This is one OLD Story, I forgot I even had this XD I wrote this idea for a one shot down on paper in the middle of July in 2005 but at the time I only half wrote it and eventually lost inspiration on it, but me being the creative person i am, I dug it back out of my folder and I'm totally re-vamping it for 2007 XD I hope you guys enjoy it!

Jade xx

P.S: I don't own FMA I wish I did but I don't so XP

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Miniskirt

Pairing: RoyxEd (Obviously)

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Edward Elric was NOT happy.

He couldn't believe the nerve of the three people that were staring at him, how DARE they trick him, the Fullmetal alchemist, hero of the people like this! The blonde cursed to himself for the 100th time that day for being tricked so easily "Really Nii-san stop scowling, you look great!" Alphonse, one of the main culprits to the older Elric's demise said in a somewhat happy voice; Edward swore if metal helmets could grin, Al would be beaming proudly from ear to ear right now.

The short alchemist turned to his younger brother his scowl deepening "No I don't! I look stupid Al! I can't believe you guys pinned me down and forced me to wear these...these THINGS!" Ed growled out with the most disgusted tone and the most irritated look he could muster, while his face burned a deep red from embarrassment.

Maes Hughes, another main culprit for the blonde alchemist's problems just chuckled in amusement at Ed's disgusted look and had the nerve to pat the blonde on the back sympathetically. "You're brothers right Ed, this is great! You look perfect, just like my darling Elysia!" Hughes cried, going into 'gushing proud father' mode and taking out a photo of Elysia from his pants pocket and kissing it before the spectacled man hugged it to his chest.

Ed decided not to say anything at this; he just continued to scowl until his eyes fell upon the third and last person in the room and the brains of this little scheme. Jean Havoc just raked his eyes over Ed's lithe form and whistled appreciatively before he smiled and finally spoke, the cigarette in his mouth waggling as he did so "Well you look damned fine to me if you don't mind me saying so" Havoc said with a sly wink which just served to make Ed blush redder.

"Just shut up all of you! I look stupid! I don't want to do this! And I really don't want to wear anything that shows my ass whenever I bend over!" the blonde yelled at them, his eye's narrowed so much that they were nothing more than thin slits. Hughes just smiled and shrugged offhandedly at the blonde, not even slightly phased by the blonde's temper as he put the photo of Elysia away in his pocket "Well when I asked you to wear a uniform for once, you didn't exactly protest did you?" the older man said with a sly grin. Ed's growling became louder before he finally snapped.

"No, you're right I didn't, because funnily enough I figured you meant a normal male uniform! Not this whacked out version of Mustangs dress code! But I guess that was just TOO much to ask for!" Ed said with a yell, sarcasm dripping from every word.

Havoc however just rolled his eyes at Ed's rants; he'd gotten used to the short blonde's tantrums over the years so it didn't affect him at all, gently but firmly he pushed Edward in front of a full length mirror "Calm down chief and look at yourself, see what we see" Havoc said gently as the teenager blinked and stared at his reflection, mildly surprised; he was wearing a normal blue military jacket with his military rank (He was still a Major even after all the years he'd worked under Mustang), complete with a matching colored miniskirt, black fishnet tights and black ankle boots, Al had taken his long hair out of it's usual thick braid and was now flowing loosely around his shoulders. Ed hated to admit it but he did look kind of cute even if it did make him look extremely girly.

Edward took a deep breath and then sighed and his shoulders drooped in defeat; with these three against him there was no way he was going to get out of this outfit, Al had even been sneaky enough to hide away his other clothes, so it was this or go naked! "But...But why me? Why do I have to wear this to Mustangs birthday party? Couldn't you have asked someone else, like Riza?" Ed asked in a last ditch attempt to get out of this situation, but he knew he'd lost when all three shook their heads.

