Emotion-ridden chapter~! Thank you for all the reviews, my fabtastical humans ^o^ And gosh, it's been over a month and I'm at over 80,000 words... I never knew I would get this far o_o Either way, I present chapter thirty-four!
P.S.: Tomorrow's chapter may be delayed. Busy things are afoot!
-Chapter Thirty-Four-
Upon arriving back at the Elric house, Envy immediately yanked Edward upstairs to their room in a very eager and/or anxious fashion.
"Envy, what're you-" Ed tried to protest, but as soon as the door was closed the black-haired boy began to heatedly kiss him over and over, dominating his mouth and warming up the cold that had sunken into their lips. The taller boy ever-so-gently lifted the blonde into his arms, not breaking their kiss, and sat down on the bed with him in his lap. Envy stroked Edward's back, tenderly running the tips of his fingers under the boy's shirt to send warm shivers down his back; at the same time, Ed's hands worked their way to Envy's hips, rubbing around his thin waist and tracing the muscles that were present.
"Mmmnnn..." Edward moaned into the kiss as the black-haired boy stripped off his own hat and cape, allowing freer access to his skin; the blonde boy immediately took the initiative and ran his hands up Envy's shirt, teasing his nipples and sending shoots of pleasure like bullets into Envy's body.
"Holy... shit, Ed..." Envy breathed, arching his back forward into the boy in his lap by reflex from pleasure. Ed dared to press his lips to one of the pink buds on the pale boy's chest, gently nibbling on the sensitive skin. "Ah...ahh! Holy... motherfucking... shit!" Envy gasped with pleasure, making the blonde chuckle a bit.
"Is it that good, palm tree?" Ed asked with a honeyed voice, his eyes milky with love for the boy in front of him.
"Do you want me to show you how good it is?" The taller boy asked back with a lecherous tone in his voice, making Edward's eyes subtly glance at his crotch and then back at his eyes. But it wasn't subtle enough to get past Envy."WHOA! Edward! I wasn't thinking that!" He exclaimed, giggling and laughing his head off.
"I-I-I-I didn't...!" The blonde-haired boy turned bright red, his brain going so haywire that he couldn't put three words together without stuttering. "Y-Y-You d-d- y-you made me d-do it!" He tried to cover his incredibly crimson face with his hands, but Envy simply brushed them aside to plant a tender kiss on Ed's lips.
"I know, my O'Chibi-san," he reassured. "Thou shall not be bedevilèd by such trifled matters." His violet eyes suddenly darted over to the still toppled-over packages on the floor, causing a lightbulb to appear over his head. "How about you open your Christmas gifts now? And I could eat some more of that fabtastical sweet stuff." Ed nodded, with strands of his blonde hair sticking out from his braid in all sorts of places; he decided just to pull the braid out and leave his hair loose for a change.
Envy set the boy on the bed and retrieved the still-wrapped gifts for him, and collected the box of candies for himself. He stacked the packages neatly for Edward, presenting them in the best way possible.
"Merry Christmas once again, my O'Chibi-san," the black-haired boy said, hugging Ed from across the pile.
"This is a lot..." Edward observed, a hint of guilt in his voice.
"It's not as much as you gave to me," Envy said, being modest for once for the sake of his boyfriend. "Now open, open!"
"Okay, okay!" Ed exclaimed, taking the first gift off the pile and tearing open the tape. "It feels like there's more than one thing here," he remarked, trying not to grin like a little kid opening his gifts from Santa. As his ripped open the wrapping paper, he revealed...
All five books of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy trilogy. At the sight of his, Edward began to burst out laughing.
"What? What's wrong with it?" Envy yelled defensively, crossing his arms and pouting out his bottom lip.
"It's nothing... ahahahahahaha!" The blonde laughed gleefully, resting a hand on Envy's shoulder to keep himself from simply falling off the bed. "It's... hahahahahaheeheeheehee..."
"Okay, you're creeping me out now," the black-haired boy stated, staring at the boy across from him expectantly. "Well? Did I totally screw everything up?"
"No, you didn't," Ed chuckled. "I love it, Envy. It's so like you to get something like this." A mischievous smile was born on the taller boy's face, leading him to lean in close to the blonde and give him one of the most seductive looks imaginable.
"Do you love me more?" He asked, entwining his fingers with Ed's; the receiving boy of the seduction blushed madly.
"D-Do you want me to open the rest of them or not?" He stammered, making that cute face that Envy couldn't resist.
"Goddammit, why are you so adorable?" The other teen mumbled, breaking away from the shorter boy and lifting up another gift. "Here's the next one." The blonde nodded, taking the package from him and tearing into the gift enthusiastically.
Among the rest of the gifts were composed of a 5 DVD collection of Steven Spielberg's greatest science fiction movies (which were, in turn, E.T.: Extra Terrestrial, Close Encounters of a Third Kind, Jurassic Park, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence and Jaws), a copy of Good Omens ("You will seriously love it to death," Envy insisted when Ed looked hesitant), and a book called The Alchemist that Edward had been reading for the past five minutes while Envy tried to pester him into opening the last two gifts.
"Come on, Ed, you still have a couple more things to open!" Envy tried to pull the book out of the blonde's hands, but he simply smacked the hand away.
"I'm reading, be quiet," he muttered, his golden eyes fixed upon the novel in his hands. The black-haired boy impatiently slapped and waved the two presents in front of his boyfriend, trying to steal his attention from his new interest.
"For the love of god, Ed," Envy groaned. "Do I really have to do this?"
