Welcome Home

Disclaimer: I do not own FMA….*cries like a baby*
Title: Welcome Home
Pair: RizaxEd (hints of RoyxEd)
Summary: Ed’s gone for three years and when he finally returns, what will happen when an unexpected surprise is awaiting him?
***Okay, this plays around after/during the movie occurred so (spoilers some) but I changed some facts about the movie and the after events. So be aware that there are changes but some facts are still here. Sorry if the ranks I give people are their true ranks, I am not sure what everyone is after/during the movie.
Warning: hints Yaoi, M/F, language

Welcome Home
By: Kumiko

Chapter 5

For Ed, the rest of the night was spent in misery. Every time he would try to talk to Riza, either someone would take her attention or someone would pull him away. It was starting to make him mad how this was happening again and again. All he wanted to do what apologize for doing that in front of everybody at the party. He thought that his actions weren’t meant to be showed to everyone, though how bad could a kiss be?

Winry forcefully pulled Ed into the kitchen where they would be seemingly alone.

“What the hell was that, Ed?!” She screamed, throwing her hands up in the air. “Why?”

Ed stared at her for a moment without saying anything. He really didn’t know what to say to that, he didn’t know why he had kissed Riza. All he knew was that he liked it and if he could he would want to do it again.

“Well?” Winry asked, getting impatient.

“Winry, I don’t know why I did it,” he replied, trying to sound reasonable. “All I know is that one moment I was just talking to her then the next I was kissing her.”

“That’s not a good enough reason, Ed,” she said, sighing. “You’re scaring me.”

“What?”

“I’m losing you, Ed,” Winry explained, turning around so he couldn’t see her eyes. “First you left us for three years and we didn’t know where you were. We thought you had died, Ed. Now.” She paused. “Now, it seems like I can’t have you to myself.”

“Winry, I’m sorry,” he said, standing and moving over to her. “I didn’t want to be gone all that time, but I can’t help what I feel now.”

“I know,” she replied, turning around with her hands wiping away the tears that had fallen from her eyes. “I’m just a little upset, Ed, that’s all. This is just a big surprise.”

Ed chuckled. “It’s a surprise for me, too. I had no idea that you, Mustang and Riza all liked me.”

“Mustang?”

“Yeah,” he said his face now a bright red. “I don’t really want to talk about that particular thing.”

Winry laughed. “That’s great, Ed, the general likes you.”

Ed rolled his eyes and left the room. He listened to her laughter as he made his way up the stairs to the balcony. The sky was dark with the stars shining bright against the night’s sky. Sighing, Ed leaned against the railing and looked out over the side where he could see where his house used to be. A cool breeze blew over him as he heard the door behind him open. Turning around, he saw Riza coming up to him, seeming a little bit nervous.

“How’d you get away from your crowd?” Ed asked, chuckling. “I didn’t they would ever turn you loose.”

Riza smiled. “I can be very persuasive.”

“Yeah, I know.”

“What did you and Miss Rockbell talk about?” Riza asked, joining him at the railing.

“She wanted to know why I kissed you,” he replied, glancing over at her. “I told her that I really didn’t know why I did it. I’m sorry, though, if it made you mad.”

Riza chuckled. “No, it didn’t make me mad. I was happy.”

Ed looked back out over the open field. “Good,” he said, stretching.

“ED!”

They both cringed when they heard Winry yelling his name from inside the house.

“Get your butt down here now!”

Sighing, the two of them made their way into the house and downstairs where everyone waited.


Ed returned to Central that next week, returning back to work where he would be forced to face Mustang. He wasn’t entirely sure how the general was taking the fact that Ed liked Riza and not him. The halls of the office were bustling with activity, it seemed like something big had happened while he was still with Winry and Al. When he entered the office where he worked, he found Havoc and Breda arm wrestling.

Sighing, he shook his head and then went to his desk where there was a folder lying. He picked up the folder and opened it to find a map and a long report inside. The noise around him grew louder when Havoc finally pinned Breda’s arm down on the desk where they were competing.

“Hey, Fullmetal,” Havoc said, finally seeing the blond through the crowd.

“You guys should just be glad that the lieutenant isn’t here right now,” he replied, not looking up from the folder. “I could just tell her what you’ve been doing, you know.”

“Please don’t,” Havoc pleaded, now appearing at Ed’s feet. “I’ll do anything!”

An evil thought ran through Ed’s brain but he decided to let that go and looked down at the groveling Havoc.

“Here,” he said, handing him the folder. “I don’t feel like going on this mission.”

Havoc’s eye grew large. “WHAT?!”

“You said you would do anything,” he replied, raising his hands and shaking his head. “Besides I have a date tonight that I cannot miss.”

“A date?” Everyone in the room exclaimed, catching Ed off guard.

“Yup,” he replied, grinning. “With Riza, a truly beautiful lady.”

