This chapter has been reposted after being edited and cleaned up.
(This chapter is over 11 thousand words long. MAKE. TIME.)
Kit: Hello.. Uh...
Seira: HI EVERYONE!
Phoenix: Well, this is interesting..
Kit: Um.. Cat.. Has run away. Like, she left me some notes and the chappie, and she says she'll be back when "The heat dies down". So, as second-in-command, I hesitantly and VERY uncomfortably do the AN.
Seira: I'm helping!
Kit: .. Okay. Ano, she didn't leave a list of gifts, she says she doesn't deserve them for what she wrote in this chapter. But we muses got cake, so "whoot" for that I guess..
Seira: (Chowing down)
Phoenix: There is a few things Cat has noted for the readers. Kit, if you would do the honor...
Kit: ... Go away.
"cats notez 4 da readerz (chap14)": WARNING! NUMBER 1 IS A VERY LONG EMO RANT!
1. There was a long, very insightful review from a reader called "Elixane", and a HUGE thanks to her for it. I got a good look at a number of big holes in my story, and I'd like to address them all for all readers to see, comments from other reviewers are also addressed. Thanks Elixane!
-Apparently the "Greed from past abusive to Envy" thing is unoriginal, but I in no way expected it to be. I personally like the idea, and though I've never read one like that (never really went searching for one..), I decided to use the idea since I "liked" it for my story.
-I've gotten a few comments on how Envy "wouldn't run away", or comments on his clothes. I love Envy's clothes and I keep him in mostly cannon clothes because I see it fit, and it is obviously in-character, else he wouldn't have worn them in the anime. Also, about Envy not running away or being so timid of Greed, well, he was a 14-year-old kid that was brutally abused and damaged by a malicious near-adult. I think that would leave some trauma. Either way, Envy is over his initial panic, he's not as scared as he was before, more like angry. I wanted to show that Envy can have a first take on something, then have a second take on it later, after being exposed to it for a while. Like his teasing to affection for Ed, his panic goes to vengeful for Greed. But of course, the readers probably wouldn't have guessed this, since they didn't get to see this chappie yet!
-Elixane pointed out that I didn't really have Ed think about the homosexuality part of the whole thing, and I have to pass this off as it being one of the things he mulled over for hours that I didn't "peek in at". I wrote that he had many periods where he was thinking without us listening in, and anything I didn't cover was thought about then. The reason for this choice is because I'm already messing up with the amount of insight we have on the characters, and if I went over everything, I'd mess up more and probably have him over-think and it would be boring. I'm too fast-paced/impatient to dwell like that anyways.
-I didn't give much thought to how Ed would think about Al's reaction, and I simply put that Ed had faith that his brother would be accepting enough to be alright with his sexuality choice. To be truthful, too many characters in my story was my downfall for all my other stories, that's why I probably seem to tip-toe for other characters besides Envy and Ed. Sorry to anyone who is disappointed in my lack of dedication to people such as Al..
-I'd like to point out as an over-view that I have never written Envy or Ed before, I have never written an insightful relationship before, and I make very little planning as to many aspects of this story. I am not confident in my relationship-building story skills, this comes from being anti-social myself, and I feel, along with many readers I'll bet, that the relationship progress I put together is sketchy, rough, and jumps. I'm sorry, I'm still new at that, I'm trying to improve.
-Lastly I'd like to say one last thing to warn readers. OOC or not, one-sided Uke-Envy vs. Seme-Greed is nose-bleed for me, so it'll be a definite in the story. Sorry to anyone to doesn't agree.
Wow.. What an emo-rant.. Sorry guys! I didn't mean to go on for so long! So, Elixane, thank you ever so much! I hope I didn't sound like I was pulling a bunch of excuses or anything.. Heh. You really made me think about my story, I may consider going back someday and replan the whole thing so it works better. Again, thank you! And last thing, no, this is not a cross-over, Duo is just there for the randomness of it, I don't even know anything about him other than roughly how he looks, and his name.
Thanks!
2. "Greed better not hurt Envy again!" "Is Greed going to kidnap Ed?" - I have one unanimous comment for all readers who said, or thought along these lines.
YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HATE ME.
3. To "cm34", thanks, I appreciate your technicalities for school-related stuff such as no-kilts and the wheel-chair info and such. This is fiction, and the way things run in this story's world and place is different from what we may be used to, so certain things are going to be different. Either way, it's suiting my story and I'm sure there are no problems with it, so I'll just keep on making my little crack-induced changes, though thanks for alerting me to the abnormalities of them! I'm abnormal, so it kinda fits though.. Heh.
4. Since I'm a coward and have run away until everyone has sent their comments and such, Kit is in control of all responses. Please aim all your yelling and flamethrowers at her since I know there will be some/many.
Kit: Wait! No! Damn! Delete that last one! (Backspace button not responding.)
-As a last note, please know that I have messed with everyone's fighting level. If someone is much better or worse in my story in terms of combat than from the anime/manga, it's on purpose. It's AU, I'm allowed to.
WARNING - BOMB CHAPTER ALERT - This chapter deals with graphic scenes that may disturb some readers, as it was previously rated T for Teen, and may have readers at a Teen level. You have been warned.
Sin High
Chapter 14 - Beginning of B r o k e n Pride (Transition Chapter 2 of 2)
"I found you Envy."
"G-Greed!"
The man walked out of that shadows, but Envy could still only make out half of him. He was so much.. bigger than he was four years ago..
Greed put a hand up on the wall of the store. He'd appeared out of the alleyway like some horrid specter. He grinned maliciously, jagged teeth appearing bigger than they were thanks to the street light.
"I'm going to make you mine again.."
"I'll fight you! I won't let you have me!" Greed walked forwards, still covered in shadow like a blanket. Hard eyes were made out in the darkness.
"You say you'll fight.. But I can smell your fear.."
Envy clenched his hands at his sides. His teeth grounded together so hard it hurt. He was scared to fight Greed, but now that the bastard was here, he wasn't going to back down and cry. Not like before…
Envy rushed forward, aiming to body-check the monster and follow-up with a round-house-kick. But, as he'd always known, Greed was so much better.
Greed grabbed Envy's shoulder and swung him into the harsh brick wall, Envy grunting at the impact. He didn't get any time to move when Greed rammed him so hard he felt a few ribs break with a sick series of "snaps".
"AUGH!" Envy cried out, eyes wide. He spat up blood and struggled to breath. He fell to the floor and curled up into a fetal position, nearly passing out with the pain. His breathing was labored, and a weird whistling was heard when he exhaled. His lung was punctured.
Envy groaned in pain as a hand pulled his shoulder and rolled him onto his back. A heavy weight settled on his thighs as Greed sat down and straddled him.
