A/N: It's been a while! I can't type at home so I decided to type in my computer class. So let's get on with it!

Ed's eyes blinked open to see a red ceiling. His room? He sat up, looking around, recognizing his bookshelf, computer and familiar red blankets. But was everything that happened just a dream?

His eyes closed, remembering everything that had happened. He shook his head, it couldn't be a dream if he could remember it so clearly. He pushed the blankets off of him and slowly stood, his head pounding.

His usual morning magic headache.

He sat there for a moment, waiting for his head to stop pounding, before getting up and going down the stairs to the kitchen. He blindly did his usual morning routine of grabbing a glass of water and gulping it down. His eyes opened more, to see someone with black hair watching him. Immediately his mind flickered to Roy and was surprised he was right.

"Roy?" he hesitantly asked. He wasn't used to having friends, if that was what you'd call them, over.

"You actually sleep for a long time, I never thought you'd be the type," the black haired man commented, causing Ed to blush, "I was worried that we wouldn't be able to do what I planned. Then you woke up." Roy said.

"Wouldn't be able to do what you planned?" Ed repeated uncertainly. He didn't like this.

Roy smirked, "Yeah, I was thinking we could work on magic control, since you don't seem to have any."

Roy laughed as the blond growled at him, "You should probably get changed also, I took the liberty of conjuring some clothes for myself." Roy yelled as Ed stomped up the stairs.

Ed bit his lip, he felt so close to the man yet he barely knew him. It was odd, he'd never felt that close to anybody except mom. He pulled a black shirt on along with a pair of black jeans, hurriedly, he didn't want to lose a potential friend.

Shuffling down the stairs he pulled on his red jacket with a flamel on the back.

"That was quick." Roy commented. His eyes traced Ed's feet to his head then to his chest. Looking back at his face Roy commented, "You look good."

Ed blushed, not used to compliments, and pulled the older man out of the sliding glass door and into the forest that was his backyard.

They stopped at Ed's little cottage that lay next to a lake, Roy noticed. Ed opened the door and sat in one of the open chairs, "So what are we gonna do?"

"Have you ever heard of a magic connection?" Roy asked, continuing at Ed's nod, "Good, we're going to make a bond between us so that a fair amount of magic goes into it. Of course, highly powerful beings like us will have no problem doing such small magic."

"Conceited." Ed muttered.

"Hardly, just over confident. Anyway I need your hands." Roy said, holding his hands out. Ed glanced down at them and looked back up with a raised eyebrow. Roy nodded as Ed, ever so slowly, reached his hands out and grabbed Roy's.

For Ed's comfort he pretended not to see the heavy blush on Ed's face.

"Concentrate your magic in your hands and let it mingle with mine. Oh yeah, this is just a bond between friends, most people who do a bond like this concentrate their magic in other places while doing energetic activities."

"P-pervert!" Ed muttered, a heavy blush on his face. Roy smirked, his plan had been to get Ed's mind off the pain the bonding would cause, seems like it worked.

Roy could feel their magic combining and with a flash of light it was over. He, reluctantly, let go of Ed's hands and fell back in the chair.

"Huh, so you're tired already old man?" Ed taunted, a small grin on his face. The bonding had been hard on him too but he didn't show it. Actually he was freaking out on the inside. Not only had he just held hands with a 'friend', he had bonded with someone!

"Um, so what next?" Ed asked nervously, "Are we going to test the bond?"

Roy shrugged, "Don't know, I've never bonded before so I figured why not?" Ed raised an eyebrow, he was usually the one that charged headfirst into things, he wasn't used to other people doing it.

"Close your eyes." he ordered the black haired teen. Surprisingly Roy closed them with no argument.

"Can you feel it?" Roy asked, taking in a sharp breath.

"Yeah."

"So what next?"

"Uh. Something along the lines of feeling how strong it is." Ed muttered, he wasn't used to talking so much in such a close proximity as someone else. His emotional strength was running out.

"You ok?" Roy asked. He could feel something was wrong with the blond but it was hard to tell what. He mentally reached toward the bond and he could feel the Ed's emotions clearer. The blond was happy yet scared and a little further he could feel that the teen was also lonely.

His mind flashed to the school, it seemed that he was distanced from everyone and was always alone.

He pitied the boy and slowly opened his eyes. Across from him Ed sat with his head bowed; apparently his excursion hadn't been unnoticed.

"Yeah, go ahead laugh at me like everyone else."

"Edward, I'm not like everyone else, I'm your friend." Roy said softly. That kept the boy quiet. "You need to learn how to trust and you can start with me."

Ed stared at him; he thought he was just a project for the dragon, not any more or any less.

"Yeah I know, I've never really had a friend before and I'm not sure about how long it'll take too. But I'm already starting to trust you so...yeah."

"Good...Now get to work!"

Ed rolled his eyes at the dragon's sudden change in attitude. He closed his eyes and let himself drift into his magic.

A/N: Omigod I'm soooo sorry! I know I said I moved, yeah I did but then my dad took away my laptop on Thanksgiving for going on the internet. (It's kinda expected though, have a laptop you usually go online...) So I'm left to typing in my computer class. Yeah. Well then please Read and Review!