Disclaimer: I own the stars more than I own this anime, Fullmetal Alchemist.
Not Quite Ready for Tomorrow
2 Weeks Later
I'm finally allowed to leave the hospital! After two weeks of stomach-turning food, ugly nurses, and depressing ill patients, I'm practically running from these white walls. The only thing keeping me in check is my right leg that is still mending. I have a slight limp, but it's not enough to attract attention. Tomorrow I start school again, but tonight I'm going to rest up for the straining day that'll come.
'Tomorrow I'll go to Mustang-san's class. Tomorrow I'll have to see him again. Tomorrow… I'll have to pretend like I don't want to throw myself in his arms every time I see him. Tomorrow… is gonna be hell!'
Next Morning
I'm late for my second period. During athletics I didn't do much. The coach continued to encourage me to workout every day and strengthen my legs so that I can get back on the court for the 4th or 5th game. Walking down the silent halls, my heart races faster with each step I take. Finally arriving at my dreaded destination, I slowly reach out and pull the sliding door to the side. Limping silently through the doorway, I glance swiftly at my raven-haired god's face, where an incomprehensible emotion swam beneath the pale features. As I sit down painfully, numerous students turn around in their seats and attack me with a barrage of questions… 'just like on my first day.'
Smiling at them I reply, "No, no, I'm fine. It only hurts a little. Really… I'm fine."
'I'm fine? Am I really?' I stare down at my desk as Sensei calls the class back to the present assignment. The rest of the class passes slowly, and with only two seconds left till the bell, I hold my breath in anxious expectancy. When a minute passes and no bell, I stare up at the clock in confusion. The hands have frozen in time. Panicking, I stand up swiftly, knocking my chair to the floor, and glance around the classroom to see if anyone else has noticed.
My heart leaps as I realize that not just the clock has stopped. My peers' faces are frozen in place. Some of them have their mouths agape because they were talking as this phenomenon occurred. My heads snaps upwards as I hear the sharp slap of a shoe on the marbled floor.
I gasp slightly as Mustang-san approaches me slowly. My eyes widen in fear, and as his hands come forward to grab me, I scream and take a step backwards. As I trip over my own backpack I fall backwards, and Sensei, who has clutched at my shoulders, falls with me. Upon impact with the ground my vision becomes crisp and clear before blurring once again and plunging me into a void of darkness. But in that one instant when my vision was cleared I caught a glimpse of the entire class staring at me oddly. 'What just happened? Weren't they just frozen a moment ago? I'm so confused… again!'
Mustang's POV
I'm startled from my teachings as I hear someone's chair clatter to the floor. I'm not in a very good mood today, and I'm prepared to rip the arms off of anyone who pisses me off! Swinging around, I'm startled even more to discover that it is Edward who has disturbed my class. As I open my mouth to reprimand him, I notice that his eyes are impossibly large and filled with fear. An invisible hand clutches at my heart and refuses to let go.
Quietly and slowly I make my way toward the befuddled youth; I nearly stop in my tracks as his terrified amber eyes land on me. Soothingly I reach out to him and call his name, "Edward… Ed, what's wrong? Ed, please calm down… you're going to hurt yourself." As I grab his shoulders he screams and falls backwards, I know I'm going to fall with him, but I can do nothing to prevent it. As the back of his head collides with the hard tile I feel the vibrations move through his body and up into my arms. Hastily, I pull myself off of him and look into his now unconscious face.
Picking him up, I, again, carry his lithe form to a room to be treated. Laying him down on the school nurse's bed, I leave him to the skilled hands of the 29 year old man.
I can't stay with him. I'm afraid he'll ask something of me and I won't be able to say no. I need to go home. I have to go home.
Quickly striding down the halls to the office, I try to think of a good excuse to go home. Once arriving at the dark wooden doors of the Principal's office, I reach out and knock shyly, even though I've yet to come up with an appropriate reason.
I hear a light irritated, "come in," through the thick walls, and move to enter.
I open the door just wide enough to let me through, and I stand with my back to the open door. I feel very insecure in here and I wouldn't willingly close myself in with this man for anything.
He's a good looking man… down right seductive, and he's only 28, but there's just something about him. The dangerous air of a predator surrounds him, and his eyes hunger for the prey in me.
He glares up angrily at the intruder, but his eyes suddenly soften and then abruptly turn sharp and lustful once he recognizes me.
Clearing my throat slightly, I say, "Envy, I need to go home. Can you call someone to cover for me?"
A small grin snakes its way along his face as he commands quietly, "close the door." Hesitantly, I reach behind me and pull the door closed. With the sound of the click of the shutting door I feel as if I'm being encaged with an enormous venomous snake. Fear shoots up through my spine as he hisses, "come here."
Slowly I inch forward, but I stop abruptly as Envy walks around the side of his desk and stands in front of me. Gently, but firmly, he pushes me down so that I'm sitting on the front of his desk. He places himself between my slightly spread legs and leans down to run a finger along my flushed face, his other hand reaches over to peel my shirt away from my quivering skin.
"Env…" I try to protest, but how can I? He's my boss. If I resist I'll be fired and then… I won't be able to watch over Edward anymore.
I feel his warm breath on my face before he presses his lips down on my own. His hand twists in my hair and pulls my head backwards, causing me to gasp in pain. Like a mouse injected with the poisonous venom I freeze as his silvery tongue slithers into my mouth and steals my last breath from me. I feel as if I'm drowning, as if I'm being swallowed in a raging river. I can't touch the bottom. I try, but my feet can never stand still upon that solid ground of innocence. I've lost it. My world has crumbled. And though I want so desperately to put it back together again -----I can't… I won't have Edward's innocence decayed like mine was. 'I won't allow it!'
