Chapter 3: The Company You Keep
"Hey Roy!" shouted an over-eager Maes Hughes, who had yet to look up and see the two standing there. "I just got some new pictures of my darling Elicia. I was wondering if you want..ed…to.." he slowly looked up from his pictures of his daughter, only to see a mortified Fuhrer and a very, very scary Edward Elric staring back at him.
"Hey Ed, how are you? I didn't know you were here," he said sheepishly, "do you want to see the pictures too?"
Ed glared at the man, half daring him to take a step toward him.
"That's okay Hughes. I can see them another time. Fuhrer Mustang and I were discussing something important. If you wouldn't mind…"
Hughes cut him off, not really sensing that he should leave if he wanted to keep those pictures.
"It'll only take a sec. Here she is on her new bike. Oh, and here she is in her sun-dress in the park." Hughes showed him the pictures with an abnormal smile on his face. He finally realized that Ed was mad and if he didn't act soon, then he would be thrown out. Literally. Out a window. And that would hurt since Roy's office was on the top floor of the building. He had to think of a way out that didn't involve himself being in pain. He had a father-daughter date with Elicia today after work to look forward to!
"Why are you still here?"
A strong voice came from behind and Hughes nearly jumped to the ceiling.
"I was just leaving actually. I'll see you on Monday, Roy! Goodnight Edward!"
With that, Hughes fled the room. He hadn't even noticed he dropped his pictures when he left. He wouldn't dare go back there right now.
As the door slammed shut, Roy walked over and locked it. He had that look in his eyes again. Edward didn't mind, however. In fact, he encouraged it. He gave Roy a hungry look and sat down on the couch. Roy walked over and picked up the bag that was in his way.
"Be careful with that," said Ed, "I put a surprise in it for later."
This peaked Roy's interest and he arced his eyebrow.
"What kind of surprise?" he asked as he put his arms around Ed once again.
"You'll see," Ed said playfully. "Now where were we?"
Ed then pulled Roy closer and planted a kiss on his lips. Roy reciprocated with a kiss of his own. Soon they were lying on the couch, trying to get Roy's jacket off. Ed was struggling with the buttons and it was aggravating him to no end.
"Damn buttons," he muttered. "I should just rip them off. You have more jackets at home, right?" he asked earnestly.
"As a matter of fact, I do, Fullmetal. But that doesn't mean I want to spend a lot of money replacing the buttons. I'll be changing my clothes later anyway so we can go out to dinner later." Roy replied with a sparkle in his eye.
This made Edward pout, though he could still keep the buttons whole to fix the clothes later. He clapped his hands together, the buttons falling off of the jacket onto the carpeted portion of the floor next to the couch, and pulled open the jacket with ease. He leaned down to kiss Roy again and found the older man only too willing to ignore the work on his desk.
After they had gotten both Ed's and Roy's shirts off, there was another soft knock on the door.
"Just ignore it," Ed said to Roy, "You locked the door anyway, so they can't get in. Don't even think about getting off this couch either. Otherwise, I won't be very happy," he added with a sly smirk.
Roy, then, continued kissing the young alchemist in his arms, while the person on the other side of the door kept knocking.
What could he be doing in there? I hope he finished his paperwork, or Hawkeye will come after me. Havoc sighed. This shouldn't be new. This wasn't the first time Roy locked his door. But, the fact that it was almost time to go and it was still locked made him worry.
He knocked once more and then finally gave up. There was no way he was getting in there or getting them out. He sighed as he pulled out a cigarette and lit it. He took a long drag and waited. If he was lucky, they might remember that they had plans for dinner.
He stood up once again and knocked on the door as loud as he could.
"Sir, it's me, Havoc. I'm here to pick you and Edward up and bring you two to your dinner date. If you don't mind, sir, I was wondering if we could leave soon. It's getting pretty late, and I actually have my own plans this evening," he said in the loudest voice he could muster.
He heard a moan come from inside and half wished he hadn't said anything. He then heard footsteps and the door unlock. It opened to find a very angry Edward and a newly dressed Roy. He sighed when Ed pouted and grumbled something about a few more minutes. Jean just smiled at him.