Havoc took a drag of his cigarette and chuckled "Are you crazy? Ask Hawkeye of all people to dress up like that? If we did that it'd be suicide! She'd shoot us just for suggesting it!" Havoc said with a shiver of fear; everyone in the office feared Riza and her shiny, shiny gun, even Ed was a little intimidated by her; the only person who didn't seem to be affected by her was Hughes. "Besides, I heard the Boss doesn't want Hawkeye in a miniskirt anymore don't ask me why, but I saw him reject a form requesting it yesterday, anyway today is his birthday, the least you can do is let him insult you a little chief"

Ed just groaned at this statement; As soon as the Mustang saw him dressed like this, the obnoxious bastard was not only going to laugh his ass off at him but list this event as perfect insult material and would store it away for later use; Ed doubted he'd ever hear the end of it. "Well, I don't have much of a choice do I? I mean there's no way I'm going to get out of this without Mustang seeing me in this stupid get up am I?" the blonde said with a slight pout, which only seemed to make him look ever girlier.

Hughes just smiled slyly and ruffled Ed's loose hair playfully "Don't worry too much Ed, we'll make sure Roy doesn't make too much fun out of you, hey you never know, he might not recognize you because you look so different, he might think you're someone else" Ed rolled his eyes and shook his head in despair at this; he knew the man was only trying to cheer him up but it really wasn't helping him one little bit; knowing Mustang if he didn't recognize him the bastard might try to hit on him instead, and that would be worse then the prick laughing at him. Hughes then coughed "Well then, the party starts in 20 minutes, Al make sure you're brother makes it to the party and doesn't suddenly disappear while me and Havoc go and get changed." Al nodded his head as the two other men left.

The blonde alchemist took a deep breath and counted to ten before he attempted to make a run for it out the door, but Al was expecting this and easily caught the back of his brother's uniform jacket and hauled him backwards so he jerked to a stop in the hallway "Nii-san there's no point trying to escape you're going weather you like it or not" Al said firmly as he shut and locked the dorm door and dragged Ed by his collar to the party "If you don't try and run off again you can hide behind me until we find a table in a corner of the room and you can hide away for a while" Al said to which the shorter alchemist grunted in annoyance before he agreed; it wasn't what he wanted but it was better than nothing at all. The teenage alchemist sighed as he thought about how the hell he got into this mess in the first place...

"Ed! Hey Ed can I talk to you for a minute? It's really important I promise!" Hughes said with a smile as he jogged over to the blonde alchemist who looked faintly annoyed; it wasn't that he disliked Hughes it was just that usually when the man talked to him he ranted on for hours about Elysia and he never got any of his research done; he was in fact ten paces away from Central HQ's library when Hughes found him, one of the only places Hughes couldn't go because he wasn't a state alchemist.

With a resigned sigh, Ed turned to Hughes and nodded "Sure Hughes as long as it's quick I need to research up on a possible lead for the stone" Ed said as he raised his arm showing the spectacled man a manila folder. Hughes just nodded and smiled at him in a light friendly way, and right then and there Ed should have known something was up; Hughes never smiled like that unless he was plotting something.

"Actually… I wondered if you could do me a favor, you see it's Roy's birthday in a couple of days and I was wondering if you could wear a military uniform for his party? And before you protest, Al said he was going to make you go because he wanted to go too" Hughes said. Ed groaned a little at the fact Al was forcing him to go to the obnoxious mans party and sighed; the request in itself was a little unusual and normally he would have asked why, but he was in a hurry; he didn't want to stay too long in case the man started showing him some of Elysia's photo's, so he just shrugged "Sure why not, listen I gotta go, bye!" Ed said in a hurried breath before running off to the library before Hughes could say another word, while unknown to him a large evil grin was spreading across Hughes's face.

"Nii-san? Were here" Ed blinked out of his thoughts and nodded quickly hiding behind Al as they entered; the ceiling of the large hall was decorated in large brightly colored streamers and balloons, a karaoke machine had been set up in one corner of the room, and along the opposite wall food and drink was being laid out on long tables, next to that were two rows of chairs and tables. Luckily the place was almost empty and the teenage alchemist easily found a table in the corner of the room and sat down; this way he looked like he was wearing a normal uniform with his hair down, this way no one would suspect he was actually wearing very little underneath the table.

It didn't take long for people to start arriving at the party; all of them were soldiers, and quite a few were high ranking officials, many of them Ed had never seem before. Eventually Havoc and the rest of Roy's subordinates turned up, then Hughes and his wife Gracia. It wasn't long until everyone had arrived, except for the man the party was for. After half an hour of waiting people were either beginning to get worried or impatient; what man doesn't turn up to his own party?

