Hey guys, so first of all this is my attempt at a re-write of my fanfiction "You and Me" or "I'll Be Your Home". I've been a massive fan of FullMetal Alchemist since I first discovered it and reading back at what I'd previously written just made me cringe. Anyways, depending on the response I get to this chapter depends on if I continue re-writing the chapters that are already present in the old "You and Me" and continue typing. I might even surprise myself and keep going regardless.

Disclaimer: I do not own FullMetal Alchemist nor anything related to it. I simply own the oc's I throw in.

Well, here it is. Enjoy!

"Roy!" Reiya exclaimed as she landed on the sturdy, wooden desk in front of her. Piles of paperwork fluttered into the air as a grin emerged on her face. She couldn't help but be excited at her news! She'd headed to Eastern Command as soon as she'd heard, the dark haired Colonel's office being her first stop. Of course, her entrance didn't have to be as extravagant as it was but until she'd let out her excitement she didn't care.

"Reiya..." Blinking at the full use of her name the teen took in the expression of her friend. She paled at what she saw and froze. She had rarely seen that face and the few times that she had she'd had to buy a new wardrobe due to being set ablaze. In the hopes that she could rectify the situation she slowly began to extract herself from the now clear desk. Unfortunately before she could begin to move a white glove appeared between her eyes. Realization hit her like a bag of bricks as a sheen of sweat accompanied her paling complexion.

'Oh shit.'

"Roy-"

Snap.

A small explosion sounded through Eastern Command. Within the break room Hughes, Havoc and Falman all shared a look of knowing. Only one person could make an explosion loud enough to echo throughout the halls and there was only one person who could cause him to behave in such a way.

"Reiya's here." Echoed all three together. They all returned to their previous conversation as though nothing had happened, earning a curious glance from golden eyes.

Reiya laid slumped over Roy's desk, smoke rising from her. She'd tried to escape from the room after her 'punishment' but she failed; whatever skin that was revealed was tender from the heat. Gathering what lingering strength she had she pushed herself up from the desk and sat on the floor instead, head slumped.

'Arsehole, I'm not telling him anything now...'

"What have we learnt today, Reiya?" Roy's voice chimed out. Reiya noticed the slightly smug tone in his voice as he continued to talk, telling her what she'd already heard before. She'd already tuned him out however and was letting her thoughts run amok in her mind. The dark haired Colonel noticed that the teen before him wasn't listening after several minutes and no response in the slightest.

Growling in the back of his throat Roy stomped toward the teen and roughly grabbed the collar of her jacket. Finally snapping from her reverie Reiya yelped and began to struggle. She knew it was useless to try doing so, he was formidably stronger than her and she knew it. Her memories flew back to a time when she'd ambushed the Colonel in the hallway: charging at him in an attempt to tackle him to the floor. He'd simply stood there while she struggled to push him over and eventually tripped her up.

Sighing in resignation Reiya hung her head. She failed to hear Roy open the door and continue dragging her into the hallway. Despite the predicament she was hoping that her limp state would give him a bit of trouble. She wasn't done with him yet and she wanted him to know that even if she didn't voice it.

Air rushed through her lungs as her torso suddenly hit the ground, opening her eyes slightly she looked up to see Roy standing above her with arms crossed.

'Oh boy, he means business this time.'

"I was serious when I warned you last time." Roy chided. Reiya shot up into a sitting position and began to glare at him. She was not about to lay there and take his patronising tone. He could boss her around all he liked but he knew full well that he was going to get some bite back for it.

"You're never serious! Well, most of the time. Why should this be any different?" Reiya winced as her voice rose louder than she intended. Even if it wasn't that serious she didn't want the whole of Eastern Command to hear her little spat. Heck, she shouldn't even be in the building. She didn't have the authorisation and if she got found out by anyone else but her friend she'd get her arse booted out in a flash.

"When you clear the mess up from my office you may come and go as you please again." The teen simply glared as Roy turned and headed back into his office, slamming his door behind him. She continued to stare until the realisation of what he'd said hit her.

'Clean his office...? Hell no! I'm not his cleaning slave! But I never did tell him what happened.'

