Tingles
A knock came from the office door.
Roy Mustang looked up from the doodle on the paperwork he was supposed to be signing. "Enter," he in a professional voice.
The door opened, and Edward Elric walked in with an official-looking stack of paperwork under his arm. He turned to close the door, then turned back to face the colonel.
Mustang studied the teen. There was a good amount of perspiration on his brow. Roy wondered if it was hot outside. The blonde's hair was also falling out of his normal braid, which made it easy to see just how long Ed's hair actually was.
"Back from your mission, Fullmetal?"
Ed put on a "shocked" face. "Observant today, aren't we?"
The colonel glowered at the shorter male. "And I'm guessing that it would be too much to ask for your report, then?"
Edward snorted and gestured to the large stack of papers with a nod of his head. "Are you kidding? The damn train ride was so long, I got bored. I needed something to do. Besides, I didn't want you breathing down my neck for the rest of the day telling me to do it."
Roy reached across his desk, his arm stretched and hand open. "Let's see it, then."
Fullmetal closed the gap between the two and handed over the papers. Their fingers grazed each other enough not to be noticed by the boy, but it was caught by Roy. The tips of his fingers tingled by the touch.
What the-?
He had never had this kind of sensation before. It felt like his fingers had fallen asleep like his ass does when he's doing paperwork for four hours straight. Mustang clenched his fingers around Ed's hand as the tingling continued. Edward looked down at the intertwined fingers, confused.
"Umm… Mustang…?"
There was suddenly another knock at the door and without a sound from Roy, the door opened, revealing Riza Hawkeye. She had a fairly large stack of papers with her as well.
The blonde's face almost turned into the same shade of red as his jacket. This was an awkward position to be caught in: Fullmetal holding hands with Flame and getting caught in the act by Roy's trigger-happy girlfriend of two years. He tore his hand away from his superior quickly, sending the papers in all directions.
"Shit," he mumbled under his breath, getting down on his knees, trying to scoop up the papers as fast as he could. The blonde wanted to get out of there before questions were asked by Hawkeye.
Roy got down as well, trying to help the frustrated teen with his papers. "Here, Edward. I'll help you."
Ed's head snapped up too quickly for Mustang to move out of the way, and he ended up getting smacked by the back of the young man's head right in the nose. Roy fell on his back on the floor, holding his face.
Fullmetal was mortified. "Oh my God, Mustang! I'm so sorry!" He ran to the man's side, Hawkeye close behind. Together they hoisted the colonel onto a couch. Roy shooed them away. He moved his hand away from his face, making strange faces to get the feeling back into his nose. At least it wasn't broken.
"I'm fine." He looked over at Edward and tried hard not to smile at the concerned look on his face. "You are dismissed."
"Are you sure you're ok? I think I hit you pretty hard. Maybe you should get checked out or-"
"Roy held up his hand to silence the blonde. "I said you're dismissed."
Ed nodded meekly, saluted, and exited the room without another word.
Riza and Mustang were left alone. She grabbed his chin and tilted his face toward her, to take a closer look at Roy's face. He snapped his head back and stood. "I said I'm fine," he mumbled.
Hawkeye rolled her eyes. "Fine," she stood as well and followed him to his desk. As he sat in his chair, she sat on the edge of his desk and blew a wisp of hair out of her eyes. "Are we still on for tonight?"
Roy picked at a piece of dirt under his fingernail. "Of course."
The woman cocked her head to the side. "Roy, look at me."
The raven haired man briefly glanced up at her then went back to the dirt.
She put her hand over his. "Roy…"
He looked up slowly, seeing soft eyes. They stared at each other for a long time. Surprisingly, she was the first to break the stare. Riza began to fiddle with a strand of hair hanging over the colonel's forehead absentmindedly.
"You're so mysterious…" she whispered. "I've been dating you for years… but I can't seem to understand what's going on up here." She tapped his head lightly with her finger. Mustang looked away. He felt a hand cupping the side of his face and he looked back up at his girlfriend. "I just want to know what you're always thinking about…" she waited for an answer but did get one. Riza sighed, obviously beaten. The blonde kissed Roy's other cheek for a long time.
"I'll see you tonight." She stood and began to walk to the door.
"Riza…" She turned to see her superior standing. "I-"
The woman had already opened the door. She turned to face him, and gave the man a weak smile. "Roy, you don't need to explain… I'll understand if you don't want to talk about it." With that said she stepped out of the door and closed it behind her quietly.
A shadow of defeat crossed over the colonel's face. "But Riza… I'm so sorry…"
Meanwhile, a blonde woman was walking down the hall, making everyone she passed stop and stare at the lone tear leave a jagged trail down her cheek.
As hard as it is to say, Roy and Riza are actually kinda cute when you think about it. Too bad I have to ruin it… evil smile Don't forget to review!