Maes looked a little annoyed that his best friend had not turned up and sighed wondering what he could do to get out of this mess, it was then he spotted Edward in the corner of the room and grinned evilly; If Roy wouldn't come willingly he'd make him come by force. Quickly Maes wove through the crowds of people and walked over to Ed "Hey guys! Enjoying yourselves so far? Listen I need a favor Ed can you go and find Roy for me? Great follow me then!" Hughes said all in one breath, not even pausing to wait for either Elric brothers protests as the blonde was suddenly yanked out of his seat and dragged out of the hall, Ed blushed as he saw people staring at his attire before he found himself pushed out into the (Thankfully empty) hallway.

"Knowing Roy he's probably still in his office, go and get him!" Hughes said with one last smile and a wink before he shut the door in Ed's face. Suddenly the short alchemist found himself alone in an empty hallway, wearing a miniskirt and feeling like a total idiot. With a sigh of annoyance and a mental note to kill Hughes later, the blonde had no choice but to set off in search for the missing man.

Luckily Mustangs office was only two floors up from where the party was being held and almost all the offices were empty on that floor, but that didn't stop the blonde teenager feeling like a complete idiot and occasionally tried to self consciously tug the short skirt as far down over his ass as he could.

It wasn't long until he finally reached Mustang's office the blonde took a deep breath and mentally prepared himself for the onslaught of insults he knew he'd probably receive before he reached out and knocked gently on the large oak door.

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Colonel Roy Mustang, The Flame alchemist was doing the impossible...okay maybe not the IMPOSSIBLE to passers by but the people who had worked in the same office as him for the past few years, he was doing the impossible.

He was working, yes Roy Mustang was actually working on getting all of his paperwork done without Hawkeye threatening him, if any of the dark haired man's subordinates could have seen him now, they would have probably fainted from shock at the sight of the lazy Colonel actually WORKING, after all the lazy playboy of central never did his work unless he had a very good reason, and in his mind he did have a good reason to be working.

Avoiding his own birthday party

Roy Mustang sighed as he raked an ungloved hand through his dark hair as he signed yet another paper and placed it on a rather tall pile that he'd finished and leaned back in his chair; he'd known in advance that Maes had organized a 30th birthday party for him, but he had no intentions of going, he did not want to be reminded that he was getting older and that he was 30 today. 'Not exactly the most cheerful celebration in the world...' Mustang thought in annoyance, the flame alchemist didn't hate birthdays exactly, he just didn't like to celebrate his own, because Hughes always made him have a party, and whenever Hughes was involved in preparing a birthday party you could tell some embarrassment is heading your way, the man managed to show him up somehow EVERY year, but this year he was NOT going to his own party, not even Hawkeye and her shiny gun could make him go.

Just at that moment, there was a faint knock at the door Roy frowned wondering who it could be; it wasn't Hughes, his annoying best friend would just burst right into the room unannounced, sighing Roy decided to ignore it and hope that whoever it was thought that he wasn't in.

Unfortunately for Mustang whoever it was decided to open the door and check if he was inside, again Roy ignored whoever it was, that was until they began walking into his office and the dark haired Colonel froze at the sound of some very familiar mismatched footsteps coming towards him and smiled bitterly; Maes Hughes was his best friend and was like a brother to Mustang, but he was also the most sly and cunning son of a bitch he had ever met; Hughes would have known that Roy wouldn't have come if he had sent Hawkeye or any of his other subordinates if they had come to collect him, but his friend was smart, he was observant and he had sent the one person that Roy could not ignore; Hughes's biggest weapon and Roy's ultimate weakness.

Fullmetal.

Yes Roy Mustang had a bit of a soft spot when it came to Edward Elric, he always had, ever since he'd first met the kid 4 years ago back in Risambool, a child who performed a forbidden taboo in alchemy and survived, that in itself was a rare feat; many a person had tried human transmutation and almost all had either disappeared or died in the attempt to bring a loved one back, to survive from such a taboo was almost unheard of.

