Disclaimer: How long is it going to take for people to realize Hagaren isn't mine? Yeesh, it wouldn't be FANFICTION if it belonged to me...

So anywho. I've been doing pretty good, haven't I? Actually been updating it every other day or so... and I hope to keep it that way, at least until the second week of august. 'Cause then I'm going to Japan for a week (YESS!) and then to Otakon straight when we get home... so from like... August 08th or 09th, I'll be gone until about the 22nd or 23rd. Yay for going to Japan for the sole purpose of seeing Shambala in theatres. :dweeb:

Anyway! Enough of me, onto the drabble! This one actually is a drabble, too. 480 words. :D I don't fail at life for today!

45 Roy/Edward Themes

Theme 06. "Hair".

It was unbelievably hot that morning, Edward realized with dismay.

He hated any sort of extreme weather. Summer heat made his automail so hot he couldn't touch hardly anything -- even with his gloves. Winter cold just made him want to curl into a tiny ball before a heater and burrow into blankets until his metal limbs stopped dropping the rest of his body temperature.

But moreso than hating winter's cold, Edward felt he disliked the heat of the summer. His hair had gotten quite long in his neglect to keep it short like his mother had suggested when they were young. Long hair never did well in the summertime.

With a scowl, he yanked his hair out of it's trademark braid and pulled it instead into a tail on the back of his head. At least that kept it off the back of his neck. He continued to scowl when the adjustment did nothing for the blazing temperature in the Colonel's office.

"You keep growling, FullMetal. What's the problem?" Roy asked over a pair of thin glasses. He wore them when he was trying to look studious, Edward had noticed.

"It's bleeding hot, taisa." Edward groused, and Roy narrowed his eyes in a sort of wry smile.

"…come here a moment, FullMetal."

Something in the way he beckoned him made Edward's face flush a deeper salmon than it was by cause of the heat. He leaned backward into the couch a little farther.

"What for?" he inquired.

"I have an idea," Roy began, setting down the thin stack of papers he was supposedly "reading". This comment only made Edward cringe slightly. Figuring the Colonel would end up getting his way no matter how long Edward stalled it, the teen stood stiffly and ambled over to the older alchemist's desk.

"What?" He mumbled.

"Turn around," Mustang said, and Edward knit his eyebrows. What was he on about this time…? Obligingly, he pivoted, his back now facing the Colonel. He stared at the man over his shoulder.

Surprisingly, Roy didn't try anything shady, as Edward had first thought he may. But, what he did do surprised him even more than his lack of lewd action.

He pulled the tie from Edward's ponytail, stood, and ran his fingers through the thin mass of shining golden hair. Edward made a face.

"What're you doing?"

"Fixing your hair," Roy said casually, pulling the boy's hair into a scruffed bun, consisting of a normal ponytail, pulled through the tie another half a time so it hung loosely in a loop out the back of his head. He smiled, and pat Edward on the shoulder.

The teenager turned around and put a hand to the back of his head, running a finger over Roy's hairstyle creation.

"That should keep it off your neck completely."

Edward sometimes had to wonder about the finer workings of Roy Mustang.

Author's Notes: So, what did you think? It's... mildly out of character on Roy's part, I think. :shrug: Then again, for those of you who have only watched the anime (which it seems a large percentage of the crowd is... you poor things. ♥), BONES never delved very far into the character of Roy Mustang, so what is in character for him beyond his snarky visage? Then again, Hiromu-sama hasn't delved very deep into Roy's character either... so bonus points to me! o.o I think. XD

Also! Special thanks to Requiem of Silence for an awesome review! I was seriously having a crappy night, and reading that just made my evening. Gold Star and a cookie for you, Requiem. And I'm glad you like the Japanese, I rather enjoyed it myself. :D (By the way? Elric-taisa sounds very funny. XD Maybe I'll put that in here somewhere... )

Anyway! Let me know what you think! ♥

-Hitsuji