A/N Hello! Sorry I took so long updating, I've been rather busy lately. I've been thinking, and now is the time that I really need to start making some of the bigger decisions of where I'm going with this. I've just been trying to have fun, but I need to think about them sometime soon, so I'll be a bit stressed out. Also, I have soccer and kendo, so my updates may not be too often, I'm sorry! Well, with all due respect, here's the story!
Riza ran as fast as she could, those field-training courses were finally coming in handy. She could hear Roy running a little ways behind her, which only made her that much more determined to get away. Now, normally in this situation, Roy would have caught her due to the longer length of his legs, making him have to step less often and therefore by stepping as often as she gain speed on her and catch up but, seeing as Riza had dedicated her life to the military, she had taken a lot of field course training, and therefore was exceptionally skilled at sprinting and endurance.
"Riza, you can't keep running and hiding forever," Roy yelled, as they ran down what seemed like the hundredth hallway.
"I can try!" she shouted back, taking a sharp turn, and running into the nearest door, which happened to be Roy's office. Seeing her defeat was at hand, Riza slammed and locked the door just as Roy ran at it for time, and sat down at her desk. She pulled out a hand mirror, and casually reapplied her cover up.
Roy, after spending several minutes searching his pockets, found his keys and opened the door. There was Riza, sitting casually at her desk, doing her work as though nothing had happened. And there was Roy, out of breath, sweaty from running so hard and long, and quite pissed off. "Riza, how can you just act like nothing happened? What the hell is going on!" Roy said.
"Colonel, you should get your work done. Social matters can be discussed after work on your own time," Riza said, not looking up from her paper.
Roy sat down fuming, glancing at Riza every so often while doing his work. Havoc and Hughes sat staring incredulously at them both, contemplating which was more stubborn. The workday was a very long one.
Roy repeatedly tried to corner Riza during break, in the halls, and during lunch to no avail. It was only when work was over that Roy got to speak to Riza in private.
"What is it Roy?" she asked.
"What is it! You fall asleep in your desk for over 3 hours, only awakening as you yelled out in fear, your eyes are bloodshot, and your going through cover up like Hayate goes through dog food, because you have large, dark purple bags under both your eyes. Obviously you're not getting enough sleep, and you've started having nightmares again," Roy said annoyed
"Last night I couldn't get to sleep, so I was tired this morning and I put on make up so that no one would worry," Riza said, hoping Roy wouldn't question her further.
."That still doesn't explain why you got no sleep and why you woke up screaming about someone," Roy said, "Riza, if we're going to keep up this relationship, we've got to be able to tell each other these things."
"You know what they're about," Riza said, looking down at her feet.
"I thought you had stopped having flashbacks of Ishbal?"
"No, I still have them all the time," Riza said, still looking down, "and if my nightmares aren't about Ishbal, I dream about…"
"Riza, if something's bothering you, you can tell me," Roy pleaded.
"They're about Envy," Riza replied.
"Envy? Riza, is there anyway to stop these nightmares? We can't have you falling asleep all of the time," Roy said, somewhat stunned by what she said. He had momentarily forgot about Envy, as the case was moving forward at last. He couldn't quite understand why she was so worried about Envy, it wasn't like he had threatened her, and she would have told him about something that important. Wouldn't she?
"Well, the only time I ever didn't have the nightmares was, well…" Riza exclaimed, her face flushing and her voice becoming more and more quiet, "when I slept with you."
There was a long moment of awkward silence. Finally, Roy broke the ice. "Well, you'll just have to start staying over at my place then," he said, sounding as though this was the most simple, obvious solution.
"But Roy, what if someone was to find out? I mean," Riza said, somewhat confused and worried.
"Hmm, well it's probably widely known about our relationship due to Hughes and Ed's little fieldtrip on our last date, so no one need worry," Roy explained.
"Now, lets go get your stuff, Black Hayate is probably wondering where you are," Roy said, grabbing Riza's hand and pulling her out the door in the direction of her dorm room. Riza was to stunned to say anything or even resist herself being steered into her dorm room. All that Roy said had made perfect sense, but it was just so strange, her going to living at Roy's? She snapped out of her shock, when ordered to pack all of her things.
"What?"
"I said, pack up all of your stuff and get Hayate's dog bowl, and carrier if he has one for that matter," Roy said impassively.
"Wait, but I'm just going there until I get over these dreams, right?"
"No, it sounds as though these dreams have been going on for quite a while. It'll take more than just a couple nights stay. And anyhow, we're going to live together in the end, why not start now?"
. "Where are your clothes?" he asked, searching through her drawers while Riza stared at him, mouth hanging open in disbelief.
. "Hey! I can pack my own bag, thank you very much," Riza said, snatching a pair of her underwear from Roy's grasp, and throwing her clothes into the suitcase pell-mell. Together, it took them only a few minutes to pack Riza's bag, before she was ready to leave.
"I'll meet you out front, You'd better turn in your keys at the front desk," Roy said, grabbing her suitcase and heading for the door, leaving Riza quite alone other than her dog. In the course of the day, they had gone from yelling at each other to Riza moving in with Roy. She walked to the front desk and handed her keys in, filled out a short form, then headed for the door. Today was one of the strangest days she had ever had.
Stepping into the car Roy had directed her to, and usually took, Riza sat down next to Roy, not in the mood to really talk. They settled for silence, watching the landscape pass by.
"So, first a date, now living together? You guys sure move fast, am I invited to the wedding?" came a voice from the front seat.
"Havoc!"
"The one and only. Guess Hughes wasn't lying, damn now I owe him $5,"
Riza looked rather embarrassed for a moment, before continuing to look out the window. It was like Roy had said, people were bound to find out, and what about marriage? They were going to start living together; maybe Roy was planning on proposing soon? It only made sense. Riza contemplated this thought for a while; finally deciding she wasn't ready for marriage. She wanted to be married in the end, but not yet, she wasn't quite ready, life was just too stressful and confusing right now. They had, after all, only been on one official date she admitted to herself, as the car came to a sudden halt.
"Well, here we are. Out with the happy couple, if you invited Hughes to the wedding and not me I'll never drive your cab again," Havoc teased, as Roy and Riza (closely followed by Black Hayate) got out, hauling Riza's luggage into the house. Life was just about to get a whole lot more interesting.
A/N Told you this chapter would be long! I'm so proud… I wrote some during the day, thanks for the advice. It otherwise would have been rather short. Did any of you remember Riza's Ishbal flashbacks from before? Guess not, a lot happened in this chapter. Well, goodnight!
