A/N: Hello everyone, I'm back! :) These days, I've only been posting one-shot fics since exams are up. Someone told me to lay off writing for a while.. Lol, like hell that would stop me. Another RoyAi! I actually thought of this fic only after accidentally seeing a RoyAi fanart. Then boom, a story popped in my mind. Haha! Hope you enjoy!

P.S. I reused my OC's from my very first RoyAi fic 'I Saw The World Through You' (you may read it too if you like) + their attitudes are the same.

If you're curious as to who they are: Victoria Hale was a new recruit and immediately became Riza's rival as soon as they met each other. But eventually they become very great friends in the end. Myco Ryoji (Ree-yo-gee) is also a new recruit in the latter part of the story and had a huge crush on Riza. (Seriously, feel free to read it some time)

It was a fine day at the Central HQ. People were all gossiping about the upcoming ball, held annually in the huge entertainment hall at Central. But it's not the same for these two..

"Colonel! You're not touching your work again!" Riza shouted at her commanding officer, who had his back slouched on his chair.

Roy groaned irritatingly. "But I'm lazy, lieutenant. You do it for me."

Riza pinched her nose bridge with her thumb and index finger and closed her eyes shut. "You should've already had a whim by now that the whole Central is having the most awaited ball and everyone's busy preparing. Don't just laze around there and watch everybody do what you're supposed to be doing. I still have a lot to do."

Roy doesn't seem to care. Whenever he's lazy, no one can change his mind. It made Riza furious and even more stressed.

She angrily took the piles of paperwork on Roy's desk and dropped them on hers. She had no choice but to do it. For her Colonel is always like this.

"Next time you do this, I'll just ignore you." She said coldly and worked on his papers.

Roy frowned and pouted his lips at his lieutenant. "Lieutenant, oh come on-"

"Come on what? What?" She snapped at him. "You think I'll let you do this all the time? You're a leader, and a leader should be a model to all." It's obvious that she's very pissed but she was keeping her tone down.

As always, Roy doesn't listen to all of her sermons, even when she's clearly pissed.

"Yeah, Colonel. Try to at least listen to lieutenant. She's always doing what you're supposed to be doing." Breda said, putting down a stack of papers on his desk.

"She should be Colonel, and not you." Havoc teased him and snorted, as he lit a new cigar.

Roy wrinkled his eyebrows at his subordinates. He glanced at Riza who wasn't giving him the slightest attention. Somewhere inside of him felt guilty. He wanted to apologize and make up for it, but he knows that Riza won't buy it. Better not do anything at all. Instead, he tried to have a little chat with her.

Roy slowly approached the busy Riza and sat on the desk next to hers. He was eyeing his supposed to be paperwork and how her best subordinate finishes them off at high speed. The way her pen scratches the papers, it's obvious that she was really furious. He knew she had a lot to do, but he just stayed there and watched her.

"So, lieutenant-" He tried.

"Don't talk to me." She snapped coldly at him, and took another batch of a stack of papers.

Roy frowned even more. Though, he still tried. "About the upcoming ball.."

"I said don't talk to me." She hissed.

Roy tried to reach out to her. "Lieutenant.. I'm s-"

She simply slapped his hand away and shot an evil eye at him. "Look, what do you want?! Are you gonna make me do more of your work? Are you gonna disturb me now that you know I'm busy?!" He saw how her face turned bright red from anger. Everyone in the room turned their eyes on them. Riza being furious is a rare sight to see.

"I'm just trying to calm you down, lieutenant.." He almost whispered. He admits it, he always get scolded by Riza but when she's this furious, he gets completely scared.

He saw her eye twitch. "Calm down? You're expecting me to calm down?" Riza glared at Roy as she was speaking. "Why don't you try doing all this? In fact, this is yours, right?" She continued to scribble down on the papers, gaining speed as she finishes each paper.

"Then let me-" he said nervously, reaching out to her again.

"Too bad. I'm already done." She stood up, took all the papers and shoved them to Roy's chest. "I still have a lot to do for the ball's arrangements." She sighed, not looking at him and turned for the door.

"L-lieutenant did a week's worth of paperwork in just 10 minutes?.." Fuery had his jaw dropped. Same with the others who were completely lost for words.

Roy, not even glancing at the papers on his hands, placed the whole stack back on his desk. His office door suddenly opened and there came in Myco Ryoji.

"Lieutenant! Aaah, I was just looking for you." He smiled cheekily, showing off his dimples.

"What do you want now, second lieutenant?" She sighed in defeat. If he's here to hit on her again, she's definitely gonna slaughter this guy.

"Do you already have a date for the ball?" He asked. He couldn't see Roy scowling at him from his desk. Roy is secretly overprotective about his lieutenant, and despises people who tries to hit on her.

"I still don't. I might even go without one, though. Also, it's not a problem for me right now since I've got even more important matters to finish." She replied.

Myco frowned. "But the führer just announced that everyone is required to have a date. I don't really see why it's necessary but since it's his orders, I can't complain."

Riza's eyebrows shot up and looked at her co-workers, Roy not included. "You guys knew about this? A date is required?"

"Yeah." Havoc quickly replied. The others nodded their heads. "Going with Rebecca." He smiled.

"So, what do you think? Would you be my date?" Myco asked, hoping.

Roy glared at this new guy trying to flirt her. He thought, "You don't deserve her."

"Oi, oi, oi. Why are you flirting her here, Ryoji?" Breda asked, kinda pissed off since Mustang's whole unit is secretly routing for Riza and Roy.

"I'm not flirting. I'm just asking." Myco defended. "Come on, lieutenant. You might run out of time looking for a date since the ball is in 2 days. It looks like everyone here already have a date except for you."

Riza thought to herself, "Colonel already has a date?" She tried to shake it off of her head.

She sighed and smiled a little at him. Perhaps, worrying about his lazy commanding officer would just get her nowhere. "Okay then."

Roy was angrily watching them, though he wasn't doing anything. He wanted to be the one to take Riza, but this guy took that chance away from him.

Myco beamed at her answer and escorted her outside, leaving a furious Roy inside the office.

"Aah, what now, Colonel? It's your fault that lieutenant got angry that's why you couldn't ask her to be your date. Now someone took that chance from you." said Falman.

Roy just groaned and let his body collapse on his chair. He was completely defeated, but he still has another day to change it.

A/N: What do you think? :)