Ed woke up the next morning feeling refreshed, although he hadn't gotten much sleep. The dorm-issued beds were surprisingly comfortable. He rubbed his eyes with the heels of his hands and sat up, looking around the room. Only a small amount of sunshine shone through the spaces between the black-out blinds. Ed didn't mind; he didn't like bright rooms in the morning – or any time at all for that matter.
He looked over and saw that Envy's bed sheets were twisted, and there was no sign of him anywhere. Ed furrowed his brows and shrugged to himself. One less problem he had to deal with. The blond swung his legs over the edge of the bed and stood up. He hissed; the hardwood floor in the dormitories was colder than he expected it would be in the mornings. He hurriedly put on his jeans and a shirt, re-braiding his hair afterwards. He absentmindedly wondered where the closest place to eat was.
The door burst open, and Envy walked in. His black shirt matched his black pants – which looked to Ed as if he had let a tiger claw at them for an hour – and his black shoes. He was carrying a fast food bag. Ed didn't recognize the name of the restaurant on the bag, but he didn't care. The smell of food hit his stomach, and his stomach growled an angry warning. He hadn't realized how hungry he was until now.
Envy raised a pierced eyebrow at the sound of Ed's stomach rumbling. He sat the bag of food down on the nightstand and kicked his shoes off, plopping down onto his bed.
"So… Where's the nearest fast food place?" the blond asked cautiously.
Envy slurped his drink, his eyes narrowing very slightly at Edward.
"Right down the street," he pointed to the right. "It's called 'Triosk'. There's a bakery a little further down called 'Babycakes'."
Ed nodded, standing up as he did so. "Okay. Thanks."
The taller teen just nodded back. Ed made his way to the door, not looking forward to the walk ahead of him. His family didn't have a lot of money to spare. They had enough to send Edward and Alphonse to college, but they didn't much left over to buy cars for them. Ed had a little bit of money saved up from working before he left for college, but that was for books and other supplies. His parents paid the tuition – everything else was his responsibility.
"Do you have a car?" Envy asked quietly, a slight accent catching Ed's attention. He hadn't noticed it before, but Ed was sure he had heard it.
The shorter teen shook his head, making a noncommittal hum.
"Would you like a ride?"
Ed shrugged. "Sure." He wasn't fond of the idea, but his stomach was loudly making its needs known.
Envy got up, walking over to the door. He grabbed his keys off of the dresser. "C'mon."
They shut the door behind them and made their way down the hallway. Ed could feel tension in the air. He didn't feel exactly comfortable with the situation, but it would be a short car ride. He would rather ride in a car with someone he just met than have to walk the whole way across campus and down the street and back. The walk wouldn't have bothered him so much if it wasn't so cold outside.
They exited the building and stepped into the fresh, cold air. Ed could see his breath blowing out in front of his face, coming out in puffs. He shivered involuntarily, trying to match Envy's fast pace as he walked to the car. Envy's car was nice. It was black, of course, shiny, and practically screamed brand new. Ed opened the door and hurriedly sat down inside. The leather seats were freezing cold as well.
Envy sat down as if the cold wasn't affecting him at all. He took one look at Ed and smirked.
"Are you not used to this weather?" he asked, turning the car on, blasting the heat. The blond glared at him half-heartedly.
"I'm from here. It's just usually not so fuckin' cold," Ed said, coughing a bit.
"Oh. Where I'm from, it's cold like this almost year-round," Envy replied, shifting into gear and driving out of the parking lot.
Ed looked out of the window at the dark, grey sky as his breath fogged the passenger-side window. He leaned back in his seat comfortably.
"Where are you from?" he questioned, slightly curious. Envy's accent was rather hard to place.
"Russia," the dark-haired teen said, casually. He turned onto the highway and sped up, merging into other lane. "Which fast food place did you want to go to?"
"Oh. It doesn't matter, I guess," Ed said, shrugging his shoulders. They were surrounded by tons of fast food restaurants. Wherever Envy decided to drive him was fine with him; it wasn't like he was picky.
Where most people would say "no, really, where do you want to go?", Envy sped up once again and turned in to the restaurant he had previously mentioned.
"Triosk it is, then," the dark-haired teen said, matter-of-factly. Ed studied Envy as he busied himself with maneuvering into the drive-through line.
He'd already noticed that his eyebrow was pierced, but he hadn't really looked at Envy for longer than he had to. He noticed that his lip was pierced. Just a little stud piercing was in, plain sterling silver. As Envy opened his mouth to say something, Ed noticed a glint of silver in his mouth. Was that a tongue ring?
"Hello? Edward? Hellooo?" a pair of pale fingers snapped in front of Ed's face. The blond jolted in his seat.
"Uh, what?" was his eloquent response.
"What do you want to eat?" Envy asked, his face the picture of impatience.
"Oh, shit. Um. Whatever you got? It doesn't matter," Ed replied, his cheeks heating up just a tad bit. Envy hadn't seemed to notice Ed's scrutinizing staring though, so he didn't feel quite so embarrassed as he normally would have – getting caught staring at a stranger and all that.
The rest of the trip went on without much talking, and when they got back to the dorm building, Ed practically jumped out of the car.
"Thanks," he said, gratefully, sipping his drink.
"No problem," Envy said, grabbing his keys out of the ignition.
They walked back to their dormitory in silence. Only the thumps of their footsteps and Ed's constant slurping interrupted the silence around them. It wasn't like Ed was paying attention. His mind was wandering around – somewhere far, far away….