Two Drinks For One Ch. 11

The next few months had gone wonderfully for the two. They had promised each other to keep things professional at work. This being so, the two would act as if nothing ever happened between them that one night. Things seemed normal, but there were moments in which the two couldn't help but let their emotions leak to one another.

They no longer had been able to with stand the tense emotions in the air like they once were able to do for all the years prior. Whenever they would see one another, the two would slip a kiss when no one was looking or fiddle with one another's hair and hands when they were alone.

Along with their occasional flirting, they had an occasional office fling. Most didn't know about it for along time, except for Havoc. The rest of Mustang's men believed that he was only using her to finish up the work he was slacking off. It was a believable story until the rest caught on aside from Fuery, who's mind remained pure and unknowing to what was happening behind Roy's closed office doors.

One day the other men were sitting around their work spaces, waiting for the long day to come to an end so they could return home.

"Man, what time is it?" Breda asked, rubbing his head.

"I think it is only two pm." Kain replied, looking at the clock on the wall.

"Yeah I have just been swamped lately." a male voice spoke from down the hall.

All the men looked at each other and smirked, all understanding what was happening.

"Well, sir. If you need me for anything I am glad to assist you." the woman replied.

The two that had been speaking walked past the other men, Riza following directly behind Roy.

"Good, my paperwork is really piling up." Roy finished and walked into the office with Riza behind him, closing the door.

"Didn't the Colonel finish all his paperwork this morning?" Fuery asked, confused as about Roy's actions.

The other men looked at each other, then snickered quietly.

Kain had a confused look on his face, "What? I don't get it!"

"Let's say…Mustang has some special work for Hawkeye." Breda snickered.

"What? But why is he making her do it by herself?" the young Sergeant Major questioned, "That seems unfair to make her do everything."

The other three men tried to suppress a laugh, "T-trust me, you wouldn't want to be doing her work." one of them stated.

"Why? Is it hard?" Kain asked.

"You could say it is…very hard." The others instantly busted out laughing again.

"What?" Fuery stood up, "That's mean of him to do."

"Kain…" Havoc spoke, trying to calm himself down from laughing, "Come over here."

The dark haired boy walked over to the other man. Havoc pointed to the door of Mustang's office and commanded, "Go put your ear against the door."

Fuery did as he said and placed his ear to the door. He sat there for a moment before whispering, "I don't hear anything-" he stopped and his face flushed a bright pink and he stepped away from the door.

"Looks like everyone finally gets it." Vato said with a smile on his face.

"But how long have they-"

"Months." Breda replied.

Fuery stumbled back to his seat, his innocence practically shattered. He placed a hand on his head and said, "Man, I feel ignorant."

"Are you going to be okay?" Havoc asked, walking over to him.

Kain tried to laugh it off a bit, "Hehe, yeah. I just don't know if I can look at them the same way again."

As time passed, Riza and Roy's relationship continued as it had before. They would spend the day trying to restrain themselves at work, then go on dates in the evening time and relieve all of their pent up tensions.

Things were perfect, the two could never ask for anything better.

The only problem was that things were building up regarding the information the Elric brothers were discovering. Roy was learning too much, more than the Furher wanted him to know.

One day however, Roy was hoping to expose what he discovered about Bradley, that the man was truly a homunculus. This day was to be perfect in his mind. He would expose Bradley for who he truly was, then end the day with a beautiful date with Riza where he would ask her the most important question of his life.

The entire morning he was clenching a box that was in his pocket, anxious as to what was to come.

However, things went out of hand.

"Riza Hawkeye will be under my command from this point on." Bradley spoke, looking Roy straight in the eyes.

Roy was taken aback by this. Bradley knew exactly that of his entire group, Riza was the heart and soul of his men as well as the thing that made his heart want to beat.

Mustang felt ill, he didn't know how to take this. He clutched the small box in his pocket and grumbled, "I understand, sir." and left the room.

When he closed the door, he leaned his body against the wall. The last thing he expected was for this to happen. All was going down the drains, the perfect things he envisioned were now ruined. He would no longer see Riza throughout the day. He knew that Bradley would ensure that they would receive no communication.

He closed his eyes, losing all of his men was hard, but knowing that Bradley was taunting him with his woman was the worst of them all.

Footsteps made their way down the hall but Roy refrained from noticing.

"Sir?" a woman's voice came, then he suddenly felt his hand gently touched by soft skin.

Mustang opened his eyes and saw Riza staring at him. He looked at her for a moment before he wrapped his arms around her and pulled the woman close to his body.

"What's wrong?" she asked, clearly ignorant to what had just happened between Mustang and Bradley.

His shoulders shook as he buried his head into her shoulder.

Her face grew solemn, she understood what was going on. Riza wrapped her arms around the Colonel and pulled herself close to him.