Hey peeps. More Royai, as usual. Going to be a relatively short long story, if that makes sense.

Basically this is just an intro, so not much goes on. The rest of the story is fluff, have fun.

Enjoy.

Mustang sighed as an all too eager Hayate pounced from behind the opening door to greet the now cheerful Hawkeye.

"Hayate!" she exclaimed, cracking a large smile and bending down to pick her canine up.

She walked on into her home, forgetting Mustang was behind her, and almost closing the door on him, which he fortunately caught because otherwise, he'd be a sore loser.

"Who's a good boy?" Hawkeye nuzzled Hayate and kissed his fur. Hawkeye put Hayate down on his very well made bed, and turned to the kitchen.

"I have some leftover steak," Hawkeye said.

Oh, alright, Mustang thought, sitting down, eager to eat.

But she pulled out a large knife and started to cut the meat into small squares when he realized—

"Here, Hayate!" and the dog bowl was put down by the dog's bed.

Mustang stared, practically in protest. "That's man food," Mustang said, almost saying 'my' instead of 'man' in the meantime.

Hawkeye looked back at Mustang. "So?" she shrugged.

Mustang sighed silently while he watched Hawkeye pet Hayate as he ate his food. He sighed again when Hawkeye groomed him after the dog finished his meal. He sighed once more as Hawkeye threw Hayate a treat, and continued to keep talking to Hayate with rather encouraging statements.

Hawkeye eventually looked back at the still sitting Mustang. She caught his evil eye stare at the dog.

"You're looking at Hayate with that face again," she said. "What's wrong?"

"I'm just thinking," he replied, continuing to watch Hayate, who was now scooped up into her arms and cradled.

Hayate stuck his tongue out at Mustang.

"About Hayate?"

Mustang gave a great final sigh, and admitted, "You…you give him so much adoration, Lieutenant. It's hard to believe you're so cold to humans."

"Hayate deserves my love," she said frankly.

More than me? Mustang thought but Hawkeye read it on his face.

"Unlike you, Hayate—"

So the next few chapters will be just pieces of what she says next and the ridiculous scenarios that Mustang puts himself in reacting to those excerpts. You'll see how it is in the next chapter, I don't think I can explain it very well.

That said, hope to be seeing you guys around! Thanks for reading, and please drop a review in my can!

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