A/N: Drabble number 17! I'm 17! How cool is that?

17. Tears (180 words)

Roy Mustang rarely cried. He could count on one hand the number of times he had cried. One time for each of his parents' deaths. One for the Rockbell doctors. Once for the death of his best friend.

He did not cry at Edward's funeral. He didn't feel upset at all. He just felt confused.

He watched Al, Winry and Pinako cry with indifference. He saw Gracia and Elysia shed tears with disinterest. He observed his colleagues mourn with apathy.

Roy felt nothing because there was nothing to feel. Edward wasn't dead. He knew there was no body in a clean, formal military uniform with blonde hair done neatly inside that coffin. The long oak box was empty. And that was that.

He knew that when he got home, Edward would be sitting in his library, researching alchemy and grinning arrogantly at the older man.

And when he did get home, Edward was there in the library, researching alchemy and grinning arrogantly. Roy smiled fondly at the boy.

"I knew you weren't dead."

Edward smiled sadly, turned, and was gone.

A/N: I think I may have just killed Ed and made Roy insane... Heek! I should probably protect myself or something o.o;

Reviewer Responses!

Happiness's Deceit - I spelled Deceit right but got Happiness's wrong. ARGH! Uh, anyway. I always hit the wrong keys and then Word explodes and I lose everything. Heek! Uh, KANPAI :D! Yes, I've read it TT.TT I've seen it too. The manga is so much sadder though. I also like Roy's thing at the end more than I do in the anime. You know, the "It's raining." instead of "It's supposed to rain today." x.o; Yes, the outcome of death tends to be the same. The person... you know, dies. n.n; Thanks for the review!

FireanIce - Yeah, I know. Cloud watching. WTF? oO;; Something is wrong with me. Oh well. Glad I could make you laugh, though :D! Thanks for the review, and I'm not sure if you like this update o.o;

Loki and Co. - I wish I could have gotten out of the second to last day of school. Stupid... whatever they're called. Finals. Yeah, those things. Uh, and stupid summer school, too. Thanks for the review!

pure-reflection - Thanks! I hope the rest of my drabbles keep you just as entertained and cutified. Or whatever. o.o; Thanks for the review n.n

Noniechan - My hair was pretty long until I got the Edward haircut. Short hair makes me think of little girls in pigtails. o.o; Mine's brown too! I -want- to dye it blonde... but it's quite possible that my fangirl-hating friend would beat me to death with my own skull. Okay, way too much Red vs Blue. Uh, anyway. I have ADD but I also like to daydream, so my daydreams are rather... one thing to the next... o.o; Heh, thanks for the review n.n

Mistress Sprite - Yeah, my friends get mad at me too. They call me the angsty one and every time I write something, they're like "It better not be angst -glare-" Eh. I have all of the opening themes and a couple of songs that are sung by the Japanese VAs, but I don't particularly like those o.o; Uh, before you beg to see it, I should probably warn you that Dogtags is very NC-17. Very very. o.o; But if you don't have a problem with it, here's the link! 4.neu tralr ed. o rg /a rt/d ogta g. ht ml Just take out the spaces. Oh, and add the HTTP thing at the beginning if you want, but uh, I don't think it's necessary :D Thanks for the review!