Huffing in frustration Reiya let herself fall back onto the floor. Taking deep breaths she attempted to calm herself from the recent events. She paused for a moment as she thought she heard voices. Then she heard footsteps. Looking to her side she saw two people walking towards her. She almost slapped herself when she realised that the voices she thought she heard were actually from the two getting closer. Instead she settled for throwing her arm over her eyes, at least she could hide her embarrassment some this way.

"Miss, are you alright?" Raising her arm from her eyes Reiya glanced at the two who had come to stop next to her. She focused her attention on the immense frame leaning over her, dull steel glinting slightly from the light coming from the nearby window. Guessing by the sound of the voice she knew it had to be him who had spoken to her. After all, you don't get a slight echo from just standing there.

"Huh?" Reiya blinked, finally registering that he'd asked her a question and not just made a bunch of noises at her. "Who are you?"

"I'm the Fullmetal Alchemist!" Looking to her side Reiya saw a blonde standing there beaming in pride. She had to raise an eyebrow at this. She decided to make a quick job of looking him over and found he wasn't too bad on her eyes. She would have to say that while the blonde hair and golden eyes were unique features he didn't match up to Roy on looks. Looking at him closer she began to wonder just how old he was, were children allowed in the military? Surely he was too short to be anything but one.

'Him? THE Fullmetal Alchemist? Then I'm the FΓΌhrer...'

"Go on, pull my other leg. I'm pretty sure the Fullmetal Alchemist wouldn't be a pipsqueak like you." Reiya's face crumbled into amusement as she watched the taller of the two grab the blonde and restrain him as he flew into a rage. It wasn't often she got a show as amusing as this.

Reiya pulled herself up to her feet and walked to the door leading to Roy's office with as much dignity as she could muster. Her skin still hurt damnit! She wasn't going to show weakness though, not in front of people she didn't know. Swinging the door open she stood just outside of the room, ignoring the intense glare shot her way. "Roy, do you know a midget and a big hench dude?"

"Who are you calling someone who has to be under a microscope to be seen?!" Ed fumed. Reiya looked behind her to smirk at him. Now she knew what got under his skin and she would use it to her advantage. Oh, she would have fun with this one.

"Ah, Fullmetal. I believe you owe me a report." Roy grinned from within his office. Reiya almost burst into hysterics as she watched the short blonde's face deepen further into loathing. She'd never imagined someone's face being able to pull such an expression. If she pulled this off right she would definitely have fun with this one. Plans were already running through her mind, each more ludicrous than the last.

"Damnit..." The blonde cursed. Reiya couldn't resist from sniggering: this was just the beginning and she was already enjoying herself. Holding the door open even wider she held her free arm out as a butler would a guest. She relished every moment of the glare the shorter blonde sent her as he trudged past.

"Brother, I'll stay out here this time." Both teens turned to face the suit of armour. Reiya scrutinised the tallest of them all. She was struggling to believe that the two she'd just encountered were related. She shrugged her shoulders are she turned back to face the shorter blonde again, returning back to her previous pose.

"Eh?" The blonde looked back at his brother in confusion before shrugging "Fine". He then proceeded to walk into the Colonel's office, leaving a smirking teen and a curious brother behind. Waving enthusiastically Reiya closed the door and turned to her mysterious companion, smirk still present.

"So what's your name miss?" The suit of armour questioned. Reiya let her smirk die down to a smile as she shortened the distance between them. She grabbed one of the huge hands and began to shake it enthusiastically although it wasn't offered, sparing no energy as she flung the arm up and down.

"Reiya, Reiya Summers." Finally stopping her 'hand shaking' Reiya took a step back. She rolled her shoulder as she hid a wince.

'Shouldn't have done that, his arm weighs a tonne!'

"How do you know the Colonel?" Reiya's irritated skin itched and the smell of burnt clothing became more prominent to her at the mention of the man. The taller of the two watched silently as he noticed the teen's face scrunch up.

"He's just a friend I've known for a while now. If it wasn't for my idiot brother I wouldn't even know him, which I think would be a blessing." Images of a Roy free world sprung to Reiya's mind, encouraging a blissful smile to appear. Oh yes, she would find it heaven.

