For Your Entertainment (Royed)

Stripper Friends

''Why is Roy covered up? He never covers up, ever.'' Al asked the day after at Havoc's place since he invited them over seeing Roy and group in the kitchen making drinks, while poking fun at the raven haired male's zipped up hoodie covering his neck, ''I don't know, he didn't tell us anything.'' Winry said, ''Well Brother acted weird when he came back home so...''. ''He's still acting weird.'' Riza said looking over to Edward who was silently sitting down away from all of them till Roy had walked over and spoke to him, seeing Edward shake his head, ''Edward doesn't drink?'' Riza asked, ''No, he does. I think he's just being shy.'' Alphonse said seeing Edward make a face at the raven haired male sighing and say something back. ''Though... When Brother overdrinks... He tends to... be overly touchy, and testy with his temper...'', ''More so than it already is?'' Riza said with a raised brow, ''...Yeah...'', ''Boss, you never told us how your date with the woman that's been after you in the club went.'' Havoc said as he was about to make different drinks, seeing Roy make a face clearly ignoring the question. ''That's none of your concern-!?'' Roy said with a huff, stopping when feeling someone touch him pulling his zipper down, and pulling the sweater off him revealing his marked up chest and neck making him blush heavily glancing over to see Edward looking at the group with a serious hard to read expression, ''Does that answer your question?'' Edward said simply. ''Well shit...'' Havoc said surprised making Roy get embarrassed more, Surprising Al and the others too, ''She got really possessive with these ones specifically.'' Fuery said poking the hickeys on the nape of Roy's neck, making Edward tense up but keep his cool, ''...She definitely was...'' Roy said simply glancing over to Edward who just made a face. ''You're not drinking with them?'' Al asked seeing Riza shake her head, ''Someone has to be the responsible one here.'' Riza said looking over to Winry with a smile, leaning forward kissing the blue eyed female who blushed from the kiss smiling, ''Mhm, sure responsible.'' Winry said sticking her tongue out playfully with Edward going over with his younger brother. ''Brother, you okay?'' Al asked seeing Edward had drank a bit much, but was still alert and nod, ''...I can't do it Al...'' Edward said making a face, ''Can't do what?...'', ''I can't do what they do... They're confident in what they do... And I'm just... Just a moody kid...'', "You're wrong.'' Roy's voice said making Edward glance up to see Roy looking at him half drunk/half sober. ''Listen.'' Roy started getting up almost tripping but caught himself on the counter, ''Listen to me Edward.'' The raven haired male sitting in front of the blonde who just looked at him shyly, a few feet away from one another's faces surprising everyone at how calm they were, ''Listen to me, and listen to me real good Edward...'' Roy repeated in a half drunken state. ''You're a good kid... Always have been, even when I met you... You've always been the same, and that's what I like about you... You're fucking honest.'' Roy said with a serious drunk expression in his usually cold eyes surprising Edward who looked down making a face at what he said blushing slightly opening his mouth to speak. ''Look at me when I'm talking to you Edward...'' Roy continued with Edward looking at him with his drunken golden eyes, ''You're pretty, but you're also good looking... Who gives a fuck if we have confidence in what me and the guys do... It's about you, and no one else... You have it in you... I know you do...'' Roy said poking Edward's chest. ''That's why I wanted you... Because I know you're more than just some moody kid with a bad temper... Those women we deal with have desires and fantasies, that's why we do what we do... To give them what They want. It's not about us, it's never been about us. You may see us as a set of 'Stripper Friends', but let me tell you something...'' Roy slurred still serious.  ''At the end of the day we're still human, we're like you... We go back to being ourselves at the end of the day, the next morning... We're not just stripping for money... We have fun, we make fun of ourselves at how stupid we look...'' Roy said pausing for a moment surprising Edward at the lecture he was receiving from the half drunk/half sober ringmaster. ''...You... You're better than this.'' Roy said with a familiar annoyed expression, ''But... You're good looking without trying...'' Edward said backing up surprised when Roy leaned towards his face annoyed, ''So are you. Why do you think I hit on you? Because you're fucking good looking without trying, even when you're grumpy you still look fucking good.'' He said. ''But...'', ''No buts.'' Roy cut off, ''I don't want to hear none of this 'I can't do it' bullshit, because you can Edward. You're Twenty One, you're young compared to me okay? I didn't get this egotistical self esteem over night, I had to fucking work on it, every one of them knows that.'' Roy said referring to Riza and team who just looked at one another surprised. ''...My point is... You can't keep thinking so low of yourself, It's all up to YOU on the person you want to be. Put yourself out there, start small, do whatever the fuck you want, the world is yours... I know it's hard I know, but accepting yourself takes time... You're fucking special, okay? Don't ever forget that Edward.'' Roy finished with a grin inches from the flustered blonde's face. Havoc and group were surprised at how intimate Roy's lecture was for once without arguing, seeing Edward look at Roy surprised with his golden eyes wondering how Edward was going to take it, ''...You idiot.'' Edward finally said with a laugh and smile making the raven haired grin more, ''That's what friends are for, to cheer you up when you're down~''. '''Now let's have some fun, and put some music on!~'' Roy said with Edward laughing more with a brighter smile, getting pulled by the raven haired male into the living room with Havoc making a face at Riza, Al and Winry, ''Friends don't do that....'' Al said making everyone turn to see both Edward and Roy intimately dance and sing to Gorillaz's 'She's My Collar', ''Think they'll remember this?...'' Fuery asked with a raised brow, ''Definitely.'' Riza answered simply.