Chapter 2 -Runs around-

Heather here, role-player of Edward and the elder of the two writers, and I just wanted to say thanks for staying with us to chapter two. This was awesome and a lot of fun to role-play out with Ashe and we were hoping that it would be equally as fun to read. It looks like a few people liked it, right? Anyway, in this chapter there is a new character introduced named Vanity. She's... an interesting girl to say the least created and played by Ashe. I think the description of her in the story is enough to give you a pretty good image of her. Yeah... heh... that Vanity...

Disclaimer: Ashe and I both DO NOT OWN FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST! Wish we did, would like to say that we do, but Hiromu Arakawa was actually the brilliant manga-ka that came up with the idea, the story, and all of the characters mentioned throughout this fic. Well... except for Vanity... and one other. That was entirely Ashe!

You didn't come here to here me talk on and on about, well, stuff, did you? Now without further ado, here is chapter two!

"Really now, you like vamps?" Edward raised a brow at the new knowledge about the beautiful boy at his side, or at least he found the warm, sticky liquid flowing through his veins as a beauty beyond no other, and looked down the street while laughing. Well that adds an unusual twist. Wonder if he knows exactly what to look for to find a vampire. Sure, the obvious, pale skin, sharp teeth, and the lust for blood, but that's easily hidden and covered for with a good story. He probably knows about the mirror thing too so I'll have to look out for that. A little struggle never hurt anyone. Suddenly the game has become just that much more interesting.

The golden gaze belonging to the vampire returned to the college student, something indefinable dancing within them. "Heh... my parents always wanted me to grow up to be the good boy they hoped to raise. I normally had to sneak whatever I watched, but they always managed to catch me because I was incredibly lame." He laughed a little and sighed, beginning to grow disgusted by his own act. He needed blood and he wanted it now. Just wait... let him take you to his dorm. There he won't have any place to escape. Stay calm... "They were REALLY against vampire movies for some reason. I felt so deprived and still do. Funny how 'rents can be so strict. And look at me. I'm hardly the picture-perfect son." A few digits belonging to his left hand slipped through his golden and silver hair. "They were really against dyed hair too."

Envy grinned a bit and forced himself to look away from Ed. The other boy's eyes were like small orbs of fire burning into Envy's skin wherever they landed. And Envy's neck, covered up by his almost turtleneck-like long sleeved shirt, was burning especially more than the rest of him. He shrugged it off though as embarrassment or something like that. He flung his own dyed hair backwards again; it had fallen in front of him to make a curtain around his entire head. Sometimes he wondered why he never cut it, then he looked in a mirror and saw his reasoning. "Then they probably wouldn't like my hair..." Envy said, grinning a bit more as he ran a finger over his long raven and jade colored locks. "Asked my dad if I could do it and he said it was fine, he wasn't listening though. And when I came home that night looking like this and he demanded to know why I did it the first place, I told him I had to live up to my name and be green with envy."

Envy continued walking, noticing that his dorm was approaching a lot faster than the last time he walked home from class alone. It was probably due to the sudden gain in company. "Same with the contacts, cept there was no real good reason for them. They're friggin' sweet though..."

"Heh... it's a good thing that he doesn't listen then. I think it looks kick-ass." The vampire frowned when he lost the gaze of the young college student's violet contact covered eyes, only to smile a bit again when he stole another glance at the masculine throat. It was nearly fully covered, though the small bit that was exposed led him to believe that this bite, one laid upon the delicate threat, would be enjoyable. The neck looked well grown, not too plump and not too thin. Finding a vein should be easy, in fact, there was already one that he had picked out, even if he couldn't see it yet. More precisely, it was an artery. Oxygenated blood always sat better with him than the vital liquid that had already pumped through a body's system. Stay calm... not too much longer now... You almost have him where you want him. Tell a lie, gain some trust. That's how it works...

"So, are we close to your place then? I'm feeling beat. All that running after those bastards really got to me... especially since I'm anemic..."

