Mission Impossible (AU fic) (Royai)

Ch. 10 / Rainbow

"Mustang," Edward said quietly. "You don't need that," he added, nodding at Roy's raised hand.

Roy narrowed his eyes. "Fullmetal? What are you doing here?"

"To tell you that the assassins are no longer after you two," the boy answered simply.

"How do you know?" Roy said, his eyes doing the opposite of what they had been doing a few moments ago: widening.

"I used to be one of them," was all Edward would give away before turning and disappearing from the cave.

Roy made no move to follow him. He pulled off his glove and eyed the motionless body on the ground.

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Edward hopped down the last few rocks and reached soft, earthy ground. It had just started raining. The rocks were proving a bit of trouble as they slippery in the wet weather. He was glad to escape them finally.

He looked down at his feet as he plodded on the dampening soil which was turning into mud. He hoped he wouldn't get his boots too dirty. He had just polished them the day before.

Not looking where he was heading, he lumbered right into someone. He looked up to mutter an apology, but no words came out of his mouth when he saw the person he had walked into.

"...!"

"Edo!" the girl emitted a cry of surprise mixed with happiness. "I missed you."

"Winry," Edward said dryly, but he was grinning.

The two embraced each other briefly, and fluttering kisses were exchanged.

"Al's at my place. He told me you'd be arriving soon. You took quite some time, didn't you? Where've you been?"

"Oh, nothing," Edward lied.

"Tell me the truth," Winry said, looking into Edward's golden pupils. "Wait, you haven't been to the Colonel's, have you?"

"Uh, yeah, you guessed."

"What were you doing there? How did you know where to find them? How's Miss Hawkeye?"

"Geez, you have so many questions, young lady," Ed pretended to complain.

Winry laughed. "You'll have to stick with them for the rest of your life after you restore Al's body."

"Why?" Ed asked.

"Because we're gonna get married then."

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Her ears registered a strange sound. Although vague, it was unmistakably raindrops falling down onto the land. Heavy eyelids flickered open and shut, and repeated this process several times before enough strength was mustered to keep them open for a longer time. A grey mist seemed to hang over everything in sight. She couldn't make out anything through this useless, clouded vision. For a moment, she panicked and wondered if something was wrong with her eyesight. Then, as the fog lifted, she began to look at the world more clearly.

The first thing which came into her field of vision was a fuzzy dark-haired figure in a crouching position.

"Roy..." she managed weakly, saying the name without thinking. Her voice came out more of a croak, but the man heard her call his name and turned round to face her, a look of delightful surprise on his face.

"Riza, you're awake!" he exclaimed. "Thank God you're alive!" His voice sounded husky, as if he had been crying (which he had). He felt an sudden overwhelming urge to wrap his arms around Riza and proclaim his love for her, same as the last time Hawkeye had woken up. That seemed like years and years ago.

"Yes, thank God I'm alive, if there is one," Riza muttered, smiling grimly. "I can't believe I didn't die. How long was I out for?"

"Not too long, actually. Only around three days." Mentally, Roy added, but it felt like a whole bloody week or more. It was enough to scare me to my death.

"Okay, good," Riza said. "I hope no one was around when I was unconscious."

"Miss Rockbell came to provide us with more supplies. She's more helpful than I would have thought. Fullmetal came to see me. He was actually one of those assassins, but not anymore. He got fired after begging for us to be let free. He's a good guy, that Fullmetal, " Roy said, his lips turning up into a small smile. "How's your wound? Are you feeling any better?"

"Yeah, I'm a lot better, thanks. It just hurts a bit when I move too much. Was Edward-kun an assassin? Wow, I didn't know that. We must really thank him. So we aren't being chased anymore?"

Roy nodded. "I didn't know he was an assassin either. Are you hungry, Riza? I'm just having lunch here. You can join in."

Eyeing the food, Riza smiled refreshingly. "Sure, Roy, I'm starving." Roy was stunned by the beautiful smile that had flashed across Riza's delicate features for a brief moment and wished it could have lasted longer. He walked over and gently helped her up. Then they sat down to lunch.

Neither of them seemed to notice that they were using each other's first names, and if one of them had noticed, that person certainly wouldn't want to mention it and spoil the mood. It wasn't very often that they could relax like this.

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"WHAT?"

Roy had never seen Riza lose her composure like this, except the time when they had cried together on the night of Maes's death. Riza looked shocked; simply terrified. She stared at Roy as if he'd lost his mind. Roy felt that he'd gone crazy too.

He had told Riza that he loved her. He didn't know how and why; the words just came tumbling out of his mouth, and the next thing he knew Riza was screaming at him. It just felt right at that moment to say those three words he had waited for years to say.

He never thought she'd react like this. Somewhere, deep in his heart, he'd always thought that Riza loved him back. He was crestfallen to learn of the fact that he had been wrong.

Then suddenly Riza threw herself onto him. A tear was running down her cheek but she was smiling brightly. "Baka," she scolded lightly into Roy's ear. And Roy knew that everything was all right. Riza did love him. And she told him that softly, the words sounding like a lovely melody to Roy.

Roy couldn't resist it anymore. He pressed his lips onto Riza's. Riza was taken back by this new form of contact but she made no motion to break it. It was a guarded kiss at first, as neither dared to open up to each other. But slowly, slowly they let go of their masks, of themselves, and the kiss turned into a more passionate one. One of Roy's hands started to wander to places it shouldn't be at. Riza growled a warning that obviously meant 'no sex before marriage', and it was a growl which Roy felt rather than heard. Roy quickly snatched his hand back indignantly. If he'd have to wait till marriage, he'd have to wait a long time.

When Riza broke away at last, desperate for fresh air, Roy pointed to the sky outside. "Look, the rain's over."

"And there's a rainbow too," Riza added to his comment. And yes, there was a magnificent rainbow, hanging in the sky like a great heavenly arch, a splendid feast for the eye.

"Yeah, and the rainbow was the sign of a covenant between God and his people. And since we both don't believe in God, let's take the rainbow as the sign of our covenant."

Riza looked at Roy curiously and waited for him to go on and explain, so Roy did, "I'll do my best to try and get to the top, and you'll do your best to protect me. That's our covenant. And when we get there, we'll get married." Roy practically whispered the last part into Riza's ear. "Before that day comes, it'll be raining a lot." He glanced at Riza, suggesting that she should continue for him.

Riza smiled and said, "But all the dark pouring rain would be worth it, because the beautiful rainbow would be there for us during our wedding, and then it'll shine on us forever, with all its seven lively colours radiating with joy."

The End

A/N: This is just way too sappy. I can't believe I just wrote all that fluff, for both Royai and EdWin. Still, I like this ending. Please read & review! Hope you enjoyed the whole story.