Upon Roy's return, Edward already set up his laptop and took out the files from his cabinet. He perched himself on top of Roy's bed and watched him get on with his work. He realised that Roy was extremely precise and expressionless with what he was doing, he had this sophisticated aura around him that seemed to show from pretty much everything that he was doing. It was extremely boring for Ed though, what the hell was he supposed to do until Roy was finished with his agitating work? Ah, that's right; food. He energetically jumped off Roy's bed and strolled out of the room. He walked through the elegant hallway that stretched through the whole penthouse until it led him to Roy's kitchen. After his promotion Roy became fairly rich, he was able to move into this new penthouse with the extravagant looking interior. Hence why Ed always seemed to be hanging at Roy's place, it was comfortable to be in and just the genuine feel of this apartment made Ed feel better than at his own one-bedroom flat on the opposite side of the city.
Roy's kitchen had a modern vibe to it, in the centre of the kitchen there were jet black high-raised counters that were outlined with sleek leather bar stools. On the further right corner there was a chromatic two-doored fridge with an ice dispenser, beside it was a smooth electric stove accompanied by an oven. The whole kitchen was very simplistic, no small accents or utensils; very typical of Roy. The whole interior was outlined with a black outskirt to the brilliant white wallpaper and gleaming black tiles that seemed to reflect the artificial crystal lights perfectly.
Ed flung himself towards the fridge and began to inspect its contents- 'It is almost literally fucking empty' he frowned.
''Hey Roy!'' he shouted as he swung his head round the door and into the hallway.
''The hell do you want Fullmetal, I'm working!''
''Do you have anything decent to eat?! Your fridge looks like something's died in there!''
''There's insta-noodles in the cupboard moron, if you're going to interrupt then leave!'' Roy moaned back, obviously disturbed by Ed's greedy needs.
Ed smirked in return and began raiding the older co-workers cupboards. 'Noodles, noodles, noodl- ah! There they are!' He thought to himself as he triumphantly held out a small packet of instant noodles, more commonly known as ramen.
After eating the noodles and practically destroying Roy's kitchen, Ed came back to Roy's bedroom and plonked himself on his bed.
''You finished yet or what?'' He said whilst energetically kicking his legs up in the air, obviously getting agitated by the boredom.
''You could have helped me moron if you really wanted to. Now leave me alone, I'm nearly done'' Roy replied, annoyed. He had been working endlessly for the past week, even on weekends yet Fullmetal still stuck with Roy nearly every day. Maybe that's what was keeping him going? Having an idiotic ray of enthusiasm tessellate around him on a daily basis? Maybe it was Ed that was subconsciously taking the pain and grief away that Roy was currently experiencing? Having lost his best friend- Maes Hughes to an unknown foe was something that was really causing Roy great pain. If only he could avenge him some day, one day..
Roy slammed his laptop lid shut and leaned into the back of his leather office chair, stretching his arms in the air and letting out a deep yawn.
''I really can't keep up with the boss's standards these days'' he spoke his thought out loud.
''Say, Fullmetal, why didn't you go back to yours and sleep it off?''
''Hah, you think I'd really go and waste my petrol to go back for a few hours? It's all cool, you have food and that's all I need'' Ed gave Roy a wide grin whilst scratching the back of his head, his braid becoming slightly more messy and tangled.
''You ought to sort yourself out before work, you look worse than I do after 2 hours of sleep'' Roy replied to Ed's gesture, teasingly.
''Shut it, you!'' Ed screeched, giving out obvious signs of dismay.
He walked off into Roy's shower and slammed the door shut.
After a good 20 minutes Ed returned back into Roy's bedroom, now with his blonde locks heavily falling straight down, weighed down by the water and with a towel slung around his slim hips. Roy observed the boy as he entered the room and flicked his messy blonde mane out of his face, his cheeks were slightly flushed due to the hot shower and his body was covered in droplets of water that every now and then trickled down the length of his body and onto the floor. Trying to conceal the embarrassed expression on his pale face; Roy exclaimed ''Move, bastard. You're getting my floor wet'' then he quickly turned to face his laptop again. 'Bastard' He thought as he buried his face into the laptop and waited for the boy to get dressed.
''Oh? What's the matter Roy Mustang?'' the boy said teasingly as he reached out for his clothes and slipped his boxers on.
''Is the sight of me walking round almost naked making the manger uncomfortable?'' Ed stated as he let out a shrieking laugh and clutched his stomach in laughter. Still brushing off his laugh, he reached inside Roy's closet to get out his work clothes that he left at his last Friday and slipped on his business attire. From the other side of the room Roy's eyes secretly traced the outline of Ed's body, he watched him closely do up his zip and button up his fresh white shirt, his hair still wet and dripping down onto the shirt.
Ed brushed his damp hair back with his hand and turned to face Roy-
''You know, you better get your shit together because we're leaving, that is if you don't want to be late''
''Don't try to tell me when to leave or not, fool. If I recall properly you're the one who's always getting the boss mad by leaving late'' Roy smirked and got up from his desk. He quickly collected all his papers together and in one swift movement was already out in the hallway, putting on his jacket and fetching his keys.
''Hey wait up!'' Edward screeched from Roy's bedroom, the flung his red jacket over his shoulder and stormed down the hallway to join his fellow co-worker.