Tai: Yay! 87 reviews! I think this story will end up making it to 100reviews, yay! Anyway, I've decided on two sequels, both basically take place almost directly after the last chapter of this story. I think only one will end up revealing who Tai's mother is, the other goes down a different path. Also, Riza may've reacted more if the kiss wasn't so gentle. You know those soft touches you feel on your arm while doing something and you're not sure if something really touched you? It was basically like that. Anyway, second to last chapter for Dreams hopefully you enjoy it.
Oh and I know I'd try and make chapters longer, but I wanted to end this one where it is. The last one will be a little longer.
Also, this chapter is dedicated to my best friend's late rabit, Havoc. He sadly died and she was the one who found him -cries- now her other rabit Mustang is all alone. Yea I know, Havoc and Mustang but what're you going to do? We're both FMa fanatics afterall.
Disclaimer: Me no own Fullmetal Alchemist.
Chapter 11: Confusion
Riza let out a small sigh moved a little in her sleep. Feeling a warm spot on another part of the seemingly larger bed, she sat up quickly. Her eyes darted around the room, trying to figure out where she was. Spotting a military jacket in the corner, she blushed, realising she was in Roy's bed. A wave of confusion and anger flooded her mind, looking for some explanation as to why she was in a different room. Hearing footsteps in the hallway, she lay down and pretended to be asleep. Opening her eyes a little, she saw Roy grabbing his jacket. He turned around and she quickly closed her eyes, hoping he hadn't noticed. Roy walked over to the bed and looked at her, resting his hand gently on her forehead. Sighing, he turned and left the room, shaking his head.
Riza let out a sigh and opened her eyes once more, looking around for a few seconds. Carefully slipping out from under the blankets, she walked over to a table that sat in one corner of the room. There were several photos on it. One of Roy and Maes, another of Havoc, Breda, Furey and Falman with Roy and the last took her by surprise. It was a photo of her, when she'd first gotten Black Hayate. Unbeknown to Riza, Roy had reached the doorway and smiled. "Good, you're awake." He stated, walking into the room. He started fixing the blankets on the bed, straightening them and tucking them in before moving to the other side. Riza had an internal debate on whether or not she should ask why she'd fallen asleep in the spare room, yet woken up in his room.
He studied her face for a few seconds after tidying the bed and figured out her question. "About midnight Hayate wanted out, I got up, opened your door and let him outside." He answered, sitting on the bed, "I came back here, leaving your door open and you must've been unsettled. Maes has told me when people are unsettled they sleepwalk, and that's probably how you got here." Riza let this new information soak in. She'd never sleepwalked before and couldn't believe she had done last night. She nodded slowly and Roy shrugged, walking out of the room. Riza put the photo she was still holding back in its place and sat on the bed. It was surprisingly comfortable, even more so than the one in the spare room.
Hearing the water running, Riza guessed Roy was probably brushing his teeth and decided to gather some clothes up to have a shower later on. She made her bed quickly and looked around, nothing had been moved from what she would tell. Apart from Hayate's leash and bowl, but she had an explanation for that. Looking over at the bedside table, she realised her clip was gone. Looking around she tried to remember where she'd put it and only one place came to mind. She'd left it in the bathroom. "Bathroom's free!" Roy called down the hall and Riza let out sigh. Picking up her belongings, she walked towards the bathroom, meeting Roy just outside the door. "Sorry about not showing you around yesterday, but you should be able to find your way around today." He apologised, stepping back from the door.
"It's alright." She replied, looking into the bathroom. Giving the room a quick scan, she could see her clip. 'You haven't seen my hairclip, have you?" Roy shook his head. "No I haven't. Personally I think you should leave you hair down, it makes you look, well, even more beautiful." He whispered, turning quickly and leaving the house. Riza stood there, stunned by what the colonel had just said. A faint blush covered her cheeks and she closed the bathroom door, turning the shower on. As steam slowly filled the room, she removed her pyjama top and pants, standing in only her lingerie. She let out a sigh and removed it, stepping under the warm water.
Roy meanwhile was walking to work, mentally beating himself up about what he said to Riza. "Now what's she going to think? You've probably ruined anything you could've had with her." He growled silently. "Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid…" This continued until he reached headquarters, where Maes spotted him walking sulkily along the sidewalk. "Roy! Bout time you got here." He called, snapping the younger man out of his thoughts. "Hope you went easy on Hawkeye last night." Maes winked. Roy rolled his eyes. "Nothing happened Maes, she's in a completely different room." A bark from beside them made Roy do a double take. "Black Hayate, what are you doing here?" he wondered aloud. Maes laughed, "Looks like he doesn't want to stay home today. Either that or Hawkeye sent him to make sure you do you're work." Roy growled and walked into the large building, Hayate hot on his heels. Maes shook his head and followed Roy into the building.
