Saying Goodbye
Chapter 2
Fullmetal Alchemist Roy x Ed
The insistent ringing of an alarm clock invaded the slumber of the two men, laying curled up to one another in the bed. Roy was the first one to wake, reaching over his lover to shut off the alarm. He nudged the smaller man, only earning a groggy groan.
"Ed it's time to wake up, you have to go" Roy said softly as he continued to rock the boy gently with a hand on his shoulder.
"I don't want to go, I want to stay here" the blonde mumbled childishly.
"What do you want for breakfast?"
"Ramen"
"For Breakfast?"
"Yeah and a lot of it" Ed smiled without opening his eyes.
"Well get up and take a shower while I go make your ramen" Roy chuckled as he ruffled the younger man's hair.
"Shower with me" Ed insisted.
"If I do that I won't have time to make your food before I take you to the train station. You would have to eat on the train."
"Worth it" he chuckled as he finally sat up and stretched.
Roy leaned down and kissed him lightly. "You are choosing me over food? I am honored"
"Can it, bastard" he grumbled as he got up and walked to the bathroom, one bare automail foot clanking against the tile while the matching flesh made very little sound in contact with the material "You coming or not" he called, turning on the shower. Roy followed happily.
"Is your automail going to work at Briggs, I thought you had trouble with it last time?"
"Winry traded out my old automail for the winter set, I never went back to change them, it is lighter this way, I can move a little faster but it's a trade off with strength and durability" Ed explained as he stepped into the shower. He was followed in by Roy. The smaller man rinsed himself off and started to wash his long hair. "Hopefully there will be a phone that I can use to talk to you while I am there, I will call when I can"
"That's more than I expected from you, usually I am the one that has to call when you are out of town"
"Well I am not going to see you for probably a month"
"A month? I thought you said two weeks"
"Minimum of two weeks, for all I know he could keep me there for almost a year" he said with a growl as he rinsed out his hair.
"I am going to miss you"
Usually Ed would call him sappy or insult him in other ways for acting like this but he did something really out of character. He moved forward and hugged him, resting his head on the taller man's chest. "Me too"
Roy ran his fingers through the other's hair and smiled. "You usually don't act like this when you are about to leave, is there anything you are not telling me?"
"That you are a sappy bastard" He muttered against his chest, earning a laugh from Roy. He smiled at how he could feel the laughter rumble in his chest before stepping away.
"I'm serious though, you seem a little more nervous about this one"
"I don't know how long I am going to be gone, or what is waiting for me there. They wouldn't be sending more people to Briggs if there wasn't something happening. Hakuro won't tell me anything about what I am doing there, just that I am going to Briggs for a while." He muttered, spitting out the general's name with extra venom on his tongue.
"Just be safe, please, come back home in one piece"
"No promises"
"Edward, there better be promises, don't joke about this"
"I will be fine, what's the worst that could happen?"
About an hour later Roy was seeing Edward off at the train station. Ed had already boarded and placed his luggage in the rack, just watching out the window at the Roy with a smile. He hadn't said goodbye because goodbyes signify some sort of end and that he wasn't going to return. He was not saying goodbye, he was never going to say goodbye until he was on his deathbed, maybe not even then. The train lurched ahead, carrying him away for however long Hakuro had him assigned to work with Armstrong's team. He watched Roy fade as he set out.