"I love how you've grown. You've matured well." The man sneered. Envy looked up at him from half-closed eyes. Though they were in the light, he still couldn't make out most of Greed's features.
He leaned down and crushed his lips to Envy's with bruising force. The younger male cried out in the back of his throat, but all it did was excite the older one.
"I missed this taste..." He breathed. He propped himself up on his right arm and reached back with his left, pulling a long dagger from a pocket. He sneered as Envy's eyes widened, laced with pain, when he flashed the shiny object in front of his face.
"I told you I didn't like these clothes..." He growled. He stuck the knife near Envy's chest and ripped upwards, cutting his small article of clothing from bottom to top and slashing a deep cut in Envy's chest. His yell of pain was only an incentive.
"You are going to pay dearly for what happened that day... I'm going to take you harder than I ever have before... And then again.. And again.. Until you can't even breathe, you'll be coughing up blood so hard!"
"S-stop.." A sharkish grin was all he got.
"...Envy..."
Edo? Why was he here?
"...Envy..!"
"Don't come!" He yelled, but was silenced as Greed claimed his mouth once again.
"ENVY!"
NO!
"ENVY!"
"HAAAAHHH!" Envy flew forward, yelling in panic. He breathed heavily, eyes wide and unseeing, slowly realizing that he was in his own room, sitting up in his own bed.
"Envy? Are you okay? I think you had a nightmare.." Ed murmured lightly to the older teen. So that's why he'd heard Ed's voice..
Envy reached out and wrapped his arms around the blond, who was sitting up beside him. Ed blushed at the contact, but felt uneasy at the lack of Envy's usual playfulness. They older male had his forehead rested against Ed's bare chest, and seemed to want nothing more than to get his breathing under control. Ed slowly, hesitantly, raised his own arms up and rested both hands on Envy's back, trying to be soothing despite his own embarrassment.
He was, and with a blush, glad that Envy had gotten him to sleep over and actually share a bed with him. Who knows what Envy would have seen in his nightmare if it had been allowed to go on.
Let's take a step back and see this from the start.
"Al is okay with it."
"Really? .. What did he say?"
"I told him that you were having problems, and that I was going to stay over for the night."
Envy played with a strand of his long hair. He was sitting on his couch with an open can of soda on the table. He'd been lying there since Ed called up Al and talked to him about staying over at Envy's house.
He had panicked the other day. When Ed had given him the glasses, he'd full-out panicked.
Terror-streaked memories ran through his mind like bullets, and he clearly wasn't thinking straight. It had been two nights since then, and not counting the constant watch from a posted officer, Envy didn't feel horrified by Greed anymore. A little fear, yes, but not horror. He felt ANGER.
He wanted his revenge on Greed for messing up his life for so long, though he most likely wouldn't get to extract it how he'd like. He probably couldn't, but in any case, he wanted to make sure that Greed was locked up for the rest of his miserable, filthy life.
Envy had felt downright scared when he'd received the notice in his locker that morning. "You're body has matured well. I can't wait to reclaim what is mine."
But now, Envy felt angry, and embarrassed at his fear. He wasn't some baby.. Greed was just trying to scare him into doing something stupid. It almost worked that other night. Had Ed not gone there to stop him, by the time Envy realized that he'd made a mistake in his terror, it would have been too late.
Ed had eventually found the letter, and insisted on staying over for the night, just for comfort. Envy had argued that he wasn't afraid anymore, and that he had, "that damn cop hanging a block down from his house", but Ed had seen through it and glimpsed the small well of nervousness that wouldn't go away.
Oh well. He'd argued over not being afraid, not whether or not he wanted Ed to come over. That, was a welcome offer no matter how you looked at it.
In any case, the younger brother had given Ed the "a-okay", and Envy had himself a cute little housemate.
Though Ed had seen through the playfulness too.
Envy was still worried about Ed. He, well, if he had to, he would fight until his last breath ('damn bastard messing with my mind.. I don't care how strong he is..'). He didn't care if he was being arrogant; he had a right to be pissed off. Ed however, he wasn't as confident for. The blond could fight, somewhat, but he was no Jet Lee. Envy worried about him.
Ed had countered the doubt with a confidence that surprised Envy. "He already knows that we're together by now if he's been watching you, and as long as we're together, we should be okay. Not to mention that we always have a cop near us!"
Yeah. The damn cops.
Though they provided a sound protection, Envy was on strict orders to be at school, or home. No other places accepted.
He felt like a little kid who'd been grounded. The stationed cops that were keeping an eye on him were set at the school and his house but they would not follow him around the city lest they blow cover, and Envy didn't like it one bit.
Ah well... He had Ed around for confidence and comfort at least (not to mention amusement).
Ed sat down on the couch near Envy. He fixed the older teen with an unreadable look. Envy stared back, but finally, his own agitated mind made him impatient (more-so than usual) and asked, "What?"
"You okay?"
Envy snorted and glared at the blank tv. "No. I just want this deal over with. I want that bastard behind bars or better yet, dead, for REAL, and I want these damn cops gone."
"We're going to get him." Envy glanced Ed, who had a small smile on his face. Envy sighed without looking away. "I'm glad one of us is so sure.."
Ed stared at his hands and thought to himself. He felt a little guilty about leaving Al for the night, but their father was coming home tonight anyways, so at least his younger brother wouldn't be alone. He'd just be all the more excited when Ed got home tomorrow after school.
Ed, unlike Envy, wasn't being watched by the police.
It wasn't very smart, but they hadn't come forward about their relationship to the police. Though Ed had sort of been forced to spill it at school (and it had spread like wildfire..), he wasn't sure he wanted all the complications of the police knowing and the information slinking back to his brother and father. He was not sure how they would take the information, and he had a slight fear of rejection, though most other parts of his mind scolded him for thinking like that.
Envy had argued that if Ed wasn't set up with a guard too, then he could be in danger, but Ed stuck firm that if he was with Envy as much as possible, he would be safe. Envy had been shocked however when Ed informed him that it wasn't the police that made him feel safe, but him, Envy. He'd also said that he wasn't going to be scared off.
It made Envy wonder whether Ed was running on Confidence Steroids or if he just didn't understand the gravity of the situation.
"Are you awake?"
Envy shifted, stretching fully against the couch and making Ed jerk a hand out to catch his balance.
They had agreed that with the house being watched, nothing was going to happen tonight. Also, nothing was going to get solved, so the two would try to keep the topic closed for the night and not let it ruin their time together. It seemed to work, and the two settled down for a more relaxing visit, a nice change from the last few days.
