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CHAPTER 24 – I Shouldn't Have
Riza watched as her love crawled so sluggishly over to the black leather couch that was situated conveniently by her desk. The fight they had earlier was the only point restricting her from rushing over to him. She wanted to hug him, kiss him 'till he felt better.
He looked down right tired; but Riza could see passed his tiredness. She saw hurt, worry, sadness, everything she was feeling the exact same moment. She restrained herself as he turned over on his side, his back to the outside world, to her.
She heard him sigh deeply and not too long after; even breaths followed the heavy first one. He was asleep. Riza abandoned her work. She watched him rest; his arms pulled tight to his smooth, shirt-covered chest. At that thought Riza shook her head.
We're in the middle of a fight! How is it possible that I can still think about him in such a way after everything he's said? Here she let out a prolonged sigh. It's just not possible…
"How can I be so angry with him one second then the next I-" Riza began to say aloud when she as cut off.
"Love him?" Riza whirled around to see who had interrupted her. Maes Hughes stood in the doorway. He entered; shutting the door quietly behind him as he strode into the room. Riza kept her piercing eyes directed at him from her position on the office floor. The space between the two military officers was excruciatingly silent. If you were to drop a pin, it would have sounded more like an army tank firing than anything else would. Hughes broke the muteness with a loud sigh.
"Riza, I know what you're thinking. 'How in the world does this man know more than I do?'" he began, only to receive a glare from the woman on the floor.
"Okay so maybe that's not what you're thinking. Still, maybe how I know about you and Roy? Well I'll answer that one. I know, or rather we know because it's obvious you love him. The guys and I see those glances you give him." Here Maes stops to rub the back of his head. "Not only do we see the exchange of glimpses from the both of you, we uh…." He took a deep breath, "We video taped you not too long ago. We aren't trying to get you into trouble it's just our curiosity took over. Havoc, Breada, Fuery, Falman and I are all truly sorry for spying on you." He finished. Standing there like a stiff board he awaited his sentence from Riza.
All of his information caught Riza off guard. Well now I know what they were all whispering about that day last week. Not to mention who founded out about Roy and I; at least it wasn't the higher ups. The only woman in the room looked up at the lieutenant colonel. Unexpectedly she smiled at him. She didn't expect him to this expression seeing as it was nearly dark though.
Riza's attention flew from Maes to Roy who was asleep through all of this. His body was flinching every other minute or so. This concerned Riza. What's he dreaming about? Not the war again…
The other man in the office shifted uncomfortably as he sighed at the same time.
"I know you love him. You may deny this feeling, but it's so apparent. Every glance you give him. It's there, just below the surface. I have noticed today how you two weren't as close. The only advice I can give would be whatever you're fighting about to get over it. Neither of you probably meant the words that you said. You love each other. I know it, you know it, hell the whole unit knows it. We know not only from our spying, but from the air around the two of you." Hughes finished.
Riza watched as her love's best friend exited the room with the slightest smile. In turn, this gesture made Riza break. She could feel the build up of tears in her eyes.
Suddenly she heard a cry came from beside her. Riza averted her eyes to Roy's body. He was shaking considerably now. She wrapped her arms over his shoulders to try and calm him. He was mumbling incoherently. Then he cried out in his sleep.
"Come on Hawkeye, stay here with me! There's more to be done!" Riza's heart fluttered. She remembered hearing those words or at least something to the effect of them from the Ishbal war. Riza could stand to know that Roy was in one of his nightmares, even if they were about her.
"Roy... Roy... C'mon Roy, wake up. Wake up!" Riza sobbed. Unknowingly following her orders Roy bolted up to a sitting position. She saw his eyes wide in fear she didn't know but before she could decided he had her in his embrace.
"I'll never let you go again, never...never...never." He whispered in her ear using the most soothing voice Riza had heard in a long time. What made Riza go entirely out bawling was not her own sobs but his. She would've bet no one besides maybe Maes had seen him cry like this. She grasped Roy as if hanging on to him for dear life. Although she only knew half of why he was crying that's all she needed.
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That's where they were found the next morning lying on the floor wrapped in each others arms much like the night before.
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Roy was the first to awake. That's when he found her in his arms. He smiled weakly to himself. He stroked her long blonde hair softly as she slept. He put his forehead against hers as she continued to take deep breaths.
For what Roy thought was merely minutes turned out to be nearly hours. The whole time he stared at Riza. He didn't kiss her for fear he would find out this was only a dream and she really wasn't in his arms. Despite her hair feeling real, Roy wouldn't chance it. If only for a little while longer to 'hold' his 'Riza' in his arms.
Movement caught Roy's attention. His eyes met a pair of glittering chocolate brown eyes. The sun light hit her just right so she looked like an angel, his angel.
"I'm sorry." Were the first words out of his mouth, "I shouldn't have-" He was halted by her fingers over his lips. It wasn't a dream.
"You don't have to say it. I know… I know…" she buried her face into his chest as she gripped the shirt by her head in her fingers.
"I'm sorry as well… I shouldn't have… I shouldn't have…" Riza's voice muffled from being hid by his torso. Roy brought her head up to his. He pressured his lips against hers.
"It's all right love, I made a mistake. We both misunderstood the other. Next time I promise not to jump to conclusions. I know I do that a lot. I'll listen next time just don't be mad at me… I can't stand it…" He trailed off.
Kissing her is like a slice of heaven Roy decided. He applied more urgency to each kiss as he lied there on the floor of his office with his beloved Riza.
Rizahawkeye21A/N: Hey everyone. Sorry for not updating in awhile but I'm kinda sick, throat hurts. By passing my excuses I hope you liked this chapter. I had to rewrite parts of it to make Roy not look too desperate. You be the judge. If I get enough reviews saying I still need to rewrite something I'll do it. Thanks so much for staying with my story.
QUESTION: Now that Riza and Roy are back together, what'll happen to the guys?
ANSWER: My advice would be to RUN! Knowing the trouble they're in hopefully they're half way around the world. Lol… Havoc, Fuery, Breada and Falman will appear again soon don't worry.
Oh! By the way I know how I'm gonna end the story. Yes sorry to rain on everyone's parade (lol) but this story has a possibility of concluding in the next 2-4 chapters. It's not official seeing as I don't know how long my chapters will be, but still keep this little note in mind.