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Chapter 2 - Sleepover

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Roy Mustang had finally managed to finish his paperwork in the office about an hour after Alphonse had left and with a tired sigh, left Headquarters to go back to his house, when it stared to rain heavily; luckily the Colonel had a large umbrella and was quite safe from the rain, and was walking along the road when he spotted a familiar red coat. 'Ed? What is he still doing wandering around?' Roy thought.

The dark haired alchemist's first thought, was that Ed went for a walk to calm down from all that had happened in his office, but the flame alchemist knew that Ed hated it when it rained because it made his metal limbs rust and squeak. 'So that means that Alphonse must have kicked him out, hmm I wonder why'

Ed was grumbling to himself as it started to rain and cursed loudly, wrapping his good arm around the other in a pathetic attempt to shield it more from the rain "Stupid cat" he muttered "Stupid Al, damn it, this is all that bastards Mustang's fault" he cursed.

Silently Roy sneaked up behind Ed, who hadn't noticed him yet and after hearing what Ed said, placed the umbrella above the blonde's damp head, and using his other arm to hug the blonde close to him from behind. "Well Fullmetal, I apologise for whatever it is that is my fault" Roy said in Ed's ear.

The blonde teen froze when he heard this and struggled out of Mustangs grasp and out from under the umbrella and looked at Roy with a scowl "My ass you are!" he yelled flailing about so that Mustang would keep away "You, you just stay away from me!" he pointed at Roy, despite the fact he was getting soaked and it was really getting to him.

But Ed was more mad at Al than at Roy now, because it was his younger brother that had kicked him out when it had started to rain, and that was really mean in his opinion, oh how flightily his temper was, he had no where to go damnit, and now he was stuck out in the streets with the perverted Colonel, and from the looks of it, everyone else was safely inside their warm houses, so they were alone even; Ed groaned at this realization. It just wasn't his day; Ed sighed in despair; the gods up in heaven must be playing the 'Lets screw up the eldest Elric's life' game, the blonde mentally cursed every god he could think of.

Roy chuckled at Ed's reaction "Alright Ed, but just so you know, your even cuter when your angry" Roy murmured, then silently, he handed Ed the umbrella he'd been carrying "I think you need it more than I do" Was all Roy said before he turned to walk off in the direction of his house. "Hey!" Ed yelled after the other still holding the umbrella before chasing after Roy "Hey, you jerk, don't say stupid things like that" he exclaimed, handing Roy the umbrella back, even though after what Roy had done to him, he should have hit the other with it. He walked along beside Roy silently, he did indeed need the cover from the rain, but he wasn't heartless enough to make the Colonel suffer the watery fate of the rain too. "Don't think this means I like you" he grumbled.

Roy wanted to laugh at this statement; the fact that Ed was actually following him home and cared enough to give him his umbrella back was proof enough that Ed cared. "Whatever you say Edward...so why are you out here anyway, I thought out here in the rain would be the last place you'd be" Roy inquired lightly.

Ed folded his arms over his chest "Not that I should tell you, but Al kicked me out of the house, god can he be scary" he muttered "All because I was chasing his stupid cat, which I know is the reason he didn't come to my rescue when you started coming on to me!" he exclaimed rounding on the Colonel suddenly "So this is your fault" he said.

Roy blinked then smiled to himself "Actually, it was 2nd Lieutenant Havoc's idea to bring in a cat while I was 'Coming on' to you" the flame alchemist said, while waggling his fingers to make speech marks at the 'coming on' part. "So if you want to blame anyone for the cat, blame him, not me Edward" Roy said a sly smile gracing his face. "Besides I thought you were enjoying yourself when I came on to you?" the Colonel said, knowing that the boy would probably blush and deny it...again.

But Roy was disappointed as Ed did nothing but growl angrily at his comment about Havoc. The blonde teenager meanwhile what plotting revenge on a certain blonde solider; oh Havoc was SO going to pay; first for all his stupidity in the car, and then for providing his brother with a feline; anyone who knew them, knew Al was in love with cats, especially stray ones. He heard Roy's comment and held a fist in front of his own face while he calmed his rage, punching the other right now wouldn't solve anything, although it would feel rather nice "I can't help what my body enjoys!" he yelled before clamping a hand over his mouth, eyes wide and not quite believe that he'd just blurted that out. "I mean, I didn't enjoy it at all you sick freak!"

