"Are you ready, FullMetal?" Roy asked him as he straightened his bow-tie, he let his sharp onyx eyes fall onto his black everything just right, he looked to Edward.
His suit was black as well, much to Edward's disliking, and his bow-tie was crooked. Roy shook his head and sighed, "FullMetal, I asked you to clean up and get yourself ready for this annual meeting tonight and this is how you look?" Roy gestured to Edward's messy braid and suit covered in, is that cat fur?.
Roy also noted the cat scratches on his hand and cheek. "FullMetal, how on earth did you get cat fur on your brand new, and rather small, black suit?" Roy tapped his foot against the pavement as he pulled out his pocket watch to check the time, the car should have been here by now.
"The cat fur is a long story, lets just say Al found a lost cat and wanted to keep it. I'll end that story with I said no and the stupid cat didn't like that..." Edward folded his arms against his chest and frowned. "Did you just call me small?..." He blinked.
Roy smirked, "You're getting rather slow at catching my remarks, FullMetal. Maybe your brain matches your body, hmm?" Roy teased just as the long awaited black car pulled up along beside them.
The driver got out and opened the back door for them. "Come along, FullMetal. We have to get going or we're gonna be late and Hawkeye would kill us both for that."
Roy climbed into the car and sat down on an uncomfortable seat and folded his arms against his chest as he watched Edward climb in and sit down next to Roy. The door slammed and the driver got into the car then started driving.
The car was filled with an awkward silence for a while, finally, Roy couldn't take it. He looked over at Edward who was avoiding his gaze and staring blankly out the window watching the colors of the outside world rush by.
"You still didn't fix your hair.." Roy commented with a scowl, how could this kid not know that he had to look nice for these sort of things?.
Edward slowly turned his head and glared heatedly at Roy. "Look okay, how about this. I mind my own business and ignore you, and you repay the favor until this stupid event is over, alright?" He raised a brow as if waiting for a conformation from Roy.
"I can't do that FullMetal." Roy looked away out the window as the colors rushed quickly by.
Edward frowned, "Oh, and why can't you?" He asked, why couldn't the stupid old man just leave him alone?. It's not like he wanted to come to this damn event!. It surely couldn't mean that Roy would give a crap about someone like him, could it?. Sure, Roy's always been nice and a bit like a father figure but, come on, he didn't and never would care for someone like him. Could he?.
Roy turned his attention back to Edward, "Because, if you don't look good tonight then it reflects me because I am your Superior officer and I am supposed to help you with these sorts of things." Roy explained, "Trust me though, if I could ditch you. I would, you're miserable to be around!. I'd rather spend the night with a killer than spend it with you any day!. " Roy joked than went back to looking out the window, oblivious to Edward.
Edward opened his mouth to speak but no words came. A look of hurt was evident on his face, could that have been the reason his father had left him all those years ago?. Was he really that hard to be around?. It's not like he tried to hurt people or get in the way, it just happens. Edward felt tears prickling at his eyes as the memories of the day his father left him without even a goodbye, just that look of disgust on his face when he looked at Edward. Edward looked down at his white gloved hand, knowing his auto-mail was hidden under it. A reminder of the horrible mistake he made trying to bring his family back together, just another failure from him. Another person he didn't mean to hurt. Maybe he really didn't deserve to have anyone care about him, maybe he deserved to be treated bad, like payback for his mistakes. But could this world really be that cruel to him?.
"FullMetal?, something wrong?. You look about ready to cry." Roy raised a brow and scowled.
Edward clinched his fists and glared at Roy. "I'm not gonna cry, you bastard!. Just shut the hell up and leave me the hell alone!." Edward turned his head away from Roy and folded his arms tightly against his chest trying to wipe clean all the memories flying around in his head.
Roy narrowed his eyes in thought as he slowly turned his eyes away from Edward. The kid seemed mad for some reason, better not make it worse, Roy thought. Just then, the car pulled up to the building where they needed to go. Beautiful blue and white lights lit up the night as couples in long blue dresses leaned against well dressed military men as they flooded into the large building.
Edward leaned up in his seat and peered out the window at the well dressed couples. "I thought you said this was a military meeting or some damn thing?" Edward shifted his gaze onto Roy.
"I did, it's a dinner and dance." Roy met Edward's heated glare evenly and stepped outside the car, waiting for Edward to follow.
