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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

3

By: Kumiko-kun

Roy sat staring out at the setting sun, he had been awake for less than a day and he couldn't remember anything. The nurses would come in periodically and ask him questions, though they seemed to be the simplest things that one should remember but he came up blank every time. What's your name? They all asked him that, but he couldn't answer. There were two people that visited him before in the early afternoon that had called him Colonel. Shaking his head, he moved in the bed to lie down, grunting a bit as pain shot through his chest. He wouldn't even remember how he had gotten hurt or why he was in the hospital anyway. Maybe he should ask the two who had visited him, since they seemed to know who he was. Closing his eyes, he willed himself to sleep, wanting to remember something… anything of what he was…

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Riza sat at the office, signing her name on the signature lines of paperwork that Mustang was to do. Amnesia? She thought to herself, taping her pen on her chin. I don't know what to do with him now. Sighing, he placed the pen on the pile of paperwork and stood, gaining the attention of the others in the office. As of yet, Riza and Maes had kept the colonel's condition to themselves until they knew more about what to do about it but it seemed a bit unfair to them. Most of them had been working for the colonel for years and they had all become friends in one way or another and deserved to know the outcome.

"As you know," she began, looking up at them. "The colonel is in the hospital after an unknown assailant tried to murder him. He's been awake since yesterday afternoon… however…"

"What's wrong with him, Hawkeye?" Havoc asked, watching as it looked as if she was going to cry.

"The colonel is suffering from Amnesia. He doesn't remember who I am, nor does he remember who Hughes is," she replied, sniffling some but determined not to cry. "He might not be the same when he comes back to work after the hospital releases him and he might act weird but please just try your best not to let that ruin what we know we have with the Colonel. I'm going to visit him again after work and hope that I can talk to him about some of the stuff to get him to remember something."

"What are we going to do about boss?" Breda asked, getting Riza's attention. "You know he'll hate the fact that the Colonel doesn't remember anything about before and what about his missions?"

"Edward is on a mission right now with his brother and shouldn't be back for a few weeks," she stated. "If he does come back before then, I'll just take care of it. Now, please, I ask that you all try to take your time with the Colonel and don't all go bombard him while he is in the hospital."

The group nodded their agreement before they all set off to finish their work for the day. With the colonel in the hospital and Ed off on another mission, the office was eerily quiet and productive. Not that productive was bad; it was just unusual for them all to get their work done in a timely manner. The higher ups would know that something is amiss in their department but what could she do? Make them stop working as hard as they could just because the office was quiet… No, she couldn't do that. Sighing, she practically stared the clock until it read time to leave. She wanted away from the office, away from the quiet. Not that the hospital would be a much better atmosphere but at least she knew she had something that needed to be done there.

The ride to the hospital seemed long without having the colonel in the backseat, watching her every movement. Without having the colonel around, she had no one to watch over. The night he was nearly killed, made her remember that something might happen to him and there was always a chance that she wouldn't be there to kick the person's ass that was harming him. As she parked the car and walked up the walkway to the hospital, she saw a group of children standing outside the hospital doors. She could hear them talking and chattering to themselves about who each of them knew in the hospital but they didn't seem to be saddened. A smile appeared on her lips, if these small children could wear smiles on their faces even with the ones they love in the hospital then maybe she could as well.

She walked down the hallways, trying to school her face into a smile but as she neared the room with the colonel lie, her face wouldn't listen. The memory of what happened the day before kept surfacing in her mind. Standing outside, she took a deep breath, trying to calm her nerves a bit. She knew that when she wouldn't enter the room, she would be faced with a man who she had served many years in the military with but now a man who had no knowledge of it at all.

Pushing the door open, she peered into the room to find him staring out at the window again. She stepped into the room and closed the door behind her before taking a seat beside the bed.

"You know who I am," a voice startled her.

Riza looked up to find that he was now looking at her. It took her a moment to realize that he was in fact talking to her. "Yes, I know who you are."

"I want to know who I am, why I am in here."

Nodding, Riza reached into her bag and pulled out a photo of him and the entire crew from the office party that was not too long ago and handed the photo to him.

"That's you in the middle," she explained, sitting back in the chair. "I can tell you that you are Colonel Roy Mustang and the Flame Alchemist."

Roy stared at the picture. He didn't recognize anyone in this photo, they looked slightly familiar but he couldn't put a name to any of them. The only one he recognized was himself and even now he had just learned who he was.

"You never told me who you were," he nearly whispered, still looking at the picture in his hands.

Riza smiled at him. "My name is Riza Hawkeye; I'm a lieutenant under your command, sir."

Looking away from the picture, Roy looked at her, a smile also upon his face. "I guess I should count myself lucky then to have such a pretty lieutenant then, shouldn't I?"

Surprised slightly, Riza shook her head but kept smiling. "I guess you could say that."

"Tell me, Lieutenant, who are the others in this photo?" He asked, moving to hand her back the picture. "If I am Colonel, I should at least know who I am overseeing."

Riza took the rest of the time during visiting hours to explain to him who each of the people were and what they were to him. Though she didn't carry a picture of Al or Ed she explained them to him as well and told him that he would know who he was when he saw them when he returned to work. It didn't take long for the visiting hours to be over and she was heading home. She had told him that she would be back the next day and she could answer more questions then, if he wished. He had smiled at her and thanked her for her time but she could tell that he was still a bit wary of her. The doctors didn't know how long it would be for him to recover his memories or if he would ever recover them but the wounds of his would heal in a few days and he could return home then.

Walking from the hospital, a dark shadow caught her eye right outside the door. She stopped and glanced toward her right but saw nothing. Perhaps she was just seeing things. Shaking her head, she continued to her car.

"Roy," she said, standing outside her car door and looking up at the hospital. "Please just recover your memories. I don't know if I can handle you when you aren't an arrogant bastard."

Tbc….

AN: not much of a chapter really but an update nonetheless. It will get better I promise, the sunshine is coming!!!