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Hughes Helps
"...and this is Elysia with her favorite purple crayon! Isn't that adorable?" Maes Hughes stuck yet another picture of his daughter in the colonel's face. There was absolutely no life in the swipe that Roy did while trying to get the picture away.
Hughes put his hands on his hips. "Oh, c'mon, Roy. Humor me. That was the most pitiful thing that I have ever seen. What's got your boxers in a bunch?"
Mustang looked away pointedly. "Nothing," he mumbled.
In actuality, he was busy thinkign about his little "chat" with Fullmetal the day before.
"I can't help you with this one."
It kept playing in his headover and overagain.
The man with glasses knew that there was something more than what his old friend was telling him. "Roy, I'm not stupid and we've been friends long enough for me to know when you're lying or keeping something from me."
The colonel sighed. "It's about Riza..."
Maes laughed. "Oh, woman troubles. Gotcha."
"Well, it also invovles Edward..." roy looked up at the other man sheepishly.
"Yeah..."
"I'm..."
"You're..."
"not..."
Hughes was getting irritated. "C'mon, Roy. Let's speed it up. I don't have all day to help you sound out words."
"I..." Mustang took a deep breath and mumbled, "I think I'm in love with Edward."
Hughes' eyes got wide behind his glasses. "Come again?"
"I'm in love with Edward."
"Uh huh... go on..."
"And I told him yesterday, but I think it scared him..."
Hughes began to grin like an idiot. "And...?"
Roy looked up at his old friend. "And, he ran, Maes. He ran..." He dropped his head down into his hands and sulked.
The smile left Hughes' face and he scowled. "What, that's it? You didn't go after him or anything?"
Mustang lifted up his head. "Huh?"
Hughes stood in front of him in a second. "Get your ass out of that chair," he comanded sternly.
"What?" Roy asked, confused.
The taller man lifted him out of his seat easily by his collar. He stood Mustang up so they were face- to- face. "Do you you truely love him?"
The colonel nodded, alarmed by his friend's forcefullness.
"And you know this is true?"
Roy nodded again.
"Then you go there and tell him that. NOW." Hughes began to drag the other man to the door.
"But, Maes, I can't do that! I can't just march up to him and tell him that-"
Hughes whirled around to face him. "Say's who? You did it before, you can do it again. Only this time, make him believe you." The man opened the door and pointed out out into the hallway. "Go."
Mustang walked out of the office slowl, and began his quest down the long hallway, just as slowly.
"Mustang, when I tell you to go, I mean RUN, dammit!" Maes screamed after him, shaking afist in Roy's direction. "You hear me? Run!"
Once the sound of the colonel's steps had disappeared, Hughes leaned on the doorframe, a slight smile flicking across his face.
"Go get 'em, Roy."
- - -
Running down the hall at full speed, probably wasn't one of the colonel's best ideas, especially when everyone else was trying to leave at the end of a busy day. He ran into a few people and may have knocked over a desk, but he didn't stop to check. He was too busy focusing on one thing: Edward Elric.
"Roy!"
Mustangturned at the voice, and regretted ever doing so. It was Riza and she was coming right at him.
Oh, shit...
"Hi," she said, a little out of breath after going through the traffic.
Roy decided to skip the introductions. "Have you seen Edward?"
She glared at him and spoke through clenched teeth. "He's not here. He left about an hour ago."
The man tried to step around the woman, but she blocked his path. "Not this time. You've found every reason on this earth not to talk to me for three days. I want some questions answered."
Roy sighed. "Yeah, I guess we do need to talk." He gestured to an empty room. " Come on. I need to tell you something.
Alright! I'm finally done with this chapter, and there's only one more left! Please review!