Chapter 3

Ed of course wasn't awake yet, even though Roy had to leave for work in 20 minutes.

"Ed I need to go to work! Wake up!" Mustang banged his fist against the guest room door.

"I'm awake!" Flinging the door open angrily, Ed stood bare chested glaring at Roy.

Mustang kind of forgot to breathe for a second.

What he had thought earlier about Ed maturing was definitely proven by this lean and toned man standing in the doorway. Roy couldn't help but let his eyes wander over his tanned torso, taking in his abs, holy hell they were amazing. Then finally to how low his boxers hung on his trim hips, just so he could see the "v" going down to his crotch.

"Take a picture it'll last longer." Ed smirked. "I'll be ready in 10." Closing the door in his face.

He was still a brat.

Roy and Ed drove to work mostly in silence except for him answering a few of Ed's questions briefly. Roy was still embarrassed that he hadn't had time to come up with an adequate retort to Ed's observation. Just left standing there speechless. Not typical behavior for him.

They found Havoc pretty soon after getting to work.

"Ay look who it is! The boss is back in town! Damn boss, you got taller." Havoc exclaimed giving Ed a pat on the back that nearly knocked him over.

Ok, so it wasn't just Roy's imagination.

"Good to see you up and moving around man. Now I can call you a walking ash tray again instead of a sitting one." Ed grinned at him.

Havoc burst out laughing. "You were the only one that didn't baby me when I was in that situation. Really gave me perspective, you know? But I'm happy to be back."

After asking Havoc to show Ed around intelligence, the two took off toward a different wing, Havoc already blabbering about his "amazing" new girlfriend with Ed listening with more patience than he would've had 2 years ago.

"Sir! I heard Ed was taking a tour of intelligence with Havoc?" Riza pounced on him the moment he got to his office.

"Yes...it actually was what Ed wanted to talk about. Getting a job with the military."

Riza's eyebrows raised. "Would've never guessed. So is he here to stay?"

"At least til Alphonse comes back."

"Ah, I see. Well I bought all the supplies for the party. But we need to make sure Ed doesn't know what's going on." Riza had obviously been planning. "..So you can distract him when everyone leaves early to meet at your house. I'll need your keys." She said the last words as if it were final.

Roy stared at her unblinking.

"Take Ed to the music festival going on downtown and stay for maybe an hour or two while we get everything ready. It's a perfect excuse." Yep, she had definitely been planning.

"I hope you got a lot of alcohol for this party" Roy said through gritted teeth.

"Tons." Hawkeye smiled.

Roy looked at Ed. And Ed looked confused. Very confused.

"Why are we going to a music festival? Why don't we just go back to your place? I'm starving." Ed's stomach growled at the mere mention.

"C'mon Ed, we're just getting a bit of Central culture. We won't stay for too long." He said as they walked through crowded downtown.

It was only 7 o'clock but the place was already packed. There were multiple stages and booths for food and drink everywhere. The concert was free because of the multiple sponsors it had, and the talent was so good it was known for drawing huge crowds. Roy could see how there wasn't a single hotel available with this many people bustling about.

Ed stopped next to a stage where a girl was playing some folk music on her guitar. She had a pretty voice. And a pretty face Roy noticed.

Ed watched her quietly, and Roy followed suit, enjoying the music. He had to admit it was kind of nice coming to something like this with Ed, as opposed to someone like Lily, who just would've been blabbering the whole time about how boring it was, or how terrible the girl's fashion choices were.

From there they moved on to watch alternative rock bands, and some other local talent. The place was getting even more crowded as they had to maneuver through the crowds. Apparently some huge pop star was playing later in the evening.

"Mustang I am seriously about to die I am so hungry." Ed complained.

"Ed you practically ate the whole cafeteria how are you hungry?!" Roy was shocked. He knew Ed had a ferocious appetite but he had seen the amount of food the kid had put on his plate early.

"Excuse me for having a fast metabolism." Ed scoffed and continued to rub his stomach.

"Well this place is getting too packed, we can pick up something before we get back." Roy nervously checked his watch. It had been an hour but hadn't Hawkeye said 2 hours? He didn't envy Riza's bullet in his head if they got there before the party was set up.

