Chapter 3:

Ed woke up to the sun's rays seeping in to his room. He checked the clock. It was eight, which was pretty early for Ed. He decided to see if there was anything he could make for breakfast. The house seemed empty; he guessed Roy was still asleep. Heck anyone would be asleep if they'd had a night like Roy had had. Ed found some leftovers from last night, but since their kitchen wasn't stocked up yet there wasn't much else. He looked everywhere before he found some eggs. He wondered if Roy would like anything. He walked up to the bedroom and swung the door open. "Hey Roy, would you like me to make breakf…." His voice trailed off Cheryl was still there and she was clinging to Roy and what was worse…the sheets had been kicked off. They had woken up when he'd yelled.

Ed blushed thankful that they were pretty much on each other so he could see anything…well, anything of any importance. He closed the door and leaned against it. "I was wondering if you wanted any breakfast?" he said in a small voice, but loud enough for them to hear. Roy's answering yell of "yes" was heard through the door. Then Ed disappeared down to the kitchen. He was thankful he knew how to make eggs and quickly made them. He just as quickly ate two, deciding he'd go have a shower when they came down, he didn't want to face either of them. He arranged the eggs on a plate, then he bolted running straight into Roy's chest. Ed turned crimson. "I'veleft breakfaston aplatein thekitchen." He gabbled. "You guys can eat it…" he turned to leave but Roy grabbed him. "Cheryl's already left and I don't like eating alone so please just sit with me…you can finish Cheryl's share"

"You sent her off without breakfast?" Edward stared at the colonel. Roy looked up and frowned. "Yes. She was too plump any way, I'm sure leaving on an empty stomach wouldn't hurt her." Ed looked at the colonel thunderstruck. "But you…what if she won't meet you again? You can't expect a girl to like you if you treat her that way!" the colonel looked at Ed's flabbergasted face and grinned. "Edo-kun, I don't think I'll be seeing her again…I don't usually date anyone twice unless they're extraordinary people who can keep my attention for more than an hour…" Ed shut up with a thoughtful expression on his face. So this is what womanizer meant!

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Ed decided to do a little shopping, it was really hot in this town and he needed some casual clothes to wear. He found a small shop and bought a bathing suit, a few shirts, a few T-shirts and tank tops, a few pairs of jeans, trousers and another coat. He dumped everything on the counter for billing and then a suit caught his eye. It was really nice grey one, he decided to pick it up as well, and the colonel shouldn't be allowed to hog all the space in the house anyway. He was surprised at how little all that came to. He hit the bookstore after that, then located the town's library and mapped all the restaurants close to the house.

When he went back there was no sign of Roy. He made some space on the bookshelf for his books…mostly alchemy, a few humorous ones and one or two books for mature readers. He camouflaged those between all the others incase Roy decided to take a look. Then he shoveled all the cloths into the shelf. Just as he finished he heard Roy come in. "Edo-kun?" Ed went down to see what he wanted. Kusoyaro! Roy was out in the garden. He proudly waved his hand towards the grill that stood in the garden. "We can have a really good lunch today Edo-kun. As long as you don't do something stupid again." Roy bit his lip too late, the kid looked positively glum. "Well, I'll finish cooking and you keep yourself busy for a while?" Ed nodded and disappeared into the house.

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Roy wondered what was wrong…well; he knew it was partly his fault because he had been continually harsh on the kid. But sometimes it was hard remembering Ed was a kid, he was the great Full Metal alchemist after all and he'd been threw so much those eyes had an adult look to them. Roy sighed and wondered if he'd done the right thing in bringing Cheryl home. Ok he'd try to keep it down to a woman a week; he really couldn't go lower than that limit. He finished barbequing the sausages and patties. He called out to Ed and began getting out the plates.

Roy turned to smile at Ed as he heard him coming, but froze. That can't be him…dear god; he looks so… he smiled trying to cover his initial surprise. Ed was wearing this pale blue, almost white tank top and dark blue denim shorts. His hair was down fanning out behind him in the breeze. The boy smiled at him and Roy found himself suddenly staring at the boy's lips. They're so soft…I wonder how it would be to kiss him. Roy was so shocked at thinking that about Edward that way, he slapped his hand to his head.

Edward stared at Roy like he'd gone mad. "Um…Taisa, are you alright?" Roy nodded and offered Ed his plate. This time lunch passed without any mishaps. They took turns to clear up and then decided to go to the beach.

