Author's Notes!
Chapter two of the Pet fic! Heehee...I'm quite proud of this little story. Not much else to say.
Warnings: take the M rating seriously in the chapter, it gets more hot n heavy...That's about it.
Chapter two: Ichi-koi
Morning dawned to find Edward and Alphonse knocking again on the door to the military hospital. When they had put through the access code, they found that Envy had been moved to a regular stay-room earlier that morning. They walked up to the stairs to a small apartment-style room. Edward knocked, unable to keep the blush from his face. Alphonse gave him what would have been a curious look but said nothing.
"It's open..." The voice from the other side of the door called out. Ed turned the handle. Envy was sitting on a bed. The room was quite small, more like a dormitory actually, but it was furnished to feel at least somewhat not like a hospital. Ed gazed around as he stepped out of the way for Alphonse to enter. "Pretty nice huh? They are really treating me like a king." The thing that struck Edward was that Envy wasn't being sarcastic.
"You didn't live like this with your...comrades?"
"Comrades? Don't make me laugh. They were more like the family that I hate to be related to. It's not like we were related any other way besides by species. Anyway, my room was shittier than this place. Feel sorry for me yet?" Envy said, laughing a sarcastic, sinister but still hopeless laugh. Ed frowned. He suddenly found himself wondering what kind of life Envy had to lead.
They stayed with Envy for most of the day because Edward had taken some vacation time for the weekend. Roy had been suspicious. Ed simply explained the phone call as a prank and the vacation leave as personal time because he had been overworking himself. Of course, the stress from the previous night helped him look like he had been overworking himself.
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Three days passed, and the trio had actually fallen into a sort of routine. Ed and Al would show up in the morning, spend most of the day with Envy, help him down to visit the doctor when he was scheduled to, leave in the evenings and return the next day.
Envy himself, Alphonse noted, seemed like where he had once been black he was now grey and where he had once been bright red was now pale yellow...personality wise. The once dark, sinister sin seemed to be subdued to a quiet, repressed demeanor. One day stuck out in Ed's mind. Alphonse was sitting by the small window. Ed was sitting backwards in a chair, Envy in his bed. Their conversation lulled to silence.
"Fullmetal.." Envy said softly.
"What?" Ed replied. He still wasn't quite used to being nice to Envy, but still he stuck around.
"I..." Envy stopped, staring at the wall again. Ed's heart raced. Envy hadn't mentioned that night he had kissed him...yet anyway.
"What's wrong...with you?"
"I think I'm feeling something."
"What?"
"I think it's fear. I...i'm starting to remember what it was like...to have feelings other than hatred and...envy."
Ed said nothing in response. Instead he traced the outlines of his joints on his automail hand.
"Fullmetal...Edward...I..i'm afraid. I can feel it now. This body...it's dying." Envy said slowly, clasping his hands tightly over his shoulders.
"What? Do we need to call the doctor?!"
"No! I mean it...but I can feel the minutes ticking away. I've never had an inevitable death before...it frightens me...to have a time limit." Envy said, glaring at the blanket now as he sat up in bed.
"Dammit...So what? We all have a time limit you idiot! You get what everyone else gets! You get a lifetime! Isn't that good enough?!" Ed spouted suddenly, surprising himself with his own anger. He stood up and stormed off, leaving a very confused Envy behind.
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A few hours later Edward trudged back up the steps to Envy's room. He wondered why he returned here after blowing off his steam instead of going home. Somehow or another this had become their second home. He was also aware that if he and Al weren't there regularly, Envy would be in danger of his former "family" coming after him. Envy had kept up his end of the deal, and Edward wasn't the kind of person to be the first to break a promise, no matter to whom it belonged.
He pushed open the door to find the room empty. He panicked a moment before he heard a sloshing noise from the bathroom. Appearently Envy was taking a bath...Still, where was Al? A note on the small round table in the middle of the room answered that question.
"Dear brother.." It said in scrawling letters. "Gone to get food for Envy and You...be back at six. Love Alphonse!" Ed chuckled. He had no idea how Al came to be so thoughtful.
"Ful-Edward...is that you out there or Alphonse?" Envy's voice called from the bathroom.
"Me, what do you want?" Ed replied.
