Summary: ONESHOT. It is that time of year again, and our favourite Chibi Alchemist is reluctant, as expected, to let his . . . lack of growth . . . be confirmed once more. Envy, though, just might be able to help with that. Yaoi. Ed/Envy. Slightly AU.
Warning: Yaoi, and some strong language. AU in the sense that Envy is for some reason no longer Ed's enemy—they can be friends or lovers, either works with the story.
A/N: I originally posted this under another account because I wanted to keep yaoi stories separate from my main account due to various stupid reasons, but now I'm over that. I'd like to share this one with anyone who still actually follows my stories because I really enjoyed writing it.
This is a yaoi story, and my first one at that. If any of my old readers are still there and you're okay with that, please read on and enjoy! If not, then please don't judge.
Thank you for all of those who read and reviewed this story before! I appreciated every review and every favourite from the bottom of my heart :o)
Note: Google told me that the instrument used to measure people's length is called a Stadiometer. I hope that is correct ^^;
Disclaimer: Don't own FMA, blah blah, and all of that copyright stuff you people don't care about reading.
Physical Examination
Edward Elric—Fullmetal Alchemist and youngest (coughshortestcough) ever known to join the military—bounced his leg up and down, tapping his automail fingers nervously on the armrest of the chair he was occupying.
Next to him, Envy—the very same homunculus that had once been his archenemy—stared at the bouncing leg, eye twitching in annoyance every now and again at the consistent metallic drumming of Ed's metal fingers on the metal armrest.
Up and down and up and down and up—tickticktickticktick—and up and down and up and down and—ticktickticktick—down and up and down—ticktickticktick—up—tick—down—tick—
It was getting on Envy's damned nerves.
Almost in response to Envy's irritation, the bouncing and tapping abruptly cut off as Ed ceased the movements simultaneously, and Envy sighed inwardly in relief.
Feeling better now that he was less likely to kill the first person that so much as looked at him wrong because of annoyance alone, Envy glanced at the face of the alchemist next to him, wondering at the reason for his sudden stillness. He found nothing, though; only Ed looking thoughtfully out of the window, nibbling absentmindedly on the nails of his left hand.
Curious, the sin tried to follow his gaze, but saw nothing of real interest. He was about to voice his curiosity when a kind voice called out, "Denny Brosh? You're next."
—and the movement started all over again.
Envy's eye twitched—up and down and up and down and—his hands balled up into fists in an attempt not to kill something—ticktickticktick—and his teeth bared as he tried not to scream out in frustration—tickuptickdowntickuptickdown—
"For fuck's sake, pipsqueak," he finally snapped, "knock it off."
The young alchemist bristled, his shoulders tensing. Envy felt the temperature drop by at least five degrees. At least he stopped making that damned noise, he thought, mentally preparing himself for the outbreak.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THE DOCTOR'S MAGNIFYING GLASS IS GONNA NEED A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO EXAMINE HIM?!"
Ah, there is was. Envy was proud to say that he was fully prepared and totally unsurprised.
"You, obviously," he said with a smirk. "Do you see anyone else within the vicinity?"
Minus another ten degrees. Envy was still smirking.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT YOU CANT'S SEE IF HE'S WITHIN THE VICINITY OR NOT BECAUSE HE'S SO DAMNED SMALL?!"
The smirk widened. "What, your brain match your size now? Too pea-sized to figure it out yourself?'
Ed's face was red in fury now, hair standing on end in impressively reigned in anger.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING—"
"Shh!" the quick sharp hiss from the receptionist that was seated at her table in the waiting room cut him off, breaking through Envy's entertainment. Ed threw her a glare, which she returned without so much as flinching. Impressive . . .
A sigh from his companion distracted Envy from his respect of the receptionist's lack of fear of the chibi's heated glare, and he glanced down at said chibi. He was looking down at his now interlaced fingers, frowning. The fire from his previous outburst had already flickered out, leaving him deflated with dejection.
"Ne, Edo," Envy asked, slumping back in his chair and lolling his head in the alchemist's direction. "Everything alright?"
Ed shot the sin a glare and muttered something under his breath. Before he could be asked to repeat his words, he said, "Envy, what are you doing here?"
Envy put on a mock-shocked face, gripping his chest dramatically. "Chibi!" he cried out, loud enough to attract another dirty look from the receptionist. "Do you not want me here?"
The younger boy glared at the jibe at his height. "As a matter of fact, no. Please leave."
