Roy blinked. ‘A what?’ He opened the door to his office. There, sitting on his desk was a golden dragon. A paper golden dragon made up of paper golden triangles. The dragon had those fake moving eyes and two long pieces of gold wire that acted like whiskers: an eastern dragon.

There was card attached to the Dragon. Roy picked it up. It read: In general, Dragons are teachers, warriors, and protectors, they symbolize the Great Mother Goddess, matriarchy, benevolence, divinity, royalty, the supernatural, infinity, change, elemental magick, and spiritual instruction. The eastern dragon symbolize the power of the rules, masculinity, yang, prosperity, rain, wisdom, and hidden secrets where as the western dragon symbolizes fire, confrontation, danger, and seclusion

Then at the bottom was a small scribble. It’s early, I know, but Happy Birthday.

Roy blinked. That’s right his birthday was coming up... However... He walked over to the window. “Hiding in a tree outside my window isn’t the best way to make it look like you weren’t here, Fullmetal.”

Ed’s head appeared from the foliage. “How did you know?”

Roy smirked. “Your ribbon gave you away.”

Ed found himself glaring at the poor blue ribbon. “Can’t I have my rubber band back?” he half whined. Roy smirk grew further.

Ed pouted. “Fine, be that way,” he said in a childish tone. Then he leaned over to kiss the unprepared colonel.

Next thing Roy knew, he was being kiss, then the person kissing him disappeared.

Roy turned around. Ed stood in the doorway of his office. In his hands was his rubber band. Ed smiled. “Thanks for giving me my rubber band back!” Then Ed disappeared into the hallway.

Catching him off guard with a kiss; Ed was getting more and more creative. Roy’s smirk returned. He would get that rubber band back. It’s only a matter of time. But for now, he would just enjoy the lingering warmth on his lips. That mattered more than the rubber band.

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one more in the paper series to go. @[email protected]

Another fanfic
Title: Paper Flowers
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Pairing: Roy/Ed
Warning: Shonen ai
Series: Paper Series
Note: Finally the last one! ^^

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Paper Flowers

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Fold in half.

Open.

Fold in half for the other side.

Fold the tips to the center.

Fold diagonally in half.

Open one side and push down to make a square.

Repeat.

Take one of the side tips and bend them towards the center, creating a downwards slant.

Repeat for all side points.

Unfold the folds that were just made.

Open the top and fold the side point inside.

Repeat.

Use glue to the two sides of the side point together.

Wait for glue to dry.

Open the flower up.

Use a pencil to curl the petals.

Take a needle and punch a hole at the bottom.

Insert a long piece of wire.

Glue the wire to the flower.

Wait for glue to dry.

Take green tape and wrap it around the wire.

Done. Repeat for another flower.

Roy hummed to himself as he worked on his project. He was sitting in his usual seat by the window at the café he seemed to be visiting quite frequently. Outside was sunny with a few clouds rolling by. On the table was a half eaten netashoo – an apple pastry. The café, as usual, was quiet and peaceful. People seldom came in and out.

Fullmetal was coming home today. Almost out of routine, they would met here. Edward never failed to have some sort of arts and craft project to work on. Most of them involving paper, but went as far as Edward –knitting-. Roy wasn’t complaining. He had a nice red scarf now because of that. Riza even allowed Roy to leave his paperwork to meet Edward. Amazing wasn’t it?

This time, however, Roy was planning to surprise Edward. To do so, he turned to his knowledge of origami. It had grown ever since Roy had discovered Ed’s passion for origami. That wasn’t the point though. Roy needed something that Ed had never worked on before. So that meant no paper stars, paper cranes, paper triangles, or paper boxes. (Paper boxes were fun though. With the right sizes of paper you can make a box inside of a box inside of a box inside of a box inside of a box and so on. Plus you could make different types of boxes, hexagon box, square box, pinwheel box, etc). No paper puzzle triangles, paper puzzle boxes, paper puzzles spike balls, or paper animals. No knitting either, not that Roy understood how to knit; even after Ed taught him.

That didn’t leave Roy with much…

Actually it only left him with two: paper cranes and paper flowers.

Well, he had already done paper cranes with Edward. So that left paper flowers. Lovely. Paper flowers were probably the most annoying origami to learn (even after all the ones Edward taught him). Luckily, he had plenty of practice making paper flowers. But, of all of the origami you could make, Roy never wanted to see another paper flower again. It brought back somewhat embarrassing memories of his school days when he, Rayna and the rest of his grade had to make thousands of these for the school play. Don’t ask. It’s too horrible to remember.

