CC ch 9
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There was a long pause. Even the people who were chatting in the background stopped to give their attention to the cute, young girl… boy in the maid's outfit. All the men were drooling and all the women were furiously examining their new competition.
Things were pretty awkward this second. Roy was starring at Ed's costume. Ok, his miniskirt to be precise. And Ed was just getting annoyed.
"Roy…" said Ed, clenching his teeth, "Do you mind?" He pulled his dress down and stretched the fabric.
Roy was still frozen by shock…or bliss. No one really knows. He cleared his throat to grab the attention of a waitress coming by.
"Could I get close to a million napkins?" he asked seriously.
She glanced at Ed and then at Roy back and forth until she nodded and took some out of her cart and handed it over.
Roy took one and stuffed it in his nose, trying to stop a nosebleed.
Ed and Al took a seat across from Roy and Hughes, uncomfortably. Ed was starring at the floor and Al was starring at him starring at the floor while Roy starred at Al starring at Ed and Hughes starred at all of them. Neither one of them knew what to say.
"Sorry…brother is just in a bad mood. That's all." Al explained.
Roy and Hughes nodded and Ed continued his focus on the floor.
"Ok, first of all, our driver tried to flirt with him and when we got off, a guy offered to buy him some ice cream, and we passed this business man who purposely dropped his folder and asked brother to help, while this guy in his forties asked him to take a ride with him in front of his wife and when we got here, a group of teenagers who were drinking offered him some beer and one of them asked him if they could take him home and the guard in front of the bar asked if---"
"I THINKthey get the point, Al!" Ed clapped his hands together and covered Al's mouth with metal shaped like a lemon.
Hughes relaxed and smiled. "So to shorten this, everyone who sees him becomes under his spell, am I right?"
Ed closed his eyes and mumbled "Basically…"
"Wow, then both you and Roy have something in common." Said Hughes.
"But the problem is that I'm a DUDE!" He pointed to himself. "GUYS think I'm a hot girl! But I'm not a girl to begin with! What is wrong with these people!?" Ed banged his head on the table.
Roy was listening to their conversation. "Excuse me if I'm interrupting, but why didn't you reject them?"
Ed looked at him in a funny way. "Well that's because I'm single…I don't want to lie."
Everyone starred at him like he was in a miniskirt…oh wait, he is.
Well, I can guarantee you that every boy in the bar heard him say the last part.
"Okay, who are you and what have you done with Ed?" said both Roy and Hughes. Al was still being ignored since he still had a huge lemon stuck in front of his face.
Ed shrugged. "Well...I can assure you that it's me."
"I think he's reached a new level of feminineness…" Hughes whispered to Roy.
Al was struggling hard and pointed to the lemon. Ed turn and couldn't hold in his laugher. "I-I'm so sorry about that…keneeHAHAHA!" He turned him back to normal.
"So what were you about to say?" Ed asked him, sarcastically.
"Nothing…it's just that all the people with the same sex as you are going to rampage over each other to try to flirt with you in exactly four seconds." He looked at the clock and counted.
"What are y---" But it was too late. As predicted, all the guys started to rush over to Ed's table and talk at the same time.
"Hey, I saw her first!"
"No, I did!"
"Shut up, she's mine!"
"Hey, babe, you look hot!"
"That's my line, copier!"
"Who cares?"
"Who wants pictures I took of her?!"
"Oooo! Me!"
"They're five dollars each!"
"I'll take twenty!"
"Hey would you---and it's my treat---so what---and that---well hey---wow how cute---"
"Hey you wanna---I'm really desperate for a girlfriend---please call me---"
"You free Saturday---you wanna go out---I'll dump all my girlfriends---you are so---"
"DAH!" Ed screamed and hid behind Roy. "HOW DID HE TAKE PICUTES OF ME?! I JUST GOT HERE!" he screamed and covered himself.
Roy thought quickly and took action. He grabbed Ed's hand and flipped him into his arms. He ran and dodged flying objects holding Ed bridal style. He jumped into some bushes and covered Ed's mouth. He listened carefully until they were gone.
"Can't…breath!" Ed mumbled under his hand and Roy let go.
Ed concentrated and breathed heavily while Roy let him down gently.
"Sorry. You okay?" Roy asked as he touched the young alchemist's shoulder.
"Dah…" Ed took a deep breath. "Yeah…thanks for getting me out of there."