"Do what?" Ed asked, his eyes still unmoving. At that moment, the taller boy stripped off his own shirt, flung it away and sexily presented himself to the blonde-haired boy.
"Come and get me, O'Chibi-san," he purred, cupping Edward's cheek and smirking slightly. A dark red blush spread across the boy's face like wildfire, and his expression became contorted with emotion, trying to keep his focus on the book in his hands.
"No," was all he said in a deadpan voice, not looking up for even a second at his half-naked boyfriend. At that, Envy put on his "you have offended me so much that I'm going to make you pay for it," face, despite the obviousness that the blonde was just messing with him a bit.
"How dare you ignore my sexiness for some book," Envy said irritatedly, crossing his arms. "Obviously you don't care a single bit about me."
"Not a bit, Envy," Ed responded sarcastically, not seeing how upset the black-haired boy was getting. Envy growled, his heart filling with anger and vanity.
"Then maybe I should just leave, how about that?" He growled, shocking Ed into looking at him. "Since you don't care about me, why am I here? What's stopping me... from just... leaving?" Tears started to slip down the shirtless boy's cheeks, filled with bitterness that originated from memories that Envy's mind recalled. If only my memories could just wash away with these goddamn fucking tears... Envy thought depressively. God, I'm such a wimpy bastard... He heard a clatter, and soon felt Edward's arms wrap around him.
"Envy, please don't leave..." Ed mumbled guiltily. "I do care about you, more than anything else in the world. Please don't leave, I... I love you more than the world." The two sat silently for a bit, both contemplating what should be done next.
"Then open the goddamn presents, for god's sake," the black-haired boy persisted, rubbing his eyes raw and nudging the gifts towards Edward. The sudden change of emotion made the blonde pause for a bit. Is he just bipolar, or... is he used to dropping emotions like that?
"I will, I will," Edward reassured, taking the squarer of the two packages into his hands. He waved it around a bit. "Another movie?"
"Maybe," Envy answered childishly, twiddling around a lock of his hair. As Ed started to open the gift, he looked at the shirtless boy pointedly.
"Are you planning on putting your shirt on any time soon?" He asked, blushing a bit from the taller boy's pale and incredibly attractive chest.
"Nah, it's kinda hot in here anyways," the black-haired boy responded, scratching his head a bit. "Or is it just me?" Ed smirked.
"Yeah, totally just you, Envy," he teased, looking down at the newly opened gift in his hands. The next expression his face took was one of utter bewilderment.
"La Cage aux Folles?" Edward questioned, his eyebrows knitted in confusion. "Cage of... madwomen?" Envy snickered, leaning his head on the blonde's shoulder.
"It's French slang, O'Chibi-san," Envy mused. "It means 'cage of homosexuals,' to be literal." Ed looked at him accusatively, raising an eyebrow.
"What is this, some sort of twisted gay porn you're expecting me to watch with you?" He asked blankly, sighing loudly.
"No, you little perverted blondie!" The black-haired boy laughed, taking the DVD out of Ed's hands and slitting open the protective tape with a fingernail. "It's a legit movie. A French movie, too. It's one of the funniest and best romantic comedies in the entire universe and we totally have to watch it together."
"You almost sound like a girl," Ed chuckled. "What's it about?"
"You'll find out when you watch it!" The taller boy hummed, placing the case off to the side and holding the last gift out to his wonderful boyfriend. "Now open the last one." Edward grinned at him, and tore through the wrapping paper to reveal an article of clothing. He pulled it out and shook it flat, only to see something that would make the most stoic of people smile with delight. Without saying a word, Envy slipped over to his suitcase, grabbed a t-shirt, put it on, and stood proudly in front of the blonde-haired boy.
"Well? Do you like it?" He asked; Ed pulled on his own t-shirt over his other shirt, and stood up next to Envy. The black-haired boy pulled him to his side, where the image on their two shirts came together in the most romantic way. On Envy's shirt, a man stood with a puzzle piece in his hand; on the puzzle piece was half of a heart, spilt down the middle by the puzzle line. On Edward's shirt, another man stood with the other puzzle piece, with the other half of the heart drawn on it. When the two boys were by each other's sides, the designs would line up in such a way that the puzzle pieces fit together perfectly, and their heart was one.
"I... I love it," Edward blushed, burying his head into Envy's arm. "And... and I love you, Envy." The black-haired boy gently kissed him on the top of the head and smiled.
"I love you, too, Ed. Merry Christmas!"
For the next few hours, the couple lounged around on the downstairs couch and watched some of the movies that Edward had received, with one of them being La Cage aux Folles. Soon enough, they were called by Alphonse to get ready to leave for the Rockbells' house, and left the house with Hohenheim with empty stomachs for the delicious feast sure to come. Undoubtedly, the dinner was one that Envy couldn't forget for the life of him. On the table was a gigantic turkey, a huge pot of mashed potatoes, beef stew, cranberry sauce and buttery rolls, his (and Ed's) clam chowder, roasted yams, turnips and asparagus, among several other things that begged to be swallowed down with great enthusiasm. The black-haired boy never had experienced such a grand meal at his own house, despite his family's financially fortunate state. After dinner came dessert, where the Rockbells and the Elrics greatly enjoyed the pastries and baked goods Envy had made; Ed complimented that he had never tasted such a delicious cupcake in his life, to Envy's slight embarrassment. Overall, it was a dinner that the boy would never forget, as he sat around the big table with the people he would one day call his family.
If it not were for his father.