Hey guys! Here is chapter two! Enjoy and feel free to tell me what you think!
"So….are you gonna do it?" Breda asked Havoc through a mouth stuffed with food.
"Huh?" responded Havoc, his mouth fit to burst as well.
"Are you gonna do it!" Breda repeated, swallowing an unhealthy amount of food.
"Do what?"
"This kiss at midnight!"
"Oh….that."
"Yes that, c'mon Havoc, you gotta do it!"
"Who the hell would I even do it with?"
Breda gave his friend a 'you are a freakin idiot' look and directed his attention very pointedly towards Rebecca.
"Catalina? No way in hell will I kiss that woman!"
"Havoc you are a moron! It's obvious you like her, seriously, everyone can see it!"
"I am not, I do not, and they cannot!"
"What is wrong with you! Look, here comes Hawkeye, we will ask her." Breda said with a wink. Havoc deadpanned.
'Okay first I guess I have to get Havoc to admit he likes her' Hawkeye thought, trying to find a game plan. 'Then I can talk him into actually making a move, I'm sure Breda will help me…'
Hawkeye stopped in front of the men and gave them a slight smile before turning her attention to Havoc
'Step one, get him to admit his feelings.'
"You like Rebecca Catalina."
'…..Okay that was a bit blunter than I meant for it to be…'
Havoc tried to remain calm as Hawkeye approached, how could she look so hot but still so mean.
'Don't show your fear man, even if Breda is about to throw you under the bus.'
Havoc continued his little pep talk as Hawkeye smiled at them. He mentally prepared himself for Breda's next words. The last thing he expected was for Hawkeye to say them.
"You like Rebecca Catalina" Havoc felt all the color drain from his face and his mouth drop open.
'Is it really that obvious!' He turned to look at Breda who looked like he was going to explode from holding in his laughter, the expression on Havoc's face didn't help at all.
'How the hell can she tell! Okay….yes, I like Catalina. I have for a while now actually, but I sure as hell wasn't going to tell her! I am perfectly content to wallow in my unmanliness and just be her friend and not risk her beating the crap out of me when I tell her how I really feel.
'Okay and now you've been standing, looking like an idiot for quite a while which isn't helping your case at all. You need to respond and you need to look Hawkeye straight in the eye and tell her how wrong she is. Say it!'
"I—I –"
'Okay not quite, you're almost there!"
"How did you know!"
'…Shit'
"I—I—mean…uhh"
'Way to go Havoc, you pretty much just admitted you like Catalina, that voice crack in the middle didn't help much either. Very manly'
"How did you know!" Havoc all but shouted at her. Hawkeye raised her eyebrows in shock.
'Wow….that was easy.'
Breda, who had tears running down his face from laughter, took a deep breath before looking at Havoc.
"Very smooth man, I totally believe you don't like her now!"
"I—I don't like her! I promise!" Havoc defended, growing smaller and smaller under Breda and Hawkeye's stares.
"Alright now that you have admitted your feelings for Becca, you are going to kiss her at midnight." Said Hawkeye, happy that her plan was going so well.
"But I don't like her! I don—I mean—it's just…..I can't!" Havoc faltered "Okay. Fine. I like her. But—" Havoc started again, cutting off Breda's excited look. "She would personally kill me if I told her! She doesn't like me back—at all."
"That," Hawkeye said, " I know for a fact, is false. She's my best friend, Havoc, I know these things."
"Really? She does?" Havoc asked, excitement coursing through his veins. He snuck a glance at Rebecca talking to Mustang on the other side of the room.
'God she is beautiful.'
"Yes. She does. Now that you know this I expect you to dance with her at least once tonight and to be by her side for the countdown and kiss her as the clock strikes 12 do you understand."
"Uh huh" said Havoc, not really listening, his focus still caught on Catalina.
"Good. And if you do not, you answer to me." Hawkeye said before turning sharply and walking away.
"Whatever you say—wait what?" Havoc looked towards Breda, realizing he has no idea what he just agreed to. Breda was once again laughing his head off, but he calmed down enough to relieve his friend.
"Dude. You just agreed to kiss Catalina at midnight"
"Shiiiiittt"
Mustang walked up to Rebecca purposefully, signature smirk in place. He was fully confident in his ability to get Catalina to admit her feelings.
"Hey Catalina" he said to her, smirking even more.
"Oh hey Mustang. Damn you look good tonight. If you weren't with Hawkeye I would probably claim you for myself."
Well that was unexpected
"Thanks—wait what? Me and Hawkeye? What are you talking about, we aren't toget—"
"Right, nice try Mustang. You better kiss the hell out of her at midnight got it? Anyways, I gotta go. Talk to you later."
Mustang stared at her retreating form.
'How had that gone so poorly! I didn't even start to talk to her about Havoc but yet she gave me an entire talk about Hawkeye. Hawkeye—crap she's going to kill me!'
"So how'd it go?"
It took all Mustang had not to jump a foot in the air at the sound of her voice. He calmed himself down before turning to face her, putting a smile on his face.
"Perfectly." He responded, the less he said the better.
"Good, I threatened Havoc into making his move so everything should work out."
'Except that I didn't actually do anything' thought Mustang, hoping that didn't ruin the entire plan.
He followed Hawkeye's gaze to see Havoc asking Catalina for a dance, a blush dusting his cheeks.
"Hey Havoc" Rebecca said, wrapping her arms tighter around his neck.
"Ya?" he replied, trying not to blush even more at their close proximity.
"Whatdya say we get Mustang and Hawkeye together tonight. Like for real."
"Do you think we could?"
"Of course! We can get Ed and Winry to help us too"
"Uh, sure…" answered Havoc, still unsure of their ability.
"Perfect! Thanks Havoc!" Rebecca said before happily hugging him and running off to find the Fullmetal Alchemist, leaving Havoc standing there with a dazed look on his now bright red face.
"Hey Hawkeye" Mustang said, laughing as Rebecca hugged a very embarrassed Havoc.
"Mm?"
"Wanna put our matchmaking skills to the test again tonight?"
"…..Who did you have in mind"
"Fullmetal" Roy said with an evil smile. Hawkeye shook her head at his antics, but agreed anyways.
"Sure I'll talk to Winry" she said as she walked away.
"Crap! No! I don't wanna be the one to talk to Fullmetal!" Mustang protested, but it was too late. Grumbling to himself he scanned the crowd for the shortest occupant of the room.
'Well this will be fun….'
Okay so this has turned into a much longer fic than I originaly expected, but hey the more the merrier! Anyways I will probably be posting the final chapter to A Trip to the Zoo today, and if you love Royai, feel free to check out some of my other fics! Thanks for reading! Reviews always appreciated!
~bearhead