Ed sat on his living room couch, his hands on lap and his eyes on the floor. He chewed on his lower lip, waiting for Roy, nervous that he wouldn't even show up. He glanced at the door then back at the floor. He was starting to think it had been a bad idea to say yes in the first place.

Finally, he sighed and stood, about to head back to his room when he heard the doorbell ring. Excited and hopeful, Ed ran to the door.

When he opened it, he saw Roy, holding a bouquet of white lilies in his hands. "Sorry I'm late; I stopped by the flower store to pick this up." he smiled politely. "I heard flowers are the choice object to bring when going on a date." he handed them Ed.

The blonde blushed and smiled in embarrassment. "O-oh, thank you…why don't you come in and I'll put these in a vase." he went off into the kitchen, Roy right behind him.

"Your house smells very nice, like a bakery." Roy took his time walking into the kitchen, looking at the pictures and other decorations that hung in the small hall.

"Thank you, my mom loves to bake. I always tell her she should run her own bakery but she says that if she did, she wouldn't have much time to see me." Ed blushed more as he filled up a light pink vase. He didn't mean to say that but lately, whenever he was around Roy, despite the feeling of him watching him, he always felt comfortable with him and his presence alone made him feel calm. "Well um," Ed brushed back a few strands of lose hair that escaped his ponytail. "Would you like to head to my room now?"

"Certainly." Roy said with a smile. "Afterwards, would you like to go out with me?"

Ed felt as if his heart was about to burst from his rib cage. Even if he only meant as going for a walk or to walk around town, no one but his family had wanted to be seen with him out in public. "S-sure but um aren't you afraid to be seen with me? I'm not exactly Mr. Popular or anything." he rubbed his arm nervously.

Roy laughed. "I already told you, I like you, for you. I really do find you interesting. I've never met anyone like you and it's rather exciting." he smiled. "And besides, what fun would it be for us to just sit around in your house?"

The blond smiled a little and nodded. "You're right…maybe we could go see a movie o-or something, there's a horror movie that looks really good."

"Alright, let's get started.

"Ed sat nervously on a black plastic bench, keeping his eyes to the ground, his hands at his resting on his lap. He looked up to see Roy standing in line for the movie tickets. He honestly didn't want to be here, he had already saw six kids that made fun of him from school and they all had given him dirty looks. How long would it take before the wrong person walked it an totally ruined everything?

Ed looked back down at the floor then back up at Roy and saw him waving his hand towards him, ushering him to come over. Ed looked around, sighed then slowly walked up to Roy. "What is it?"

"You look upset. Do you want to go somewhere else?"

"N-no, it's not that...I'm just not used to being here with out my mom and dad." he blushed, wishing he didn't open his mouth. "I'm sorry."

"What are you sorry for? It's okay to be nervous but if you want to leave, we can."

"W-we can stay, I do want to see this movie after all." a small smiled formed.

Roy smiled too. "Alright. After I get the tickets, we'll get our snacks then go into the theater."

Ed simply nodded and went back to the bench. Maybe this wouldn't be as bad as he originally thought it would be. He assumed the same position he had before, his eyes to the ground and his knees shaking back and forth.

"What are you doing here?"

Ed snapped his head up at the sudden disturbance and saw Tom standing right in front of him, his friends not far behind him. He gulped, his throat feeling suddenly dry. "I-I'm going to see a movie with my um friend..." he started chewing on his lip again when he heard Tom's friends in the background snickering and making jokes.

"Friend? What friends do you have?" Tom sneered. "No one would want to be seen in public with you, you freak."

"I beg to differ." someone said.

The kids turned and saw Roy standing, holding two tickets in his hands. He had the same deadpan look he always had when addressing anyone one other than Ed. "I'm his friend and we're about to watch a movie soon." his voice was sharp and only fueled the tension in the air.

Tom gave him an annoyed once over then snorted. "Like I care, you're just as much as a freak as he is."

"I could say the same about you." Roy smirked, a mischievous glint in his eyes. He turned to Ed, his usual amused and pleased look returning. "Shall we go? I don't want the line to get too long."

Ed stood and gave a short nod. "R-right." he quickly walked over to Roy, trying to ignore the glares he was receiving from Tom and friends.

