It went as quickly as it came. They broke apart in a flash, with equally horrified expressions on their faces.

Ignored by both, the roll tumbled from Edward's limp fingers and hit the grass.

They sat in shocked silence for a moment, just staring at each other. Edward's eyes were wide and he was shaking very slightly, mouth hanging open in a small red arch. Roy knew full well that he had stolen Edward's first kiss, which would explain the alchemist's frozen position, it even scared him slightly.

"Sir!"

They both seemed to turn around in a flash of red and blue. Edward's expression of shock had faded somewhat, but he wasn't sparing Roy a glance at all. Hawkeye jogged across the grass towards them, a hassled expression on her face.

"Sir! The Fuhrer has rung you, but I couldn't find you anywhere!" She stopped – breathing heavily. "I put the FUHRER on hold for you Sir, the FUHRER! Please return to HQ!"

Roy nodded shortly and stood, throwing his still half-full thermos and unfinished wrap into a nearby bin. He brushed off his hands and began to walk back across the grass. He paused once, turned, and nodded politely to Edward, before disappearing over the hill, bright blue tails of his uniform flapping behind him.

After a few moments, Edward let out a short shriek and promptly began banging his head against the bench he sat upon. Alarmed, Hawkeye hurried over to him and held his head out of harms way.

"Edward?…Are you ok?" She asked slowly. He sighed and slumped back against the chair, holding a gloved hand gently against his red temple. But he didn't answer. Hawkeye watched him in silence for a moment, before straightening her uniform and sitting down beside him. There was an awkward expression on her face, and Edward associated the look with one that his mother gave him when he had first asked where babies come from. But he was almost certain Hawkeye's next words weren't going to be about magical birds and the backyard cabbage patch.

"Edward I…," she cleared her throat "I kind of saw what happened"

Edward shot upwards, a magenta smudge across his face. "I-I didn't – I mean," he dropped his head into his hands. "What the fuck is going on!" He wailed.

A sympathetic look passed across Hawkeye's face, and she patted him gently on the back.

"You know Edward, I think I've seen it coming for a long time"

"Huh?"

Hawkeye smiled softly "I think I've seen this coming ever since you first started talking back to him"

FLASHBACK

"You know what Mustang? Fuck you!"

Hawkeye froze with her handle on the doorknob. A pile of paperwork was in her left hand and she listened with insatiable curiosity from the voices within the Colonel's office.

"I beg your pardon?"

"That's right! Fuck you! I'm sick of your pompous, no good, king-of-the-world mannerisms! I'M NOT YOUR FUCKING TOY!"

Hawkeye stepped backwards as the door was violently ripped open and Edward came out, golden eyes boiling and face red with anger. He pushed past Hawkeye and disappeared down the hall, Alphonse trailing after him with indignant words.

Surprised, Hawkeye entered the office.

Roy stood at the window, hands clasped behind his back. At Hawkeye's entrance he turned.

"Are you alright Sir?" she asked, setting the paperwork on the desk and unclasping the pages.

"I'm perfectly fine Lieutenant," she was surprised to see there was a genuine smile on his face as he turned to her "I suppose Fullmetal isn't a child anymore"

"No," Hawkeye smiled in return as he turned back to the window "I suppose he isn't"

END FLASHBACK

"What are you saying?" Edward's blush had subsided a bit but he still looked uncomfortable. Hawkeye shrugged and brushed some white petals off her leg.

"I'm just saying that…well, I think when you began to defy him he noticed your unique personality"

"What? You think he has some sort of school-girl crush on me?" Edward asked incredulously. He didn't know whether to laugh or to bang his head against the chair again.

"No," Hawkeye smiled slightly "I think you have a school-girl crush on him"

"WHAT?" Edward yelled, sitting upright. The children playing with their dog jumped with fright and glanced at him with fear, before running off over the hill.

"I DON'T HAVE A CRUSH ON HIM!"

"Not that you know of anyway," Hawkeye said "But I've seen how you react with each other. You enjoy fighting with him, and I can see you respect him"

Edward mumbled something under his breath, and turned his head away, but she wasn't finished yet.

"And you had lunch with him today-"

"Now hold on," Edward shouted "He practically forced me to!"

