Loneliness

S J Smith

Rating: Anyone can read

Summary/Spoilers: Indirect spoilers for chapters 83 and 84 of the manga. Ficlet based on the challenge prompts of "Greed" and "Loneliness".

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He couldn't understand the loss that seemed to well up inside; the pit that just couldn't seem to be filled. The boy's spirit, still inside him, not absorbed yet, teased him into letting the alchemist and the two chimera join him and that almost seemed to curb it; almost. But it wasn't until he saw the way the alchemist acted around the mechanic girl that he understood what it was like to be alone.