cloud of dust behind them.

The courtyard wasn't exactly ibig/i but they should honestly have taken more then five seconds. That was clearly not the case.

"DAMN IT ROY, I GOT HERE FIRST!" Edward's angry screams could probably be heard by all of head quarters.

"Admit it full metal, I got here first."

Poor Ed, so close to victory, yet so far. Sorry bro, but you'll always be short XD I always imagined Roy winning something like this.

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