"But I could see you were having fun"

Edward fell silent, and then he jumped to his feet "SHUT UP!"

"Edwa-"

"NO! Leave me alone!" Ed swirled around and strode off across the grass. Hawkeye jumped up and followed after him.

"Ed! Slow down!" she sped up, now in a jog, until she caught up with the embarrassed blonde. She grabbed his arm and pulled him around to face her. His face was bright red and he was glaring at her, his mouth opened to say something –

And that was when the car hit them.

--

The doctor slung the clipboard onto the hook at the end of the bed, and inspected the dark bruise that spread up Edward's right leg.

"You should be thankful, Major Elric. It could have been much worse" He gingerly touched the purplish smudge and Ed hissed in pain, glaring at the man. Edward had a bandage around his thigh, and a large band-aid on his right cheek, where a stain of blood could be seen through the fabric.

"How is Lieutenant Hawkeye?" Edward asked, wincing as the cut on his neck made it painful to talk.

"Considerably better than you are, I should say," The doctor glanced at Hawkeye's clipboard, which was in his other hand "It looks like the car hit your body first, so that has kept her out of harms way. She has had a bad knock to the head though, and she's not awake yet"

"But she's going to be okay?"

"Most definitely"

"Good" Edward looked away. His bed was situated against the window, and the sun was setting outside, coloring the room in a golden and blood-like glow. The doctor slipped Hawkeye's clipboard under his arm as there was a sharp rap at the door. Glancing over his shoulder, Edward could see the doctor conversing with someone in the hallway.

"Who is it?" He called. The doctor disappeared, and the door opened. Roy stepped into the room. Edward's eyes went wide, and he immediately reverted his gaze back out the window.

"What do you want?"

"Relax, I just need to know what happened"

Edward turned to face him "I knew there was something fishy going on"

The slight crease on Roy's brow, a gentle frown as he sat down on the seat next to the bed.

"What do you mean by that?"
Edward frowned back at him.

"First of all, even though it hit us pretty quickly, I knew that the driver was aiming at Lieutenant Hawkeye, not me, that's why I tried to shield her. And second of all-" he released a soft snort "You said that you needed to know what happened, not that you wanted to know what happened. That means that it wasn't an accident and you're investigating. My guess is it was a hate attack by someone who is against the Military. Lieutenant Hawkeye was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and I wasn't targeted because I wasn't wearing a uniform"

Obsidian eyes locked onto Golden ones as Edward turned back to the man sitting next to his bed.

"So, have I got it down correctly? Or did I leave something out?"

Roy stared at Ed for a moment, before his shoulders slumped and he smirked slightly.

"I knew I should have gone to you first. The investigations department has become rather flax ever since Maes-" Roy broke off abruptly and cleared his throat loudly.

"Ever since Brigadier General Hughes died"
Edward scowled "Don't fucking call him that, like it's his real title. Call him Maes like you started to," he leant his head back against the pillows "I don't think he would have glorified in a promotion like that, even by his best friend"

Roy stared at him for a moment, and then leant forward and kissed him again.

This time it took a few seconds for him to pull back. And this time Edward looked considerably less surprised.

"I don't have a school-girl crush on you" the blonde said almost immediately. Roy blinked.

"I… what?"

"Nothing" Edward shook his head roughly, and shuffled backwards, making himself more comfortable against his mound of pillows.

Roy rose an eyebrow "You seem less horrified now…"

"After you left Hawkeye had a talk with me," he shifted his bruised leg so it wasn't pressing against the wall. "She…told me how we looked to her"

Roy raised an eyebrow with confusion "Uh…"

"Not like that," Edward rolled his eyes "I mean…she pointed out some things that I haven't noticed before"

There was a dark glint in Roy's eyes as he moved forward again, but Edward leant back. There was still a nervous blush on his face and he muttered-

"If you say something corny like 'shut up and kiss me' I'll punch the fuck out of you"

Roy let a slow smirk slip across his face.

"Ed"

"what?"

"Shut up and kiss me"

Roy moved forward and this time Edward – slightly reluctantly – allowed him to fall into his embrace, joining in a hesitant kiss.

Maybe it was the same astral power that had previously stopped the raining that triggered what happened next, but frankly Edward couldn't care less.

Because it was that exact moment that Alphonse walked into the room.