Love me differently Chapter 13, a fullmetal alchemist fanfic

Chapter 13

(A/N: I dedicate this chapter to one of my besties Necey for trying to convince to make a lemon chapter but I had to settle with just some basic romance.)

Roy's P.O.V.

"Did you enjoy yourself?"

"It was nice, not better than one of my favorites, but nice."

We had just walked out of the building of are first event of the evening: the theater. I decided to take Rin to a play after Taylor had told me that she liked plays and music. Plays weren't really my thing but the younger sister insisted.

"It had a good concept but the actor they choose to be in it weren't into their characters. Now my favorite play back home-"

"Old McDonald?" I joked. She elbowed me playful in the arm.

"No! My favorite play back home was 'My Kitten'. It was about this young girl, all she wanted for the man she loved to return her feelings and for the people around her to see her as more than what they saw, a rich woman. One day she made a wish for all of that to come true and it somehow backfired and turned into a kitten, but as a side effect to that once every week she'd turn back human but for only a short time. As a kitten she somehow landed a way to live with the man she loved, disguised a cat that is. Then after living with him she figured out how he truly felt for her."

"That was a… very descriptive summary." I said a little slowly, and she elbowed me again. "Now that we're finished here, how about we go somewhere and get something to eat? I know you should be hungry."

"What makes you say that?" She asked and glared at me.

"I didn't mean anything. Look Rin; let's try not to fight tonight. Let's just let everything else aside and just have a nice evening."

"Well on my behalf, I am having fun." She then walked up ahead of me. Before long she had stopped in front of a shop window. "But it could be more fun if I could go in and look at this." She pointed in the window as I caught back up with her. What she was pointing at was a silver chained necklace that had a heart charm on it.

After looking at the necklace I peeked over at the price. 'Whoa. That's a lot for a small piece of jewelry.' I looked at Rin from the corner on my eye and saw how she was looking at it. "When do you plan on buying it? It's pretty expensive."

"Yeah, I know. I first saw it a few weeks ago and when I saw the price I thought I could buy it easily with my pay. But with the bills and having to take care of not only myself but Taylor and Lynn as well, it would take a while and the necklace would be gone by then. Anyways I don't really need it. It's just gonna be another material possession is all."

I saw the sad look on her face as she said that. Thinking fast, I grabbed her hand and we started walking in our previous direction. "Come on. It may not be a necklace but I'll take you to one of the best restaurants in the city." I felt her try and keep up with my pace and knew she was giving me weird looks. "I promise, after dinner you'll be much better." We continued walking for a while until we finally came to the restaurant I had made reservations for. We walked in, seat down, and ordered something to drink. "Do you like it?" I asked.

"Like it…? It's beautiful in so many ways." She exclaimed. She looked around at everything, she looked truly amazed. There were paintings and chandeliers everywhere, beautiful dimmed lighting as well as a lit candle on each table to give into the ambiance, entertainment that included a band playing soft music, and a nice bar.

All I did was watch how she was astounded by the décor of the place. There was just something about Tarin, but I could never put my finger on it. "You must not be really use to places like this?"

"Well I sort of am but at the same time I'm not. I've been to lots of restaurants like this before. I just haven't been to any really recently." She sat herself comfortably in her seat. The waiter had come back with some wine and poured some for us. We both made a toast and drunk it. "You must always bring your dates here, don't you?" She smiled.

I raised an eyebrow. "On the contrary, this place opened not that long ago. You are the first woman I've brought here."

"Hmm… lucky me"

"You said you have been to lots of restaurants like this before. I might have guessed the few dates you've been on have brought you to a restaurant like this?"

"Other than some special occasions and when I feel like treating myself to something nice, some guy may come along and invite me to dinner. Just because I said I haven't had that many dates in a while doesn't mean that someone won't want to take me anywhere nice. Some guys may want to try to spoil a girl."

"I'm not saying that, I was just making conversation."

"Okay then. I'm betting you bring girls to restaurant like this just to spoil them so they'll be into you more."

"It hurts me that you think of me like that. I don't believe in spoiling a woman. I believe that relationships are pass things like this." I took a sip of wine before and looked around. That's when my gaze stopped upon the band in the room. "You like to sing right?" She slowly nodded while looking at me a little astonished. I then called over a random waiter and whispered something to them. After they walked away I look back to Rin whose eyebrows were arched together. "What?"

