Melted Metal

Disclaimer: I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist…

Chapter 1

Roy was unbelievably bored. At that moment, he would rather be anywhere in the world then his small and dull office. He completely disregarded the tall stacks of paper work sitting on his desk and looked at Maes Hughes, who was currently sitting on Roy's office couch shooting staples at the wall. Roy leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms, and propped his feet on top of his desk. He gave a sigh. "Hughes, I am incredibly bored. Entertain me."

Hughes shot one last staple before turning to look at Roy. "Uhm…well, would you like to play tic-tac-toe?" he asked.

Roy just glared at him. What did he look like? A five year old?

"No? Okay then." Hughes pondered a moment before another idea struck him. "OH. How about we find you a girlfriend? Maybe then you'll finally get married!"

Roy sighed. "I told you to stop with that nonsense already." He tapped his fingers along his chin as he thought. "…I have a better idea. Have you issued Fullmetal his new cell number?" he asked as a grin spread on his face.

Hughes nodded. "Yes sir! I issued it to him just before he left to Trenton." He pulled out his personal cell phone and scrolled trough his contacts list until he found the name 'Edward Elric.' "Here it is." Hughes read the number aloud for Roy. "The usual, sir?" he asked while trying to hold in a laugh.

Roy nodded and put a finger up to his lips signaling to Hughes to stay quiet. He then picked up his phone and dialed Fullmetal's number. Hughes quickly went and picked up the second phone to listen in on the conversation.

After a few rings, there was an answer. "Hello?"

"Helloooo Edwaaaard." Roy answered in a high pitched, rather creepy, voice.

A gasp was heard on Edward's side. "You again! Whoever this is, stop calling me!"

"But I loooove you Edward!"

"No! Stop!"

"But I loooooove you!"

"Leave me alone! For the love of GOD leave me alone! I don't even know you!"

"Oh, but Edward, you don't have to know me to love me!"

"It's been six months! It's not funny!"

Roy and Hughes had to put their hand over the receiver and turn away from the phone to laugh. Roy then continued on, "Tell me you love me."

"No! I don't! How did you even get my number? I changed it so this bull shit would stop!"

"Looove has its way Ed dear! Now, tell me you love me!" Both Roy and Hughes were struggling to keep in their laughter at this point.

"Damnit! I don't love you! The only one I could possibly say that to is Musta-" Edward stopped himself before finishing his sentence.

There was silence on both ends of the lines.

Roy quickly hung up the phone and looked at Hughes who wore a shocked expression. Roy furrowed his brows and stood. "Hughes," he began in a serious tone, "we are never to speak of this. Understood?"

"Gotha." Hughes properly saluted the Colonel and exited the office. Roy could hear a few giggles before the shut door. He sighed and sat back down in his chair. He mentally scanned through his phone call with the Fullmetal Alchemist over and over again in his head. 'The only person I could possibly tell that to is Mustang?' It didn't take a genius to fill in the 'N' and 'G' part. What the hell could he have meant by that? So could that mean…Fullmetal is…? Roy's phone suddenly rang, bringing him back to the present. "Hello, Mustang here."

A female voice answered back. "Sir, the Elric brothers are here. Would you like me to send them up?"

Roy hesitated. "Uh…" 'Shit…alright, he couldn't have been serious. It had to have been a joke.' "Yes, go ahead."

"Yes sir." There was a click.

Roy hung up the phone and gazed at himself in the mirror on his desk. He attempted to fix his hair up a bit, though he wasn't quite sure why he even cared, considering it was only Fullmetal who was about to enter his office. When he heard a knock on his door, he gave the order to come in.

The door squeaked as it opened and the eldest Elric brother walked in just as he usually did. "Yo." Edward greeted as he plopped himself on the same couch Maes Hughes had also been on not too long ago. "Why the hell was Hughes making kissy faces at me?"

Roy's eye twitched. "I don't know…You know Hughes…always doing strange things. Heh." He'd get Hughes back later.

