Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Ed and Roy, A Tale of Love ❯ A Promise of Things to Come ( Chapter 4 )

Ed and Roy, A Tale of Love

A Promise of Things to Come

A/N: um..sorry if there is a lot of talking...

oh and...

HAPPY FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH! (7/13/07)

hehe..also, there are hints at Al/Winry :D

I think Roy is really OOC at some points but i can't help it. O.o

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The next morning Al was woken up by a loud thump followed quickly by swearing. He couldn't help laughing as he helped his brother, who had just fallen from the top bunk, to his feet. This had to be the thousandth time Ed did that.

“Did you miss a step again, brother?” Al giggled.

“Yeah.” Ed replied, rubbing his head and his back. “You know I hate the top.” Alphonse just laughed more and started to get ready for school.

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Since it was Friday, grumbling and whining could be heard from the students throughout the school. Edward wasn't one to complain but it was lunchtime already and he hadn't seen Roy anywhere. He had hoped he would spot the boy in the cafeteria, but no such luck so far. He chose the table closest to the wall so he could lean against it. A few girls were watching him as he ate and they kept giggling and pointing, which got on his nerves.

“You go over there.” A blond girl was whispering.

“No, you do it.” Another blond answered back.

“Okay, fine then, I will.” The first girl walked over, her back straight and her head high in the air.

“Hi--” Was all she got out before another guy sat beside the short blond one.

“Hey, Edo. Sorry if I got you into trouble.” Roy said as he sat down.

Edward smiled and replied, “No, not really. My mother didn't like that I cut school, though.” The blond girl was looking furiously at Roy and Ed, angry that they were ignoring her.

“Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude--”

“Yet you are still going to be, ne?” Roy looked at the girl, who blushed and then scowled.

“I wanted to talk to Edward, not you.” She said, staring daggers at the black haired guy. Ed looked between the two, wondering if he should say anything.

“Well, by all means, go ahead.” Roy gestured to the confused looking Ed, as if to say 'he's listening anyway'. The girl shrugged her shoulders and turned her back to Roy.

Taking a breath, she started to talk. “Edward, I am Winry, from your Math class, remember? Anyway, there is a dance coming up--”

Once again, she was cut off. “No. He is going with me, Winry.” He said her name mockingly, causing her to blush even further and stomp away.

“Come on, Riza. Let's leave.” The other girl looked like that was the best idea anyone ever had and stalked off with Winry.

"Wait, Winry. My brother doesn't have a date for the dance." He said. Winry looked surprised but still turned to stomp away. Roy watched them go, smirking. He looked to Edward who had a look of mild shock on his face. The smirk was replaced for a look of concern.

“Chibi, are you okay?” Roy asked, poking Ed.

“WHO ARE YOU CALLING A MICROSCOPIC SHRIMP THAT HAS NO MASS?” Ed shouted, causing Roy to jump and almost all of the cafeteria to look at him.

“Ne, Ed, I meant cute.” Roy chuckled. Ed just had a frown on his face and he slumped against the wall. Roy took the opportunity to slide next to Ed, who gasped. Ed tried to keep the blood from rushing to his face as he felt Roy's hand under the table.

“So, pipsqueak, what are you going to wear to the dance?” Roy whispered, his breath tickling Ed's ear. Deciding to ignore the slight on his height, he just shrugged. Everyone started to stare as Roy started nipping at Ed's exposed neck, starting to tug at his braid.

“Mustang...” Ed's heart was pounding and he couldn't think straight. “Come on...stop..” Edward said, though he didn't want him to stop, really.

“Not a chance, Ed.” Roy mumbled, his words muffled by Ed's neck.

Ed tried not to groan as the bell rang for sixth period.

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Throughout the rest of the day, Edward could think of nothing else except Mustang. Thinking back, Ed noticed how Roy didn't object to the use of his last name. It is kind of hot, thought Ed, trying not to notice Winry, who was sitting two seats ahead of him and shooting him death glares.

Edward sighed as the teacher called him to the board and he had to solve a complex problem. 'Meh, this is nothing. I can solve this in my sleep.'

“Very good, Edward. You can sit, now.” Mr. Hughes nodded.

Ed sat and zoned out as Mr. Hughes answered the questions of all the students who didn't get the problem. The braided blond felt a small burst of pride that he understood this subject.

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By the time Edward got home, he was thoroughly exhausted. He opened the front door and was immediately pounced upon by his younger brother.

“Hey!” Was all he got out before his little brother bear-hugged him. “Hey, Al. How was your day?” He rubbed his little brother's head and Al positively beamed at him.

“Well, my friend, Hiromu, is starting an after school club, called the Alchemist's Club.” Al stated. “It's cool. Do you wanna join, big brother?” Ed, who was almost too tired to talk, agreed that he would check it out on Monday. Al was ecstatic.

Luckily for Ed, Trisha came home and spared Ed from his hyperactive brother. The phone rang and Ed rushed to answer it. Yes. It was Roy.

“Hey, shrimp.” Greeted Roy.

“Don't call me short.”

“I won't, shrimp.”

Ed took a deep breath. “What's up?” He said lamely.

“Oh, nothing. Just wondering if you wanted to come over for the weekend.” Ed could hear the smirk in his voice.

“I'm punished, Mustang.”

“Who is that, Edward?” Trish called from the living room.

“It's Roy!” Ed shouted back, holding the phone away from his ear.

“Oh, come on. You can talk your mom out of it, can't you?” Roy asked.

“I dunno. I'll ask my brother to plead my case.” Ed said, looking at Al, who was currently watching a show called Bleach with rapt attention.