Roy blink at this outburst and did something no one had ever heard him do before, he couldn't help himself; He burst out laughing. The sound was full and loud yet at the same time a soft and delicate sound. When Roy had finally gotten himself under control he looked over at Ed and smirked "Your so amusing, even after that slip up your still going to deny that you like me" Roy sighed then just as suddenly grabbed the from to Ed shirt and kissed him quickly, no tongue, just two lips pressing together gently. "If this is you in denial I can't wait to see what you like when you're compliant" Roy whispered before pulling away from Edward and continuing to walk to his house as though nothing had just happened.

The blonde blushed heavily and looked away "Stupid bastard" he grumbled "And I don't like you!" he exclaimed "I said that my body did, and everyone knows your body could like something you hate!" Wow, that sounded stupid even to his own ears, too late to take it back now "Besides I'd never comply with you anyway" he huffed "I am not gay"

Roy just chuckled, not looking convinced "Suuuure your not..." Roy muttered under his breath before he coughed an his voice returned to normal "I said that too at first, I never wanted to admit I was attracted to another guy either" Roy said before he smirked knowingly at Ed. The blonde Alchemist glared at the other "Well your such a pervert you'd sleep with anything breathing with two legs anyway" Not that really could say much about his own sexuality, he was young and, very in experienced, not that he'd ever in a million years let Mustang know that of course.

"I am not attracted to you" he said, sounding more like he was trying to convince himself then the other. The flame alchemist just smirked and shrugged "Whatever you say Fullmetal" Roy said as he reached his house. Roy was tempted to ask the blonde in, but he had a feeling that Ed wouldn't take the offer 'He's stubborn remember? He'd rather be out in the rain than warm and dry in your house with you' Silently Roy handed him the umbrella. "Take that with you and go back to your dorm, if you apologize to Al enough, you know he'll forgive you"

"I don't want your stinking umbrella!" he exclaimed angrily "and I'm not apologizing to al either" he said stubbornly, although he really didn't know what he was going to do if he couldn't go back home, 'Bloody cat' he thought. He turned to leave the Colonels porch and head out in search of a semi dry place to stay.

The Colonel sighed and raked a hand through his slightly damp hair and decided on his former idea "Well I know that with your stubborn streak, you're probably going to reject me when I offer this, but you could always stay in my house tonight in a spare bedroom, and I promise I wont touch you" Roy said "I'll call Al and tell him you're here; even if he is mad at you Ed, he'll want to know your alright"

Ed thought about this for a moment, being trapped in the Colonel's house all night? But he had promised that he wouldn't touch him, and he really didn't want to worry Al even if this was his entire fault. The blonde sighed in defeat "Fine" he grumbled; he was getting rather cold anyway. Roy nodded and opened his door, and went inside, leaving it open for the blonde to follow. The dark haired alchemist sighed as he took off his dark coat and hung it up on the coat stand, and then he went into the kitchen "Would you like some coffee, or would you rather have hot chocolate?" Roy asked no sarcasm in his voice; see Roy mustang had a secret; he was a bit of a chocoholic.

Ed walked through the door and closed it quietly behind him he took off his muddy boots and hung up his jacket "Hot chocolate please" he said, not for the fact that he was young or anything, but he had always made it a point never to touch coffee because he had read somewhere that it stunts your growth. Ed sighed not sure what to do for a moment; so maybe the bastard could be a decent human after all, that still didn't mean he wasn't a jerk and a pervert. He stood around though so as to not soak any of the colonel's furniture, since he himself was soaked to the bone.

Roy nodded and put the hot chocolate in the mugs, and while he was waiting for the water to boil, he rummaged through his cupboard and threw Ed a couple of fluffy blue towels. "Sit down Fullmetal your not on duty now" Roy said jokingly before he turned his attention back to the hot chocolate.