Ed's face lit up. "Yes please! Don't get me wrong this place is pretty cool, but hard to focus on anything when you're about to die of hunger you know."

Roy rolled his eyes.

After watching Ed in awe eat his burger in less than 30 seconds, practically swallowing it whole, they continued back to Roy's house where he hoped the party had been all set up.

"I'm still hungry." Ed sighed.

Roy couldn't believe what he just heard and slowly took another bite of his burger with one hand on the wheel driving. He looked over at Ed to see Ed staring at him, or rather, his burger.

"NO. Ed, there's more to eat at my place. You are not getting my burger!" Roy protectively clutched his burger closer to his body.

Ed huffed and looked out the window and Roy was pretty sure he heard a muttered "bastard".

Pulling into the driveway Roy took his time turning off the lights, and made sure to slam the door louder than usual.

Opening the door he let Ed go in first, regretting this immediately as the loud "SURPRISE!" scared Ed and sent him reeling back into Mustang.

Holding onto his shoulders, Mustang steadied him before pushing him back into the house with a smile and a "welcome back, Ed."

Ed seemed to be having a good time, after making the rounds smiling and shaking hands he had eaten some and was now playing beer pong against Breda.

Roy grabbed a beer and also ate some of the little appetizers laid out.

"Hey, was that music festival thing a distraction?" Ed sauntered over to him, a beer in his hand. He had just given up his spot in the game to Havoc who loudly proclaimed to be the beer pong champion of the world. By the looks of it he didn't need to be drinking more.

"Yeah, but it wasn't such a bad distraction." Roy replied taking another sip of his drink.

"No definitely not." Ed stepped closer and Roy could see that maybe Ed had had a little too much to drink.

"You should be my partner in beer pong!" Fullmetal exclaimed all of the sudden. And next thing Roy knew, Ed had grabbed his hand and was dragging him toward where they had set up the table, challenging Breda and Havoc to a match.

"Ed..I have to warn you, beer pong isn't one of my strong suits." Roy said hesitantly.

"Don't worry, it's just to have fun!" Tipsy Ed seemed a lot more carefree and Roy was a fan of it.

"Are you guys ready for this?!" Havoc took the opportunity to showcase his muscles mimicking a certain Major Armstrong.

"Oh we're ready, bring it." Ed smiled and Roy couldn't help but smile in return.

And they lost. Roy's head was spinning. The cups had been full with beer, and the two alchemists were now both inebriated and refused a "rematch" with the other Havoc and Breda.

Looking around the room, he saw his crew, almost all at least tipsy. Even..was that Hawkeye dancing with Sheska in the living room? Roy blinked. He felt like he was in a parallel universe.

"Unf. I'm going to the bathroom" Ed said as he attempted to climb the stairs. He didn't look like he was going to be sick..probably thanks to all the food he ate that could absorb the alcohol. But he definitely was going to have a wicked hangover.

Roy to the rescue helped Ed up the stairs. It was embarrassing, having one drunk person help another even drunker person, but Ed needed all the help he could get.

"The bathroom is this one here", Roy said. Ed put his hand on the door knob and fumbled with it before nearly falling in. His shoulder hit the wall and he giggled. Roy placed his hands on Ed's shoulders to steady him, and he looked at Ed who was gazing back at him with his golden eyes, heavy with lust.

Next thing Roy knew, Ed's hand was on the back of his neck pulling him closer into a kiss. It felt so good as Ed grinded his hips into Mustang's prolonging the kiss. When Ed reached over to shut the door, Mustang snapped out of it.

"Ed you don't know what you're doing, you're drunk." Roy said with exasperation, however upset that the kiss had been broken.

"Shut up Mustang, I saw the way you looked at me this morning." Ed's voice was low and husky and he bit his lip as he pulled Roy to him. Roy had no defense now. He just wanted Ed's lips on his.

Ed had reached up and tangled his hands in Roy's raven hair, Roy's hands still on Ed's hip as he held him against the bathroom wall. The kisses were passionate and fierce, nothing gentle or affectionate. Just pure desire and need.

Roy was just about lost when he heard a knock on the door.

"Is anyone in there?! I'm about to be sick!"

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