Hi there guys! Sorry it's been so long; in all honesty I'm having a little trouble with this story. I want to line it up with the actual plot of Brotherhood but I'm having a hard time deciding which moments to include Hitomi in. If you guys gave any plot or shippy moment suggestions please let me know! I claim no ownserhip over anything FMA related other than Hitomi, Aito and this story. Now with that out of the way, let's get to it!

Chapter 8: Starvation

Envy released a groan of pain as he collapsed the stone ground at Father's feet. Bruises had appeared all over his body but already started to heal. Still the pain hadn't gone yet. It would be much longer before he'd forget the pain.

The very moment he'd arrived back from Liore and stepped into Father's presence the beating started. Father had often verbally expressed his disapproval at Envy and had hit and punched him more times than he cared to admit. But he'd never experienced abuse like this in quite a long time. Decades since Father had beat him this badly. Decades since he'd had this many cuts and bruises on his body all at once.

Envy was just about to push himself back up before Father roughly slammed his foot into Envy's back, violently sending him back down to the concrete floor. The homunculus released another howl of pain as his cheek violently slammed against the concrete. The impact caused blood to pool out of his cheek. The red sparks arrived shortly after, already starting to repair the damage.

"Had enough yet, Envy?" Snarled Father angrily. "Are you prepared to beg for forgiveness yet?"

"Father." Pleased Envy. "I already apologized countless times already! I thought that when you told me to leave that meant that you would watch over the human girl-"

Father released a growl of anger as he violently kicked Envy in the ribs, causing the homunculus to gasp in pain. "That's not good enough! I named her your responsiblity therefore it is your responsibility to see to it she was taken care of! At the very least it was your responsibility to make sure she had food!" He spat on his limp body as he removed his foot. "Get up off your ass and fix the mess you made, you worthless scum. See to it Miss Lieben makes a complete recovery. I cannot have a sacrifice wasting away on me." Father angrily pointed towards the direction of the solitary confinement room.

"Y-yes Father." Envy murmured, knowing what he expected of him. The homunculus moved back up to his feet and started briskly moving out of Father's throne room and down the hall. As he walked, more and more of the injuries from his beating started healing.

It had been quite awhile since he had to wait this long for his wounds to completely heal, a long time since he experienced a beating this bad from Father's hands. He couldn't be sure how long ago his last torturous beating was. He'd almost forgotten how badly Father could inflict pain. Envy shook his head as he tried to push away the thoughts of his beating.

At that moment, Envy reached the Solitary Confinement room. After releasing a groan, he took the key from his pocket and opened the door.

Once the door was open, Envy was greeted with the sight of Hitomi Lieben sprawled on the concrete floor with her wrists still cuffed in the thick cuffs. Small drops of blood could be seen on her long gloves in the wrist area, indicating she struggled quite a bit. It looked as though she'd lost a dangerous bit of weight and she looked sickly and pale. The only indication that she was still alive was the slow and steady rise and fall of her chest and shallow breathing.

Envy sighed as he knelt down beside Hitomi's limp body and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey, hey girly. Wake up." Envy said as he shook her shoulder.

Before too long, Hitomi released a low groan and slowly opened her eyes, finding Envy looming over her. Immediately, Hitomi glared up at him.

"Finally decided to show yourself, did you?" Hitomi groaned, her voice strained due to not using it for some time. "Long time no see, palm tree."

"Nice to see you too, girly." Envy rolled his eyes. "Come on, you need some food."

Hitomi scoffed. "What's it to you? Not like you cared about feeding me since I was put in here."

"Just get up." Growled Envy as he stood to his feet

After releasing a huff of annoyance, Hitomi slowly pushed herself up to her knees, then her feet. With some difficulty considering her wrists were still cuffed. But, she soon found that she was unable to maintain her balance as she quickly collapsed, a feeling of dizziness had overcome her. Luckily, Envy caught her before she could hit the floor.

"Damn. You really do need some food in you." Envy sighed as he picked her up bridal style.

Hitomi squirmed in his arms as he started carrying her out of the room and down the hall. "Put me down, you creep."

"Not likely." Said Envy. "You can barely walk."

"So carrying me like this is the only solution?"

Envy released a chuckle. "Maybe not, but it's sure funny. And cute."

At that, Hitomi released a snarl of resentment and glared up at him. "Don't call me cute you stupid palm tree."

"Oh come on." Envy laughed in amusement. "You can't make that face and tell me it's not cute."

By that point, Hitomi and Envy had reached a large set of doors. Envy kicked the doors open revealing a large, well-equipped kitchen with several of the latest appliances. The pantry was open too, revealing it to be fully-stocked with a wide variety of food.

Hitomi was so distracted by the new scenery that she didn't notice Envy had sat her down on one of the counters until he retreated to the fridge and pantry. It had been a long time since she'd seen any kind of new scenery in this place.

