"I'm sorry I called you a jackass."
"You didn't…?"
"I did. Twice."
"I'm still not going out with you."
"You say that now."
"I'm sorry I called you a jackass," Riza announced as she walked into Roy's office. He looked up from his paperwork, thoroughly confused.
"You didn't…?" Her couldn't ever remember Riza calling him that, but he honestly wouldn't be surprised if she had, given his past behaviour.
"I did. Twice. To Rebecca."
Roy frowned. "Can I ask why?"
Riza flopped down on the chair across from him. It was rather ungraceful, but Roy enjoyed seeing this relaxed side of her. It meant she was comfortable around him, and that thought made him smile.
Riza shrugged. "Why not? It's the general way I feel about you nowadays."
"That's grossly unfair on my part," he smirked.
"You haven't done anything to change my mind."
Damn. He had her there. The memory of his conversation with Catalina that night at the bar flashed in his mind. Just be straight with her. Just be yourself, for once. No chat up lines. No jokes. Just sincerity.
"In my defence, you were a jackass."
Roy nodded, agreeing with her. "You've got me there." He opened his mouth to continue, but a voice called his attention away on the radio on his belt. Answering it, he asked them to give him a couple of minutes. "Sorry," he apologised.
Riza waved it away, dragging herself out of the chair. She looked stressed. Her eyes looked strained, the tell-tale sign of a headache, and her expression was slightly pained. He noted it, and stored that information in his mind for later, a plan already forming in his head.
"Can we talk about this later?"
"I'm still not going out with you," Riza stated, her tone determined, however there was a hint of amusement in her expression.
"You say that now," Roy replied, a smirk on his lips. "No, I mean as friends. No jokes, just sincerity." Riza eyed him, as if wondering if he was lying or not. Her eyes narrowed after she'd made her decision.
"Okay…" she trailed off, as if she didn't trust him. "But the point still stands. I think I've made my decision." Roy felt his face fall slightly, his feelings for Riza rearing their ugly head at the prospect of never being able to act on them. He panicked for a second, but the small smirk on Riza's face told him not to worry. "This banter is far too much fun to drop now."
