Chapter 6: The Overtime
At last, the clock struck four. All of them were anxious to go home especially Lt. Hawkeye. She wants to go now because of Major Grumman. She wants him to be out of her sight. She still remembers what happened awhile ago, those eyes make her blood boil.
"I have to go home now. Black Hayate is waiting for me at my apartment." She whispered. Her whispers were all audible to Grumman. "So, Black Hayate is very important to her." He thought. "I have to say sorry to her now." He tried to approach Riza, but she is moving away from him.
"Lt. Hawkeye!" he called.
Riza was surprised. She looked back to see who was calling her. "Yes?"
"Um, about what happened awhile ago? Well, I, I just want to say sorry to you."
"Actually Major, it was my fault. I shouldn't have lost my temper. It's me who has to say sorry, not you. Sorry major if I fired my gun at you."
"It's okay. But it's really my fault. If I wasn't asking Lt. Havoc about you, you won't fire your gun at us. We provoked you."
"Okay. Excuse me major, I have to go now."
"Goodbye Lt. Hawkeye."
Riza was walking at the hallway when she saw Col. Mustang on the way.
"Lt. Hawkeye, mind if you would overtime today?"
Riza wasn't anxious to go home now. Grumman and she are now okay. And besides she has nothing to do at home. At least, if she'll overtime, she have something to do. Her time won't be wasted.
"I won't sir."
"Thank you Lieutenant."
"Excuse me sir, may I ask why do we have to overtime today?"
"You know it Lieutenant, because of those papers you brought to me."
"Okay." She nodded.
They went inside his office. She was surprised to see few unsigned documents on his table. "Sir, there are just a few documents here. Why do we still have to overtime?"
"Look to your left, Lieutenant."
She looked to her left. She wanted to laugh when she saw more documents there. Instead, she just smiled at the colonel.
"I thought you're almost finished, sir. But based on these, you still have a lot to sign."
"That's why I asked you to help me. I already reviewed those documents, they only need my signature. Will you help me sign them?"
"But how sir? I don't know how to do your signature and even if I do, I'll surely be charged of forgery."
"Don't worry, Hawkeye. Here, take these." He handed her a stamp and a stamp pad. The stamp was his signature.
"Now I get it sir. I'll sign those documents by stamping your signature on them."
"Right!" Roy smirked.
The two started to work. Roy was reading the remaining documents on his table while Riza was stamping/signing several documents.
"Yes! She showed her smile to me again. I thought it will be difficult." Roy thought, smiling.
Riza noticed the smile on his lips, and she blushed. She could feel all her blood rush to her cheeks. "Why am I blushing? I just saw him smile, that's it! Riza asked herself.
"Why don't you just accept it? You're already in love with him!" a voice inside Riza's mind said.
Riza shook her head. "No, it can't be! I can't be in love with him! He's my superior and I'm his subordinate! It can't be!"
Roy noticed her when shook her head. "What's the matter, Hawkeye?"
Riza snapped out of her thoughts. "Nothing Colonel." She answered. "Stop it, Riza!" she thought.
The two worked for the next two hours and at last the last document to be signed is done.
"Finally, we are finished!" Roy said. "I thought that these papers won't end."
"Now you know they do, sir."
"Yeah." Roy laughed
Riza can't help to smile. It happens always. He would be idling whenever he had time and cram when the deadline is near. He would only work on the day before the deadline and would request overtime to her to help him.
"Can we go now, sir?" she asked.
"Don't you want a cup of coffee? I mean lemon tea?"
"But why, sir?"
"I just want to thank you for working overtime with me again. The last time you worked overtime, I didn't have the chance to thank you. I think this is the prefect time to thank you."
"If you insist, sir."
They went to the car park afterwards. Riza was about to open the door to the driver's seat when Roy stopped her.
"Let me drive, Lieutenant."
"But Colonel"
"That's an order." But based on Roy's face, it doesn't seem to be an order, but Riza still followed it.
"Yes sir."
Riza was going to the back seat when Roy talked again.
"Where are you going, Lieutenant Riza?"
Riza was surprised. "Did he call me by my name?" she thought.
"I'm going to the back seat sir."
"Why don't you sit here?" pointing to the passenger's seat.
"Thank you sir, but I want to sit at the back."
"I insist, Riza."
"There he goes again. He called me again by my name!" Riza thought.
"Okay sir." Riza sat on at the passenger's seat and the trip started.