But that wasn’t going to stop Roy. He was going to surprise Ed no matter what. So he swallowed those horrible memories and started making paper flowers. So far, he had done three plain yellow flowers. Fullmetal was going to be here in an hour. Roy better get his butt in gear!

Forty five minutes later, as he was working on his eleventh flower, a voice called out to Roy. “You know, I’m almost afraid to ask what you are doing.”

Roy turned around. Looking over from the booth behind him, Edward surveyed the table. Roy blinked. “Fullmetal… when did you… You’re not suppose to be back for another fifteen minutes,” said Roy.

Edward shrugged. “We got back early. You were so in tune with your flowers, I didn’t want to disrupt you. And for your information, I’ve been sitting here for the past fifteen minutes, watching you.”

Roy let out a sigh. Oh well, so much for a surprised Edward. He could still give them though. Instead of taking a yellow paper, Roy took a red one this time. He repeated his process and started to fold the paper in half. “So who are these for?” Edward asked. The flowers Roy was making were interesting. They remained him of tulips.

Roy smiled and looked at Ed. “For you.” Edward disappeared back down with a blush coloring his face. Roy stood up and looked at Edward who looked like he was trying to sink into the booth. Roy smiled and leaned against the wooden area between the two seats, hiding his now finished bouquet of flowers.

“Tell me, Fullmetal, do you know what tulips mean?” asked Roy, his smile growing just a little bit wider. Edward manage to shake his head, not really understanding what Roy meant. “Tulips in general, mean love. Just like a rose. A yellow tulip means I’m hopelessly in love. A red tulip means perfect lover, a declaration of love.”

Ed stared at him, still not getting it. Roy laughed and handed Edward the bouquet of paper flowers. Then Roy kissed him on the lips and whispered to Ed, “Aishiteru, Edward.” Ed, if possible, blushed even harder, not even noticing Roy reaching for his braid.

Roy, meanwhile, grinned and headed towards the door. He’ll leave Edward alone for now and let everything sink in. He twirled the red rubber band around his finger. Just as he reached the door, Ed called out to him.

“Hey! Give me back my rubber band!” You would think that the first thing Ed would notice was that Roy just declared his love for him… honestly, it was there for a split second before Ed realized that his braid was coming apart and that Roy had just stolen his rubber band… again. Roy just laughed and quickly left.

Give a paper flower and receive something much more…

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Okay... this one is 25 chapters long. >> So yeah I'm not gonna post what each one is about (really I'm not expecting anyone to read these so yeah)Yeah. *sigh*

Just FMA and Shonen ai warnings!
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Drabble 1

Counting the Days

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Ed had brought in something unique on the first day of December. It was a small wooden tree with nails in it; placed around it were tiny flat wooden ornaments, each one different. One was a nutcracker, another was Santa, one was bells and another was stars.

“What is that Edward?” asked Riza. A small crowd had gathered around the young alchemist as Ed assembled the tree to a wooden platform that came with it.

Ed grinned. “It’s a counting tree.”

“Huh?” went the crowd.

Ed placed the tree on an empty table. “On each ornament, there’s a number on the back. Today is December first. So you find the ornament with the number one on it.” He picked up the star ornament. “And you place it on the nail that has the number one.” Ed put the star ornament near the top of the tree. “And you keep on putting on the ornaments on the tree, one per day, until it’s December twenty five. By Christmas you’ll have a completely decorated tree.”

The next day, it was rush to see who would put on ornament number 2.

The following day, another rush to claim ornament number 3…

Then on the day of Christmas when everyone had to work for at least half a day, everyone rushed to Central Headquarters to claim the last and final ornament.

Only to be beaten when Roy fingered the last ornament. “What amusing toys Fullmetal brings.” Roy placed the last ornament on the tree. “Merry Christmas, everyone,” he said.

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Shonenai warning
FMA

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Mistletoe

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Ed wasn’t sure why there was mistletoe hanging over the doorway to the Colonel’s office. Somewhere in the back of his mind, a voice nagged quietly that something was wrong here and if he valued his life, he would avoid it. Still though, he had to give that bastard –ahem- his commanding officer his latest report and that meant going inside that office.