Edward blinked, "You drug me down here for a freaking dance!?" His golden eyes burned into Roy's skull. Edward looked away and started to fix his messy hair. How dare this stupid old man drag him down here for this!, he has much more important things to do. Like fix his many mistakes!. He didn't have time for a damn dance, and especially if he had to spend it with Mustang.
Roy rolled his eyes, "You're acting childish, now step out of the car and come with me." Roy put his hands on his hips and waited.
Edward sent daggers at Roy as he slowly climbed out and stood next to the man. Trying to look at Roy in the face only served to anger him more because he had to shift his head almost vertical just to see Roy's face. Edward gave up on even trying and just settled with glaring at the ground instead. "Fine, lets just get this over with so I can go...home." He paused at the word home, when had he had a real home to go to?. The military dorms wasn't something he'd call a home, in fact, it was nothing like one. Homes have love and happiness, something he'd been lacking for years now. He narrowed his eyes and stared at the ground in thought. He would almost bet that Roy had a better home than he. He'd even go as far to say that at least Roy had Hawkeye to 'visit' him.
"Something the matter, FullMetal?. Or are you just slower than usual, I guess your tiny legs could be the blame for that though." Roy called from a little ways away.
Edward glanced up from the ground and looked to the man. "I'm not small.." He barely even mumbled as he walked over to him with his shoulders hunched. Roy frowned, what the heck was up with the kid?. Not even a reaction from being called small?. He couldn't be that mad from having to come to this dance thing, could he?. No, it must be something else..but what?. "Is something the matter?" Roy asked, he'd better find out now before this became more of a problem.
Edward avoided his gaze and kept it focused on the ground as he walked. "No." He spat out.
Roy raised a brow at the hostilely in the boy's voice. "You sure about that?"
"Yes." He hissed and looked away towards an innocent couple that got the full blow of his glare. "Okay. If you say so, just don't let your mood interfere with this event. Understood?" Roy paused and looked down at Edward, trying to meet his eyes.
"Yeah. Whatever, I won't mess up your stupid dinner. I'll just shut up and go sit somewhere where I won't bother you." Edward started to walked away but Roy grabbed his shoulder and turned him around.
"What is wrong with you tonight, FullMetal?. You're mood is even shorter than usual." Roy narrowed his eyes at the boy, what could he be hiding that he didn't want Roy to know about?. Not even a response to him being called short?.
"Nothing. Let me go!" Edward shook away his hand and marched away with his fists clenched in anger, he made it to the food table and started shoving food into his mouth.
Roy shook his head clear of Edward for the moment and sought out to find Hughes and Hawkeye. He spotted them leaned up against the wall talking to each other. "Hey!." Roy waved as he came to a stop next to them.
"Hey, Roy!. Good to see you!," Maes walked closer to Roy, "Looking good tonight," Maes commented then leaned in, "Gonna break the ice with Hawkeye?" He whispered to him.
"What?, no!. What about you?, why are you so dressed up for?" Roy huffed as he grabbed a glass of wine from a passing waitress and took a small sip.
"Gracia insisted I look nice for tonight, sadly though, she couldn't come." Maes started to tear up but quickly replaced his frown with a grin as he pulled some photos from his blue suit pocket and shoved them in Roy's face. "I brought pictures!"
Roy rolled his eyes and pushed the pictures back to their owner. "And your family looks happy as usual." Roy smiled falsely at him.
"Sir, may I ask where Edward is?" Hawkeye thankfully broke up Maes sputtering about his wife and daughter.
Roy looked at her, "He's over by the food table gorging himself, he seems upset for some reason but he won't tell me why." Roy frowned as he watched Edward glare at random people trying to make small talk with him.
"Well, when did his mood start?" Maes asked, he knew enough about kids to say it was probably something Roy did. Not hard to figure out, or at least for some people it isn't. He looked to Roy.
"In the car, just all of a sudden he was mad at me. I thought it was because of this event but now I'm not so sure.." Roy frowned and took another drink from his glass.
"Well, what did you say to him to maybe cause this?" Maes asked as he too grabbed a drink from a passing waitress.
"I don't know, I don't remember. Just joking around like usual." Roy told him as he watched Edward shove his hands angerly into his pockets and glare at passerby's.
"Whatever the case, I don't think those people deserve that kind of treatment.." Roy frowned at Edward's attitude then looked back to Maes. "Should I go and talk to him?.." That was something Roy really sucked at. Heart to heart conversations were not his expertise, and even more so when it came to someone like FullMetal..
