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Chapter Two:
All The Words I Said
Ed was hurt. Emotionally. No physical pain could harm him this much. He was soaked from sitting in a big oak tree in the rain. His automail ports ached, but it was nothing to the pain his heart felt.
The rain mixed with his tears, sliding down his flushed cheeks, He knew he would be lucky if he didn't get a cold from being outside this long, but Ed didn't plan on moving anytime soon, not until the ache in his chest went away, He knew he'd be there a while.
'How could he? I thought of him as my father figure and now he just goes and says that! Bastard! How could he? Is this how he felt the whole time? That I was just some stupid kid who couldn't do anything right? And with that thought, the sobs grew louder, his throat was soar and aching. But he couldn't stop.
Edward honestly didn't expect Mustangs words to take such a toll on him. But when hearing them out loud like that, the anger in his voice, the fire in his eyes. It was too much for the alchemy prodigy. Having his father figure say those harsh words at him. And to make it worse, Edward honestly didn't understand what caused that reaction. Sure he called Roy a bastard, but he does that all the time, its the playful banter between them, such as when Ed gets called short, its always playful.
"Edward! Edward! Where are you?" A familiar voice called, but it didn't sound angry. It sounded sad... almost apologetic. But Edward refused to let the man know where he was. If Roy really wanted to find him, he would have to look harder. But Ed didn't think he was worth that much effort in looking for.
Roy had been looking every where for the blonde alchemist. His military uniform was drenched. But that didn't matter right now. Ed mattered. That's the only important thing to Roy right now, finding Ed and making him- no, asking him to forgive him.
Roy turned around and saw a golden hair and a vibrant red coat in a large tree. Found you. And Roy raced to the tree and looked up. Sure enough there was the blonde boy. Still sobbing with his head between his knees so he didn't notice the Colonel. And it wrenched Roy's heart to see him that way.
"Edward?" The older mans voice was soft but Ed immediately stiffened and slowly picked his head up and looked down. "Edward?" The Colonel spoke again.
Edward sniffed, and whispered with raspy voice "W-what is i-it? G-go a-away I don't w-wanna talk to y-you."
Roy's heart sunk with the words his not biological son spoke. But the dark haired man couldn't find it in his heart to blame the boy for acting this way, especially with all the pain Roy had just caused him.
"P-please, Edward, give me one minute, please." Roy said to the boy in the tree.
Edward stayed silent for a minute, as if thinking it over, before slowly nodding his head.
"I-I'm really sorry Ed. I didn't mean to snap at you like that. I don't know why I did. Please I'm really sorry. You have to believe me. Edward, come down here."
Edward thought about this before silently slipping down of the branch and landing on his feet. Roy promptly captured the teen in his arms, holding him against his soaked uniform.
Roy was shocked when Ed slowly and hesitantly slipped his arms around the older mans waist hugging him back.
"Edward?" Roy whispered, as to not disturb the moment.
"Y-yeah?" Ed whispered back
"I take it back."
"Huh- what back?"
Roy tightened his grip on the small teen before saying "All the words I said."
END