They had just finished a movie, since Envy wasn't allowed to go anywhere while under supervision, and it had been rather long. Ed had joined Envy since the beginning this time, though he was blushing red as a tomato, but had very much enjoyed lying against Envy and being gently rocked by his soft breathing.
Envy flicked Ed's cowlick and nipped at his ear suddenly as he got up. Ed's surprise and lack of Envy to lie against made him roll on his back, clamping a hand over the afflicted area and staring up at Envy in shock. Envy grinned back, a little less upset in his eyes than there was a few hours ago.
"You know, since you came over here without a change of clothes, maybe you'll borrow one of my outfits.." He said, a sly tone in his voice.
Ed propped himself up on his arms and gave a, "you're unbelievable.." look to Envy. "I'll just wear these again, thanks, it's not like they're dirty."
"Maa.. Whatever you want..." Envy shrugged. "Sou. Are you going to join me upstairs?"
Ed blushed from his hair to his toes, but turned his face away so that Envy couldn't see. "Ah.. umm.."
Envy got down on his knees and lay his head on his hands on the couch cushion near Ed. He happened to put his hands over Ed's that was being used to prop himself up, and that only made Ed flush worse. He glanced at Envy out of the corner of his eye, an anxious perplexed look on his face. Inside, he was smiling at Envy's more 'usual' behavior. It had rarely shown it's self since Greed had come into the picture (even their classmates had noticed Envy acting slightly more calm than usual).
Ed decided that this was a good an opportunity as any to give more comfort to the older male, and the more sly part of Ed's mind added that he wasn't getting a bad part of the deal either.
About twenty minutes later, Ed walked into Envy's room, and blushed all over again at the thought of sharing a bed with the wild-haired teen. Sure, they'd been on the couch all cozied up together, and that was still a big deal to Ed, but sharing a bed was completely different, especially considering what they were trying to accomplish in their relationship.
Ed was about to faint when he saw Envy slide off his (rare pair of) loose black pants and tank top only to be left in silky black shorts. He looked down and tried to hide his face lest Envy see and poke fun.
A rustle of light covers and Envy purred, "Aren't you coming over, Edo?"
"A-ah... yeah.." Ed shuffled over and glanced at Envy, who had his head propped up on his hand. He was watching Ed with a Cheshire smile. Ed shivered just slightly, but resolved to just get it over with and strip down. Envy wanted to admire him, that wasn't a bad thing, right?
He lifted his arms and slid his shirt off, feeling a little wicked once he got into the spirit, and doing the action slower than he normally would have. Envy whistled lowly when Ed's finely toned upper-body (acquired through many hours of workouts that one wouldn't expect from such a 'school-guy') was revealed and chucked at the blonde's responsive blush. He slowly (out of shyness rather than to build desire) slid his tight leather pants off, and felt his face burn, though, in a more pleasant way than he usually did.
With only light blue boxers of his own, Ed hesitantly made his way over and glanced at Envy through his thick bangs, feeling intimidated but welcomed as Envy held the sheet up invitingly. With a shuddering sigh, he slid into the bed.
Nice cool sheets (a contrast to the warm day) slid like velvet against his exposed skin, though Envy's warm, bare arm soon did the same. Ed's breathing became slightly heavier as the electric touch danced up and down his side and back.
"E-Envy.. I, just... I don't want to do.. "it", tonight.. okay?"
Envy slid closer to him with a barely-suppressed predatory grin. "Alright. But let me 'acquaint' myself with you a little, ne?"
Ed looked a little nervous at the request, but also unmistakably intrigued by the thought. It made him wonder...
"You've never done anything like this before, have you? Not so much as made out?"
"Tia asked me the same thing..."
"You didn't answer my question, Edo.."
"... No. I haven't. 'One partner' complex, remember?"
"Yeah..." Envy's rare smile turned a shade more sneaky. "Maybe I should give you some pointers for when we make out in the future."
Ed breathed in sharply at the blunt suggestion, but didn't get to think about it for long since Envy moved and claimed his lips, the first real kiss shared between them.
(AN: First limey-action ever written people, note that I don't fully know what I'm doing!)
It wasn't like the other times, Ed was actually really enjoying it this time. Envy was obviously trying to keep himself from rolling over and pinning the chibi, and Ed could feel it. The dark-haired teen's lips hungrily pressed against the smaller blonde's, and he wondered if he should further the kiss.
Hell, yes!
Long, slender arms wrapped around the smaller, more tanned body, and Envy's experienced fingers tangled themselves in Ed's hair, giving him quite a good grip as he pressed his lips all the harder against Ed's. The taste was intoxicating.. Exotic even. He felt a thrill of excitement as Ed's fingertips lightly placed themselves somewhere near his waist, but in no way indicated that he wanted Envy to stop.
It was the most amazing feeling, Ed had never felt anything so... Alluring. Envy's suppressed passion was already over-whelming, and it made his stomach spontaneously raise it's own population of butterflies at the thought of how much more the older male had to offer..
His eyes flew open in surprise to meet calming violet ones. Envy's tongue was pressing against his lower lip, begging for entrance. Ed didn't really know what to do, but he parted his lips and was blown away all over again as Envy's tongue eagerly explored his mouth. Ed has tasted Envy before, but he still couldn't think of anything that was even remotely similar to it. He didn't know that Envy was thinking the very same thing.
They parted for air, both breathing heavily. Ed's eyes were wide once again, his cheeks flushed. This was just...
"Amazing.." He gasped. Envy chuckled, wanting to have some real fun, but deciding against it to honor his shy little partner's wishes. He didn't do it often, but he'd be careful with Ed while he was still new. The last thing he wanted right now was to scare him off.
"You haven't seen anything yet. When you're ready, I'll take you through so many levels of pleasure, you won't know what to make of it." Envy grinned. Ed's eyes narrowed, but in a playfully challenging way.
"And then you'd have to show me again.. wouldn't you?" When the words sunk in, both teens wore identical expressions of shock. "I can't believe you just said that.." Envy murmured with a growing smirk.
"Same here.." Ed blinked a few times. Envy's eyes flickered from Ed's face to his hair, and he lifted a hand to pull out the small band. Tossing it over the edge without a care, he slowly went to work on straightening out Ed's thick, golden hair. Ed blushed, and decided to return the favor, reaching up as well and taking Envy's ever-present headband between his fingers and slid it upwards, and over the thick emerald strands. He had to reach out further than he'd expected, making Envy chuckle, but he'd gotten it off, and lightly dropped it to the floor.
He hadn't realized that in his quest to reach far enough to move the band, he'd practically pressed right up against Envy's chest. With a small surprised "geh!" at the back of his throat, he stiffened like a board as Envy wrapped his arms around the blond and pressed them both up against each other as far as they would go. Ed was staring at the pale skin of Envy's throat, not an inch from his nose.
