Disclaimer: I don't own FMA!
Warning: some bad language
Summary: You know you have the perfect thing right there by your side, but getting them to cooperate and realize just how sincere you are is the hardest thing. RoyxRiza, EdxWinry (maybe a hint of EdxRoy just for plot)
Sunshine in My Eyes
2
By: Kumiko-kun
A week passed and no signs of waking from the Colonel. Ed and Al had returned from a mission just to hear that Roy was in the hospital with little improvement. Aside from pissing the young alchemist off that he couldn't yell at the Colonel, he was angry that he had gotten himself into a situation that had led to him being in the hospital. Since there was no way he could be given another mission, Ed offered to help Maes with the investigation despite the little information that they were able to get from the office. The blood that was in the office was all Roy's, papers had been tossed around a bit as if an argument had happened before the fatal hit, but nothing out of the ordinary could be seen. Perhaps with Ed looking, a clue might show up and lead them closer to the truth of that night.
Riza sat in the hospital by Roy's bedside, looking over the report that Ed had given to her from the last mission. Even with the Colonel in the hospital his paperwork had to be done and she had taken over the job of doing so. The silence of the hospital room nearly drove her mad every time she came to visit, hoping that he would wake soon. Sighing again, she flipped another page of the report and continued to read. After nearly an hour, she put the report on the table beside the bed and stood. It nearly killed her every time she looked at the Colonel's face, the single expression that he showed. Still, she blamed herself for not being at the office and not being there to protect the man that she had sworn to protect alongside Maes. The two had promised to help him get to the top; yet, they couldn't keep him safe even while he was at work.
Turning around, she grabbed her purse and moved toward the door. It was nearing the ending hours for visitors and even though this was a military hospital she knew that she couldn't stay much longer than the hours granted. She had work in the morning and there was plenty of work to be done. With one last look at the seemingly peaceful face, she turned and left the room.
Please, Roy, just wake up.
Her ankle-high boots clicked on the tile floor as she walked down the hall toward the nurse station. She clutched her purse in one had as the other hung loosely in her pocket. The images of seeing the blood all over the room and the shadow of the colonel thrown up against the window, flashed through her mind. Shaking her head, she turned to walk passed the nursing station but just as she passed a loud commotion caught her attention. Stopping in her tracks, she stood and listened as a message came over the intercom of the hospital.
"Dr. Holtz to room 231, Dr. Holtz to room 231!"
Roy?
Slowly at first, she made her way toward the colonel's room but she was stopped before she could go in by one of the nurses. Looking down at the nurse's face, she saw here shake her head before heading into the room and closing the door. Fear. Anxiety. Worry. Three emotions that filled her entire being as she stared at the door that kept her out away from her friend. She wanted to know what was going on inside the room but all she could do was wait, listening to the yells that were coming from the room, unsure whether they were of the doctor and nurses or of Roy. Pacing outside the room, the only thoughts that filled her head were ones of worry.
Nearly four hours later, the doctor exited the room and found Riza in the chair right outside. Slowly, he walked up to her and cleared his throat to gain her attention.
"The Colonel seemed to have a reaction to something, though we are not sure exactly what," the doctor explained after she had looked up at him. "We have him sedated so should he wake up it won't be until tomorrow at the earliest. I suggest that you go home and get some rest, Lieutenant."
Wanting to argue but knowing that she wouldn't win, Riza turned away and headed home. The entire way home her mind was on the colonel and what could have caused him to react the way he had. Still so many questions that have yet to be answered since the start of this and most of the questions needed to be answered by the man who now lay in a hospital bed sedated. Shaking her head, she concentrated on driving the rest of the way home. She needed a night's sleep, or as much of one as she could muster.
The next day, Riza found herself strangely focused on her work. Seeming to have noticed this, the others found themselves distracted from their work and goofed off for most of the day. It wasn't until the feisty blond showed up that she was snapped out of her concentration.
"Good morning, Edward," she said, smiling slightly. "I thought you were at the library."
"No good that did me," Ed replied, shoving his hands in his pockets as he stood on the other side of her desk staring at the door that led to the Colonel's office. "Not awake yet?"
Dropping her eyes to the paperwork that lay on her desk she shook her head. "No," she answered before looking back up to find him now looking at her. "Last night, he woke up but something happened and they had to sedate him. The doctor wasn't sure what caused the reaction he had but I guess no one will really know until he wakes."
"I see. Is Hughes inside?"
"No, he has the room boarded off so no one can go inside," she explained, they were both now staring at the doorway to the colonel's office. "He did an initial investigate the morning after the colonel was rushed to the hospital and since then, no one has been allowed inside."
Ed turned to leave, walking away from her desk.
"Edward," Riza said, stopping the young man. "I'll be visiting the Colonel at the hospital after work. He may be awake if you want to visit as well."
Smiling slightly, Ed nodded before leaving the office.
The hours passed slowly, straining the afternoon to feel more like days than hours. Riza was afraid of what the doctors at the hospital would say about the colonel's condition and what they would find out once he had awakened. Sighing, she continued to sign the needed paperwork and file away anything that needed to be done. She wanted the afternoon to be done with so she did everything she could to make the time fly. The others noticed her nervousness and restlessness as well and did their best not to work on her nerves. If it was bad to piss off the lieutenant when she was in a normal mood it was even worse to piss off the lieutenant when she was nervous. An hour before her shift ended, Hughes stopped by her desk as well.
"Come on, Hawkeye," Hughes said, laying a hand on her shoulder, stirring her from her workings. "Let's go."
Nodding, Lt. Hawkeye followed Hughes out into the hallway. Though, the others were just as worried about the colonel as Hughes and Hawkeye, they had their responsibilities to think of and they knew that it would be best for them to wait until the colonel was awake before going to see him. They knew Hawkeye would relay any message about the colonel to them, so they had no worries.
The ride to the hospital was quiet, this time having Hughes driving. Riza stared out the window at the falling rain that had started almost as soon as they left the headquarters.
So fitting, she thought, for a day like this to be raining.
Her boots clicked quietly against the floor of the hospital with Hughes walking not too far behind her. When they reached the room where the colonel was being kept, they stopped right outside the room.
"…name?" They heard a nurse ask. After a short time, they heard. "Perhaps later then."
When the nurse exited the room, she looked at the two waiting outside. With a small shake of her head, she turned and walked down the hallway away from them. Riza glanced back at Hughes and they shared a worried look. If the colonel didn't answer to the question of what his name was, would he even remember who they were? Shaking her head, Riza stepped into the room with Hughes behind her, only to find the colonel staring out at the falling rain.
"Colonel, sir?"
Slowly, the man that sat on the bed, turned to look at the two standing in the doorway. "I'm sorry but who are you?"
TBC…
AN: ok that's the second chapter. Sorry for being late on this one but I was at NYAF and just now got around to working on this and completing with. Hope you enjoy and sorry for the lack of real story, it will get better. I promise!! Please review!!
