A/N: Sorry minna-san for the long wait! ;; sorta got lost in a writers' block ;; This chapter especially long for those who I had kept waiting XD And a Merry Christmas to you all!
Thoughts
"Words said through the ear piece"
Chapter 9: Date
Where in the world of Amestris is Hagane? He should've been here half an hour ago! Roy Mustang paced around his room. He flopped down onto his chair and motioned for Hughes to come out of his hiding place - outside the window.
"Oi. Maes. You see them coming yet?" Maes looked around; seeing no one, he shook his head.
"Nope. Not a single living thing." He grinned at his own response, staring at Roy (A/N: Nope, I'm not gonna make this MaesRoy). Roy sighed.
"They should've been here a long ti- Hey! What do you mean by "not a single living thing"? I'm still breathing you know!"
"What? You're alive? Gasp! Oh my gosh!" Maes started to laugh, and Roy growled. He took out a small pocket knife, holding it close to the rope that was tied around Maes' waist to prevent him from falling. He is three stories high above the ground...
"Watch what you're saying Maes..." Hughes stopped laughing. He quickly took the knife and threw it behind him. Somewhere behind him someone said, "HEY! DON'T THROW A KNIFE DOWN HERE YOU BASTARD!"
"Ah ha... ha... ha... (Mumbles) gosh, you're so bastard-like today..." Glare. "I take that back, your highness..." Another glare.
"You should be glad that you're not fried yet."
Knock knock
"Come in." He walked in front of his desk and leaned backwards, while Hughes quickly hid back at his hiding spot, his camera at the ready.
"Lieutenant Hawkeye reporting. I have brought Edward." Hawkeye saluted. Roy raised an eyebrow.
"Hagane? I only see you, Hawkeye..." Riza reached behind her and pulled a girl out and pushed the girl out in front of her. The girl then tripped on her dress and fell onto Roy. He chuckled. The girl turned pink and pushed herself away.
"Shut up!" Roy grinned. He looked Ed over. And his jaw dropped.
Standing in front of him was a beautiful girl - though he reminded himself that it was Edward in disguise - in a blue t-shirt and white skirt that went up to her knees. Her hair was dyed brown, and is a bit longer than her shoulder. What he didn't expect Edward to wear was the t-shirt (as he had already seen Ed wear a skirt before), because the shirt was (supposedly) open up to her chest, but then it seemed that they had added white straps to close the gap. The sleeves too were made in the same style. He must be staring at him for a long time, for Edward blushed even more, and Riza had coughed to get his attention.
"Yes?" He said, subconsciously noting that he was drooling. Oops.
"Colonel, I believe there was something that you wanted to say to Edward here..." She glared at him.
"Ah, yes. Well, Hagane, your three days are up. To prove that you are um... worthy... Yes, worthy, of this mission...You'll have to go on a date with me." Roy smirked. Ed stared at him. And Riza hid her grin. Ed opened his mouth, then closed it, and then opened it up again.
"What the HELL do you mean that I have to go on a DATE with you?"
"Heh, exactly what the words meant. Now, you should be happy that you get to go out with me, the one and only Roy Mustang. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll go change, and when I come back here, I want you to be ready. Got that? Yes? Okay, well, I'll see you in a bit. Heh." Without waiting for Ed to say anything, Roy left the room. Riza sighed and then turned to Ed.
"Now, Edward, during this date, your name would be Sophia. Now, as Mustang clearly stated, this would be similar as a test for you. And you better not screw up." While Edward - I mean, Sophia - continued to stare at the door, Riza gave Hughes the thumbs up, and then quickly left.
Edward slowly sank onto the floor, his head in his hands. He groaned. Oh my god. Why am I always pulled into these things? Argh...Should I kill him? Make it look like an accident... Yeah... Hehe...
When Roy walked back in his office, he saw Edward staring off into space with an evil smile with an equally evil laugh. He sweat dropped.
"Uh... Edward?" Ed looked at him, and then smirked evilly. Let's put my plan into action. Edward walked over to Roy, swaying his hips; his skirt blowing in the air. Roy eyed him suspiciously.
"Tsk tsk. My name's not Edward, Roy, and its Sophia." He cupped Roy's face with his hand, and then, with his other hand, spun them around to that they were leaning on the desk, him on top of Mustang. "Remember that, 'Kay? Besides," he leaned dangerously close to Mustang's ear, and said seductively, "I don't want our date to get ruined." He then got off of Roy, and walked around the table to sit in the chair. Silently, he clapped his hands together, and then touched the pane of glass behind him.
Finally coming to his senses, he walked over to Edward, and stared at him.
"Anything I can do for you?" Edward purposely put his right leg on his left (trying to look as much as he can to be seductive), and rested his chin on his right hand. Roy looked from his crossed legs to his arms, and then finally to Edward's lips. He gulped. Edward smirked.
"Pst! Roy! Hey!" Roy blinked. Hughes? He looked around.
"Huh?" Edward stared at him.