"Ah, I see." The luminescent eyes of the suit studied Reiya as she continued to fantasise. His sight was drawn to her eyes as she turned to face him. The shape seemed unusual to him but he couldn't put his finger on it.

"Who was that kid with you?" Reiya watched the suit jump slightly and blinked. She didn't mean to surprise him; it was just hard to tell with that helmet. Maybe she could swipe it from him sometime and get a peek at the face beneath.

"Oh, that's my older brother. His name's Edward. Oh how rude, I didn't introduce myself! I'm Alphonse Elric!" Alphonse beamed as he introduced himself.

"Pleasure to meet you Alphonse. Aren't you cold in that armour?" Reiya questioned, circling Alphonse and tapping the knuckles of her left hand against the armour before he moved away. She blinked at the sudden space between them and looked up in confusion.

"Ah, no, I'm used to it so I don't really get too warm or cold." A nervous laugh echoed from the suit of armour as Reiya held her chin with her fingers.

'Strange. Wouldn't it be colder than warm in there either way...?'

Reiya pondered momentarily as thoughts ran through her head. She admired Alphonse for being able to wear it all the time though; she knew that if she were to try that she would last an hour at most.

"Hey, want to go get some ice-cream?" Reiya's eyes sparkled at the thought, everything was better with ice-cream!

"But it's raining..." Alphonse replied. As much as he liked the thought he was more nervous of the questions the teen would ask when he didn't eat anything.

Reiya blinked as she looked towards the window, her excitement dying as she finally took notice of the weather "So it is..."

Suddenly a small mew seemed to echo within Alphonse's armour, freezing him in place as he tried to cover it up. Reiya's eyes lit up with excitement as she rushed up to Alphonse, grasping his cold arm when in range and bouncing on the balls of her feet. "Did I hear a kitty?"

"Please don't tell my brother!" Reiya blinked at the request, the thought had never even crossed her mind. She'd already forgotten about the blonde. She grinned as a thought crossed her mind; if keeping this secret would annoy the bean sprout then she would definitely keep it!

"Of course I won't tell him! Why would I tell that midget anything?" She could see it now: the look of annoyance growing on his face as she and Alphonse talked together while he struggled to understand the conversation. Oh, she was definitely loving this.

"I heard that!" Edward's voice yelled from the other side of the door, shocking the pair. They both stared in silence for several minutes afterwards. Both didn't move for fear of breaking the silence.

'How did he manage to hear that? I'm not that loud am I...?'

"I think we should move away a bit so I'm not in range of when he emerges..." Reiya purposely said ' ' quieter from the rest of her sentence in case Edward heard her again. She was plotting to annoy and make him angry for her own amusement, not be murdered because she carelessly insulted someone she doesn't know.

Alphonse nodded in reply, following the ebony and scarlet haired girl a couple of windows down the corridor. After they reached their destination Reiya turned back and stared at the Colonel's door for a moment before looking at Alphonse with an excited expression. "Can I see your kitty? I love cats!"

"Well..." The taller of the two contemplated what to do; he couldn't just open his chest plate up in front of her but she seemed to love cats like him, maybe more. After a minute he nodded. "Ok, just give me a moment."

Reiya nodded in reply, no caring as long as she saw the feline. Her parents had a cat but she wasn't prepared to visit them just to see the ball of fluff. She almost squealed out loud and began to bounce lightly on her feet, unable to contain her excitement.

'I should calm down with the cats but they're so damn cute! Especially with those little cheeky faces of theirs!'

Reiya watched as Alphonse turned around and fumbled with his chest plate. She waited patiently until a small, ginger and slightly soggy kitten was presented to her. She squealed loudly and went to throw her arms around the small creature but paused when she remembered the hairball didn't belong to her. She settled with stroking it on the head instead and began cooing.

"So cute! What's his name? Is he yours? I want one!" The series of questions were asked in quick succession, leaving the Elric to decipher them. Alphonse prepared himself to answer when a voice cut in from behind.

"Al! Did you pick up another cat?!" The two turned around in surprise to see Edward standing there, arms crossed. Reiya had to hold back a smirk at seeing his annoyed face, as much as she loved him being annoyed she didn't want her new acquaintance to get into trouble.

