Roy had opened his mouth to reply to Ed when he heard Scheska's shrill voice. He rose a brow and stared at her as she rambled on and on. He crossed his arms as he listened, looking out of the corner of his eye at the blonde.

Ed had changed a lot from how he remembered the other. Longer hair, held back in that customary style Ed's father was always seen with. Surprisingly, he was taller too. Roy always thought he was going to stay short. Then again, he was still shorter than him.

"Scheska." was all Roy said, his tone firm. He wasn't going to yell at the younger woman. He knew the reason she had let Ed in and it was the same reason any of them would have let him in.

He sighed and made a motion with his hand as if to cut off her rambling. "It's fine. I'll let it slide this one time. Happens again and we will have a talk." he reached down to pick the book up to take with him. "It's nice to see you again, Fullmetal."

He grabbed the rest of his things with a smirk as he left. Part of him didn't want to leave the room. There was a half of him screaming to go back and start another conversation. If not a conversation, than an invitation to dinner. Instead he kept walking till he had his office door closed behind him.

He leaned against it with a sigh and walked over to his desk to sit down. How in the hell was he supposed to say anything other than awkward phrases that acquaintances said to each other. Not what two people who won a war and almost died together say.

Roy found himself reaching over to a drawer in his desk, pulling it open to reveal memorabilia. A gun, few medals, some more odds and ends. A picture sat in the middle of it all though. It had been taken secretly by someone of a grinning Ed. He leaned back in his seat, staring at the photo as he tried to convince himself to go back to the library.