Sparking Interest

Chapter 15

Riza hummed happily to herself as she walked down the halls. Roy, of course, had pouted, but she had forced him nevertheless to come to work today. She turned the corner and smiled giddily as she got to Sheska's office. She couldn't wait to tell her friend the news. She knocked on the door with the back of her knuckles, and waited for her friend to tell her to come in.

At her reply, Riza opened the door and stepped inside. Like always, her desk was piled with books, almost so high you couldn't see her face any longer.

Sheska smiled happily.

"Riza! You're back! It must have been terrible!" She gasped shooting up in her seat and looking at her friend with nothing but worry and relief she was safe.

"What was terrible?" Riza asked, unable to hide the giddy tone in her voice. Sheska lifted an eyebrow. "Umm, being captured by a rapist and held up in his basement for two days…" She muttered. Riza only smiled, her hands behind her back. "Oh, that was nothing Roy and the others found me really quick, and like I'd let him do anything to me." She laughed. Her friend nodded and leaned back a little surprised by her friend's giddy behavior, Riza was never this happy, this girly.

"Umm Riza, is there something you're not telling me? You have this creepy girly squeak in your voice." She laughed gently.

Riza smiled, "Yes, actually I have huge, amazing news!" She said practically jumping out of her skin, "What?" She asked.

"I'm getting married!" She squealed. Sheska's eyes widened "Oh that's …amazing Riza! I'm so happy for you…" She said slowly, and smiled. Riza stood staring at her. "You don't sound happy, what's wrong?" She asked. "Well, you never told me you were even dating someone…" she replied

Riza sighed, "Well, this was all sort of sudden, but there's a reason for that. You see it all started when my friend Kashi came for a visit."

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Roy hummed happily threw out the halls. He fell short of nothing but skipping as he passed others in the hallway, not caring that they were staring and whispering. He felt like nothing could dull the high he felt at the moment, until he heard the doctor call out to him.

"Roy, Is the Lieutenant here today? I need to speak with her," he said plainly. Roy stopped in his tracks. "Why? Is she okay?" He asked. "It's concerning a test I took on her that day you two came rushing in, I need to speak with her as soon as possible, but she wasn't here yesterday and I was told you went home early as well; skipping out on your work again I assume, so I never got a chance to speak with her. Do you know of her whereabouts?" He asked as he taunted him.

"Is she sick?" He asked ignoring his friend's taunts and question. "It's really privileged information, I can't give out other people's charts." He said. Roy fought the urge to claim rights as her soon to be husband, but he bit his tongue. He knew he would find out from Riza right after anyhow.

"Ill go find her right now." He said. He nodded, "Alright, and afterwards I'll check up on your ribs, I haven't gotten a chance to make sure they've healed properly." He suggested.

"Well they've been working just fine, ill be right back with the lieutenant ok" he muttered. "Oh they've been working fine have they?" He smirked at his own insinuation. Roy winked, after all he couldn't disagree "ill be right back," he said turning and walking down the hall to find Riza.

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Roy leaned up against the doorframe of sheska's office and watched the two girls looking over the ring. He knocked softly and they look up both smiling like giddy school girls.

"Riza, sorry to interrupt but I need to borrow you for a moment." He said. She smiled and waved goodbye to her friend before following him.

"What for?" She asked. He stared straight ahead. "There was a problem with one of your tests when we went to the clinic after Collins tried to run you over. The doc wouldn't give me any information because its privileged and well I couldn't tell him we're getting married so. He needs you." He explained happy the halls were nearly empty and he could talk pretty freely with her.

"A … problem?" she echoed. "Yeah…."

"Is it bad? What is it?…Roy I?" She panicked. He couldn't help but chuckle, even when she was panicked she could still keep her voice quiet. "Why are you laughing!" She growled. "Hey shh!" he soothed. "Im sure it's nothing ok, lets just go in there ill stay right outside the door ok" he said softly in her ear. She nodded and took a deep breath as he squeezed her hand reassuringly. But she was brought back into the harsh reality of their relationship as his hand immedietly left hers, and he turned his back to her coldly as a superior officer walked down the hall past them.

She let out a sigh, recomposing herself as she followed him down the hall.

