-1Ahem. I am updating Sinister. Amazing, eh? Two months almost… yeah, I know. My raving fans want me back; not. Okay… let's get this date going!
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Roy's Point of View
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AS I led Edward into the small café, I realized what I was doing. I, Roy Mustang, ladies man extraordinaire, was taking a man -- no, scratch that, a boy -- on a date, a minor for Christ sake. But he was so damn adorable… he looked like a girl from above…
…I took a note not to ever tell him that. He'd probably slice my head off. Anyway… my arm was around his slim body, his body heat transferring to mine. For some reason, I was always a cold person. I mean… well… I could be hot if I wanted to but it seemed as though my skin was naturally cold. It never seemed to bother anyone. Anyone, that is, except Edward.
"Damn, Mustang, why are you so damn cold?" He squirmed out of my grasp. "I thought you were supposed to be the Flame Alchemist. Like, FIRE. Damn."
I chuckled and shrugged my shoulders. I realized as I looked back up, that he had waited until we were seconds from the door to get away from me, causing me to look down at him and grin.
"What the hell is that for," he rose an eyebrow at me, "What, is there something on my shirt?"
"No, Edward." I said his name softly, as if I would break it. He blushed. "Why did you say it like that," I heard him mumble.
I opened the door for him and he pouted, walking into the café. When I saw how many people were in the tiny place, I tensed. What if someone in my office sees us, I thought. But, upon remembering Edward's soothing words, and the look on his face when he had worried, worried for me, I shook my head. He wanted to be here, what more could I do for him? I had to be a man… even though this didn't seem the best way to do it.
Edward walked to a seat by a window, so I sat casually across from him, masking my slight fear. Apparently, though, not well enough.
"Are you sure you're okay with this?"
"Edward, this is what you want, I can do it for you." I smiled, and then added, "Besides, it's not like we'll see anyone we know--"
"Edward!" A gleeful voice cut me off and proved me wrong. I jumped and shrank a bit. Edward looked up slowly and then a smile spread across his face. It wasn't a wow it's nice to see you again, how about some coffee smile, it was a hmm, my date is better than you smile; an I win smile. I felt a little proud and sat up a little bit. "Edward, is that really you?"
The person that was rudely calling my date's name across the café was a cute little redheaded waitress. I was sure I picked a place that Edward had never been to, so how could he possibly know the waitresses? She stepped up to the table, ignoring me and going straight for Edward.
"Edward, how have you been? I swear I haven't seen you in forever! It's been too long and you should have called! Winry told me you were out today, haven't you gotten any of my messages…" she kept going on and on. I was ready to burn her to ash as her voice kept rattling on and on, interrupting what was supposed to be me and Edward's date. Who is she, I thought as I shot a look at Edward. Unfortunatley, he wasn't looking at me, so the question still remained unanswered. Edward looked just as annoyed with this girl as I was, if not more, because the smile on his face was clearly fake, and his eyes were narrowing. "…so what're you doing here?"
Thank God, I thought, She's finished.
"Oh, I'm here with Roy Mustang, my, er-- my--"
"Date." I cut in, seeing that Edward was strangely, once again, being considerate. The girl whipped around to look at me. Immediately, her eyes widened and her jaw dropped. "Oh. My. God." She said, taking deep breaths between each word. "You're, that guy, Roy Mustang, that I've heard so much about. You're, like, famous, dude! You're the Fire Alchemist and you're, like, a colonel at a real young age, and they were right, you're real sexy! A real hottie." She studied me, "But I didn't know you were gay."
"Bi, actually," Edward and I cut in simultaneously. Our eyes met and I smirked at him, and he mouthed something with an annoyed look on his face. Unfortunately, I had never been an expert at reading lips. I took a look back up at her, and she had a weird look on her face. "Wow, you guys must be, like, real close. Hmm, you got a good one Edward, not as good as me," I growled, Thanks for the insult, kid, I thought. She looked back over at me. "Hmm, call me if you break up with Edward. My name's Melissa." She winked at me and then walked away, completely forgetting to take our order. As soon as she was out of earshot, Edward and I burst out laughing.
"Hmm, Ex-Girlfriend?" I inquired with a smirk on my face.
"Yeah. She was a lot less talkative when she was with me… a real cutie."
"Why'd you break up with her?" I questioned, wondering why he would do that… surely a girl that cute and energetic was equally as energetic in bed…
"Well," he looked down at the table and became silent.
"Well--what?" I had no idea why he couldn't tell me. Maybe it was a bad breakup or something, maybe--
"Well," he cut my thoughts off, "Well, you came along."
Unknowingly and subconsciously, I gasped. "I was with her," he went on, "but, soon after, since I had gotten Alphonse's body back, I was around Central's HQ more often. In other words, I saw you more. I began to realize that the feelings I had felt a while back were real. You see, Roy," He looked up at me, his eyes kind of shaking, "I've known." Those golden eyes began to shine, watering a little bit. "I've loved you since I first met you! It's just taken too long for me to realize!" A tear ran down his face.