An irritated look set on Ed’s face, already knowing that the smug Colonel was already plotting a way to torment him. Taking a deep breath and preparing for the worst, he walked into Colonel Mustang’s office…

And neatly finished his report without a single insult. Ed had to pinch himself to make sure he wasn’t dreaming. The entire time, Roy didn’t do or say a thing. He simply listened to Ed’s statement, took his report and then dismissed him. Not a single insulting, annoying, or teasing phrase. It was a hallow feeling, like something missing in a normal routine. Ed couldn’t remember if there was ever a time that Roy didn’t tease him. Strange…

“Is something wrong, Fullmetal?” asked Roy, watching Ed closely. The younger alchemist hadn’t move, becoming strangely quiet.

Startled out of his thoughts, Ed shouted his answer, “No! I mean nothing!” He took several steps backwards, inching away from his superior. There was something strange going on in here. Roy’s eyebrow rose. Ed was acting odd.

Roy stood up from his seat, his ever familiar smirk appearing on his face. Ed blinked. “Do you know about the legend of the mistletoe, Fullmetal?”

Ed blinked once more and shook his head. His eyes narrowed briefly, suspicion starting to rise. Roy ignored the look and continued. “It says anyone who stands under the mistletoe must be kissed.”

Golden eyes widened in shock as Ed looked up. He was standing under the mistletoe. His eyes focused on the Flame Alchemist, almost daring the older man to try. Roy bent down and kissed Ed on the lips. “Merry Christmas, Edward,” Roy said, his smirk growing wider.

“Bastard!”

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Shonenai Warning
FMA
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Drabble 3

Christmas Shopping

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Ed and Al were hiding…

Why?

Simple.

Winry.

Why from Winry?

Simple.

It’s Christmas.

What does this have to do with Christmas?

Simple.

They dreaded Christmas shopping.

“Ed! Al! There you are! I spent all day looking for you! Now we gotta hurry! The sales are going to end tonight!”

“We don’t wanna go shopping!”

What a shame. We really must pity those two.

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Shonenai Warning
FMA

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Drabble 4

Deck the Halls

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“Roy…”

Roy twitched once more. There were pine needles all over him. He smelled like a Christmas tree and looked like one too. Dust, glitter, and a few bits of tinsel accompanied the pine needles. “What?” he snapped back.

He was met back with an icy glare and almost instantly his anger disappeared and an old childhood fear quietly took its place. His sister was scary when she was angry. “Hold the tree straight,” Rayna snapped back.

Roy let out a sigh. They had been decorating the house since dawn that morning. All that was left was the tree. He was tired, cranky, and covered in tinsel. In short, Roy was not happy. Still, it was better than risking the wrath of his twin.

The next hour had been painfully long. There was a knot in lights and a few broken light bulbs. Then they had to figure out where on earth they had hidden all the ornaments. There were even more tinsel, to Roy’s dislike. Then came vacuuming up those evil needles.

“Whew, I think we finished faster than we did last year,” Rayna said, taking a seat next to Roy. Like her brother, she was covered in pine needles, tinsel, dust and glitter.

Roy nodded, his former resentment starting to fade away. Granted he might not -like- decorating the house but when everything was done, it was definitely worth it.

After all, what’s Christmas without a tree, lights and tinsel?

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Shonen Ai warning
FMA

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Drabble 5

Christmas Carols

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A group of seven people, standing in the snow.

Two were twitching and itching to attack something.

One was glaring, promising a painful death to someone.

One was hitting his head, wondering why he was doing this.

Two were smiling, having the time of their lives.

And the final one… the one behind this evil plan, was grinning.

"All c'mon! Roy, Rayna, stop twitching. You both look like you're going to have a heart attack or something! Riza, sorry to drag you into this but you can at least stop glaring at me. Edward! Stop hitting yourself! Winry, Al good job! Keep it up!"

"Hughes…" growled Roy and Rayna together. Their looks practically screamed that when this was over, they would hurt him.

Hughes grinned. "Now c'mon! Elysia wants to you hear you guys sing! Now from the top! Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!"

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Shonen ai Warning
FMA

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Drabble 6

Hot Chocolate

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‘It’s cold,’ Ed thought. He stood up and stretched. His body felt stiff. He had been sitting in the library, reading while Al got dragged away by Winry to go Christmas shopping. Outside, the snow was lightly falling from the sky, blanketing the earth in a white sheet. Ed grabbed his coat and walked outside. He really needed something warm to drink.

