It had been a week since Ed had returned to Risembool, and he finally had his new automail arm and leg. He would have had it sooner if it hadn't been for the fact that they were in the middle of a rush order so Ed had to wait for them to finish me before starting his, Ed complained but they had finished the rush order a day after Ed's arrival so it wasn't like he had waited forever.

Al had arrived to days after Ed, with Rose and her ten year old son Kiel who had been named after Rose's dead boyfriend, even though he hadn't been the one to father the child. He looked a lot like Rose except he had a lighter brown hair and blue eyes which must have belonged to the soldier who had fathered him. Al had and was surprised to find that Roy had come along with Ed but wasn't surprised to know that Ed had invited him. He knew about his brother's secret feelings for the older man, not that he had mentioned to Ed that he had figured it out, it also didn't take him long to figure out that Mustangs feelings were the same, a few minutes in the same room with the two had told Al all the needed to know, they were both idiots but he decided that he would see how long it took for them to realize that fact.

As soon as Ed's automail had been connected, he and Al had gone off outside sparing while the others watched, they all had smiles on their faces glad to see both boys happy after all this time, they still noticed that Ed still couldn't beat Al, which they all began joking about.

The sparing match ended with Al flipping Ed onto his back and in return the older brother tripped the other.

"Hey brother that's cheating!"

Ed responded with poking out his tongue.

Their audience began to laugh at the two brothers.

"You haven't changed after all these years." Winry said with a smile on her face as she walked over toward the two boys.

Al blushed as Winry offered her hand to help him up. It had been no secret that Al and Winry had started something before he had gone to the other side with Ed, Al hadn't moved on, he was still madly in love with the girl but him a Winry hadn't had a chance to talk it out since he had been back.

Ed smiled at the two before motioning for Roy and Pinako, Rose and Kiel to follow him inside.

"Let's leave the lovebirds to sort things out, give them some privacy."

Pinako couldn't help but laugh quietly to herself as she followed behind Ed and Roy. 'It seems your only oblivious to your own love life then.' She thought to herself, it hadn't taken her long either to figure it out, it seemed most people did just not the two it involved.

Al and Winry had been outside talking for hours so Ed and Roy were eating lunch, when Winry and AL joined them hand in hand.

Ed smiled "Congrats."

They thanked him before joining them and begun eating.

"Hey Roy, would you come with me to see my mother's grave?"

Roy looked confused over at Ed.

"Why not go with Alphonse?"

Ed gave Al a soft glare. "He already went to see her without me... while I only had one leg and I don't want to go alone."

Roy gave Ed a small smile. "I would be honored to come with you, after all I have to pay my respects for her raising such a troublesome pair."

"I wasn't that bad." Ed protested at the same time Al said. "He is the troublesome one not me."

Roy raised an eyebrow at the two. "You two gave me premature grey hairs."

Ed smirked. "That wasn't us, you're just old."

Roy rolled his eyes. "Not that old." He mumbled.

Ed grinned "Anyway, is right now okay to go? Or do you need to stretch first? It is a long walk after all would want to pull something."

Roy grabbed Ed's hand pulling him out the door, despite the blonde's complaints.

"I'll show you old." Was the last thing Al and Winry heard before the two disappeared outside.

Winry turned to her boyfriend with a smile.

"When they finally become a couple, they are going to be such a weird one."

Al couldn't help but agree.

Ed and Roy stood in front of Trisha Elric's grave. Ed placed a ring of flowers next to a bouquet he assumed Alphonse had left. A soft breeze surrounded them leaving Ed's ponytail to sway in the breeze.

"Hey, sorry it's been so long but I promise I looked after Al, as I'm sure he has told you. I was wondering if you could pass a message to dad if you are with him. Tell him I'm sorry that he died trying to get me home and that I'm thankful I had a second chance to have him in my life but tell him I'm angry he died before giving Al the same chance." Roy looked over at Ed with a shocked expression Ed had never mentioned his father the whole time he spoke about the other side,

"Anyway this is Roy Mustang, he looked after Al and I for a very long time, if it hadn't been for him and his team we probably wouldn't have made it through everything we did…. He wanted to meet you, he called me troublesome can you believe it… aaand I'm rambling now." Ed stopped talking and turned to Roy to see if he was going to say anything.

Roy stepped forward and saluted the gravestone. "Nice to meet you mam, it's been a pleasure and a pain knowing your sons but I wouldn't change a thing, they both are wonderful people who have never once wavered from their moral code, they are strong young men and in way I wish I could have been like them during the war, I respect them and wish them both happiness and will always look out for them."

"Wow" That was the only thing Ed could think to say.

Roy blushed slightly, "you may be a pain but after looking out for you all these years, you both became a member of my inner circle, my team and I trust my team with my life, I felt the need to tell both you and your mother that."

Ed had a sad look on his face before he turned away. Believing Roy had just told him he was just like the rest of the team. In a way that warmed the blonde's heart but he wanted so much more. Of course Roy had said exactly that but he had hidden the hint that he felt more, hoping if Ed felt the same he would have heard the hidden meaning. After Ed hadn't said anything Roy just ran a hand through the others hair.

"Come on shorty let's start heading back."

