Yay! Finally updating! It took all summer for my dad to get to fixing my computer, and it only took him one day to actually fix it. I'm soooooo sorry for the wait. I present to you with the long awaited chapter ten.

Chapter 10:

Roy's office door slammed open, accompanied by, "You bastard!"

Roy started from his half-sleeping state on top of his paperwork and blinked up at the raging alchemist standing in front of his desk. "Ed?"

"You lying, cheating, bastard! I just wasn't enough, was I?"

Now he was entirely awake, and entirely too confused. "Edward, what are you talking about?"

Ed slapped his hands into the desk between them, fuming, and said, "You thought I wouldn't notice? That I would find out?"

"Ed, please, calm down. I don't even know what you're talking about!"

Ed leaned forward with a deep scowl on his face, obviously anything but calm. "You can't say you don't know what I'm talking about, I saw you with him, and after I beat the shit out of you, I'm going to request a transfer."

Roy gaped as the other alchemist stormed out of his office, the only sound his boots as they pounded through the outer office and down the hall. Just as his mind caught up with what Ed had said, Riza came into his office, furious but kind.

"No offense intended, sir, but you're both idiots, and you should go after him."

Roy nodded and dashed out the door and down the hall. Ed would be almost to the parade grounds now, and if he didn't hurry, he'd miss him.

He was lucky it was late and he and Riza were two of the only people left in the building; the sight of him flying out the double doors and down the steps would have earned him strange looks and rumors. He had barely a second to have the thought before he saw Ed's braid disappear around the corner of the perimeter.

Roy felt his feet pound in time with his heart as he crossed the parade ground and scanned the streets, looking for any sign of his young lover. There, not far ahead, was Edward, his head bent against someone's shoulder, his own trembling quietly.

And suddenly Roy was furious. Not with Ed, though that wasn't a difficult task. No, it was the man – sin – who held him, grinned evilly over the blond's head, that angered Roy more than many things in his life had. He yelled out, angered and desperate, because if Ed was taking comfort in that thing, then something was very obviously wrong, and while he knew words came out, all he heard from his own mouth was an enraged scream.

Edward looked back, a deep sadness and something painfully similar to heartbreak and guilt marring the depths of his eyes, but instead of turning back around, he pulled away from Envy and crossed the street, disappearing down an ally. The sin grinned at him again before following.

. . . Please don't eat me? I promise everything works itself out. Eventually. The bit about thoughtless flames applies to this chapter, as well.

Disclaimed.