Summary: At the right angle, in a line of sight, one might wonder why he never stopped staring at her for so much as a second.

Theme: 009. Unknown Past / Before We Knew Each Other

Dedication: silvergothicsweettooth, the second reviewer of this.

Disclaimer: If I owned Full Metal Alchemist, Riza would own a diary.


Angles
009. Unknown Past / Before We Knew Each Other
"Name and title?"

"First Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye, Sir."

Roy looked up from the paperwork he was finally filling in, the army registry for the new year. Hawkeye looked rather unamused by it, and infact rather offended. A grim but firm smile was upon her lips, but even that looked as though it were forced upon their by her sheer willpower. Yes, even Riza hated these things.

"Age?"

"You already know it, Sir."

"Right."

He filled in her age on the form, then heard a yap and a yowl of fright come from outside the door. He did not even want to know what her dog was doing out there, let alone his men. Yes; his organized, systematic, productive but sometimes not very coherent in though men.

"Reason for taking up job?"

Riza did not answer for a moment, looking rather annoyed by the question instead. Her eyebrows raised in what Roy assumed was anger, she rounded on her Colonel. Her lips pursed, and Roy had one coherent thought. She was pretty when she was annoyed. He mentally slapped himself as a silly grin came unto his face, curling the corners of his mouth up like a cheshire cat. Riza did not look very pleased.

"That has never been in the questionnaire before, Sir."

"It's not in the questionnaire now. I just want to know." He told her, and she looked quite alarmed before forcing herself to maintain the calm and hard working feeling that she gave out. Her eyes flickered to meet his a moment, then looked out of the window in what seemed like a split second.

"Then I have no need to answer it, Sir." She replied, a dismissive look upon her face. He frowned. She must of seen it, because her real smile came and contorted itself into a twisted grin.

"You would think I would already know, seeing as we have known each other so long. So tell me." Roy whined, and her grin grew even broader than it had just been.

"Was there a time before I knew you?" She asked, and it struck him like lightning would an opened umbrella during a storm. He looked at her with another frown.

"Yes, a few years. I don't know all of your past. Infact, some of it is very much unknown." He replied, a dismal look upon his face. Her eyes searched his face, and a wave of pity began to submerge in her chest.

"I joined the military because there is something worth protecting, Roy." She told him softly, then exited the room to let Falman enter for his questionnaire. Leaving Roy only to stare at her retreating back as Falman stared at him, a confused look upon his face as though there was something he could not quite figure out about them. He raised himself off the desk to greet Falman with a practiced smile which had become a habit to greet others with for him.

"Anything wrong?" Falman asked, and Roy looked at him with his smile drooping slightly.

"Just a piece of unknown past." Roy mumbled, and Falman did not reply.

Silence passed for a few seconds.

"So, shall we start your questionnaire then?"


I do not like how this came out. A bit crappy, I think. It's just...ish. But I guess I have to say one thing: thank you so much to all those who have reviewed so far! I never imagined I would get what...now sixty...on just eight chapters. It makes me feel so loved. Ha, I sound like a nutjob. But the last chapter had like eleven reviews, and I was just sitting there like 'I didn't update in like a week and I'm ill. Not good...wait, eleven reviews on that one chapter?'

Preview for theme ten: Roy had been known to break a promise, but the rare times when his mistakes were brought up it did not take long to realise for any single one of them that he had never broken a promise that he made to her.

Ninety one of one hundred to go, until I mow a meadow...

Once again, all reviews are loved. They make you get a tingly feeling inside. :)