"Uhm, well, you see... The thing is-"

"He's mine." The brothers looked towards the young woman, one in confusion, the other curiosity. Reiya didn't know what influenced her to say such a thing but Alphonse's stuttering just made him sound so cute. Plus she still wasn't convinced that Edward was the elder brother, there was just no way.

"Oh really, why have you brought it with you to headquarters then?" Edward's face changed from one of annoyance to one of triumph, his hands swapping positions from crossed to sitting on his waist.

Reiya took the ginger kitten from the largest of the three, rubbing her face against the felines while cradling it. She silently sighed in relief as the kitten began purring. She shot her own triumphant glance back at Edward; she was not going to lose this battle, no matter how petty. "Well he's just so cute! I had to bring him in to show off. I'm glad Roy didn't singe him when he burnt me. You're just too cute to be burnt aren't you diddums?"

Edward speculated the scene before him. He suspected the girl to be standing up for his brother but the way the kitten behaved... And its fur was wet... He left it at that, not wanting to confuse himself over this strange woman. She'd already annoyed him greatly today.

"I was just telling Alphonse here that he could visit this little guy anytime he wanted as he seems to like cats. Isn't that right Al?" Reiya looked up at Al with a smile, wishing she could see his face under the helmet. She tried hard to keep her smile as the small kitten in her arms began to play with her hair, biting and scratching the side of her neck and ear.

"Yeah! We can see him between visits right?" The excitement in Al's voice couldn't be missed. Reiya's smile grew; she would finally have someone who was cat crazy like her to talk to!

Edward sighed in resignation. "If we have the time between assignments."

"Thank you brother!" Alphonse enveloped Edward in a bone crushing hug, the evidence clear on the blonde's face; a grimace. Reiya briefly sniggered at Edward's suffering, giving the kitten in her arms a scratch behind the ears.

The interaction between the brothers confused Reiya, she had seen many people get excited before but not with this result. She certainly didn't act like this with her own siblings but she hadn't seen them in a while so she couldn't say for sure if that would be the same now. It almost made her feel... Empty.

'Is it that big of a deal...?'

"Well, I guess I'll leave you guys to your business. Come see this guy anytime, you can get my address from Roy." With that Reiya walked the small distance to Roy's office and opened the door, juggling the kitten in her arms. She still had a mess to clean up.

She turned to give the brothers a smile before entering the office, only then did she release the kitten she had already dubbed 'Edward'. She'd decided this due to the kittens size, it appeared to be smaller than average. She hoped the blonde would be annoyed by this, sharing his name with the runt of the litter. She grinned at the thought, not noticing the twitching Roy behind her.

"Reiya..." The girl blinked and turned her attention to the source of the voice. She then saw the reason for the tone. The still damp 'Edward' was climbing up the Colonel's arm, digging into the blue uniform for grip. Reiya could already see the path that the feline had taken, the fabric snagged and threads pulled from their place.

"Ehehe... I can explain..."

A white glove rose, Reiya's heart skipping a beat for the second time that day.

'Oh shit...'

Click.

"You got me in a lot of trouble yesterday Eddy-kins!" The mentioned kitten cocked its head in confusion, earning a sigh from its owner. "Leave my curtains alone today and I might forgive you for the Roy thing."

Images of her tattered curtains filled her mind. During the night the young kitten had found joy in destroying her furniture. Reiya shouldn't have been surprised to see the massacre in the morning but she was. In her anger she had chased the feline around the building, only succeeding in falling down the stairs and breaking a plate.

'This must be revenge for the whole naming thing... Edward Elric has probably cursed me.'

A twitch began in her eyebrow as she heard a knock from her front door, eyes clenching shut in frustration. First the cat problems and now somebody was daring to bother her by knocking on her door. Reiya placed her book down on her desk in a huff and exited her small study. She heard another knock as she trudged closer to the front door, annoyance growing. "If it's Hughes again, I swear to God..."

"Maybe she's not home brother." Reiya would recognise that voice anywhere; she didn't know anyone else that wore armour. Her foul mood instantly lifted as she promptly threw the front door open and leapt forth to latch herself onto Alphonse's arm. She then noticed that it wasn't cold... And was oddly fleshy...