Envy grinned at the compliment he had received from his new pale friend. The boy pulled a set of keys from his pocket as he pushed open the door that lead into a long hallway filled with other sets of doors behind which most students were getting their rest for the next day. Some music was pumping behind one of the doors that they passed and right next to that one, someone slammed open their door and marched straight across the hallway.

"DAMMIT TURN IT OFF!" A long, raven-haired girl wearing nothing but a bra top and a short mini-skirt screamed as she pounded repeatedly on the door with the pounding music emitting from it. Someone answered the door and merely laughed at her before she turned around and walked back across the hallway, only after spotting Envy and waving. "Oi, Envy! Who's your cute friend?"

Envy waved her away and continued down. "Go back to bed or get dressed, Vanity!" He shook his head irritably and stopped in front of his room. The girl was following them over however, determined to bother Envy it seemed.

"Aw, c'mooonnn..."

"No."

"Pleaseeee?"

"No."

"I'll give you the answers to the Trig test next week. I know you have trouble with tht class."

"...How?"

"Oh, you know, the teachers just looove me..."

"Whore."

"Bastard."

Edward watched the new girl, whose name was apparently Vanity, with only mild interest, his nose wrinkling up in mild disgust for a moment before he was able to regain his composure. He despised the taste of female blood; perhaps it was not so much the blood itself that he hated, but the chemicals girls tended to apply to their skin that he had to taste whilst sucking out the vital fluid. Perfume... A shiver ran down his spine. Not only were the female kind disgusting with the overuse of beauty products, but they could be clingy and annoying as hell, though it was that feature about them that made them such easy targets. Easy, yet disgusting and not worth his time.

The vampire shook his head and smiled. "So the class that was just cancelled is the one that you suck at? You're lucky I'm a math whiz, and I don't mean that in a nerdish sorta way. I can help you with some of your work if you need it." Eying Vanity for a minute or so, he extended his deathly cold hand out toward her. "Hey, the name's Ed, nice to meet you. I just... kinda got into a bit of trouble so I'm spending the night with him. I hope that doesn't bother you?" His words almost caused him to gag. Completely repulsive...

Vanity turned her head back to Ed with a dazzling smile on her face. She seemed to be the one girl that everyone hated and everyone loved at the same time, almost like a real-life Mary Sue from fan fictions and whatnot. The girl ignored Ed's hand and instead gave him a hug, her entire body smelling of recently added perfume. Why did women always insist on hugging people instead of just smiling and shaking hands? She pulled back away with a frown.

"Jeeze, you're skin is sooooo dry! Maybe a little lotion or-" She was cut off by the music, which had only grown louder. "GOD DAMMIT TURN IT DOWN!" Vanity screeched, heading straight for the door and kicking it down. "MOTHER FUC-"

Envy grabbed onto Ed's arm and hurriedly rushed them both inside of his room. The student only sighed after he heard the moans and groans from the guys who had been blasting the music, followed by a series of screeches from Vanity. Envy locked the door and threw his crap down on the floor, ignoring that it made a rather loud sound. "She's a total bitch, I know." The boy snorted and flopped down on one of the beds in the room. "Want anything? There's some food around here somewhere... You thirsty? I think there's some water in that fridge." Envy smirked and then added, remembering their earlier conversation. "Or maybe you want my blood." He laughed and closed his eyes. "Just make yourself at home."

If Envy had not snatched Edward's arm at that given moment, the vampire was sure he would have put an end to the little bunbearableb/ annoyance known as Vanity. His eyes had become mere slits and golden irises darkened and morphed until they glowed red when she hugged him without warning, causing every fiber of his being to bend and twist in rage. How dare that vile creature touch him, especially while wearing those disgusting chemicals that made her smell worse than any pheromones could ever succeed in doing? If only he stayed for one more second, that girl would have been drained on the spot and his cover would have been blown.

