This chapter is sort of bittersweet for me because I'm glad I finished but frustrated that I'm only now finishing it on Christmas Eve. I guess I've been busier than I realized, I didn't even remember that Christmas was so close…

This chapter's song (My Grown Up Christmas List) actually has to do with things such as wars, broken hearts and the loneliness and how presents and toys can't help them. Instead, what will really help those in need is to be kind and caring for the people around you. However, while searching for a song that fic I found that the verse that I used sort of mixed in with regards to Ed' point of view.

I think there will only be one more chapter after this. I had thought it would turn out longer when I first started, but I guess stress and schoolwork proved that wrong. x.X But, I suppose five chapters is better than just one.

Title: All I Want for Christmas
Rating: Overall, PG.
Genre: Yaoi, Christmas, Romance, Drama.
Pairing: Roy Mustang and Edward Elric.
Warnings: Yaoi / shonen-ai… Yup, totally a worksafe and light-hearted story.
Summary: There was only one thing Ed truly wanted for Christmas this year.

Chapter Summary: "It's wonderful, Ed. Thank you."

"I'm glad. You don't have enough informal clothes." Ed lifted his eyes back up to gaze into Roy's dark ones. "And Roy? I have… something to tell you."

Merry Christmas, happy reading and please R&R!

Chapter Four, Christmas Lists

Well, I'm all grown up now
And still need help somehow
I'm not a child
But my heart still can dream
- My Grown Up Christmas List (Amy Grant)

He honestly didn't know what he was looking for anymore.

Ed had been wandering the main shopping area of Central all morning now and still only carried two small shopping bags in his arms. And even then, they didn't contain anything for the one he had initially set out shopping for.

Ed had never been fond of Christmas shopping and because it was only one day before Christmas came, there were people running about everywhere. Every other year, Ed would spend less than an hour finding gifts for his family. Get Winry that new wrench she was always talking about, find something to do with kittens for Al… He knew what they wanted and after years of gift-giving he had learned what they would like the very most.

He did not, however, buy any gifts for Colonel Roy Mustang before and he certainly did not know what he would like most.

"Argh! I hate Christmas shopping!" Ed fumed to himself as he left yet another shop with no new purchases.

The reason the blonde had set out that morning in the first place was to get a present for Roy. After laying in bed that night for hours just contemplating on his next move, he decided on getting the man a gift and card that confessed his love. Ironically, Ed had found and bought gifts for everyone but Roy.

"I should have asked Winry for help… She's better at this shopping thing than I am." The young man mumbled to himself as he strolled down the snowy street once again, the happy chatter of people and singing of carolers ringing merrily through the streets.

As he walked on, a quaint little flower shop caught his eye. The display in the window included vibrantly coloured flower arrangements, the traditional poinsettia and mistletoe. A few girls were crowded by the window and chatting about how lovely the flowers would look on their tables for Christmas dinner. Glancing up at the mistletoe for a brief moment, Ed suddenly remembered he had yet to buy some for Roy's house.

Slipping past the giggling girls, Ed entered the shop to have many sweet fragrances to waft into his nose. The smells were intriguing and oddly comforting.

"Good day, sir!" A woman who was adjusting a bouquet of roses said cheerfully to Ed when he entered.

"Oh, good day to you too." Ed answered politely.

"Is there anything in particular that you're looking for?"

"Yes, I was looking for some mistletoe. I saw some in the window and it reminded me to pick some up today."

The woman smiled mischievously. "Ah, mistletoe." She obviously knew of why Ed would want the sacred plant and although she had probably seen many people buying mistletoe to lure their lovers into a kiss by now, she still couldn't stop her little smile. "Yes, we do have some left. Mistletoe and poinsettias go so fast this time of year, you're lucky to find some this late!"

"Yeah." He answered quietly, following her as she led him to where the plant he wanted was kept. She took one from the shelves and handed it to Ed, who accepted it with a gracious smile. "Thanks."

"No problem." She replied. "Is there anything else you're looking for?"

"No. Not here anyways."

"Alright then, shall I check you out?" The employee asked, nodding her head to the cash register.

"Yeah." The blonde man replied, following the woman over to the check-out.

"So, planning to lure someone under this?" She asked with a giggle in her voice as she punched something into the cash register to ring the item through.

Ed grinned. "Yeah, I suppose you could say that." He laughed happily at himself. "I'm sort of having trouble finding the right thing to say to him, so I had to resort to using this method."

"Oh?" She asked curiously, a smile playing on her lips. "New love, eh? Christmas is a wonderful time for a new lover, and you do have a clever little plan with the mistletoe here."

"Yeah, but I still haven't found the right gift for him this Christmas. I've been searching all morning and still nothing." Ed sighed gloomily, handing her the money for the flower.

"Is that so?" She asked as she changed up the bill Edward had given her for the purchase. "There's a department store just down the street that has a very nice selection of men's clothing if you're interested in getting him something like that. I hear it has some pretty unique home décor too if the man you're after likes to live classy."