Meanwhile, Riza had finished her shower and eaten breakfast, and had decided to explore the house. So far she'd found Roy's room, the spare room, kitchen, lounge, bathroom and a study, but was sure there was much more to see. She spent the next few hours looking around the backyard and house. After this time there was only one door she hadn't been though. It was then Riza realised she hadn't seen Black Hayate all day. She forgot about the door and started calling for the dog, opening every door she'd opened before to make sure he wasn't shut in anywhere. She looked outside and began to panic when she couldn't find him anywhere. Roy had left a note on the kitchen bench saying he'd be home for lunch, and Riza noticed it for a second time as she lent her head on the bench.
Looking over at the clock, she realised he would be home soon and her spirits lifted. Hoping Roy had seen Hayate, she looked through the cupboards and grabbed some bread, salami and tomato to make some sandwiches. She turned the jug on and opened every cupboard looking for some clean cups. Finding two coffee mugs she put some coffee in each and also put some milk into one cup. Hearing a car pull up outside, she smiled and finished putting the sandwiches together. She heard the car stop and seconds later, two doors shut. Frowning she walked into the entrance hall and waited. Roy opened the door, followed in by none other than Hughes. She sighed and an important question popped into her mind once more.
"Have either of you seen Black Hayate?" Riza asked, looking at the two men. Roy nodded. "He followed me to work today, Furey's looking after him right now." Riza let out a sigh of relief and walked into the kitchen, Roy and Maes close behind her. Grabbing another cup, she filled it with hot water, sugar and coffee, before adding water to the other two mugs as well. Roy was a little surprised by this and Maes became aware of his amazing ability of stating the obvious. "You made lunch." Hughes gaped, looking at the plate of sandwiches. Riza nodded and sat on the stool next to Roy, setting the sandwiches down in front of him. Maes was still stunned as he watched Roy grab a sandwich and began to devour it.
"You made lunch." Maes repeated, still not being able to process the fact Riza had done something a normal woman would do. He looked at her carefully; barely able to believe the woman sitting next to Roy was in fact Lieutenant Hawkeye. He decided that if he'd seen her on the street looking how she did now, she'd be the type of girl Roy would date. Sighing he finally sat down and grabbed a sandwich, knowing if he didn't grab one soon, they'd all be gone. The trio sat in silence; Roy and Maes eating sandwiches while Riza slowly sipped her coffee. Neither male had noticed the paleness of Riza's skin, they only noticed something was wrong when both heard a small thud. Turning, Roy jumped off his stool kneeling next to the now unconscious woman.
"Damn it." He muttered as Maes knelt down on Riza's other side, "did you notice how pale she was before?" Maes shook his head as Roy carefully picked Riza's limp body up bridal style. Instead of carrying her to the spare room, he moved into his and moved over to the bed, knowing it was more comfortable than the spare one. Hughes peeled the blankets to allow Roy to put Riza under them. Roy lay her down and Maes pulled the blankets over her. "She eaten anything today?" the older male asked leaving the room. Roy shook his head "I'm not sure Maes, hopefully she did." He let out a tired sigh. "If she doesn't get better, I don't know what I'll do." Maes barely heard the last part and slung and arm around his friends' shoulders.
"Roy, maybe you should tell her how you feel." He replied seriously. Roy looked at him closely, it seemed Maes wasn't kidding about the 'you should find yourself a wife' conversation anymore. Sighing in defeat, Roy walked into the kitchen and put the dishes into the sink, looking at the ground as he walked. After finishing the task he headed for the door, brushing lightly past Maes. "You coming?" he asked, turning to look at his long-time friend. Hughes sighed and nodded, following the young colonel out of the house.
As the pair reached central, Maes parked the car and turned to Roy. "Promise me Roy, you'll talk to her before Tuesday." Roy looked at his friend and nodded solemnly. He'd wanted to talk to Riza for a while, but never could. "If you don't I will, and that's a promise." Hughes opened his door and climbed out of the car, while Roy sat thinking about what exactly he would say to Riza. Hearing a loud tapping noise beside him, he looked to see Maes standing next to the car. "You coming in or would you prefer doing your paperwork out here?" he joked. Mustang smiled and got out of the car, following Maes into the large building.
About 4pm, Roy and his subordinates were once again playing cards. Having finished and filed the paperwork, they'd decided cards would last them until 5pm when they would be allowed to leave. "So Havoc, have you found a girlfriend since Tai dumped you?" Mustang asked casually. Havoc looked at him, "Yes, her names Kathy she works at the bakery in town, why?" he replied suspiciously. Roy shrugged, "Just curious." The rest of the game was silent and ended with Roy winning $70. While walking home with Hayate, Roy thought aloud. "So Hayate, do you think Riza would want to go out for dinner tonight?" he asked the dog. Hayate seemed to think about this and Roy waited for some kind of reply. A happy yip three blocks from home confirmed it for him. "Thanks, hopefully she's feeling a bit better." He smiled, reaching home. He listened for any noise as Hayate bounded happily into the house.
