WE'RE HALFWAY! =D LET THERE BE CELEBRATION IN ALL THE STREETS AND EVERY HOME OF THE KINGDOM!

Or something less extravagant.

50: Fingertips

"Mister Mustang would you - Mustang- Roy!" Riza batted his hand away for the umpteenth time, swivelling about to glare at him.

He grinned, as roguishly charming and handsome as ever, tilting his head slightly, making the sun catch and glimmer in his eyes. "Yes, Riza?"

"Stop touching me!" She whacked at his hand with a scowl. "How am I supposed to concentrate when - Oh, for God's sake!"

"You're not supposed to concentrate," he sounded peevish. "Besides, you're distracting me just as badly."

"How is that - stop that - possible? I'm sure you'd do a lot better if you'd just keep your fingers to yourself and - will you at least stop while I'm talking to you?" She caught his hand and held it, glaring at him with burning eyes.

He smiled benignly, squeezing her fingers slightly. "If you insist."

"I've done nothing but insist! What is this-" she froze suddenly, mid-sentence. He was patting her on the head. "Stop that!"

He ignored her trailing his fingers down the side of her face, holding them still under her chin, smiling teasingly at the firm, stubborn, proud set of her mouth and eyes. In a sudden movement, he brought his hand up to his mouth, kissing the tips of his fingers and then touching them to her lips, reversing the grip they had on each other's hands so he was gripping hers.

Just as she was about to lash back at him, he turned and fled, letting her hand fall as he ran out of the room and into her father's study.

Just in time for his lesson. The one she daren't interrupt.

She couldn't help but wonder why he couldn't just talk to her, but insisted on a hundred little touches to do his talking.

And I've got no explanation! =D I hated this prompt from the get-go! Just like I hate my internet at the moment! It keeps coming and going. Or maybe I should be mad at my computer? I haven't been very nice to it, so I wouldn't be surprised if it had a hard time working… Just tried to go online to look at a new computer when I remembered why I wanted a new one to begin with. Felt rather stupid. =p

Anyway! Been reading a "new" manga, yes I have! Kekkaishi is its name. "New" in the sense that I started reading it not too long ago, but it's a finished product, so…

Please review and tell me what you liked/disliked and thank your god for copy/paste. ^_^