The apparently young vampire rubbed his eyes once he was brought into the room, ridding himself of any traces of maliciousness, mentally thanking no one in particular that no one caught sight of his sudden change. He had to stay cool, calm, and collected. Then as a well-earned treat he would feast. This college boy's blood better be worth all the trouble.

"Yeah... bitch. As if lotion would do anything... sure, it may make my skin softer, but it can't change the color with my condition preventing any skin treatments from working. My family's tried everything..." His eyes traveled to the locked door for a moment before scanning the room for any mirrors that would fail to show his reflection. Not seeing any that would catch his reflection if he had one, he cautiously entered the room and took a seat on the edge of the bed, still rubbing his eyes. "Heh... are you offering? I'd take a nice long bite." He stuck out his tongue, happy that his fangs were not visible and moved his hand away from his face, eyes once again vividly gold. "Nah, I'm fine. I don't need to really eat or drink all the much. All I have to worry about is medicine and that's back at my dorm room."

The boy, still laying on his soft bed, had his forearm drawn lazily over his eyes as if he was simply irritated by the light above in the room. There was a box of light bulbs near his bed, as if he needed to change the bulb on a very regular basis. With him and Greed being lazy and loving to break things, they needed that factory sized box of bulbs. Envy reached down with his other arm, slipped off his shoe, and flung it upwards at the annoyance. The bulb shattered and instantly the room was cast into darkness, the only light emitting from a digital clock in between the two beds.

"Sorry," He mumbled quietly. "But I'm exhausted... Is that medicine important...?" He asked, a yawn lacing his words. "Do you n-need it...?"

Once cloaked in the darkness of the room, Edward licked a fang, his tongue rubbing gently up and down the canine now unsheathed from his lips, easily hidden in the lack of light from the room. "Yeah, the medicine's important, but it's not like I'd die from not having it or anything. I mean, there are much more important things in life that you need to survive, don't you think? The basic human needs to consume water to hydrate the body and keep blood at a nice consistency. Too much water and it'll be runny, too little and it'll clog up. Then that's not good for anyone."

He leaned back a little and held his hand in front of his face, looking at his pale, outstretched fingers in mild interest. "Then there's the whole concept of oxygen and hemoglobin. Your entire body runs on oxygen and other nutrients that you gather from food and the environment, but more precisely, blood is the most important substance keeping you alive. Vitamins travel through it along with oxygen, allowing the rest of your body to function. Without it you would be a pale, lifeless mess, or at least the average person would. And blood also happens to be the reason why I'm anemic. The lack of iron flowing through my body put me in this state, giving me this 'condition.'"

Edward grinned a bit, giving another lick to his fang as he brought his hand to his side and leaned back, feeling that his meal was now within grasp. "Sorry for going off like that. After these two years I'm going to medical school and it helps to talk about things like this to commit it to memory. And it's not like it came out of nowhere... you mentioned my medicine and my lack of... iron... is the reason why I need it."

"Interesting..." Envy replied, though he had hardly been able to absorb the bit of information that Ed had just told him. He wasn't here to learn about the human body, he was here so he could become an engineer not a doctor. Through the pale light of the digital clock and moonlight that was pouring in through the single window, Envy could be seen moving only his leg up to his waist.

His toes messed around for a moment with the buckle to his pants and then they moved down a bit more to get at the zipper on his jeans. With a rustling noise, Envy had somehow managed to get his pants off and on the floor with only moving the lower half of his body. His arm was still draped across his face, preventing him from seeing anything that his vampire buddy was doing. Envy yawned again and mumbled. "I'm so-sorry if I seem boring... Jus' tired... Oh, and I AM wearing boxers... Just so you don't think I'm like, going commando or whatever...If you want Greed's bed, you can have it 'til the bastard himself gets back..."

