Sparking Interest
Chapter Three
Riza gnawed on her bottom lip as she walked up the stairs to their office. Playing out each of Roy's reactions to the two incidents and none seemed to end any better than the other.
As the two guards that sat outside the General's door stood as she walked by calling out "Good Morning 1st lieutenant!"
"At ease" she murmured as if in a daze. Black hayate yipped happily as he pranced faithfully at her heals. She sighed, taking a deep breath before turning the corner. She blinked, surprised to see the light on in Roy's office. She had come early hoping to have some time to herself before having to deal with the interrogation she would receive from her co-workers.
She walked to the door and slowly stepped inside. She watched as Roy paced back and forth behind his desk. If the fact he was here before she weren't strange enough, the entire office had been cleaned from head to toe. There were two large stacks of papers on the corner of his desk along with a large machine and two dozen small cups.
Her eyes widened as she walked to the front of his desk to look the large addition to his desk over. "You're here! Is it six thirty already?" he asked.
She glanced at him only to step back. He wore only his wrinkled white business shirt which was rolled at the sleeves and his blue pants, his eyes were blood shot yet he didn't look tired at all. His smile held a creepy brightness to it as his eyes twitched.
"Sir, what is this? Where did it come from?" she asked pointing to the machine. He turned his head and smiled once again "Oh, this is a brilliant invention, the espresso machine! I thought it would be a good addition to the office!" he squeaked.
"Where did you get it?" she asked looking over the machine. It looked to be pretty heavy. "Well you see I came back to the office because I didn't want to go home or dream so I came back and finished all the paper work you always rag me bout getting done I was tired so I went to the café but I got tired of going back and forth for more espressos so I just brought the machine here so I wouldn't have to go back and forth I cleaned." He rambled with what seemed like one breath. Riza blinked blankly. I think that was one sentence she thought.
She stepped closer to him, watching him flinch as she touched his shoulder lightly.
"Roy, how many have you had?" she asked with concern.
"hmmm, I lost count after fifteen" he mumbled then laughed out loud for no apparent reason.
"oh lord, okay, let's go" she said taking his hand and pulling him behind her. She set her things on the desk and pulled him out of the immaculate office.
"Where are we going?" he asked as he turned his head from side to side. "I think you should try and get some sleep" she suggested and smiled nervously at him. He followed her to an extra room they kept for workers who needed to stay all night or needed to sleep for an hour before going back to work.
She opened the door and looked inside. "No one's in this one, why don't you go lay on the bed while I get you some aspirin" she muttered as she walked in. He followed her, glancing around the room.
"The furor has awful taste in paint" he muttered. "I think you should tell him that" she teased. "If he hasn't figured it out by now there's nothing I can do, but don't worry, when I'm furor we'll paint." He reassured as he fell onto the white bed. He pulled the pillow close to him and watched her as she went to the makeshift kitchen. "Well we're all safe in your hands sir" she giggled.
She sighed and glanced down. "Hey, you said that you didn't want to dream earlier" she muttered. "What did you mean?" she asked. Roy turned his head. "I don't want to dream 'bout you." He mumbled.
Riza stopped in her tracks, staring down at the medicine bottle she was shaking pills from. "Oh" she breathed. She felt sick all of a sudden, Kashi must have been wrong; he didn't have any interest in her. She felt tears brim her eyes and she stubbornly held them back.
He sighed. "I don't want to dream about you being the one for me. It hurts to wake up. I don't want to dream about you being the one I wake up to every Saturday morning, to dream of you loving me, of you being with him" he mumbled.
Riza took in a deep breath. She straightened and turned as she heard him get up from the bed. Suddenly he was up against her, pressing her back into the countertop. He ran his fingers threw her blonde locks.
"I don't want it to be a dream any longer Riza. I want to be with you. Seeing you with him makes me sick. Every touch, caress, I want to be the only one to touch you that way. To feel your soft lips against mine, to hold you close, take away your doubts and fears. I don't want to dream anymore Riza." He mumbled against her lips.
Riza gasped, her lips gently parted, her face an inch from his. His hand slid from her hair to her neck, and before she knew what was happening…
The space between them closed.
Maddie Brown
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(Wow sorry if I wrote too much for the reviews hahaha...)
FruitsBasketFreak44: thanks for reviewing I hope you enjoy the future chapters.
Miss Mustang: sorry it took so long! I spend six hours doing math in summer school so I have plenty of time to day dream 'bout the next chapters, though that is what landed me in summer school in the first place…
Obsessed dreamer: don't worry I plan to continue, I just might take awhile some times, because my laptop decided to get the blue screen of death and I have to used my dads until I get a new one. So after he gets home from work and I fight off my brother for it ill get on to update and review I promise.
RizaHawkeye13: I am so glad to have pleased you with my work. It is great to hear that you like my writing and I really hope to continue meeting everyone's liking.
MoonStarDutchess: The ace of spades came bout when my friends stared calling me ace after a get together where we learned to, poorly now, play poker. I thought I might as well continue to add things to set my name out from the others. To get to the symbols, you go to insert on your Microsoft word document, then click symbol. Then you can choose which symbol to add to your document. I just love personal touches.
Selene Illusinia: It was great to hear from you once again and yes she would probably kick his ass. As for the Kashi girl/guy thing, that was just a of the moment addition. I tend to write something then go back to make sure everything's spelled write, then get a even better idea and change the scenes completely or add a tid bit here and there. I thought the slight mix up of his 'shapely blond' would be a funny addition.
Shadow Dreamer 27: it means everything to me that you all review and tell me how you think. I was glad to hear from you. I wanted to try something different and I'm glad you liked my approach to the characters personalities and situations.
Melis 2a: thanks for reviewing my story. I'm happy to entertain and please readers. I plan to update as much as I can, because as a reader myself I know how frustrating it is when it takes people weeks, even months to update.
Loyalsoul: as my first reviewer I looked for you as soon as I got on. I was happy to see you had written such an amazing review. I felt the same way about all the stories including Riza and I knew I had to make Kashi a recurring character. He is essential to be there for her to give advice, and pushed her along. It was even greater to find out that you liked me and my story to add me to your favorites list. Though I was worried about the alert list. I always thought that was to alert the creators of the website about possible abuse, if you think I'm abusing the mature rating please tell me so I can pull back. I don't want to get anyone mad. In any case It was great to hear from you, and ill make sure to look for you during the remainder of this story and any other's I get the confidence to post.
Tsunade-chan: thanks for reviewing. I'm glad to hear from each and everyone of you. I almost never want to stop teasing Roy though, he's to fun to infuriate don't you think! Haha
Nilmiel and Kenyawhen I was first thinking up this story (and I still am as I go along) I thought about making Kashi her brother, but I didn't want to pull an Angelina Jolie on you guys. So I decided against it. So I just made him an old college friend. Who knows maybe later we'll see more of their past relationship.
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