Ed made a face at his superior officer and put one of the towels on a chair before using the other to dry his auto mail "Just because I'm here doesn't mean you can boss me around" Ed said but it wasn't his normal snappy tone, the Colonel's house was rather nice and somehow had a cosy feel to it; the living room had a rich dark blue carpet and matching curtains while the walls were painted a light cream colour, a pair of bookshelves were on either side of the roaring fireplace and there were two cream coloured chars and a matching sofa. All this made the young blonde feel slightly relaxed, even though he was wary of the older alchemist jumping him or something.

Roy chuckled to himself as he walked back into his living room, a towel around his neck and the hot chocolate in his hands, quickly handed Ed his hot chocolate and sat down in a large leather chair opposite the teenage alchemist. "I wasn't ordering you to Ed, I just meant you don't have to stand around looking uncomfortable that's all" The dark haired alchemist said as he used the towel around his neck to dry his soaked hair.

Ed sighed "I was trying to be nice" he said staring down into the cup his auto mail hand held, a towel hung around his own neck but he made no move to dry his hair, and just let the towel soak up what it could. "You didn't poison this did you?" he asked, needing to say something more in character for himself then actually being civil towards the dark haired alchemist.

Mustang chuckled and shook his head. "No Ed, I did not poison your hot chocolate, that isn't my style" Roy's onyx eyes glinted in the dimness of the room as he chuckled to himself at Ed's implied statement, the literal term of 'death by chocolate' (Or hot chocolate in this case). "Just drink it Ed, I'll phone Alphonse and let him know your here" Roy said standing and going over to his phone which, was in the kitchen.

"Ah" Ed said and sipped the drink "Ah! Hot!" he yelled putting it down and clutching his throat, he had burned his tongue and throat "Damnit, this is your fault!" he yelled at Roy who wasn't in the room, he hadn't poisoned the drink but he had heated it up to much on purpose, or at least he had in Ed's opinion.

Roy chuckled as he dialled the number to Al and Ed apartment. "I don't know what you did but how can it be my fault if I'm not in the room?" Roy asked as he waited for Al to pick up the phone. Ed cursed quietly; it was so much easier to blame others.

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Al picked up the phone as it rang at him, the room was clean now and the cat sat purring in his lap "Hello?" he said wondering who would call him, Ed was far to irresponsible to be calling him, besides his brother was probably off fuming somewhere. Mustang chuckled to himself as he heard Ed curse quietly. 'Stubborn as ever' Roy thought, just then Alphonse answered the phone.

"Alphonse? It Colonel Mustang, I'm calling about Ed, before you start worrying he's fine, he's going to be staying at my place overnight if that's okay with you" Mustang said in one breath; he knew how worried and over protective Al could be over his brother sometimes.

Alphonse had opened his mouth to say something when the Colonel had cut him off, he smiled lightly "alright fine, you better take care of him, and if you lay one finger on him I'll kick your ass" he threatened, surprised that hid older brother was actually over at the Colonel's place in the first place. Roy smiled to himself "Don't worry I'll be good Alphonse" Roy joked with a smile on his lips "I'd better go before Ed gets even more grumpy"

Al nodded even the Colonel couldn't see it "alright then, bye" he hung up the phone and went back to sit on the couch petting Skuzz the kitten happily "My mean older brother won't harm you tonight" he smiled

Ed was drinking his hot chocolate now that it had cooled slightly, still occasionally muttering curses about Mustang and plotting to burn him. Roy nodded and chuckled to himself, Alphonse was a nice person, but he acted a BIT too much like the older sibling sometimes. With a sigh the flame alchemist walked back into his living room and sat back down on the chair opposite Ed "Al says it okay for you to say here, when you've finished you drink I'll show you your room"

Ed grumbled something that Roy didn't hear but nodded then said "Sure whatever," he said finishing his drink. "It's not like I want to spend more time in your presence anyway" Roy smirked into his hot chocolate and resisted the urge to glomp the younger alchemist; Ed looked so adorable when he was sulking, but he prevailed finishing he hot chocolate, and waited for Ed.

