Me: Okay, guys. The late update (No, REALLY late update) is due to stuff that's been going on in the family lately. My parents got divorced, and I've just been trying to take care of my mom. But don't worry, I am gunna put more effort into finishing these stories for you guys. Well, for those of you who are still reading this. u.u I wanna thank everybody who favorited/alerted me on this story. Tell me what you guys think, and I'll do my best to update soon.

The next day was riddled with fruitless attempts as Roy took Edward across town, letting him meet with every female he had known in his past life.

"Edward, this may be a bit of a touchy subject," Roy was saying as he took a bite from his baked potato, "but have you considered that maybe you might be...I don't know, gay?" Edward paused in drinking his orange juice, snorting in amusement. "Ah, yes! That's got to be it, I'm a flaming homosexual!" Edward's expression turned to one of annoyance. "No, really. How the fuck am I supposed to know?" He grunted.

"Well, let's be open minded about this...I've let you meet everyone and their sister. The only female we haven't met with lives towns away from here, and it'd most likely freak her out if we asked her out here." Roy spoke, taking a sip from his coffee.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever old man." Edward looked off towards a table seating several young ladies, gaze traveling over their forms before quickly losing interest. He just felt no attraction, whatsoever. Amber gaze moved to sit back on the man across from him. "I'll consider the possibility." He said finally.

"Good. Because frankly, I'm getting extremely close to giving up, honestly." Roy replied, standing from his seat. Edward did the same, yawning rather loudly. "All I want is to sleep." He grumbled. The duo left the cafe Roy had taken them to, to eat dinner. The drive home was silent, except for the occasional comment from Edward about the weather.

It was pretty much the same upon arriving home. Edward mumbled a "Good night", before going to sleep on the couch where he usually stayed. Roy only offered a nod, going to his own room. Maybe they could really pick up the search tomorrow. After slipping into bed, he placed his hands behind his head.

He was feeling hopeless. They seemed to be getting nowhere. And the longer they searched, the seemingly more irate the teenager became. It was becoming a bit of a chore, really. Roy drifted off to sleep shortly following that thought, intent on getting a nice, restful sleep.

The next morning, Roy could be found in the Kitchen, dressed only in a pair of black pajama pants. He was leaning on the doorway, newspaper in one hand and a coffee in the other. Edward sat at the table, picking off small pieces of a bagel slathered in cream cheese and eating them. Roy broke the silence with a cough, turning the page in his newspaper. Edward gave a frustrated sigh, getting to his feet. He didn't care if he startled the older male or whatnot.

"Edward? What are you doing?" He asked as the teen came over and pulled the newspaper out of his hands. "Testing something." The teen replied. Before Roy could even think about asking what the boy was doing, Edward had leaned forwards, molding his lips against the older man's.

Roy stood, stunned and unmoving. What was he supposed to do? He was afraid of shoving the teen away, but he didn't want to make a move to show he was enjoying it, either. Edward was stunned as well, surprised at how...right it felt in kissing the man. After a few moments he pulled away, standing there quietly and thoughtfully for a few moments. "Yes. It's definitely a male we should be looking for. I actually had a reaction to that, unlike the time I kissed that black haired woman." Edward's tone was quiet as he stepped away from Roy. "You should get ready for work. It's 8:14." That brought Roy out of his trance with a loud, "Shit!" before the man dashed off to his room.

Edward rolled his eyes, before folding his arms across his chest and going into the living room. If he didn't have to go hang out with military personnel, he certainly wasn't going to. He waited until Roy left, having to insist many times that he would be fine alone.

Well, he was fine for the first hour. After that, however, his thoughts drifted, settling onto how soft Roy's lips had been against his own. How much he had enjoyed it. How his heart had fluttered, and most of all, how it had felt so right. "God dammit, no!" Edward got up from the couch, storming out of the house. Kissing the guy hadn't effected him at all! Not even a little! Or...

He refused to believe it.

Edward wasted no time in taking the elevator to Roy's office floor upon arriving at headquarters, stalking down the hallway. Dammit, this wasn't even right! Something was wrong! He stopped at the end of the hall, eyes catching sight of the black haired male almost immediately. Havoc and Riza stepped aside, allowing him to trudge right up to Roy, both handling a look of confusion. Edward didn't care what Roy was saying to Falman; that could wait. Edward grabbed his shoulder and spun him around, standing on tiptoes and closing the distance between him and his former superior officer.

The office fell heavily silent. Roy felt his stomach flutter as he felt himself glued to the spot. Edward didn't hesitate to deepen the kiss, passionate and angry. After a moment, Roy gathered his senses and pushed the teen away rather harshly as an interesting shade of red painted his entire face.

