Hehehe… it's me again with chapter 4. I'm really, really, really sorry for the late updates. I've been a bad author. but anyway, thanks for waiting! Most of the comments were why did Havoc strangle Hawkeye? Don't know. Anyway, here's chapter 4.
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Chapter 4
Spying and Sandwiches
Like she said in chapter 3…..
"time for my plan"…..
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Mustang went out and took his jacket after office and went in his car. Hawkeye silently followed him using her car. He passed by an apartment to pick up his girlfriend, Justine, for their date. Soon they reached a French restaurant nearby and went out to eat.
"Good evening, madam and sir." The waiter greeted them as he showed a vacant table and seat.
Soon Hawkeye followed, wearing a coat and sunglasses, the same waiter welcoming her.
"Madam, may I take off your jacket?" he said in a French tone.
"No thank you." She answered. "But madam, it's really ho-"A punch came on the way to the waiters face, and stars started to appear on his head. She dragged him near the garden and took his uniform and wore it as disguise, even the waiter's fake mustache. She went back inside to Roy's table.
"Good evening madam and sir" she greeted. "May I take your order." She said in a low tone.
"So what do you like my princess?" Roy asked Justine sweetly. Riza stuck her tongue out in disgust.
"Something wrong, waiter?" Roy asked with an eyebrow rising.
"Forgive me sir, just bit my tongue. she said as excuse.
"So what's your specialty?" Justine spoke this time.
"Well, it's nice of you to ask. I'm good in karate." She said as she showed a fist. Roy and Justine just chuckled.
"Waiter what we meant to say is what's your specialty here in this restaurant? Riza just smiled in embarrassment. She took her pen out and roll the tip of the pen around the menu with her eyes closed.
"This is!" she said proudly. 'Wine???" they all said in unison.
"Oh, uhm, yes of course! We have the best wine around central."
"Well, if you say so, we'll take two. But you're best dish is???"
"Well, it's uhm, shrimps and oysters." Roy and Justine looked at each other.
"Ok then, one order of shrimps and oysters and one slice of pizza for her, ham and cheese." Roy said in a stern voice.
"Ok, madam and sir, just wait for ten minutes." She then went swiftly to the counter and gave their orders., while the two were having a good talk.
When Riza was called for their order, she went to the nearest empty hidden table.
"This will teach her some good old lessons." She said as she took a bottle and placed it on one glass and another bottle to the other glass. Then a lot of salt and pepper to her ham and cheese flavored pizza. Then she went to the table and served.
"Here you go, one for you and another glass for you. The pizza smells… good?" and the shrimps are fine." She said with an evil smile.
"Thank you sir. May I ask have we met before, you seem so familiar to me." She suddenly turned silent.
"Well not yet sir, But I have to go. Enjoy your meal!"
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Justine took a bite of her ham and cheese pizza while Roy took his fork and ate the shrimps and oysters. Riza was having fun watching them. Roy suddenly choked and started to cough, so Justine handed him her cup of wine, after that he felt relieved. "Thank you Justine. Here, just take mine. Justine slowly took his drink.
"So, are you enjoying my beloved one?" Roy asked as he held her hand.
"Of course I am, Roy. But you wouldn't mind if I share with your shrimps and oysters, would you?"
Roy just smiled. "Help yourself. Why, is there something wrong?"
"The pizza is too salty and has a lot of pepper." Roy just smirked and pricked one sliced shrimp and fed it to Justine. Then they both smiled to each other. Meanwhile, Riza was boiling with what she's seeing. After eating, Roy suddenly felt nausea, while Justine was becoming sleepy.
"Darn it. They switched wines!" Riza cursed under her breath.
"Excuse me." Roy stood up and run to the men's room to barf, while Justine was asleep. Soon after a couple of minutes, Roy came back and woke Justine for them to leave. But before they left they heard an argument.
"Oh that Fake!!!" the waiter said angrily and aloud as he sobbed while fixing his hair.
"What's wrong???" asked Roy in a concerned way as he held Justine's hand.
