Roy awoke with a groggy yawn. He looked up to the sky and saw it was pitch black.

"What time is it?" he mumbled.

"Its almost 3 in the morning." An amused voice came from his side.

Roy jumped up and spun around to see Ed sitting there looking at Roy while smirking. Roy put his hand over his heart and heaved a huge sigh of relief.

"Don't do that Ed. You nearly gave me a heart attack." Roy hissed.

Ed's smirk just grew wider. "Sorry old man; forgot how easy it was to scare old people."

Roy shook with fury as he took a deep breath.

"I. AM. NOT. OLD." He hissed. He punctuated every word to prove his point.

Ed just laughed. He knew how to annoy Roy and just loved teasing him. He laughed a little while longer and then looked at Roy very seriously.

"Roy we need to talk."

Roy looked at Ed and could guess what he was thinking.

"Is it about going back?" Ed nodded.

Roy had guessed as much. It would look very suspicious to have Ed appear suddenly with two extra auto-mail limbs and Al having a whole body once again. He had been thinking about that but he couldn't think of any solutions to it.

"Roy maybe I shouldn't go back." Ed looked at him with doubt and sorrow in his eyes.

Roy's heart froze at the mention of that suggestion. He had just gotten the love of his life and he wasn't going to let him go, not for anything in the world. He whirled around to face Ed and took him by the shoulders.

"Don't you ever say something like that to me ever again! Do you understand me Edward?" he shouted furiously.

Ed just stared at Roy. He had never seen Roy act like that before; never; not even once in the years he had known him.

"Then how are we going to explain this? I have two more metal limbs and Al had a body now! How do we cover that up? Huh?" Ed shouted back just as loud.

Roy could only stare at his lover; Ed had tears rolling down his face. Roy could tell that Ed wanted to be with him more then ever, but he didn't want to cause Roy any trouble either. That was just like Ed; never wanting to cause trouble for anyone. Roy walked over to Ed and put a hand on his cheek.

"Ed I know that we will figure this out. I promise you that."

"How can you promise something that you cannot guarantee?"

Roy's eyes widened and he understood what Ed was saying and why. Ed's life had been full of promises that had never been kept and now he was in that same position once again.

"Ed I promise that I will do whatever I can to make sure that nothing happens to you or your brother. I swear."

Ed's eyes widened and he just looked at Roy.

"Don't do something that will get you into trouble. I would prefer that it was me over you." Ed mumbled lovingly as he cupped one of Roy's cheeks in his hand.

"And I you." Roy muttered back.

He leaned down and kissed Ed who was still crying. He picked Ed up bridal style and carried him back over to where they had been sleeping earlier. He sat down and held Ed close to his chest. Ed sobbed into his chest. Roy brushed Ed's hair and whispered comforting words to him.

"Ed it's alright. Tomorrow we will think of something and then we will leave for Central in about a week or two. That gives us a least a little time to think of something."

Ed nodded and cuddled next to Roy. His tears had stopped and his eyes were puffy and red. Slowly he started to fall back to sleep.

Roy looked down at his sleeping lover and couldn't help the doubt in his heart from surfacing. But he quickly pushed the thoughts away as he remembered his words to Edward. He swore he would help him and help him he would. He tried his best to push back his yawn but in the end it came anyway. He looked down once again and figured that Ed had a good idea. What use would Roy be if he couldn't even keep his eyes open?

"Good night Edward." He whispered but before he did he could have sworn he had heard a voice call to him.

"Good night Roy."

Roy fell asleep with a smile on his face that night. He didn't know what would happen to them in the future, but right now he just wanted to live in the present with Ed. He knew the future would be tough but who cared right now. He had what he had always wanted; and he wouldn't trade that for the world; now or ever.