Well, hopefully I updated fast enough this time. I hated how the last chap ended so I thought why not get off my lazy butt and update for the beautiful reviewers. They deserve it!

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Chapter 10, Mending

"Why are you here?" Roy couldn't help the hostility that came out with the statement. He really didn't want to see Riza right now. Matter of fact, he never wanted to see her again. She huffed and stood in front of him.

"I'm giving you another chance! I know you've missed me." He scoffed.

"You can't be serious. You think I want you back?" She touched his face and he backed away from her.

"I guess you've changed over these past months." She stared at his face. "You look good." The blond woman said, trying to lighten the mood. Roy just stood with his arms folded and stared at the night sky. Riza sighed.

"Roy, you don't have to be like this. I know you're hurting and probably missed me. I missed you, too, and think that we should give it another shot." Roy shook his head and chuckled bitterly.

"I can't believe I actually loved you at some time. Hell, I can't believe I actually liked you!"

"Look, I know I was a bitch sometimes, but things have changed. I've changed and I think you're hurting a lot more than you care to admit."

"Do you hear yourself?" It couldn't possibly be enough room in this city for the size of this woman's ego! "I'm not hurting, Riza. Believe it or not, I'm actually happy right now and it has nothing to do with you!" She seemed a bit taken aback by that and Roy's face softened a little. "I've moved on and you should, too."

He turned to walk away, but Riza grabbed him and wrapped her arms around his neck to roughly kiss him. Roy's face still held a shocked look when she let go soon after.

"What the hell?" Were the first words out of his mouth. Riza just smiled at him and leaned in for another kiss. As he backed up something whizzed by her head and broke on the ground.

"Huh?" She questioned as Roy pushed away from her and noticed that the object was a plant pot. They both turned toward the door to see a very pissed off Elric standing there.

"Edward?" Roy swallowed. 'Please tell me that he didn't see what I think he saw.' Roy walked up to Ed and swore that if looks could kill, he would be dead on the ground, sliced up, and burnt.

"Did he just throw that at me?" Both men ignored her as she ranted in the background.

"I can't believe I trusted you." Ed spoke in a surprisingly soft voice. Roy felt his heart strings pull at every word he said.

"It's really not what you think. She just-" Roy suddenly found himself looking off to his right. It took the dark-eyed man a couple seconds to realize that he had been punched and his hand went to his cheek. As he shook his head slightly to rid himself of the stars before his eyes, he felt a blow be delivered to his stomach.

"Roy!" Riza ran to his side. "Are you crazy, kid? What-" Riza found herself as startled as Roy when Ed gathered a handful of dirt out of another plant pot and threw it in her face. She stood there frozen as Roy tried to breathe and run after Ed.

"Come on, Al. We're leaving." Edward said as he entered the restaurant again and grabbed his brother by the shoulder and stormed out of the place.

"Brother! What the?" Alphonse couldn't get another word out as he was dragged by his angry sibling. Winry and Havoc looked puzzled at each other as Roy ran after the brothers, clutching his stomach.

"Ed, wait!" He yelled out to the car speeding by, almost running him over. "No! Wait!" He dropped his head in one of his hands. 'So much for being happy.'

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"How the hell did this happen?" He asked the night air. After standing alone for a couple minutes, he turned when he heard footsteps behind him.

"Oh, it's you." Riza stopped to stand next to him.

"When did you start dating guys?" She asked, still wiping the dirt off her face.

"Don't start." Roy groaned and took a seat on the curb, Riza following him. There was silence for a long while until Riza laughed, making Roy nearly jump out of his skin.

"Was our relationship that bad that you just gave up on women?" She asked smiling at him. Roy couldn't help the smile spreading across his face.

"No...I don't know." He ran a hand through his jet black hair. "He just seemed to come out of nowhere and turned my life upside down."

"Were you attracted to men when we were together?" Roy glanced at her.

"No. I never found myself attracted to any guys before him."

"Well, he might not count since he's so pretty." They both laughed out loud. "I miss the times when we laughed like this, you know. That seems so long ago." Roy nodded and they both looked to the sky, deep in thought for a moment.

"I can't believe how calm you are after just getting dirt tossed in your face." Roy teased.

"Well, I figured that I would've done the same or something much worst if I were in his shoes. Besides, I got off easy. You're gonna get a nasty bruise from that." She pointed at his cheek that was already swelling. 'Damn. He hit me with that metal hand, too.' Roy rubbed his sore face and there was a comfortable silence.

"I'm sorry about everything, Roy." She spoke quietly as he turned to look at her. "All the hurt I caused you during our relationship and tonight. I really do miss you and I wouldn't have jumped on you like that if I knew about..."

"Edward."

"Edward." She paused. "When I talked to him earlier, he seemed really nice and he obviously cares about you."

"I'll try to talk to him tomorrow. I think I'll call first. I don't want to get punched again." He smiled as he continued to rub his cheek and Riza stood up.

"I could go with you to straighten this out." Roy quickly shook his head as he also stood up to face her.

"Oh, no! I think you've helped enough tonight. Thanks." She wore a small smile on her face.