"E-Edward," my voice shook while I tried to keep it still to calm him. "Edward, I'm sorry."
"I love you, Roy." Edward said, as another two tears went running down his face. "I love you more than you could ever know."
This angered me. How could he accuse me of that? "Shut up!" I said, standing up and walking over to him. "How can you say that? Are you saying that I don't love you?"
"N-no…" he looked down, but then looked up, "If you love me so much, then why don't you want to go anywhere with me! If you truly loved me, you could go out with me and not care what other people think? What about me! I have to do it, too! I have to go through each day, just like you. What's the big fucking deal?"
"WHAT'S THE BIG FUCKING DEAL!" I was done with this. Public or no, I was going to be upfront with him. "I'll tell you what the big deal is. Unlike you Edward, I'm a high up official with a reputation! If I'm caught with another officer, not only will I just lose my position as colonel, which I have worked for since Ishbal, but I'll lose my job. You don't understand that there are bigger things than you going on here!" I glared at him, but he didn't back down either.
"But apparently not bigger than you and your damn ego!" He stood up, but his head was still tilted up at me.
I looked down at him with anger in my eyes, my voice low. "Edward," I said, seeing a bit of fear leak into his eyes, "I would have thought for someone who knew me so well, you'd know. You'd know why I'm doing this." I paused. "It's not for me. I told you. I know I did! I told you that I was doing this because I was forced to--" I couldn't say it, it was too horrible to even remember. "--I don't want to have to do that again. I don't want anyone to do that EVER again! I don't want someone to force soldiers to kill people we know are our allies. People we know are good people! The people that are leading this country are crazy, and I don't want to see this country go down. But most of all," I added at the end, remembering my newest reason, "most of all, Edward, you're in the military. I know that if you ever get shipped off to war, and it will happen, they'll use you as a human weapon that can kill anything, even people that are good like the Rockbells," I held my breath. "I love you, Edward, and--" What was going on? My face was hot, my eyes were wet, what was happening to me? "--I d-don't want you to d-do anything you'd regret. I don't want you to be the same as me! I don't want you walking the rest of your life thinking that you should have just defied the orders, thinking that your hands are stained." My voice shook and my eyes continued to water, but why? "I want to stop someone from doing that to you because I love you more than anyone. I don't need you to feel horrible, because it's already ruined me."
We remained silent, realizing that everyone in the café was probably staring at us, but right now, that didn't seem important. What seemed important was him. For the first time in my life, something seemed more important than my ambitions. That something was standing in front of me with fearful tears in his eyes, tipping over his lids, soft pink lips curved downwards, so different from the adorable smile I had longed for--what was it? Minutes or days ago?--beautiful soft skin was pink. That something was the Edward Elric that was now headed for my chest, now embracing me. As I felt his hot tears on my shirt, I knew he understood, and I hugged him back. What was going on… these tears running down my face… was I crying? Why was I crying? Was it sadness, sadness from taking so long to realize that this is where my heart truly should lay? Or was it happiness, for finally finding someone to confide in? Someone who, like me, was a total asshole who had no concern for anyone but those closest to them? Was it anger, anger for now questioning going out in public with this beautiful delicate thing that now lay in my arms? I couldn't tell. I had never had so many emotions overwhelming me, it was hard to stand as my head spun. There was one thing I was certain of, that smile needed to reappear on Edward's face.
I took my arms and lifted Edward onto my hips, his tear stained face filled with surprise. He took his arms and wrapped them around my shoulders. "Edward," I said, holding up his curiously heavy weight, "I need to hear you promise." A inquiring look formed on his face. "I need to hear you promise," I repeated, "that you will never leave my side, never betray me, never die on me, never disappear, and never ever break my heart." I saw his lips curve into a smile. "If you can promise me that, then I will never stop loving you." Before he could respond, I leaned into his lips and kissed him hard, and he returned soon enough.
I pulled out quickly and he smiled, "I can only promise that," he said, that sinister smile on his face, the one that I remembered falling in love with, "only if you never ever, ever let me fall."
"Only the finest," I said, "For my sinister Edward."
Judging by his curious look, I figured he had no idea what I was talking about. I smiled, and he just forgot it I guess, because he never questioned me about it, but instead smiled back and nodded. "I love you, Roy Mustang."
I guess we finally realized that people were watching us pretty intently when they started applauding. I suppose Edward was right, no one would really ever care about us. As long as they didn't have a controlling position above me in the military, as I wasn't the most liked person in the military, then I could be with him. After all, I didn't believe it was possible for me to physically leave that smile. I was bonded to it.
The End
Wow, this chapter ended totally different than I had planned. I hadn't planned on finishing it with this chapter. Thus, the question mark. I will probably add Win and Al's wedding in. This is the end of Roy and Edward Chapter so… yeah. Maybe I'll surprise on you-- don't count on it. I have other stories to work on, so… yeah. I heart all my fans, and now I will work on Match and Seven Problems.
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