"There was a woman!" the waiter started in an angry French tone. "She pretended to be a waitress. But she looked more like a man on that uniform, then she ran off. She was blonde and white! I didn't know what she wanted." He said scarily.
"But most of all, she hit me with her gun, and punched me too!!!
"It's odd for a woman to have a gun." Justine said.
"Do you think, she might be in the military?" Justine said as she held Roy's hand tighter. He thought for a while. The only person he knows that could be a woman with a blonde hair is Riza. "I don't think so. Who on Earth in the military would want to dress up as a waitress?"
Then he started to move forward. "Anyway, good luck." He patted the back of the man and left. The waiter was still terrified and cold without his clothes.
Meantime…
Riza got home safely to her apartment, because she knew her plan was a disaster.
"Damn it! My plan's messed up." she said as she slammed the door.
She gave a huge sigh to come her down. " Let's face it Riza, you do have feelings for him. That's why you went for the bet. But you don't have a chance on him! You're his subordinate! And subordinate alone. He loves her." She told herself as she picked up the phone slowly and called someone.
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"Hello?" a lousy voice answered. "Havoc speaking"
"Havoc, it's Hawkeye." She said in a stern voice.
"Well, what a pleasant surprise in the very gloomy night of a Tuesday."
"I don't think I can cope up with the deal any longer." She said in a sad serious tone.
"Why??? What on Earth hit your head that you're backing out already?"
"Roy… Roy loves her. I can't change that fact any longer. I don't even think I have a chance that he'll fall for me, not even a second." She said in a did-you-know- that tone.
"Oh come on Riza! You're already starting it smoothly." He advised convincingly.
"But…" she said with a tired tone, filled with loneliness.
"Or you want me to tell everybody your little secret." he smirked. This made her think.
"……?" she thought for a second.
"Come on!!! Just continue, because patience is a virtue, and relax. We do know you like him and you admire him so much you're like little child seeing her crush."
"BIG CRUSH YOUR FACE!!!!"
Then if you don't have a crush on him, why don't you continue."
"Fine I will continue your stupid dare!!!"
"Stupid? Maybe you mean romantic da-"
"Toot toot toot toot toot…"
"I just knew it, she likes him. I wonder if he likes her too… hmmm…."
After that, she went to sleep….
The next day…
The sun rose high in the sky, greeting everyone a good morning.
"What time is it?" she took the alarm clock on the table beside the bed.
"7:10!!!!!!!" she screamed as she ran fast in the bathroom, almost slipping herself.
After fixing herself and driving so fast beyond the limit, she arrived on work.
'Sorry if I'm late sir I woke up late." She said as she reported to her commanding officer.
"It's ok, just do your …." He suddenly stood up, not saying a word, and went out to the comfort room.
"What was that for?" she murmured, but was clearly heard by everyone.
"I think he's sick. He'd been going in and out in the office for the past hour." Havoc informed.
"And he does not looking? He looks pale." Fury added.
This made Riza Hawkeye think deep in thoughts. And she remembered about yesterday.
"Oh God." She cursed herself as she covered her mouth.
"Why Hawkeye? Does this have to do something with you?" Falman asked.
"I… don't know." was all she replied as she started to look for something inside her bag.
"What's wrong with her?" they all said.
"Forgot your clip?" Havoc asked as he lit another cig. "She straightened up and looked at him holding a plastic in her hand.
"Aside from that, just searched for something important." she said as she combed her slightly messy hair.
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Riza was looking for some cure or antidote to his sickness. She knew Roy got the wine which was for her arch enemy and girlfriend of his beloved Roy Mustang, so she had to give the antidote. After a while, Roy came in with a gloomy and pale face. After a long time of work, it's lunch time…
"Colonel?" she started as she came from outside. Roy's eye lids fluttered and opened and looked steadily at her who was sitting on a chair.
"You look, unwell. You've been going in and out the men's room. What's wrong?" she asked with an anxious tone.
