I had visited Neah after work the day before Roy was to leave town, and she had told me, "Chase after your man. You are a strong, independent woman, aren't you?"
She had a point, but my heart twisted painfully as I waited for Roy before he was scheduled to arrive.
I nearly chickened out when I saw him start towards me.
"You're here early." Roy Mustang pointed out to me.
"As are you." I told him.
"Yeah. I was hoping to... Nevermind." Roy announced, seemingly scared of the next words that would have left his mouth; I hope that they were going to be, "See you."
I smiled at him in my best attempt at looking confident while the fears and butterflies attacked my insides.
"Roy, I want to tell you something."
"Go on then." My seriousness must have made him concerned over the matter.
"I love you not as a friend, but as a wife loves her husband." I announced, and worked up the nerve to kiss him on the lips.
It was a pleasant surprise when he started to kiss me back; it was the best kiss that I'd ever had.
"'Bye." I told him after I pulled away.
"I will be back." Roy told me, and the confidence of his answer took my breath away.
"You better be." I breathed; my comment came out breathless and full of love.
He kissed me this time, and I took it for what it's worth: a promise of our love.
I knew that he'd return to me, and that he would do everything in his power to make us last; I wasn't just one of his one night stands. I never was.
I smiled against his lips, and realized that what we had was more than likely what fairy tales talked about.