When he first saw Edward Elric, Roy Mustang felt a small pang of pity, sympathy and something that he couldn't quite describe well in his chest when he stared down at the unconscious blonde, the stumps of his right arm and left leg bound by bloody bandages and Alphonse, a mere 10 year old boy's soul bound to a massive hulk of metal. Yes he felt sorry for both of the boys, and that's why he had told them to come to Central when they were ready, he wanted to help them and at first Mustang had thought that that was all he wanted.

He was wrong.

A year later when he picked up the phone to hear the blondes voice he felt something stir in the pit of his stomach, at that time it was a small, insignificant thing and ignored it in order to push the young boy on catching an earlier train. It was only later when he saw the blonde again, older and with a determined fire in his eyes at Central station, that he realized what the feeling in his stomach was.

Infatuation.

He had tried extremely hard at that point not to show how horrified he was at himself at being infatuated with a 12 year old child, instead he'd kept a smirking mask on his face and felt his stomach flip when the blonde's golden eyes burned dangerously as Edward glared at him, accusing him of knowing that the whole incident with Bald was going to happen (1). Roy just chuckled and told him the blonde was right but if he hadn't have done that, well Ed wouldn't have been able to take the state assessment exams.

The blonde child was annoyed at him for lying to him before, he could tell by the heated glare the small child was still shooting at him, so he gently rested his hand on the blonde's shoulder as he passed and gave it a gentle squeeze "I've shown you the door Edward, the rest is up to you about weather you take the exam or not" He'd said softly before walking off, knowing he was smiling as he heard the short child yell about how he was going to take it and pass no matter what.

As soon as he left the two brothers behind, he noticed that Hughes, who was walking alongside him giving him 'the look' meaning that he knew Roy, was up to something he shouldn't. Roy frowned and turned to his friend slightly annoyed; he could never figure out how Maes knew that he was thinking things he shouldn't and it frustrated him to no end. "You like him don't you?" Maes asked quietly out of the corner of his mouth as they walked side by side out of the station, Roy's subordinates following not far behind.

Roy's frown deepened at this, his annoyance growing, it wasn't because of the question Maes had asked, but rather in the tone his best friend had said it in, it was a sly calculating tone, which implied to Roy that Maes suspected something, and that was never a good thing. "Yes, he's got a lot of potential to become a great asset for the state" Roy said with more calmness than he felt as Havoc opened the car door for both of them and they stepped in Hawkeye and Falmen following then and Havoc sat in the drivers seat and drove them back to Central headquarters.

The ride for the most part was silent only the faint sounds of the car radio's classical music could be heard playing in the background, it was then that Riza Hawkeye coughed politely and looked at her commanding officer "If those boys do pass the exam sir, who's command do you think they'll be put under?" She asked firmly as Mustang smirked a little and stared at his only female subordinate

The dark haired man thought for a little while before his smirk widened as he answered, his dark eyes glittering in amusement at the question. "Why, me of course, I'm going to make sure of that, that kid Edward, he seems to have quite a temper on him and who better to fight fire with fire then me?" Roy said with a slight chuckle.

"But isn't that a bit contradictory Sir?" Havoc asked from the drivers seat as he chewed on the end of a cigarette lazily "I mean the kid seems to be quite stubborn sir, you really think you can control him?" Hughes and the rest of his subordinates turned to look at the man that they respected and admired and waited for his answer. The Lieutenant Colonel rested a gloved hand on his chin as he looked out of the car window and thought for a moment about his answer; he really did like the kid, maybe more then he should do, but that wasn't the reason why he had wanted the Elric brothers to come to Central in the first place; he understood why Edward wanted to make up for his mistakes, he felt the same way about all the horrors he'd seen and done in Ishbal, he wanted to help them achieve their goals and Mustang was going to make sure it stayed that way, at that moment he vowed that no matter what he felt for the older Elric brother, he would push his feelings aside to help them first.

With a faint sigh Roy nodded a small but genuine smile gracing his face "Edward Elric...doesn't need controlling, he merely needs to be guided in the right direction, and I'm going to be the one to do that" he said the rest of the car nodded at his words and once again fell into silence.

That had been so long ago and he'd stuck to his promise of keeping the blonde safe and helping him as much as he could, and not once, no matter how much his feelings had grown for the fiery teenager over the years, had he ever given any indication of ever yearning for the blonde. "Holy- you're actually working of your own accord? Hell must have just frozen over," a sarcastic but very familiar (And to Roy a very alluring) voice said from about two feet away from him.

