This is an add on to the last chapter. It happens before the chapter starts. I'm submitting it as a separate chapter because I wasn't sure if everyone wanted to read royai with this, and so, for everyone who didn't really want romance in the story, you can just skip this. For all you royai fans out there (I'm talking to you, az4ever, thanks again) this is for you.

The two alchemists had been at Eastern for a week. Aeon had settled in admirably and had become quite popular, especially with the women in the area. Maia, though, had not fared so well. After a couple of weeks living in the dorms with the rest of the military, the bullying got so bad that Roy asked Hawkeye to take care of her. The Lieutenant wasn't especially thrilled, but she did realize that Maia would be safe as long as she was around.

"Why didn't you use your alchemy to protect yourself?" Riza was driving home, and Maia was sitting next to her, staring nervously at her hands.

"I didn't want to hurt them," she said. "Sometimes when I use my alchemy, I can't control myself and then I end up really hurting people."

Riza was surprised. The shy alchemist had been hurt pretty badly, but she still didn't want to hurt them. She knew that if it was her, she would have personally gotten her gun out and scared the crap out of them.

"What do you think of the Colonel?" asked Maia suddenly.

"Huh? Oh…I don't really know…I don't think anyone really knows what to think of him."

"What do you mean?"

"He just…he hides who he really is, I think. There's a part of him inside that he never really lets anyone see. Not even me, actually. He likes to keep his secrets."

"Do you ever wish that he would tell you what they are?"

She looked over at Maia suspiciously. "Did someone put you up to this?"

"No. I was just wondering, that's all. He seemed to hold you in a very high regard. And…"

"And?"

"He was drawing a picture of you. I saw it on his desk."

"You're kidding. There's no way…" Riza paused. "You're sure about this?"

The Light Alchemist nodded. "He's not that bad of an artist. It looked pretty good."

Riza made a face at the thought of the Colonel being able to draw. "I guess that's another part of him no one knows about. I wonder why he never said anything to me…"

"He's probably shy," said Maia, looking straight at Riza for the first time. "Maybe he's afraid to tell you."

"Afraid? I…that just doesn't sound like him…"

Maia shrugged. "I don't know him at all. I just thought that maybe he liked you as more than a friend, you know?"

The Lieutenant bit her lip. Sure, Roy was handsome, but he was a wicked flirt and he spent way too much time thinking about miniskirts. What am I going to do now? I think Maia's right, but…I don't want to just ask the Colonel…

Muhahaha. I'm leaving it there. I will probably add more romantically minded chapters like this in the future, and if you people like the royai enough, then I might actually incorporate it into the story. Please review and send in your ideas for Anything Goes!

OMG, I completely forgot to put disclaimers on most of the stuff I've posted. I don't own FMA. Don't sue me, okay?