Damn... he's making this too easy... "Hey, we're both guys here. It's not like you're your pal Vanity or anything. Having people around her didn't stop her from flaunting her underwear. Disgusting..." Edward slid up the mattress a bit, moving carefully so he wasn't detected before he was ready to do so, a soft hiss sounding in his throat when he opened his mouth, the small amount of light cast by the moonlight and alarm clock shining off his well polished fangs.

"You know... thanks for the offer, but I may just have to decline. There's a small problem..." He leaned close to the college student, hovering above the neck. Just being as close as he was sent chills down his spine and he could have sworn he already smelled the sweet aroma of his choice of meal. "I don't plan on staying much more of the night." Without another word, he began to move in on his prey.

Envy felt the other boy shifting slightly on the bed as he made his way up towards the sleepy student. He opened his violently violet eyes and they narrowed for a spilt second when he saw how close Ed was to his neck. The boy rolled over a bit, snatching a pillow with one hand and shoving it into Ed's face. He continued to roll until his feet found the carpeting below and he could stand there. Truthfully, Envy didn't really know what Ed was trying to do, but it creeped him out having someone so close to his neck like that.

"What the shit, man?" Envy barked, almost dog-like as he moved back over to the vampire on his bed. "What the hell are you, some kind of a vampire?"

Not bothering with the annoying act any longer, Edward swiftly slid to the side, standing between Envy and the door, his fangs still holding the pillow in his mouth. With a small snicker, he spit the object to the side, causing a few feathers to flutter out of the new rip in the fabric. "Silly boy. Didn't you just say that vampires weren't real? If that was true, then how could I possibly be a vampire? Unless... everything tonight was a lie..." He ran his fingers through his hair, golden optics narrowing and glowing through the darkness, looking almost feline though much more sinister.

"I have to admit, it's been fun and I kinda like you. Not many people would invite a stalker into his home even after being warned that some sort of freak was wandering around the school ground." With another lick of his lips, he took a step closer. "So tell me, you like vampires and always have? What do you think now that you've met the real thing? Pretty cool, huh? Almost like a childhood dream coming true. Touching."

"Fuck you." Envy hissed, taking a few steps away until he felt something pierce through the bottom of his foot. He let out a soft groan and considered crumpling to the ground to rip the small piece of light bulb glass from his foot, but he knew if he took time to do that there would be no chance of escaping the vampire in his room. Envy shook his foot, feeling a bit of blood splatter from it onto the carpet below. The student took another step back and bumped into Greed's stereo. He bent down slowly, still watching Ed with careful, violet eyes and then flicked the boom box on as loud as it could go. He jumped over the source of noise and grabbed a few light bulbs from the box. He fired all four of them at the wall separating his and Vanity's rooms. No doubt she would come and investigate... right? "You know what, I should've seen right through you act." Envy shouted over the music blaring from the boom box. It was so loud that he couldn't tell what song was playing from it. "So I guess you can just come right here and suck all the blood you want!" He yelled, bending over slightly, yanking the collar of his turtleneck back and exposing his neck flesh to the vampire.

"Funny how easily you're fooled, isn't it? Not only that, but your entire mood, all your beliefs, they were easily swayed by the use of a few simple words I wove together!" Edward callously laughed; highly amused by the way Envy reacted to the new knowledge of that pale-skinned boy being a vampire. He took another step closer, nostrils flaring at the scent of fresh new blood, the aroma overtaking his senses and causing his body to shake in delight. "And wouldn't you know... you have my favorite blood type. I think I'm just gonna have to take you up on your offer and come and get it."

He took a few more steps, feet pattering softly across the hard floor, before approaching the college student quickly, his footsteps no longer heard almost as if he began floating towards his prey. "So enlighten me..." Edward smirked, tilting his head a bit to the side. "Exactly what are you planning on doing to me? Pelt me with light bulbs? Won't do a thing! Cry and run for help? No one will believe you! All you've done is stumbled into a horror story, one that you can't escape or make disappear. Crawling under your covers won't do you any good."