Took me a while, huh? Looking back it was a bit stupid to say it would only take me one week... me and my stupid (and insane) schedule.

Anyway... first reason up... quite an idiotic one but... you'll have to manage

Here we go.

Disclaimer: I do not own FMA.

Work to the Top

A week passed since (what the team started calling) the "Fat Bait" and colonel Mustang has failed to find a single reason to his never ending hatred towards paperwork.

'Think, Roy, think…. There must be some thing evil about those paperwork… well… besides the fact that they're amazingly boring' He thought while, unknowingly, getting a glare from Hawkeye for not working. 'What's about them that makes them so…. Paperworkish… Paperwork…. Paperwork…. Paper… Work… Work!' The colonel jumped out of his sit, alerting all of his subordinates. "What's wrong, sir?" Hawkeye asked, her question followed by the sound of a gun being taken out of its holster. The infamous smirk on her superior's face allowed Hawkeye to relax her grasp of her gun. "I," the colonel said with a mighty tone, "just found a brand new reason to my absolute loathing of paperwork". Hawkeye could have sworn that if she'll sigh even one more time, white hair will not only grow on her head, it would eat her alive. Yet, her reaction was just that.

"Sir, you really shouldn't make such a big matter out of such a small thing. Besides, it is just 1 reason out of a hundred". "Then let me correct myself, lieutenant," the flame alchemist suggested, the blonde's response failing to wipe his smirk from his face, "I have just found a brand-new-first reason". The sigh already escaped the lieutenant's mouth in the middle of the sentence, but it didn't stop her hand from itching to pull the trigger while aiming a bit too closely to the flame alchemist's head. 'But,' she told herself, 'you should have considered it when you agreed to this bet'. "What is it, chief?" Havoc urged the colonel to reveal his up-until-now secret reason.

Mustang paused dramatically. "My reason is not only a reason, but also a fact! Paperwork includes the word work in it, therefore making it evil and hate worthy!" he said with a booming voice. The blondes stared at their black-haired superior with blank faces. "This reason is acceptable. Don't you think so, second lieutenant Havoc?" Falman asked, breaking the silence and making Havoc snap back into reality. "I… I think Falman is right, lieutenant" Havoc mumbled while trying to find the empty list in order to finally write the first reason. "If the official judge, AKA second lieutenant Havoc, said the reason is acceptable, then I am excused from this sheet of paper work!" Havoc turned to Hawkeye with a smile, "are you going to take your shot at the bet, Lieutenant? If not, you should hurry up and find somebody else who can do that sheet!"."Second Lieutenant Havoc, I suggest you refrain from interfering in such matters", Hawkeye glared at him while hissing, "or you would be the one doing all the paperwork around here for a while". Havoc gulped, "But… that is not part of the bet!" he stuttered, "I mean…" A sigh overcame his fumbled words, "don't worry, Lieutenant Havoc," the female officer said, "I have an upside to that - somehow unreasonable - reason. The one who will be doing paperwork around here will be the colonel and no one else".

Standing face to face with his first lieutenant, the flame alchemist couldn't help but grimace at the firm expression on the blonde's face. "Work", she said, "will get you to the top, sir, and paperwork is a part of work, as you have seemed to notice. My suggestion is that you get back to work if you want to achieve anything today". With that said, Hawkeye returned to her sit, leaving the black haired men standing with his mouth agape, wondering whatever or not the sharpshooter had some sort of super power that counterattacked all of his attempts to flee from his dreaded paper work. . "She got you there, chief" Havoc snickered. The colonel flopped into his chair and sighed. "How does she do that?!" the alchemist muttered. "She sees every thing, chief." Havoc said mockingly, "after all, she's got the Hawkeyes".

Cliche, I know, but a friend of mine (who helps me with this fanfiction) just loves the all "Hawkeye's got the Hawkeyes" thingie so i had to put it there.

about updating.... I'll update once every two weeks but I will update.

I would also like to say thank you to all the pepole out there who commented or even read this fanfiction, I really appreciate it.

OnotoriousK