Envy was about to say something sly, to make the experience all the more fun, but it was replaced with a sharp intake of breath as he felt a distinct nip at his collar bone.
".. You did not just do that!" Envy said incredulously, looking down at the blond hair inches from his face. All he got in response was a kiss to the same area. "You're a little more experienced that you let on.."
"I'm a quick learner.." Ed got a chuckle in response. Ed looked up at the sly violet eyes looking at him fondly. "Remember when I told you that I'd had a dream about you?"
Ed cocked his head slightly, an adorable puzzled look gracing his features. "Yeah.."
"You said the same thing then." Envy's fond gaze seemed to falter, and the smallest shade of remorse snuck in. "So did I.. Back with him.."
Ed slid up until his eyes were level with Envy's, looking at him with a mix of emotions. "You're not like him. But forget about it for now, we agreed not to think about that, remember? Just focus on now." Ed gave a heart-warming smile to Envy, one which the wild-haired teen accepted gratefully. Forcing the sad thoughts away, he grinned widely.
"The 'now' seems much more favorable..." He said smoothly. He pressed his lips to the blonde's once again, and deepened the kiss once again, but what he didn't do again, was suppress the urge to roll over and pin the chibi.
Ed's breathing and heart beat sped up drastically as the larger teen straddled him and had a one hand supporting him near Ed's right shoulder, and the other tangled in his loose hair. The kisses were a little more sloppy, a little less refined.
Envy abandoned Ed's lips at last and lay them along his jaw line instead, occasionally alternating with small nips. The sensation reduced the blond to half-lidded eyes and the desperate urge not to out-right moan.
Envy grinned in his ministrations as he felt Ed's hands tentatively grip his shoulders. He'd done that in his dream too. But the chibi wasn't as vocal as the dream had told. Aww, he'd have to fix that..
Envy's hand abandoned the golden locks and he shifted his weight over to it instead. With his right, he trailed it over Ed's finely-toned chest, feeling the well-developed abdomen, until finally, he reached under the band of the pale shorts..
The blond hadn't fully realized the descent; he'd been preoccupied with the green-haired teen's oral attack on his neck. He gasped and let out a small yelp at the sudden contact when Envy wrapped his hand around Ed's length. Ed had arched up too, not overly-so, but it made him blush furiously all the same.
"E-E-E-.." Ed couldn't speak, his jaw wasn't working. He stared up into calming violet ones, his own shining with nervousness.
"Don't tell me you haven't so much as jacked off before.." Envy smirked. Boy.. Could this one get any more innocent without being naive?
"..N..no.. b-b-b-b-b-b-.."
Envy reached down and silenced him with a forceful kiss. When he parted again, "I said I wouldn't screw with you tonight, but you have to let me at least show you a taste of what I can do for you..."
Ed had gone so scarlet he was making his hair look platinum blonde, but he couldn't bring forth any way to decline the offer, though frankly, he didn't think he wanted to. Envy wanted him to experience his first bout of real pleasure, and he wanted to do it NOW.
Envy gave him a final kiss, and Ed could swear his lips were swollen by now, and he slowly descended away from the blonde's sight, disappearing under the covers with a piercing look until the shadows stole his image away completely. Ed could feel Envy removing his boxers, and his body shifting around until he'd rested somewhere between his legs.
Ed threw his head back and tried to concentrate on breathing as Envy gently pushed Ed's legs up and apart, and wrapped an arm around each just for the sake of contact. He was almost chuckling to himself, because even though he'd chosen to sink out of sight, he could easily hear the chibi's failing attempts to control his breaths. He must be really excited...
Ed breathed in sharply as he felt something warm and moist run along his shaft. His eyes flew open and he reached down quickly to place his hand on Envy's (which had curled around to hold his thigh).
"Don't worry Edo, trust me, you'll like this." He heard come from somewhere under the covers. He made no noise, and just looked at the ceiling, a bead of sweat running down his temple.
Scrunching his eyes up and trying not to moan at all the swirling feelings in his gut, he shifted slightly when the soft, moist object ran along him again. But it was nothing compared to when Envy took him in his mouth completely.
Ed would have bucked at the sudden move, but Envy was already holding him down, for that specific reason. He chuckled, earning a rather frenzied reaction, which just caused him to chuckle more.
He stopped chuckling when Ed let a distinct moan escape his lips. Envy, for one, had been waiting for that. The chibi really wasn't all that vocal, it seemed. Must be all that pride...
Envy decided to play a bit, see what got him the strongest reaction. He tried a trick that he'd come up with just that moment, and saw that it did indeed get a reaction...
Ed gasped out Envy's name in shock as a single note rose in volume from under the covers. Envy was humming. It was driving Ed crazy.
"Ah.. E-Envy.." He wanted to grab hold of the older teen somehow while he was doing that, but knew he couldn't. "That feels..."
Envy swallowed suddenly, cutting the younger teen off and making him moan sharply. Ed couldn't believe the waves of pleasure brought up from such simple contact... He shakily got up and propped himself up on his right arm, pulling the covers back with his left. He lay eyes on Envy, who was nestled in between his legs and holding him in his mouth right to the hilt.
Envy looked up at the blonde awkwardly with an expression that unclearly read, "Lie the FUCK back down." Ed was shivering at the building tension in his lower regions and gasped, "I.. wanted to see you.."
Envy's gaze softened somewhat, but quickly turned evil, as he started humming again. The expression of unbelieving and pleasure on the blonde's face was enough to make Envy change his mind about not being able to see him.
Ed reached a hand out and placed it on the wild-haired teen's warm shoulder, and pleaded, he knew what was going to happen, but Envy wouldn't let him have it so easily.
"Please.. Ah... E-Envy.."
They locked gazes, and Envy knew that he may be the one sucking, but he easily had all the control. He stopped humming, and Ed couldn't help but squirm at the lack of release. "Please..."
'Ah, it's his first time. I'll make him beg for real some other time..' Envy thought to himself. He gave a good, evil look to Ed and swallowed hard, clenching the muscles in his throat especially tight and sending Ed right over the edge.
His entire body stiffened and his mouth opened in a low moan. Envy took the pause to get up and kiss those parted lips, letting their owner taste some small remnant of himself. He pushed the blond over and looked deeply into the pleasure-clouded eyes.
"How was that?" He said silkily, looking down at his little blond.
"... wow.." Envy chuckled at the lame response. He peered down near Ed's collarbone and saw that his mark was gone completely. With a hiss from the younger teen, he restated his claim via his teeth. A small amount of time was taken just to lick and 'kiss it all better'. Soon enough, Ed had a red, blue, and purple mark that honestly looked like the mother of all hickeys.
