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Chapter 5 The Man Who Knows All
Mustang woke up still sick, and Ed reheated the soup.
"I made you some soup." Ed gave him a large smile to big for his face.
Roy looked away from Edward, and felt pretty uneasy. He wasn't use to this kind of treatment before. It was he would feed a person when they where in bed, but then again that person was never sick. He looked at Edward for a moment.
Ed sat in a wood chair from Mustang,, and got a spoonful of soup. He blew on it a bit, and carefully placed the spoon in front of Mustang's mouth. The flame alchemist sighed.
"I can feed myself you know." He said with an icy tone.
"Riiiight, just like you have been." Ed replied.
Roy blinked, and then sighed. He tilted his head back a bit, and opened his mouth. Upon seeing this Ed felt his heart race. He carefully put the spoon Mustang's mouth. The alchemist swallowed and looked at Ed. He noticed Ed's hands shook slightly. Ed looked down at the soup.
"H….How is it?" Ed asked.
Mustang wanted to choose his words carefully. If a women would ever do this for him he'd respond by kissing her, or praising her, but Ed wasn't really a women, and the second problem is that it was Ed. He didn't feel like praising him at all. His eyes looked up to see Ed's eyes a little and saw that he was hiding something from Mustang.
"It's…Not bad." Roy responded carefully.
Roy started coughing, and Ed put the soup down to get him a glass of water.
"Al, make sure he eats and drinks that okay? I'm going to the drug store to get you some medicine." Ed stated.
"No…cough…You shouldn't go out alone." Roy tried to tell him.
"It's okay I'll ask someone from the military to help me out." He smiled. "I'll be fine if I'm with them." Ed continued to smile.
Roy didn't like this idea and grabbed Ed by the arm.
"I said no." He coughed.
"Look your sick, and you aren't allowed to tell me what to do. I'll come right back I promise." Ed hissed jerking his arm from Mustang.
Roy knew because he was sick he didn't have the energy to really stop Ed, and looked at him through his glassy dark eyes.
"All right, but be careful." Roy coughed.
"Don't worry I won't let the same thing happen twice." Ed stated.
Ed went on Mustang's phone, and tried to see who was free to help him out.
"Hi Riza can you….Oh….I'm sorry, no it's okay your busy. I'll ask…..Oh, yeah that would be great. Thanks lieutenant." Ed exclaimed.
"Who-" Roy said hoarsely then was interrupted by his own coughing fit.
"Maes." Ed stated. "Seriously stop worrying." Ed laughed.
"I'm not worried. I just don't want you getting hurt and having to blame myself for it." Roy whispered suppressing coughs.
Ed shook his head in disbelief, and then heard the knock on the door. He went to answer it and could here his brother telling Roy to eat. "You should eat sir." Which made Edward happy to hear. He opened the door to see Maes Hughes saluting him. He blinked as Hughes let his hand down. Hughes studied Edward for a moment.
"Hello, you must be Ed's cousin." He smiled.
Ed smiled back, and nodded.
"Come in Hughes." He smiled.
Hughes did so.
"May I see Colonel Mustang?" He asked.
"Yes, he's…"
Ed just realized that Al was with him.
"He's with Alphones. I brought him with me to help me take care of Roy while he was sick. Ed wasn't very happy about it though." Ed lied looking down.
Hughes laughed.
"No, I suppose he wouldn't be.. Al is his only traveling companion, and well, Edward and the colonel don't really see eye to eye." He smiled.
"Are you calling him short?" Ed hissed.
Hughes blinked then realized what he said.
"No, no, I meant they don't get along very well. I'm sorry; I really like Edward he helped out my wife when I couldn't be there. I owe him a lot for that." He smiled.
Ed felt honored.
"It wasn't any trouble." He smiled.
"What?" Meas asked.
"Oh, Ed, um, Ed told me about that he said it wasn't any trouble." He smiled. "He really likes you and your family. It's as if he considers you a part of it. I'm glade I can meet the man that Ed can talk to." He smiled.
"Well I'm glade he opens up to someone too. Have surpressed emotions isn't always healthy." He smiled.
Hughes went over to Mustang.
"Wow sir, you don't look so good." He said sadly. "I know how about I show you some pictures of my daughter, that will cheer you up!" He said joyously bringing out his wallet.
"Actually Hughes. Cough my eyes feel like they are burning. When I'm done eating I'm going to sleep." Roy stated, he was only half lying.
"Oh well then…I'll be right back. I'm sure Eve would like some fresh air sir." He smiled.
Roy nodded.
"Goodbye sir, and good bye to you too Alphones." Hughes smiled.
"Be careful." Al stated.
"Don't worry I'll protect her as if she where my daughter." He said happily.
"Then I'm sure she'll be as safe as a bank with the best security." Al said happily.
He nodded.
"Take care you two." Hughes stated and turned to leave.
Maes got into the drivers seat and Ed in the seat next to him.
"Here you can look at these." He smiled giving Ed his wallet.
Ed laughed slightly nervously, and began to look through them.
"Maybe someday you'll have a kid." Hughes smiled.
"I hope not." Ed stated flated.
"Oh and why is that?" Hughes asked. "Haven't found the right guy?" Hughes asked. "That's okay you're young." He laughed.
"No, no, it's just-
Hughes looked at Ed at a side glance.
"You don't think he'll love you in return." He stated more seriously.
"No! It's just-
"I know Roy can be well…Roy, but to be honest I don't think I've ever seen him this way." Maes stated.
Ed inwardly twitched, but felt his face redden.
"What do you mean?" Ed asked.
"He works more, as if trying to avoid something, and the way he sounded before you hung up was of concern for you. Most women go to Mustang for you know, one night. Then it over, or he dates them to spite someone else, but I've never seen him gaze at a woman like he did you when I was in there with him." Maes explained. "Full of concern you know. Yeah he cares about women and treats them right, but the look in his eye was different." He explained.
Ed felt his face burning. He put his hands on his face.
"Am I bothering you with my thoughts?" He asked with a laugh.
"No, I just….I'm not sure how I feel." Ed stated seriously.
Hughes smiled.
"It's okay, you're young after all." He smiled.