The snow crunched beneath his feet. Ed stopped for a moment, his breath frosting before him. Central looked beautiful covered in the white snow. Suddenly, he felt something warm on his head. Ed turned around to see Roy standing behind him, holding a cup.

“Here,” said Roy.

Ed blinked. “Hot chocolate?” he asked.

Roy nodded. “Hot chocolate always tastes better when it’s cold like this.” He kissed Ed, the younger alchemist tasting the hot chocolate that Roy had been drinking. Roy smirked. “And they make kisses taste even better.” Ed could only blush. There were advantages to hot chocolate.

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I'm posting on my mule.
Yeah
same as away
Shonenai
FMA

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Drabble 7

Snow Tracks

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“Please Riza.”

Riza shook her head once more. Before her was a sight only a few people see. Rayna Mustang - the Ice Alchemist, the Ice Queen of Central - on her knees begging her girlfriend to come outside with her.

“Riza, it’s a beautiful snowy day. You can’t waste this chance!”

Riza shook her head once more. Rayna’s eyes narrowed. So that’s the way she was going to play. Rayna grinned mischievously. Without another word, she snatched Riza’s hairclip and dashed outside. As expected, Riza followed her outside.

“Rayna!” Riza shouted, an annoyed look was on her face.

Rayna merely stuck her tongue out at her girlfriend and took off again. Riza growled and followed. Rayna was such a child sometimes.

By the time Riza had finally caught up to Rayna, their snow tracks darted all over the once smooth white surface. Rayna playfully hugged her girlfriend before putting on her hairclip.

“I don’t know why I worry sometimes,” Rayna mused. “I know you’ll always follow me… your snow tracks are more than enough proof.

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shonen ai
and FMA

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Drabble 8

Snow Angels

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“Hey, Al, how do you make snow angels?”

Al looked up. Had he had his body back, his face would have shown a confused expression. “Why do you ask, Winry?”

His childhood friend shrugged. “I’ve never made one before in the snow. I just saw some kids outside making them.”

Al thought for a moment. It had been a while since he was able to make snow angels. “Ah, well you lie on the ground and move your arms up and down and legs outwards. Let me show you.” He ushered her outside and laid on the ground and began to make a snow angel.

“That all there is to it,” Al said.

“I think I get it,” said Winry. Yes… it looked simple enough. She couldn’t wait to try make one herself.

“Ummm… Winry?”

“Yes Al?”

“Could you help me up? I’m kinda stuck…”

Winry sweatdropped. “Of course, Al.”

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chu~
next one!

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Drabble 9

Tinsel Trouble

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Shinka is a very naughty kitten. It cannot be helped. That is her personality. So is it really a surprise when she causes the latest mess?

No… not really.

What’s surprising is what she managed to do…

It all started with long strand of tinsel. Shinka batted it, intrigued by the shiny long object. Then she picked up the strand with her mouth and proceeded to drag it. Suddenly an icy cold wind blew in, causing the tinsel to fly into the air. Shinka growled and leaped, trying to capture her latest toy.

Her claws and teeth tore parts of it, causing small pieces to fly in different directions. She hit the small bookcase causing books to fall down, but she paid no attention to it. The same for the stack of papers she knocked over. And the ink well that had spilled all over the desk… which Shinka stepped in, coating her paws in black ink... So everywhere she leaped, she left black paw prints.

Finally, the wind died and she caught her new toy.

Just then, Roy walked into his office and gaped. His office… was a mess. Papers were everywhere, books were on the ground, paw prints were on the walls, floor and desk. Not to mention all that annoying tinsel… there was only one culprit who could cause all of this.

“SHINKA!”

Shinka paused, hearing someone call her name. She chose to ignore it because it wasn’t her master’s voice. Now… back to that tinsel…

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Drabble 10

Snow Writing

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Roy Mustang was bored… Of course, there were tons of things he could do, namely paperwork. However, he was bored with that, for doing paperwork was nothing more than an endless routine. He should start on it soon… Riza wouldn’t be happy if he didn’t.

Roy let out a sigh. Surely there was something else he could. He looked outside the window. It was snowing. Roy blinked… he hadn’t even noticed it had started to snow. By now Rayna must be itching to get outside. His sister loved the cold… which meant he should be careful going into the house tonight… He might get hit with a snowball…

Roy then noticed something even more interesting. It involved his adorable boyfriend and fellow alchemist, Edward. Roy wasn’t sure what the chibi alchemist was doing outside in the snow. A part of him worried a little in case Ed got sick. However, he pushed those thoughts out of the way, and continued to watch Ed.

