Disclaimer: As I said in the previous drabble, and all before that, FMA does not belong to me.

Pairing: Roy x Ed

Summary: It's Christmas, and time to unwrap some presents!

Notes: This is the last and longest part of my Christmas fic. I know that this much longer than my normal drabble length…but I just wanted to complete the Christmas story that I started unconsciously in drabble 17. Hoped you liked it!

Add. Notes: It would be really nice if you all could review :)

FMA Drabble 19:

Presents II – Unwrapping Gifts

It was Christmas morning, and Edward was feeling very excited, but rather nervous as well. This was his first Christmas with Roy, and that thought made him feel very happy. However, he also had to give Roy the ring that he had bought, and he was still rather uncertain of how his boyfriend would react to it.

Roy had not awoken yet, apparently exhausted after the long night of partying and their other activities after that. Ed on the other hand, woke up earlier. At first, he was reluctant to get out of bed, preferring to curl up into the warm form of his boyfriend beside him and enjoy the wonderful sensation of skin contact. But after awhile, he could hear sounds coming from the kitchen, and realized that his brother had already woken up and started cleaning up. Ed decided that it was not a nice thing to do if he just went on sleeping and left his brother to do all the housework, so he quickly put on some clothes and went to help Al, leaving Roy to continue his slumber.

The two Elric brothers finished the chores in record time, and were already almost done by the time Roy woke up.

"You two did all the work so quickly?" Roy asked when he saw them.

Ed and Al nodded.

"Thank you." Roy told them sincerely, hugging them both. Then he smirked at Ed. "I didn't know that you would ever do household chores willingly, Ed. From the way you were cursing and complaining about it yesterday, I thought that you would only do them if I threatened you."

Ed gritted his teeth, glaring at the Colonel. "If you say one more thing…"

"My, my." Roy grinned. "What a short temper."

"Why you…" Ed muttered angrily under his breath, and started chasing Roy all over the house.

After awhile of anxious watching and hoping that nothing would get broken or blown up, Alphonse yelled out. "If you two don't stop this, we'll never get to open our presents!"

That stopped the both of them in their tracks.

The three of them sat by their Christmas tree, slowly unwrapping all the presents that they had each received from their friends.

"Another Alchemy book!" Ed exclaimed in exasperation. "Does everyone think all I do is read all day?"

"Actually, brother," Al spoke up. "Some days, you do read all the time."

Ed sighed. "Never mind. It's not that I don't like these as presents. I just didn't think that they would all have the same image of me in their minds."

"Just be happy, Ed" Roy said as he unwrapped another present.

"I never said I wasn't, Roy." Ed murmured, opening another present, which happened to be yet another Alchemy book.

Soon, they were done with most of their presents, leaving them with the presents that they had gotten for each other. Al was already done so he had left first; carrying everything he had received to his room. Ed was feeling more nervous now. But he was also very curious about what Roy had gotten for him.

"Open you present first, Roy." Ed told the older man.

Roy shook his head. "Lets open them together."

And so they did.

Ed quickly unwrapped the mid-sized box that was Roy's present, and opened it. There were three things inside – A note, a framed picture and what seemed to be a locket. The picture was one of him and Roy sitting together in the office and looking deeply into the eyes of the other. Ed remembered the time. It was not long after the two of them had started their relationship. Hughes had taken the picture and had jokingly threatened to blackmail them with it.

The locket was made of silver, and when Ed opened it, he saw a smaller version of the framed picture inside it, along with the words 'together forever'. Looking at it made tears well up into his eyes, but he held back the tears and went on to the note instead.

To Ed. It read.

I know that it's only been less than a year since we started this relationship, but I have to say that I loved every single moment. You've brought true happiness back into my life after many years of sorrow, and I can never thank you enough for that. Let us strive to have more of such wonderful moments, especially like the one captured in the picture. The locket is something I hope that you will keep with you as something that would remind you of our wonderful relationship, no matter how far apart we may be.
I will always love you. Roy.

Reading the note made indescribable emotions well up inside the teen. When he turned to look at Roy, he saw that the man was feeling the same way over the present that Ed had given him.

"The ring is really beautiful, Ed." Roy murmured as he admired it. "The colours match your eyes perfectly, and I'm sure that as long as I wear it, I'll never forget about you, wherever I may be."

Ed gulped, but felt too emotional say anything thing.

"As to the question you asked in the little note that came with the ring," Roy said, moving to cuddle with his boyfriend. "I'll just say that it would be a wonderful thing to be with you forever, and actually, I don't think I could imagine anyone else being with me other than you, Ed."

Saying that, Roy closed the gap between him and Ed and kissed the teen passionately, breaking apart only after they ran out of air.

"Merry Christmas, Ed." Roy murmured softly into the other's ear.

"Merry Christmas to you too, Roy." Ed replied, smiling. "I love you."

Roy smiled as well.

END
Notes: I did not plan to write my Christmas fic as part of my drabbles, but as I developed my Christmas-linked drabbles, I realized that I had a story. It's not anything much, but I sure hope that you all enjoy it!

Also, please do review!

Add. Notes: Merry Christmas :)