A/N: This is dedicated to Mint Pizza Queen! Guess what, you lucky people of FFN? This is this drabble's debut on the Internet. All of the previous drabbles are already posted on AnimeSpiral, but this one is SPESHUL! Read! Review! (and then get Luvs)

PS – I am changing this fic to be updated daily instead of every other day. Hope that makes some folks happy!

15. Riza x Ed – Miniskirts

Riza Hawkeye had seen pictures. She'd even seen the girl in person – once or twice, just briefly. This… Winry… Winry Rockbell. Riza had seen her. She didn't like her very much.

It was obvious that Winry and Ed were close friends. Much closer than the first lieutenant was – or ever would be – with the little FullMetal Alchemist. The thought brought a frown to her lips.

It wouldn't be hard to kill Winry. No. Not hard at all. As far as Hawkeye was concerned, Winry didn't look like much. Just an average girl who knew how to fix automail. And unless she knew how to fling screwdrivers like kunai, Riza knew that in an all-out battle between the two of them, she would win.

But there was no point in killing Winry. What good would that do? Riza had a brain in her head. She knew that if she shot Winry – whether it be once or twice or a hundred times – Ed would hate her. He'd never forgive her. Sparing the life of one she loathed was worth still having Ed's trust. Riza knew she would never lay a bullet on Winry Rockbell.

Long hours had been spent on trying to see what exactly it was that Ed saw in Winry. Usually on her paperwork, Riza scrawled little notes in regards to everything about Winry. What she wore. What she looked like. How she acted. And from her careful analysis, Riza knew she was Winry's exact opposite.

The thought still nagged at her though. Did Ed really like Winry the way everyone else seemed to think he did? Did he really like her shrill, high-pitched voice, her silly laugh, her almost unhealthy and unorthodox obsession in mechanics? Or was it… something else… that Ed liked?

Was it, perhaps, the miniskirt she always wore when she came to visit him?

Riza bit her lip as she twisted her pencil. Was that really all it came to? A simple strip of cloth wrapped around one's waist? That little rag called a miniskirt? A nauseous feeling came to the pit of her stomach when she realized Mustang quite possibly had a brain in that lump of thick skull atop his shoulders when it came to women's clothing.

Miniskirts. The simple solution.

Or not so simple. The next day, Riza encountered many awkward questions regarding her uniform, none of them questions she really wanted to answer – not because they were inappropriate and rude, but because most of them came from Mustang himself.

And Ed hardly did so much as say "Good morning"…

Reviewer Responses!

MetalWing Alchemist: Some of these pairing in this fic are those random 1am crack-ish ideas… Sometimes they end up cute, and other times they end up making the reader barf up fruitcake. But I'm glad you enjoyed them! XD Thanks for the review!

FadingWind: Yeah, I can't really see Al with Riza either… I mean, I could if I REALLY tried, but I agree, I prefer Roy x Riza, but it's kind of a tie between Ed x Riza and Havoc x Riza for second place. :) Thanks for the review!

Kari Williams: I've read the pairing here before, and that got me thinking, "Well, hey, that ain't such a bad idea", so Ed x Scar managed to sneak its way into that drabble… It's not as bad as Al x Scar though; that one just scares me, though I can see where people get the idea. There was that one episode (forget which; porous memory) where Al was kind of on top of him… :giggle giggle: Anyway, thanks for the review!

Mint Pizza Queen: Yep! Congratulations to you for "winning" the "contest". ;) I hope you liked the drabble. Yeah, Ed x Scar is kinda spooky, but in my brain, it's possible (then again, my brain is the one that came up with Hughes x Armstrong a long time ago – you really don't want to hear about that one o.o). :) And of course it's no surprise Al got Riza a kitty. What else would he get her, a pet snake? How romantic. :gets ideas: Wait a second, now that's something Roy could do to Ed… Awww… now you've got me all thinking again… And now I just totally lost my original train of thought. :coughs: So anyway, what I'm really trying to say here is thanks for the review!

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