He turned as he walked past the office, and gave her time to relax before he opened the door for her. She walked inside Kyo's office. He had been the resident doctor for their headquarters. The Fuhrer thought it would be safer to have one in case of any attack or incident. He was standing at his desk waiting for her, already holding her file.

"Hello Ms. Hawkeye, I have some news" Kyo smiled. Riza sat on the metal examining table clutching the edge with her fingers. "The Cornel told me you wished to speak with me." She said coolly. He nodded. "Roy seemed very worried about you when I said I had a result from your tests. I've known him for a long time and he's never been so caring about anyone else…" He said as though he was thinking out loud.

"The cornel takes care of everyone on his team, he wants us all to be safe, healthy." She muttered. "Well you don't have to worry Riza, about any of that anyway this is good news, you're pregnant!" Kyo smiled. Riza's mouth dropped open. "Pregnant" she repeated staring blankly at him.

Outside the door there was a loud thud. Riza turned her head to the open doorway and blushed before turning back and staring at the floor below. Kyo narrowed his eyes in confusion, before they almost bugged out from his head in realization. "No wonder." He groaned and walked to the door.

"Leave it to you to get your subordinate pregnant!" He growled at Roy who was residing on the floor in a daze. His eyes seemed to be spinning in different directions and his face had taken on a ghostly parlor.

Pulling the cornel into the office, he shut the door behind him.

"You two know that's against the rules! Roy you should be ashamed of yourself!" He growled. "Hey!" Roy stood on his own now, suddenly very defensive.

"Riza isn't just another girl! We're getting married for Christ sake!" He half yelled.

"Roy lower your voice, and both of you stop NOW!" Riza growled slipping off the metal table. "You're getting married? You, Roy Mustang?" Kyo questioned as though it would be the next thing to the apocalypse.

"That's right." He declared. "Roy!" Riza hissed. He shook his head. "He's an old friend he would have found out anyway." He muttered.

"I can't believe a woman broke you." Kyo muttered looking at Roy in shock. He then turned and looked Riza up and down, making her step back under the uncomfortable stare. Roy smacked Kyo in the shoulder. "What?!" He asked. "That's my fiancée, my pregnant fiancée," he muttered as the shock of the news hit him once again.

"Well if you're settling down she must be extremely hot under that uniform." He smirked at her. 'You know you're completely different from five minutes ago!" Riza grumbled. "Kyo's very professional until we're together for a while, that or cocktail hour" Roy said slapping his friend on the shoulder with a large smile on his face.

"Please you are worse than I am, or at least you were, now you're getting married, you're going to be so whipped" Kyo laughed.

Riza cleared her throat loudly, causing both men to look down at her. "I can see why you two are friends" She spat. It was true; both had the tendency to be completely professional; that is until the slightest thing threw them off track to the point where they could never return to what they were doing. She should have known Roy would be able to find someone else, besides Hughes of course, like him in all his years working in this building.

"We're not telling anyone that we're getting Married so I suggest you keep you're mouth shut unless you want a bullet in the foot" She threatened. Kyo stared into her eyes, then turned back to Roy. "Is she this feisty in bed to?" He asked. Roy glared at his friend, but before he could do anything a loud shot was fired.

Since he was always falling asleep at his desk, he had become used to the sound and only cringed; unlike Kyo, who jumped ten feet in the air. His friend turned to stare in horror at the girl beside them holding the gun pointed at his feet; A bullet hole right beside his leather shoe. He stared down at the floor and gulped.

"I see why you picked her," he muttered. Roy nodded, "yup"

Riza set the gun back in its holster by her hip and sighed as she turned and walked out of the office in a huff, leaving the two behind.

Maddie Brown

Im so sorry it took so long I don't know if it felt long to y'all but It felt long to me so I made myself sit down and actually write. I decided to make Roy and the doctor friends just on a whim so if they seem much closer now then they did in the chapter before, then that's why it was a totally coffee-high-spur-of-the-moment kinda decision. So if you don't like it or it just seems to different from chapters before Don't hate me hate the two extra shots of whatever makes me sooo happy I had Starbucks put in baby cus after that there's no rational decisions.