Author's Note: Three Little words can mean so much if said at the right moment.
I Love You
They are three little words she believed should never be recklessly thrown around. Kind of like a gun. If used the wrong way, someone could get hurt. She actually remembered walking in on Havoc in the middle of a phone call telling that to a girl. It was her first time honestly hearing that out of his mouth. They were special workds that she only be said when meant. That relationship ended about a week later. Fuery was seen writing a letter and placing these special words in it- but it was to his family. Most understandable really.
Riza Hawkeye had grown up believing one should never claim love for another unless they believed it to be true. The undying affection expressed between a man and woman, a mother and child, and so on she believed was considered true love. Breda, who was in the middle of a debate with Havoc, had once proclaimed that to love someone you had to be willing to do the unthinkable and even die for them. That may be true, but then how would you explain her relationship with the colonel? Was that considered true love? She had figured it was simple loyalty. Besides she wasn't quick to allow those words to spill from her mouth. Yes, she had told it to Black Hayate a few times before, but he was an animal, not a man.
It was foolish really, allowing the little phrase to have such an impact in your life. Allowing them to control wether or not you open up to an individual... Yet here she sat in front of the fireplace, the snow falling outside and sharing a comfy thick blanket with the man she could never utter those words to. They sat on the couch in the late night, enjoying a comfortable silence, Hayate sleeping in Riza's lap as she sat with her back against the colonel's chest and his arms around her. They were silent for a while before Roy leaned forwardin an effort to look her in the face from where he sat behind her. Catching her attention, Riza turned her head and looked at him in confusion.
"What?" she asked, thinking there was something on her face from how he was staring, but he just grinned and leaned forward, kissing her softly.
"I love you." he whispered. As simple as that. Three little words, said with sincerity and love, can quickly make ones beliefs change so quickly. Slightly flustered, Riza looked down at her hands before looking at an expectant Roy and smiling, possibly for the first real time.
"I love you too."