Hey guys! I had the first chapter of this story up about a week ago and took it down. But I decided to repost it and continue working on it because I just love this couple! The title refers to the Neon Hitch song Love U Betta. Well that's the clean version anyway. I thought I would make the title of this story more grammatically correct, so I could use it. Please, please review guys! It's really encouraging when I read them.
Important: Read the story background. Also, I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist. That is all.
Story Background: Ed and Envy became friends in eighth grade, when Envy and his family moved into town. In tenth grade, Envy fell in love with Ed and managed to seduce him into a sexual relationship that was kept secret from everyone they knew. When Rose started showing signs of affection for Ed, he broke it off with Envy and began dating Rose since Ed thinks that more people would approve of this relationship.
Chapter 1-
Envy Moretti, an androgynous looking teen with long, emerald green hair and violet eyes walked down the halls of Haden Cooper High School. For the first time in his life, Envy was early to school. This allowed him to walk slowly down the halls instead of his usual sprint to class. His little brother Pride was sick, and his coughing forced Envy to lay awake for half of the night. Not only that, but his twin sister Sloth forced him to wake up early so she could talk to a teacher about some assignment. Since they drove to school together, he had to oblige. Envy was tired, and it was only the second week of his junior year.
His class schedule looked something like: AP Chemistry, AP English, Pre-calculus, AP U.S. History, Study Hall, and Physics. Normally, Envy would not have dreamed about taking these types of classes. Sure, he was smart, but he was also lazy.
Unfortunately, the reason Envy decided to sign up for these challenging classes was because a certain blonde always took the difficult classes. And if he wanted to have classes with this blonde, he would have to sign up for the higher level classes himself. The plan worked as Envy had three classes with his blonde: AP Chemistry, AP English, and AP U.S History.
Edward Elric. The boy Envy put so much hard work into being in classes with.
Envy was never particularly nice to anyone except Ed. He was sarcastic and there weren't a lot of people he wanted to be friends with.
Snapping out of his thoughts, Envy rounded the corner of HCHS just to stop in his tracks. Edward was at his locker with two other kids in their first period AP Chemistry class: Roy and Winry.
"Great, can't exactly have Winry spot me" Envy thought.
Winry had a strong dislike for Envy after he stopped being friends with Ed over the summer. Winry just assumed Envy was a serious asshole to Ed. If only she knew the actual reason. Winry was also a violent person to people she didn't like. If she spotted him, he would most likely have something thrown at his head.
Envy decided to go back around the corner with his bookbag.
"What are you doing you weirdo?" asked a voice with a slight Asian accent. Envy turned around to see his friend Ling approaching him.
"Just trying to avoid Chibi's awkward glance and anything that bitch decides to throw at my face."
Oh yeah one other thing: Ed was short. Like really short. At 4' 11'', he looked like he was still stuck in eighth grade.
Ling seemed to understand as he nodded. "Yeah I wouldn't want to be on Winry's bad side either." Envy yelled his response, "WELL YOU'RE LUCKY THAT YOU AREN'T."
This triggered a response from Envy's fraternal twin as she approached. "Envy, I can hear your voice all the way down the hall." The voice seemed calm and almost void of emotion.
Envy decided to be more polite to his sister than to his friend. "Hey Sloth, what did Mr. Armstrong say about your paper?"
"He told me it was almost perfect. I could practically see a sparkle next to his eyebrow. He also said that you should start on it since it's due in two days"
Mr. Armstrong clearly knew that Envy had yet to start on the paper.
"Come on Sloth, you know I don't start papers until the night before," Envy said with a slight pout. He really did not seem eager to start his lame AP English paper.
Ling decided that now was the time to interject. "It's amazing that you are actually passing AP English." Ling started laughing but was soon silenced by a glare from Envy.
"As much as I'd like to keep talking about AP English, I have to go suffer through another chem lecture. See you guys at lunch." And with that, the three decided to part ways before the first bell started to ring.
Envy entered AP Chemistry and sat in the back at a lab station. He watched as Edward entered with Roy and Winry behind him. As usual, they all decided to sit at a lab station together. Envy wished that Ling or Sloth were in his class. Ever since he stopped talking to Ed, he stopped talking to Roy and Winry as well.
