Clear up

Kain, Falman and Breda reported early for work the next day, even though it had been raining cats and dogs in the night; they all had the same reason to be enthusiastic. They wanted to see the colonel and the lieutenant, Falman was less then excited when told by Breda and Kain that they were going to snoop around the office to wait for their superiors. He was not such a low person to descend to eavesdropping, but when Kain started to tempt him with a bet Falman could not refuse and that was why he was here, hiding under his own desk, waiting for eight o'clock to come.

"I am pretty sure there is nothing wrong with the colonel. This is stupid…" Falman spat out grudgingly after 15minutes, the small cramped space was less then comfortable since he was tall which caused his shins to poke his forehead every single time he tried to move.

Kain shuffled under his own desk and scoffed, "You are the one who decide to join us in our bet." Falman had a feeling Kain was smiling over at his own desk; it was the truth that he did like to bet and sadly that was his only true weakness that could be exploited. Falman had the impulse to punch something when another voice rang out behind him.

"Will the two of you, hush up? It will be bad if they found out that we are listening in on them." Breda reminded importantly

Falman rolled his eyes, "We shouldn't be hiding under the desk in the first place then."

"Wait a moment, be quiet. They are here…" Kain whispered, and true enough the door opened. The three friends pressed their ears against the wooden table.

The heavy footsteps belonged to the colonel; he removed his coat and chucked them onto the armchair nearby. On the other side of the room, the second pair of footsteps which was the lieutenant walked to her own desk. Neither of their superiors was talking, the suspense was killing.

All of the sudden, a loud continuous rapping series of thumps above their desk scared the three friends out of their skins. "Come on out, we know you are under there."

Breda glanced hesitantly at his other two friends, they sighed and slowly they climbed out; Falman with slight difficulty. Breda could tell that Kain was praying desperately in his mind for his eyes were closed and he was muttering furtively.

Breda, Kain and Falman lined up timidly but orderly in a straight line side by side, as they came face to face with their superiors who looked nothing less of wanting to set them on fire (the colonel) or shooting them in the head (the lieutenant).

The lieutenant glanced at them with a serious look on her face, "I did not know you like hiding under the tables."

Roy leaned against his own desk and surveyed his three subordinate looking so solemn as though someone had passed away. "Second lieutenant Valto Falman, I did not expect you to be this silly." Falman shivered in his skin, he had never heard the colonel call him that way; this was surely the end… oh god…

"As a soldier, you are required to be able to obtain information from your enemies without being spotted; all three of you have obvious failed in doing so. As punishment, all three of you will be going to a boot camp next weekend, no excuses."

Falman stared incredibly at his superior while Breda let out a short disbelieved 'hah', Kain on the other end spoke up "What? I thought we were getting punished for eavesdropping on the two of you!" He sounded exceptionally shocked since he was the one who thought of this silly plan and he was about to admit to his stupidity.

For the first time in days, Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye smiled at them… "You know, there is something we need to tell you guys. No more eavesdropping, we should tell you the truth." At the end of her sentence, she glanced at the grinning colonel who nodded curtly.