"…Riiiight. Anyway, I didn't find anything useful in Trenton…" he trailed off. "Oh! But, I did learn how to break dance!" Edward laughed.

Roy thought about how unique Ed's laugh was. He actually found it kind of cute. At that thought, he shook his head, not sure where it came from. Besides that, Roy thought Ed was acting normal. He wasn't really showing any signs of interests in him. "I see…well, Trenton is most known for its excellent dancers." Roy stood and made his way over to the couch. He looked down at Edward and asked, "Mind if I sit here?"

Ed shifted in his seat and shrugged. "I don't care. It's your couch…sit where you want."

Roy smirked and sat down beside Edward, a little too close for comfort he'd say. Ed turned his face away from Roy slightly but Roy had already gotten a glimpse of the blush plastered along Edward's face. Oh-Ho! What was this? Now Roy was curious. Time to dig deeper. "So, Fullmetal…how's it going? I hear you're quite popular with the ladies, as well as some boys." He grinned.

Ed shivered. "Heh, is that so? Too bad I'm not into guys. They're out of luck."

Roy's grin widened. "Oh, really? I didn't think you were gay Fullmetal, however, Hughes seems to make comments about it here and there." Roy laughed and crossed his arms as he leaned back and propped his feet on top of the coffee table in front of the two.

Edward's mouth dropped open. Roy could have sworn it hit the floor. "Hughes thinks I'm GAY?" Roy thought he felt the whole building shake. He opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't get the chance. Edward had angrily stomped out of the room and slammed the door behind him.

Roy sighed. The kid didn't even stop to salute him…no manners. Roy shook his head then stretched out on the couch and put his hands behind his head. He stared blankly up at the ceiling as he lost himself in thought. Maybe he was just thinking too much into the situation and was wrong about Fullmetal. Perhaps he really wasn't serious about what he said about Roy on the phone. But, why would Fullmetal even say something like that in the first place? Then there was the blushing. Roy didn't know what to think anymore. Why was he even thinking about it so much? It's not like he cared…but the more he thought about it, the more curious he became. He shut his eyes and began to drift off into sleep.

Edward walked down the hall away from Mustang's office with his hands stuffed in his pockets. He couldn't understand why Hughes would think he was gay. Another thing he didn't get was why Mustang was acting odd. Not that he wasn't always odd…but today he was even more so than usual. This day just wasn't making any sense. Too many questions were floating around in Edward's head, most of which he probably didn't want to know the answer to. Ed made his way down the stairs towards the front of the building where he spotted the younger Elric brother chatting with a few soldiers.

"Nii-san!" Alphonse chirped as he stomped his way over to his older brother.

"Hey Al, let's get the hell out of here. Everyone here is mental." Ed had already begun walking towards the exit.

Al ran out in front of him before Ed could reach his destination. "We can't leave yet, Nii-san!" He whined while shaking Ed by the shoulders.

"Why not?" He asked, trying to pry Al's metal fingers off of him.

Al released his brother. "The Fuhrer just announced that his daughter is getting married! And they are planning to throw a huge banquet for her this weekend. Can we please stay? I really want to go."

Ed blinked a few times. "A banquet? What do you want to go to that for?"

"C'mon, please? For me? I've never been to a banquet before…" Ed could sense the pout in Al. Even though Alphonse was trapped in that armor, Ed could still mentally see his emotions.

"…" Ed sighed. "Fine. Let's get a room."

Al cheered.

"That won't be necessary, Edward." A voice said from behind Ed. He slowly turned around and met eyes with none other than Maes Hughes. "You and Alphonse can stay with me!" Hughes winked at Ed while a grin spread on his mischievous face.

What a week this was going to be…Ed didn't know if he had the strength for this.

End of Chapter One.

A/N: I know the Fuhrer doesn't have a daughter, but hey, this is fan fiction, so it doesn't matter. I DO WHAT I WANT.

Oh, and this is Roy's cell phone number. 512-537-4313. Send him a message. ;)

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