Chapter 5: New heights!

The flaws and finishes of new reaches in space!

Edward moaned and rolled over. FWUMP. "Owww…" He rubbed his back, and began to sit up. BASH. "Owww…" He rubbed his head, and began to stand. DOOSH. The final time. He squatted out of the room in pain approaching tears. At this rate, he would die from near constant concussions in three years.

Since it had happened, things had been horrible. He hit his head on everything, couldn't fit through normal doorways, felt squashed in a regular seat, and barely made it inside of a train. His back always hurt, too, from all the leaning over.

He had imagined it being glamorous and wonderful, and on the outside it was. All the guys looked up to him instead of down, all the girls teased and flirted with him instead of yelling at him for being an annoying little brat. Yet the attention he yearned for left a deep emptiness inside of him.

Through all of his suffering, Edward still hadn't truly grown up. He was easily upset, when things didn't go his way or act on his behalf. Part of him was a still a child, one that yearned for affection and wished the world could spin as he pleased.

But Edward Elric was no longer a child, and such a thing was impossible.

Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Roy Mustang was experiencing life differently. He had endured just as many obstacles as Edward in his newfound height, but unlike Edward, he was not sad about it. He was a mature adult, and he couldn't be sad about it.

Life is like it is, he figured to himself, and there's nothing you can do to fight it. The best thing to do is to go with the flow. And so, he went with the flow, no matter how harsh and awkward the flow might be. While it was true, he couldn't reach his freezer or the top of his desk, he tried his best to continue work as well as he could. Roy Mustang fought on.

And so Edward and Roy continued this way the rest of their lives.

… I lied! That would be a stupid ending. If I ended it like that, you could all reasonably hate me (especially people who like Edward!), and that wouldn't be any good.

Besides, this is a comedy. I can't end a comedy that way:D

Roy came into work with the regular stares that had originally ensued minimized to that of the noobs and the transferred workers. He trotted along until finally, he reached his office.

"Hello Colonel." Sergeant Fuery waved. Work had managed to continue almost normally, and every acted almost exactly the same as they did before, save some 'adaptations' to Roy's change in appearance.

For example: Fuery. He behaved just about the same as before, except he smiled more than usual. This could be partially due to the fact that Furey is as fond of children as he is of puppies.

Breda also smiled more than usual, but not due to a fondness of puppies.

Havok was being very careful not to smoke around Roy, and Riza…

Riza, usually the last person to skip off on work, had been finding reasons to avoid work at all cost, including using up her previously untouched sick days. It was a strange situation, but thanks to this strange situation, less work was getting done than would be.

RING, RING. The phone rang. Roy reached his arm up as high as he could, knocked the phone off the desk and answered the phone. CLICK.

"Hello Roy! It's me, Maes. Look, I have a favor to ask you…"

Yep. Less work was getting done than would be.

"What is it, Maes?"

"Could you and maybe one of the other guys look after my Elisia for the afternoon?"

"What?"

"My poor beautiful wife, Gracia broke her ankle running in the marathon today, and I have to go pick her up from the hospital way back over in the East. Come on, Roy. I trust you. Please? My poor cute little angel, Elisia…"

"Fine."

"I love you Roy, you know that? If you weren't a man, and I was single, I'd kiss you!"

"…What? o.o"

"I'll leave all the instructions by the front door. I expect you at my house at 4:30, on the dot, you hear, okay?"

"…Okay."

"Okay, bye Roy."

"Wait!"

"What is it Roy?"

"…you wanted to try and kiss me through the phone? 0.o"

"Oh shut up, Roy, you know what I meant!"

"Apparently, I didn't… that was really creepy, Maes. 0.o"

"Okay! Okay! Sorry, Roy, but I have to go! The secretary is hitting me with her shoe trying to get me off of the phone! Bye!" CLICK. BEEBEEPBEEPBEEP DIAL TONE

Roy hung up. Havok was standing behind him, his mouth agape. "Who wanted to kiss you over the phone?" "Oh, not you too, Havok! Shut up already!" Roy hit Havok in the knee with a rolled up newspaper he had been reading earlier. Roy sighed. This wasn't going to be any fun at all.

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I tried to finish this one ASAP. It's short, but the next one should be out soon. If you haven't figured, I'm much more fascinated by the interaction and problems that Roy is dealing with, versus what Ed is dealing with… So yeah, I'm a Roy fan. Boo me as you wish. On top of that, it's a lot easier to make up the stuff that happens to Roy VS what happens to Ed. I mean, with a tall, blonde, and according to the Edogirls, handsome guy, there are only so many things that can happen that don't involve OOCness and violent assault. So yeah. …Review or die…