I've just been in a really writing mood lately! I have the bug! Did you enjoy my cliffhangers?! muhahahahaha

lol this is one of my longer chapters, so please...

enjoy and review!

~Tempest

"Well...If you'll have me, I don't see a reason why not to." Roy smiled, watching as Ed's eyes lit up in hope."

"Mustang! You are such a tease!" Ed yelled excitedly flinging himself into the arms of the man he loved. "I'm so glad Roy! Now I won't be...alone. Roy, what, what are we gonna do about...Al? Surely someone will notice that he's gone missing, or... you know." Ed ended in a whisper. Unable to think about what had happened to his younger brother. "You'll help me with this wont you Roy? I have no idea what I'm going to do, and I feel horrible about not thinking about this sooner. I wasn't thinking about his feelings at all, he must be hating me right now." He said with a sad smile.

"Ed, that's no way to think! Your brother loves you, in any form, no matter what you do. It's unconditional love, and I'm sure if he was watching just now, he would have been really worried about you like the rest of us. We thought we had lost you there for a while. What were you thinking Ed?" Roy said holding the younger closer, feeling him stiffen in his hold. "I'm not mad or anything, I just want to know what was going through your head. You already knew that I was in love with you, why were you going to go that far? Were you really going to leave me?" Roy said sadly, hoping that the blonde could shed some light, or deny the fact.

"No Roy! It's not that I wanted to leave you, but you have to understand...Al was my entire life! For 7 years, getting his body back was my main goal. Every mission, every fight, every 'adventure' over the years was all in hopes of finding a way to get his body back, and when he... when he left... I realized that without him, I really had no purpose or goal to strive towards. It honestly freaked me out. I was scared and I didn't want to let go of my brother yet,... no matter what the price would have been. Even the cost of my own life would have been cheap, in comparison to seeing him again." Ed said finishing his thoughts strongly, hoping that Roy would see where he was coming from.

"Promise me you won't try it again...I don't think it would turn out as favorable as it did this time."

"...FAVORABLE?! You think me turning into a girl is a favorable circumstance?! I thought you didn't have any preference, or was that just something you said to make me feel better-" Ed carried on in a huff, ignoring the exasperated expression that Roy wore. Man, I thought he was loud before...

"Ed, that's not what I meant and you know it!" Roy interrupted, "What I'm saying is that you could've ended up dead, or without any limbs at all, and look at you! You have your leg back and it even seems to be the same length as your other one, you've grown at least five inches, and you seem to be in perfect health. The situation could have turned out worse." Roy defended himself, hoping the mention of Ed's new height would distract him, and it sure did.

"WHAT! I'M TALLER NOW! WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING!" Ed shouted, leaping from the bed, ignoring the worried protests of Mustang. He shouldn't be leaving bed yet, or leaping from it.

"Holy cow, I'm huge!" Ed shouted, completely euphoric, taking in both of his now flesh legs, "Nobody is going to call me short anymore," he said striking various poses in the mirror. Damn, I've got some nice legs. Ed couldn't help but check himself out now that he was in front of the mirror. The young woman in front of him had long shapely legs that led into toned hips, a thin waist, and a moderately large chest for someone of his age. His human arm was thinner, but still muscled in a non-gross way, and his shoulders and neck were delicate, a tad paler than usual, but still sun-kissed and beautiful. His face had lost some of it's roundness of youth and had taken on a more striking silhouette. His cheek bones were higher and more defined, and his lips were fuller, making them look completely kissable. His eyes were more almond shaped, but still the beautiful gold that resembled the sun. Totally a nine he thought to himself, unashamed to think that. He might as well have a good outlook on the situation and accept what had happened to him, and if complementing himself was the way to go about it, then so be it.

"Guess I can't call you a shrimp now that you're almost chin level with me brat." Mustang smirked, hoping to cause a stir in the teen.

"Oh hush-up and look how awesome I look!" Ed said almost excitedly, causing Roy to blush a little.