Finally, Ed was done with whatever he was trying to do. The blond alchemist looked up at Roy’s window and stuck his tongue out at the older man. Roy smiled.

In the snow Ed had written: Love you, baka. Now get back to your paperwork!

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Drabble 11

Sightseeing

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“All right people! Into the car!”

“Move over, Fullmetal.”

“You’re already taking up too much space bastard!”

“Brother…”

“Ed! Just move over will you!”

“Mommy! Will we get to see the pretty lights?”

“I’m sure we will, Elysia.”

“Aww, my little Elysia is looking more and more adorable each day!”

“Hughes…”

“Relax, Roy.”

“Winry! Get you stupid wrench out of your pocket it!”

“My wrench is not stupid!”

“Please you two…”

“Oh, we’re going now!”

“Hughes… should you really be driving?”

“Why not?”

“… Just don’t get distracted.”

“What is there to get distracted by?”

“Pretty lights!”

“Aww…”

“Hughes!”

“Huh? Oh, oops.”

“That’s it! Pull over! I’m driving!”

“But you don’t know where all the best houses are!”

“We’re never going to see the lights are we?”

“Don’t think so, Riza.”

“………. Rayna… how did we all fit in here anyway?”

“I really don’t want to know…”

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Drabble 12
Gift Wrapping

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Edward Elric: alchemist prodigy, the eldest brother of the two Elric brothers, state alchemist. And of all the things in the world that he COULDN’T do… would be to wrap a Christmas gift.

Riza, who was passing by at the time, stopped and peered in through the door. “Edward… I don’t think that’s how you wrap a gift.”

Ed twitched. Of course he knew that! What kind of gift is lumpy and covered in glue, tape and ribbons? How could he mess up on something so simple! It was unheard of! I mean it‘s just taking a box, putting on colored paper, using a little tape and then put on a ribbon then blam! You’re supposed to have a gift.

So he sat on the ground, practically pouting at his failure. He looked up when he heard a chuckle. Standing in the doorway stood Roy Mustang. Ed scowled, his mood already sour. “What do you want,” he snapped.

Roy chuckled once more. “Nothing, nothing. It’s just very amusing to watch you.”

Ed glared at the older man. “Why don’t you wrap it then if you think you can do better?” His glare intensified.

Roy smiled. “It’s much more fun to watch you try to wrap a gift.” He walked into the room and picked up the disfigured gift. “It is the thought that counts though.” Carefully he undid the ribbons and tape, revealing the plain box that the gift was hidden in.

Leaning down he handed the box back to Ed. “Besides, I’m sure you’ll figure out how to wrap it before Christmas.” Roy kissed Ed on the cheek.

Ed turned a brilliant red as Roy walked back out.

No sooner had the Flame Alchemist disappeared from sight, did the realization hit Ed. “HEY! Come back! You’re supposed to wrap this gift!”

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Drabble 13

Christmas Cookies

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“Ummm… Fury?”

“Yes?”

“What are you doing?”

“Baking.”

“Why?”

“Cause.”

“Cause what?”

“Why so many questions Havoc?”

“I’m curious.”

Smoke, the smell of a cigarette

“They’re for Santa.”

Blink…

“No kidding…”

“Yup!”

Sigh

Grabs the smaller man into a hug

“What am I going to do with you?”

“You can try my cookies.”

“Sure… anything for you.”

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Drabble 14

Gingerbread Houses

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Second Lieutenant Seika blinked at her newest order. “Wha?” she asked.

“Protect the gingerbread house. Is that too hard?”

Seika shook. “No, but err… why?” She looked at her commanding officer.

Rayna Mustang smiled. “It’s for Riza-chan! Plus you should do fine. You’re a former shinobi from a distant land. You should be able to handle it.”

Seika sweatdropped and decided not to ask anything further. Whenever it came to Riza, Rayna sort… just drifted off into happy bliss oblivion. Okay then… so her newest job was to protect a gingerbread house.

And it just so happened that Major Arms and First Lieutenant Swords decide to take a tiny piece like little children taking cookies from the cookie jar. Seriously those two were idiots to think they could steal the gingerbread from Seika. Of course that didn’t stop them from trying…

Seika sat next to the gingerbread house. So she had to watch this little thing until this afternoon… what a wonderful way to spend a day. Although it did get her out of paper filing, so it was okay.

