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Chapter 7
Rei: whoo…
KM: what's wrong?
Rei: Nothing…just been typing aloy and my fingers are sore…(rubs fingers)
Seraphim: Easy solution, don't type…
"Rei: jerk face…(pouts)
KM: I'm getting tired of her mouth…(duck tapes Sera's mouth shut)(laughing)
Seraphim: Mmggghh….(death glare)
Rei: Good idea (high fives)
KM: hey, you're updating so does that mean we're one step closer to the lemon!?!
Rei: Yep, so without further ado, here's the chappie!!!
….XXX…
They approached the medium sized white house, Envy was fussing about being able to walk on his own, Al was saying he couldn't, and Ed was laughing at Envy every chance he got. So it was no wonder that a certain blonde haired mechanic was able to hear the three before they arrived.
She walked over to her balcony and squinted into the sun to see the silhouettes of her childhood friends, but as they drew closer, she could see that the large metal shape of Alphonse, was carrying a small shape, though from her distance she couldn't see who.
Happy about their' arrival, and curious about their' package, she tossed her wrench to the counter and ran downstairs to great them.
"Winry dear, what's going on?" Pinako asked from the kitchen table, looking up from her coffee to speak to her granddaughter.
"Grams, Ed and Al are here!" she said brightly, but the she pouted, "probably only to get Ed's automail repaired…"
But her spirits were up so she couldn't pout for long. She rushed out the door to see them, but waited on the porch to not seem desperate.
Edward was the first there; he smiled at her waved his stump of an arm. Winry sweat dropped at the sight of her finest work being torn to pieces by the short alchemist and the fact that his life was full of danger.
Sometimes she wished that he would just stay here in Rezembool and be safe. But he could never do that; he had to find the philosopher's stone for Al and that wasn't going to change.
But is was when Al came along that her curiosity peaked and she had to move forward to see what he was carrying.
She was surprised to say the least when she peaked over Al's arms and was greeted by two fiery purple eyes glaring daggers at her.
"Who-…" she couldn't seem to find the right words, so she blurted out he first thing that came to mind." What the hell happened to her?"
Al was lucky he had a hold on the sin, other wise he might have pulled a few handfuls of Winry's hair out for calling him a girl, but all he could manage was to struggle forward enough to make Winry jump back about three feet.
"Uh, Win, that's a guy…"Ed said nervously." though ya have to admit he doesn't look like one…"
This time Envy was successful in getting far enough away from Al to lock his fingers onto Edward's braid and hiss, "Neither do you chibi." though the entire time he was touching Ed's hair all he could think of as how soft it was.
He uncurled his fingers slowly; making sure that the blonde felt as much pain as possible before completely letting him go. Ed jerked away and sulked, rubbing the back of his head.
Envy protested again about Al carrying him and the boy finally grew tired of his fussing and let him go. Envy stood proudly though he was trying very hard to subdue the pain in his chest.
"But seriously, what happened to…him?" Winry asked again, though she was careful with her choice of words.
"Well, he was hurt in battle and we think he might have broken a few ribs or something…" Al began, he didn't know how much he should tell Winry, he knew that she worried enough anyway, so if she found out that they were fighting non human serial killers, she might not be too keen on letting then leave again. "And we were on our way here to get Ed's arm fixed and we thought we could rest here till he gets better…hehe…"
Winry narrowed her eyes at them, somehow she felt there was more to this story than they were telling her, but she was never gonna get a straight answer out of them so she'd drop it.
"Come on, let's go tell Grams." She said, turning around casually and walking back into her house. The three boys followed.
…XXX…
Envy sat at the large kitchen table in the Rockbell home, and he officially knew what hell was like.
Ed and Winry were bickering over automail, Al was trying to help his brother, and that damn old hag was puffing away on her pipe and filling the air with a thick smelly smoke, and All Envy could think of was how, if he had been given a knife and the option to either listen to them or neuter himself, you know he wouldn't pick the humans…
"So, Envy, was it? Just how did you get hurt?" Pinako asked warily. Envy lifted his head and glared at her, letting the elderly woman know that had it not been for his injuries, he would have killed her by now.
