'Tis now another weekend! *~relaxation time~* I am currently in the best of moods, what with all your lovely reviews of love and loveliness ^w^ I'm so glad you all enjoy my work. Thank you all, and here is Chapter 13!
-Chapter Thirteen-
As Edward awoke on a dreary Sunday morning, he felt a strong warmth encase his entire body. He assumed he had wrapped himself around with his blankets while he had been sleeping; but as his eyes opened and the gears started to turn, it soon registered to him that Envy was sleeping in his bed, was right next to him, and was hugging him tightly as if he were a teddy bear.
Holy crap, my boyfriend is sleeping next to me, was the first and most obvious statement that entered his brain. How did he get here?
The blonde assumed that Envy had sidled next to him after he had fallen asleep; he wondered how he managed to do so without waking him up. The biggest question, though, was what the hell should Edward do now?
"... Envy," Ed whispered, gently nudging the black-haired boy in the chest. "Wake up, Envy..." Surprisingly, Envy was sleeping much deeper than Edward usually guessed he did, since there were so many mornings where the taller boy was awake much earlier than he was. "Envy..." he whispered a bit louder. Once again, the blonde-haired boy admired the beauty of Envy's sleeping face, his strong, lean arms, and his spectacular mess of hair. Envy had Ed completely trapped in his arms, holding him tightly and burying his face into the long locks of blonde hair that grew from his head. It was a sensation entirely new to the awake and now blushing smaller boy.
"ENVY!" He said, still whispering but doing so as loud as he could. Ed tried to wiggle himself out of Envy's grasp, but ironically it only tightened the grip that the sleeping boy had on him. Edward sighed in frustration.
"How do I do this?" He asked himself, looking Envy up and down and considering his options. He could continue to sleep there until Envy woke up, try to squirm his way out, push Envy violently off the bed, or-and this was the blush-inducing one-kiss the snoozing teen awake. Still being a bit on the hesitant side when it came to kissing, Edward continued to awkwardly squirm around in Envy's arms in a desperate attempt to free himself. He pulled at his sheets to give him a sort of lift, but he ended up only ripping a huge hole in them.
"SHIT!" Ed exclaimed, awkwardly running his hands through his loose hair. "Shit shit shiiiiit!" The irritation from his own idiocy brought on a new wave of squirms and wiggles in another failed attempt to release himself from his boyfriend's hug. Edward was so blinded by his determination to escape that he didn't notice Envy's eyes were open.
"Ed. What the fuck are you doing?" He said bluntly, stopping Edward's movements. He turned to look at Envy with a look of worry and embarrassment.
"Uh..." Ed mumbled, his muscles relaxing. "I was, uh..." Envy smirked.
"Trying to escape my hug?" He asked, purposefully tightening it for emphasis. "You know you're gonna have to do something else to do that." Ed blushed, and reluctantly wrapped his arms around Envy's waist.
"I know..." he muttered, looking into the black-haired boy's eyes and practically showing off the cutest face he could pull; at least, in Envy's opinion it was. The blonde slowly moved his lips towards Envy's, stroking the taller boy between his shoulder blades, making him shiver with delight.
"Th-That tickles, Ed!" Envy chuckled, also moving towards his shorter boyfriend's waiting lips. Edward smiled, and then teasingly planted the lightest kiss on Envy's cheek. In response, Envy groaned, annoyed.
"You cocktease!" He exclaimed, suddenly pulling himself and Ed to sit upright on the crowded bed. "Kiss me for real!" Edward started to snicker, covering his mouth in a weak attempt to hide it. "What? What are you laughing about?" The black-haired boy asked defensively.
"I like it when you beg me to kiss you," the blonde responded. "It's... cute." Without another word, he leaned up into Envy and kissed him sweetly, right on the lips.
"That good enough?" Edward asked, playfully tugging at a lock of Envy's hair. The violet-eyed boy smiled, and gently met the blonde's lips again.
"It's perfect," he said, finally releasing Ed from his night-long hug. Ed, in turn, swung his legs over the edge of his bed and stood up.
"Now, can you tell me exactly why you were sleeping next to me?" He asked smartly, pulling Envy by the hand up onto his feet. The black-haired boy considered this.
"Hmm... because I felt like it and I trusted you not to bruise me when you woke up?" He answered, going over to his suitcase and plucking out a new set of clothes for the day. Edward laughed, knowing in his heart that he actually did enjoy being so close to Envy.
"Well, I was this close to pushing you off when I first woke up," he joked, showing a small space between his thumb and forefinger for emphasis. Envy grinned.
"Oh, yeah? Well, I was just thiiiiiis close to making a joke of you being thiiiiiis big," he responded, mimicking Ed's hand gesture.
"I'M NOT SO SMALL THAT I CAN FIT BETWEEN YOUR THUMB AND FOREFINGER!" He shouted, angrily storming over to his suitcase to pick out his own set of clothes. Envy frowned, then strutted over to the steaming blonde. He kneeled down beside him and hugged him without warning.
