Riza ran down the hall of the hospital and finally found Roy's room. He was sitting up in the bed, hooked to an IV and all his vital signs were fine. She walked over to the bed and eyed him. He looked up at her with a stoic expression. She shook her head and smacked him hard across the face. He closed his eyes and let the pain sink in. "Just so you know, I've been worried sick about you, but I didn't bother to help, because you were too stubborn. I didn't want to baby you. Maybe I should have," she said. "I know. I deserved that. Riza, I'm sorry. I just, I don't know, denial, I guess," he said with a sigh. "You did it to yourself. If you don't want me to help, I won't," she said. He shook his head. "No, I give up. Besides, I can't move that well," he said.
Riza sat on a stool at the side of her bed, peeling apples. She sighed as she finished one apple and picked up another one. Black Hayate watched her from his lounging place on the floor. She looked up at Roy, who was sitting up, in her bed, in his pajamas, watching her with his good eye. He gently fingered a piece of her hair. "You look nice with your hair down," he said. She looked up at him and smiled. "Umm," he said, and his stomach grumbled. He blushed and smiled sheepishly. "You want a piece?" she asked holding up the apple. "Yes… please," he said. She cut him a piece and put it on a toothpick. He was about to take it, when she said "Open up." He eyed her curiously and opened his mouth; she stuck a piece in his mouth. She smiled and laughed. "You don't need to baby me that much," he said, chewing his apple grumpily. "Sorry. It's just…funny. Mister I-Don't Take Orders From Nobody. 'Oh I can take care of myself, until I fall down the stairs and need help from my subordinate who just so happens to be a women'," she mocked. Roy fumed and Riza laughed. She leaned over and kissed him. "That make you feel any better?" she asked leaning back and continuing her apple peeling. "A little," he mumbled. She eyed him. "You think I'm pretty, don't you?" she said. Roy sunk into the bed. "Oh yes you do. Ohhh, Roy thinks I'm sexy!" she said, in very, out-of-Riza way. Roy sunk even lower into the blankets. Riza laughed. "This is sooo going to be the joke at next years Christmas party," she said happily. Roy grumbled. He didn't want to be the butt of a joke. That wasn't fair. But then again, she was taking care of him, and he did kinda' sorta' think she was sexy….