"I need your help, pipsqueak. I am trying to keep my cuts clean, but I can't reach my back..." Envy called back. The commentary on Edward's height was lost in the butterflies that filled the boy's stomach. Envy. Naked. Wet. Washing his back. It brought back sudden memories of the first night he brought the sin here. He tried to force the thoughts from his mind as he slowly made his way across the room to the bathroom door. He rapped one knuckle against the door.
"Fine, fine...I'm coming in now." He warned, expecting Envy to cover himself so Ed could do the necessary. When there was no response for several seconds, just a few quiet splashes, Ed turned the knob and opened the door. Envy was sitting in the bathtub, bandages all thrown in the sink, clothes which the hummonculus-turned-human had apparently washed were hanging on the towel rod, drying. Ed closed the door behind him and walked over to the tub. He stopped mid step though, spinning on heel with a bright red blush crawling over his cheeks. Envy hadn't covered up at all...He was sitting, facing Edward shamelessly. The blond blinked several times, trying his best to regain composure and purely confused.
He had no problem personally with people who proffered the same gender. He had befriended "queers" before on the road as they traveled, for such things are inevitable when you move from place to place so frequently...but he never expected to have any kind of attraction himself. Stiffly he stepped around behind Envy resolving himself not to look while the other could still see him. Ed placed himself carefully on the edge of the tub. Envy glanced over his shoulder before returning his gaze to the far wall nonchalantly. He handed Edward a sponge over his back and sat stock still. Ed sighed slowly, once more all-too aware of his own breathing. He dipped the sponge in the water and braced himself with his automail arm on the far edge of the tub so he could lean over to sit directly behind Envy.
He brought the sponge up first and wrung it out over the injured part of Envy's back. It was a deep cut, but with stitches it was starting to heal nicely. It didn't seem to be infected or inflamed and that was a good thing. However, the laceration wasn't what Ed was watching. He watched the way the water rolled down the gentle curve of Envy's back, and swallowed hard. A lump was forming in his throat as he dipped the sponge again and this time passed it gently over the sin's perfectly slender shoulders...they were formly but not too bony...very feminine, but that just seemed to turn Ed on more. Heat rose to the Alchemist's face once again, a warm shiver traveling down his insides right to a certain part of him. Suddenly he was painfully aware of the fact that he had forgone his usual pair of leather pants for a more loose-fitting and comfortable pair of jersey material shorts, since this was the only place he was going today. It was true leather pants would have been tight and uncomfortable in this situation, but at least they would have hid the erection that Edward was unable to stop at the short contact his fingertips made with Envy's silken skin.
Ed tried to calm himself down by concentrating on the task at hand. He wet the sponge again and continued, very careful of the stitches on the cut. Still, as his mind wandered ever so slightly, his hand did too, of it's own accord. He noted how Envy's spine was just a small indented line all the way down the small of his back to end right above his tailbone...Ed could see through the water what a small, but still great-looking rear Envy had. Something twitched in Ed's lower regions at the thought. He cringed and brought his gaze back upward. He gulped again and tried to concentrate on washing Envy's back. The black-haired teen himself was quietly braiding his hair over his shoulder and seemed unaware of the visual inspection Ed was giving him.
Still, even as he washed, little things kept catching Ed's attention. He tried to convince himself of many things. One that Envy was still Envy...his enemy from the start...a killer...a hummonculus... Two that he was only looking so closely at Envy's body because he admired the former shape-shifter's ability to create such a nice form without copying someone that existed. In essence, Envy had made himself. But still...those hips are so cute. Small hips that jut out slightly, especially when he puts his weight on one leg and rests one feminine hand on the edge of them. 'I wonder what it's like to wrap my fingertips around someone's hipbone...' Ed thought to himself. His heart was racing again...the same illogical thought attack came over him...he wasn't aware of himself anymore.
