I wrote this on a bus!! =D
Disclaimer- Last time I checked I don't own this series or Celine Dion or Glee, which is where I first heard this song.
Taking Chances by Celine Dion. (EdXEnvy)
The sun had just set and Edward Elric was wandering the streets of Central city, the mysterious note he had received that day in hand.
The anonymous note read, I need to talk to you. Meet me on the corner of Main and 22nd, where the streetlight is, after sunset.
"This better not be some convoluted prank cooked up by Mustang." He grumbled as he walked down to the meeting spot.
He leaned on the recently lit lamppost looking around. Whoever wrote the note wanted to talk in private. During the day this part of town was busy with street venders but at this hour there was nobody around, only one tiny, slightly impatient alchemist.
"Geez, whoever you are would you show up already?" His stomach started to grow. He hadn't yet eaten dinner and anyone that knew Fullmetal knew that if he missed dinner, he would be as pissed as a cat tossed into water.
"Don't have much patience do you?" A voice behind him said.
Ed spun around, his eyes widening. "YOU?!!"
Envy walked into the light of the lamppost. "Hey."
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Don't know much about your life.
Don't know much about your world, but
Don't want to be alone tonight,
On this planet they call Earth.
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"What the hell are you doing here?!" Ed said as he posed for a fight.
Envy shook his head. "I'm not here to fight you. I just want to talk."
"How stupid do you think I am?" Ed rolled his eyes. "You think I'd be gullible to fall for that? That I'd let my guard down that easy? I've been through way too much to be that weak. You know nothing about me."
"You're right," The green haired homunculus replied. "I don't know much about your life, or your world."
Ed raised his eyebrow. Envy hadn't moved an inch since he stepped into the light. He was just standing there, talking to him.
"But, I do know one thing: I don't want to be alone tonight, or any other night following, on this planet the humans call Earth."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
Envy looked him dead in the eyes. "I like you…. a lot. I want to be with you. I want to go out with you."
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You don't know about my past, and
I don't have a future figured out.
And maybe this is going too fast.
And maybe it's not meant to last,
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The blonde alchemist's jaw dropped open. "What kind of mind games are you playing?!"
"I'm not kidding." He replied seriously. "I like you. In the short encounters we've had, I feel like you're the sort of person I'd want to date. I can honestly say that I've never felt this way about anyone else…"
"Why the HELL would I want to go out with you?! I…I don't even know who you are! You're just some psycho named Envy who's a homunculus. I have no idea what sort of things you've done in the past."
"True," He nodded. "You don't know about my past. You don't know what sort of life I've lived, what sort of things I've experienced. But I want to share it with you, and I'd like you to do the same. We'd get to know each other better."
Ed bit his lower lip. He was still wary, yet Envy sounded sincere and he knew whenever people were being sincere or not.
"….Well, say I was to go out with you…where would that take us? I work for the military and you're on the Most Wanted list. It's not like it would be an easy relationship to keep. Do we keep it a secret, go public, what?"
"I don't know." Envy admitted, a bit sadly. "I don't have a future figured out."
Ed frowned. "This….this is all too much to comprehend. I mean…." He looked away from him, blushing a little. "I've…never been asked out before…and in such a way…by someone I barely know…it's all moving so fast…and…considering who we are….it might not even last very long…"
"Well, maybe this is going too fast." Envy took a few steps closer to him. "And, maybe it won't work out; maybe it's not meant to last…"
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But what do you say to taking chances,
What do you say to jumping off the edge?
Never knowing if there's solid ground below
Or hand to hold, or hell to pay,
What do you say,
What do you say?
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Envy took a deep breath. "But…what do you say…to talking chances?"
Ed looked at him. "Taking chances?" He looked at his automail arm, frowning sadly. "I took a chance years ago…and look what happened…"
Envy was silent. He looked at him with sympathy. "I'm sorry, I really, really am…but…it wouldn't be like that. It's a different sort of chance, one that doesn't rely on alchemy….What do you say?"
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I just want to start again,
And maybe you could show me how to try,
And maybe you could take me in,
Somewhere underneath your skin?
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Ed looked at him with confusion. "But…you're supposed to be my enemy."
