Chapter twenty-three: Back at the hotel
Edward dropped Coniniaue onto her bed, after much reasoning with the maid to let him in. Coniniaue had fallen asleep half way back from the restaurant, so he had to carry her the whole way. 'Gently' wouldn't be the word to describe how he dropped her, but he figured, 'Hello, it's a bed, it's soft.' so he didn't really need to put her down gently.
"This sucks." He muttered. "All those homunculi do is shoot down every good thing in my life. Can't we just get away somewhere where they don't follow us?"
He looked at the sleeping Coniniaue and blinked. She wasn't awake, so she wouldn't know, right? She couldn't get mad and yell at him or something, right? He leaned down and planted a soft, quick kiss on her lips. When Edward was sure Coniniaue didn't wake up, he turned and left, shutting the door quietly behind him.
Ed and Al's room
"How was your date, brother?" Alphonse asked. He was playing with three or four cats.
"Terrible. We got attacked by Envy and Lust." He replied. "Coniniaue is a sacrifice, too…"
"Oh, no…"
"They still don't know how to kill Coniniaue. But killing me is as easy as cutting through hot butter with a knife." Edward sighed, sitting on his bed. "Oh, and those cats had better not jump on me while I'm asleep. I hate that."
"Okie dokie, brother."
Coniniaue's room, midnight
Coniniaue's eyes fluttered open. She had thought she had felt something on her lips several hours before. She sat up and looked at the wall that separated her room from Edward's.
…Nah. Could never happen. Back to sleep.