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A/N: I hope you're all ready for a new chapter. I'm skipping a bit, so please don't worry if you feel just a bit lost, alright? Thanks again for those of you who have reviewed me story!

Al was sitting in his dorm room alone with Katie. Lily had been rediscovered but she'd also been on a mission for General Mustang, so couldn't show up right away. The same General had stolen his brother, wanting the full story, but not wanting to bring the boy on base for fear of being trampled by people who knew their story. Al cleared his throat a bit nervously, shifting in his seat. He and Katie had been alone for about 1/2 an hour but neither had said a word. But that grin that had appeared on Katie's face at her sister's mention hadn't left her face quiet yet and for some reason, that made Al smile as well.

"Er..." Alphonse glanced up at her and then quickly back down, "Are you excited about seeing your sister?"

"I can't remember the last time I truly smiled, Al." That was the first time she'd called him anything but Alphonse and it made him blush for reasons unbeknownst to him. "You don't have to be embaressed..." She stood up and sat next to him, as opposed to her sitting on the couch across from him.

"Er...uh...um..." Stammered the young alchemist, "Sorry..."

"You know, something?"

"Huh?"

"I really like you, Al."

"I like you too, Katie." His face turning three shades darker.

"So that's exactly how we got back." Ed finished with a satisfied sigh. For the past hour or so, he'd been explain to the Col-er, General about how he and Al had managed to make it back without hinderance.

"I must say, Fullmetal, that's an amazing story." Roy leaned back in his office chair. They'd been sitting in his office in his house since they'd gotten there. He in his large cumfy, computer chair, and Edward sitting on the leather couch.

"I told you...call me Edward. Technically, I've been dead for six and a half months, so am no longer enlisted in the army." Edward gave the Col-General! a lop-sided smile.

"Right...Edward. That's going to be hard to get used to." Roy had decided the moment that he'd seen Ed again that he'd tell the boy about his feelings but it was just so hard! And the fact that they weren't even bickering like they used to was even more of an oddity and making it harder on him.

"Serves you right anyways." Edward grunted as Roy lifted an eyebrow in askance, "Stupid Bastard...had to go and get promoted so I can't call you Colonel anymore...it's 'General' now..."

"Actually, it may be Fuhrer in a few weeks." Mustang steepled his fingers that he used to back when he was still a young Colonel. Edward blanched. Roy had actually expected him to jump up and start screaming at him, but Ed sat there thinking before he did anything. This was certainly different...

"Fuhrer...so you've reached your goal?" His eyes were downcast as he spoke.

"Almost. I still have an interview that will really make it for me." Roy looked curiously at the younger man. "Is something wrong, Edward?"

"Yea...just thinking about how much I missed when I was away." He shrugged lightly and looked up sharply into Roy's eyes. And he almost fell out of his chair with the sudden change in his eyes.

"But, you don't have to call me Furher...or even General, Edward." Roy said, acting as if those eyes hadn't just felt like they had peeled away any mask he'd ever had.

"Huh?" He asked dumbly.

"If I call you Edward, then call me Roy." He said simply. Edward and Roy stared each other for a few minutes.

"Why?"

This question stumped Roy for a few minutes. But it was now or never, so Roy went for it. "I...feel more for you than just a working partnership."

"Oh...friends?" Edward's voice almost sounded disappointed.

"Er...think more." Roy stammered, which was odd because Roy never stammered.

"More?" Damn it! Since when was Ed stupid!

"I love you, god damn it!" He snapped, then met Edward's eyes in a lock that didn't break for several minutes. Then Edward slowly stood up, their eyes still locked, and walked towards him. His hand brushed along underneath Roy's eyepatch.

"Did it hurt?" He asked softly, gently.

"Not as much as..." Roy trailed off.

"As what?" There was genuine confusion in both his voice and eyes. What could possibly hurt worse than losing one's eye?

"As when you disappeared." Almost in slow motion, Roy reached behind Ed's head and pulled him so that they're lips almost touched, "I told you...I love you." And their lips met.

A/N: Hehe, I know...you're all screaming! Sorry! But you'll have to wait until I have more time to write to get the rest of this story! And sorry it's a bit short!