There was a long pause and the two just starred at each other the whole time.
"Um…so, Fullmetal.." Roy started nervously. "I never got to tell you how cute you look in that."
Ed blinked. "Call me Ed, Roy."
"Oh, right."
"And, thank you. It was actually Al's idea and he mentioned that you'd like it."
"Well I'll have to thank him for that." He replied with a smirk.
Ed blushed and looked at the ground. "Roy...there's something I need to---"
He stopped short when he suddenly felt something brushing against his butt…almost like a hand.
His heart skipped a beat.
"YIAHH! YOU PERVERT!!"
SLAP
Back at the bar, everyone froze at the shriek. Women were whispering and men dropped whatever they were doing.
No way.
"Pullin' out the old tricks again, huh?" said Hughes.
"Don't tell me he---" Said Al in horror.
Another scream was heard. "YOU FUCKING BASTARD! STOP RUBBIN' MY ASS!"
"Yup…he did." said Al.
Ed stomped into the bar and took a seat. Everyone's eyes were on him and then on Roy when he walked in and sat next to him. Roy had a red mark shaped like a hand on his cheek.
Ed took a sip and glared at everyone. "And what are you all looking at?!" Something in his voice alerted them to leave him alone. The noise level increased and everything seemed normal…except…well you know.
Al and Hughes looked at each other and decided to go talk to them. On the way, Hughes whispered, "Remember the plan, okay?"
Al nodded and they took a seat.
Ed avoided eye contact with any living thing and played with his straw.
Roy watched cluelessly. "Um...Ed I didn't mean that, I was just checking to see if you were okay---"
"Shut up. You were treating me like some girl you flirt with everyday!" Ed yelled but tried to keep his voice low. "I liked you better when you treated me like…well, me!" he hopped of and walked aimlessly toward the bathroom.
He punched the door open and saw a guy washing his face in the sink. The guy looked up and spit out all the water in his mouth. "Just so you know, this is the men's bathroom..." he said, pointing at the sign.
Ed crossed his arms. "Yeah I know! Now let me thro---" He was about to take a step, but froze after he realized that he was dressed as a girl.
"Ack! I'm so sorry about that mister, I-I have bad eye sight please forgive me!" He said frantically in his fake voice and shut the door with a loud slam.
Man…that has got to be the most embarrassing thing I've ever done in my whole life…
He walked in front of the girl's bathroom. No...wait. I spoke too soon…
He opened the door slowly and crept inside. The girl's bathroom was painted with a bright pink color and scented flowers were decorated on the walls. No one was there.
I think I'm gonna have a nightmare after this…thought Ed as he went into one and locked the door.
Back with Al, Hughes, and Roy, things were pretty slow. Roy thought for a minute. So…wait, he wasn't mad that I rubbed his butt, but he was mad that by doing so, I was treating him like a girl?
His thoughts were interrupted by Hughes. "Roy, I congratulate you on pulling this move, but you did it at the wrong time!"
"Yeah, it was so perfect, why'd you have to ruin it!" Al agreed.
Roy sighed. "Well I was afraid of what he was going to say…so I did the only thing I could think of…which was---"
"THAT? That was the only thing you could think of?" Al demanded.
"Well what would you do in a situation like that?"
"I'd let him talk and take it like a man!"
Hughes snickered, "Or a trashcan…"
"BE QUIET, YOU!"
"Just tell him!"
"But I can't!"
"I'm being ignored again!"
"I got a better idea."
"Huh? What is it?"
"Watch."
Both Hughes and Al turned to see Ed approaching them and sat back in his chair.
"So, Ed. Did anything happen while you were gone?" asked Hughes.
Ed's face turned red and he grumbled something about never going to bathroom again even if his kidney explodes.
"Ppssst, Hughes." Roy whispered, "Don't make him mad."
"Yeah, yeah."
"So, Ed. You want to try some beer?" Roy poured some and handed the cup to him.
Ed frowned. "But I'm only seventeen. Your math is becoming old as you are."
Roy stayed calm and continued to the point. "Just a lazy excuse, I see. You're just scared to drink it." He pulled it closer.
Ed looked at the beer and then at Roy, suspiciously. He shook his head. "I can get thrown in jail for this."
"This is light beer. No worries. It's perfectly safe for you, since you're only one year away."
Ed still seemed unsure, but Roy's offer was convincing so he agreed.
