Fullmetal
chapter 2

Mustang sighed loudly, taking the phone away from his ear; It seems has if for the past hour his vocabulary has been filled with just a very different words.
"Yes Riza"
"No Riza"
"He's doing find Riza"
"No Riza"
"On the couch riza"
"okay Riza"
Mustang sighed again
"Okay, goodbye Riza"
He hung up the phone, all but slamming it down on the reciver. "finally" he thought. He looked over at one of the two couches, Edwards sleeping figure lifting up and down to his steady breathing.
"Its been about two and a half days sense i found Edward in that condition" Mustang thought to him self. As quietly as he could, mustang got up and walked over to Edward, intending to wake him up, though he stopped short when Edward mummbeld something in his sleep. " Did he just say..'sorry Alphones'.." Mustang muttered to him self. Standing up he thought "Sorry for what?"
Figuring he would let him sleep a bit longer.

Another hour had passed, and by then the rest of his crew had showed up and was busy working, all for but Jean havoc, who was busily chatting away on the phone with the flower girl. Another minute passed before mustang set his pen down, causing Riza to look up at him in questions. Mustang looked over at Edward, despite knowing Riza would threaten him if he didnt continue his work. Noting Edwards slightly jerky movements, Mustang called out to him wondering if he was awake. "You awake Fullmetal?" Everyone looked up confused, he didnt seem to be awake, did he? He more than anything just seemed to be having a bad dream.
"Edward?" Mustang spoke again, shocking everyone in the room, including Riza.
Mustang siged, "its a normal thing thing to adress someone bye there name, stop gawking." Mustang looked down and continued his paperwork, rather annoyed.

It had only been about five minutes till Edward started screaming. Everyone looked up, startled Eds sudden outburst, and then shocked when Ed sat up, reviling tears streaming down his blushed face. "Its... its all .. my fault," he whispered between choked sobs.

Mustang was the first to fully react. While every one was shocked at the boys emotions, they where even more soo when Mustang calmly got up and comforted the teen in a hug; If they were shocked then, they where beyond the state of shockingness when Ed didnt try to pull away, but accepted it and feel into the embrace.

Mustang lifted his head and looked around, everyone sensing the silent comand to stop gawking, continued to silently work on what they where doing; Listening to the conversation going on between the two.

Mustang sighed quietly before asking a question, a question that had been on his mind for quiet some time now.
"Edward, what ... what exactly.. happened." he spoke slowly and unsurely, not knowing if it was a good question to ask.

Edward, who still had his head in the older mans shoulder, looked up at him, confused. "What do you mean?" he asked, still slightly shaking with sobs.

Mustang stayed silently for a minute before answered "Alphones body, .. your arn and leg ... how..?"

Edward tensed up, remembering every single last detail of the agonizing pain he went threw. Shuttering in fear, he grasped at Mustangs arm, squeezing it for support.

"Only days after my Mother had died.."Ed started "..you showed up and offered me the chance to come here, to come here and push my chances of becoming a state alchemist." Pausing, he took out his pocket watch and stared at it. "You gave me one year, and in the year, i praticed all that i could, and learned as much as the books and life would allow me to at my age." Edward paused again, Thinking of how to word the next part. "As i recall .. Alphones and i, we told you our house caught fire in a alchemy experiment, causing my limbs be burned to the fact, that i had to get them removed and replaced by automail; As for Alphones, he nearly died, till i bounded his almost lifeless soul to the suit of armor he is today. Correct?"
Edward looked up, seeing the nod of agreement that Mustang gave him. Fighting hard to keep the once again threating tears from falling down his face, he continued. "Well that was a lie. Alphones and i, well, we where the ones who set our house on fire.." Edward paused again, finding it hard to continue, noticing the sudden deathly silence the room had. Looking back down, Ed continued, "We couldnt stand leaving our house, knowing what we had done. That thing that we had to leave behind the night i lost my arm and leg, and Alphones, he completely body, Well this.." He said holding up his automail arm. " ... this isnt the work of a horrible house fire, its the work of a failed human transmutation.." He stopped there, letting his arm fall down into his lap. He looked up, the once threating tears, now rolling down his face as he saw mustangs shocked face, as the room went still and silent, and has he rememberd seeing that ... that creature, he had created. "That thing .. we created..," he spoke between choked sobs, "It wasnt our mother!" He finally lose all composure, his choked sobs turning into deep, hard, raw sobs as he clinged onto the front of Mustangs uniform, longing for him to just wrap his arms around him and give him the comfort he needed.

Mustang and Ed sat on the couch for what seemed to be another half an hour, just as Edward tried to calm him self, and as Mustang silently comforted the boy. Once Edward had calmed down, he gently pulled away from mustang and stood up, fixing his red hoddie.
"Fullmetal?" Mustang looked up in question.

Edward turned his head to the side, barely hidding the embarrassed blush obviously covering his face.
"Thanks for the help mustang..but i'm not going to sit around and mope any longer, i'm going out and i'm going to find my brother and winery, even if it kills me."
Quickly turning toward the door, he reached out and grabbed the door handel

"Fullmetal?" Mustang spoke once again.
Edward looked over his shoulder, looking at mustang in question.
"Be careful.." Mustang said with a light smiling, as he got up and went back to his desk, telling him that he could go ahead and go as he pleased.

Edward stayed still for a minute before turning the doornob and opening the door.
"Sure thing"

And as of that, he was gone.

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