The niceness of Duet Maxwell Shinobi of Wind has caused me to go ahead and post the next chapter! Thank you for the kind words...uh...can i call you Shinobi for short? XD

So yes, guess what! There is actually shounen-ai in this chapter! Who'd have thought?

Despite the fact it is sucky shounen ai and I don't think I really gave my best effort for it (I'm serious) it is still shounen ai. I'm hoping in the main story(if I get around to writing it) that I willput more effort into the yaoi scenes and maybe be better at writing them.So read it and be skippy-yippy or bleh-y or whatever yah feel like bein' at the time. My braindeadness has returned. Ugh.

Disclaimer: -sigh- Must I really? -Voice in Head: Fuwahahahahaaaa yes. -Me: -siiiiiiigh- I do not own fma or roy or hughes or any of its characters -drawls on in monotone voice-

Okay, pleasepleasepleasePLEASE don't ask how I came up with the title for this chapter. If you do, I will shoot myself here and now. There's not really a reason, my brain will just implode if I have to make up a ligitimate title right now.

Chapter 7: Admittance

As soon as the Colonel stepped into his office Hawkeye poised herself, ready to begin her lecture. Then Hughes walked in, and before Riza had time to begin she had wrapped herself around the Brigadier General, actual tears flowing from her eyes.

The colonel would have let her finish, but for some reason it made him uncomfortable to see someone else hugging him. He coughed, and Riza let go, wiping the tears from her cheeks before saluting.

"Welcome back sir. It's...good to have you back."

And she promptly left the room.

Hughes watched her go, scratching the back of his head.

"Jeez, didn't realize I had become so popular."

He turned back to Roy, his face becoming more serious.

"Roy, I think you need to explain some things to me. Such as that eyepatch... What the hell have you been getting yourself into while I was gone?"

Roy sighed and locked his door, and he sat at his desk while Hughes sat on the couch in his office. And he explained everything that had happened since he had died.

His face was serious through most of it. When he heard about the Fuhrer really being a Homunculus, his face twitched into a sort of 'I was afraid so' look. When he got to where he confronted the Fuhrer about his secretary, knowing he was a Homunculus, and had then started an uprising with Armstrong's help, Hughes slammed his fist onto the couch.

"Roy, you know you were acting stupid, right?"

Despite the fiercer tone in Hughes voice, Roy grinned.

"Oh, that wasn't the only stupid thing I did."

He explained his assault on the Fuhrer in detail, ending with how Archer aimed one last shot at him, causing him to lose his eye and disfiguring part of his face.

Hughes stood abruptly.

"What the hell were you thinking? You know better than to run headfirst into things like that! You knew what would happen!"

Roy stood as well, knocking his chair back.

"What did you expect me to do? Sit back and watch as he turned this country into a graveyard, trying to create the Philosopher's Stone? Should I have just continued to follow him, shedding innocent blood here and there because he ordered me to? Is that what I should have done?"

He couldn't help it, he was almost to tears by now, but he held them back, looking down at his desk, his fists clenched.

He felt hands grab onto his shoulders and he looked up, finding himself face to face with Hughes. To his surprise, he saw tears running down Maes' face. He spoke softly but sternly.

"You could have died. Would you have done that if I was still alive?"

Roy found himself speechless for a moment. He bit his lip.

"It was all I could do."

Before his brain could register what had happened, Hughes had drawn him into his arms, embracing him tightly. Once his brain caught up with him, he gingerly lifted his arms before returning the hug.

They stood there for an eternity, just holding each other. When it was finally over and Hughes let go, Roy was still trying to hold on. Maes chuckled lightly before taking hold of his hands and making him remove his grip, but he didn't let go of his hands. Roy looked down again, this time the tears falling freely from his good eye. He didn't like feeling this vulnerable, but it felt refreshing in some way. He could feel Maes letting go of his hands. Before he had the chance Roy pulled his hands towards himself, dragging Hughes closer and planted his mouth firmly on his lips. He was only vaguely surprised when Hughes closed his eyes and returned his the kiss, wrapping his arms around him once again. Another eternity passed before they were forced to stop for air, and Hughes smiled, placing a hand on his lips as if to make sure they were really there.

"It's good to be back."

End Chapter 7

Oi, replying to review:

Duet Maxwell Shinobi of Wind: I'm glad you like it, I had just been thinking, since homunculi aren't really human, they can be transmuted like anything else right? So why not bind a soul to one? And then I was angsting over Hughes being dead and so this thing spawned from that. It gets freaky later on, I wonder what I was on at the time? Probably lack of caffiene. -sigh-

Look out peoples, the next chapter's a doozy, probably the longest chapter in the entire story. I think its about seven pages long in Word. Hopefully I will get more reviews by then -sigh- Review before I get stuck in a permanent sigh! review pleeeeeeeaaaase! I will luv u forever and ever! -puppy eyes-