The talking died down as the teacher started talking. Mr. Tucker decided to say something that elicited a simultaneous grown from all of the chemistry students. "For the past few weeks I've only been lecturing. Today will be the first laboratory, and I will be assigning lab partners."
The students of Mr. Tucker's AP Chemistry class seemed to be on the edge of their seats. They were going to be assigned a person that they would have to sit next to and spend the rest of the semester with.
Most of the students had one or two people in mind that they would want to work with. However, one student in the class seemed eager to be assigned to any student except one.
"I don't care who I work with. I just don't want to sit next to Envy for the rest of the semester," thought Edward gloomily.
"Please come to the front of the room until I assign you your lab stations."
The class slowly walked up to the front of the room and waited for their assigned seat.
Mr. Tucker paused for several seconds to create more tension among the students. One would probably expect a drum roll or something.
"Riza Hawkeye is with Jean Havoc"
Riza groaned as Havoc seemed to do some sort of thumbs up to his friends standing around him. Both students walked together to the lab station at the back of the class.
"That seems like Havoc's dream come true," snickered Roy as he lowered his thumb.
Edward seemed to agree with Roy. "Yeah well I just hope I end up with you or Winry." He didn't want the awkward tension of being partnered with Envy.
Roy decided to bring up what Ed had been avoiding for several weeks. "Are you and Envy still not talking? You still won't tell us what he did exactly."
Ed sighed and looked down. "It doesn't matter. We aren't friends anymore."
Roy made a defeated sound. "That's such a shame. I liked hanging out with him and Ling. Not to mention his sister Sloth is quite a babe."
"YOU IDIOT! STOP BEING SUCH A MANWHORE." Edward's first seemed to come out of nowhere as it collided with Roy's chin.
"OUCH EDWARD YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PUNCH ME SO HARD."
Mr. Tucker coughed during the awkward silence that directly ensued. "Now if I can continue, boys?"
Mr. Tucker seemed to be pretty far down the list. Edward, Roy and Winry were all still waiting for their names to be called.
"Edward Elric is with Winry Rockbell."
Edward let out a mental cheer as he realized he didn't have to be partnered up with Envy.
"Yes I got the smartest guy in the class. We are going to rock chemistry this year!" Winry said as she marched towards their lab station.
Mr. Tucker raised an eyebrow before reading the last pair on the list.
"Roy Mustang is with Envy Moretti"
Roy let out a sigh of relief. Envy was supposed to be one of the top students as well, which was good, considering Mustang didn't do too well in science classes. He was only taking AP Chemistry because his parents forced him to.
"Hey Envy, I haven't talked to you in awhile!" Roy said with a small, but genuine smile.
Envy accidently said something that drew Roy's attention. "Yeah not since last May."
Roy looked at Envy and decided to pry. "So, what happened over the summer? You and Ed were hanging out everyday. Now, you guys don't even look at each other."
"It doesn't matter. It was all my fault apparently". Envy started walking back towards the lab station with Roy right behind him.
Roy sat next to Envy and began thinking. Ed and Envy had been friends for three years. How do two people go from being best friends to practically enemies?
Mr. Tucker passed around the instructions for their first (and most simple) chemistry lab.
"The first experiment involves heating up Magnesium Nitride in water to produce Magnesium Oxide and Ammonia. Great so we're going to be releasing ammonia into the air." Envy read the instructions with his own sarcastic twist on the end.
Roy snickered into his hand as Mr. Tucker walked by.
"Mr. Moretti, the amount of ammonia that will be released is too minimal to be even remotely dangerous. Get to work."
Envy looked at the chemical equation and expertly balanced it while Roy put the beaker of water on the Bunsen burner and dropped the Magnesium Nitride in.
Mg3N2 + 3H2O - 3MgO + 2NH3
"So I guess were supposed to heat up the Magnesium Nitride and determine the percent yield of Magnesium Oxide. If were starting with 2.0 grams of Magnesium Nitride, that's 2/101 so 0.0198 moles of Magnesium Nitride. Multiply that by three and then multiple by the molar mass of Magnesium Oxide. Our theoretical yield is 2.4 grams of Magnesium Oxide." Envy proudly looked over his work.
Roy's eyes looked like moving spirals. He was clearly confused. He shook his head. "How did you know how to do all of that?" he asked.