"I don't want to be." Envy said, with strong conviction. "I'm sick and tired of seeing people get hurt because of me. I just want to start again, and become a better person. Maybe you could show me how to try."
"Me?....Why me?"
"You seem like someone who's always willing to help people. The kind of person who would take a complete stranger in for the night if they seemed lost and needed a place to stay. So, maybe you could take me in, and we could become close. I want to be close to you somewhere, like…somewhere underneath your skin? And I'd let you in too. I'd be the one to give you a place to stay too."
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What do you say to taking chances,
What do you say to jumping off the edge?
Never knowing if there's solid ground below
Or hand to hold, or hell to pay,
What do you say,
What do you say?
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The Fullmetal Alchemist could feel his face growing warm. Envy's words were sweet, caring and he really seemed like he was being honest. But…could he really trust him?
Envy half smiled. "I know what you're thinking…it's a big risk. But…what do you say to jumping off the edge? If you fall I'll catch you. ….What do you say?"
Ed looked at his feet. "I….I….I don't know…"
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And I had my heart beaten down,
But I always come back for more, yeah.
There's nothing like love to pull you up,
When you're laying down on the floor
So talk to me, talk to me,
Like lovers do.
Yeah walk with me, walk with me,
Like lovers do,
Like lovers do.
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Envy looked down, smiling a forlorn smile. "I should have known…" He said softly. "I've had my heart beaten down, I've been hurt and rejected before…But I always come back for more. I guess I'm just some hopeless romantic." He chuckled. "You can fall down so hard…But, there's nothing like love to pull you up…"
Ed hesitated before asking, "What's it feel like?"
Envy looked at him. "Hmm? Well….it's like….when you're lying down on the floor after being damaged in some way or another, it's like being helped up back again by some sort of magical being that can heal all wounds."
"……that's really what it's like?"
The homunculus nodded. "Yeah….Ed, I can already tell that you're like that magical being, but I want to be that being that can heal the wounds you have too. You hide it but I just know that you're still hurting inside."
Ed drew in a breath. He was right, he was exactly right.
"So talk to me…talk to me about your life, your fears, hopes and dreams."
"You'd…really want to hear about all that?" Ed took a step closer to him, now starting to have trust in him.
He nodded. "Yeah, and, walk with me….walk with me, like lovers do."
Ed blushed at the words. "Like…like…!"
Envy smiled. "Like lovers do."
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What do you say to taking chances,
What do you say to jumping off the edge?
Never knowing if there's solid ground below
Or hand to hold, or hell to pay,
What do you say,
What do you say?
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Ed shuffled his feet, still blushing. Everything he thought he knew about this guy was out the window. When he first saw him he was ready to punch him; but now a new feeling had come over him. A feeling he didn't quite understand. "I….I…"
"Listen, it's going to be difficult, taking this leap; never knowing if there's solid ground below….or hand to hold…or hell to pay…but I'm going to promise you, my intention is not to hurt you. It's to help you instead, and…maybe become your boyfriend. I'll say it again; I've really never felt this way about anyone else, ever."
Envy reached his hand out to Ed. "What do you say?"
Ed stood still and remained silent for a moment. Then, he took Envy's hand, holding it not the way one would give a handshake, but the way a lover would hold his lover's hand.
"…..Yes. I'll say yes to taking chances."
Envy smiled, a smile that was sincere and truly joyful. "Thank you, you really don't know how happy that makes me."
Suddenly, Ed's stomach growled. Ed blushed again and cleared his throat, embarrassed. 'Thanks a lot stomach,' he thought. 'You ruined the moment!'
Envy chuckled. "Hungry huh? It is dinnertime….hey, I know a good place to eat and the people there don't know I'm a wanted man."
Ed stood closer to Envy, their arms touching. "Ok, lets go."
Envy grinned and started leading Ed down the street, never letting go of his hand.
Ed grinned as well and squeezed his hand a bit. No, he didn't know much about Envy's life or the world he grew up in, but he was willing to take the chance to learn. He was willing to jump off the edge; willing to saying "yes" to taking chances.
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Don't know much about your life
And I don't know much about your world…
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