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Write for 45 minutes; An Idea; handcuffs

Sometimes Envy wondered why he always got stuck with the most menial jobs ever. It was boring to say the least, and incredibly infuriating to say the most.

Like now, for instance.

How in the hell getting arrested - just so he could 'nonchalantly' pass a note of information on to a possible mass murderer in central's prison - was a job worthy of his skills, was beyond the homunculus. So what if his shape changing ability was 'perfect' for it, he tried not to pout like a child, they could've just gotten Wrath to do it.

Already, the restraining cuffs on his hands had gone past annoying and way into uncomfortable, and the bench he was sitting on was slowly making his butt go numb. On top of that, he hadn't even been able to complete the job yet because his persona was apparently 'wanted for questioning' by some random alchemist.

So, in short, Envy was having a bad day.

And then, the Chibi walked in and his prospects got enormously brighter.

"Nah, you guys wait outside, this shouldn't take long." The blonde was assuring his brother and several guards, but it still took several more promises before he managed to get them all on the other side of a closed door. Envy resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

Humans were entirely to stupid for their own good. It was obvious that a chained up prisoner could do nothing if he was like that, chained up, but they were too dumb to see that and insisted on worrying anyway. The whole thing made him want to gag. Though, in retrospect, maybe it was justified seeing as he wasn't just a regular chained up prisoner.

"Finally." Ed's voice brought Envy out of his musing and the homunculus instantly assumed the stoic face his persona was infamous for.

"If you want to question me, I've already told the pol-"

"Cut the crap, Envy." Said homunculus blinked, then smirked and slid back into his usual form easily. Ed watched with an unreadable expression.

"Saw right through me, eh shorty?" He brushed a lock of green-tinted black hair behind one ear as Ed reddened, but didn't explode as expected. Envy nearly grinned with amusement, changing it up wasn't he?

"Yeah, um-" He looked down at the file on the table briefly, "Ross Furan was killed three days ago by his accomplice, who them confessed." The blonde read off in monotone, before he began pacing distractedly.

"Aah, there goes Lust. Screwing the job up again." Envy yawned and stretched. If Ed noticed the lack of handcuffs, he didn't show it. "So, why are you here, Chibi?"

"My own choice. Nobody else knows about Furan, since I haven't filed the report yet." He clarified and stopped pacing right in front of the desk and leaned foreword to fix Envy with a look. "And I thought we agreed last time that you'd try to stay away from Central?"

"And I thought we agreed a long time ago that if you could be a stubborn ass, I could too." Envy smirked and took advantage of the shorter male's position, leaning foreword to give him a long, lingering kiss that washed away the dirty room's smell and replaced it with sunshine and cologne. Ah, he'd missed this - it wasn't any fun out in the country without his Chibi around.

"Yeah, but how am I supposed to explain the fact that a criminal who died several days ago, is in prison today?" Ed managed after Envy broke contact so that he could circle around and pull the blonde into a tight embrace.

"Don't worry about it." Envy purred, and shushed any protest the alchemist might've made by otherwise engaging his mouth in more 'enjoyable' activities. It was only after two distinct clicks were heard that he broke it off again, leaving them both panting and Ed slightly cross-eyed. "There, see."

"Wha-?" The alchemist noticed the handcuffs attaching his hand to the table, which was bolted to the floor, in the same moment that Envy flashed back into his criminal persona, not forgetting to place one last peck on the shorter male's nose before he did so.

"Try not to let it hurt your pride too much, but I'm gonna escape." Envy resisted the urge to laugh at Ed's flabbergasted expression as he broke a hole in the way, setting off several alarms, and blew his Chibi one a kiss. "And expect me at your apartment later."

The homunculus licked his lips suggestively, making the alchemist turn a color that matched his coat quite nicely, before he turned back to the large hole - "And don't forget to smudge that report just a bit~." and jumped, flipping once before landing on his feet with ease at the front gate.

Wrath would just have to do the job after all. Envy had much better things to attend too.

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