#5 - Regret
"Sir, do you ever regret your actions?" The question was so frank, so abrupt, that it startled Roy Mustang out of deep thought.
"What do you mean Lieutenant?" Roy turned his head to look at her through his good eye. His gaze met with the top of her golden head, as her eyes glanced down towards the hands folded neatly in her lap.
"Do you ever wish that you could take something back, to make something else right?"
"Riza…if you're referring to what happened back there…I thought we already went over that. It's not your fault." A small sigh escaped from his mouth, hadn't he already made it clear that he wasn't blaming her for anything?
"Still sir, I was the one who shot you," Riza paused a second, trying to collect her thoughts. "That one shot has ruined so much." Roy sighed again; she was referring to his eye. The whole incident was tearing her up inside.
A smooth hand gently pulled Riza's chin up, so that she had to look at Roy. His obsidian eye sorted through all the emotions that flickered in her honey ones when he asked if she regretted coming with him. She replied with a whispered no, and a gentle smile appeared on Roy's face.
"Riza," his hand moved to cup her face, "why should you regret what happened when you gave it your best?"
She tried to cast her gaze down towards her hands again, "I ruined your dreams with my mistake." Roy shook his head, "You didn't. Things happen at unpredictable times, and we as humans have to deal with them one by one. What happens, happens, and we just go on living." Riza looked up quickly, seeing the sincerity that echoed from his eye. She waited a while before she returned his smile, nodding her head.
Roy pulled her head close to his, and placed a kiss on her forehead while murmuring 'Good girl.'
It would take time for Roy finally achieve his goal, but now Riza Hawkeye knew that as long as she was with him, together, they would live life to the fullest.
AN: Another one done! Remember to read and review!