"I.. don't know whether.. I like.. or don't like that.." Ed said, slowly catching his breath. He moved his head to the side to peer at the angry bite mark.
"I'm marking what is mine, just deal with it Edo." Ed shot the older male a half-hearted glare. Envy got off of the chibi and plopped down beside him, stretching and looking like he was finally ready to sleep. He caught the surprised look from Ed, and chuckled.
"I don't expect you to do me tonight, Koi." Ed blushed at the term, but Envy continued, "I'm being nice and slow for you, but only this time." He smirked slyly and reached under the blankets, moving around for a few seconds until it was obvious that he was removing his boxers. Ed was already maxed-out on blushing, and didn't respond as Envy's plus his own boxers were fished out and dropped without a care onto the floor.
Warmth gathered around the two as Envy embraced his smaller blond, who embraced him back after a few seconds.
"I've never done that for anyone before. Blown anyone. Not even Greed." Envy murmured, resting his chin over soft golden hair. Ed shifted and replied, "Really?"
"Yeah. I never wanted to before. If he'd wanted, that bastard probably would have just made me do it, but he never dared." Envy smirked maliciously. "He was afraid I'd bite him."
Ed couldn't help but let loose a chuckle, and Envy smiled at that.
".. Thanks."
"No problem. You know, it ain't healthy for a guy your age not to know this kind of feeling."
"... If someone had told me a month ago that all this would be happening in a month, I would have just stared."
"If someone had told me I was going to settle down with one person, I would have laughed."
Both smiled at their own and each other's confessions, and reveled in the silence. Soon enough, Ed murmured " 'night Envy...", and a "mmhmm" signaled the two to drift off to their own respective night-thoughts.
Ed remembered thinking one thing rather clearly before he drifted off completely.
He liked Envy's scent.
(AN: Alright, now we're pretty much up to where the chapter started. Cue Envy having his nightmare..)
Ed didn't know whether his eyes were open or not, it seemed like whatever he was seeing was the same either way. He became aware of some movement however, and figured out that his eyes were indeed open, as he could faintly make out some brighter objects across the room. Not his room however..
It took him about three seconds to remember where he was, and what had happened. He blushed just a bit, but it quickly dissipated as he noticed Envy's distress.
The older teen was squirming and murmuring, "stop.. stop.." quietly under his breath. Ed saw sweat collecting on his brow, and a look of pain on his face.
"Envy?" Ed tried, his voice rasping from the random use. There was no change, and Ed tried again, a little louder.
It was apparent he was having a nightmare, and Ed deemed it a worthy reason to use more force to wake him. He put a hand on Envy's sweat-slicked shoulder and shook him, calling his name. Finally, he yelled, which seemed to work and Envy shot up in bed yelling, startling the blond.
A few frenzied breaths, and Envy seemed to peer around, trying to make sense in the darkness. Ed tried his voice again, but quietly.
"Envy? Are you okay? I think you had a nightmare.."
Envy turned and looked at him, a lost look in his eyes. Without much warning, he reached out and embraced Ed, resting his forehead against the younger teen's chest and slowly tried to gain control of his breathing. Ed blushed a bit, but lifted his arms regardless and rested his hands on Envy's back as a sort of comfort. He found himself thankful that Envy had invited him over and had them share a bed. Nightmares were never fun, and he had a feeling he knew what this particular one was about.
After a minute or two, Envy slowly moved out of the embrace, his expression a little angry, and ashamed.
"What a baby. Scared of my own mind." He seethed. He glanced at his alarm clock and saw 4:34am glare back at him. He got out of bed (making Ed flinch and look away) and hunted for some clothes.
"Where are you going?" Ed asked, making as if to get up too. Envy didn't look at him, but slipped on some shorts he pulled out from under his schoolbag.
"I'm just going to stay awake, you, however, go back to sleep. Don't let me keep you up." He said. He didn't mean to sound cold, but he didn't want to talk about it right now.
Ed would have protested, but seemed to catch the thoughts, and decided it was best not to press his luck and possibly anger the older male. Envy left the room and pattered downstairs, leaving Ed to his own worried thoughts until sleep soon grabbed him once again.
Envy turned from his lounging position on the kitchen chair to see Ed slowly walk in. His expression deemed him still half-asleep.
"Morning, Koi." Envy purred (it means 'love'. Think short form of koibito(lover) if ya want). Ed glanced at the mug in his hand, and the coffee maker on the opposite counter, littered with small packets.
"It would have been cheaper just to take a caffeine pill.." He muttered. Envy laughed and replied that he'd tried one before. (Caffeine pill equals equivalent to 27 coffees)
"That time wasn't pretty. I don't intend to repeat it." Envy chuckled. He watched Ed with an interested eye as the blond slothed around the kitchen, looking for something to eat. When he finally settled on making himself a breakfast as opposed to heating up a past-meal, he asked Envy if he was hungry while he searched for bread, eggs, etc.
"You go ahead. I've eaten. And I think I've had about a half-dozen too many coffees to think about eating anything right now.." Envy trailed off. The chain coffee was keeping him relatively calm right now, but he could see himself going nuts in a half-hour or so.
The time at Envy's house flew by rather quickly, the first half nice and slow, perfect for waking up in, and the second punctuated by Ed's yells of surprise every time caffeine-high Envy decided to spring on him. When came time to leave, Ed was VERY hesitant to get on the bike.
"Maybe we should just take the bus.."
"Get on the Bike or I'll pin You to the Ground until I'm not Hyper anymore." Envy chirped, stressing random words. Ed swore his eye twitched.
He stumbled off the bike, landing flat on his face, but it saved him the time of bending over to kiss the ground.
He'd long abandoned yelling, and had been pure out screaming the last bit of the insane ride. Envy seemed to deem it worthy to pull every kind of psychotic trick and stunt he could possibly do without injuring either of them. Ed just looked up wearily as Envy locked the motorcycle to it's stand and literally pranced around the back to retrieve their bags.
Never Again. Would he be allowed that much caffeine. (AN: My friend T-chan can relate, she's seen me on Nesquik cereal or however you spell it..)
"Come on, Edo, get up! We're going to be late!" He pretty much sing-songed, and Ed could only reply with a, "Why the hell would you care if you're late?"
The older teen seemed to think on it a moment, coming up with a shrug, and racing off in the direction of the doors with both their bags, and without Ed. Said blond got up with an indignant squawk and tore off after him.
He had to fight the crowds, as all the students were arriving now that the first bell was qued to go off soon. Ed made it to the second, and soon, the third floor, where his first class was. He hadn't made it to his locker yet, and out of no where Envy appeared and pinned him to the wall of lockers.