"Edward...I can reach my hips myself you know...my stomach too..." Envy's voice broke the spell this time. Ed's eyes widened but he couldn't move. He was inches away from being pressed against Envy's wet back. The sponge was floating in the water and Ed's wrist was hooked around the sin's small hip, his hand resting just below Envy's navel. He sat stock still for several seconds as if when he were to move Envy would suddenly reject him. Somehow he had become powerless against the person he had fought so many times. In one swift motion, Envy spun around in the tub. Ed's hand remained momentarily until he realize it was now resting against Envy's lower back, not his stomach which meant Envy could see his-
"Ah!" Ed yelped, drawing his hand back as if it had been burned. Envy wasn't looking at Ed's face though...he was looking at the front of Ed's shorts, which was pulled forward and slightly wet at the peak.
"Your dirty Edward...so dirty..." Envy purred, running one thin hand down the front of the alchemist's shirt and brushing momentarily against Ed's hardened member. The blond let out an involuntary groan. His hand shot over his mouth as he realized what he had just done. He looked down at Envy, who was smirking just below him...his gaze traveled further down to realize Envy was...
"You...your...you..." Was all Edward could manage. Envy chuckled.
"I'm not ashamed of how my body reacts, dear little Ed-o. This body I created...it used to look like only what I told it to look like. I could be turned on if I wanted to be, I could be completely sexless if I wanted...but I always stayed ideally male. This body reacts to touch...apparently yours works quite well, don't you think?" Envy was getting closer by the word. Edward was staring again. Envy had taken the male body and perfected it...the line of his hips and stomach met to a small patch of very fine, smooth hair right above a cock that was not too large, but not lacking in the least, perfectly proportioned too. Ed felt himself grow harder just from looking. However, he was too distracted to expect what happened next. His automail arm was brought down by a well-aimed shove and he found himself splashing into the warm water of the bathtub, clothed and very, very confused. Envy took advantage of the confusion to position Ed so that the blond was sitting with his legs hooked over Envy's hips, their crotches brushing each other's. The moment Ed felt the contact he arched into it, moaning out instinctively. He had never, ever had another living thing touch that part of him...and most of all the part touching him was Envy's own very erect member. The sin chuckled low in his throat.
"Dirty Edward getting off to the sight of me in here having a bath..." He purred. Ed was already dazed though, succumbing to the sensations that left him breathless.
"Ah...ah...Envy..." He murmered. Envy grinned, hooking has arms behind Ed's lower back and grinding himself against Ed's crotch. "AH!" Ed cried out, arching back and pressing his stomach to Envy's chest. With one hand Envy lifted Ed's shirt and ran his tongue across the boy's stomach, ribs and chest. He teased one nipple, drawing a high moan from the blond, who tossed his head back.
"You like that?" Envy thrust his hips upward, stimulating more reaction from the little alchemist.
"Uh..oh..uhuh...God...What are you doing to me..." Ed replied before biting down on his lip and sucking in air. Envy had dipped his head down to slip his tongue into Ed's navel. He licked and nipped the skin around it.
"Say..." He nibbled Ed's stomach again. "Say you want me..." He purred against Ed's now wet belly.
"Envy...I...want...you. I want more...I can't believe it feels like this..." Ed moaned out, unable to keep himself from jerking and bucking to Envy's every motion, every breath. He had lost all control of himself.
"Where? Where do you want me, little Ed-o?"
"Righ...right here..." Ed took on hand off of it's resting place on Envy's shoulder and grabbed the sin's wrist carefully. He brought Envy's hand down for the much-desired contact with his aching erection. Even through the warmly wet cloth of his pants, Envy's hand closing around Ed's young cock was the most startling and amazing sensation the teen had ever felt. His vision exploded into stars... "Envy!" He cried out as the sin gave a few teasing pumps. "oh...oh...Don't stop...don't ever stop...be mine..Ah!..be with me..." Ed found himself crying out, not caring about the volume of his voice.
"B...brother??" A new voice...not Envy's...not his own...
Ed's golden eyes, which had been clamped shut in pure ecstasy, sprang open and widened beyond belief... He turned to see his brother standing in the door... Silence filled the room for several seconds but for the sloshing of the water that was already in motion from Edward's wild bucking. The quiet was broken by Envy's sniggering voice.
"We-got-ca-aught, love." He said, laughing as he pulled Ed's front flat against him, effectively hiding Ed's obvious arousal from Alphonse and actually saving the alchemist's pride just a little.
"I...I'll...be in the room..." Al stuttered before quickly shutting the door behind him.