"It's what Mr. Tucker has been going over for the last two weeks." Envy rolled his eyes when he knew Roy couldn't see. This would be a lot less annoying if I was partnered with Ed. He thought.
Roy rubbed the back of his head in light embarrassment. "Maybe I should be paying more attention." He gave out a nervous laugh.
"It's okay. I can help you out with chemistry if you want." Envy offered.
"That would be awesome. You know we all miss hanging out with you Envy." Roy didn't seem to notice Envy flinch.
Envy decided to change the subject. "Our product seems to be done. Let's see how much we have." Envy took out the prongs and reached into the beaker for their "product". He set it on a paper towel to let it cool off.
Roy suddenly felt the need to contribute something to the group. "Okay, so now we just need to measure how much we have. I can do that." He got up and took the Magnesium Oxide product to the scale in order to weigh it. When he got to the front of the room, he saw Ed at the scale.
"Hey Ed," Roy beamed.
"Mustang," Ed acknowledged with a nod.
"How's being Winry's partner?"
Ed groaned. "She makes me do everything. If I ask her to do any part of the lab, she threatens to throw a book at my head." Ed then weighed out his sample. "Okay I got 2.24 grams. That's not bad." Ed used his calculator to determine the percent yield of his product. "93.3% yield. That means minimal errors." Ed gave his product an approving nod.
Roy rolled his eyes at Edward's bragging and weighed his product. "2.35 grams. Is that good?" Roy asked, oblivious to all things that were related to chemistry.
"Of course it's good. How did you get a higher yield than I did?" asked Ed, clearly annoying at his friend's result.
"Well I am partnered with Envy. Maybe there's someone who is actually more intelligent than you Ed." Roy chuckled, knowing that his comment would get to Ed.
"He is not smarter than me. I just have Winry as a partner," Ed explained, trying to come up with an excuse as to why his product was not as good.
Roy decided to say one last thing before he made his way back to his lab station. "As if I'm any better. You should really try talking things through with Envy. He's actually a pretty decent guy, and it would be nice to have him around again."
The rest of the day seemed pretty uneventful. In AP English, Mr. Armstrong made sure the class knew of the paper due within the next few days. He felt as though showing them his muscles would make them want to work on the paper. How very wrong he was.
In AP U.S. History, Mr. Hughes decided to talk about a group project and that the class would get their assigned groups the next day. Envy sat with Ling and Sloth while Edward sat with Roy and Winry. It was the only class that all six students had together.
The last bell rang, and Ling ran off to catch his bus. "I wonder what mom is going to make for dinner," Sloth pondered with her finger on her chin. "Probably soup AGAIN. I wish Pride would get over his mono. How long does mono last anyway?" Envy groaned. He was not happy about their dining choices over the last few weeks. Their little brother Pride had a fever, a sore throat and could barely get out of bed.
The pair continued walking towards their lockers. Envy kept complaining to Sloth about Pride's mono but failed to realize where he was walking. He bumped into someone and ended up knocking them over. Envy hastily began apologizing until he realized whom he had bumped into.
Rose sat on the floor staring up at Envy. She gave him a soft smile before she told him that it was okay.
Edward came running towards them and stopped to help Rose get off of the ground.
"Are you alright, Rose?" Ed asked, being the gentleman he was.
"I'm alright. I just need to watch where I'm going," Rose chuckled with her arm behind her head.
"Stop bumping into my girlfriend, palm tree." Edward's words cut through Envy. Envy hated when Ed called him that.
"Well maybe you should tell your girlfriend to look in front of her where she's walking O'CHIBI-SAN." Envy ignored the fact that he had just been doing the same thing as Rose.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THAT HE HAS TO CLIMB A LADDER TO KISS HIS GIRLFRIEND?"
Envy started laughing at Ed's rant. Everyone else was wondering how Ed came to that conclusion.
"Stop laughing you idiot!" Ed glared.
Sloth decided it was time to interrupt before anyone got hurt. "Okay guys, break it up. Envy and I need to get home to check on our brother."
Ed scoffed before he took off down the hall with Rose.
"That wasn't even a good excuse, Sloth. Pride gets enough babying from mom," Envy pointed out.
"Yeah but he doesn't know that. I don't know all of the details, but am I the only person who knows what actually went on between you two?"