"Ah! Envy! But-"
"Everyone knows, Edo, why bother hiding it now?" He said, his lips hovering over the shorter teen's. Ed made a disapproving noise in the back of his throat, but sighed when he figured this battle would get him no where. Envy took the sign and kissed him hungrily, making the blond wonder just how many coffees he'd had, since the taste of it was so strong (even through the mint of his toothpaste!).
A whistle and some grouchy muttering was audible, but no one dared bother the couple. Envy was one of the two, meaning anyone who disturbed him may end up either beaten blue, or in his prey's place (even though in this particular instance, they most certainly would not. But they didn't know that).
The warning bell rung out and Envy stopped his assault, taking a look at his flustered little blond. His lips were slightly swollen from the rough kisses.
"Shall we go?" He purred, his face sly despite his current caffeine high. Ed just shook his head at the antic and got off the lockers, walking towards his own, Envy in tow. He saw that his bag was leaning against his locker, and shot the wild-haired teen a look as the ambush was obviously planned.
He fiddled with his lock and opened the door, face-faulting as Envy proudly announced that he'd memorized the combination. Swapping certain items between locker and bag, he closed it again and went for his first period class (not a few meters away).
After he took his seat, Envy following suit, he immediately felt his hair being toyed with, but felt no exasperation at the contact unlike what it had brought before. He turned slightly and looked at Envy.
"You're energetic now, but that instant stuff is going to wear off soon. You'll be dead tired before class ends." Envy merely shrugged and continued tracing the tight patterns in Ed's braid with a bored expression.
Ed had been right about Envy's instant drinks.
Scieszka had been giving them a lecture for the first half of class, and though Envy had had enough caffeine in him to stay awake (and vent his boredom on Ed) for most of it, the second it wore off was the same second he slumped on his desk and zonked out harder that a train crash.
Finally, Scieszka noticed the sleeping teen and asked Ed to wake him up. Ed sweat dropped, replying that he didn't think anything would wake him up at this point.
"Please try, if it doesn't work, then you can leave him and he'll have to ask someone to borrow their notes after class." She said with a small smile. "Anyways, when we take a look at-"
Ed swerved in his seat, nudging Envy with his hand and whispering for him to wake up. He got no response, and was going to give up, not really wanting to bother the teen anyways, but Marcus reached over with a smirk and took one of Envy's ears between his fingers and twisted harshly.
"AAAAHHHH! YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" Envy screeched, holding his abused ear in one hand and pointing accusingly with the other. Laughter rose up from most of the class, and Scieszka tried futilely to calm them down again. Marcus was laughing the hardest, pointing back at Envy, but in mirth.
Ed reached back and gently replaced Envy's hand with his own, rubbing the tips of his fingers over the pink skin soothingly. He didn't know what possessed him to do that, especially in front of the whole class, but he earned himself a surprised, and then grateful look. The exchange caused the entire class to shut up and stare.
Ed turned back around quickly, in embarrassment, and Envy glanced at Marcus with a bored look. "He just saved your life, thank him."
The tall teen clapped his hands together and mock-bowed in his seat towards Ed, obviously being sarcastic, but gaining himself some chuckles. Scieszka took advantage of the silence to continue her lecture.
Ed zoned out soon enough, staring flatly but lost in his own thoughts. Currently, he was mulling over his sexuality. Again. (and of all things during class, too.)
Since he was with Envy now, and he was not looking for another person to be with, he was gay. He knew there were probably people who were going to be angry and prejudice against him for it, but it was his own choice. He hope that the angry and prejudice people wouldn't include his family..
The thought that some people may attack him for being gay, or for just being with Envy, had occurred to him. He'd concluded that Envy would protect him, seeing as he himself was not exactly confident about fighting, especially against multiple people. He had also come to the decision, that since Envy can't be there for him all the time, he would just have to get stronger.
He would ask Envy some time to maybe show him how to fight (or at least use self-defense), and be a little tougher, lest he was ever confronted with malicious intent.
But for now, he'd have to busy himself with the laughter as Scieszka called his name repeatedly, snapping him out of his mulling and lecturing him for spacing out.
"It looks like someone ate this before I got it." Envy said distastefully, poking at his lasagna. It was the special being served at the cafeteria, and one of his friends in line had dared him to get it. It honestly did look like it had been thrown up.
"That's disgusting. If you don' like it, then don't eat it." Ed muttered, chomping down on his hotdog. Despite the lasagna being served horribly, the food was rather good and came in a plentiful variety.
The two teens had decided to grab an easy lunch and eat in the cafeteria. They would have eaten outside, since it was so warm out, but it was also kind of blustery, though it was only supposed to be like so for the morning and early afternoon. So now they had picked out a lone table and sat across from one another.
Envy pointed at Ed's soda and asked, "The hotdog came with milk, didn't it? Why would you pay extra?"
Ed shrugged and swallowed his mouthful. "I hate milk." He clamped his teeth down on the food again. Envy grinned widely and said, "Oh.. That's too bad.."
Ed looked at him with a puzzled expression, and took a second to think about it. Suddenly, getting the joke, he hacked on his food whilst Envy laughed his head off. He was making a habit of practically making his chibi choke..
"I'm eating!" Ed yelled indignantly, finally getting the food to go down properly. What a thing to say..
Envy shrugged, and decided to change the topic. "Hey, that was pretty out of character for you in Havoc's class."
Ed looked thoughtful, then blushed lightly, remembering when he'd comforted Envy after Marcus had pulled his mean little stunt. "I felt bad about that, I was supposed to wake you up, but I was going to just give up after trying a couple times."
"Who told you to wake me up? That supply? Blah, what a joke." Envy muttered, leaning his head on his arms on the table after pushing his food tray away.
Ed gave him a slight disapproving look, and spoke in a rather mature voice. "You know, maybe you should try harder to stay awake in class."
"Why?" Envy shot him a raised brow. "Not like it's important."
Ed scoffed. "Maybe not to you! And in any case, you may use the information later."
"The shit we're being taught is important to you? How so?" Envy asked, ignoring the second part of Ed's comment and propping himself up on his elbows.
"I, for one, am working to be a scientist. My classes are important to me so I can better understand biomechanics and related."
"... What the hell for?"
"You've met my brother." Ed said, and took a sip of his soda. "I'm working on a way to create artificial limbs that will connect to the actual nerves and be able to send and receive messages to the brain just like regular limbs. Then I want to work on making the technology available all over the world!"
Envy stared, only catching about half of what had been said. Ed's expression turned flat, and he simply summed it up to, "Fake legs that he can move mentally."
