Here's the next chapter, I already had this written but I hope you guys enjoy it.
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"Why has it gotta be so damned hot" Ed lazily said as he sat up on the couch in his shared room with Al. There seemed to be a heat wave going through central currently, and with only a fan to keep him cool, Ed was practically melting. It didn't help that his wolf half was even hotter, the fur matted with sweat and all he wanted to do was take a freezing shower. Sadly, he had to wait until later as there had been a problem with the taps near his room, a leak had shown up and they had to call in a plumber, who said it would take at least half a day to fix.

"Cheer up brother, at least we get the day off, " Al said as he sat against the wall reading a book. Due to his uh, not so human body, he didn't feel the heat at all, or cold for that matter but that was beyond the point. Lucky bastard, he didn't have to feel as if his internal organs were melting inside him. He groaned and lay back down, it was going to be a long day.

"Finally!" Ed shouted cheerfully. The plumber had finished over an hour ago and had just announced the showers were back on in this area of the headquarters. He grabbed his towel and raced into the bathroom they were lucky to have in their room, he would never be able to shower around other people. If he did so his tail would be noticed immediately, not to mention he had to wash his wolf ears, the magic only hid them, not cleaned them, plus it felt much better to wash his actual ears instead of fake magic ones.

Locking the door, he never ever forgot to lock the door since the incident, he undressed, and let his tail free, which felt amazing in case you were wondering, and jumped into the shower. He turned it to a reasonably cold temperature and let the water wash away the sweat and heat. Almost forgetting to change his ears back, he muttered quietly "I wish for my wolf ears" still feeling silly, even after ten years of doing so, and washed his ears, feeling so much better afterwards. He wrapped his towel around his waist and looked in the mirror, he always felt so much better look at his reflection with all his wolf parts showing, strangely enough. You would think he would feel uncomfortable, insecure even with his other half in the reflection, but it always felt more comfortable than when he looked completely human. He was weird like that, maybe it had something to do with the magic or being changed at such a young age, eh who cares.

He reached to grab his pile of clothes he always stacked on the left side of the counter when he realised he hadn't grabbed any. Smacking himself on the head mentally, he called out "Hey Al, I forgot clothes, could you get me some?" he hoped Al wouldn't be an arse and deny his request, but it seemed luck was on his side as he heard Al sigh and get up, really, who wouldn't when he made such a loud clanking noise and start rummaging through his drawers.

A couple of minutes later he heard a knock on the door and opened it, grabbing his clothes and grinning. "Thanks, Al, I'll just get changed then- Al?" His brother was looking at him in disbelief, his red eyes showing shock. Ed's eyes widened as he realised he hadn't hidden his tail or ears before opening the door and he slammed it shut before Al could say anything, making sure to lock it before he hurriedly dressed and sat down on the floor. He pulled his knees up to his chest and rested his arms on them, laying his head on top of his crossed arms. What was he going to do now? Al surely must hate him now, if he didn't already that is, and was probably going to tell Mustang after he told Ed he hated him, so they could take him in for experimentation.

"Ed, what was that?" Al asked softly, just a hint of anger in his voice at Ed for keeping this a secret for who knows how long. Ed, being Ed, took this the wrong way and thought his voice was low with anger. He felt tears prick at the corners of his eyes as he thought, 'now he definitely hates me, he's probably disgusted he even has to be related to someone like me/em' at that thought he felt the tears begin to fall, he began shaking and a sob escaped his mouth, he instantly put a hand over his mouth but he knew Al had heard from the gasp on the other side of the door. This was followed by some clanking from Al getting up and walking away at a brisk pace.

'No no no, he's going to get Mustang so they can take me away and experiment on me, heck they'll probably torture me first since I hid this from the military for so long and they'll want answers' Ed thought panicking, his tears now flowing down his face and sobs freely escaping his mouth as his thoughts turned dark. He couldn't stand the thought of having Al hate him, he had no reason to live without his brother. As he thought that he realised he didn't have any reason to live anymore, Al hated him and his life would just be full of painful experimentations from here on. He suddenly stopped crying and looked around, trying to find something before they came back and dragged him away.

His gaze fell upon a pocket knife in his pant pocket from what he was wearing before. He crawled over and grabbed it before he sat down against the wall beside the door, at least they could experiment on his dead body, right? He held the knife over his arm and was about to push it down when he hesitated, maybe Al didn't hate him, maybe, just maybe he could accept him and they could try and get Al's body back. He was still reconsidering when the door burst open, causing Ed to jump and the knife to dig into his arm, luckily not enough to hit any veins, but enough to bleed profusely onto the tile floor. Ed looked up at colonel Mustang, who was looking at his arm, horrified.

"What are you doing, Fullmetal?" He yelled.

Al POV

As soon as he heard Ed's sob, Al knew he needed help from someone he would actually listen to. Still, why did Ed have wolf ears and a tail? Why didn't Ed tell him before all this? He quickly turned around and walked as quietly out the door as possible, which sounded like an elephant trying to be quiet. As soon as Al had left the room he raced down the hallway towards Mustang's office, dodging other people as he went.

Al burst into his office, startling everyone in the room as he walked up to his desk, trying to look as calm as possible but failing. "Colonel, I need your help, there was a little uh, incident, and now Ed's locked himself in the bathroom and he won't let me in and i'm pretty sure he was crying when I left but he won't listen to me at all, please help" He whispered to him, trying not to sound panicked but again failing, Al didn't want the whole team worrying about Ed right now and they may find out, which he obviously didn't want to happen if Ed hadn't even told him before now.

Mustang looked shocked, but nodded and got up, telling Riza he would be right back and had urgent business for a little while before following Al towards the brothers' shared room.

"What happened?" He demanded. Al sighed and tried to tell him as much of the story as possible without giving Ed away.

"Well, Ed forgot his clothes when he went for a shower so I got some and when he opened the door I uh, saw something he never told me about before and he looked really panicked and slammed the door shut. I think he might feel as if I hate him now or something because he started crying just before I came to get you" He told him.

"What was this something? He wasn't... hurting himself was he?" Mustang asked curiously, concern shining in his eyes.

"No, nothing like that, I hope, but I don't think he would really want me to tell you if he didn't tell me. You can ask him though" Al said as they walked through the door frame.

Roy immediately walked up the the bathroom door and knocked. "Ed, you alright in there? Al says he's worried about you for not letting him in" he got no response and it was eerily quiet in there now as opposed to the loud crying Al had heard only minutes beforehand. Mustang gestured for Al to move back before he walked to the other side of the room and then charged at the door, successfully breaking the lock and opening it. A second or two passed where he looked shocked at Ed's wolf appendages before he realised he was bleeding. Roy yelled out "What are you doing, Fullmetal?"

Thanks for reading. There's one more chapter after this and it's nearly done so it should be up maybe tomorrow.