Here is the next chapter of Denied Truths. I had fun writing this for reasons that will become obvious as you read. I'll update agin when I can but I'm really busy. I came up with three or more fem Ed/Lin stories that I'd like to write but I have trouble starting them.

They're fairly complicated.

If there is anyone out there who would like to help out please let me know.

Enjoy!

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Greed's mind kept shifting back and forth from what he was doing right this moment to what he'd seen between Don and Ed earlier. And in the end he began to realize that it bothered him. Sort of like an itch that no matter how much you scratched, wouldn't go away.

He caught several other guys running up to Ed and embracing him, and even a few kissed him on the cheeks and made him blush before they waved at him then ran off somewhere. Leaving Greed standing next to Ed with an peculiar look on his handsome face while he wondered what it was about Ed that seemed to draw the men of the town like flies to honey.

It just didn't seem right to him. Ed was a guy. And while Greed wasn't a homophobe; it did make him nevertheless, curious. He felt Ed grasp his wrist and was jarred out of his thoughts as he found himself being pulled by the hyperly speaking young man as he dragged him into a pub and quickly told him to sit down before sitting down himself.

He sat down across from Ed and looked around finding it just a little bit shocking that Ed would drag him to such a place. To his knowledge the younger man didn't drink, or smoke. Though he did curse often.

Ed waved at the man behind the bar and ordered two scotches. "Ed? Why are we here?" He finally asked, his tone mildly curious. The blond grinned at him as someone walked up and set down the drinks that Ed had ordered and Greed looked at the younger man and quirked a brow at him when he pushed one of the glasses towards him.

"We're here to drink-" Ed said flippantly as he picked up his glass and before Greed couls take it from him muttered, "Down the hatch." And tossed it back. Greed stiffened in his seat and turned a little green, his expression mirroring his thoughts.

What the hell?

Ed lifted his hand and ordered four more drinks and Greed bristled a little bit. What was this odd pattern of self destructive behavior? Greed wondered as the next few drinks were set down in front of them. Ed devided them up. Two for Greed and two for him then automatically tossed them back and swollowed as Greed eyed the teen warily.

"You never told me why we are here Ed." Greed said as Ed downed one of his drinks, prompting the homunculi to push the rest of the glasses with liqure in them, as far away from Ed as humanly possible.

"It's because I was kissed by that bastard Don. I need something strong to get the taste out." Ed said, his speech already a little bit slurred. Greed gave him an wide eyed look and quickly downed his drinks when he noticed that Ed was eyeing them.

"Well that's..." Greed started to say something, but what hew as about to say slipped his mind as the alcohol started to burn in his stomach. He made a small sound then cleared his throat and set his glass down then said, "You're going to get drunk if you keep drinking like this."

"I won't get drunk." Ed said with a frown as he ordered another drink. Greed snorted and the second the bartender set it down, snatched it up and downed it earning a look of surprise followed by a kick to his shin from the blond.

He jumped a little bit in his seat then gave Ed a cheeky grin. "Sorry boy, but I can't take you home drunk off of your ass."

Ed glared at him, "What are you my dad?"

"No. Far from it."

"Then why should it matter to you if I get drunk or not?" Ed growled and Greed added the latest glass to the small pile next to him and said.

"I suck at directions. If you get drunk, I'll get lost while trying to drag your ass home and we'll both be eaten by big bad wolves." Greed said as he leaned back in his seat and crossed his arms over his chest. Ed narrowed his eyes at him and seemed to be mulling over his answer before kicking him in the shin again.

"You are such a frigging liar!"

"I am not! I really do suck at directions!"

"You sound like Mustang that time we-" Ed stopped talking for a second as Greed got an nervous look on his face and quickly looked away to hide the guilty expression on his face as Ed flushed a vivid pink and jumped to his feet and slammed his hands down on the table and screamed. "It was you!" Greed jumped to his feet, shaking his head a striken expression on his face. Uh-oh.

"No! No it wasn't me!"

"Now I know your lying you damn bastard, I can see you starting to sweat." Ed growled as he skirtted around the table towards Greed, causing the homunculi to jump the table and keep it firmly between them.

"Anyone would sweat under these conditions! I have a livid bad tempered firecracker trying to hurt me for something that I didn't even do!"

"I woke up naked with Mustang on top of me in a semi dressed state. There was semen all over-"

"EW! I don't want the details!"