I'm really sorry for taking so long to put this up and everything... my muses kinda ran away for a little while back there. Once again, another short (and horrible) chapter. My poor wittle Edo... Anyways, I don't own fma or any of it's charactersblah blah blah hope you like the story!

That morning, after finally waking up and escaping his dreams, Ed looked over at Roy. He was asleep, laying in an uncomfortable and cramped position in the chair right next to the bed. Ed decided to walk over to the bathroom and he slowly slid out from under the covers and pulled himself onto his feet. Everything ached and the pain from all the cuts and bruises across his body was excruciating.

Ed slowly made his way to the bathroom, did what he needed to do, and slowly walked back towards the bed. He held on tightly to the edge of a table and tried to steady himself, but it was no use. He was just too worn out and couldn't bring himself to take another step.

I can't do this. Ed thought as his legs began to give way. The chair that Roy slept in was just a few feet away, and in a wild attempt to keep from falling, Ed grabbed onto Roy's leg and ended up falling face first into his lap before smashing into the floor. Roy, feeling someone grabbing at him, immediately woke up and shot to his feet.

"Oh god! Are you okay?" Roy asked as he easily lifted Ed up from the floor and helped him sit on the side of bed. Ed winced in pain as he was lifted up, whimpering softly when Roy accidently touched his cuts. Roy said a quick apology as Ed looked down toward the floor, holding his head in his hands. His long, golden blond hair fell around his hands, tangled and messy. Ed's head pounded painfully, the sharp ache making him feel sick to his stomach.

"I don't feel that great." Ed whispered as he winced in pain. He almost fell over once again before Roy helped him lean back into the bed. Nothing was right in his life right now. And Al wasn't even here to help. His own brother Al was gone, deserting him like his father had years ago. Of course he was exaggerating, but Al had been pretty happy to leave him the day before.

Slowly, tears began to slide down Ed's cheek, partly from physical pain and partly from his mental anguish over what happened. And now not even his own brother was there to help him.

Roy began to panic as he saw Ed crying. He looked around the room as if to find some escape, but he just couldn't find any way to leave the poor boy crying there. Ed just looked so small and helpless as he curled up tightly into a ball and just cried. Roy sat down next to Ed, obviously nervous, and tenderly placed his arms around Ed's small body, being careful not to touch any of the cuts and bruises littering his skin.

"It'll be alright, I promise." Roy whispered into Ed's ear, "I'm here for you, just remember that." Ed began crying louder as he pulled back a bit from the touch of another person, still thinking about how he'd been raped. Soon though, he felt a little safer in someone's arms and leaned up against Roy's chest.

He leaned his whole body up closer to Roy, trying to feel warmth and happiness once again. But he was numb. Completely numb. And at that point nothing could make him happy again. After what had happened, how could he expect happiness to once again come back into his life. He couldn't, so Ed just lay there against Roy's chest, crying into his warm flesh and soaking his shirt with tears. All he wanted was to be happy again and put everything behind him. But he just couldn't do that, no matter how hard he tried.

Roy placed his chin on top of Ed's head, gently whispering encouraging things as he softly wiped each tear away as they fell down Ed's cheeks.

"It's okay," Roy whispered as he rocked Ed gently. "It'll all be okay."

Al walked in on the depressing scene, automatically asking what happened in a loud and disruptive voice. Roy just shook his head and told Al to sit down in the chair. Ed pulled away as soon as he heard Al enter into the room. Ed hurriedly wiped the remaining tears from his face and sniffled a few times.

"I'll be fine. Don't worry yourself over me," Ed said, his voice uneven and cracking. He cleared his voice once and tried to force a smile onto his face. Giving up, he turned away and lay down in the bed. Obviously, he wouldn't be fine. The best thing for him would be to have people worrying over him, but neither Roy nor Al noticed how much he needed them to help at that moment. "I just need some rest."

"I'm going to go now, Ed. I really have a lot of things to do at work, but if you ever need any help at all don't feel bad about about calling me or anything. I'll come by whenever you need me." Roy choked out as he helped Ed into bed and rushed from the room.

It was simple enough to notice Roy was almost crying because of the recent emotional scene he'd been involved with. He really didn't want to leave, but he couldn't stand for them to see him crying and he really did have a lot to do at work.

"Please be quiet Al," was all Ed said before he turned away and looked over towards the window. He was still crying, thinking about how weak he was. How he couldn't stop them. How he just started crying right now, but he really couldn't stop.

Ed gently pulled at the bandages covering his chest and stared out the window. He didn't get one wink of sleep as he looked out at the rising sun. Although the sun fell across his skin, warming him on the outside, Ed still felt raw and cold inside. Ed knew that things would never be the same. He just lay there for a few hours before he heard Al sit up noisily from the chair and walk out the door.

"Feel better brother, you can always come to me for help." Al said before he walked out of the room and left Ed laying there; Weak, tired, and completely alone. Even though he was so tired he could hardly hold his eyes open, Ed just couldn't fall asleep. All he could do was lay there, staring out the window at all the happy children and people enjoying life, wishing he could be like them once again.

Supid shortness... I really try to make them longer, doesn't exactly work tho. Ionly went through this like once after I wrote this cause I'm lazy... so there might be alot of things wrong in it. Sorry if there is anything wrong. heh. Anyways, thanks to everybody who left me a review, faved this, added it to their alet thingy etc. I'm really happy that people actually like what I write! So thanks sooooo much XD And go ahead and criticize anything if its messed up or anything lol. I'll try to put up the next chapter a bit faster this time and I'll try and make it long, but no promises...