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It took nearly thirty minutes for Ed to calm down enough to come out of the bathroom. Whether it was from arousal or embarrassment the world may never know. When he did finally emerge, Alphonse was sitting on the table, waiting patiently. He had already put the groceries away and everything was in place. Ed couldn't even meet his brother's eyeless gaze as he entered the room. He was staring at the floor.
"Brother..." Al began, sounding more worried than anything. Edward sat down on the edge of the bed. Envy, meanwhile, was in the mini-fridge, looking for a fix of his latest addiction: Eating, which was something he rarely liked or experienced when his body was immortal.
"Al...I want to apologize for...um...you having to see me that way. It...I...How do I explain..." He said the last part nearly to himself.
"Did you want it?" Al asked seriously.
"What?" Ed said, looking at his brother suddenly.
"Did you want it. What you were doing with Envy...did you want it?"
"well..i..."
"Were you doing anything you didn't want to do?"
"Well...see..that's the part I wanted to talk to you about...I..um...This is hard to admit Al...I...I did want it." He spat finally, cringing as if expecting to be slapped.
"Okay." Al said, almost cheerfully.
"What?!" Envy and Ed both said at the the same time, though Envy said it through a mouthful of bread.
"If it's what you want...I just don't want you to be forced into anything." All said, getting to his feet.
"You...your okay with me? Like this? With him?" Ed couldn't quite grasp the concept.
"It's going to sound weird, but when I walked in on you two..um..." If armor could blush, Alphonse certainly would have found a way at this point. "Well...you seemed so...happy. It's been a while since I have seen you seem so...excited. Joyous...If Envy is who...makes you happy...then that's okay with me."
"Bravo...bravo...Alphonse, have I ever told you that you are the best little brother Ed-o could ever have?" It was Envy who spoke up, kicking the fridge door closed. He snaked over to the bed and opened a can of soda. He sat down and pulled himself right against Edward's back and with his arm around the boy's shoulders, brought the can up to Ed's lips. Envy watched him drink with a possessive smirk on his lips. He then turned Ed's face towards his and captured the blond's lips in a deep kiss. He broke away, "Better stop, before I get you too worked up." He said, smirking again. Ed blushed furiously.
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The week ended. At some point during the next week, Envy followed the brothers out of the hospital (Wearing some of Edward's extra clothes) and all the way back to their apartment, where he took up residence without a single nod of permission. It took all of another week for Ed to finally question him about it...
"Envy..."
"Yes Ed-o?" Envy replied from the kitchen table, where he was currently sitting swinging his legs and munching on a bag of trail-mix.
"Why exactly are you living here? Al and I tracked down one of your comrades, I told you, under the pretense that we were hunting you down...and they said that you were dead. They aren't hunting you anymore...you don't need protection and most of your injuries are healed...so why the hell are you still here?" Ed asked. He was standing in the door frame. Alphonse had gone out to run a few errands for Gracia Hughes, as he often did. Envy hopped down from the counter and sauntered over next to Edward. He placed one thin hand on the boy's waist and tugged, surprising Ed and sending him crashing into the taller teen's arms. Envy pulled Edward's chin up and pressed his soft lips against the blond's. They lingered in the kiss for a moment before unanimously parting their lips to allow each to explore the other's mouth openly. Tongue for tongue the deepened the kiss as Envy pressed Edward into the doorframe with their bodies as close as was possible. Envy finally broke the kiss, panting just like his partner.
"Because..." He muttered between breaths before swooping back in to capture Edward's slightly swollen lower lip and nibble it, which drew a sighing moan out of the boy. "I have one life lifetime left to live...and I want to make the most out of it, just like...you."
"But why with me?" Edward muttered, trying to keep his knees from going week at the contact between himself and Envy.
"Because you are the only one who could ever make me...feel."
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Post-notes!
The end! Well...I guess I left a few things unexplained. I might come back to this one and write another chapter. I didn't exactly take the poor boys all the way or explain why they tried to kill Envy in the first place. I may or may not work on another chapter. I finally killed my writer's block so we will see...either way I hope you enjoyed this randomness. Peace!
Kmid
PS: After all that, I still don't own.