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Wow. So lookit me, two chapters in one night. Me and my beta are on a roll, aren't we? :D And it's all for you guys. XD So read, enjoy, and review!

45 Roy/Edward Themes

Theme 09. "Burns"

It had been a little over a week since Edward and Alphonse had taken up residency with the Colonel. Alphonse had wondered when Ed was finally going to start "making himself at home".

For some reason, Edward had felt the need to make dinner. It was common knowledge that Roy Mustang could not cook… And not only was Edward delighted by the thought of being able to hold something over the Colonel's head, he was hungry, and figured Roy would be when he got home.

So, Edward had gone out to the store, and come home with three paper bags of foodstuffs. When Alphonse asked him what he was making, Edward grinned, squinted one eye closed in a wink, and put a finger to his lips.

"Sore wa," Edward said, pausing for dramatic effect. "himitsu desu."

His brother scowled at him and picked up one of Roy's magazines from the coffee table.

Half an hour later, give or take a minute, Alphonse looked up from his magazine with a jolt when Edward yelped and threw himself against the countertops adjacent to the stove. Setting the magazine down, the living suit of armor clanked his way into the kitchen to figure out what had gone wrong.

"Nii-san? What happened?" he asked.

Edward snarled, and went back to the stove.

"…nothing. The stove bit me."

Alphonse could feel the tugging of muscles as he raised an eyebrow, though the expression didn't show on his metal features.

"…whatever you say, Nii-san." He then went back over to the couch, sat, and picked up Roy's magazine again.

Within three minutes of Edward finishing his meal preparations, Roy walked in the door. The surprised look on his face alone was good enough to make the scowl that had engrained itself on Edward's face dissolve into a triumphant grin.

"This is amazing, FullMetal… where'd you learn to cook?" Roy said, finishing a mouthful of mashed potatoes. Edward beamed.

"Glacier-san taught me some stuff," he said, offering the bowl of potatoes to Roy again. "…it's not much, but I figured eating out all the time would get old."

Alphonse laughed from the couch.

Sticking his tongue out at his brother, Edward hissed suddenly when Roy took the bowl of potatoes from his hand. He'd taken a grip on Edward's wrist with his free hand, and was inspecting a lightly shined area of red skin over the backs of his fingers. Roy's eyes slid upward to meet Edward's.

"What happened?"

Edward turned scarlet.

"…the stove bit me while I was cooking."

Without a word, Roy set down the bowl of potatoes, and without releasing Edward's wrist, he circled around the table to stand in front of him. Edward made a face at him. Roy brought the smaller alchemist's hand toward him, inspecting the burns. Twitching his mouth in thought, he squeezed Edward's wrist briefly before bringing the burnt fingers to his mouth and lightly pecking each one of them with his lips.

Edward turned scarlet all over again.

"Wh-wha-wha-… What the hell are you doing!" he spluttered, trying to pull his hand away from the Colonel's without further injuring himself. Roy blinked at him.

"…as a mother would say to their young child…" the man said, grinning. "'Shall I kiss it to make it better?'"

He ignored the disgruntled mumbling that followed, and went back to the other side of the table. The colour of Ed's face at his comment had been plenty to keep him from further jesting.

Author's Notes: Okay I think I've given up on restricting myself to 500 words. It's just... not working anymore. XD I do hope you all will forgive me. These are more of... the 45 Roy/Edward Themed Ficlets, rather than themedrabbles. v.v I fail at life.

Sore wa himitsu desu -- okay, please excuse my use of fangirl Japanese. It pained me to use such a generic term... but it added cuteness to the situation. I know Hagaren is not set in Japan, much less is Edward Elric Japanese... but "sore wa himitsu desu" sounded thousands of times cuter than "it's a secret". So deal with it, 'kay? :D

Reviews always welcomed and loved... ♥.

-Hitsuji