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No, dont worry. We probably should have explained.. ^^;

This name was stolen from the Japanese fans, who call it 'Roiai'. It means the same thing, they just romanized it directly from the katakana.

Keeping in mind that their names are supposed to be English names...

Roy/Roi = Roy's name, obviously. Roi is the direct furigana translation from the Japanese script, but on all official documents with his name in English, it says 'Roy' (even in Japan).

The 'Ai' part comes from the English transliteration of how Riza's name is spelt in Japanese: "Hookuai". 'Ai' also means love in Japanese.

So, to make a long story short, you could say it's shortened from 'Roi/Hookuai' or 'Roy/Hawkeye'. The 'Ai' part is a word pun because 'Ai' means love in Japanese, so you could say it means 'Roy/Hawkeye love'. ^^ It is also sometimes called Royeye in English. All Riza pairings are like this; HavocAi = Havoc/Riza, ArmstrongAi = Armstrong/Riza, etc.

Japanese Royai fans are really obsessive... there is in fact a Royai Day created by the Japanese fans. June 11th, for those interested. XD I wrote a fic for it. heart

Does that explain it? ^^; I hope so.

What's weird is that when I thought of Roy/Riza I immedietly though RoyAi. o_o; I thought it 'cause like.. Roy's name and Ai can mean love in japanese. I usually think in Hawkeye's perspective 'cause... She's just so awesome heart

Side note:
Woo! I celebrated June 11th ! heart

Oh. Thank you very much. That had been bothering me for a very long time. xd

Thats cool, I didn't know that thanks!!! Thats so cool that theres even a holiday for it...I MUST CELEBRATE NEXT JUNE 11TH!!!!!!!! I MUST!!!!!!

'Twas my pleasure.

heh, i knew most of that, but you gave me the correct spelling of Hookuai. ^^ thank you... for some reason i want to spell it Hyuukai.. XD

Let's have a celebration in the guild on June 11th in honor of RoyAi!!! We must!!! domokun