He took it and drank it with three gulps. "It's…bitter, but it's good." Ed said, "Give me some more!"
Roy poured some more and he it disappeared five minutes later. Ed's eyes became dazed and he had the hiccups. "Uh…Roy I don't feel so good..."
Hughes had a beverage himself and Al watched, curiously.
"It's the affect of the beer, Ed. No worries." Roy replied.
"You sure---hey WAIT!" Ed's mind came back to his senses. "Are you trying to make me drunk? Because it's not going to wor---" He tried to stand up but fell back into his seat.
He stared for a while and took the bottle of beer and tried to read the labels. "Damn it! This is really hard beer, you liar! And to think I---" and that's all he could say before he collapsed and fell into unconsciousness.
Roy jumped up and sat next to him. "Hey, hey Ed, Are you okay? Please wake up!" he tried to shake him, but it was no use.
"I thought you had everything under control." Hughes grumbled.
"I thought I did, but I guess he drunk too much!"
Al screamed. "Ahh! What'd you do to brother!!"
The commotion was so loud that it woke Ed up. He sat up and held his hand to his forehead. He groaned, which got everyone's attention.
"Are you okay, Ed? I'm sorry about tricking you, I think you drank too mu---"
"Huh? I'm not Ed. That's a boy's name! Are you confusing me for someone else?" Ed asked.
"What!? But you're my brother!" Al exclaimed.
Ed turned to him. "hehe…you're an oooooold lady…"
Al twitched. "What?!"
"So you want to go to the amusement park? I like chocolate!" Ed jumped up and down in his seat. "What do you want to do? This is fun! Weeeeeee!"
Roy could only watch in amazement.
"You went too far, Roy! Now he's nuts!" Hughes whispered.
Ed stopped jumping. "Oh no! I'm late for my date! Gotta go! Bye!" he ran through the building and onto the dance floor.
"Hey that rhymed!" Hughes said.
"How…nice for you, Hughes." Roy said, uninterested.
"Hey, wait! Come back!" Al screamed and ran after him.
Roy clenched his teeth. "No boy is going to get him before me!" and he started to go after them too.
"…" Hughes stared. "I'll just stay here."
The music was pumping and lots of people were on the dance floor. Ed could easily go through them, since he was so small.
In no time, a boy appeared and got interested. "Hey, you want to dance with me?" he asked.
Ed giggled, "You're so cute! Alright!"
The boy blushed and motioned him to go into the middle of the dance floor. He started to dance but he stopped when he saw Ed watching everyone else.
"C'mon, dance!" he called.
Ed moved closer and whispered. "But I don't know how to dance."
The boy laughed and told him he'll teach him. "Ok, lets try to use your arms, first. Now, wave them and stop them in the beat of the music. Ok, here let me help---" He adjusted his arms and showed an example. "Now you try!"
Ed was unsure at first, but after a while, he was dancing freely along with the other people.
"This is…fun!" the blonde cried and danced some more.
Then slow music suddenly broke out and Ed stopped. The boy was looking at him and he didn't know what to do.
They got together silently and started to slow-dance. In the middle of the song, the boy leaned closer and their lips were just one inch away when Ed pulled back.
"I-I'm sorry…but this just doesn't feel right…" Ed said. "I'm sorry..."
That's when Roy pushed through the crowd and saw Ed holding hands with some stranger. "Ed! Come over here!" He yelled and dragged his hands to another part of the dance floor.
"Ed, how dare you! Why were you dancing with a stranger!"
"I don't know, okay?! And who are you?"
Roy blinked. "Oh…that's right, you're drunk. But that's still not an excuse!"
"Feh, well at least I didn't just let him kiss me! That's a start!" He defended.
Roy held his breath. "He…almost kissed you?"
Ed closed his eyes and crossed his arms. "Yes! But I---"
When he opened them, Roy was walking into a different direction.
"HEY! Where are you going?"
"To kick his ass for trying to steal you from me!" was what Ed heard as a reply.
Ed's heart began to beat faster and faster. And he ran towards Roy and pulled his arm back. "Please Roy don't! He didn't mean it…I mean, he didn't know!!!"
Roy faced him and said, "You know that I would've been jealous even if you're drunk! I don't care, but I'm still going to---"
Ed's face turned red. "You…were jealous?"