That was when the gingerbread house disappeared. “It’s ours!” said First Lieutenant Swords. Seika twitched. Rayna wouldn’t mind if she personally killed those two, right?

She caught First Lieutenant Swords first. Swords gulped as he felt Seika press her katana against his neck. “Major General Mustang will be hearing about this later. You just stole her gift to a friend. Now where is the gingerbread house?”

Swords began to sweat nervously. “Major Arms has it!”

Seika saw Major Arms running away in the opposite direction. She growled and unsheathed another katana (for she had two.)

“Arms!”

In a few seconds (for Seika was very fast) Seika had Major Arms cornered. “Now, Seika, no need to be so hasty,” Arms said, backing away slowly. Then he tripped… and the gingerbread house of went flying. Seika cursed. If that gingerbread house…

Meanwhile, Riza was walking down the hallway. Then out of the blue, a gingerbread house landed in her hands. It was slightly broken, a few gumdrops fell from its place, some of the icing shattered and a few candy canes were cracked but overall it was still in good shape.

Seika meanwhile just stared… Well… at least the gingerbread house was still in one piece…

Rayna showed up behind Riza, curious to what was going on. “Oh. Seika already gave you the gingerbread house.” Riza blinked, slightly confused. She wasn’t sure where the gingerbread house came from to begin with. Nevertheless she smiled and said “Thank you.”

Somewhere in another room, Seika left out a sigh of relief. She never wanted to see another gingerbread house again.

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Drabble 15

Snowflakes

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No two snowflakes are the same.

“What are you doing, Roy?”

“Catching snowflakes with my tongue, Edward.”

“Oh... Let me try.”

Maybe it’s just because we don’t look hard enough.

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Finding the Right Gift

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“Hey… does anyone know what we’re getting the Colonel for Christmas?”

“Hmmm… that’s a good question.”

“Maybe food?”

“How about a date?”

“Maybe, but she’s gotta have plenty of miniskirts.”

“Maybe we should get him nonflammable furniture.”

“How about all his paperwork?”

“What are you guys doing?”

Evil grins.

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“Merry Christmas!”

Roy blinked, then smirked. Well, his subordinates managed to get him a wonderful gift.

“HMM MHH MHMMH MMH HMEHMM!”

Poor Edward, wrapped up in green wrapping paper, gagged with a huge red ribbon on top of his head. Looks like Roy got one alchemist for Christmas.

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The 12 Days of Christmas

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“On the first day of Christmas my alchemist gave to me. A philosopher stone for me!

On the second day of Christmas my alchemist gave to me. Two Elric brothers and a philosopher stone for me!

On the third day of Christmas my alchemist gave to me. Three Black Hayates, two Elric brothers and a philosopher stone for me!

On the fourth day of Christmas my alchemist gave to me. Four giant wrenches, three Black Hayates, two Elric brothers and a philosopher stone for me!

On the fifth day of Christmas my alchemist gave to me. FIVE BIG FAT KISSES! Four giant wrenches, three Black Hayates, two Elric brothers and a philosopher stone for me!

On the sixth day of Christmas my alchemist gave to me. Six death glares. FIVE BIG FAT KISSES! Four giant wrenches, three Black Hayates, two Elric brothers and a philosopher stone for me!

On the seventh day of Christmas my alchemist gave to me. Seven deadly sins, six death glares. FIVE BIG FAT KISSES! Four giant wrenches, three Black Hayates, two Elric brothers and a philosopher stone for me!

On the eighth day of Christmas my alchemist gave to me. Eight shiny guns, seven deadly sins, six death glares. FIVE BIG FAT KISSES! Four giant wrenches, three Black Hayates, two Elric brothers and a philosopher stone for me!

One the ninth day of Christmas my alchemist gave to me. Nine stacks of paper, eight shiny guns, seven deadly sins, six death glares. FIVE BIG FAT KISSES! Four giant wrenches, three Black Hayates, two Elric brothers and a philosopher stone for me!

On the tenth day of Christmas my alchemist gave to me. Ten silver watches, nine stacks of paper, eight shiny guns, seven deadly sins, six death glares. FIVE BIG FAT KISSES! Four giant wrenches, three Black Hayates, two Elric brothers and a philosopher stone for me!

On the eleventh day of Christmas my alchemist gave to me. Eleven short jokes, ten silver watches, nine stacks of paper, eight shiny guns, seven deadly sins, six death glares. FIVE BIG FAT KISSES! Four giant wrenches, three Black Hayates, two Elric brothers and a philosopher stone for me!