Ed seemed to ponder this for a moment. Roy really did like to have his house well-kept and rather 'classy', that was sure, and Ed would just love to see Roy in casual clothes for once instead of that irritating military uniform that he seemed to live in.

Well, what did he have to lose?

"I'll check that out, thanks." He said gratefully, stuffing the change the woman handed him into his pocket and taking the bag into his arms.

"You're very welcome! Merry Christmas and good luck!"

"Merry Christmas." Ed waved lazily and pushed the doors open, stepping out into the brisk air once more.

He took a deep breath to take in the refreshing and clean air, and started to make his way down the road to where his destination was located.

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Knowing Ed, he probably already read this book.

Huffing silently, Roy put the alchemy book back where it was on the shelf and continued to rifle through the large collection of books, all having to do with alchemy.

Roy had wondered when he first drove down to this store why he was getting a present for Edward or even why he was being so kind to him. Before, Roy would have gladly sent Ed away on the most ridiculous mission he could find or bicker with him over silly things. But now, he found that whenever the vertically challenged blonde was around him, he was happy. Their arguments were replaced by playful banter and they had become friends, close friends. And that time in the bedroom when they had both fallen silent… he couldn't get the look in Ed's face and eyes out of his mind. Those golden eyes that had matured too soon, they were softer somehow and filled with what could easily be deciphered as… love.

"Hello Sir, is there anything you need help with?"

Roy jumped, startled out of his thoughts. He transferred his gaze from the books to the young girl who was dressed in the store's uniform. "Oh, no not really. Well, I actually don't know exactly what I'm searching for, to be honest."

She grinned. "Last minute Christmas shopping, huh?"

Roy gave her a tired grin. "Yeah. I didn't realize finding him a gift would be so hard."

The young woman glanced up and down the books on the shelves. "He's interested in alchemy, I'm guessing?"

"Yes. He's a State Alchemist, actually." Roy answered, rather enjoying the friendliness of the employee.

The woman snapped her gaze back to Roy with a curious but excited look on her face. "Your friend is a State Alchemist?"

Roy nodded. "Yes, he's probably my most talented subordinate."

"Wow! I've always been fascinated by alchemy." She suddenly started to laugh, rubbing the back of her neck in embarrassment. "Sorry, I should probably stop talking and let you get on with your shopping." She answered, blushing. "But, do you mind if I make a suggestion?"

"No, go ahead." Roy was desperate to find Ed a gift, help would be greatly appreciated.

"Well, I think that he would enjoy a humorous, fictional novel." She smiled brightly but continued on when she saw the quizzical look on Roy's face. "Since he's a State Alchemist, I would think he's tired of reading book after book on transmutation circles and formulas and whatever else there is to alchemy. Sitting down to a funny story can refresh one's imagination and spirit, you just gotta learn to relax sometimes."

Roy looked at her strangely. Fullmetal reading something that didn't have to do with alchemy? That didn't seem likely… But then, Ed had already succeeded in returning Al's body now so wasn't as obsessed. Come to think of it, Roy hadn't seen Ed reading much at all during his stay. And although Ed wasn't working much the past week, the young man still seemed to be fairly stressed over something.

Maybe something light-hearted would be good for the blonde.

"That's… a good idea." Roy blinked thoughtfully.

"You can find the humor genre two isles down." The woman said with a quick, polite bow to her customer.

"Thank you, and Merry Christmas!" Roy saluted on reflex and sped off to find the perfect gift for Edward.

When Roy left, the employee glanced down at her watch to discover that her shift was over now. "Finally!" She sighed happily in relief, ungrudgingly leaving the section she worked in. As she walked past the men's clothing section, she noticed a young man in a red coat searching desperately through a selection of casual clothes. Funny, he seemed much too small for the sizes he was poking through…

She sighed and shook her head. "Last minute Christmas shoppers."

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Roy came home an hour later to find Ed asleep on his couch once again. The younger man was curled up into a little ball, facing the back of the couch with his head resting on the arm. For once, none of Ed's limbs were hanging off the side of the couch. (Or whatever he slept upon for that matter.)

Roy couldn't help the soft smile that tugged at his lips. At least now he could wrap Ed's present without the man knowing.

A closer look around the room revealed to Roy that wrapping paper, ribbons and bows were scattered about the floor by the couch Ed was sleeping on. Curious, he walked over and sat down at the end of the couch very carefully, even though he knew Ed was a heavy sleeper and wouldn't wake up at just him sitting down.

"Ed, you make such a mess of everything…" Roy said softly, more to himself than Ed. As he began to clean up after the younger man, Roy noticed that sitting neatly under the tree was a gift that wasn't there before.

"Hm? What's this?" Roy inspected the gift and glanced over the tag to see who it was for.

To Roy, Love Ed.

Roy let out a content little snort, an odd way of showing appreciation. He set the box down on the floor beneath the tree once more and stood, straightening his dress shirt.

"I suppose I should wrap his gift now, too." The man thought out loud, gathering up some wrapping paper from the floor. Knowing Ed wouldn't be waking up for a while, Roy started to wrap the novel up with metallic blue paper there in the living room.

