Onee-chan: i think u owe them all an explanation, It.
It: oh. do I? -laying down on his bed-
Onee-chan: ya, you do. But since you dont seem to be in any hurry to do so... It has had this chp but he didnt know until my older sister reminded him to post and he went to write more to it.
It: I've been busy..
Onee-chan: too many ideas run through our minds..
Chapter 4
It had been almost two weeks and every time Roy and Ed were in each others presence... it was like any ordinary day. Ed glares, Roy smirks or glares, invisible battle of stares... the basics.. Ok.. Not as much glaring and the battles were more like cunning smirks while they stared at each other.
Anyway, this morning, Ed was standing in Roy's office. He'd been on a mission the other day and screwed up. First the guy got away, then Ed tried to stop him but the guy tricked him and he injured Major Armstrong... however that was possible..
Hughes was in the corner of the room after accompanying Ed to the office. Roy was giving Ed an earful. Ed was flinching.
"It was an easy task! You go on rounds and if you see something then you get Armstrong, not do it yourself! He was what? 5 steps away? You couldn't turn and tell him before you ran off? Then when he comes to help you, You have part of a building collapse on him! Now we have an escaped convict, a hurt Major, and the repairs of that building in less than 10 minutes! Is there anything you did today I haven't been informed of!" Roy asked, glaring.
Hughes flinched in the corner. He had promised not to say anything. Personally he thought Roy was being a little harsh. He'd never yelled at Elric like that before. Of course.. Ed had never made so many mistakes in such a short period of time either...
"Nothin else you need to be worrying your hot shot self over." Ed growled. "Am I done here?" Hughes blinked and looked back at Ed. Was it just him or did it seem like, for once, Ed was actually upset about something like this. Usually Ed looked like he wanted to rip Roy's throat out. Today it just seemed like he wanted to get out of there.
"Done? What do you mean done! I still have to give you a punishment! You.." Roy was just talking on the spur of the moment but... One, Ed deserved it. Two, he had no idea what punishment to give. And three, he was surprising himself at how much he was yelling. He had to wonder why... Hughes interrupted Roy's sentence.
"Sir. Maybe you can think about the punishment. There's someone here who wants to fix that dent he got in his arm. Don't worry. I'll make sure he gets back to you. Later." Hughes was out the door with Ed ahead of him at arms length before Roy could blink.
Roy blinked afterward and was at a complete loss. "A person to fix his arm? The girl?" he thought. For some reason, he didn't like that.. Maybe he was jealous? Not. Nope. Uh-uh. Hm...
He remembered the day he got back when Ed was sick. When Ed sat there on his bed while Roy talked to him. Where his arm met his shoulder there were scars. It was obvious it would be the same for his leg. He remembered the day it happened. He hadn't been there personally, he'd seen Ed before he got those limbs... a 10 year old kid, 'asleep' on the bed, just having gone through one of the worst possible experiences of his life. Even then Roy could read Ed pretty easy. He knew that Ed had been awake, so he left his name.
"The name's Lieutenant Colonel Roy Mustang, State Alchemist. Pay me a visit at Central sometime."
Who would've guessed that in the year or so that passed, the boy would become so complicated. It had gotten to a point where Ed hated Roy when he finally met him.. He had wondered sometimes what had happened, but he had been a little bit rude...
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Hughes was pushing Ed down the hall with a big smile on his face. "I can't wait to see your girlfriend again. She was almost as cute as my daughter!" he said with little hearts flying around in his eyes.
On a Monday, I am waiting
"Cut the crap, Commander." Ed snapped as he broke free from Hughes' grip. "I just got off the phone with Winry a minute ago. She wont be here till tomorrow. So why'd you tell Mustang she was here now?"
Tuesday, I am fading
"Well. You looked like you wanted to get out of there.." Hughes looked down a little and his eyes were hidden by the glare on his glasses. "Don't worry Ed. We all have a right to run away sometimes.." and he walked back down the hall toward Roy and out of view.
And by Wednesday, I can't sleep
Ed looked down. "Thanks." He put his hands in his pockets and walked down the hallway in the opposite direction.
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"Um.. Mr... Mustang?" Al poked his head in the door about an hour later when the sun was setting.
"Eh?" Roy was reading a paper he'd just got from some pissed woman the next town over.
"Oh.. Um. I was just wondering if you'd seen my brother around. He hasn't been around since he saw you this afternoon." Al fumbled his fingers.
"Hm?" Roy raised an eyebrow. "Wasn't he going to get his arm fixed?" he asked.
"Huh? No. Winry wont be here to fix him till tomorrow." Al paused and stood up straight.
"But.." Roy paused. Hughes had said... His eyes narrowed. "Alphonse. Can you do me a favor and go find Hughes?"
"Um.. Yes sir." Al headed off and Roy stood up. He put the papers neatly on his desk and began to go look for Ed. Where could the boy be?
