March 17th __8:22am

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A knock echoed throughout the Elric household. Alphonse, whom was in the kitchen at the time, answered the door. He smiled when he saw the man standing there.

"Hi Roy. Ed's upstairs right now. He'll be down in a minute." Roy entered the house, ruffling the brown hair on the kid's head as he did.

"Food smells good, Al." He complimented as they walked into the kitchen. The fresh aroma of sausage, eggs, and waffles wafted through the room. Al walked past him, turning off the stovetop in order not to burn the meat.

"Would you like something to drink?" Al asked as he set the table. Roy sat down.

"Yes please. If you haven't made coffee yet, orange juice." He knew they didn't keep milk in the house. The brunette went over to the java machine and poured a cup, handing it to Roy.

"You know me better by now. If you're coming over, I make coffee. Brazilian nutmeg; your favorite, right?"

"You remember me well, Alphonse." The elder pointed. He took a sip and let the hot liquid slide down his throat, sighing. "Wonderful."

He jumped as hands slid past his head, wrapping around his neck. As soon as he felt a chin resting on his shoulder, he relaxed, setting his cup down.

"Hey, Ed." He greeted, as though the blonde was in front of him rather than embracing him from behind. Ed sighed happily, pressing his lips to the base of Roy's jaw before removing his arms and pulling out the chair next to him.

Breakfast was ready. Al sat the platters of food in the middle of the table, telling the two of them to dig in. Ed immediately went for the eggs while Al scooped up two waffles and placed them on his plate. Roy waited till they were finished getting theirs, sipping at his coffee, then got some waffles.

They sat there in silence, enjoying the younger brother's cooking. Ed ate his way through five sausages, three eggs, and two waffles. Roy smiled at how much he could eat and still stay so skinny. Must be a high metabolism. As Al started putting up the rest of the food, Roy twisted around to Ed. He placed his hand on the teen's cheek, turning his face toward him and stealing a kiss.

Ed gasped permitting the elder to use that to lick at the blonde's tongue before separating completely. Al came back for the dirty dishes and Roy offered to help, gathering the plates while the other picked up the utensils. Ed just sat there blushing until he felt a hand wrap around his shoulder.

"Let's go."

The couple said thanks to Alphonse and waved goodbye as they got in Roy's black Mercedes.

"So where are we going first?" Ed asked, anxious to hear what his lover had in store for them.

"I have to go to the office real quick." Roy answered. He looked over to Ed to see him frowning. "I only have to drop something off. Then we'll get started on our full-day-date." He leaned over and kissed Ed on the cheek for emphasis.

Ed followed Roy into the office. Some stopped to stare at the casual appearance of their Fuhrer. Noting his blue jeans and plain, long-sleeved, black shirt. The also noticed how Ed was dressed. Without his red cloak and black boots he looked slightly older. The teen sported a crimson, short-sleeved shirt and black pants. Neither wore their gloves, although Roy had his in his pocket for emergency use.

They entered the main office and left almost just as fast, eager to get out of there. Lieutenant colonel Hawkeye stopped them in the hallway, as they were about to turn the corner to the exit.

"Sir. There is a report that needs your attention." She said, nodding at Ed in a brief greeting.

"Sorry, it'll have to wait." Roy slung his arm over Ed's shoulders. "I'm taking the day off."

She blinked a few times in astonishment then nodded, turning to leave. Ed smiled up at Roy before the latter leaned down and kissed him.

As they got in the car, Ed asked again. "Where are we going first?"

"I was thinking we'd spend the day at the carnival in town." He looked over to his boyfriend. "Does that sound good?" He got a kiss to the lips in reply.

"Sounds perfect."

They entered the park hand in hand. Homosexuality was common in Germany ever since Fuhrer Mustang deemed gay marriages legal and anyone opposed to that would receive harsh punishment. Fortunately there weren't really any arguments, except for one. But now there were even gay festivals. This wasn't one of them, though.

Ed looked around with excitement. He spotted a billboard a mile away, laughing. "They need to change your picture. No one would recognize you unless they've watched your last speech on TV."

Roy looked over and laughed with him. The picture they were displaying of him was from when he took office. Before he let his hair grow.

They had managed to walk over to the fun house without even realizing it. Ed saw this and squeezed Roy's hand. Roy smiled and followed him in there.

The first room they came upon had five wavy mirrors. Ed laughed as he and his lover were transformed from fat, to super skinny, to just plain weird. Roy just smiled. They entered the next room. It was a jungle gym. They crawled through tubes and up ladders and thick nets, finally sliding down a pole. Roy went first to show Ed how to do it and to reassure him that if he fell off, he'd catch him. Ed cautiously slid down the pole, inch by inch. Roy chuckled and as Ed let go to yell at him, he fell. Roy quickly caught him, bridal style, and they laughed. Roy kissed his forehead saying, "Told you I'd catch you."

They slid out on the giant clown's tongue, trying not to inhale any of the colored fog as they went through. Ed saw a rocket shaped ride and pointed it out to Roy. They rode that, screaming as they flew around in circles, upside-down, right side up, and repeat. They got off dizzy, holding each other for support.

After a few more long lines and roller coasters they decided it was time for lunch. They sat down next to each other at a picnic table after they had purchased two burgers and a large order of fries. Ed bit down into his burger and some of the ketchup squirted onto the edge of his lip. Before he could grab a napkin, Roy had leaned over and licked off the red goop, making Ed blush.

They finished their lunch and headed over to the slower rides; there were smaller lines for those. They rode the merry-go-round, the swirling swings, and ended up riding the train for a while. Ed rested his head on Roy's shoulder, his eyes drooping. The sun was setting and it felt as if time had slowed down for him.

Roy smiled, wrapped an arm around his shoulders, and kissed the top of his head. "Don't go to sleep, love…" Ed snuggled into him.

"I won't, were not even close to being done with our day." He blushed, but his words were muffled by Roy's shirt, so the raven couldn't hear him clear enough to realize the implications of his words.

The sun had completely disappeared, replaced by his friend, the moon. Roy sat across from Edward as they sat in the most luxurious restrant in town, The Crawford Bistro. Ed sat sipping at his drink while Roy just smiled at him. He felt nervous, just sitting there waiting on the food. Deciding it would be better to just start talking.

"Has anything interesting happened while I was gone?" He set his glass down on the coaster.

"Not really, paperwork and annoying officers. You know, the usual. Why do you ask?"

"No reason." He looked over to the side trying to think of something else to talk about, when the food arrived.

The waiter held up a plate. "Spaghetti Ala Norsina?" He asked. Ed held up his hand and the plate was set in front of him. The other plate was set in front of Roy. The waiter said his as well, just to make sure he got them right. "And the Shrimp Scampi." Roy nodded, thanking the waiter, and picked up his fork.

Ed watched as Roy stabbed a shrimp and ate it. Realizing he was staring, he twirled some noodles around his fork and shoved that in his mouth, slurping up the noodle that didn't make it all the way in. Roy chuckled. They ate in silence, neither one thinking up any conversation until after they were finished.

"Let's go on the Ferris Wheel to finish." Roy offered, resting his chin on his hands, which were intertwined in front of him. Ed nodded.

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