EPILOGUE:
Roy sighed. There were once more stacks of paperwork on top of his desk. It was as if there was a living city on his desks for the count of the paperwork never seemed to diminish, instead it kept on growing and growing. And by the hour, he felt as if he lost the will to live.
Or at least, the will to read and sign papers.
But today was different. He wouldn't let the tedious amount of paperwork stop him from reaching his goal for the day. He needed to finish early.
It had been months since that incident at Mayville had happened, of course, everyone had forgotten about him 'grabbing' the bride away, of course, no one, expect those who were present there, knew on whom the bride was. But Roy Mustang never forgot.
The grandfather clock on his office floor stroke nine times, signaling that it was already 21:00 in the evening. He just had to smile, because for the first time in months, he had managed to finish his paperwork before his subordinates left work.
"Sir, we're going home, now." Sergeant Major Fuery said upon knocking on his door.
"Call First Lieutenant Hawkeye, tell her I'm done." He called out. For some reason he really couldn't stop grinning boyishly.
"Too bad I can't be best man, but hey, at least you ended up with someone decent." Someone from behind him said.
Roy gulped. He knew who that was, but seriously, his soul still can't be here? Or can it? "What are you doing here?" He eyed his friend.
"You are aware that if one of your subordinates sees you talking to me, well that is if they see me, they might think you're insane, are you?" He grinned at him.
"Well, if someone does see you, then that someone must be as insane as I am." He laughed, "Now go, don't ruin the moment!"
"One more thing, Roy." Hughes said seriously for a moment there, Roy had thought Maes Hughes was about to say something really, really important, "That ring looks so cheap. Come on! You're going to ask her to marry you! Not give her a birthday present!" But then again, even the Flame Alchemist makes mistakes.
"Thank you, Hughes." Roy rolled his eyes. "Goodbye, Hughes." It was really unbelievable, even as a soul, Maes Hughes can still be pretty pushy and quite irritating as well. "And this ring isn't cheap, it cost me 2 months worth of my salary."
"Only 2 months?" He wasn't still going, "Elysia's engagement ring costed—"
"HUGHES!" Roy growled as he snapped his fingers. Suddenly, he heard his office door slowly open.
Wrong timing.
Very, very, bad timing.
"Sir?" There she was, standing at the door of his office, looking at him worriedly. "Are you alright?" She asked him hesitantly.
"Er…" Roy stopped mid air. "Lieutenant! What are you trying to do here?" He said as he pretended to mess his already unruly hair.
"You called for me, sir." She sighed. "Colonel, I assure you, I am already busy as it is, so please stop playing—"
"I wanted to ask you something." He said as he approached her. From deep within his pockets, he reached for a blue leather box.
"Sir?" She raised her right brow. It was quite obvious that she was rather irritated with this childish behavior her commanding officer was showing.
"Will you marry me?" He smiled as flipped open the box.
"What?" She looked at him, her face showed a lot of emotions. There was of course, the surprise part (Are you insane?), then the happy part (Of course I'll marry you!), and then the speechless part (Huh?).
"Oh and if you'll say yes," Roy added, "Promise me you won't run away?"
She smiled. "It's a promise. Yes, it's a promise."
"Good, now can we start on that honeymoon part?" He grinned.
Riza sighed, readied her gun. "Colonel, another batch of paperwork has arrived for you to sign." She had conveniently placed the horrid weapon of terror and mass destruction on his temple. "Please hurry up, I still need to fill up my groceries."
Roy sighed, "Whatever you say Lieutenant, whatever you say." He slowly walked back to his desk, and a very odd scene caught his attention. It was Hughes, smirking at him proudly. He knew what was going through his mind, but really, even Hughes' really persistent attitude couldn't stop him from grinning proudly.
Riza Hawkeye just agreed to marry him.
That's enough of a reason for him to feel happy for everyday of his entire life.
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END
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Credits: (Good god, this will take a while)
And for the record, THIS IS NOT A CLIFFIE! THIS IS NOT A CLIFFIE! THIS IS NOT A CLIFFIE! THIS IS NOT A CLIFFIE! THIS IS NOT A CLIFFIE! THIS IS NOT A CLIFFIE! THIS IS NOT A CLIFFIE! THIS IS NOT A CLIFFIE! THIS IS NOT A CLIFFIE! THIS IS NOT A CLIFFIE! THIS IS NOT A CLIFFIE! THIS IS NOT A CLIFFIE! THIS IS NOT A CLIFFIE!
Why?
Because Riza said yes, you just have to read between the lines. Or think like the way I do, which is pretty bad, so don't think like me. XD
Okay, credits.
Thank you to, Tsuiraku Nami for reviewing me first, Tsunde-chan, Frip Quille, WolfieWolf, ChibiRacoon, tear drops of flaming darkness, don'tbreakme, Jazmine Hawkeye-Mustang, Mari Marin, Elena, Kagome Marie, Sheo Darren (nyahaha… of course I'll save the Royai!), acidflowe.wannabe.timer, Only Secret, Flava Sava, coldhardPaine85, Soul's Eclipse, shizu-chan, xeledwhenx, legion, Apparition 7, Starlight-Dagger, Anime Fan from an Anime Deprived town, DaGgER210, Galux Kitty, MoonYashaNichi, Jenny, Hola-Meg-a-Cola, Hybrid thing, amaya-the-window-shade-slayer, Legion of Light, Edo Bean, gundams forever (I'll try to finish Steps in Better Kidnapping soon!), A slice of toast, cherrixwolf, Michelle-san, azndubz, WingedChunsa, yyhpunk, unexpection, RobinRox13, Jenn- formerly known as Guest, Cathelina, Blonde Hurricane, randomwriter88, Hyper-Citrus, yularouge, rizanroy4ever, hashiba42, abril, BGWildRose
(Credits are as of October 20, 2005, so… If you've just reviewed, don't expect your name up there.)
If it's not for you guys, I might've probably left this story to rot. So thank you! (gives muffins and cookies). Anyway, I'll miss this story… badly.
Although, I'm working on something… it's an AU Royai fic, Roy and the others are teachers… gah… I hope it turns out right (scratches head)!