Roy leaped back but answered, "No-no…why would you think that?" he laughed nervously.
"But you just said---"
"Forget what I said. I'm just really sorry, okay?"
"Sorry about what?"
"About…" he hesitated.
"About what?!"
"About making you cry okay? I…I set you up and purposely made you come to this party…so I could apologize."
There was a silence. "And…I'm sorry if I made you drunk. It really wasn't meant to go so far..like it did now."
Ed smiled. "You know, you're not the only one who can lie, Roy."
It took only a split second in asoublute silence for Roy's mind to process what Ed just said. "Wha---"
"I'm really pretending to be drunk, just to…mess with your head until you apologize."
Roy was shocked. So shocked that he didn't know what to say.
"And...the answer is yes." Ed took his hand.
"To what?"
"If you'd ever ask me out…that is." The blonde smirked.
Roy blushed and turned away. "Who said I was?"
"Oh, well then I guess you wouldn't want to dance with me on this next song, huh?" and he started to walk away slowly.
"Hey, hey wait!! Okay, you got me...but just don't tell anyone else, okay?"
"Promise, now lets go before today ends, you bastard!" Ed led Roy to the biggest spot in the middle. They took each other's hands and started to move when the song started.
"Just where did you learn how to dance so romantically?" Roy asked, surprised that he didn't step on him yet.
"Oh…just some…books I've been reading..." Ed answered off-handedly.
"You really love books."
"There's something I love more than books actually."
"Really?" Roy pondered for a second. And before he knew it, he felt a pair of lips touching his own. He immediately kissed back and pulled him closer, deepening it. He could feel Ed's soft fingers on his cheeks. It seemed like forever, but they both pulled back and breathed for a second. Ed closed his eyes and let himself fall into his boyfriend's arms and felt it tightening around his body.
"You're…such a good kisser, Roy…"
"It's one of my specialties. And you're not so bad either." Roy replied and they kept dancing.
"Mmm…" Ed fell into a light sleep in Roy's arms. Time didn't matter anymore, and he drifted into deep sleep seconds later.
Roy could feel the pressure of Ed's legs dropping, and so he lifted him up and carried him carefully. He headed back to where Hughes was and laid him down on the couch.
He sighed. "Hey Hughes. Tough night, huh?"
"Yup. Oh here comes Al…" he pointed to the suit of armor running towards them.
"Hey, you got brother back! Whew!"
"Yeah, and it wasn't easy...I had to make a deal." Roy said.
"Hey, brother. Wake up! They're announcing the grand prize winner and I entered you! C'mon! You might get lucky!" Al shook his brother until he was wide-awake and completely annoyed.
"And now, the votes are in and tallied for the big winner of this year's costume party!" The announcer said into the microphone. Everyone waited eagerly for the answer as he unfolded the paper.
"And the winner is…Eve! In the maid's costume! Congratulations!" he announced.
The spot light shined over Ed and everybody clapped and cheered. Ed pinched himself but it wasn't a dream. "I…won? Oh my…I won!" he yelled excitedly and ran to the stage.
"YES!" Al squealed.
Roy and Hughes clapped the loudest as the blonde make his way to the microphone.
"And you're prize is…a year supply of fresh mangos! Hooray!!" the announcer yelled into the microphone.
Ed stood there staring at the horror. "AAAAHHHH!! ANYTHING BUT THAT!!"
Ed's eyes shot open and he sat up only to find himself in his bed. He wiped off the sweat and tried to remember everything that happened.
"Is everything okay, brother? I heard you screaming." Al knocked on the door.
"C-come in…"
Al sat beside his bed.
"Al…was that all just a dream?"
"Huh?" he answered.
"The party…the maid's costume…me winning the contest.."
"Oh, that really happened," said Al. "After you took the prize, Roy took you home and you fell asleep."
Ed sat straight up. "So…you mean I really DID get mango's as the prize?"
"Oh, you were dreaming that. Your real prize was a hundred dollar shopping spree at the mall."
"WHAT? I don't go to the mall!"
Al sighed. "Well they thought you were a girl, right?"
"I…guess."
After they discussed a little more, Ed started to get up and get dressed. While he was brushing his teeth…
Wait…if yesterday..was real, then that means---
He spit his toothpaste all over the mirror. "WE'RE REALLY GOING OUT?!"
END CHAPTER
A/N: ...So this is the difference between two years... o__o