Envy obviously knew the kitchen very well. Right before her eyes, he started preparing a plate of stweed vegetables and saucy meat. Hitomi didn't say a word as she watched him. She never really pictured Envy to be good at something or even willing to do something like cooking; she always thought he was the type if guy who'd make others do this kind of stuff for him. It was weird to think about Envy willingly spending time in a kitchen.

The next thing Hitomi knew, Envy was standing in front of her with the big plate of beef and vegetables in one hand and a fork in the other.

"Go on and eat. Come on, hurry up." Said Envy, handing her the plate.

Hitomi looked down at the plate and shook her head. "I'll pass." She said as she pushed the plate and fork away, the strong smell alone was too much for her. Plus, in a prison like this she couldn't be too careful, what if he poisoned the food he made while she wasn't looking.

Envy seemed surprised by her refusal at first, but his expression soon shinted to one of anger.

"What the hell do you mean you'll pass?!" Snarled Envy. "You need food now eat!"

Hitomi shook her head again with a deep glare in her eyes. "No. I'm not hungry." She said just as her stomach let out a low grumble that was impossible to conceal.

Envy growled and rolled his eyes. "Look, girly. We can either do this the easy way or the hard way. "

"No. I told you I'm not hungry." Responded Hitomi.

"Last chance; start eating or I'll make you." Envy spat in anger. "Now!"

"No! I won't take pity from you." Hitomi shouted as she turned her head away. "Just back off!"

Envy didn't say a word for a few slow moments, Hitomi almost thought he'd given up. But, of course, it was stupid of her to hope he'd give up that easily.

"Okay, the hard way it is." Was all Envy said before he grabbed the front of Hitomi's shirt and violently threw her down to the hard floor. Hitomi released a scream of pain as the back of her head hit the floor. The next time she looked up, Envy was sitting on top of her with the meat clenched in his fist, the plate and and fork discarded.

Hitomi didn't even get a chance to say anything before Envy took her chin in one hand and forcebly opened her mouth. Then, took the meat in his other hand and roughly shoved the whole thing into her mouth. Hitomi's eyes widened as she felt the meat being forcibly shoved down her own throat. It was too much, she could feel herself starting to gag.

The female alchemist gagged and tried to spit the meat out, but Envy increased the pressure. "Stop resisting already, girly. Just swallow!"

Hitomi found she could no longer resist as the food was forced down her throat. Satisfied, Envy removed his hand from her mouth.

"There. Was that so hard?" Envy asked as he got off Hitomi's body. The raven-haired alchemist didn't respond right away, she just stayed silent and lay on the floor. Then, all of a sudden, Hitomi started violently coughing.

"Hey! What the hell is wrong with you?!" Envy demanded as he watched Hitomi's coughing fit grow more and more intense. Sweat started to drip down her forehead as she weakly pushed herself to a kneeling position and dipped her head down. Then, without any warning, she started vomiting up all the meat she'd been force fed.

Envy could only watch as Hitomi continued to vomit. It much have been too much for her starved stomach to handle. The homunculus quickly moved beside her and placed a hand to her forehead. Not only was she sweaty, but she had also had a really high fever.

"Damnit." Envy spat. "A fever too? You must be worse than I thought."

"I'm...fine..." Hitomi mumbled weakly as she tried to push herself up, only to stumble. Fortunately, Envy caught her before she could hit the floor again. A few more stray strings of vomit pooled out of her mouth as she tried to speak and squirm out of Envy's arms.

"You clearly aren't fine." Said Envy. Slowly, Hitomi closed her eyes and passed out. "Great. Now the hell am I supposed to do about this?" Envy grumbled as he picked the sick girl up in his arms and started to leave the kitchen.

~*FMA:B*~

Sometime later, Hitomi started to wake up from slumber. The female alchemist pushed herself up to a sitting position, finding herself in another different room. The walls and floor looked to be the same structure as her cell, but didn't look like a prison. She was sitting on a much comfier, bigger bed with green sheets and quilt. There was a dark wooden desk and chair in one corner with a lamp on it. There was a bookcase beside it filled to the brim with books. There was another door at the far end of the room that was open slightly, revealing a bathroom.

Confused Hitomi looked down at herself. The cuffs had been removed and her gloves had been removed revealing her injured wrists had been bandaged. She still felt weak and feverish, the taste of vomit still lingered in her mouth.

Just at that moment, the main door opened and Envy walked in, carrying a tray. Upon that tray was a small bowl of chicken soup and crackers.

"Morning there girly." Envy said as he sat the tray down on the bedside table. "I did some research, supposedly this is supposed to be good for you humans. Hopefully you won't throw up again after this."

Hitomi looked up at him in confusion. "Where am I?" She asked.

"My room." Replied Envy. "After that incident we had in the kitchen, I took you to Father. He said in your condition you'll need constant supervision. So you'll be sharing a room with me from now on."

Hitomi's jaw dropped at the news as she looked up at him. "Oh hell no."

Thanks for reading you guys. Again, if you guys have any suggestions for this story please let me know and be sure to leave a review! Thanks again for your support guys!