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As it turns out, Ed did go to Al, who did beg and plead with their mother to allow Ed to go to his friend's house for the night. She agreed on one condition, that Ed was to do everything when he got home, clean from top to bottom and perhaps cook dinner. Ed said he would and by the time night fell, he was on his way to Roy's. Of course, he also owed Al a favor for begging their mother but that would come later.

“Bye, Mom. I'll call you in the morning. See ya, Alphonse.” Ed got out of the car after giving his mother a peck on the cheek and waving to his little brother. She called his name to which he looked at her. “Yeah?”

“No you-know-what.” She arched an eyebrow and giggled at the blush on her son's face. With one last “Good night, hun” Trisha drove off, Al laughing in the backseat.

Edward stood, anticipating the footsteps on the opposite side of the door after the doorbell was rang. The footfalls seemed to be slow and sluggish, though once the door opened the happy face of the ebony-haired Roy Mustang squealed, yes, he squealed and launched himself into Ed's arms, nearly causing him to fall back.

“Hello, M-mustang.” Ed sputtered, trying to pry the ecstatic male from him.

Roy cleared his throat as if to apologize for his behavior and stood up straight.

“So, Edward Elric, what would you like to do tonight?” His face held a devious look that the short blond was unsure about and frankly, it scared him a little. Not scared as in afraid, more like a daring thrill type of scare.

As soon as Ed was over the threshold and the door slammed shut, Ed was equally slammed into the wall, his lips being crushed by Roy's, who also pressed his body against him possessively. Before Edward could even register what Roy was doing to him, it had stopped and Roy disappeared down a hallway, calling for Ed to follow.

“I'm coming!” Ed called, a little grumpily.

'Not yet,' thought Roy.

As it turns out, Roy had a lot of movies. No, not that kind of movies, but he had a lot of romantic comedies. He was into “chick flicks” so to say.

“Soo. What do you want to watch?” He asked. “Let's see what we got..We have Just Friends, Just Like Heaven, Thirteen Going on Thirty..” Roy kept on rambling off titles, Ed shrugging to each one mentioned. But Roy wasn't going to give up so easily.

“Ahh, well.” He said, after fifteen minutes had passed. “I guess I'm going to have to use the old fall back.”

“Oh?” Ed asked, lifting an eyebrow, not unlike the look his mother had given him. “And what is that?”

“Eeny Meeny Miney Moe.” Roy replied, laughing. So he closed his eyes and continued to catch a tiger by his toe.

The movie that 'Moe' landed on was kind of ironic. And it just so happened to be one of Edward's favorite movies. It was called The Birdcage. (1) With the movie decided, Roy went off to go make some popcorn and came back with two bags of microwavable popcorn. Mustang then plopped down and patted the couch in front of him, telling the blond chibi wordlessly to sit in front of him. Blushing, Ed sat beside him instead, to which Roy pouted and dragged the blond in front of him.

At first, Ed was a little tense but Roy didn't try any of his tricks and the movie passed by rather quickly with lots of laughs, a few chuckles and once Ed choked on his popcorn and Roy had to thump him on the back.

When the movie ended about an hour and forty five minutes later, Edward's face was red from laughing (and choking) and there were tears he had to wipe away. The two males had somehow gone from sitting side by side to laying down, Roy behind Ed and Roy had his arms around him. Somehow, this had escaped Edward's notice.

Ed stood up quickly, knocking over the abandoned bag of popcorn kernels that hadn't popped making them scatter. Blushing, he bent to pick them up when he tripped on one of the little devils. Roy Mustang had to bite his lip to keep from laughing. He didn't think his Edo looked stupid. On the contrary, he thought it was quite cute when the blond got flustered.

Sighing away his laughter, Roy stood up, stretched, and mercifully went to go get the broom. Yet another five minutes later, Ed was muttering his apologies and thanks, which Roy shrugged off.

“Ne, no problem, Edo. Don't worry 'bout it, chibi.” Said Roy with a smirk, expecting the blond to yell at him. Instead, Edward yawned.

“You tired?” He asked, looking a little disappointed. “It's only nine o'clock.” (Actually, it was closer to eleven but Roy didn't want his new boy toy to be tired just yet.)

“Of course I'm not tired. And don't call me...” Here he yawned loudly. “...short.”

“Aww. You're cute when you're sleepy.” Roy whispered, stepping closer to the blond and making him back up until he was against the couch.

“Roy...” Ed said, just the hint of a warning in his voice, though it wasn't that convincing.

“Hm, Edo?” Roy replied, so close Ed could smell his aftershave and the butter on his breath. Roy lightly bumped Edward in the chest so that he collapsed on the couch.

“Edo, you have been teasing me too much.” Roy whispered, leaning over the younger red-faced male and pressing himself against him. Ed was speechless and didn't know what to say. Never in his wildest dreams did he believe that his crush, his Roy would even think of seducing him. Just for fun, Ed thought. I wanna make him beg.

As Roy inched closer, he didn't notice the smirk that graced his chibi's face. Nor did he see the glint in his golden eyes of promises of things to come. Oh, yes. Things were about to get very interesting indeed.

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A/N: Ed and Al do go to the same school, but they don't have any classes together, except lunch, though on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, Al goes to “The Alchemist Club”.

(1)The Birdcage (1996) stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Diane Weiss and Hank Azaria (as a gay butler). It is about a homosexual couple (Williams and Lane) who have to please the Senator and his wife (Hackman and Weiss) so that Williams' son could marry their daughter. It is a hilarious comedy.

Yeah, sorry to end it there but this chapter is too long already. XP Read and Review as always!