A/N: Three... Months... Internet... Withdrawal... -dies-. So... My laptop's motherboard crashed and I lost freakin' everything... I lost useless stuff like school work... AND all the important stuff! Like my secret chapters for this fic! And my AMV's! And, and, and -falls into spiraling depression-. Well... I got a new chapter up... And it's 3:00 AM. Officially December 2nd. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME:3 Enjoy!
Edit: This is an eerily short chapter O-o... The next will be longer. PROMISE.
Nikki stared out her window at the orange sunset that drown Amestris's Central city in an almost golden light. She tilted her head slightly, the light catching in her glasses and reflecting gold specks in her violet eyes. She blinked slowly and raised an eyebrow when the door to the dorm room creaked open. She turned around and looked Edward from her seat on the bed and gave him a small smile.
"Hi..."
Edward flashed her a grin as he pulled off his jacket and draped it over the chair, on top of hers. "Hey." He approached the bed and sat beside her. "How are you? You didn't eat at dinner..."
"I know... I'm alright, but... Still just a little shaken... I mean..." She rubbed her face, sliding her hand under her glasses. "He's alive... And the military..."
Edward leaned forward and rested his arms on his knees. "Yeah... It's a little disturbing... But the Colonel, I hear, has been promoted here on the Fuhrer's request."
"...The Fuhrer...? As in President King Bradley?"
"Yup. The same; the one and only."
Nikki rubbed her forehead softly. "Hm... Strange."
"Yeah..."
There was a long silence, broken finally by Nikki's hesitant voice. "...Edward..?"
He glanced over at him, his ponytail hanging over his shoulder. "Yeah..?"
"...Have... Have you ever stopped to consider that... We may be on the wrong side?"
He stared at her for a while and then frowned. "I don't think that we're on the wrong side... So much as I think the side we're on is corrupted..."
Nikki looked out the window with a small frown. "...But where... And how?"
Ed shook his head and followed her gaze outside to the darkening sky. "...That's the question isn't it?" he muttered softly.
With a heavy sigh, Nikki leaned back, putting her weight onto her hands and tilting her head to the side. Edward watched her carefully and sat up straight before turning to face her, raising an eyebrow ever so slightly at the fact that she didn't seem to feel his eyes boring into her.
"Nikki..." Edward was relieved to see her finally looking over at him and gave her a small, nervous smile.
"What is it?"
"...Well... I know that you might've forgotten... But... Do you remember... A few years back... At, um... Hughes's house... And-"
"...I know exactly what you're talking about, Edward... And... I do remember... What about it?"
Edward took a deep breath. Well... She remembered. No way to drop the subject now. "...Well... I mean... What'd it mean? I mean," he chuckled nervously, scratching his head. "We were kind of young and, like... Well... You know... Just... Kind of wondering."
"Honestly, Edward... I... I've always kind of wondered the same thing... But I was always too nervous to ask you about it... And I was kind of afraid of what you'd say."
Edward's face turned a bright red as the blood rushed to his cheeks. "Heheheh... Well, well... Small world." He rubbed his cheek with the tip of a gloved finger and stared up at the corner where the ceiling met the walls. Damn, that's a nice corner... "So, um... What d'you think we should do about this?" Yup... No cobwebs... Nothin'. Damn nice...
Nikki wrinkled her nose. Like she had any idea? What were they supposed to do? Get married and live happily ever after? Military personnel didn't live that way... Well... At least not the ever after part...
The silence was loud and pounded against Nikki's eardrums. Finally, she sighed and picked up her hands, falling against the mattress, her head in the pillow as she swung her legs onto the bed as well.
She felt the weight on the bed shift and opened her eyes as she felt the bed around her sink, looking up at Edward who was hovering over her. She couldn't help but laugh a little. "Hi."
Edward grinned stupidly. "Hi."
Nikki laughed, exhaling through her nose as she closed her eyes for a moment and then tucked layered bangs behind her ear. She tilted her head back, to look at Edward again and gave a small 'eep' when he caught her mouth with his.
For a moment, she stared wide-eyed at nothing before her muscles relaxed, her eyes slid closed, and she found herself kissing him back deeply. Edward tilted his head slightly, feeling her hands running along his neck slowly. In response, he lifted one of his own hands from the mattress and slipped the fabricated limb under her, cupping the back of her neck.
Edward felt the blood rush from his face to between his legs in a matter of seconds and resorted to propping himself on his automail elbow as he pushed his waist against her own. They let out small, mutual moans of satisfaction and Nikki felt Ed's hand travel from her neck to the front of the stomach, slipping his fingers under her shirt and sliding against her skin.
Edward stopped his hand momentarily and pulled it from her shirt. He broke the kiss and gripped the middle finger's sleeve in his teeth, pulling the glove off. After depositing it on the floor, he took her mouth against his again, allowing his fleshed hand to slide up her bare stomach, sliding the fabric up with it. He brushed his fingers over the base of her ribcage and groaned as her back arched up, pressing her front against him.
Finally, Edward reached the firm base of her laced bra, tracing the skin around it before he slid his hand onto one of her breasts and gave a soft squeeze. Nikki responded by opening her mouth and moaning softly, her legs spreading a little wider from the arch she had made in her back.
