Chapter 4

Riza pulled the covers higher over her chest and opened her eyes slowly.

"Mmm...Roy?" she sat up and watched light shine through ceiling and the walls, and she wondered where he had gone so early in the morning. He had been gone for a while, judging by the fact that the place where he had slept was no longer warm, though it still held his shape.

She laid back down and watched the sky, and Black Hayate nosed open the door and jumped on the bed to lick her face. "Black Hayate?" she said in surprise, trying to stop her pup from stepping all over her. Roy gave her a smile from the doorway and set a suitcase on the floor, then sat next to her on the bed. "I thought you'd want some of your clothes here, and this little guy was just whining so much I thought I'd bring him too." She let his fingers trail down her side and smiled. "What does your sister think of us... well..."

"She doesn't really have much of a say in it, right sweetheart?" He said, kissing up and down her neck. She put her hand on his chest and laughed softly. "Did you go grocery shopping as well?" "Sure did, another day and I'd starve to death," he said, pausing between his kissing.

"So, why don't we go down for breakfast?" she suggested.

"Don't you want to put on some clothes, or would you rather go naked?"

"I know which you'd prefer, but I'll put something on. You'll like it," she added.

Roy opted to go downstairs. "Morning, Terra..." he yawned. Terra waved and munched on a peice of toast. "Have fun last night, Roy?"

"Sure did, she's a wildcat!" he winked at Terra and she gagged. "Please, don't go into detail Roy."

"When's 'Eddie' coming?"

"In an hour, maybe less."

"Good, I get another hour with Riza then. Why don't you go to the living room or something?" he said as Riza came down the stairs. He looked at what she was wearing and grinned. "A miniskirt? I never thought you'd actually..."

"Don't you like it?"

"Sure do!" he murmured, pulling her down into his lap. Roy wasted no time in feeling her legs one more time before breakfast and she smacked his hands away. "I just got up, so no getting frisky or I'll put a bullet in your head, got it?" He gave her his most imploring look but her finger remained on the trigger of the gun, so he gave up and got up. "Anything in particular you want for breakfast?" he asked.

She shook her head and sat down on the chair. "Anything for me, I'm starving."

Then the doorbell rang.

Terra leaped up from the couch and Roy gave a long sigh. She paused for a second to direct a glare his way, and then to stare pointedly to a book on the living room table. " 'Be nice'" she mouthed. "Or else." Roy put his hands up innocently, as if to say, 'Me? Would I do anything?'

She opened the door and talked for a few minutes then let Ed and Al inside. Ed took one look at Roy and turned white, turned to stone, and shattered on the floor. "What are you doing here?" he screamed.

"Me? This is my house, Fullmetal," Roy said, a smirk on his face. Ed's eyes then caught Riza in the miniskirt, went back to Roy, then did a double-take. Roy walked past him slowly. "Say a word about this and I'll make sure you die a slow and painful death, got it?" he hissed. Ed's head bobbed up and down and he retreated back to the living room with Al and Terra.

"Kids... so easy to intimidate." Riza laughed a little but continued to eat her breakfast. "Ohhh... I have a whole day to scare the hell out of Fullmetal, and I don't feel like it..." he went up to Riza and bent over, taking her hand and putting it on his forehead. "Am I sick?" he asked. Riza shook her head, put the bowl in the sink, and kissed his forehead. "Definitely not, maybe you just have better things to do, hmm?"

"Well when you put it that way..." Black and White Hayate tumbled down the steps, yipping and bouncing. They charged for their owners and pawed at their legs, Black Hayate showing a bit more restraint than White Hayate. Roy picked up White Hayate and smiled. "What? You missed me already?" Black Hayate sat quietly on the floor and panted until Riza bent down to pet him. "Good boy, Black Hayate." Black Hayate yipped and bounded away, and White Hayate squirmed away from Roy to follow.

"Well, let's wash up and we'll see what we can do after that." Riza poked him in the chest. "I've already washed up, you're still dirty. And you went grocery shopping like that?"

"I took a quick shower before that!"

"Oh fine. Now go take a long shower right now."

After Roy left, Ed peeked into the kitchen. "Uhhh... First Lieutenant?" Ed said, peeking around the corner. "Out of work, my name is Riza, Edward."

"Um, right. Al and I were just wondering... uh... Al! You come here and ask!"

Al bolted around the corner, hearts floating from his metal head. "Are you going to get married to the Colonel?" The kittens in his suit of armor then burst into a chorus of wedding music, even if it was a bit meowey. Riza laughed, but was quiet for a minute. "I don't know. You'd have to ask him."

Al looked downcast. "Awww... we were hoping you would..."

" 'WE'?" Ed said.

"Me and the Wedding Cat Chorus!"

"You gave them a NAME?"

"Why not?"

"I can't believe I'm having this conversation with you, Al."

"And you're just mean!" Al said, and the members of the 'Wedding Cat Chorus' jumped at Ed, hissing and spitting. Ed ran as fast as his vertically challenged legs could take him and dove behind a sofa, through which WCC Inc. quickly shredded.

"Al, you never know how he thinks... maybe we'll need your little kitty chorus." Al lit up again. "Really?"

"Yep, you'll be the first one to know from me, I promise."

"I trained them as security kitties too, you never know when that might be useful..."

"AAAAAAGH!" Ed was finding out just how useful security kitties could be.

Thank you for all the reviews! I might puta lemon, but I really don't want to spike up the rating so I'll just put it as an optional chapter. And lots of warnings... but it will come, sooner or later. - T A