"I think it'd be wise, or else you might never figure out what's wrong with him. And that wouldn't be very fatherly of you, now would it?" Maes teased.
Roy whipped his head around to Maes and shook his head. "Fatherly?, no!. No, no ,no, no!. That's not...I mean...I.." Roy sputtered with wide eyes.
"Yeah, I know what you mean." Maes giggled, "You just don't want to admit to it and that's fine. Everyone already knows anyways."
"Who knows about what?." Roy narrowed his eyes, how could anyone by so stupid as to think they were father and son?. They looked nothing alike in anyway. FullMetal's golden eyes and golden hair, while Roy had black hair and onyx eyes?. Not happening.
"Just go and talk to Edward, see what's wrong with him." Maes suggested as he took another sip of his wine.
"Fine, I'm sure it's nothing, he's probably just mad about tonight..." Roy rolled his eyes and set his glass down on a nearby table as he weaved between people to get to Edward.
"FullMetal. I need to talk to you." Roy stopped next to him and was greeted with a heated glare. Did the kid really want to be left alone that much?.
" 'Bout what?" Edward mumbled through a mouthful of food, he kept his eyes focused on the table instead of Roy.
"About what's bothering you?. Was it something I said?." Roy frowned, he couldn't remember anything he might have said wrong.
"I said it's nothing. Just leave me alone." Edward clenched his fists and scowled at the ground. Mustang had the nerve to drag him here than say something like that in the car and not even remember!. Edward stole a glance upwards, "Didn't I tell you to leave?".
Roy frowned but quickly replaced it with a smirk. "Oh I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you from all the way down there!" He grinned.
Edward snapped his head up and met Roy's onyx eyes with his fiery golden orbs. "Shut the hell up, you bastard!" He turned and started pushing his way through the crowd that'd gathered.
"Wait FullMetal." Roy extended his hand to grab his shoulder but missed and stood in shock for a moment. What had just happened?. He looked to where Maes and Hawkeye were standing. They looked back at him as if asking what went wrong. Roy just shook his head and sighed, what had gone so wrong tonight?. He started after Edward, trying to spot the kid. A quick flash of blond caught Roy's keen eye as he weaved through the mass of people and towards Edward. The kid went through a set of doors unto the balcony. "Full Metal, wait!" He ran after him and burst through the doors.
"What do you this time?, I told you. I don't want to talk to you, why can't you just leave me be?" Edward mumbled as he leaned against the railing overlooking Central.
Roy walked up to him and leaned against the railing, the slight wind blew into his dark black hair. He glanced to Edward who completely ignored him. "Can you please tell me what I did?" After a minute, Edward glanced over at him and frowned as if thinking over his options.
"Fine. You said I was horrible to be around and you'd rather be with a killer than me. That's what you said." He looked away.
Roy stared with an open mouth, had he really said something that mean?. He couldn't have...but he started to remember. It had just been a harmless joke, he'd never mean anything like that. A huge rush of guilt filled his heart, how could he had said something like that. Even as a joke...
"I didn't mean it, I would never mean something such as that. I'm such an idiot..." Roy mumbled as he face palmed himself.
"Yeah, you're an idiot." Edward agreed softly. "Listen to me, " Roy looked at Edward. "I would never ever, ever. Mean anything like that, in fact. Something I've never told anyone, is...I...care about you.." He muttered silently.
Edward glanced over and raised a brow. "Huh?..look, okay. I so don't feel the same about you!"
"What?. No, no, no. Not in that way, I mean. In a fatherly way..I guess. I care about how you feel and I never want to hurt your feelings. I didn't mean to, I was just joking around but I guess now that I think about it. I was wrong."
Edward looked at Roy and waited. "I'm sorry, Edward." Roy set his hand upon Edward's shoulder and looked at his face.
"I forgive you but if you ever say anything like that again. I will kill you. And if you ever say anything like what you just did, I will run away and I won't come back. Get it?" Edward shrugged his hand off and stepped back. "Weird old man.."
Roy smirked, "Glad to have you back, Full Metal. Lets get back inside, I'm sure there's more food in there. That is, if your tiny little body can handle it." He teased playfully.
"Did you just call me small?...WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SMALL A RAIN DROP COULD WASH ME AWAY?!"