"Edward, what the hell?" The office held it's silence as Edward leveled a glare at Roy. "I don't get it," Edward mumbled, violet eyes narrowing dangerously, "I'm not supposed to feel this way! You can't possibly...I won't accept it! A bastard like you..." Why did he feel this way? It wasn't supposed to be Roy! Surely he was mistaken. But his heart...the thing beating inside his ribcage was telling him differently.

'Maybe it's just because he's male. Yes, that's it...' Well, that's what he wanted to think. He placed his hand to his head as he backed up, taking a seat in the nearest chair and shaking his head slowly. "Edward?" Roy asked, sounding a bit concerned despite the teen's assault on him, "what's the matter?" Edward chose to ignore Roy, head bowed in thought. What the hell was wrong with him?

"Fullmetal!" Edward's head snapped up then, meeting Roy's gaze. "I..I can't do this," The blond then stood up, quickly albeit clumsily making his way down the hall. Roy was half in mind to follow him, but decided against it as Riza cleared her throat and reminded him of the hefty stack of paperwork he was two days late on signing. Roy sighed, returning to his office. He'd check on Edward when he got home.

Roy's plans seemed in vain as he stepped into the house. Dead silence met his ears. Hanging his coat up, Roy made his way into the Kitchen, onyx eyes scanning for any trace that the teen had come back. But no; he was nowhere to be seen. Roy took a quick look around the home, confirming that the boy wasn't there. He went back to the Kitchen, picking his phone up and dialing Riza's number. Only a few moments ticked by before the woman picked up. "Hello?"

"Edward's gone." No greeting; Roy was getting straight to the point. "Gone?" Riza repeated. "Roy?" Of course she knew it was him. "Hold on, I'll be right there." She said. After she hung up, Roy moved to the living room and dropped onto the couch. Why would Edward have run? Was it something he said? What if something happened to him? Maybe he had hurt the teen, or maybe the blond had figured something out. He briefly ran his thoughts over what had happened that day.

The kiss had been a surprise, yes. But Edward had run off like he had just found out something terrible. He had confused Roy greatly. What if he...

Roy's eyes widened in realization, gaining a small ounce of hope.

What if he was the person Edward was looking for?

After a good few minutes, Riza showed up to help Roy look for Edward. They started off sticking to the general area, but even after nearly six hours of searching every inch of the town, they both came up empty handed around midnight. Roy made his way to return home, more worried than he had been earlier. Edward was nowhere to be found. He kept walking as he passed by a coffee shop, miraculously still open. After weighing the situation, Roy went in to buy himself a cup.

He settled into a booth at the very far back of the shop a few minutes later, nursing the steaming mug as his thoughts started drifting back to the teen. He was sure Edward was still here somewhere. Maybe they weren't looking hard enough.

"God dammit Edward, where are you?"

Violet eyes scanned the area a bit sluggishly, not paying attention to the person in front. Edward was barely managing to listen to the man that was dragging him through a rather dark and secluded alleyway. "The hell am I even...who are you, anyway?" Edward had no clue where he was, or who this guy was. He had just run into a rather attractive young woman outside of a pet shop, and the next thing he knew he had woken up in some warehouse just outside of Amestris.

Now, not even thirty minutes later, he was being dragged through several dark alleyways that only seemed to be getting narrower and narrower. Still, the guy kept silent, even when they stopped. Edward opened his mouth to ask why they had stopped, when he was suddenly lifted off of the ground and taken up some kind of fire escape. He tried to struggle, but he was too lethargic from whatever had been given to him before.

"Yo, I'm here!" They stepped through a window, and Edward was dropped just inside the window so his captor could climb in after him. "Welcome home, pipsqueak!" Edward ignored the words, gazing around his surroundings. Why was he in an empty apartment?

"Envy, what took you so long?" Lust's voice was heard from across the room, and Envy's brow twitched. "We almost got caught by that damned police guy! I had to disguise myself as the guy's goon just to be able to leave with this twerp!" Envy placed his hand rather roughly atop Edward's head, rattling it around.

"Though I gotta say, kid delivers one hell of a punch!" He chided, before striding over to lust. "Give me the goods." He said, holding his palm out. Lust sighed. "You're always wanting to jump into things, aren't you Envy?" Lust flipped her hair over one shoulder, before dropping a few, red colored stones into the homunculus' hand. Envy grinned almost joyfully as he moved back over to Edward, crouching down in front of him.

"Now kid, just swallow these and you'll be part of the family!" He said, taking Edward's hand and dropping the stones into his palm. Edward's gaze narrowed. "Why do I wanna listen to you? You kidnapped me, you psycho." He replied bluntly. Envy frowned. "Hey, don't be a bad sport! You'll get everything you want. I promise." Envy's smirk widened as he watched Edward debate over the stones. "Everything?" He asked. "Everything and anything, I swear!" Envy replied. Edward looked back down at the stones.

"Okay...guess I can trust you, then." Edward then popped the stones into his mouth, swallowing them.