" 'To Roy, Love Ed.' " Roy chuckled softly. "Never would have thought he'd get me a pres… wait." Roy's eyes widened when the words finally sank in. "Love Ed?" He blinked several times before jumping off the chair to go check the present again. He hadn't misread it, it really did say 'love'.

Roy wasn't disgusted, horrified or even shocked. He just sat on the floor staring at the gift intently as though it would suddenly start talking to him and explain the word Ed had chosen.

"Love… Could Ed…?" He glanced over his shoulder at the peacefully sleeping blonde. Ed twitched slightly in his sleep, but didn't wake.

He didn't even think about it, Roy had stood and just scooped Ed up into his arms. He'll be sore if he sleeps on the couch…

Strangely, Roy didn't mind putting the young man to bed.

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Ed literally rolled out of bed at six o'clock in the morning. The blankets wrapped around his body softened the fall to the floor, but untangling himself from them was a bit of a challenge. After a few minutes of struggling against the fabric (Some lose threads had gotten caught on Ed's automail leg and he didn't want to rip up Roy's blankets), Ed pulled himself up off the floor and headed straight out the bedroom door.

Roy was, just as he had hoped and guessed, asleep in his own room. Clutched in the blonde's hand was the mistletoe he bought the day prior, a cheeky grin on his face. He dragged a chair in from the kitchen to reach the ceiling, and hung the mistletoe right in the middle of the room.

"If he somehow manages to miss it, I'll make sure he finds his way right to this spot." Ed planned proudly, jumping off the chair and returning it to the kitchen.

Ed stared at the coffee maker sitting innocently on the counter when he spotted it. It seemed to have been a reflexive thought, because Ed soon had Roy's favorite coffee mix in his hands and was brewing some coffee for the man. (Ed himself actually hated coffee, he just knew how to make it because he had watched Roy do it so often during his stay.)

The young man sighed. "You know, Roy, you mess me up so badly." Ed could have slapped himself for acting so sickeningly love struck, but somehow he just couldn't stop smiling and staring off into space.

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Coffee.

That was most definitely the smell of coffee.

But Edward didn't drink coffee. Hell, he didn't even like the stuff. Then why could he smell coffee wafting from the kitchen? And why at 6:30 in the morning? Did someone break into the house just to make coffee? Ed most certainly would not be awake at this hour…

Curiosity and confusion got the better of him in the end, and Roy finally managed to get up and slip on a fleece robe before venturing out into his kitchen.

"Good morning, Roy!"

Roy had to rub his eyes before accepting the cup of coffee from a widely smiling Edward Elric. Well, it was Christmas, and Ed still acted childish when he wanted to, so it made sense that he would be up so early and happy… Right?

"G'morning, Ed…" Roy mumbled sleepily, sipping at the beverage. After he had taken only three sips, Roy's eyes were wide open and he barely seemed sleepy. "Ed… what did you do to the coffee? It's so…" He stared down into the cup lovingly. "…Good." He finished, lacking a better word to describe it.

"Lots of sugar." Ed answered. "I noticed you never used sugar before in your coffee, so I added some."

Roy stared at the shorter man with a blank expression before he started to laugh. "Trust you to add sugar to everything. Sure you're not trying to kill me?"

Edward only grinned. "Stop counting calories, you health-wise bastard. Now come on, you have gifts to open." He called as he made his way back to the living room where Roy's few presents awaited him.

"You're such a child, Ed…" Roy mumbled, though his eyes were laughing.

As Roy walked across the room, Ed shoved his present to Roy into the older man's arms before he could choose which one to open first on his own.

"Here. It's from me." Ed blushed and averted his eyes.

Roy ripped the wrapping off with glee in his eyes and opened the thin cardboard box to find a neatly folded sweater inside. He took it out of the box and beamed. It was the beautiful colour maroon, trimmed with dark blue. It was plain, but much different than any other clothes Roy owned and the fabric much softer and delicate.

"It's wonderful, Ed. Thank you."

"I'm glad. You don't have enough informal clothes." Ed lifted his eyes back up to gaze into Roy's dark ones. "And Roy? I have… something to tell you."

Roy raised a brow. "And what's that?"

It was then when he felt Ed's arms suddenly wrap around his shoulders and Ed's lips against his, catching him completely off guard. Perhaps it was out of the shock or unexpected the affectionate action was, but Roy didn't do anything beside let Ed's lips stay firmly where they were. The blonde was obviously inexperienced, a bit lopsided but it was the passion put into the kiss that Roy noticed over all the other qualities. Ed soon took his mouth back, but his arms stayed around Roy's shoulders.

"You're standing under mistletoe." Ed answered, though that kiss and the look in his eyes made it obvious that it was not the only thing he had to tell Roy. But, those two things had spoken loudly enough for Ed's confession.

Roy could only stare down at the younger man whose eyes burned with love and desperation. Ed's gaze didn't falter, and he stared right back. It was a yes or no question that Roy had to answer now, and Ed refused to let go until the older man finally answered…

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(Bwahaha. Cliffhanger.)