"In a fight." he said acidly, never removing his glare from the woman's face.
"And just how do you keep walking? Most people who break their bones are in so much pain they can move for a while, so tell me, ho do you?"
"My hatred drives me…" another icy glower was thrown her way and by this point, Ed knew he had to intervene.
"So why don't we turn in for the night guys? We've been walking all day, so I'm tired. How about you?" He said sheepishly, stretching. He had switched back to the standard plastic prosthetics for the time it took Winry to fix his automail, so it made funny noises when he did so.
Envy stood up. "Sure, get away from all these fucking humans…"
"Uh. Nii san, I think I'll stay up with Winry a bit longer." Al said, he didn't sleep so he didn't need to turn in yet. Ed nodded and left the room, Envy slinked along behind him.
"Envy" Ed said quietly once they were out in the hallway. Envy made a sound relative to a 'what' and Ed continued. "Are you really okay?" he turned and studied the sin, his eyes serious.
"Since when do you care?" Envy asked coldly, but when he saw the young alchemist was serious, he changed his tone. "I'm a little sore, and the fact that I haven't healed yet is beginning to bug me, but other then that I am fine so don't worry your pretty little head."
Both of them blushed. Ed for the whole 'pretty little head' thing, and Envy for that and the fact that he'd said so much to him. He normally wasn't so open, but he'd been saying a lot to Ed, and trusting him…it was beginning to bug him.
Though he had to admit it was nice to talk to someone…the other homunculi hated him as did everyone else, and to Dante he was nothing more then a tool, so Ed was considerably, his first friend in a matter of speaking.
"Night Envy." Ed said, before turning off to his own room, leaving Envy alone with all his thoughts and a lonely mind…
…XXX…
(3 days later, Envy's room…)
Ed banged on the door to the guest room where Envy was staying. He hadn't been out all day and Ed was worried about him. So here he was for the third time today, begging Envy to let him in, only this time he wasn't going to leave without talking to him.
"Envy! Come on let me in! Or I'll use force!"
Ed was in the process of alchemically crating his own door when said door opened to reveal an angry Sin.
"What the hell do you want?" Envy growled, not opening the door enough for Ed to come in.
"Envy is something wrong, you haven't come down all day?"
"I don't wanna be with the humans pipsqueak and you wont allow me to kill them so I'm staying up here and being good."
He attempted to close the door but Ed grabbed it before he could, his fingers resting gently on Envy's. They blushed and Ed jerked his hand away, giving the sin perfect opening to slam the door in his face.
No one saw Envy the rest of the day.
…XXX…
(Rockbell yard, two weeks since last scene)(I like this part : ))
A couple weeks have passed since the boys had arrived at the Rockbell household. Ed's automail had been repaired, but since they were gonna be there a while due to Envy's injuries, Winry decided that this would be the perfect time to experiment with her machinery and try different methods and of course Ed was to be the guinea pig.
And of course Ed was not exactly happy about this either, so every chance he got, he would sneak off, and we join him at one of those moments, where Ed has bolted for the door and is in the back yard, where, as luck will have it, so was Envy.
Ed saw him sitting on the far rolling edge of the yard, his legs pulled up and he was hugging his knees, looking out over the hillside.
Ed approached him slowly, not entirely sure why, but he felt like Envy needed someone right now.
"Hey…"he said, taking a seat besides Envy. The sin looked up at him for a minuet before focusing back on the land. He'd been spending most of his time outside ever since Ed had bugged him about staying in his room all day. So in a way he was listening, and being defiant.
There was a period of silence before Envy spoke softly. "So this is where you grew up?" Ed was taken aback by his kind tone.
