I give praise to my only reviewers: shadowriter55, rizahawkeye21, and flOofymikO (love the name!) You guys are awesome! Sadly, I only had four reviews. :hangs head in disappointment: but that is to be expected when writing a new fic. I just hope all you readers will review. Now on to the story.

Laugh Out Loud

The sun was setting and Roy Mustang had just finally finished his paperwork. Looking over to the side, he could see that his First Lieutenant was done as well and was holding on to Black Hayate on a leash, getting ready to leave. Here's my chance, he thought. He stood up from his chair and started walking over to her, putting his best playboy smile on. This is it. She won't be able resist this face. Just play it calm and cool. "Ah, Haw—I mean, Riza." Riza turned around, surprised that he had called her by her first name.

"Sir?"

"Would you…" Roy's face was red and it felt unusually warm in the room. He pulled on his shirt collar, all plans of "playing it cool" forgotten.

Suddenly, the tiny fur ball had escaped Riza's grasp, ran circles around Roy, who was still walking towards Riza, and emitted tiny, excited yips. Roy stopped and took a step backward and realized that the leash was tangled around his legs. He tried to regain balance by hopping around a little when his foot caught on the edge of the rug and he came crashing down, face first, into the floor.

After the shock wore off, Roy lay on the floor, cursing himself and that damned dog for ruining his moment. Nice, Mr. Suave. Real smooth. Now she'll never say "yes" after I made such a fool of myself. He didn't want to, but he forced himself to look up. There he saw Riza's face, who was obviously trying to keep herself from laughing out loud. She offered a hand to help him up, which he reluctantly took.

Roy brushed himself off when he heard a burst of laughter coming from beside him. He whipped his head toward Riza and found her laughing. This wasn't a giggle or a chuckle; it was a full, hearty laugh. At first he was angry. How dare she laugh at him after all she put him through? Then as he looked back, he had to admit, it was pretty funny. And that laugh… it was pretty contagious. So, it wasn't before long they were both laughing their heads off.

As their laughter subsided, they both felt totally relaxed. Still smiling, Riza asked, "So, Colonel, what did you want to ask me?"

"Yes. About that. Riza, I'm really sorry I laughed at you the other day… but it was funny!" She sent him a death glare. Roy gulped. "Ah, sorry. Anyways, what I wanted to say was…don't let me sleep on the couch tonight! I said I was sorry. Would you please let me sleep on the bed again?"

if you didn't get it, Roy had to sleep on the couch for laughing at Riza the other day. Well, it's not one of my best, but oh well. I'm starting a new fic (I know, again? Why don't I update my other story? --dont worry I will.. you'll just have to wait awhile). it will be about... Roy and Riza of course, cuz Royai rocks my socks, it floats my boat, it puts the "pop" in popcorn. lol. anyways I'll try to post it soon.

Harry Potter movie comes out tomorrow. woo! im not a rabid fan of HP, but im still going to see the movie.

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