A/N: I'm really happy that you guys reviewed, favorited, followed, and just generally loved on the previous chapter. Because of that, Prize Date (the prequel to this story) story now has only 28 more reviews and 31 more favorites! And Are We Now has exactly half the number of follows than Prize Date has! Lets see if we can make this sequel surpass the prequel, shall we?

Well, here's the chapter!

Enjoy!

Riza took out the needed ingredients and started to prepare the food by chopping, slicing, and dicing each ingredient that was called for by the recipe.

"Roy, could you go ahead and turn on the stove for me?"

"Sure."

Roy stepped over to the oven, and after pressing a few buttons and spinning a dial, the task was completed. The oven started to preheat.

"Riza? I'm finished. What would you like me to do now?"

"Well, could you help me cut these?"

"Of course."

xxx

Riza tossed the food into the wok, letting simmer and cook. It looked and smelled delicious. Hopefully it would live up to her hopes for tonight.

"Will he like it? I hope so. I don't want him to eat food that he hates..."

"Riza! This smells amazing!"

Thankfully Riza's back was turned to Roy since she knew that her face turned a bit pink and that her eyes had widened considerably.

"Ah- Thanks, Roy."

xxx

Roy watched the blond as he leaned against her counter and she continued to prepare their meal. Her movements were calming ones that he strongly wished that he could come home to after working all day at headquarters.

As her arms continued to stir the food in the wok, a few small strands of hair slipped out of the loose ponytail that lay against her neck. His fingers tingled, dying to assist her by helping to move the hair back to its original position.

"Roy, could you set the table?"

Thankfully he had caught these words, not letting them slip by him and make him look like a fool for not hearing words that were spoken so closely to him.

"Of course, Riza."

He pushed himself up from against the counter and took a step forward before stopping after the initial movement. His face reflected his confused mind.

"I don't know where anything is…"

"Uh… Riza…"

She hummed, acknowledging him but not speaking.

"Where are your dishes? And everything else that I'll be setting the table with?"

Riza smiled, though Roy couldn't tell. "Plates are in the cabinet next to where you were a moment ago, glasses are one door to the right, and silverware is directly below the glasses."

"Okay. Thank you."

He retrieved two plates and put them down. Then he picked up two cups and placed them above the plates. Following that came a fork for each and knife for each.

"Do you have any cloth napkins?"

"One door over from the fridge."

He retrieved those, then set about to use a very special skill that he had learned from Madame Christmas. She owned a bar and taught him how to fold napkins and such into beautiful creatures and shapes to entertain guests. He never used it for that however, and only ever seemed to use it when he had needed to pass the time and had had no other form of amusement.

He started to fold them, left side into the center, then folded in half. Fold this part down, then turn it over to fold the other side. Continuing this process, he completed one cloth napkin setting and soon made another to match. He placed them gently on the plates to make the entire setting appear nicer for her.

"Okay, I'm finished," he said to her, stepping back to view his work.

"Alright. Well, about five more minutes and then we can eat." She didn't turn around, instead choosing to keep an eye on the food that she was preparing.

"Would you like me to fill your glass?"

"Uh, sure. Water is good for me."

"Would you like any ice?"

"Sorry, my ice maker is broken. It's getting fixed in a few days."

Roy smirked. "Okay. So... Want any ice?"

Riza stopped what she was doing and turned her head to him. Her face wore an amused expression, a touch of confusion written in her eyes. "Roy, I just said that my ice maker is broken. The repair man won't be here for another couple of days."

"Riza. Just answer me." Roy's smirk grew bigger, his eyes showing that he was clearly enjoying this. "Would you like some ice?"

Riza sighed and shrugged as she turned back the food. "Sure. Why not?"

"Okay." Roy did a small fist pump by his side. It was very small, and he made sure that there was no way that Riza could have seen such a childish gesture come from him.

Roy walked over to the small pad of paper that she had sitting next to her phone. He took off four sheets and lay them down to make a larger square, then picked up the pencil and drew a nice array.

It wasn't the usual array that was on his glove. The one on his glove was for fire alchemy, and that would have done the opposite of what his intended purpose was. The array he drew was a water array for freezing things. It was actually very similar to the array that the Freezer, Isaac McDougal, used to use before he was killed by the previous fuhrer, King Bradley.

Grabbing another glass, he filled it with water and placed it in the middle of the circle. Placing his fingers against the edge of the transmutation circle that he had drawn, he started to fuel it and cause the reaction to start.

After a moment of the cold blue lights flashing around like miniature bolts of lightning the reaction was over. In the glass was still there, but now in place of the water were dozens of ice cubes.

Riza, who had heard the reaction and turned to watch, started to chuckle and laugh lightly.

xxx

"What?" The man standing across from her was lost at her amusement.

"You've just been doing flame alchemy for so long that it slipped my mind that you could use alchemy on other things. You don't do it very often."

"Oh. Well, I just can't use my gloves for anything else. I use alchemy all the time at my house. I'm constantly fixing things that I break and such."

Laughing once more, she turned back to the food and started to dish it into a serving bowl. "Well thank you, Roy. I appreciate the ice and the effort."

Roy cocked his head like Black Hayate sometimes would and replied to her. "No problem, Riza."

Riza was glad that she was turned away for a moment to allow the smile that was caused by her fluttering heart to not be seen by Roy.

"Why am I so happy? He made ice. It's not anything big. It's just some simple alchemy to him."

Riza broke her internal thoughts and spoke out loud. "Okay, the food is ready, Roy."

"Alright."

Riza dished the food into a large serving dish. It was a warm, earthy tone, obviously some sort of handmade pottery.

Roy took the dish of food from Riza and placed it on the table as she turned the stove off. As Riza went to sit, Roy went around to pull out her chair, sliding it back. Then he pushed her chair forward a bit, clearly attempting to be as gentlemanly as he possibly could as well as make a best impression for the evening.

A/N: Well, what did you think? The chemistry is real, huh? Such cuties...

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Until next chapter!