3. Unrequited Love
Edward sighed heavily, stealing a chair and dragging its wooden legs along the floor, much to Riza's dismay. Said lieutenant rolled her eyes, though the younger blonde didn't really notice. The rest of the room had gone to lunch break, but Riza had stayed behind with Edward. He wasn't sure she even ate. At times, he didn't know if she had a life outside of paperwork.
"Whatcha doing?" He asked slowly, after watching the pen run across the paper for a while.
"Work, Edward," The pen stopped as Hawkeye replied, "Why?"
"Just asking…," Ed sighed, and picked up a book resting under a pile of paperwork, flicking it over to read the blurb. Besides, the cover, from what he'd seen it that second, had scared him. It looked like ghosts making-out (He later noticed it was two 'dream' people) Ed read most of it aloud, "… Amazingly pretty…. Popular… Every girl wants him?" Edward asked, eyebrow raised.
"Why are you reading my book?"
"It's interesting. A heart-wrenching tale of unrequited love?" Edward blinked. This was overly dramatic for a book, "So, they're both amazingly lovely but they can't have each other?"
"Nope, they can. But he doesn't like her back," Riza replied, still filling out papers.
"… So… Wait, what?" Ed frowned thoughtfully, "That doesn't make any sense."
"Unrequited love," Riza sighed, noticing Edward didn't really understand, "Unrequited, as in… not returned?"
"Oh… That makes more sense. Well, more than it did a minute ago," He obviously didn't get it, and just nodded. He hadn't attended school for the full expectancy, and only learnt out of alchemy books. They didn't have over-the-top romance novels.
"Okay. How about this. Say you like… Tracey," The pen lay discarded with the paperwork, as Riza tried explaining.
"Eww… She's ugly."
"Fine. Nicole?"
"Pass."
"Christ, Edward… Lucy?"
"Slut," Ed muttered under his breath, disguising it with a cough.
"Well, what female don't you have a problem with?" Riza replied, exasperated.
"…. You?" He asked, thoughtfully, then blushed.
At this Riza just blinked and paused. She thought it would be wise of her to point out that that defeats the purpose of unrequited, considering she liked Edward too, but decided against it. He probably wouldn't get it anyway.
"… I'm going to lunch…," Riza instead replied, standing up and heading outside.
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A/N; XD Silly Edo. Thanks to my reviewers, by the way. Many internet cookies are heading to you now!