"I'm fine lieutenant. I just don't fell like eating. I feel dizzy, and nauseous." he said with a weak tone as he stretched himself and took a report and tried to read.
"Don't worry, I'll at least finish one report." he said with a smile.
"No sir. Take your rest for a while I'll do it. You may pass for today. I'm sorry." she said stopping him from doing work. Stopping him from his reports? That's odd.
"Sorry for what? You didn't do any-"he was distracted.
"For disturbing you. And beyond that." she said with a faltered eyes.
"It's fine. You really didn't disturb me. I was just resting." he said with a comforting smile.
"You know what? You look definitely better, with your hair down." he said, trying to make her happier and changing the topic.
"Re.. Really?" she said with a shade of pink on her face. He nodded, admiring the adorable look on her face.
"I'll… just… go out for a while." she said with a smile, and went out, still with a blush. He sat down and breathed deeply, at least he said what he wanted to say.
After a few minutes, Riza came back trying to enter without any noise, as she brought a tray with her.
She gulped. "Sir?" she said, still holding the tray. He tried to raise his heavy head, but he was feeling weaker as time passed.
"I brought lunch." she said looking at the chicken soup. He knew what he'll say, so she started to mix the hot soup.
"No thanks, you don't need to-" she stuck the spoon filled soup in his mouth and grinned.
"Just shut up and eat." she commanded, and removed the empty spoon from his mouth.
"The last time I remember, I'm your comma-" another chicken flavored soup went inside his mouth. She started to giggle.
"You look messy." she said as she took a napkin and wiped his mouth. He was supposed to wipe it by getting the tissue on her hand when he suddenly held her hand. There was a sudden silence in the room. The stillness was broken when Havoc went inside.
"uhm…" he said as Roy let her hand go.
"What are you do-" he was asking with a smirk when she glared at him with fierce eyes.
"I guess I'm going, I just thought of-"her eyes became narrower.
"Bye." he said as he left. "I.. uhm…" he said as he scratched his head.
"Here." she said as he fed him, gently this time. After finishing the whole bowl of soup, he relaxed for a while.
"See? It's not hard to eat a bowl of soup. Now, you can take your medicine." she said with a mother like tone as she handed the glass of water and the tablet.
"Fine, fine, fine. I'll take it. Anyway, uhm." he said. "Thank you." now with a warm tone in his voice.
After that, he drank the medicine and shivered because of its bitter taste. Riza took something from her pocket and gave it to him.
"Medicine. So you don't need to buy." she said with a smile.
"It's really too much lieutenant." he said as he gave the plastic to her.
"Just take it. I won't need it anyway, sir." she said as she gave it back.
After lunch, Riza checked on her superior was doing….
"Feeling better, colonel?" she asked as she fixed her report.
He smiled. "Feeling better. thank you." he said as he fixed report.
"Good." Riza replied as she went to his table and placed the newly arranged pile of paperwork. "These batch needs some reading and signing." she said as she smirked at her superior. Roy's mouth went down….
Soon, it was late in the afternoon and they had to go now. Riza went out already, as she carried a pile of paperworks. she went inside her car, and sighed.
"What a day." When she started to start her car, the engine was not working, not even a sound. She tried again, but nothing happened.
"Urgh!!! Not now." she said as she bumped her head on the steering wheel. The rain fell hard after she screamed. "Great." she said.
She went and took her umbrella and her take home reports as went to the entrance gate for the pedestrian lane.
"One heck of a day." she murmured to herself.
"Lieutenant!" someone from behind called out. When she turned back, she saw his superior with a coat.
"Just… finished…my…report." he panted.
"Here's the other things you have to do. These batch needs some reading and signing." he smirked, repeating on what she said that afternoon.
"Yes sir, anyway, I can handle these rush reports tonight." she said as she took them from his hands. After a few minutes, he was still standing.
"Why are you walking?" he finally said.
"Because I have a legs." she joked.
"I meant, why you are not in your car. You'll get sick." with this tone, he sounded he cared.