Neither of them were sure how long they had gone for, and neither of them had really cared. All that registered was that it was incredible. For what seemed like forever, they'd ridden a roller coaster of orgasms, Nikki digging her nails into the semi-scarred flesh on Ed's back while he tore the sheets from the mattress around Nikki's head.
Nikki glanced up as she lay on her back, staring at the line of chipped paint on the wall from the movement of the headboard. She moved her hair from the thin sheet of sweat moistening her forehead and closed her eyes, breathing heavy as she shifted the sheet around her bosom a bit more. She looked over at Ed, whose ponytail had gone from perfect, to lop-sided, to non-existent.
Edward's chest rose and fell slowly, his breathing just as heavy as Nikki's and both arms behind his head. He blinked, feeling the mattress shift and he looked over at Nikki, who turned to face him, pressing against his side and resting her hand on his chest. His lips curved into a smile and he slid his left arm from behind his head, wrapping it around her and pressing his mouth to the top of her head, smelling her fragrant hair and smiling contently.
"What now?" Nikki spoke softly, feeling that if she spoke too loudly, her voice would crack and become lost.
Edward nuzzled against the top of her head and then looked at the ceiling. "Well... I can only think of one logical thing that comes after this..." He smiled back down at the girl wrapped in his arm and she looked at him with semi-squinted eyes (her glasses had been removed prior). She watched him curiously and then her face turned beat red, heart pounding as her smile turned into a love-struck and incandescently happy grin.
"The outskirts, sir?"
"You heard me, Lieutenant. Make sure he gets the file by tomorrow."
"Well... How long will he have to do this for, exactly? You know they only really came here in the first place to visit Glacia and Elysia. Putting Edward to work is kind of a slap in the face during a 'vacation'... Don't you think? ...Sir?"
Riza flipped through a manilla file slowly, her eyes scanning over the reports on the outskirts of the Central City, where a new gang that picked up the old habit of blowing railroad tracks and holding up passengers were gathered.
Roy stared out the new window, with a new view, in his new office, while sitting in his new chair... Which he claimed was softer and didn't make his ass hurt as much as the cheap pieces of shit at Eastern Command. Even when he was practically golden for a promotion, he still found something to complain about... Whether it was a comparison or the fact that Riza was letting Black Hayate roam through the office.
"It's something to keep him out of trouble here... He can be as reckless as he wants in the outskirts that way... He won't be alone. Al can go... And if he really wants, he can take Nikki with him."
Riza closed the file, attached it to her clipboard, and nodded. "Of course, sir. I'll deliver it ASAP."
"Hawkeye... Tell the men that the Fuhrer wants to hold some kind of... Social... Event... Thing."
Riza arched an eyebrow. "...'Social event... Thing'?"
Roy sighed and turned in his chair, facing her and slouching. "Yeeeaaaah," he replied in annoyance. "Some formal... Thing for the employees and civilians... Trying to play off all this bullshit that's going on."
"Trying to make the soldiers and people feel comfortable?"
"I guess so..." He rubbed his face with his hand. "Stupid..."
"Sir, I know it's habit of you to question our superiors, but you should at least try to respect their decision... Perhaps President Bradley is right in holding such a thing... Just to make everyone feel better... Especially with all the... 'Bullshit'... Going on... I think we could all use a relief... Don't you?"
Roy sighed, propping his elbow on the desk, his chin in his hand. "...I guess," he muttered.
Caine removed his glasses and rubbed at his eyes tiredly. It was so late. How did he get stuck with all this paperwork? It was Breda's job, not his. Besides, he wanted to see how Nikki was. He was so worried about her that everyone had started making fun of him. Ah, but he didn't care... Caine was well aware that he had been totally smitten over Nikki since the day they met. He could still remember what she was wearing and the expression she had on her face when she saw Breda huddled against the wall in fear of Black Hayate. He smiled fondly, tapping the fountain pen, which squirted ink on the desk.
"D'ah!!!" He jumped up and began pulling open drawers and rummaging through the office. He bolted to the desk and picked up the stack of papers he was working on. He sighed and eyed the pool of ink before transferring to the desk beside him. He'd clean it up before he left.
He didn't know why he was doing this... He may have spent all day usually behind a desk, but desk work wasn't his speciality. He frowned, longing to go home and mess with that old radio he'd found in one of the storage rooms. He fidgeted, half wanting to submerge himself in technical work, half wanting to go search for Nikki and ask her to go to dinner... Ah, but after that incident at Lab 5? She wouldn't be up for it... He'd wait a while... Besides it was late... Almost ten...
Caine removed his square glasses and untucked the white shirt of his uniform, cleaning the lenses off on the corner of the fabric. I should head home soon... He set them back on his face and folded his arms, leaning back and frowning at the papers. He sighed heavily and hung his head. "Why me?"
A/N: Well... This was supposed to be that raw, hawt, secks chapter... But as you can see, it's not... I decided to make it a "blink and you miss the insinuation" chapter instead and focus on a brilliant filler chapter I created 20 minutes ago!
Isn't Caine adorable?
Don'tcha wanna just give him a big ol' hug?!
I love the relationship between him and Nikki... I'm considering a fanfic where the romantic focus is on them... Although I'm not sure. Input, huh guys:3