'This can't be right...'

She then lifted her blue eyes to meet Edward's irritated golden ones. It took her a moment to register what exactly had happened: rather than Alphonse she had grabbed a hold of his brother. "Oh, wrong target."

Edward seemed to twitch at the response, watching as she repeated her leap onto Alphonse's arm. In the corner of her eye Reiya saw Edward's reaction and smirked to herself. She had forgotten completely about the little game she'd set up for herself. Looking up at Alphonse's helmet Reiya switched her smirk for a smile. "Eddy-Kins had missed you!"

"But brother's with me all the time." Reiya shook her head as Edward's twitch grew at the nickname 'Eddy-Kins'. Taking the opportunity Reiya proceeded to drag the younger Elric into her home. Edward followed behind him, closing the front door as the young woman neglected to.

"Ed! Here kitty!" All three watched as a familiar kitten trotted into view and mewed, heading straight towards the blonde Elric instantly and rubbing itself against his legs. Despite the little game Reiya had going for herself she couldn't help but coo at the sight. "Aw, I think he likes you!"

"You're named him after brother?" Alphonse questioned. Both of the teens watched Edward as he walked in strange patterns, trying to get the kitten to stop following him and rubbing its hair off on his trousers.

"Yepp! Seemed to fit as he's smaller than average." Edward's twitch became contagious and shifted to his eye, both eye and eyebrow twitching in unison as he sent a death glare to Reiya. The girl simply smiled back and resisted a snigger. She could already see a mass of ginger hair clinging to his black trousers, getting that off would be a pain and she knew it.

"Make yourselves comfy by the way. Eddy's toys are in the study if you want to head there, I'll grab some drinks." Reiya began moving to the kitchen when Alphonse called out to her, causing her to look back. The sight of Alphonse crouching down and playing with Eddy-Kins on his back, paws in the air, almost made her melt.

"Uhm, where is the study?" Alphonse called out. Reiya blushed in embarrassment and pointed to the door opposite to the one she was about to walk through. She couldn't believe that her manners had blown out the window; she was just so used to her visitors knowing their way around.

Reiya watched as the two brothers headed into the small room, Alphonse cradling Eddy-Kins in the crook of one of his giant arms. Turning back she headed into her kitchen, making her way straight to the cupboards she kept the glasses in. Grabbing three, two with one hand, she placed them on the counter below. Looking back up at the glass door she stared at her reflection, frowning at the sight of her eyes. She'd never liked them, how they weren't as wide as an average Amestrian's but not the same as her fathers. Another reminder of what she would never be. The only feature she was fully pleased with was her hair. She'd left the majority of it in its natural colour, black, but her side fringe and the hair framing the opposite side of her face she'd dyed a brilliant crimson. Sighing Reiya pulled her gaze away from her reflection and looked around for a tray.

"Need some help?" Reiya jumped in fright, knocking the glasses together as she spun around. She stared at Edward in shock, not expecting him to have left Alphonse's side. As her pounding heart began to slow and calm down she sighed in relief.

"It's okay Edward, what kind of host would I be if you helped?" The young woman smiled despite it meaning she would have to start her game all over again. She would really have to sit down and write out some definite rules at some point, they were too loose for her to be able to play properly right now.

"Well, if you're sure." Edward shrugged and walked away to join his brother. Reiya stared at the door, continuing to do so after the blonde's departure. There was something about him... He made her nervous. Nervous was bad. Very bad.

'What is he...?'

Shrugging off her thoughts she continued to prepare the three drinks. Opening the small fridge and grabbing a carton of milk she filled the three glasses with the white liquid and returned the carton back when done. After finishing the small task Reiya reached up to the cupboard beside the one housing the glasses, reaching for a small container of powder and placing it onto the tray. She was about to grab the tray to move into the study but remembered the one little detail that was always forgotten.

'Not this time, spoon!'

Reaching into a drawer just in front of her Reiya proceeded to grab a tea spoon and place it on the tray with everything else; beaming in triumph. Finally grabbing the tray she tested her balance as she headed to the study. She paused in the doorway at the sight that greeted her. She rushed to place the tray on the small table before the laughter that was rising took over.