Can we go now?" he asked impatiently, it wasn't that he was tired, more he wanted to get out of his sopping wet clothes and throw a nice blanket or something dry around himself for warmth, mind you the hot chocolate had warmed him a little, it wasn't doing any good for his outer temperature, and the last thing he wanted to do was get sick. Roy nodded and stood "Follow me then" Ropy said as he led the younger man upstairs, they walked across the hallway and Mustang stopped at the second door on his left "This is your room, mine is across fro yours and the bathroom is next door alright?" Ed nodded "Yeah, yeah I got it" he said waving the other off and opening the door to Mustangs guest room. "Good night…and thanks" he said before closing the door not waiting or letting the other reply.

The older alchemist sighed; he had expected Ed to slam the door in his face, with a tired yawn, Roy went into his own bed room and stripped down to his silk boxers, then he slipped into bed, and closed his eyes trying to sleep instead of thinking about the blonde alchemist in the room across from him.

Ed striped down to his tank top and boxers before climbing into bed, he lay on his back for a long while listening to the rain before he finally fell asleep, mostly out of boredom then exhaustion. A few hours later Ed awoke with a start, thunder had crashed loudly and he was covered in a cold sweat, it wasn't the thunder that had awoke him though no, it was his dreams, dreams of his mother when they had transmuted her, dreams of Nina's body blood splattered and dead in the alley, dreams of the horrible things he had seen in his 16 years of existence.

He turned to call to Al, but blinked and remembered that his brother wasn't there, he remembered where he was then, and looked down at his lap sadly. Al wasn't here, meaning he couldn't seek comfort from the others nearby presence, which would mean he wouldn't be able to get back to sleep. On nights like this, he would seek comfort from his brother, even when Al had been a suit of armour it still calmed him knowing that he was nearby and made him feel slightly better.

He looked to the door and scowled at where his thoughts had brought him; there was no way in the 7th levels of hell that, he was going to go and seek a comforting presence from the flame alchemist, no way, but even as he denied that he was going to do it, his feet carried him to the door and his hand turned the door handle.

He blinked through the darkness still un-believing what he was doing before crossing the hall and ever so slowly turned the knob to the Colonel's room. With the stealth of a cat he slipped into the room and closed the door, silently creeping towards the bed.

'He's asleep thank kami' he thought, he wouldn't know what he'd do if the dark haired male caught him sneaking into his room. Slowly he sat at the end of Roy's bed careful not to wake the other, before curling up on his side and staring at the wall his back to the others legs, at that moment he was happy he was small because he took up no more room then a dog would at the foot of the bed.

It disturbed him that he was actually taking comfort in having the other near, but he brushed it off as nothing, telling himself it was the comfort of just another person, and not because it was Colonel Mustang that he was lying near, slowly his eyes drifted closed and he fell back asleep despite the intensity of the raging thunder storm.

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Roy couldn't sleep because of the fact that his mind was telling him to go onto Ed's room and do naughty things to him, but eventually he was able to close his eyes, and was just about to fall fast asleep despite the heavy thunderstorm going on outside, when he heard his door open. Roy tensed for a moment and he cracked open one eye a millimetre to see none other than Ed creeping over to his bed.

Roy closed his eyes again and forced his face not to frown as he though about what was going on, more than a little confused 'What the hell? What is he doing?' Roy thought as he forced his body to relax and fake sleep as he felt Ed climb onto his bed and lie down at the side of him, not close to him but he was lying on the bed nonetheless.

After a while he could hear deep steady breathing coming from Ed and opened his eyes. Roy smiled to himself lazily; Ed looked so calm and peaceful and innocent when he was asleep; like nothing in the world could ever hurt him. Roy smiled and slowly, he reached over and pulled the sleeping blonde alchemist into his arms, careful not to move him suddenly, lest the blonde suddenly woke up, then the dark haired alchemist settled back down, his chin resting on the top of Ed's blonde head. With a tired smile Roy Mustang finally closed his dark eyes and drifted off to sleep

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