"Can't do that, Edo~" came the sing-song reply. "Your brother specifically asked me to watch over you during the examination since he's busy."
Al-TranslationTM: Make sure that Edward actually goes through with it.
"Great," Ed said, leaning his head back to rest against the chair with his eyes closed. "That means you don't need to be here. Goodbye, Envy."
Envy smirked. If he thinks that I'm gonna let myself pass up the chance to see this, then his brain must be smaller than I thought.
With a supressed snicker, Envy turned his whole body in the alchemist's direction (albeit awkwardly, due to the armrest that was limiting his moving space) and reclined his head against his hands as he kicked his feet up and rested them tauntingly on his companion's lap. "I'm not going anywhere, Chibi," he said, eyes half-lidded so that they could seem closed even as he was still watching for the reaction his antics were bound to get.
Ed scowled, opening his eyes to glare at Envy. "Gerroff me, you retard," he said as he shoved the homunculus's feet off of his lap. "And get out of here. They're not gonna let you in, anyway, since you're neither my guardian nor a family member."
Envy wiggled his eyebrows, unaffected by the rough treatment his feet had gotten. "Special permission," he said with a smirk, which Ed returned with a scowl.
Before he could say anything, though, the nurse from before came back glancing down at her clipboard.
"Edward Elric?" she called, looking over the waiting patients.
Ed froze, shrinking back into his chair, making himself seem even smaller than he already was.
Feeling spiteful, Envy lifted his hand to get the nurse's attention and pointed to Ed. "Here," he said cheerfully.
"Screw you," Ed snarled under his breath as he got up in response to the nurse's encouraging nod and smile. Moodily, he stalked after her down the hall to the examination room, while Envy followed him, snickering.
"Alright, Mr Elric," the nurse began, heading over to a table where a whole series of medical objects were scattered over the surface. Ed followed grudgingly, glaring around the room as he did.
In sharp contrast to his chibi, the sin strolled in cheerfully after him, almost falling over when said chibi stopped dead in his tracks, eyes wide in horror and staring straight ahead at something.
The instrument against the wall that would measure whether or not he had grown within the last year.
Fully prepared to be taunted for the rest of his life by various people (i.e. Envy, Al) for running with his tail between his legs, Ed turned, about to make a break for it—
—when long, thin, pale arms caught him.
"Oh, no you don't," said Envy, turning him back around and pushing him roughly toward the nurse, who paused in whatever she was writing on the clipboard to smile up at him.
"If you could just take your shirt off and step over here, Mr Elric," she said, pulling measuring tape out from a drawer.
Ed groaned quietly, closing his eyes against the lecherous look that he knew, even without looking, Envy was directing at him. Trying to keep his back turned toward the sin, he shrugged out of his scarlet cloak before pulling off his black shirt so that he could be properly examined.
Envy licked his lips, staring shamelessly at the alchemist's turned back, perfectly free of blemishes save for the occasional scar that marred the even skin. He cocked his head to the side, watching as Ed tilted a little so that the nurse could measure him, admiring the glimpse of flat, strong stomach that was visible for his lecherous eyes to ogle. When the nurse instructed him to do something, Ed obeyed, whatever it is he had to do revealing a pinch more of his chest; he could now see the scarred tissue of his shoulder where the automail ended, as well as the muscled chest and strong left shoulder—
In that moment, Ed glanced over at Envy, who had a feral, absolutely hungry look on his face. The younger boy's face flamed.
Finally, after the nurse let him go to write the results down, Ed turned away to quickly pull his shirt back on. When he looked back at Envy, the latter smirked, making him blush even harder.
Next the nurse stepped toward the stadiometer with an expectant glance in Ed's direction.
Ed blanched at the unspoken request.
"Hell, no," he said, stepping away from her.
The nurse sighed. "Mr Elric—"
"No way! You can't make me!"
She went on as though she hadn't heard him. "It will only take a moment; if you could please just stand over here with your ankles up against the wall . . ."
But Ed wasn't listening; he was too busy shaking his head furiously. "Uh-uh."
Another exasperated sigh. "Mr Elric—"
But before she could finish her coaxing, Envy spun his chibi around and pulled him flush against his body. He bent down to claim the lips that were already opening in protest, eliciting a surprised cry from the Alchemist.
It took all of two seconds for Ed to understand what was happening, and when the initial surprise wore off, he shoved against the Sin's chest, hoping to see him fall flat on his ass—but Envy held fast onto him. Ed struggled against the arms encircling him, surprisingly strong for how lean they were, but when he thought he was almost free of their grip, Envy moved, shoving him against the wall—unknowing to Ed that the movement had aligned him with the stadiometer that he so loathed.
