Here's the RoyxEd you wanted, I'll explain what happened at the lab in the next chapter. Ed and Al are back at Headquarters, Ferra's safe in Al's armor, and I hope this all makes sense, since I'm basically skipping a chapter, the next one will be a flashback.
Ed was back. That meant he'd be reporting to the Colonel soon. As soon as they'd heard the clanking of Al's armor coming down the hall, the East headquarter gang all pretended to be busy. Ed entered the room and looked around. "Hey, I'm back," he said.
"Oh, hi."
"Didn't notice."
"That's nice," were the replies. They were trying to be discreet, and failing miserably. Ed gave them all a funny look and kept walking towards Roy's office. Most of them had bet that today would be the day Roy and Ed would realize their feelings for each other. It was an office pool; the rest had bet that today they would both finally kill each other. Some even thought these two events would occur on the same day. As soon as Ed entered Mustang's office, they crowded around the door to eavesdrop.
Ed knocked once then entered. "Sir, I've come to make my report," he said and sat down. He wasn't sure how much of his last mission he should tell Mustang, partly because he didn't know how much the Colonel knew and partly because he didn't know how much Mustang needed to know. Plus he wasn't a very good liar, especially when it came to Mustang.
Roy looked up from behind some paperwork on his desk and tented his hands under his chin. "Well, Ed, what do you have to report?" He almost said that as if he knows I'm about to lie to him, Ed thought. I can't tell him about Ferra, and I can't tell him anything she told me either, cause I'll need an explanation.
Ed leaned back and looked out the window, folding his hands behind his head. "Well sir, it was a bust. I couldn't find out much, not even about what was going on in that lab before it blew up. All I know is it was an internal explosion and those alchemists had been working with plants, but that's not a lot to go by, and the people there didn't know too much either." Ed looked up expectantly, hoping Mustang would let him leave it at that.
Roy watched him for a moment and smiled to himself. "Hm. Well, if that's all you could find out, then you should go back and continue your investigations. Unless you want to be fired for noncompliance of an order, because it sounds to me like you blew this case off." That wasn't what Ed had been expecting. His jaw dropped.
"Wha- Colonel, are you serious? There was nothing else there, there were no leads, no clues-" Roy cut him off.
"Ed, if you can't handle a simple case like this, then I'm afraid you're just not military material. That will be all. You're dismissed."
Ed's face was frozen in disbelief. "You- you are serious. But that's not-" He ran up to Mustang's desk and banged his right fist on it, scattering several pages and knocking objects off of it. All he wanted to do was yell at Roy, wipe that stupid smirk off his face, just once. "I told you, there's nothing else there. You're just trying to make me angry." Ed calmed visibly.
Roy gave him a steady look. His eyes glinted in, what was it, anger? "You know, Full Metal, you're not a very good liar, and I won't tolerate it when my subordinates hold back information. And if I did want to make you angry, all I'd have to do is call you short." That was when Ed's eye started to twitch. Roy's tone changed from annoyed to amused. "Do you want me to get a stool so we can continue this conversation eye to eye?" Veins started popping out of Ed's forehead in his attempts not to flip out on Roy. "No, I think we'll need a ladder so that you can climb up to the stool."
That did it. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT YOU NEED A TELESCOPE TO SEE!" Ed clapped his hands together and transmuted Roy's desk into splinters. Roy looked stunned for a millisecond, and then he started laughing. Ed said fiercely, "I fail to see what is so funny. I could blow up your head if I wanted to."
Roy replied between laughs, "Don't be mad at the desk Ed, just because you can't see over it. Well, I guess now you finally can!" Ed was so mad now he could barely think straight. I just want to kick him, Ed thought. If we would just stop laughing-- I've never seen him this worked up.
Roy thought, I've never seen Ed this worked up. In a fit of rage Ed yelled, "Just shut up!" and in a desperate attempt to stop Roy's laughing, Ed dashed over the desk debris and planted his lips right on Roy's. They were both completely taken by surprise by Ed's action. At least I finally shut him up, was the one thought that went through Ed's mind. They didn't let go at first, still in shock. Then Ed pulled away when he comprehended what he'd done. Roy thought, was that all it took? A couple more short jokes threw him over the edge, but I never knew he'd do that. And why is my heart pounding? Roy leaned in and kissed Ed gently. Ed was even more surprised by Roy's reaction, but he kissed him back, more passionately. They both knew they enjoyed this, and wanted it, in some part of their brains, but they hadn't ever acknowledged these feelings before. This time Roy pulled away, and they looked at each other with many odd sensations and thoughts racing through their minds. They met each other's eyes and started to blush. Roy spoke into the awkward silence. "Ed, I--"
Ed cut him off. "I told you to shut up. Look what you made me do," he said softly.
Roy looked down, shook his head, and smiled. "I guess I'd better not joke about your height anymore."
