Author's Note: Ed is curious about where the colonel and the lieutenant got their scars from and recieves an interesting response.

#17- Scars

They were both in Ishbal and they both encountered things that no one else in the office never had to face, but there was something this day that caught Edward Elric's attention that he had never noticed before about the colonel and the first lieutenant. As naive as the poor young alchemist could be, he was determined to find out how Mustang and Hawakeye had gotten the two visible scars they were sporting that he never heard about or saw. It was a blazing hot summer day and by mid-day, everyone in the office had discarded their military jackets. Mustang even had a few buttons undone from his shirt as he leaned back in his chair, pretending to be busy as he rested his feet on his desk held a file up over his face and balanced his pen on his upper lip. That was how Ed discovered the scar. It was visible on the man's collar bone and the fact that even Hawkeye had one similar on her neck, it made the young alchemist wonder. He wondered if they were from Ishbal... but then again, how could he not have noticed before. Around lunch time, when Mustang and Hawkeye left, Black Hayate close behind, he quickly turned his attention to Havoc, ignoring his brother's warning.

"Lieutenant Havoc, where did Mustang get that scar?" he asked anxiously. The smoker looked down at the boy in confusion and glanced over at Breda, who shrugged.

"What're you talking about, chief?"

"The scar he has right here!" announced ed, slightly fustrated as he pointed at his own collar bone.

"Yeah, and the lieutenant has one too." called Al, trying to help his brother out. The men stared at the brothers silently for a while before beginning to laugh. It didn't help that even Fuery was laughing at them, though not as openly.

"WHAT'S SO FUNNY!" Ed yelled in annoyance. Havoc shook his head and smirked.

"You really are naive, Edward." he said, causing Ed to scowl. "Those aren't scars kid-"

"Their hickies!" Breda finished with a laugh. Both Ed and Al went silent and Ed's face went a deep shade of red.

"NO WAY!"

"Yeah, they most definitely are. Little love marks from the night before... Who would've known Hawkeye could be so frisky." said Havoc in a thoughtful manner, ignoring Ed's glare. He didn't want to hear any of that and moved to a corner of the room to silently, what Al considered, sulk and scowl. When Mustang returned, he raised an eyebrow at the flustered teen.

"What's wrong Fullmetal?" he asked. "Discovered you shrinked a good inch or two?" Ed glared at him in a way that could have killed and grunted before getting up.

"Al, lets go. I need fresh air." he grumbled and made sure not to look at Mustang or Hawkeye as he left.

"What's wrong with him?" asked Hawkeye in confusion and Havoc tried to hold back a laugh.

"The boys learned not to ask us questions about scars anymore." he answered, grinning.