Ed ranted about how he had grown and wasn't a midget the whole way home, making Roy regret his short comment. Both were still wondering if it would ever be possible for the other to feel the same.

When they finally returned home they found Winry and Al in a deep discussion however when they noticed the two they immediately stopped talking. Alphonse had a deep blush and began to stutter when Ed asked him what they were talking about. Winry through a wrench at him and told him to mind his own business, but she too had a deep blush on her face despite her angry appearance.

"isn't it obvious Ed? They were totally talking about sex.."

Ed shook his head, "It looked like something more serious then that you bastard."

Roy looked offended "sex can be a serious matter."

"Only to a horny pervert like you.."

Winry and Al gave each other knowing looks, they had been talking about how stupid both of them were being that they clearly had feelings for each other and that they had to come up with a plan to make one of them confess and realize the feeling was mutual.

Roy and Edward continued to argue until Winry threw another wrench at Ed and complained about him always making too much noise.

When everything had calmed down and Ed was holding an ice pack to his forehead, they all sat in the living room where Al told them about his idea. (Except the bit that about getting Roy and Edward together.)

"A Road Trip?" Ed asked unconvinced, while Al just nodded.

"Yeah think about it, you and Al have been gone for so long and so much has changed, this gives you guys a chance to catch up with everyone and explore at the same time… it could be fun."

"You're talking about me being stuck in a car for days on end?" Ed raised an eyebrow, Everyone knew that Ed couldn't sit still for very long.

"We can invite the team, Rose, teacher and Mr Sig, Russel and Fletcher, we can take more than one car and go on a holiday."

Edward still didn't look convinced. "I don't know Al, we only just got back, seems too early to be going on a holiday."

Roy however was sold on the idea of spending more time with Ed and that meant more time away from the paperwork that would no doubt be taking over his desk. "Nonsense, we can go when Havoc and Hawkeye come back from their honeymoon and I can convince the superiors that it's all work related so no time off is needed, after all its like you said you just got back, we can claim it's because you want proof that the military is not corrupted anymore."

"Yeah and the others can tag along with us" Winry added.

In the end it was Alphonse's puppy dog eyes that convinced Ed to agree to the road trip.

"Where are Rose and Kiel anyway?"

Al smiled "They went to the market with Granny, Why does brother have a girlfriend?." Al spoke the last part looking at Mustang from the corner of his eye, despite a frown and his body going a little tense the flame alchemist didn't show any other reaction.

Ed looked put out. "I was hoping to play with Kiel.. And you know I have no interest in Rose so shut up."

Roy seemed to sigh in relief leaving a smile on Alphonse's face, how could his brother not notice?

Winry nodded "He is such a little gentleman and is interested in everything, he sat there for hours when I made your automail, he was quite the helper."

"Ahh so if anything goes wrong I know who to blame."

Winry and Ed began to have an argument about automail, while Alphonse just shook his head at the two. Roy however just stared at Edward he loved to see the life that was brought to Ed's eyes when he became angry, they seemed to have a spark in them that Roy just couldn't get enough of, hence the reason he was always making fun of the other.

Alphonse was now watching Roy watch his brother, the man didn't notice the younger brother staring at him until long after Ed and Winry had stopped their argument, when he did notice a large blush appeared on his cheeks as he excused himself from the room.

"What's wrong with Mustang, why was he acting so weird?" Ed had asked his younger brother.

Al's eyes widened at Ed's question, had his brother finally noticed, but then he looked carefully at his brothers confused face and realized that his brother was still just as oblivious as before, then he grinned evilly at his brother.

"Not sure, I was teasing his about whether he had a girlfriend or not, then he got this huge blush on his face and ran out the room."

Ed shook his head at his brother.

"Al he doesn't have a girlfriend, he does have feelings for someone though.."

Al looked at his brother in shock; he started wondering if maybe Ed was only acting oblivious to Roy's feelings, maybe AL was wrong in guessing that Ed felt the same.

"Really who is it?"

Ed shrugged and had a sad faraway look on his face. "No idea, he told me when I asked about him and Riza but he won't tell me who no matter how much I bug him about it."

Alphonse sighed at their stupidity; Roy had the perfect time to confess his feelings and decided not to. AL couldn't help but think they would be prefect for each other their stupidity complemented each other.

Winry sat in silence as she listened to Ed and Al's conversation, they were really going to need the whole team to get these two together, she only hoped they could set them up quickly she didn't know how much more of their stupidity she could take. Although she knew that they would have a mountain to climb until they finally got the two together she knew it was going to be fun.

The next few weeks were spent on organizing the trip, where they would go, what they would do, who was going in what car. Roy had stuck to his word and had managed to convince the higher ups that this was all for Ed's benefit so now they had an all-expenses paid road trip, even better there was no limit with how much they were allowed to spend, the military really wanted Edward back in their ranks.

They were going to meet up in a weeks' time to start off the road trip. Ed still didn't like the idea of being stuck in a car for long periods of time but he too couldn't help but be excited about the trip the more they planned, Ed was rather nervous as well, for some reason everyone had agreed that it would be a good idea for Ed and Roy to share rooms when they stayed at motels and resorts. Ed had thought that this was Riza's payback for missing the wedding, that she was torturing him by being alone with Roy when the he knew the other couldn't and wouldn't like him back.

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