"It broke down, I'll leave it for tonight." she answered.
"If- if you want." he finally said as he scratched hi head. "I'll drive you home." he said with a smile.
"No need to trouble, anyway, my apartment is just a few blocks away." she replied, declining his offer.
"What do you mean few blocks? Maybe kilometers away?" he said in as a matter of fact tone.
"Really. I'm fine, I used to walk alone." she said, trying to convince him that it was fine for him not to bring her home.
"Precisely. It's not safe to walk on your own in this city. What if you slip while you were walking, who will help you? Or if, something happens. You know what I mean. Someone can be just there, with a gun or something. Or someone can take advantage of you, or whatever." he said trying to convince her.
"Trust me sir. I can handle my self." she said. He suddenly got an idea and grinned.
"It's an ORDER." he said with a big grin on his face, beating her.
"But…" she tried to say. "Oh come on…" he said as he held her and pulled her with him. "Yes sir." she said with a sour face, although she liked the way he held her hand. Why do I have to be so loyal?
Both rode the car and he started to drive. There was a few awkward silence in the car.
"Uhm.. Riza?" he said, finally breaking the silence. "Yes sir?" she asked.
"Thanks for accompanying me. I'm glad you're around." he said.
She smirked. "Colonel, you wanted to. I guess you really just know how to, make a girl say yes. Whether they like it or not." she grinned this time.
"I, well, I just thought, you, uhm, would, uhm, agree." he said trying to explain himself.
"I know sir, I was just joking. I'm not angry. You did want me accompany you anyway." she said with a sweet smile. Then silence was here again.
"Am I a boring passenger?" she suddenly asked.
"Of course not. No, it's not like that. You're not boring at all. Boring is like" he thought. "Boring…" he said as he gave up trying to describe what boring is.
"I do understand. I really do sir." she said sarcastically, still with a smile on her face.
"Riza, stop calling me that." he commanded.
"Calling you what sir?" she asked innocently.
"We're not in the office. Can't we just for once call each other with our names? Please." he said, as he looked through the dark streets. She suddenly felt warmth on her cheeks. He is her commanding officer anyway, but they could also be friends in someway.
"Yes, it's fine ok, R-oy." she said as the heat went in a higher temperature.
"Of course it's ok." he said with his deadly charming smirk. There was an awkward silence between them again.
"If you won't mind me asking, do you have any boyfriends?" He said with an interesting tone.
"Actually, ….I do." she said with a smile, looking at him.
"You do?! Since when?! How, why? Where?!" he was startled with her response and kept asking her.
She started to chuckle. "I was just joking sir. Of course I don't have one." she said.
"Roy." he said
"Sir?" she asked.
"I told you to call me Roy, not sir. We're not in the office anymore. Why can't we just bring back the old times, wherein we called our usual names, not out position names." he said.
"My apologies sir- Roy. Old habits die hard." she said with a small smile creeping on her face.
"Still in our topic, are you eyeing on someone?" he asked. What she didn't know that he was using these questions to know her latest happenings.
"Honestly speaking Roy, I am eyeing on someone." she said glancing at him.
"Is that so?" he startled to think of who would it be.
"Yeah, I admire him very much. I also gave my whole life on him. But I don't know if he notice it." she said
"Well if that's the case. Well he sure must have the same feeling s for you. Just think of it, you are beautiful, smart, has pleasing qualities, and more. You're a perfect girl." he said with a smile.
She felt a tint shade of pink and warmth on her cheeks.
"Th- Thank you sir, if that's no joke." she said giving him a sugary smile.
"You think I joke that much when it comes to women?" he asked with a cute smile. He definitely saw an intense blush on her face, which is actually true. She smiled back in return.
"I guess we're here right?" Roy said as he peeped on the window.
"Yes, sir- Roy." she said as she fixed herself and readied her umbrella.
"I told you it's kilometers from the office." he said as he took a break.
"Roy-" she managed to say. "Thank you, for the ride." she said with warm smile as the cold wind went in.
