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Roy Mustang sighed, as hesitantly walked towards his office, afraid of what might come to him once he opened the door. He suddenly thought back to earlier that morning when his confession accidentally slipped out unexpectedly in front of her. He also remembered that hard glare he had recieved from one of his First Lieutenant's best freinds, Second Lieutenant Maria Ross, who had been quite annonyed with him afterwards. Swallowing, as he pictured the death glare he recieved from the woman, he shivered, and suddenly froze as soon as he stopped in front of his office door, terrified of what might be waiting to murder him one the other side.

Swallowing his fears as he opened the door, Roy braced himself to either be shot at, or yelled at, but nothing came, and he opened his eyes to find that the only peole in his office were Havoc, Breda and surprisingly, Major Armstrong.

" M-Major Armstrong, Sir!" Roy saluted, and the Major simply waved it off and carefully put down the report he was reading, a serious look on his face. " Um... Major...?" Roy asked hesitantly, butbefore he could add to his sentence, the Major's serious face shattered and sparkles filled the air around him, as he ran over and gave the Colonel a strangling hug. " C-Can't...b-breathe...! M-Major...!" Roy gasped, but the Major refused to let go until Havoc and Breda were forced to pry him off of their superior officer.

" Ooooooh! I'm just SOOOOOO estatic tat you revealed your feeling for our beloved First Lieutenant, and to top it off, it was in front of her, herself!" the Major chirped and Roy's eyebrow twitched, and both Havoc and Breda swallowed dryly.

" In case you hadn't figured it out yet, Major, I was not intending on doing so, so I suggest you drop the subject, please." his voice dripped with venom, and his subordinates winced, but the Major, somehow, failed to notice the Colonel's foul mood.

" What do you mena, Colonel? It's so quite obvious that you wanted to confess soon or later, and now she knows, why are you happy?" the Major asked innocently, and Roy groaned as he sat down in his chair and began to start his paperwork, eager for the Major to leave, because as much as he dispised paperwork, at the moment, he really dispised talking to anyone about this morning's events in the cafeteria that portained to the relationship between himself and his First Lieutenant.

" I really, really need a vacation!" he groaned, rubbing his aching temples with his gloved hands as he laid down his pen and rested his head on the open file he had been working on, just waiting for his best friend to pop in any second, but unfortunately, he didn't for the next few hours.

" Ooooooh, speaking of vacation!" The Major exclaimed, and Roy almost fell out of his chair, he'd forgotten the Major was there.

" Yes..?"

" Here, I recieved this in the mail the other day, it's a pamphlet for a vacation in the East!" The Major exclaimed, and Roy lifted his head to look at the thin and shiny, blue, laminated, tri-folded paper being handed to him.

" Huh..." he mumbled, lazily taking the pamphlet from the Major and glancing at it with out much though, before setting it aside and reluctantly continuing his paperwork. He looked up when he felt the eyes on him not leaving and he gave a nod to the Major, " You're dismissed Major, and thank you." he waved the flimsy pamphlet to the Major as he left.

" So, what are you gonna do with the offer?" Havoc asked, and Roy shrugged, getting ready to resume his paperwork, when there was a knock on the door.

" Enter!" Roy called, and the door opened to reveal a stoic looking First Lieutenant. Havoc and Breda glanced at Roy, who was watching his uneasy subordinate with a bit of concern.

" I'd perfer if you'd stop that, Sir. I'll have you know that I am perfectly fine, and nothing is wrong." she stated tightly they could all see that it was obvious that she was avoiding the subject of what happened earlier that morning in the cafeteria.

Roy suddenly got an idea, and glanced at the pamphlet the Major had given him and smiled inwardly at the kind gesture he was about to do for his First Lieutenant. He stood up, catching everyone's attention, putting his hands behing his back, his right hand clasped on his left wrist as he walked over to his First Lieutenant.

" Lieutenant Hawkeye, may I see you outside please?" he asked politely, standing to the side of her desk so she couldn't see what he was holding.

" Sir, if this is about the incident that occurred this morning, then no." she replied coldly, and Roy flinched.

" No, it is not, and this is an order, Lieutenant." Roy countered, and Riza looked up at him coldly, before pushing out her chair and standing up.

" Ladies first." Roy gestured for her to go before him, recieving a hard glare from his subordinate. As they moved towards the door, Havoc and Breda shot their superior baffled looks, and Roy smirked, and waved the pamphlet the Major had given him behind his back, and they nodded in return.

Once out in the hallway, Roy closed the door behind him, being careful that Riza wouldn't see what he was hiding.

" What is it, Sir?" she asked impatiently, still avoiding his eyes. Roy sighed, and began to laugh softly, causing Riza to look up in curiousity and confusion, " What?"

" You're being very tense about something you think this is about that you say you aren't upset about." he chuckled, and she blinked, slightly puzzled by what he just aid, and then suddenly realized he was rght, but before she could respond, Roy continued, " Look, I amsorry about what happened-"

" Sir, I told you already, that-" Roy interrupted her and held out the pamphlet from the Major. " What is this?"

" Go, take a vacation, take with Black Hayate with you too. You've been under too much stress lately, you need to take a break. I hear Eastern is very popular when it comes to vacations, besides, the beaches are nice there too." he said, as she cautiously took the pamphlet from him.

" But, Sir, what will happen when I'm gone, who's going to make sure you all do your work?" she asked, but Roy could hear how much really wanted to go in her voice, she couldn't hide it well enough from him.

" I promise you, we'll be fine, and if it helps, you can call, or even have someone check up on us if it makes you feel better. I'm just saying you need a break from work, just take a week or so off, and if I find that you're back in anytime less than a week, I will personally force you to go on vacation, or at least I will make sure you won't be allowed back into Central until it is over, got it?" he said strenly, and Riza raised an eyebrow, obviously trying to restrain her laughter at his childish threats to keep her from working for an entire week.

" I don't know, I don't think-" Roy raised his hand and she paused.

" It's not a request, Lieutenant, it's an order. I order you to go on vacation." he said stubbornly, and Riza rolled her eyes with a sigh.

" Very well, Sir, I'll be sure to pack my things when I get home tonight, after work." she sighed, caving in to his childishness, and moved to go back into the office, but Roy held out his arm.

" No, not 'after work'. You are going to go gather your things now, and I'm going to drive you home, now. You can pack then, and get a good night's sleep. Then, tomorrow morning, I'm going to make sure you get on that train to Eastern, got it?" Riza glared at him, but relucantly obliged, and went inside to gather her things. As soon as she was ready, she went out to the front of the headquarter's building and found Roy waiting for her in the car. She began walking towards the drivers side, but Roy refused, and drove her home himself.

The drive itself was silent, with the exception of the goodbyes and Riza's 'thank you, sir', and as she was packing her things, Riza began thinking about what had happened earlier that morning in the cafeteria. She couldn't believe that she'd heard it, she'd always thought she wasn't good enough, that she was too... tomboyish for him, that she wasn't pretty like all the other women he had gone out with, and she never thought she'd get so scared by hearing him say it. She didn't know how to react to it, so she ran, and she didn't look back...

" Stop it, Riza! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!" she scolded herself, as her thoughts continued to drift to her superior officer. She sighed, as sheclosed her suitcase, and turned to the sleeping puppy beside her and remembered what Roy had said and decided to go to sleep as well.

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