Ed growled, his fists closing around the ever-present tank top that the Sin wore. He had all but forgotten where they were, and now, instead of trying to shove Envy off of him, he pulled him closer, matching the passion with which the Sin moved with that of his own.
And that was all Envy needed to know that he had the Chibi Alchemist right where he wanted him.
With a smirk clear in his eyes, Envy opened them to look sideways at the stunned and forgotten nurse. She was still standing where she had been before Envy's spontaneous assault on Ed's mouth, blushing an unhealthy shade of scarlet. Her mouth was agape, and Envy thought that if her eyes stretched any wider, they would bulge out of their sockets.
Envy rolled his eyes internally at the woman. Could she for a second not indulge in spluttering like a schoolgirl and instead do her job while Ed was so obviously distracted?
I guess not, he thought dryly, and tilted his head enough so that the nurse could see him throw her a meaningful look—well, as meaningful as you could get while attacking someone else's face, with their hands in your hair and your own up their shirt. When he thought she could see, he flicked his violet orbs toward Ed and back to her again. Now, while he's still distracted.
Miraculously, she seemed to understand, and quickly scurried over to the pair—blush intensifying—so that she could fiddle with the instrument behind them. Satisfied that she was doing what she was supposed to, Envy again succumbed to the chibi's lips. They were urgent, almost violent against his, and Envy pulled the Alchemist's lips between his teeth and bit down hard, just shy of drawing blood. Ed gave a cry with an accompanying jump, which made the nurse still fumbling next to them squeal and falter in her task. Envy groaned involuntarily at her antics, which he hoped Ed misunderstood as one of pleasure, and not as one of annoyance. Really, had she never seen two people kissing before?
When she was finally finished, she mumbled something incoherent, turning away and scribbling the results down. Envy took that as his cue and pulled back so that Ed could clearly see the smugness in his face.
"Now that wasn't so bad, was it?" he asked happily.
Ed frowned for a moment, confused in his dazedness, before realization struck him and he stiffened. A glance behind him and at the nurse, who scribbling something down furiously and refusing to look at them, told him all he needed to know. Blood rushed to his face—both from embarrassment and anger.
"Envy, you damned bastard," he growled, swinging his arm around to punch him not-so-lightly in the gut, but the homunculus easily slipped out of reach before he could land the punch. "I'm never kissing you again!"
Envy snickered at the look on his chibi's face, his snickers turning into full-out laughter when he caught sight of a vein in his forehead that was pulsing his anger.
"Aw, you know you love me, Chibi," he said, fluttering his eyelashes, but he couldn't keep up his taunting for long before he burst out laughing again.
Ed was about to throw another fit in response to that, but was interrupted by the nurse's still-flaming face as she mumbled something. Envy didn't hear; he was laughing too hard, and he didn't even try to stop as they continued with the examination, ignoring the nasty glares that Ed threw him every now and again.
OMAKE
Al looked up curiously from the book he was reading—having long since returned from the errand he had to run that day—when he heard the front door open and slam closed. He waited for the form of his older brother to stalk into the living room before voicing his confusion.
"Brother, you're home already?" he asked, glancing at Envy as he followed after the shorter boy into the house—curiosity burning at the pit of his stomach when he caught sight of the amused smugness on said sin's face. "Usually it takes a lot longer for you to"—he cut himself off before he could say 'let them measure you', knowing full well that his brother would find a way turn it into some king of indirect insult—" . . . finish with the examination."
Ed didn't pause in his stride, moving past Al without so much as looking at him, grumbling as he went. All Al could catch was something about a palmtree and asshole before his older brother disappeared into the hallway.
Al frowned at Envy.
"He rushed them to finish up so that we could play our own game of nurse over here," he said as way of explanation to Al's question, unable to keep his smirk from widening.
At that, a frustrated "ARGH!" came from the older Elric, before the distinct—loud—slam of a door seemed to shake the whole house.
Al raised an eyebrow.
Envy shrugged, before heading off in another direction to do whatever he did in his free time.
After blinking in confusion, Al just shook his head and went back to reading his book.
A/N: Thank you so much for reading! I hope you guys enjoyed this, if only a little. Please drop a review if you have the time, let me know where I can improve or if anyone is too OOC. I appreciate feedback, just please no flames!