I felt that the last chapter was very… Anti-climactic. Sorry for that. Hopefully this one should be better. I do not own Full Metal Alchemist or any of its characters.

Roy and Ed retreated further up the hallway away from any doors or exits. "Ed, what do you think of me?" Roy asked. Ed was, to say the least, taken aback by this question. "I think you're an arrogant, manipulative jerk with a God complex. Why do you ask?" Ed cocked an eyebrow.

"No, I mean appearance wise. What do you think of me when you look at me?"

"Colonel… I don't know what you're trying to say… I… Look…" Ed's cheeks started to colour. "I don't like guys like that if that's what you're getting at."

Mustang finally realised what he'd said and for the first time all day, actually started laughing; partially to cover up his embarrassment but also at the situation itself. Ed only shot him a confused look. "That's not what I meant. It doesn't matter, Ed. Dismissed." He finally stopped laughing and started making his way back towards his office leaving a confused Ed in his wake.

He was about to return to the office when he made an impromptu decision and went into the Men's room instead. He leaned over a sink and studied his reflection in the mirror, feeling more jovial than he had done all day. Unknown to him, this idyllic feeling would quickly wear out. He ran his fingers through his hair and noticed at least twenty more discoloured hairs in his head. Melancholy and anger ran through his body. Why him?! He thought he had finished with the horrible fiasco from the morning; that it had been a one-off. Mustang clutched a clump of hair where there had been grey hairs but also normal ones and tore them out of his head.

A great cry erupted from the bathrooms as Roy winced in pain, dropping the hairs into the basin. He looked in the mirror again and became mortified. He had a small bald patch where he had torn his hairs out but that wasn't what had made him so horrified. In the mirror he had noticed a head pop up from one of the cubicles. Not just any head though. This head belong to Major Armstrong.

"Colonel Mustang!" The 'virile' man skipped over to Mustang and trapped him in an extremely tight embrace, lifting the man up from the floor and causing all his bones to make cracking noises before he finally lowered him back onto the ground. Mustang was now glad that they had previously discussed what to do in the event that 'someone should be hugged by Armstrong'. The practise drills proved quite useful. But I digress.

"I heard a scream, was it you?" Armstrong asked.

"Yeah." Roy replied and sighed, leaning over the sink again. Armstrong noticed the hairs in the sink then the bald patch Mustang had. "Are you alright, Sir?" Armstrong enquired.

Mustang was about to deny his inner torment but after remembering just how annoying the larger man could be, decided he didn't really want to have to deal with him longer than necessary. Besides, he could always use some good advice.

"Well…" He motioned for him to lean over like he had done for Ed. Armstrong leaned over so Mustang could whisper in his ear but the latter still had to tiptoe to be able to reach.

"Don't tell anyone but…" Mustang looked around once more just to make sure no one was around. "You see, I found some grey hair, right? So I tore them out, only, I got a few other strands as well, hence the patch of hair missing."

"Fear not, Colonel Mustang! Great hair has been passed down through the Armstrong lineage! I'll fix your hair so it looks just as great as mine!" By this point, he had managed to take off his military jacket and shirt exposing his muscles and showing them off to the man in front of him. Mustang's eyebrow started to twitch as he imagined himself with hair similar to Armstrong.

"No thank you, Major. I'll just try and cover up the patch with my hair. I'd best get going now; much paperwork to do and all. I trust you can keep my secret."

"Very well, sir."

Mustang exited the Men's room and headed for his office again trying to cover up the missing patch of hair. "Hopefully, no one will ask." He sighed.

The whole 'Armstrong popping up over the cubical whilst Mustang is looking in a mirror' is a scene in the Manga, if anyone can tell.

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