"Well, it was worth a shot." Her smile remained as she looked at him. "Well, I should leave now." Riza stepped up to him and hugged him firmly.

"Edward's very lucky and I wish you two the best." He heard her sigh sadly. "You better take care of yourself Roy Mustang." Roy slowly returned the hug.

"Good-bye."

She then turned, got in her car, and drove off. Roy was surprised at her attitude towards the whole situation. It reminded him why he had fallen for her in the first place.

"Good-bye, Riza."

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"Ed, do you want to talk about it?" Winry sat next to him on Al's living room couch with a box of tissues in her lap.

"No." He lazily flipped the channels on the television. It was the next day and Edward was still highly pissed at Roy. He was also on the verge of murdering his brother or Winry. Whichever one that would push him too far first.

"You'll feel better. I promise!" Ed turned to glare at the blond lady. She and Alphonse had been trying him all day with their 'let's-make-it-better' crap.

"Ouch!" Was all Al heard from his spot in the kitchen. A few seconds later Winry walked in, rubbing her head with her hand.

"He threw the box of tissues at me." Al tried his hardest to hold in his laughter. "I don't think we can help him. We should call Roy."

"Yeah, right. Brother would murder us if we did that. Roy's been calling all day and he hasn't picked up the phone once." They both thought for a moment. "Why don't we just take him out to get his mind off things for a while?"

"Sounds good to me." Winry said then they both cautiously walked toward Edward.

"Hey, brother-"

"No!" Ed stuck a lollipop in his mouth stubbornly.

"But, Ed! You didn't even let me finish!"

"I don't need to hear the rest. I already know it's something stupid. So, no!" He shouted. Al looked at Winry and she shrugged. A sudden knock at the door made them all jump a bit.

"I'll get it. Got nothing else to do." Ed complained as he opened the door. He looked up into Roy's face and frowned then slammed the door and locked it. He casually walked back to the couch and stared at the TV, sucking his candy. Al sighed and walked over to the door.

"You better not let him in, Al, or I'll kick yours and his ass!" Al just ignored his brother and opened the door anyway. Winry hurriedly followed Al out and pushed Roy inside the house before shutting it.

"Ed, I-"

"Shut the hell up! Do you want another ass whippin', huh?" Ed yelled at the other man. Then, as a second thought, tossed his candy at his head.

"Would you just let me talk?" Roy pleaded as he casually pulled the candy out of his hair.

"Why? You'll just try to feed me lies! Go back to your crazy bitch." Ed stormed off toward his room, but Roy grabbed his arm in the hallway. Ed swung to hit him again, but Roy already knew what was coming and blocked the punch by grabbing his other hand, too.

"Let go, you bastard!" The blond fought against Roy's hold.

"Will you stop and let me explain what happened?" Ed squirmed a little more then finally stopped to listen. "Will you give me a chance now?"

"Yeah, whatever. Just let me go." Roy reluctantly let the younger man go and Ed leaned against the wall and pulled out another piece of candy, purposely not looking at Roy.

"Would you look at me?"

"Talk or get out." Ed stated simply and Roy inwardly groaned. 'He's really not making this easy.'

"Last night, Riza came out of nowhere and wanted to talk then she grabbed me and kissed me. I didn't kiss her, okay? You just happened to see us while that was happening." Ed still didn't look at him.

"She said that if she knew about you, she would have never done that and that she was sorry." Ed finally looked at him, confusion on his cute face.

"Yeah, I was surprised, too, but she really meant it." He smiled at the blond. "I'm sorry, too, Ed…for everything." Edward opened his mouth to say something, but closed it and stepped forward to hug Roy. The older man smiled and circled his arms around the blond. Roy then heard him mumble something that caused him to look at the younger one.

"What?" He asked, and then smiled as he noticed the candy still in Ed's mouth. Roy slowly pulled the lollipop out of his mouth.

"You don't need to apologize. I should have trusted you." He looked up at Roy. "You would never hurt me. Would you, Roy?"

"Of course not." Roy kissed his forehead.

"I acted like a real jealous jerk, didn't I? I should probably apologize to Riza." Roy pulled away from him.

"Yeah, you're definitely a fiery one." He chuckled. "But she understood your anger." Ed nodded and pulled Roy close to him again.

"Does that hurt?" The blond asked Roy when he stepped back and looked at his slightly swollen cheek.

"A little." He smiled at the younger man, rubbing his puffy cheek.

"I'm sorry." Edward said guiltily, but Roy waved it off.

"Come here." Ed pulled the older man to a kitchen chair and grabbed a towel to put some ice in. He walked over to Roy, eased himself into the man's lap and lightly kissed his bruised cheek, causing the dark-haired man to smile and wrap his arms around Ed.

"I'm glad this is all over because I really missed you." Edward said and Roy hugged him tighter.

"You did? It was only one night."Roy said as he shifted in his chair to place the forgotten candy on the table.

"Shut up. You're so full of yourself." Ed brought his free arm up to rest on Roy's shoulders and pressed the ice to the man's face.

"I missed you, too, shorty." Roy teased and Ed playfully hit him as they continued to hold each other.

Yay! Hopefully that wasn't too rushed. Big thanks to the reviewers again. You guys are the best!