'He's doing it again...' Ed thought, forcing his eyes to stay on the movie screen. 'It's very distracting...' Ed fidgeted in his seat, trying to ignore the fact that Roy was yet again starting at him when he wasn't supposed to. It made him uncomfortable but at the same time, he was slightly pleased that Roy was interested in him.

He finally turned to him and sighed. "Roy, you're supposed to be watching the movie, not staring at my profile." he frowned slightly.

"I know but I think your profile is far more interesting, but not as interesting as your whole face." he smiled a little.

"You're always staring at me...I wish you would stop sometimes."

"Sometimes?" Roy raised a brow, smirking.

"Y-Yeah..." Ed looked down, hoping it was dark enough to hid his blushing face. "...at times I like it b-because you're not starting at me with malice or disgust...but other times I sometimes hate because it makes me feel uncomfortable l-like you want to," Ed bent his head down lower, his voice small. "hurt me..."

"Hurt you? Why would I do that?"

"Because, it's happened before...I wasn't always like this: shy, awkward, into weird things, an overall shut in. Even though I didn't have many friends, I did have some and people liked to talk to me." he let out a choked laugh. "But it all changed when I went to a party one night..."

"You don't have to keep talking if you don't want to." Roy told him, his voice calm and soft.

He looked up at Roy, tears starting to run down his cheeks. "I know but, I feel that I can trust you and I need to tell this to someone...not even my online friends know about this." Roy nodded and Ed continued. "I've gone to a few parties before but this one was different, they brought alcohol. I've only tried it a few times before but it was in the desserts my mom made." a shuddered pass through him. "I didn't want to but I drank so much that night, the guys kept shoving drinks in my hand and I wasn't paying attention...Tom said he'd take me back to my house after the party but that's not where we ended up going..." he started to shake, tears falling out his eyes like a waterfall. "I trusted him with my life and he destroyed me."

Roy silently pulled Ed too him, wrapping his arms tightly around him. "You don't need to say anymore. Come on, let me take you home."

"B-but we're supposed to be watching the movie! I don't want to waste your money!" Ed gripped Roy's jacket, wishing he never opened his mouth.

"I don't care about the movie, what I care about is making sure you're feeling okay and that nothing hurts you, that's why I was sent here, to protect you." he placed a kiss on the top of his head, holding him closer. I was supposed to protect you and I failed, I'll never let it happen again." he stood, bring Ed up with him.

"Thank you..." Ed sniffled and let Roy guide him out the theater and to the car.

"So you've never had popcorn and chocolate together before?"

Roy shook his head. "Never."

"You are so deprived." Ed laughed, putting the bag of popcorn in the microwave. "Have you ever dipped your fries in ice cream before?"

Roy shook his head again. "No, never...that's unnatural."

"You're unnatural!" Ed sighed then laughed. "One of the perks of being awkward is not having to worry about being weird for trying new things. Like one time, I ate carrots and mustard together."

"How did it taste?"

Ed thought. "...Unnatural."

This brought a laugh out of Roy.

"And how can you not like things that are unnatural? I'm unnatural."

"Yes but you're the good kind of unnatural, the cute kind."

Ed blushed and let out a small laugh. "T-Thank you."

The microwave dinged and Ed went to the cabinet and pulled out a jar of chocolate sauce. "Now, my friend, this is where you find out what it means to live." he pulled the bag out and dumped it into a bowl. "I'm sure you'll love this."

"Hmm...if I don't, you owe me a kiss."

Ed's heart lurched and he almost dropped the bag. "W-what?"

"I think that's fair. If I don't like it, I get a kiss, right?"

"B-but...I guess so." Ed blushed and drizzled the sauce on the popcorn. "W-well, go ahead and try some." he pushed the bowl towards Roy and watched him.

Roy ate a few pieces. "Mm..." he smiled. "It's good but," he leaned in and kissed Ed anyway.

Ed felt as if he'd faint right there. The kiss sent electricity though his body and he felt more alive than ever before. His eyes fell closed and he felt Roy's arms move to around his waist.

Roy nipped the young blonde's lips and pulled back. "I will admit, the popcorn is sweet but you're a whole lot sweeter." he smiled, watching Ed's cheek turn bright red. "My little rose bud is just too cute."

"Shut up, idiot." Ed leaned up and kissed Roy.

And that was that.

The end