Eddy-Kins was chasing the tail of Edward's jacket while he ran around trying to avoid the feline. Comments such a 'Demon Cat!' and 'Fiend!' were thrown at the small creature as Reiya burst into hysterics, falling to her knees and clutching at her stomach. Alphonse was clearly at a loss of what to do as he stood in his spot trying to persuade his brother to stop running. "Brother, stop!"

"Not until this beast stops chasing me!" Edward continued to run for a moment before trying to seek refuge on the top of the back of the leather chair sat next to the small table. His attempts proved futile as the feline started to scurry up the leather to reach him. A shout came from Edward which caused Reiya to burst into an even bigger fit of hysterics. She was the lucky one to have had the time to figure out that running from Eddy-Kins made him think you were playing a game.

Shaking her head Reiya took a deep breath and eased herself into a kneeling position. After calming herself enough to stand she made her way to the leather armchair, throwing herself unceremoniously into it. The motion caused Edward to wobble and fall to the floor just as the small kitten made it to the top. Reaching forward Reiya took the tea spoon and proceeded to put three spoonfuls of the powder into one of the glasses, the liquid turning brown as she stirred it.

"If you don't hurry your drinks will get warm." Both brothers stopped arguing to look at the tray. Edward's face contorted with disgust while Alphonse moved to sit on the floor beside Reiya. Neither had noticed that Eddy-Kins had the end of Edward's coat in his mouth and was having the time of his life. Alphonse leaned against the side of the armchair the young woman was currently seated on. "Come sit down Edward!"

"No chance..." Edward inched further away from the tray of milk. Reiya stood up with an evil gleam in her eye, cracking the knuckles of her left fist as she glanced down at the kitten still chewing on the blonde's red jacket. She knew the kitten would aid her in some way.

"Are you sure about that?" Slowly creeping up on the blonde Reiya glanced at Eddy-Kins from the corner of her eye, good he was still chewing away.

"Definitely." Reiya made to leap towards Edward but came to a sudden halt when a loud yowl reached her ears. Glancing down she came eye to eye with a very pissed off Eddy-Kins, the corner of her eye catching the reason for the yowl. She had stepped on his tail.

'When did he mo-.'

"OW! Eddy, get off!" Reiya yelped as she shook her leg, the ginger kitten hanging on with tooth and claws. After a couple of minutes of shaking the kitten released her leg to leap up at her right arm, grasping the sleeve of her jacket with his claws only to slip back down to the floor, claws leaving tears on his way down.

"Al, this is why you don't want cats..." Edward slowly moved towards where his brother was seated, hoping not to catch the eye of the demonic kitten that had leapt back up and was tearing the female's right arm to bits. Reiya had managed to subdue the feline with that arm and didn't seem bothered as it repeatedly bit and clawed at it.

"Naughty Eddy-Kins! You don't attack people!" Reiya scolded. She received no reply in return, only a low growl and more chewing on her already ruined sleeve. She scowled as she took in the damage to her jacket.

'Great, now I'll have to ask Mary if she can repair it.'

"Uhm, Miss Reiya? Is your arm okay?" Blinking the mentioned person nodded to Alphonse, holding her right arm out to show it was ok, Eddy-Kins still hanging on to chew it even further.

"I'm fine; I feel sorrier for him though to be honest. I bet this is killing his little teeth." Both brothers blinked at each other. Edward stared intently at the girl's arm where the kitten still hung.

Reiya noticed the blonde Elric's gaze on her arm and blinked. Was there something other than Eddy-Kins there? As the thought ran through her mind she noticed that the kitten was about to lose his grip on her arm with his claws. Panicking at the thought of the small feline hurting itself on the way down she reached out with her left arm and cradled him. Carrying Eddy-Kins to the arm chair she tried lowering him onto it but he still refused to let go. Sighing in frustration she removed her gloves, placing them on the soft leather. Next followed her jacket which she shook tentatively, Eddy-Kins still refused to let go. Huffing she threw it down, crossing her arms as she stared at the lump moving under the fabric.

Edward's eyes widened at the realisation of what was in front of him, glinting metal fixing his gaze solely on it.

"Automail."

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