WARNING: Set in pre-anime time… No spoiler.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Hagane no Renkinjutsushi. It belongs to Hiromu Arakawa sensei.
PAIRING: RoyRiza
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Of Arrays and Guns#2. Promotion
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"Congratulation, 2nd Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye, you've been promoted to the position of 1st Lieutenant," the Lieutenant Colonel read the first line of the document, "Damn, I sound like some kind of phone advertisement…" he muttered lowly, and the promoted woman pretended to not hear that. "When you said you will protect me, I never realized that you meant to outrank me," he said mischievously, handing her the document. "I only read you the first line, so you'll have to read the rest of the document on your own… I advise you to read it if you can't go to sleep. Those are awfully boring, and they're all crap. The military never follows them anyway.""Sir," she saluted firmly.
"Ah, mou," the Lt. Colonel whined, spinning around in his swiveling chair, "They better give me a promotion soon..." He muttered grudgingly, tipping his head back so that it hung off the top of his chair. "I mean, my subordinate outranking me in a year…! That'd be a total humiliation. Soon, they'll be supporting 2nd Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye to become the Fuhrer! And the name Roy Mustang, the Flame Alchemist and an excellent soon-to-be leader, will be forgotten because they got brainwashed by her!"
Deftly she loaded her gun with her blank expression on her face, and then pointed at the Lt. Colonel's head, and gestured to the paperwork currently hiding under his desk. "If you want a promotion, sir," she coolly said with the barest hint of smirk, "I suggest that you finish that paperwork right now and not 15 minutes before lunch."
The Lt. Colonel visibly shrank under Hawkeye's superior presence, hauled the load of paperwork up on his desk, and started slaving away.
He really wanted the promotion, dang it.