Roy listened to the other with all of his attention, slowly sipping his whiskey. He could understand where Ed was coming from. In a way, it’s why the past few years were nothing much to talk about. They had won a huge war and now without all of that happening, he felt lost himself. He could only imagine the restless feeling that the younger one was going through. Once you no longer have that drive or need for something, everything else in life just turns stagnant.

He couldn’t help the slight choke on his drink. Damn, busted. He had wondered if Ed wouldn’t notice at all what he had planned. In some way, he didn’t mean to order the drinks the way he did. He mostly ordered the two different drinks to see which one the blonde preferred. Though deep down, he had hoped it wouldn’t be noticed and he could help a drunk Edward Elric home.

Roy’s tongue came out to wet his lips as he put his drink down. Instead of showing his guilt, another smirk just appeared on his face. He leaned into the table to set his elbows on it, his head propped up by one hand. “Now, why would I do that? I just simply am here to listen to your antics,” he purred, obviously trying his hand to see if Ed would not continue talking about the drinks.

“Is Xing where you learned to expand your martial arts?”