"You're welcome. Take care." he said as she went down. After that he made sure she got inside and left.
Early in the morning and everybody was present. But their superior is late.
"Dammed it!!! It's so hot!" Falman screamed as he closed his paperwork.
"I feel like melting…" Fury added to complain.
"The power's gone because of the rain yesterday." Hawkeye informed them as she tried to concentrate on finishing the necessary piles of paperwork, even with the intense heat.
"I heard about that. They said a lot of posts fell down because of the wind. Good thing I had a car, and I didn't have any dates that time." Havoc said with a smile.
"Which reminds me, why did you leave your car here Hawkeye?" Breda asked.
"It …had engine problems. But I might check out what the problem really is." she said as she clicked her pen.
"Heh. Where's a car when you need them. So you got wet in the rain?" Havoc asked, lighting a cigarette.
This question made her think about yesterday. Good thing Roy was not here to make a comment or listen to what she'll say. "…Slight." she replied with a fake smile.
"How can you get wet slightly? that's question is a yes or no reply." Falman inquired.
"Unless, you were with someone during that night, that's why you didn't notice." Havoc grinned with a cig.
Riza intensely blushed with his 'theory'.
"Of course I wasn't! The colonel just drove me home, that's all!!!" she stand and screamed on top of her voice.
Everyone was quiet with what she said- the truth. Everyone started to chuckle with the issue.
"Whoa! Hawkeye, I didn't know you were that desperate to have a guy you used the colonel in driving you home yesterday! So how was it?" he said teasingly.
"Nothing happened!" she said angrily as she walked out.
"You sure did hit her below the belt." Breda said as he scratched his hair.
Than the colonel went in relaxingly, obviously did not make any effort in running for the sake of his attendance.
"Where's Hawkeye?" was the first question that escaped his mouth.
"Dunno. We last saw was she was blushing intensely when she told us that you brought her home." Fury said when they were all shocked that he revealed it. "Shhhh!!!!"
"What's wrong? You're putting malice on it, aren't you?" he said with a serious tone.
After lecturing them with his fire, they were all tired, and sat down. After a while, she came back, holding a cup of coffee, when they were all standing and said together- "We're sorry lieutenant."
She looked at them with a slightly angry face and sighed deeply. "Fine fine, for as long you don't do that again. Or else I'll shoot you." she said as she went to her table. What was that all about?
"Lieutenant, may I ask why there's no power." Roy asked her aide.
"It's all because of the rain." she said and he understood it and shook his head.
"It's soooo…. hooootttt…." he said after the information.
They all sighed with his comment. "We know…" they all agreed and tried to concentrate with their work.
"Maybe if our uniforms were quite thinner or more comfy, our lives will be better." Fury voiced out.
Everyone agreed with his suggestion. Mustang suddenly had a popped up idea and grinned.
"So, Lt. Hawkeye…" he started as he raised his head from work. "Speaking of uniforms, why not try wearing a mini skirt…" he said with a wide grin as everyone gave a curious look on what will be her reaction. Riza suddenly twitched with his deadly suggestion. "It's more hassle-free anyway." he added. Does this guy even know what hassle free means? Riza said to herself. "Plus it will give me an idea on what will the military women look like in skirts, when I'm the Fuhrer!" he said proudly. She sighed.
"Yeah Hawkeye, it's a great idea. Wearing skirts are very charming…." Havoc said aloud for her to get the point. Wear it. It's a great thing for flirting. Havoc thought
"Sir, I believe you know that I myself don't have any skirt. And military women are not prostitutes or something else. We are not your dolls." she said with a stern voice.
"I didn't say anything about prostitutes, Hawkeye. Maybe that is the reason why you don't wear skirts at all, because that is your interpretation when it comes to mini skirts." he said tapping his pen.
"You know the answer to that." she said plainly.
"It's a yes." Mustang said with a smirk. "It's a no!" she said with her voice rising. Why does he have to be an idiot? She thought as she continued her work.
