Nowhere But Here
"Fullmetal. Fullmetal. Fullmetal." Roy sighed. It was going to be one of those days again, he just knew it. "Fullmetal!"
Edward looked up, giving Mustang a dirty look. "What was that for? You didn't have to shout."
It took more willpower than Roy would care to admit to keep from snapping his fingers.
"Why are you still here?"
Ed shrugged. "Nowhere else to go really. Al went back to Rizenbul to see Winry and Aunt Pinako for the holiday, and I stayed here, so it's just an empty dorm room. I figured I might as well get something done."
"Oh?" Roy asked, glancing at the blank paper in front of the teenager. "What exactly are you trying to get done?"
"None of your business." Ed snapped, glaring at him with golden eyes.
Roy raised an eyebrow. Was that a blush?
"Fury, I need to-"
Both Ed and Roy whipped their heads around to stare at Havoc, who had just come out of his office. He had trailed off mid sentence and was now watching them with interest.
"Don't mind me," He said when he realized they were waiting for him to say something. "Continue whatever it was you were doing." And then he shut his door again.
He appeared to have forgotten that his door had a window, albeit one with frosted glass, and that they could see his shadow. And how it was pressing its ear against the glass.
Roy rolled his eyes.
"Why didn't you go home with Al?" he asked finally, breaking the somewhat awkward silence that had fallen. Ed looked up from his still blank paper, apparently trying to decide if Mustang was being snide or not.
"Rizenbul isn't home." Ed told him, weighing his words carefully before he actually opened his mouth. This entire process had to be a first for the boy, who usually spoke without thinking and didn't care who was offended by what came out of his mouth.
Roy cocked his head to the side slightly, his confusion made evident by this. "Then where is?"
Ed considered this for a moment, setting aside his pen. He propped his elbows on the borrowed desk and rested his head on his hands. He looked up at Roy, the barest hint of a smile on his face when he caught the Colonel's eye. "Right here I guess."
They both missed the triumphant shouts that can only be associated with someone who has just won a rather large sum of money that came from Havoc's office in the silence that followed.
End
a/n: I even like this corny thing better than yesterday's. –sigh- You really have to wonder sometimes. So, did you guys like it? Or should I go back to the humor attempts and steer clear of the sappy fluff that has tainted these last few? Either way, I fear for my IQ.