"Roy! The ear piece, dimwit! Remember the thing you put in your ear and the other piece that's hidden in your collar? Yeah, that." Roy blinked, and then mouthed, "Oh."
"Yes! You finally got it! Oh my god! Let's give you a prize! You idiot!" Roy glared at the space in front of him, which is Edward.
"What? Hm?"
"Nothing, nothing, Hagane."
"Then why are you staring at me?"
"Um…" There's no way he's going to tell Edward about the ear piece… "Roy! Tell him, "oh,""
"Oh,"
"You're"
"You're"
"too"
"Too"
"Cute, and sexy; makes me want to rape you."
"Cute, and sexy; makes me want to rape you." Edward stared at Roy, a pink slowly making its way up his neck and on his nose.
"Wuh, what? What the hell!" Edward spluttered. It took a while before Roy realized what he said before him, too, started to blush a bright pink (A/N: I like making people blush).
"I mean… I- nothing! I- Fuck you!" He shouted out loud to Hughes. "Pft, ahahah, I can't, hahaha, believe, haha, you actually SAID it! Blackmail material, man! Ahhaha…"
"What?"
"Ooh… are you really going to screw me? Sorry man, but I'm married." Roy glared at Edward, his fingers itching to snap.
"Just shut up, Maes." Roy whispered. "I would, but since you would die if you can't hear my voice… okay, okay, I'll stop. Push lightly on the pane of glass behind Ed." Roy did as he was told. Cling!
The glass shattered and flew out the window. Roy stared. Edward stared. Maes grinned.
"How-how did you find out? I made sure that… There was no way! I calculated all the possibilities!" Roy refocused his attention on to Edward.
"I-"
"Hmph!" Ed walked over to the door. "I'm gonna ditch you if you're still gonna be standing there looking like an idiot." With that Edward walked out.
Roy peeked out of the door to see no one in the hallways. He nodded, and then sprinted back over to the windows.
"Pst! Maes! You okay there?" Roy looked out the window.
There, struggling to hold on tight to the rope was Maes. He looked up with his forehead full of sweat.
"Do I look okay to you? Help me up! I'm gonna drop and then die, and then I won't ever be able to see my Elisa again!" Roy raised an eyebrow, and then pulled on the rope. "Wait! Don't pull!"
"Why?"
"The rope is breaking! Hurry up and fix it up!!!!!!!!" Roy took out a piece of chalk, drew out a transmutation circle, and then put his hands on top of it. In a bright light, the rope was repaired. Roy put the chalk back into his pocket.
"Here. I gotta go. Bye!" Hughes stared at the retreating figure a.k.a. Roy Mustang.
"What the hell? That traitor… Leaving me here to die… I need revenge… " Maes evilly laughed out loud.
"SHUT UP!" Some random military person yelled. Maes glared at the poor guy, and said,
"YOU shut up!" He pointed at him. The guy gulped – of course, having the Maes Hughes glaring at yourself is scary – and ran away. Hughes cackled evilly, his hands clutching onto his sides. Stopping suddenly, he thought, wasn't I holding onto the rope…? He looked at his hands, and then looked at the rope, and then at the ground. Uh oh.
"Where are we going?" Sophia asked. Roy chuckled.
"Somewhere over the rainbow sky…" Sophia glared at him. "You'll know when we get there."
"Bastard…" Sophia mumbled.
Click!
Hughes laughed evilly. He'll get his revenge… no one mess with him and gets away with it! Random passersby stopped to look at the guy in military uniform.
"Did he just come out of the mental hospital?" Woman A asked.
"Maybe… look at him! He probably crawled through a hole to get here! There's mud all over him!" Woman B answered.
"And… is that a banner on his forehead?"
"Yeah… can you read it?"
"Of course I could! Even without my glasses, I could still read! The banner says, "Get hot Mustang to… shag with… me!"" I think, Woman A thought. Damn! I knew I should've brought my glasses with me... it sounds so farfetched… would she even believe me? Woman A looked at B and it seemed as though her friend had totally bought the lie. Lucky…
"Oh my god! That super hot Roy Mustang? OH my god!! Shag that hot guy? Oh my god! That's so hot!"
"Just imagine! Roy Mustang shagging a guy! Oh my god! That's so hot!" The next few minutes were filled with squealing.
"What did you just say? I'm the hottest guy in the whole HQ! Of COURSE Roy hottie-boy would want to shag me! And of course, I am the S! I'm on top!" Hughes glared at Woman A and B. Woman A and B squealed their fan girl hot-boy-shagging-another-guy-and-is-the-submissive squeal.
"Oh my god! Cutie-Roy is the submissive! Let's go tell Crystal!"
"Crystal?"
"Yeah! She's the biggest gossiper around. She'll know what to do with this information!"
"Alright! Let's go!" Woman A and B ran off together, in their search for Crystal.
"No, wait! I didn't mean, no, don't leave yet! I DON'T WANT TO SHAG ROY MUSTANG!!" Hughes cried out.