"Believe me, Lt. There is no need to hide anything." he said with a small mischievous smile. Riza was just murmuring with her head down and a hint of blush, and kept repeating the word pervert.
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Break time…
Everyone went out already to take their meals while Roy and Riza were left alone.
"Aren't you taking your break?" Roy asked as he stood up and opened the window for fresh air.
"Uhm, yes sir. I have uhm sandwich sir." she said as she handed one to him and bowed down with a hint of red I her face. He was surprised for the sudden sandwich making for him.
"Oh… uhm… thanks Riza." he said as he took it from her hand. "You really didn't need to go into trouble. How about you, you have yours?" he asked, thinking that she might not have any and get hungry.
"Don't worry sir. I made one for me." she said with a small smile as she went to her desk. He stood up and took a vacant chair and placed it near him.
"Riza, take a seat." he offered, seeing that she was already sweating in her area. She was suddenly surprised and tried to say something, but can't be understood due to the piece of sandwich in her mouth that made her sound like a talking monster. He suddenly made a small laugh, not wanting to embarrass her, but she sounded funny.
"I beg your pardon." he said with a merry smile on his face. She was crimson red. "I'm fine sir." she tried to explain clearer this time.
"I don't see any problem in sitting on the next chair. Unless you think I'll do something to you that will hurt you." he said with an unusual tone. "The wind is better here." he informed her.
She sighed in defeat and sat next to him, because she didn't want the colonel to think that she doesn't trust him.
There was an awkward silence between them. "You're not a bad cook, Riza. In fact I didn't know you're good at this kind of stuff. It's good!" he said with a happy smile, eating his sandwich.
"Thank you sir, glad you like it. My mother thought me how to make her secret recipes." she said with crimson red on her face. Silence passed by again, keeping the room so cold.
"It's nice you took my suggestion." he said with a beam. She looked at him with confusion. "Your hair is down again." he said, seeing her puzzled face.
"Anything to make you happy sir." she said with a smile, then covering her mouth, thinking of just what she said.
That wasn't supposed to come out.
"I'll uhm just be going to the uhm comfort room." she said trying to walk away, but a strong wind came in and dust went inside her right eye. She nearly bumped on the wall.
"Ouch" she murmured, feeling pain inside her eye, and stopped by near the wall.
"What's wrong?" Roy stood up immediately and went to her.
"Nothing sir, just…dirt in my eye." she said vigorously rubbing her eye. Roy held her rubbing hand, stopping her form rubbing. "Don't rub it. It will sore." he told her and looked into the eye. "Now hold still." he said as he slowly cupped her face with his hands so he could see it evidently.
"Now hold still, and open your eye." he instructed, and she followed, opening her eye slowly, even it was slightly itchy. Then he blew on it, removing the particle that went in.
"Now you can open your eyes!" he said with a soothing tone.
"Is it gone." he asked his subordinate in front of him. "…..uhm, yes….. sir." she replied with a blush.
Then they realized their positions, their distances from one another, and how Roy was holding her hand. Roy suddenly realized how cute she looked like in a near distance, and couldn't help but go nearer and nearer…
When………
"Hey there Mustang!!! I'm back with uh……." Edward Elric was shock seeing the Roy Mustang, holding Riza Hawkeye's hand and how close they were, when they suddenly went far away from each other, with a hint of pink on their faces. Were they going to do something I wasn't supposed to see?
That is all for now my fellow readers. I know it's a cliff hanger, but it's nice to see that I have successfully updated!!! One way to tell you that I'm not yet dead, so the story will continue!!!
Good thing we don't have any classes today, and we just finished our exams, so I was really meant to do my updates. Oh thank you Lord!!!! Anyway, watch out for more updates, this is not yet the end, not yet… By the way, now you're done reading time for reviewing!!!
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Will Edward tell the whole military, or keep it for himself?
That is all for this time, I know I am really sorry for not updating for nearly 3 months due to a lot of home works and tests, but I'll try to update, but I cant promise any date….
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