Mustang fitted his usual cocky smirk into place before he finally looked up at the blonde ready to insult the blonde the way he usually did, but as soon as he looked up, the words died in his mouth as he stared open mouthed and gaping in surprise at the blonde, or rather, what the blonde was wearing.

Edward Elric young, brave and stubborn was wearing a miniskirt, a bloody MINISKIRT! Roy blinked at him, rubbed his eyes, and then pinched himself to make sure that he wasn't daydreaming and having one of his many fantasies about the blonde. Edward stared back at Mustang a little confused at first as to why his commanding officer was staring, but then remembered just what the hell he was wearing and blushed brightly while self-consciously tugging the miniskirt down as much as he could "Don't ask okay? Hughes made me wear this damned thing for you're stupid birthday party" Edward said with a slight huff while Mustang chuckled a little in amusement; he should have known Hughes would do something like this, seen as his best friend and Hawkeye were the only two people who really knew where Roy's affections really lay.

The Colonel raked his eyes over Ed's lithe form and smiled lazily as he slowly stood up from his chair, and walked around his desk and leaned on it, cocking his head to one side as he observed the blonde "Really Edward, how did he manage to trick you into wearing such a cute little outfit like that?" the dark haired man asked knowing the blonde would take the bait and pick out the indirect insult at his height in that sentence.

"WHOAREYOUCALLINGAPEASIZEDMIDGETWHO'SSOSMALLHECOULDFITINTOYOURPOCKET!!!" Ed yelled angrily, his golden eyes burning dangerously as he fumed at once again being insulted by the older man. Mustang just chuckled in amusement and continued to watch the blonde and felt himself blushing a little as a few of the many fantasies he'd dreamed about the blonde popped into his head, one in particular was about Ed wearing a miniskirt like he was right now and Roy doing...well a lot of adult things that the blonde had probably never heard of after all he was 16, he'd never dated anyone because he'd been too wrapped up in finding the philosophers stone, and Roy knew Edward was a virgin; he had spies all over the country tracking both boys, if he'd had sex with someone he would have known.

"You know I never actually said that Edward, but then again you never really cared if what was said was a mention to your height...or lack of it" Roy said an amused smile on his lips as he continued to stare at the blondes attire; oh he KNEW he was making the blonde uncomfortable by staring and he found it extremely cute when Edward tired to tug the miniskirt down, his face a nice shade of red and when he stammered nervously; Mustang really wasn't one for cute things (Puppy's were an exception) but Edward was one cute thing he was willing to stare at all day.

The blonde growled in annoyance, the blush still ripe on his face and his golden eyes narrowed dangerously before the blonde teen stormed up to the older (and annoyingly taller) man and jabbed him hard in the chest with a gloved automail finger. "Listen you bastard, I decided to try be a nice person and be courteous on your birthday, hell I've even embarrassed myself by wearing a damned miniskirt for your benefit, and now I'm being insulted by you, when its you that should be the one getting insulted, because I've been sent to get you to go to your own birthday party, because you're too much of an asshole to turn up on your own! So shut up with the damned short jokes you bastard colonel, I've been humiliated and taunted enough today!" the short alchemist growled panting heavily after his rant, with a huff he folded his arms and looked away from the man defiantly, his cheeks still red from anger...or maybe something else?

Mustang blinked and mentally slapped himself when he realized he was thinking very perverted thoughts; just because Edward was wearing a miniskirt and looked very flattering in it did NOT give him the right to pin the blonde to the nearest wall and molest him, he didn't know if Edward even swung that way! With a heavy sigh he nodded at the blonde's rant; he had to get away from the blonde quickly before he did something he would regret later and would possibly make him lose his rank, his job and possibly his freedom. "You're right Edward, I'm sorry"

The blonde blinked in surprise at that; not once had Roy Mustang ever apologized to him for anything, not when he tricked him and Al to catch an earlier train all those years ago, not when Nina was killed and not when Scar almost killed him, it sounded so...odd coming from the older man who constantly teased him, it felt strange, like something wasn't right with the older man, and for a brief moment, he just stood there and stared strangely at Mustang for a moment before he replied "Okay who the hell are you and where's the REAL Roy Mustang"

The dark haired alchemist blinked in surprise; out of all the reactions he had expected, that one wasn't one of them' the blonde was scowling at him now and Roy couldn't help but smile; trust Ed to be suspicious about his behavior, after all it was unlike him to apologize for his actions even if he knew he had done wrong. "Edward I'm shocked that you don't know who your commanding officer is anymore," The dark aired man said while feigning a look of deep hurt.