"Roy, what did you just do?"

"You'll see."

Before long, lights dimmed down and, who we guess apparently was, the owner of the restaurant was in front of where the band was. "Ladies and gentleman, I am interrupting this beautiful evening for a special announcement. Someone here has requested to sing a song here tonight: a young woman by the name of Tarin Silvers."

Almost immediately a spotlight shone on our table. "Roy what is-" Rin was cut off short when a waiter came to the table and whisked her away to where the owner was formerly standing. She looked out at the crowd and seemed nervous but she quickly shook it off. "Hello. Uh… well since there looks to be a lot of couples out tonight I'll dedicate this to all the couples in the room." She went over and whispered something to the person who in was in charge of the band and they then started to play some soft music.

Some people live for the fortune
Some people live just for the fame
Some people live for the power, yeah
Some people live just to play the game
Some people think that the physical things
Define what's within
And I've been there before
But that life's a bore
So full of the superficial

Some people search for a fountain
That promises forever young
Some people need three dozen roses
And that's the only way to prove you love them
Hand me the world on a silver platter
And what good would it be
With no one to share
With no one who truly cares for me

Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, you, you
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, yeah

If I ain't got you with me baby
So nothing in this whole wide world don't mean a thing
If I ain't got you with me baby

The entire restaurant roared in applauses. Most people were even giving her a standing ovation. I couldn't help but look at Tarin as she walked back to the table. All I could think of to tell her was, "That was truly outstanding Tarin."

Tarin's P.O.V.

After dinner was over Roy said he had one other surprise for me for the night. It must have been in walking distance because we hadn't used the car since we went to the theater. Having to walk around who-knows-where my curiosity was really peaking at the point of explosion.

"Tell me where we're going. Please!"

"I can't tell you until we get there." He hadn't even turned around to look at me when he responded.

"Come on." I was whining at this point. "We've been walking for so long and my feet are starting to kill me in these shoes." At my estimation, we been walking for at least five straight minutes and these damned shoes weren't helping me at all. I then noticed that he had slowed down to a stop.

He finally looked at me from over his shoulder with a smirk. "I have a question: do you believe romantic spots are cheesy?"

I gave him a questionable look, I knew it. "It depends: are we about to walk on some beach or a ride on a boat or did you put together some expensive setting? Those are all a little cheesy but cute at once. Why?"

"You'll see." He grabbed my hand again and started walking until I noticed the scenery around us. We were on a small hill by the looks of it and right above us you could see the stars and moon perfectly in the sky. "What do you think of this?"

Not even thinking about I said, "It's spectacular." I was actually breathless to say the least. In all my times I've gone out whether it was with another person or on my own I've never seen anything like it. I felt myself being pulled by Roy so we sat on the ground. The grass felt so good underneath us. I felt so relaxed as I leaned my head on Roy's shoulder. I wouldn't have guessed that he would bring me to a place like this. The play was nice and the restaurant was fantastic but neither of them could compare to this. This whole thing, this entire night went through like a dream. "I'm glad we came out tonight. Everything was wonderful."

"I'm glad you enjoyed yourself." I felt his arm come around my waist. We both seemed to have looked at each other at the same and eyes mirrored the other. I felt his breath on my face as he came closer to me. I soon felt a pair of lips on mine. They were warm and sweet just how I believed he was at that moment. "Tarin…" he breathed against my lips before stealing another kiss. He slowly descended me until my back was on the ground with him still on top of me. He had his self supported using his arm so he wouldn't crush my body with his.

I felt myself getting hot. When I tried to stop to get air, Roy went from my lips to the side on my neck. I felt as he kissed and lick spots on my neck until he found what he was looking for. I squeaked inward a little when he had found my sweet spot. Feeling him smile, he stayed in that same spot and was ravishing it with his mouth.

"Roy… Roy, I think we…" I couldn't get my words out right; the most that had come out of my mouth were moans.

He stopped and lifted his head so he could see my face again. "It sounds like you were really enjoying this."

"I think we should stop!" I said to him. I had my head turned from him at this point. "I, I… I just don't think we should go any further than this. You know… just to be safe?" I couldn't look Roy in his face. His eyes staring into mine may have driven me insane after what just happened. 'I'm such a coward.'