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Then the phone rings, I hear you
He didn't know why he was looking here of all places but Roy was on the very edge of town where nobody lived really, on a dock to a river that used to be the major dock but now it was moved to right where this river and the sea met.
And the darkness is a clear view
He was about to turn around and smack himself for coming all the way out here for nothing when he spotted what he was looking for out of the dock. Sitting on a post and staring out at sea was Edward Elric. He wasn't wearing his coat, just his black outfit. His coat seemed to have been tossed to the ground back where the dock touched land.
Cuz you've come to rescue me
Roy approached him and found the boy hardly noticed. When Roy was within 10 feet, the blonde raised his head and stared at the Colonel with sad eyes. Roy paused. He was surprised by the look in his eyes.
Ohhhhh
It seems like I can finally rest my head on something real
I like the way that feels
"Ed?" he asked cautiously. Ed seemed to finally notice who was standing in front of him and lowered his head, turning it away from Roy and looking at the setting sun.
"Oh. Hey colonel." he replied. Ouch. Roy flinched. It sounded half sad/ half mad. He walked up to Ed and put his arms around him in a hug. He rested his head on the boy's back and he was sitting on the next post, that was only about 4 inches from the one Ed sat on. (It's an old dock. There are many reasons it's shut down.)
Ohhhhh
It's as if you know me better than I ever knew myself
I love how you can tell
All the pieces, pieces, pieces of meAll the pieces, pieces, pieces of me
"What's wrong?" he asked smoothly as he took a deep breath. He could smell the salt air, the aged wood but mostly he could smell only Ed. The scent of his being was released off of his clothing and it was a nice smell. Not as though he'd been sitting in the sun for hours, but as though he'd showered to allow his beautiful pure smell to radiate all by itself. He breathed in the scent of Ed's hair, also clean and slightly scented with strawberries.
I am moody, messy
I get restless, and it's senseless
How you never seem to care
"Don't be so two-faced." Ed half-heartedly growled, shrugging his shoulders in a futile attempt to get Roy away from him. Roy blinked and paused, hurt slightly by the tone of the boy's voice.
"Edward... what...?" Roy didn't understand why the boy was acting like this. He squatted down next to the boy and tried turning the boy's head to his but it was futile.
Fall... Sometimes I fall so fast
When I hit that bottom
Crash, you're all I have
"You came... and kissed me... you confused my emotions.. And yet you made me feel special... I was frightened of what it meant.. I thought you really liked me and then... " Ed put his head down a bit farther. "You didn't have to yell at me!" Roy could hear the soft sobs emanating from the young alchemist. "It's just.." Ed's voice was soft. "It's hard to tell... if you actually love me or not... that's all..." he seemed to be trying to get control of the sobs and they softly stopped.
Ohhhhh
It seems like I can finally rest my head on something real
I like the way that feels
It seemed as though these sobs were almost dry. Like he'd run out of tears. Had he been here crying all day? Was that why he wouldn't look at Roy too long? So that he didn't notice the tear stains?
Ohhhhh
It's as if you known me better than I ever knew myself
I love how you can tell
All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me
Roy softly held the boys head up so that their eyes locked. Tormented golden orbs and determined yet soft black ones.
How do you know everything I'm about to say?
Am I that obvious?
And if it's written on my face...
I hope it never goes away... yeah
"There's no 'or not' in there..." Roy spoke and smiled softly before pecking Ed on the lips. Then he kissed him a few more times. Ed started to shake a bit and Roy backed off, worried. "Ed?" he asked going to touch the boy's shoulder. But before he got there, Ed almost lunged at him and they fell over onto the dock.
On a Monday, I am waiting
And by Tuesday, I am fading into your arms...
So I can breath.
Ed was half hugging, half clinging, to the colonel. He was smiling and yet shaking. As though the shake was taking the place of the tears that should've been falling freely from the blonde's eyes.
Ohhhhh
It seems like I can finally rest my head on something real
I like the way that feels
Ohhhhh
It's as if you've know me better than I ever knew myself
I love how you can tell
Roy smiled softly and sat up and held the boy close. They stayed until the invisible tears had calmed and all you could hear from them was breathing. "We should head back now, Ed. Your brother's very worried." he pet the blonde bishie in his arms.
Ohhhhh
I love how you can tell
They got up and Ed walked right past his coat, as though forgetting it was there. Roy smiled at the boy's back as he picked it up and followed him. As he came up on the smaller companion, he tossed the coat over his head. "Forgot somethin, small fry." he laughed as Ed fumbled a minute to get the red cloth off his head. When he did, he glared at Roy.
Ohhhhh
I love how you can tell
All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me
Before he could rant about being called 'small', Roy kissed him and then walked off with a satisfied smirk. Ed regained himself and hurried to catch up.
All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me...
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