Roy had never seen Edward in anything except his usual ensemble of the red coat and black jacket, top and pants. So this nice blue bathing suit was a change. Ed ran into the sea with joy, rolling around in the waves. He stood up and smiled at the colonel, beckoning to him. Roy stared at the sight enjoying it for a moment; he'd never seen Edward acting this carefree. He entered the sea and began to swim with slow and graceful strokes. He reached his destination of slightly deeper water and floated for a bit, watching all the fish swimming around the beautiful coral reefs. Then he looked up searching for Ed. He swam up to the boy and yanked him out to the corals, they sat on a rock and watched the sea creatures of the shallows go about their work.

Roy felt slightly breathless about Ed sitting right there next to him, his bare skin continually brushing against the older man's. He shook his head slightly wondering what the hell was happening…fortunately two females caught his attention. They were swimming up towards him. He grinned, finally something to get my mind of Ed! He slipped into the water and met them. One of the girls was about Ed's age. Roy wondered if Ed would care to spend sometimes with her.

"Edward, this is Violet and her younger sister Vera. They want to know if we'd like to play some volleyball with them?" Edward nodded, blushing slightly when Vera looked him up and down. They swum back to the beach, Ed and Roy were on one team and the girls on another.

Half an hour saw the girl's team winning but five points. Ed and Roy had zero, still. Thy kept squabbling over who would take which shot, and banging into each other. This just resulted in each getting pissed of with the other. Roy suddenly decided to put an end to this. He pulled Ed aside. "Do you want us to win or should we just make a fool of ourselves?"

"Of course I want to win! I'm the Full Metal alchemist, when have I ever wanted to lose? Ed stared at Roy like he was psychopath. Roy stared at him for a minute and then explained all the rules of volley ball to him.

"Come on Ed, we can work as a team, tell me which ones you're taking and if any shots come on my side, leave it to me! And remember not to hit too hard or it'll cross the boundaries! Let's beat those girls asses!" Roy held up his hand and Ed stared for a moment before realizing it was a high five, Roy never did stuff like high fives!

They got back on the court and started to play. Ed put an effort in letting Roy actually take the shots on his side. He played really well. The started gaining points, but the girls were still ahead. Suddenly Roy called out his name, Ed turned to see Roy hot the ball which came in his direction, in a split second he saw the opening and shot the ball right in between the girls. It hit the ground just as hey scrambled for it. That was it, the game point! Roy and Ed almost had a fit, jumping around; it had been a tough game. Ed suddenly did a few cartwheels, before hugging Roy. It was a friendly hug, but friendly hugs with no shirts on can be slightly more intimate. Ed noticed but this time it didn't bother him, he was feeling so full of euphoria, that he ran up to Vera and did something he'd never done in his life.

"Um…Vera, would you like to go to a moving picture show today? We could eat somewhere after that…" the girl blushed and looked up at her big sister who smiled and nodded.

Vera turned back to him and smiled, her eyes going wide. "I'd love to Ed!" Ed found himself drowning in those big brown eyes of hers. He gibbered something incomprehensible and fled to the house. Roy smiled a little.

"What Ed means is that he'll pick you up at six thirty." The girl nodded. Violet looked Roy up and down. "So, what do you say, we go on a date of our own? I know a good seafood place here, Ed and Vera could join us there after their show. We could drop Vera home after that." Roy couldn't refuse those pretty eyes. He agreed and went back to see what Ed had done with himself.

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Roy went in and looked into Ed's room; there was no sign of him there. He sighed, boys these days…the bathroom door opened and out stepped a fully naked Ed. Roy's jaw dropped to the floor. No, not again…that sexy body…no not again. If there ids a god, don't do this to me! Ed squeaked and tried to turn back, but the colonels look kept him rooted to place. The bastard licked his lips and straightened up. As Ed grabbed a towel to cover himself, he could feel some strange excitement as the Colonel looked him over and he didn't want there to be any evidence of that if possible.

Ed wrapped the towel around his waist and smiled apologetically at the colonel, barely managing to keep his voice normal. "I'm sorry about that Taisa; I didn't think you'd be back so soon. I'll go get dressed now; I'm done with using the bathroom."

Roy nodded, schooling his face into its normal expression before ducking into the bathroom. He locked the door and undid his bathing suit. He was glad, that Ed hadn't noticed the freaking hard-on he had. He wrapped his fingers around his cock and began to stroke hard, biting his lip to keep from making any sounds. It took him all his will power as he hastened his strokes to keep from screaming Ed's name over and over again. He came at last and slumped down onto the floor, in a daze. His lips was bleeding slightly he'd bitten down on it hard when he came. This is Ed! I can't have these thoughts about Ed! I'm not gay or bisexual…I've never liked men. Damn you Ed!

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AN: this turned out to be such a long chapter. I'm tired now and going to bed. So at least Roy's perspective is done in this chappie! I'm glad I cant tune my darling Taisa out too much! Ja ne!

Taka