Deciding Riza was probably still asleep; he crept slowly into his room. Spotting her sleeping peacefully in his bed, he thought a nap would be rather nice. Removing his jacket, he lay carefully on the bed beside her. Hearing small footsteps in the hallway, Roy sat up to see Hayate walking into the bedroom. He smiled as the dog carefully jumped onto the foot of the bed near Riza and lay down to sleep. Lying back down he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Several hours later, Roy awoke to find an arm draped over his stomach and a head resting gently on his chest. He smiled down at the young blonde, running his hand through her hair, gently rousing her. She opened her eyes sleepily and yawned, looking up at Roy. "What happened?" she whispered, still sleepy. "You collapsed at lunchtime, I brought you in here and you were still asleep in here when I got home at 5." He replied quietly, still smoothing his hand through her hair. "I decided to have a small sleep and woke up about two minutes ago." Sitting up a bit, she looked around, rubbing her eyes. Spotting Hayate on the end of the bed, she smiled. Her stomach gave an audible growl making her blush. "Hungry?" he laughed, sitting up. Sometime during his quick nap, he'd moved under the blankets as well and carefully slipped out from under them.
Riza replied with a nod, watching Roy carefully. "I'll order takeout, would you prefer pizza, Chinese, Thai or chicken and rice?" he asked, walking over to the wardrobe. As Riza thought Roy removed his uniform undershirt and pulling on a plain blue one. "Pizza." She replied, moving to get out of bed. Roy smiled at her and pulled her arm gently back, forcing her to sit once more. "You wait here, I'll get some menus, okay?" she sighed, nodding in agreement as Roy left the room with another pair of pants. Returning a few minutes later, he picked up his uniform, draping it over a chair before leaving the room again. He returned and sat on the bed next to her, handing her two menus.
"These are the best places to get pizza, choose whichever one you like, my treat." Riza smiled looking over the menus. After 5minutes she'd narrowed it down to two pizzas' – a chicken, cream cheese, chilli sauce, onion, tomato, pineapple, bacon and cheese one or salami, tomato, capsicum, onion, bacon, barbeque sauce and cheese one. She frowned, both sounded delicious but she couldn't choose. Seeing her frustration, Roy decided to intervene. "Problem?" he asked. Riza looked at him, "I've narrowed it down to two, but I can't choose." "Why don't we get both? Its no trouble, Havoc, Breda, Furey and Falman are paying." He grinned widely, mimicking a Cheshire cat. "Riza nodded and Roy disappeared once more. After about ten minutes he returned with serviettes, plates and a couple of forks.
A knock on the door alerted him to the fact tea had arrived, Grabbing some of the money he'd won; he walked to answer the door. After exchanging money for food, he shut the door to see Hayate looking at him. Sighing, Roy walked to the kitchen and let Hayate out to do his business, then organised tea for the small dog. Deciding having a dog-door may be helpful, he let the dog back inside and returned to the bedroom with pizza. Setting both boxes down on the bed, he opened them. Riza grabbed a slice of the chicken pizza while Roy opted for the meat-covered one. After devouring half of each pizza, both decided they were full. Moving the half-chicken pizza into the box with the remaining half of the meat one, Roy gathered the dishes and carried them to the kitchen.
Once all evidence of tea had been hidden either stuffed into the sink or fridge, Roy once more returned to his bedroom. Seeing Riza about to get out of bed, he smiled. "How about you stay in here tonight? I'll take the guest room." Riza looked at him. "Are you sure sir?" she asked uncertainly. He laughed, "You can call me Roy here, we're not at work anymore Riza." She blushed a deep crimson and nodded. "It's just, I don't want to be an inconvenience for you." He thought for a moment, "If you'd prefer we can both sleep in here like last night. Unless that'd make you uncomfortable." He rushed the last part, hoping she'd be okay with sleeping next to him.
There was silence, followed by a small nod from Riza. "I'll just go get into my pyjamas.' She whispered, leaving the room. Roy walked over to a set of draws and grabbed a clean pair of boxers. Walking to the laundry, he changed quickly, knowing the boxers he'd grabbed were a baggy pair that fit comfortably. Returning to his room, he saw Riza already cuddled under the blankets with her guns of the floor beside her. He smiled and flicked the light off, walking over to the opposite side of the large bed. Climbing in he lay down. "G'night Riza." He said quietly. "Night Roy." Came the gentle reply. Silence ensued for a few moments before both drifted into a comfortable sleep.
Tai: Aww, how sweet. Told you they'd get closer. Anyway as I said, two sequels and they'll be up about a week or two after the last chapter of this story, which means it'll be about three weeks from now. Review please!