The commotion in the room erupted into gasps and cheers. It was like no one in the office ever had anything to do anymore yet he always seemed to have either paperwork or a mission to be on. Groaning, he made his way to the door through the crowd of people who were still cheering him on and giving him looks of amazement.

They all stopped, however, when they heard the sound of a gunshot pierce the air in the room. Ed had the door open, leaning against the wall with a small smile on his face. He had known that Riza was on her way to the office and just chose to not tell anyone about it. He figured he would get a good laugh at the looks on the guys’ faces when she caught them all goofing off. It wasn’t long until everyone was where they were supposed to be and working on their work.

“You really got them, Lieutenant,” Ed said, walking up to Havoc and taking back his folder. “I couldn’t resist watching them get in trouble.”

“You’re awful, Fullmetal,” she replied, moving to sit at her desk, glaring at everyone.

Ed moved to stand beside her desk, now looking at the folder seriously. “You know I love it when others besides me get in trouble.”

While Ed had been staying at the Rockbells in Risenbol, he had been on the phone with Riza almost every night before he went to bed. So they knew each other pretty well to joke around with the other. It wasn’t unusual now to see them walking in the halls discussing work or their evening plans, although dating among the ranks were frowned upon. They didn’t care, but they did leave most of the dating life out of the office.

“I don’t like this,” Ed said, shaking his head as he read through the papers in the folder. “Even if I go here there’s no guarantee that I will be back alive in less than a year. Haven’t I been gone long enough?”

“What is it?” Riza asked, sifting through the papers on her desk.

“There’s a revolt occurring over at the eastern borders,” he explained, taking a seat on the corner of her desk. “They want me to go there and either get them to stop and retreat or just get rid of all those revolting.”

“How long is it expected to take?”

“About six months but with the way I remember the easterners to be, it’ll definitely take longer than that,” he replied, sighing. “I hope it doesn’t take me this long to get it done.”

“I’m sure you will do just fine, Fullmetal,” she said, finally finding the papers that had the most importance. “And I am sure that no matter how rotten those people are you will beat the right way into them and come back quickly.”

“Thanks.” Ed rolled his eyes and closed the folder.

“When do you leave?”

“Next week.”

“Then you have plenty of time to mope around when you are away from me,” she said, smiling all the while.

“Yeah, yeah,” he sighed, standing. “I’ll see you later.”

Riza nodded as she watched him leave, glaring at the others who were watching her. “I’d get back to work if I were you,” she said, going back to her paperwork.


Mustang sat in his office, the feeling of guilt washed over him. He was a real bastard now, giving Ed that mission on purpose just so he didn’t have to see him for awhile. The guilt was really starting to get to him and he was glad that no one seemed to notice. Leaning against his hand, he stared at the moon that shined down into his window. This wasn’t how he wanted things to end up. He wanted Ed and it seemed like no matter what we was to do about it, he was never going to have him.


“I have to leave tomorrow,” Ed said, sitting beside Riza on her couch. “It’s seems like I will be away for far too long again.”

Riza, not one to show her emotions, looked at Ed with tears at the brims of her eyes. She shook her head, showing that she didn’t want him to go, knowing full well what a simple revolt could turn out to be.

“Riza,” he whispered, pulling her to his chest and holding her close. “I’m sorry that I have to leave you tomorrow. Please know that I will return to you.”

She wrapped her arms around his waist, not wanting to let go.

He could feel her tears now soaking his shirt. Hesitantly, he took her chin in his hand and brought her up to face him. Ed looked down into her eyes, seeing the pain and sadness in them. A tear slid down his own cheek as he leaned down and kissed her. Once he felt her respond, he pressed harder, putting all of his passion and love into that one simple kiss. She pushed against him as he lay down. His hands seem to find their way to the perfect spots on her and she returned each gesture with loving caresses. When they felt they could hold on no longer Ed rolled her over and fulfilled the passionate dream they had both wanted.

Ed lay in the bed, Riza lying asleep on his shoulder, and staring up at the ceiling. His hand played gently with her hair that trailed down her naked back. It was true that he loved her with all of his heart. They had spent so much time together that it seemed impossible for Ed to think about anyone else.

Slowly, he slipped out from beneath the blankets and went to take a shower. Before entering the bathroom he checked the clock, 5:43 a.m., he hadn’t slept at all that night. He was quiet as he could be, showering, dressing then leaving a note on the bedside table for Riza to find when she woke. A part of him felt horrible for leaving her without telling her goodbye, but another part told him that if he didn’t say goodbye then that meant they would see each other again.

“I’ll see you again, my love,” he whispered to her sleeping form from the doorway and with one last look at the sleeping blond. Ed turned and left the house to catch the train to the revolt in the east.

Tears slid down Riza’s cheeks when she heard her door close, she had been awake the whole time but it seemed best that she appeared sleeping. Please come back, Ed, she thought to herself, burying her face in her pillow to soak the tears.


To be continued…

Authors note: sorry to end it there but it felt right. What do you guys think? Review please!! I need to know if you are enjoying this or not!