"You're so cute when you're angry," he said into the boy's ear.
"I'm not cute," Ed grumbled.
"Oh, yeah you are," Envy argued. Dragging the clinging Envy with him, Ed stood up and searched around the perimeter of his bed for his cellphone, which presumably fell out of his jean pocket while he slept. Upon finding it, he found that there was a voicemail left for him.
"Who's that?" Envy asked, looking over Edward's shoulder at the phone. The blonde grunted, signaling the black-haired boy to back off a bit while he listened to the voicemail.
[Voicemail from: HOHENHEIM]
"Hey, Edward, how're you doing? I just called to check up on you and your brother after the first few weeks of school. Has it made a good impression on you? Do you like any of your teachers? Back at home, I've been pretty busy with the firm, so that's why it's taken so long for me to call. However, I have gotten around to visiting Pinako and a couple of old friends of ours. I even visited one of your old teachers, Mrs. Curtis. Do you remember her? She was your beginner's Chemistry teacher from fourth to sixth grade, if I remember correctly. She told me to tell you that she expects you to be home for Christmas so she can check up on how you've been doing in school, specifically in the subject she taught you. Either way, I just wanted to let you know. Since Alphonse doesn't have a phone, can you tell him I called? Have him call me back from the school phone or something like that, would you Edward? Either way, I just hope you're happy where you are right now. Don't... don't be afraid to talk to me about anything, Edward. Talk to you soon."
Edward clicked his phone off, lowering it from his ear. Envy stood behind him, still holding his folded clothes and awkwardly shuffling his feet on the carpet.
"Ed?" He asked. The blonde turned towards him, tossing his phone into his suitcase.
"Yeah, Envy?"
"Who was on the phone?" He asked innocently. Ed frowned.
"... my dad. He just asked some bullshitty questions about my life here and how Alphonse is and whatnot. It's no big deal," Ed responded. "Don't worry about it."
"Your dad? What's he like?" Envy asked, unknowing of what Edward's reaction would be.
"He's a lawyer," the blonde responded. He gestured towards the bathroom door. "You wanna get changed first?" Envy felt a slight impulse to press further about Hohenheim, but he had the strong feeling that Edward would get mad if he followed his impulse's directions. That, and he was overwhelmed with an idea that would certainly make Ed blush.
Suddenly, Envy pulled off his tank top to reveal the entirety of his pale bare chest.
"Nah, I think I'll just change out here if that's alr-Ed?" Envy stopped his deliberately provocative comment, for the blonde boy had already teleported himself into the bathroom and locked the door.
"Ed?" Envy called anxiously, knocking on the door. "Was that a little too much exposure? Are you okay? What's wrong?" Despite his slight panic, Envy couldn't help but laugh at how delightfully innocent Edward was.
He's so damn cute! He thought amusedly.
On the other side of the door, Edward was unsuccessfully stifling a massive nosebleed.
I can't believe this just happened... He thought. I'm having a nosebleed after seeing Envy bare-chested. Is this what I've been reduced to now? A perverted teenager who can't suppress his horny thoughts to the point where he has a nosebleed? Edward yanked at his hair with the hand that wasn't holding a towel to his nose. Bad Edward, bad...
"Ed? Are you okay?" Envy called, knocking on the door again. Maybe it was just him, but Edward could almost hear a snicker escape Envy's lips.
"Yeah, I'm fine," he responded, taking care not to let the fact that his nose was bleeding show through his voice. "I'm just... getting dressed. You should, too." Envy was silent for a moment, but then chuckled a bit.
"Whatever, O'Chibi-san," he said, his voice fading away from the door.
For another 5 minutes, Edward sat on the bathroom floor and eventually stemmed the blood flow. So not to raise any more suspicion than what was already there, the blonde quickly dressed himself and washed his face clear of any blood. He wore a grey cotton t-shirt with blue jeans and a red rubber bracelet that proclaimed: "Keep calm and kill zombies." It happened to be one of his favorite slogans of all time.
Making sure his face was clean, Edward precariously left the bathroom to find Envy waiting for him while leaning on the opposite wall. Slung over Envy's shoulder was both of their bags, all packed with their schoolbooks and ready to be taken with them. Envy grinned when he finally saw Ed emerge.
"You alright there, shrimp?" He asked, handing him his backpack. Edward chose to ignore the playful insult.
"Why do I need this?" Ed asked, holding up the object just handed to him that was heavy with books.
"I was thinking we could go to the library today. You know, to do some homework or something..." Envy trailed off, losing a bit of confidence in his proposition. "That cool?" Edward grinned and nodded happily. Nothing suited him better than spending his Sunday with his new boyfriend at his favorite place to be.
"But let's go grab some breakfast first, 'kay?" Envy asked, opening the front door and dramatically gesturing that Ed go through it. The blonde chuckled as he followed the black-haired boy's gestures.
"Yeah, sure, we both need to eat anyways," he said, as Envy closed the door behind them and turned the lock. "Let's go."