Warnings: Cheesy-ness. And I used some LANGUAGE gasp nothing toooooo bad. But still LANGUAGE! Ahhhhh!

Chapter 4

It'd been two weeks since I had requested the time off to go back to Rizenbul and visit Grandma Pinako, Winry, and Mom's grave. After my two weeks were up, I had to go back to the office and pick up another assignment. I had forgotten that all 15 of my letters had been crammed into my desk to avoid anyone's "accidental finding" of them.

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"Good Morning Miss Hawkeye!" Al greets her. Of course, Riza Hawkeye isn't one for small talk and she goes straight to business.

"Edowardo, Colonel Mustang wants to see you in his office. I'd suggest you go now. He says it's very important."

'What the heck? What's the big rush? I'll be here all day...something isn't right.'

"Do you know why? What did I miss while I was gone?" Ed tried to ask her but she had already walked off, dismissing the subject to the back of her mind.

"Fine. Al, you know the drill, you can wait for me at my desk. I will go in happy and come out depressed and with a butt load of work." Al nodded and went to sit on the chair behind Ed's desk.

"Hey, onii-san."

"What?" Ed wheeled around. "Good luck, maybe you should tell him this time, I know it's hard on you." Al 'smirked'.

"Onii-san the look on your face is priceless! Yes, I figured it out. I wasn't born yesterday! I think he'll take it well."

Ed was shocked to say the least. "Al! I can't believe you- why did you- this isn't fair!" Ed looked around, then back to his younger brother and mouthed "Thanks".

Ed took all his courage and entered Roy's office.

'I will tell him this time. I wont be chicken like always. I will tell him. I can do this. I will do this. What the heck? I cant do this, darnit Al, giving me an ego boost.'

"You wanted to see me?" Ed asked prepared for anything, he thought, that Roy Mustang could ever throw at him.

He shot Ed a glance and a manipulative smirk."Yes. I know your secret. How much will you pay me not to sell it to the rest of the military?"

"Get to the point Mustang." Ed scowled.

From the look on his face, Ed could already tell sarcasm was coming."Well aren't YOU grumpy today. I almost feel like you aren't happy to see me!"

'He's toying with me I know it.'

Ed thought he was about to throw something."What is the point of all this!"

"We had a desk inspection while you were gone, Edo-kun." Roy winked.

"Desk...inspection....DONT CALL ME EDO-KUN YOU PERVERT!" This time Ed DID throw something. The Colonel caught the silver State Alchemist watch and looked up questioningly.

"You can have this if you aren't going to get to the point. My brother is bored stiff out there."

"You're brother can wait. You see...I found some sealed envelopes in your desk and thought they might be research." Roy started to explain.

"YOU LIE. You knew what they were. Bastard." Ed looked to the floor, knowing where this whole thing was going.

"Well, I started to read them and I thought 'why isn't this interesting, Ed has a crush on someone'...then I found later evidence that they were in military personal and-"

"ROY MUSTANG I WILL KILL YOU!" Hagane no Chibi fumed.

"That wouldn't be wise; who would you write to after you killed me? And what about all those hopes for the future hm? Would you be willing to kill THOSE too?"

Ed started breaking down right then and there.

'I cant do this. I didn't want this to happen. Now I won't ever see him again. He's gonna fire me I know it. I'm just waiting for it now, I know its coming.'

A warm pair of arms crept around his shoulders and found their way to his back. They held him firmly and soundly. Ed looked up, tears still in his eyes. "Colonel-"

"Please, call me Roy now. Don't be so stiff shorty."

"Who's a super ultra hyper chibi bean that you can't see without a telescope?!?!" Ed's moods quickly shifted.

"I knew that'd keep your spirits up. Now then...I believe the house near the beach is possible, but I don't know about the cat. I'm really a dog person. Will that be ok with you?"

'What does he mean? Does he really want to live with me on a house by the beach like I've always wanted? No, I bet he's just teasing me. Manipulative bastard.'

"What, do you think I'm kidding? I want an answer! Don't make me order you to speak."

"That'd be...just fine...having a dog I mean. You aren't being a manipulative bastard are you?" Ed asked.

"Edo-kun, I'm ALWAYS being a manipulative bastard. See like right now, I am manipulating your mind to allow me to do this." Roy placed his lips over Edwards and Ed (of course) returned the kiss.

Al sat in a tree outside with his cat, watching happily. "Way to go onii- san! I knew he'd take it well! It was actually really obvious...the way Mr. Mustang always flirts with onii-san....shameless I tell you."

Al climbed out of the tree and returned to Ed's desk. "You have no clue how long I've been watching you from that tree onii-san...heh...it's good to see something OTHER than boring talking for once."

Ed walked out of the room, a lot looser than before and beaming. "I'm happy for you onii-san!" Al waved.

Ed gave him a suspicious look and asked how he knew. "Oh, there are some things a brother can just tell." And if Al had a normal body right then, he'd be smiling mischievously.

Owari

A/N: whahahaha. Yeah, I know, I suck at romance. sigh That's because Ed's story had a HAPPY ending and mine had a sad one. I still write letters to people and pray they never find them. However, I usually feel like I'm gonna explode whenever I see the person I write to. Ok I'll shut up now I PROMISE. Maybe. I don't know. O.o But this was the last chapter. THE END na no da lol.