"I… Want… Shag… Roy Mustang!!"
Roy almost spat out his drink. Did Hughes just say he wants to shag me? What the hell? He knows that I love Riza! At the same time, Sophia chocked on her cake.
"You're dating Hughes?"
"No! Never! I would never, never, NEVER go out with Hughes of all people!" Sophia raised an eyebrow.
"But he just admitted his undying love for you."
"He is nothing but a brother to me!" Sophia grinned evilly. Payback time.
"Oh? So does that mean you were doing incest?" This time, Roy really spat out his coffee. "Eww! Gross!"
"No way! I would rather shag ARMSTRONG than shag HUGHES! For your information, that was really girly." Sophia dismissed the last comment.
"Now THAT is scary… hmm… Now what would Armstrong say when he knows of your… crush on him? Hmm?" Roy stared at Sophia, his eyes almost popping out.
"You would NEVER do that." Sophia grinned.
"Oh? Really? Although… if you really don't want me to tell anyone, then… maybe, a bargain? I won't tell anyone as long as you let me go from this date." Roy stared. "It's such a good deal, too, you know."
"You know, Sophia, that I have more of an advantage than you. I don't have to tell you where you could get your information in finding the Stone. Well, I could always take away your license, the only identification of proving that you are what you are: a State Alchemist. Once that is taken away, you will have no access to any restricted areas around the world. Now, tell me. Are you still going to tell anyone?" (A/N: Oooh, an evil Roy!! XD) Sophia glared at him with hatred.
"You wouldn't dare."
"Heh. Maybe, maybe not. Now, let's relieve ourselves from this thick atmosphere, and watch a movie! Come on!" He stood up. A waitress walked up to him.
"Sir, your payment…" Roy grinned brightly at her.
"Yes? Miss?" The waitress sighed happily and said,
"Nothing, sir, please, have a good day." Roy smirked and blew her a kiss. The waitress quickly fainted.
"What? I don't want to watch a movie though! Hey! Stop pulling onto my wrist! Hey!" Sophia's voice faded into the air…
The sun had set, and, even though he didn't want to admit it, Edward had a lot of fun. It was the first free day he had since that tragedy year ago. Currently, he was waiting for Bastard-Mustang who went to buy himself and him ice cream. He started to swing on the swing. (A/N: Okay… anyone got that?)
"Ice cream?" Edward had asked.
"It's a sweet. Trust me, you'll love it." Roy had replied. Edward continued to stare into space, thinking about all those things he had done with Al for the past years. A triangular cone with a ball perched on top of it appeared in front of his face.
"Ah!" Edward tightly held onto the chains of the swing. He glared at the intruder. "Huh?"
"It's called ice cream. Try it. I bought chocolate for you." Roy said. Edward took the ice cream and took a small taste.
"Tastes pretty good. I never thought there could be food that looks weird but tastes good at the same time…" Roy grinned.
"Told you its good." Edward looked at Roy's cone. "Mine's vanilla – it's a lot plainer than chocolate; I don't like too sweet food." Edward stored that piece of information away – it could be of use later on.
"Can I try it?"
"Sure." Roy gave Edward his cone. Ed took a little lick.
"Tastes plain. I like mine more." Ed said, after a few seconds. Roy chuckled.
"Of course it's plain. That's why I chose it, stupid." Ed glared at him.
"Whatever, bastard." Roy stared at Ed, who looked quite innocent right now. He sighed. How could a boy that innocent suffer from so many burdens? My original plan was to get him to loosen up. Guess my plan had succeeded.
"R… Roy?" Roy snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Edward. He kneeled down in front of him.
"Yes?" He leaned closer to Edward. A pink slowly made its way across Ed's cheeks.
"Um… I just wanted… to say… thank you for today." Roy grinned. "This is the only time I'm saying thanks! It'll never happen again!" Roy laughed.
"Well then, you are welcome, my princess." Before Ed could say anything, Roy captured his lips. Ed stared, wide-eyed. Why is Roy kissing him again? His ice cream lay forgotten on the ground. The moment seemed to last forever. Edward suddenly reclaimed his senses and curled his fingers into a fist. He drove his fist into Roy's stomach, and Roy fell backwards.
"I am NOT a princess, bastard." Edward growled.
"Tsk tsk tsk, Hagane. Remember our deal from earlier on… no calling me bastard, and there will be no kisses… (A/N: look back at chapter 3)" Edward glared at him. Ed stood up and Roy followed his lead. Ed glared at him once more before turning away. Roy called after him.
"Good job today, Hagane. Come back to the HQ tomorrow morning. I have a surprise for you."
"HMPH!"
"Remember to drink your milk, Hagane. Or else you'll never be taller than me."
"WHO DID YOU SAY IS SO SMALL THAT YOU NEED A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO SEE?!" Roy chuckled.
"And good day to you too." He turned around and walked to the general direction of his home.
T.B.C.
A/N: Well, there is only 1 chapter left… hope you had liked this Wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!