He does look rather stunning... I can't wait to touch him Roy thought to himself.

Ed noticed the stare was directing towards him and raised an eyebrow. Really, he can't keep dirty thoughts out of his head for ten minutes. Giving an exasperated sigh, might as well abuse my new power.

"Royyyy..." Edward called in a breathy, sensual manner, " why don't you give me a hand getting back into bed, I'm feeling awful' weak in the knees..." Ed rasped out, fake swaying a bit in place.

Roy was fast to act, and quickly swooped down and brought his forearms underneath Ed's shoulders and knees, in genuine concern for the blonde thinking that the transformation had suddenly taken it out of him.

Ed leaned back in the colonels arms, arm placed over his eyes in exaggeration.

Roy quickly caught on.

"Ed! You little minx, I was actually worried," he said, shifting his hold on the blonde to free an arm, " now I'm just going to have to make you actually out of breathe aren't I?" He said, voice lowering to a deep timbre.

Ed moved his arm slightly to look up into the Colonel's face, the way those dark eyes went on forever were quickly drawing Ed in. And everyone knew that once you were under the charms of a certain Mustang, there was no freeing from them. Sub-consciously Ed's face started moving forward, closer to the Colonel. And Roy moved just the same until there was only a hair's length between them. There noses nudged each others briefly as they stared at each other. Ed's gave swiftly looked downwards towards Roy's lips and up again to his eyes, repeating the process a few times, as if he was asking permission. Mustang smirked and watched as Ed licked his now plump lips in nervous anticipation, watching the trail of saliva left afterwards making Ed's lips shimmer in the dull light. He couldn't take it, capturing the lips of Edward Elric, Mustang kissed the life out of the boy in front of him. Nibbling the lips in front of him, he quickly gained access to the young alchemists mouth, and set about mapping the new area.

Good lord this man can kiss! Was the only coherent thought that the blonde was able to produce at the moment. He felt as if he was slowly being consumed by flames the way his face was heating up. He was absolutely certain there was no way a kiss could feel this good, this right. But what did he know? He may have been a born genius in every other aspect of life, but kissing and affection in general were not his forte. Hell. The only reason he had swooned like that is because he had seen it done in a movie before, and had hoped that it would work. And it certainly had.

He could feel the Flame's hand tangling up into his braid and he deepened the kiss further. He was absolutely consuming him, he was unsure of where to place his hands, or how to move his lips to meet back. Hesitantly, he started to mimic the way that Roy's mouth moved against his, trying to show his enjoyment of what was happening. Roy, feeling his hesitation, evaluated the situation, and realized that it was very likely that the Fullmetal alchemist had never been kissed. He had never heard the boy talk about this conquests, female or otherwise, like most of the other men stationed in central, and he had also never mentioned a girlfriend or a crush to his knowledge. Hell he had never even seen Ed check somewhat out, regardless of their gender, but he had also never really been watching for anything of the sort. The kid had always been on the move, travelling from place to place in search of a way to restore this, and his brothers, body. So it would make sense if he hadn't had a significant other, he was never in one place long enough to let anything blossom, and Roy felt partially responsible for that. He had enabled Ed to move about as he pleased and never restricted the boy long enough to tell him to take leave, vacation, or stay in central for the use of the library. He had been completely content in letting a young boy wander around without anyone to talk about things like this with.

Mustang broke the kiss, seeing that the younger was out of breath, and simply looked at the young ma- no woman before him. This person had been robbed of crucial, developmental life-marks. He had never stumbled home drunk and after curfew to face an angry set of parents, he had never had his heart crushed by a first love, hell, he had probably not even had a mysterious one night stand or sexual contact of any sort.

But he was quickly about to change that...

DUN DUN DUN

I don't know where my love of cliffhangers stems from, but they seem most enjoyable, most enjoyable indeed... 'ttebayo!

~Tempest96