Roy’s shoulders tensed hearing the blonde. That was true, he wanted to catch up. In some ways more than others, but he would take what he could get. Just from the small amount of time they had been sparring, the brunette could tell just how out of shape he was. Since being promoted, he rarely went into the field anymore. Sure, he found himself at times doing a run and working out, but nothing like how he did before. He moved his head side to side in an attempt to loosen the muscles there and then rolled his shoulders. “I’m still waiting on you to continue to tell me what you have done these past few months,” he smirked with a raised eyebrow.

He was being cocky, but that wasn’t new for the alchemist. A few more heartbeats passed before he made a move. Each of his punches and kicks were blocked, the blonde also landing quite a few hits to his body. It was the nice kick to the ribs that actually made him double over to catch his breath.

Goddammit. He really needed to get back into shape after this. It was embarrassing the way he couldn’t even land a hit on the younger one. He even tried to fight dirty and made an attempt to grab for the blonde ponytail. The silky hair slipped right through his fingers as the other dodged him and landed an solid kick straight to his kidney.

The breath rushed out of him and he fell to one knee. He waited for Ed to let his guard down in some way before he tried one more time to land a blow. His leg was quick as he swept Ed’s non-auto Mail leg out from under him. In the few precious seconds of the blonde’s surprise, Roy actually managed to pin him with his weight pressing down on the smaller one. He was quick to smirk as he thought he had won until he was the one on his back. He blinked up at the other with surprise and his teeth actually ground together. He could feel Ed’s auto mail knee digging into his ribs where they were bruised from the kick earlier. Without a lot more pain, there was no way he could turn the tide of the fight.

He’d lost.

His breathing was heavy as he stared at the other. He was waiting for the other to say something.