"Ah! Okay." Envy exclaimed and was all smiles. Anything even remotely school-related bored him, so the short bit about what he'd wanted to do was rather blurred to him. It was like an automatic filter for school-stuff.
"Well, that's chivalrous of you. What a nice boyfriend I have!" He joked, poking at Ed's arm while the other blushed.
The Thursday had finished up quickly, and the Friday after it. Ed and Envy had gotten together for a while on Saturday, and Ed had made a comment about how Greed hadn't made any moves yet. Envy had mentioned with suspicion that he had probably already been alerted to their involvement with the police, and was being cautious. Ed didn't know what to think about that, but was glad they were safe and sound in the meantime.
Sunday had slinked along, in which Ed stayed home and worked around the house with Al, occasionally checking with their father to see how he was making out with his own work. Though the man had been home for the last few days, he was rarely seen around the house, he was usually doing paperwork in his office. This Sunday was the last night he had to be at home, and on the following Monday morning, he had to leave again to go back to his traveling work.
Al wanted to make a bigger meal than usual as a form of goodbye (even though it was Ed's turn to cook), and he'd had a roast going all day in the crock-pot. Later in the day is where we join the two brothers in the kitchen, where Ed decided to help Al prepare the food since it was more glamorous than usual.
"Nii-san! Here's the list!" Al said cheerfully. He rolled over to Ed, who was almost at eye-level with the younger teen. Al had one of those expensive wheel-chairs with the raisable seats so he could reach the stove. The wheels were too far down for him to reach, but the chair was remote-controlled, though Al much preferred to move under his own strength rather than by the dials on the arm rest (which rose up with the seat.) Sure, Al needed help getting things from cupboards and such, but they managed.
Ed took the list being offered to him, and nodded at the few items written there. They were nearing the later preparations of the meal, but Al had underestimated the supply of some things, and had asked Ed to quickly run out to the small convenience store two blocks down (on the same street as the school).
"Okay, I'll be back in a bit." Ed said cheerfully. He always felt happier when his brother was so dedicated and chipper over something, even if it was a simple as making a meal. He put the list in his pocket and left the kitchen, walking out the front door seconds later.
It was still bright out, being roughly six o'clock. It would be dark in a mere couple hours, but it was better than winter. Speaking of which, even though today marked October 4th, it was still rather warm out. It struck Ed as unusual, though no one else seemed to be interested in it, so it must be normal for this area. The nights were getting gradually cooler though, so the colder months were apparently inching their ways forth.
In any case, the welcome warmth of the sun that would soon be setting accompanied Ed through his short journey to the convenience store. About ten minutes was used to find and purchase the items, and the storekeeper waved him off cheerfully as he left.
Ah yes, the sun was still shining, the warm air still settling like a thin blanket.
But.. If the sun as so cheerful in it's last hours, and the day not yet over,
Why had everything suddenly gone dark?
I bet everyone thought I'd forgotten the major angst of this chapter... False sense of security there, kiddies! Watch out.. This is gonna be rough...
Ed groaned, and slowly reached to feel the back of his head. Why on earth did it hurt so much? When he felt something that was a combination of sticky and warm, and hard and cool, he realized that the back of his head was actually bleeding. And by the feel of it, had been for a while.
The smell assaulted his nose not a few seconds later, and he opened his eyes blearily to see that he was in a car, and the one in the driver's seat was dead. His eyes widened and took in the image with horrifying detail, the knife in the poor man's forehead, the mouth frozen in a yell that had been muffled, and his hand, reaching down for a gun that hadn't been there.
"Awake?"
Ed's attention turned to the seat beside him, and he took a second to notice that he had been sitting up in the back seat. In the seat to his left however..
The streetlight was on, illuminating the slain man, but the person in the back was consumed by shadows. He looked back at the dead man, and to his mounting fear, realized it was the policeman that he and Envy had met while talking to the authorities. He was one of the two that were watching the school and Envy's house. Since it wasn't school time, they must be in the undercover car of the man keeping guard of Envy's house, meaning the person sitting beside him must be...
"Figured it out yet?" Greed sneered, finally coming into focus as Ed's eyes adjusted to the darkness in the back. His mouth was drawn back, and showed off his abnormally sharp teeth. Ed's breathing became rushed, and he turned to the door and tried to open it hastily. Locked. A quick glance told him that there was no manual lock. He was trapped in the back of a car with a psycho.
"You know, I've had no end of problems since you got Envy to squeal. It's your fault I'm going to have to leave for a while. Also, Envy seems to have taken quite the liking to you, though I can see why.." The older man placed his hand on Ed's thigh, and Ed immediately shifted away as far as he could. He was stating to panic, and could see why Envy had before. This was downright scary..
"How did you know! The police were being as quiet as possible!" Ed said quickly, trying to calm down. Irrationality would do him no good. Greed chuckled darkly, the noise raspy and cruel.
"I have his house bugged. Been like that for a while now." He replied. Ed was subtly trying to peer around the car, looking for an escape while the psycho spoke. He felt like he was going to be sick, not only from his own panic, but from the smell of the dead man in the front.
Greed was well aware of the blonde's attempts to find an escape route, but didn't bother to stop him. There was no way out for him anyways.
"I'm not letting you out yet, kid. I have business with you first." His face turned even crueler as his ugly smirk grew wider. "W-what business.." Ed stuttered, slowly realizing he may just have to fight for his life…
"If you think I'm going to kill you, you can relax a bit, I don't plan on it." He said, though Ed did not such thing. Then.. No...
"I want to hurt Envy, hurt him for all the pain I had to go through after his little challenge. Hurt him for healing what never should have been fixed. Hurt him for trying to move on!" He yelled the last bit, anger in his eyes. He composed himself, and looked at Ed again.
"I could go and abduct him now, but that would be no fun. Plus, with the trouble he's bound to cause, I'd end up with some complications that would jeopardize my leave of the country. So to punish him until I return once the heat is down," His eyes became lustful, "I'm going to rape you. Let's see how he deals with his 'lover', traumatized beyond repair."
(AN: WARNING. SLIGHTLY GRAPHIC. SCROLL DOWN IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE IT.)
There wasn't anything Ed could do as Greed slid towards him. He raised a leg and tried to kick him in the face, but it proved to be a bad move.
The older male grabbed hold of Ed's ankle and pulled hard, turning Ed and making him fall back on to the hard seat. The older male crawled over and lay his full weight on the teen, loving how he struggled and fought to breathe.
"Get off! I won't let you do this!"
