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"Come in." Roy said at the short knock on his door. Ed opened the door. "Ah, Edward, what can I do for you?"
"Something just arrived for you, sir." Roy frowned at the angry tone in Ed's voice. And the way he emphasized that last word told him there was something wrong. Roy stood up from his desk and followed Edward out of his office, into the working area of his team. There he was greeted by a big bouquet of flowers.
"What's this?" he asked.
"It's a bouquet, you idiot." Edward gritted his teeth.
"I can see you've been busy again colonel." Havoc smirked. He picked the card out of the flowers. "Thanks for a great time. Sarah." He read out loud for everyone to hear.
Mustang snatched the card out of his hand. "What I do is none of your business Havoc."
"Hey, what's that?" Havoc asked, pointing at the back of the card, as if he hadn't heard what Roy just said.
"Oh, I know the flower shop these came from." Fuery said. "They always put the meaning of the flower on the back of the card."
"Purple Carnation: Antipathy and Capriciousness." Havoc managed to read before Mustang crumpled up the paper in his fist. "Well, looks like you just got dumped."
"You can't get dumped if there's nothing to begin with." Was Roy's answer. With a snap of his fingers there was nothing left of the flowers but a few ashes. He went back into his office, shutting the door behind him.
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"Where is FullMetal?"
"He went home early today, sir. He didn't feel well."
God damn it, Roy thought. He hoped it wasn't because of the flower incident, but it was the most obvious reason. He decided to go check on him.
When he knocked at Ed's door, it was Alphonse who answered.
"I think it's better if you don't see him now, sir." The way he said this made it almost impossible for Roy to object.
"Step aside." Roy said. "I need to talk to him." He would talk to Edward, even if it meant he had to take on a giant armor.
"There's nothing to talk about, bastard!" came a familiar voice from inside.
Ed was standing right behind the armor. When Ed spoke, Alphonse let down his guard and looked back at his brother. Roy saw his chance to push past Alphonse and take the surprised boy in his arms. His lips found their way to the other's in less than a second. For a split second Edward closed his eyes and wanted to kiss him back. But when he remembered what happened he turned his face away and tried to push Roy away. This only made Roy squeeze him tighter however.
"Let go of me bastard!" he yelled.
"Not until you hear what I have to say."
"Alphonse!"
Al, who had been watching the scene, sprang into action, and pulled the colonel back, holding him away from his brother.
"Listen Ed. I don't know any Sarah, I swear!"
"Oh really, then where did those flowers come from?"
"I know it sounds stupid, but I have no-"
"Bullshit!" Ed screamed, tears pouring out of his eyes by now. "I don't want anything to do with you anymore, it's over! Don't come near me again!" Ed stormed off into another room. Roy, who'd been struggling against Al's strong grip before, now fell very quiet. When Alphonse released him, he fell to his knees, his arms hanging motionless beside his body.
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Roy closed his eyes against the bright sunlight coming through the curtains as the events from yesterday filled his mind. No, that couldn't be true, it just couldn't. It had been a dream. Yes, it had all been a nightmare. If he opened up his eyes he'd find his cute little blond sleeping beside him. Roy took a deep breath and opened his eyes. It felt like he was shot through the heart when he saw the other side of the bed was still empty. With a lot of effort he got out of bed. He felt awful. A look in the mirror confirmed he also looked like it.
He didn't know how long he'd sat in Ed's apartment after Edward stormed off. Eventually Alphonse had brought him home, with the cold message to stay away from Ed as much as possible. Well, that wasn't going to be easy, they worked together after all. Speaking of work, he had to hurry if he didn't want to be late.
Ed never showed up that day. They got a call from Al that he still wasn't feeling well. During the day Roy slacked off even more than usual. He couldn't concentrate on anything. Anything except Edward. He didn't even get why he was so affected by it all. He had countless of relationships and never it had hurt this much when it was over. No, it wasn't over yet. They just had a fight about some misunderstandings. They would work it out. They were gonna be fine. Because there was just no way Roy could imagine a life without the blond after these past two months. No matter how many times Edward would say it was over, he wouldn't accept it.
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"Ed…"
"I don't understand. Winry, I really thought he was serious about me." Ed sighed. "And there he is, getting flowers from someone else."
"I'm sorry Ed. Not being faithful to you, what a jerk. You deserve so much better, you're better off without him."
"Maybe you're right. He didn't even try all that hard to convince me I'm wrong either. And in the end there are just to many obstacles. I mean, let's face it, we're both men, and he's way older than I am. It couldn't work out." A tear rolled down Edwards cheek.
"You know what? It's not healthy to sit in your room all day thinking about him. You need some distraction. I'll take you to the movies tonight, what about it?"
"I'm sorry Winry, I don't really feel like it."
"I insist. It's my treat." She said with a sweet smile, and eventually Edward gave in.
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A week passed and nothing had changed much. Edward had started to come to work again but the two men seemed to ignore each other completely now. In the beginning Roy had tried to talk to him, but after being ignored each time, he finally seemed to have given up. If the others at the office noticed the tension between the two, they didn't show it. One person however, couldn't keep her mouth shut about it.
"Sir, can I ask you a question?"
"Yes lieutenant."
"I'm sorry, but did anything happen between you and FullMetal?"
"That is none of your concern Hawkeye." Roy replied, a little more rude than usual.
"There's no need to be defensive, sir." Riza said. "I'm one of the few people that know, after all. And sometimes being able to talk about it helps to solve the problem."
Roy sighed. He hated it when she was right.
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Edward and Winry had become close to inseparable over the past week. Winry had done everything in her power to make sure Ed had a good time and forgot about Roy. Winry thought she was doing a good job, because the boy hadn't spoken about him anymore. But in reality, Roy was still the only thing on Ed's mind. Even as he was getting ready to once again go to the movies with Winry, his thoughts were haunted by the Flame Alchemist. With his big fake smile no-one would be able to tell though.
It was Winry's turn to pick a movie, she chose a romantic comedy. Edward didn't like them that much. They were always full of predictable situations and bad jokes. And there would always be a happy ending. Real life doesn't have happy endings, Ed thought.
When they walked into the cinema, he noticed there were a lot of couples. Seeing all those people holding hands and laughing with each other made him stop in his tracks for a second. Then Winry dragged him to their seats. Not paying attention to the couple next to them, Ed fell down in his seat. Only when heard Winry gasp, and looked in the direction she was staring, he realized who he was sitting next to.
"Mustang…"
Well, I hope you enjoyed :D . . . but you probably didn't, cause they kind of broke up . . . and on top of that there's a cliffhanger :P well, you see, I've got a thing for cliffhangers, deal with it.
Well, at least I enjoyed writing it. And yes, that may seem cruel, but I like writing about complicated situations. And it's deffinately going to get even more complicated in the next couple of chapters, so stay tuned ^_^ and don't forget to review!