A/N: And here's the last chapter! I'm super happy that I finished my first sequel... Can you give it some love?

"Is he saying…?" Riza started at the man next to her. "Are you saying that you like me?" She felt like a foolish grade student when she said it out loud.

"No."

She felt her heart plummet to her toes. "What are we now then...?"

"I'm saying that I love you."

Her heart soared back up and brown eyes stared at him, meeting his hopeful gaze.

xxx

Roy took a deep breath as he looked at her. "It's out now. I'm going to ask her. I don't want to go to bed tonight feeling like a fool for not asking her." He turned towards her, bringing his leg up so that it was on the couch with his foot still hanging off, his other leg lying next to the couch with his foot on the floor to support the rest of his weight.

"Riza, I'm not going to propose to you, yet, but I would like to do that someday. Before that, though, I would like to get to know you on a more personal level. I've gotten to see so much of you while I was learning from your father and while you were my subordinate, and I've loved every bit. The determination, the loyalty, the strength, your beliefs, but also the caring nature and compassion that you have for others. I want to see more of you and fall more in love with you.

"I wasn't able to ask this when you were under my command, but now that you're under a different command, would you please allow me to date you and get to know you on a deeper level?"

He watched her carefully with his dark eyes, hoping and praying to whatever god that was out there and would listen to him, an alchemist, one who believed in no holy being, that she would say yes.

She nodded slowly, a smile spreading across her face as she used her free hand to cover her mouth. Nodding a bit faster as she moved her hand back down to cover only her chin, she spoke the word that Roy was dying to hear.

"Yes!"

xxx

Her smile was apparently contagious. It spread over to Roy's being, a grin making its way to his lips. His eyes were alight with happiness. His face lit up in joy; his smile making it appear as though he were the luckiest of men.

"Yes!" Riza repeated her response happily. Her hands moved from her face to her lap, where she clasped them tightly together.

Roy moved a hand to hold the side of the blonde's face, his thumb stroking a small patch of skin as he smiled at her. His smile hadn't dimmed, only become more soft and gentle towards her versus the previous one that was filled with only happiness at her permission and acceptance. Moving his hand away, he pulled her in for a warm hug.

Riza smiled lightly into his shoulder. "This can't be true… This can't be real…"

She pinched the top of her hand firmly so that the abused skin hurt for a moment and then turned a rosy shade of pink.

"Yeah, it's real."

A/N: The end!

The poll that I've had up is closed now. The winner of the poll was Avatar: TLA or Lok (It had 25% of the votes). So for any Avatar fans, look out! I may be posting a story for the fandom quite soon!

Oh, and speaking of Avatar (more specifically The Legend of Korra), I started a new Tumblr for pro-bending where you can submit a character and possibly have them compete in the pro-bending tournaments. The first match will actually be coming out tomorrow at 7:00pm. I'll have a link to the Tumblr account on my main page amongst all of my other links, but listed under "Fandom Media", not "Personal Media". The name of the link will be "Pro-bending National Games". :)

Until next story!