Ed's scowl deepened but this time from annoyance; The sarcasm coming from the man sounded like him but something wasn't right, no…something was defiantly off with the older man. "Whatever you say old man, something's up with you I can tell...your hiding something from me"

Roy didn't react to this statement outwardly but inwardly he groaned in despair; he needed to get out of here before he completely lost it. "Well I do apologize if I don't share ever aspect of my life with you Fullmetal, and despite rumors I DO have a life outside of this office" Roy said with a slight frown.

The shorter alchemist folded his arms across his chest and cocked his head cutely to onside as he stared at Roy with a calculating look; the man didn't look his usually smug relaxed self in fact the man couldn't look more tense, his whole body looked stiff and his pretty eyes were more guarded than usual- 'WHOA! Wait a second 'Pretty eyes?' Ed thought in surprise, but the more he stared at Mustangs Eye the less shocking that statement seemed 'Well he does have pretty eyes...that doesn't mean anything right? It doesn't mean I'm attracted to my commanding officer nope no way...' Ed thought in denial and right then was secretly glad he was already blushing from embarrassment.

In the end Ed snorted "Whatever I don't care what's up with you lets just go back to your party already you know, make fun of me, open your present s and crap" Ed said as he turned to leave but when he didn't hear Mustang following him he turned background "Are you coming are what?"

Roy chuckled and shook his head "No, I hate celebrating my own birthday especially when Hughes is involved in organizing the party, and as for presents...I think I've already gotten my first one" As soon as he said it he knew it had been wrong, the dark haired man wanted to slap himself for being so stupid as to blurt that out.

Edward froze and his eyes widened at the subtle innuendo of that sentence and his face if it were even possible became even redder. Then a strange tense silence then settled over the large office as the two state alchemist stated at each other an awkward silence stretching out between them, both of them unsure as what to say now "Uh...maybe we should go" The short blonde said breaking the silence.

Mustang remained silent as he stared at the cute, blushing, miniskirt-wearing blonde then he smiled to himself bitterly; if he was going to show himself up he might as well go all the way his job and freedom be damned. He slowly walked over to Ed and before the young blonde alchemist could protest, the dark haired Colonel closed the gap between him and the cross-dressing blonde alchemist and kissed him gently

Ed was shorter them Mustang so the dark haired man had to stoop a little to reach the teens mouth and no doubt he'd be putting a strain on his back but right now he didn't care, all his focus was on Edward and how he was reacting.

At first there was nothing Edward was as frozen as a block of ice for the first ten seconds as it slowly sunk in what was happening, then all of a sudden Edward relaxed, Roy could feel the blondes flesh hand gripping the front of his uniform to balance himself. Roy reached out and cupped the blonde's cheeks deepening the kiss gently; he wanted to smirk when he found Ed copying him, Edward was obviously a beginner at kissing but Mustang was going to make sure that was going to change.

When they both finally pulled away for air (Sooner than Mustang would have liked but Ed hadn't yet learnt to breath through his nose while kissing someone) they just stared at each other for a moment before Roy smirked "Still want to go to my party?" He asked the blonde with a smirk his arms already around the blonde waist not willing to let him go any time soon.

Ed shook his head rapidly at this his stomach doing flips of excitement "Hell no!" He said with a small smile Mustang chuckled before leading Ed to the desk and perching the blonde on it before kissing him again.

Unbeknown to them both, Hughes was watching them with a grin on his face taking as many black mail photos as he could.

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OMG I finally finished this! Gah! The ending was such a pain to write but at the same time, it was fun to do : ) I hope you guys liked this and don't think the endings too rushed! Don't forget to click that purple box at the bottom of the screen and tell me what you thought of the story!

Ja ne!

Jade xx