"Um, yeah, I was born and raised here…"
"It's nice…" Ed nearly had a coronary at Envy's civil response.
"Yeah, it was nice, but now it holds too many bad memories to enjoy being here… What about you Envy, where'd you grow up?"
He waited silently for Envy's answer and was almost certain he wasn't going to get one, but he was wrong.
"I don't remember, I can only recall all the mansions that Dante's had since I became a homunculus, but I cant remember anything about when I was a human… it's almost like I never was…"
Ed studied him for the longest time, feeling his insides twist uncomfortably as he did so. Envy was sitting there quietly, not talking, not moving just watching the sun sink lower and lower into the horizon.
"I'm sorry…" Ed could barely hear what he'd said but the fact that the sin had apologized was something all in it's own. He waited for an explanation. When he didn't get one h spoke,
"You've been trying to be helpful to me and I've been a complete ass about it Envy, I should be the one saying I'm sorry…"
This time Envy looked at Ed, but it was Ed holding his breath when he saw glittering tracks of translucent silver inching down the sin's face.
He was crying…
Ed was unsure about what to do. If he said something, it would probably come out wrong and he'd look like a jerk, but if he did nothing it would be awkward, so he had to do something.
He lifted his hand slowly and touched Envy's cheek, and waited. The sin flinched lightly at the contact, but he didn't move away, so Ed went further. He wiped away some of the tears and when Envy still did nothing; he did some thing that took them both by surprise.
He leaned in gently kissed Envy. Not the same little peck Envy had given him a couple weeks ago at the hotel, no, this was a kiss. A meaningful kiss shared willingly between the two of them.
After a minute, Ed backed up and opened his eyes, gazing into Envy's. There was something hidden in those violet eyes that made Ed want to kiss him again, but before he could even attempt to do anything, Winry's voice rang through the air.
"Edward! I thought you were gonna help me with my research! You can't chicken out now!!!"
Ed almost fell back in shock, he'd forgotten that there were other people here and that someone might see him and Envy. He turned quickly to see Winry standing by the house watching him, a determined and aggravated look on her face and her arms crossed.
"Uh, sorry Winry, I was just talking to Envy! I'm coming." he cast a look back at Envy, who nodded lightly and returned to watching the sunset.
Ed raced back to Winry side and asked quickly, "How long were you standing there?"
She thought about it for a moment and then said, "Just a little bit, why?" she lied. She didn't want Ed to know she'd seen; not yet anyway, she would have to tell Al first…
…XXX…
Rei: We got the luv train started up with these two huh? Wh00t! Cute fluff, a kiss, and a secretive Winry… oh the black mailing possibilities!
Seraphim: Mmmhhjggg! Mggh, mmmmnnnh! Mgh!!!!! (trans.: I'm going to rip out your entrails and feed them to my puppy!)
KM: Quit whining…
Seraphim: GHMMHJK!!!(trans.: Die bitch!)
Rei: Hey! Back to me! Any way, the next chappies gonna have a scene where Ed and Winry are talking about what happened in this chap. Plus, news of the next sin and the prelude to my lemon!!!wh00t!!! Maybe a make out scene? Possibly…(Dr. evil pinky/laugh.)
KM: so your lemons in the next chappie? (Innocent confused face)
Rei: Nooo, unfortunately not, but maybe the chappie after the that, but most likely the third chappie I post after this, I'm confused so it really all depends on the rate it travels. All I know is that I have to kill off the next Sin before I post it; it's for a reason!!!
KM: can't wait! (fangirling)
Rei: I Know! (Also fangirling (over OWN fic))
Seraphim: bhjm, osohhdc s .a,mdsja! (trans: I'm going to die here, some body plz help, I haven't gone to the bathroom in days!)
Rei: and last but not least I have to thank all my readers who answered my manga question, I'll check it out, and to Ai no Miko500, thanks for the giant floating sandwich (eats)(starts floating too) 5w33t…
BYE BYE!!!