On the twelfth day of Christmas my alchemist gave to me. Twelve long letters, eleven short jokes, ten silver watches, nine stacks of paper, eight shiny guns, seven deadly sins, six death glares. FIVE BIG FAT KISSES! Four giant wrenches, three Black Hayates, two Elric brothers and a philosopher stone for me!”

“Roy… remind me to kill you as soon as this hangover passes.”

“-hiccup- What Ed? Sing it again? Sure! On the first day of Christmas!”

Groan… and hides underneath the pillow.

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Drabble 18

Fruitcake

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Havoc stared at what Major Armstrong just dropped off… Fruitcake. He had never had fruitcake before, but he had heard the stories about no one really eating them and just throwing it out.

He poked and prodded it. It was hard. He took a plastic knife and tried to cut a piece. It broke the knife in half. Havoc thought about it for a moment. Should he really risk himself to try and eat it?

Nah.

Havoc picked it up and walked over to a trash can. It wasn’t like it was edible anyways. Just then, he saw a certain chibi alchemist walking down the hallway with his brother. Havoc grinned. There was one way to get rid of the fruitcake without wasting it completely…

“Yo, Edward!”

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Drabble 19

Unwrapped

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Ed eyed the giant box from Rayna Mustang. The box was at least a good foot taller than him (which caused him to twitch at first). But he’ll overlook that since it was a gift and his curiosity was getting the better of him. So Christmas morning, he opened it.

Which turned out to hold another box which held another box and another box and another box and another box and another box and another box and another box and another box and another box and another box and another box and another box… and so on until finally Ed had a box the size of a jewelry box.

He opened it and inside was a note and a chocolate Hershey kiss.

The note said:

Here’s a Hershey kiss. Enjoy it and then go see Roy for the real thing.

- Rayna

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The 25 Days of Christmas
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Dabble 20

Light bulbs

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“Why am I doing this?”

“Because you’re helping a friend in need. Besides, I can’t do this by myself.”

“Wouldn’t it be easier to buy new ones?”

“They are new ones!”

“Hughes… you bought these five years ago.”

“I never used them! So they’re new!”

Sigh.

“Hey, just think of all the times I helped you, Roy.”

“Fine. Whatever. But this is the last strand of lights I’m doing. Now pass me another goddamn light bulb. The faster we find out which light bulb is dead, the fast I can get out of here.”

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The 25 Days of Christmas
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Drabble 21

Guess the Song

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‘Had a shiny red nose.’

“I KNOW!” Jumping up and down. “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer!”

“Correct. One more point for Edward’s team. The score is Edward’s team, eight. Roy’s team, eight.”

“How about that Colonel! My team is going to beat yours!”

“In your dreams Fullmetal. In your dreams.”

‘He was made of snow.’

“Frosty the Snowman!”

“Umm… thank you Havoc… but next time, don’t throw your cake at me or Riza.”

“Sorry, madam.”

“The score is Edward’s team, eight. Roy’s team, nine. Here’s a napkin.”

“Thanks, Riza.”

“Keeping dreaming, Fullmetal!”

“Why you…”

“Brother! Calm down!”

‘Dashing through –.’

“JINGLE BELLS!”

“Okay! No need to yell!”

“A tie. Roy’s team, nine. Edward’s team, nine.”

“WHAT!”

“Complain and I’ll turn all of you into ice cubes.”

-Gulp-

“No complaints here!”

“Good.”

‘You can say there’s no such thing as Santa…’
“GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER!”

“Correct Ed. Ed’s team, ten. Roy’s team, nine.”

“Hah! Take that!”

“You still got a long way to go to beat us. My team won’t lose.”

“-sigh- I need a cigarette.”

“Brother! Please calm down!”

“We got them on the ropes, Roy!”

“I know, Hughes. There’s no way Fullmetal is going to beat us.”

“Afraid you’ll be beaten by some children?”

“You tell them, Winry!”

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Rayna let out a sigh and then looked at her girlfriend. “What do you think Riza-chan? Was it a mistake to play this game?” Rayna flicked away a piece of the remaining cake that was left in her hair.

Riza shrugged. “I didn’t know everyone was so competitive.”

Rayna let another sigh before grinning. “Although I can’t wait to see their expression when they realize they’re being taped.”

Riza grinned back. “Just wait until we mail it to everyone in Central.”

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