"Oh, it's far too late." Greed replied. He reached back and pulled out his trusty switch-blade, to which Ed panicked all the more. He used the blade to cut Ed's shirt right off, leaving the blond with a few slashes himself, from both his own struggling, and Greed's own malice, since half the slashes were just for his own amusement.
"Get off me.." Ed snarled, though his eyes were burning. He pushed futilely at Greed's chest, trying to move him, but the older male simply tutted at the attempts.
Ed didn't back down, he wasn't going to just lie here and be taken like this, so he gathered his nerve and right out punched Greed right in the face. He yelped and cradled his hand afterwards; the guy's face was like rock!
"Metal plates, I have them all over the place. All thanks to Envy's little game. I had to be awake and without anesthetic every time one of those little bitches were implanted under my skin. Guess it doesn't help you much, does it?" Ed glared at Greed, his eyes half-closed at the multiple slashes on his upper body that were causing him pain. He noticed something rather important though while the other talked however.
Seeing as it moved normally as he talked, Ed swung the back of his fisted hand hard against Greed's throat, earning him the immediate reaction of choking and the older male clutching the area. He didn't even get time to revel his small victory however, because Greed rose his switchblade up and slammed it deep into Ed's shoulder past the hilt.
His scream was muffled in a second, and the blade retrieved, causing the blood to rise up like a slow fountain.
"Nice move, kid, but now I'm not playing nice anymore." He rasped. Getting up, he grabbed the blond by his shoulders and attempted to flip him over, though Ed was struggling as much as he could. When Greed finally did get him on his stomach, he put his right arm on his back and leaned in heavily, utterly pinning the teen. He was about to whisper something horrible, but was cut off.
"(sttzt) Farner? You're an hour late on your call-in. Please report immediately. (tsszt)"
Greed propped up higher (causing all the more stress to be placed on Ed's back), and glared at the radio in the front of the car. Huh, so the stationed cops were doing call-ins..
"(tzzst) Farner? Reply immediately. Farner? (tsst)"
Ed heard the voice and turned in the direction of the small machine. He couldn't see it, but maybe someone could hear him..
"Help! Please! Help m-"
"Shut up." Greed ordered calmly, slashing the poor boy deeply across the back. Ed cried out in pain and clenched his hands, shutting his eyes tightly.
"What a bother.." Greed muttered. The radio had to be sending for the other side to hear anything, so Ed's cries fell on deaf ears. But he still found it annoying. He pulled out a small radio himself and hit the sending button, so his message would be heard on the other end.
"I need a stall for twenty minutes or so." He said, getting a weasly voice on the other end reply with a sharp, "Okay!" He put the radio back just as the police one sizzled back to life.
"(sttzzt) Farner, if you can hear me, we're sending a couple of patrol cars your way. We have the right to assume you are in danger. Sit tight. (sttz)"
"Well, now. Seems as if our time has been cut short. I may not end up fucking up your head as much as I'd like to. Oh well, there's always a 'next time'." He said, the malice dripping off his voice. Ed tried to struggle again as Greed reached down to pull off his pants.
Getting tight leather pants off an unwilling person was harder than it sounded, but Greed managed to do it without resorting to his knife. Ed's boxers followed soon enough, and with three more angry slashes across his back and his hair having a vice-like hand in it, he could only snarl garbled words and yell in anger and embarrassment.
Greed wasted no time, he didn't have much, and he dropped his own pants. Ed could hear the action and yelled, trying to rip himself away again, but not getting anywhere.
Without warning, without preparation, without anything, Greed forced into him roughly. The scream would have echoed and been heard houses down had the older male not choked Ed at the same time with his hand.
Keeping one of the blonde's smaller hands forced down with his own, and the other wrapped around Ed's throat, Greed picked up a harsh rhythm, choking the boy every time he tried to scream.
Finally, when he climaxed, and it was harder than he'd had in a very long time, he didn't choke his prey and Ed screamed, screamed with the pain like he'd never felt before, screamed until he tasted blood.
The teen collapsed, his breathing shallow and raspy. He was shivering and crying. Greed pulled out roughly, earning a final weak cry, and pulled his pants back on. He had to bolt, and soon. The scream was meant to alert his soon-to-be target, and Envy was sure to come scrambling out in seconds.
He opened the door to his side and got out leisurely, looking down the street for motion. Sure enough, he saw the door to Envy's house open, and a figure step out. Some other doors opened as well, but he paid them no attention.
Envy must have seen Greed standing in the lamplight, because he immediately ran down the steps and bolted in his direction. Greed made no motion except putting his hand on his waist until he could see Envy's enraged face.
"YOU FUCKING BASTARD! THAT WAS ED! WASN'T IT! I'LL KILL YOU!" He screamed, and tried to ram into the older male. Greed took the collision, and only had to step back once. He hammered his fist into Envy's middle, sending the teen to the ground.
"This was the faults of both of you. I have to leave for a while now, here's your parting gift." A hand waved over in the direction of the car. He sneered as Envy slowly got back up, ready for another round. "I'll be back soon enough though, to pay you back for the four years of surgery and recovery I had to go through. You know," He dodged a punch aimed at his face. "I went to collage for most of those years, to pass the time. Pretty boring." He said, throwing his hands up in a shrug.
Envy roundhouse-kicked Greed in the side suddenly, but crumpled to the ground and held his leg in pain. Greed grinned at him.
"Plating, you little bastard. Plating. And you'll be feeling every single one of them when I see you next. Ja, ne." He said conversationally, despite the circumstances. He walked up to the sleek black car across the street and drove away, laughing. Envy spat in his direction and got to his feet shakily.
He walked over to the dull brown car and felt his heart crush as he saw the unmistakable form of Ed lying there, broken and bloody. He got in half-way and recoiled at the stench of the dead man not a foot away in the front seat, but quickly turned to his little blond.
"Edo.. Oh god..." He could barely speak, and he said nothing as a lady in a nightgown came up to him and nervously asked what had happened. Seeing the bodies in the car, she gasped and ran away, planning to call the police that were already coming.
Envy placed his fingers on a part of Ed's shoulder that wasn't cut, or bruised. He flinched at the contact, but made no other response.
"Edo? It's me, Envy." He tried, choking on his own words. Ed heard him, and to Envy's surprise, he slowly lifted himself up, forcing himself in a sitting position and turning to see the green-haired teen. He opened his mouth to say something, but the words were lost before they started.
Envy didn't notice, he was focused in horror on Ed's eyes.
They were blank.
No one heard the muffled screams,
No one came to help.
His suffering fell on uncaring ears,
As that man violated his self.
His eyes are blank,
He's trapped in his own mind.
This is the Beginning,
Of B r o k e n Pride.
The Pride!Arch Begins.
Seven Virtues;
Chapter 15 - A Question of Fortitude