Authror's Note: I've decided I'll deviate from the LingFan arc for now, dabbling in some RoyAi. Just to be fair, I'll add some EdWin later. Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter Four: Ed Senses a Disturbance
Riza silently hung the phone up, grinning apologetically at the colonel. After his little "skirt" comment she'd hit him head-on with the butt of her gun. She sent a secretary to get some ice from the kitchen.
"Sorry Sir, but you kind of deserved it," she said.
He sulkily rubbed the bump on his head. His perfect features had been a point of pride. "Yeah, whatever. Lanfan would never take me seriously."
Suddenly, Ed stood from the seat where'd he'd been lounging after Mustang had taken the phone from him. His eyes narrowed, almost imitating those of the Xingese prince. "I sense a disturbance in the universe. Someone somewhere is insulting my height!"
Mustang rolled his eyes, going back to skimming over the latest information on Fuhrer Bradley. "Aren't we all, all the time?"
Ed stuck his tongue out at the higher-up. "It isn't my fault you're in love with First Lieutenant Hawkeye and too scared to tell her!"
Then, the office went deathly silent. The secretary who had just returned dropped the bag of ice and ran, afraid of another one of Mustang's famous blow-ups.
Riza, who had been inadvertently pushed into one of the most awkward moments of her career, nervously glanced in between her superior and her subordinate. The other militants took this as a good time to take their lunch breaks, and were gone in a flash of flapping blue uniforms and fearful expressions.
The colonel pinched the bridge of his nose. "Ed…. Get out."
Ed jumped at the chance, still set on getting to the bottom of the disturbance.
Riza picked up the bag of ice, tossing it to her supervisor. "That was quite… something, Sir."
He shook his head, and Riza could practically smell singeing hair and smoke. "Sometimes I wonder why we hired him in the first place."
Riza smiled, pitying the embarrassment her supervisor was going through. "Sir, would you like to go to dinner with me tonight?"
He stared at her strangely, his grimace slowly becoming a sly grin. "I'd love to, First Lieutenant."
Author's Note: In case you couldn't tell, Ed's "disturbance" was Ling calling him a pipsqueak in the previous chapter. LOL, I love Ed, but I digress. Please, please, PLEASE review! Or... or... or... I'll kill Lanfan! Yes! Muahahaha! But I'll kill Ling too, just for good measure! So yeah. Review!