"I understand." He said and pecked a small kiss on my forehead. "I'll just take you home before your sister tries to come and kill me."

I nodded and he got up from over me and helped me up. After we dusted ourselves off I followed him to his car.

-X-

We get back to the house and Roy had insisted he'd walk me to the door, no matter how much I told him he didn't have to. We make it to the stairs before he stops me. "I'm glad we got have this time. Did you have fun?" He asked.

I just nodded. I still hadn't looked him straight in the face since our little moment earlier or when we were in the car. 'I just feel a little weird. It's mostly about what happened earlier on the hill. Roy was very nice to me all evening and I enjoyed it all, but what we did… I just can't-' I was knocked out of my meditations by Roy's hands on my shoulders. I looked at him for a split second before looking back down, seeing the concerned look on his face. "What? Why are you looking like that?" His grip then had gotten a little more firm.

"I know you well enough Rin. You haven't said a word to me or looked me in the face since earlier. I know that there is something wrong with you and you're not telling me what it is. Haven't I told you to tell if something is the matter?" His grip had become looser. "Are you confused about something? Embarrassed? Tell me Rin." I didn't comment on any of that. "Has it got anything to do with what we did earlier?" I felt my whole body tense up. I knew he'd get to the point: he's not stupid.

"Yes Roy. What happened then was a little unexpected to me and also a little fast. I think what happened there should stay there."

"Rin… are you trying to say that you regret it?"

"No, I'm not saying that."

"But you are implying it."

"Roy, you don't know what this is doing to me!" I yelled. I then looked back to his face. "What happened back there is something that wasn't supposed to happen and I didn't want to happen. When we kissed I felt… I felt like… ugh! I just don't know okay, I just don't. All I know is that that shouldn't have happened. We weren't supposed to kiss. I wasn't supposed to kiss you." I then started to get scared as his expression on his face got mad.

"So what you're saying is that us having feeling like this isn't suppose to happen? That we should just stay like we were weeks ago? Rin, if you have feeling like we did on that hill you're not suppose to keep them locked up inside. That isn't going to help you at all."

"That's not the-"

"Then what is it, Tarin? Is it fear? Is it commitment? Something from your past or-"

"Trust! It's trust." We both became quiet. All that was heard was our breathing before I continued. "All of my life, I've tried trusting people. I tried trusting people: tried faith, trust, loyalty and where'd it get me? Only to be living in a life of hell. The ones I did trust all hurt me in the end. The only ones who are still around, the ones that I have complete and udder trust: my sister, my grandparents, Lynn." I felt the hot tears start to flow down my cheek. "Ever since my mother died, it seemed that my trust in people decreased. I tried trusting but only got hurt. I have a hard time with fully trusting others outside that circle… and then you… You come out of nowhere and try to get all the information about me that you can, like I'm supposed to trust you so easily. Then you charm me and you use this date to get closer to me. Even though we do have feelings, I can't just-" I was immediately shut up by Roy pulled me by the shoulders and kissing me. It was a long heated kiss. I felt as his tongue licked my lips for an entrance and no matter how much I wanted to give into the temptation I didn't but he got through. The taste of his tongue circling around mine and the feel of his bodily warmth was intoxicating. I didn't want it to stop but…

Roy then ended the kiss and let go of my shoulders. He looked at me with cold eyes, a look he had never given me before. Staring at each other for a few moments he turned and walked away back to his car.

I swiftly turned away and headed inside and closed the door. Once I locked the door I pressed my back against a wall and slid down onto the floor and was crying the hardest I've ever had since I can remember. 'What have I done? What did I just do?' All I could think of was that look Roy had given me and it made me cry harder. "Mom, what should I do? Please."

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(Hime: OMG, this had me so happy at first but I'm sad now. Sorry for the sudden emotionally switch. I literally had the urge to punch myself.

Emi: *sniffs* I even want to punch you and myself for letting you think of that.

Hime: You see! To tell you the truth that was the first romance scene I've written in a very, very long while, I hope it was good. Also the song that helped inspire the chapter and was used was 'If I Ain't Got You' by Alicia Keys. So as you can see I do not own the song nor the person for made it so beautiful.)

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