'If I'm to be fired then… so be it.'
Grabbing Envy's shoulders, I roughly push him back, and as he stumbles slightly I slap him hard across the face. Standing up, I face him and shout confidently, "Envy, I quit!"
Envy's red face twists in shock and confusion, but before he can pull me back and stop me, I quickly spin on my heel and turn to leave. As I swing the door open I bump into a smaller form on the other side. My eyes widen in horror and I hastily stride away as I recognize the slight form to belong to Russell.
A/N: Ha only two chapters left… just 11 and 12. The 11th chapter is called, He's Taken? It's all about Ed and his feelings for Roy, but you'll just have to wait and find out exactly what happens. I had a football game Thursday that I had to attend, since I'm in the marching band and we have to perform. Good Gosh but it was hot! It was about 100 degrees Fahrenheit, thankfully we weren't wearing our WOOL uniforms! Oh Man! I was just outside feeding my dog since it's the middle of the night here it's pitch black out there and I couldn't see anything, so I had to feel around blindly for the hose knob. Then I was filling his water bowl and the little ants bit the friggin hell out of me! Damn little devils! Now my feet feel like they're on fire… oh well I'll get over it. By the way, I made Honors Band this year, the highest band in my school, I'm soo happy! Now for the reviews to my reviewers!
Reviewers!
XImperfectlyX: Well, I'm glad she made you read my fanfic and the FMA manga! I haven't read the manga… just watched the anime. Are you siblings or something? Or just friends? Sorry, I'm just abnormally curious! Thanks for reading and reviewing!
AlchemistX: Hey, your school schedule sounds like mine. School, marching practice, home, supper, chores, homework, then I got like 30 minutes for the computer before it's bed time. What practice do you have after school? Are you in some sport, or choir, or something else? You might have already told me, but I can't remember… bad memory. Thanks for reviewing!
Mirai Maxwell: I'll try to write more of FMA, but I'll be working on a Weiss Kruez story right after this one… actually I'll probably start that fanfic this weekend, maybe tomorrow. Have you ever seen Weiss? I saw the whole thing, but I don't remember much of it. I read the fanfics for it before I ever saw the anime so that's why I fell in love with it Well, only two chappies left. I'll miss you sooo much! (weeps)
Fadingwind: Guess you're gonna have to wait and see who silly little Eddy ends up with. MWAHAHAHA! I'm not giving you any hints, but I'm sure you can make an educated guess. It's pretty obvious… atleast to me it is, but I did right the fic, so that might not count. Hee hee
Sqferfan: That's ok about not reviewing the other chapters, though I woulda liked it better if you had. I'm very very lazy when it comes to leaving reviews. I usually get so caught up in the story that I keep pressing ahead a chapter to read instead of leaving reviews , either that or I don't have time to leave one. Oh well, thanks for leaving, I think you've left two so far. Wow, you're from Australia! My story is getting around the world! I'm sooooo incredible happy! Thanks for answering my question, not many people told me where they lived. (tear) Thanks!
The New Shinigami Hikari: Yeah instruments do cost an awful lot! Oh well, I have a crappy flute but that's ok cause I play fine with it. It's amazing how many of my readers are in school and play in bands… it's really funny, at least it is to me. Thanks for reviewing!
Fireprincess alchemist: HA! I ended with another cliff hanger! I don't know, will Ed ever get Roy? Or will he settle for Russell? Guess you'll have to find out for yourself cause I'm not gonna tell you ahead of time! MWAHAHAHAHA, hee hee, the power I hold over you is amazing! I'm so glad you like my story, sorry if I made you sad with the last chapter, I hope this one was better… at least there was a make-out scene although it wasn't completely mutual liking. Thanks for reviewing!
Kaori-chan: I know that The Ring was originally I Japanese movie, but since Ed is from America I figured it made sense that he had seen the American one and not the Japanese one. Plus I hadn't scene the original so I didn't think it'd be wise to write about something I didn't know too much about… bad move. Yeah yeah, I'm glad you told me how you felt about the quick relationship, it didn't bother me. I like to hear yall's opinions, that's what the review button is for after all! Thanks for reviewing!
AngelKelly17: HA! Don't kill my main character! Then, I couldn't finish the story if he died… and that'd be just horrible! Now wouldn't that be sad? Funny little comments though, thanks for them, they were fun!
RejectedAndLoved: Hey, go us, with the family problems! We totally rule! Woo Hoo! No, I'm just kidding. How many siblings do you have? I have one younger brother, but that's it… thank goodness. Yeah don't ruin the ending for the other people, I'm glad you have an idea about what's gonna happen. I hope I don't disappoint you! I'll try to make a fun 'official' get together between the beloved couple! Thanks a bunches for your LONG review!
Anime-phantom: Oh wow, you don't like yaoi? I hated it at first. I was like, 'omg! That's gross! Eewwwww!' But now that I'm used to it I think that it's interesting. Wow I might convert you to yaoi-ism, that's music to my ears. The best compliment I've received so far… right along with the person who said they didn't like FMA, but they liked my story! I'm so happy! If you don't like yaoi why did you read this story? I'm just curious… I asked the other person the same thing. And the website is or . I don't think fan lets you put up websites on the stories. So, hopefully that'll show up if I don't put the www. At the beginning.
Koolmint26: Well, I can't tell you what happens, but I'll just say that it's safe to read. It won't make you cry, so don't worry. Sorry I didn't mean to make it terribly sad. I'm so sorry, please forgive me! Thanks for reviewing though!
Just a rambling romantic: I did write the next chapter soon, is this soon enough for you? I hope you liked this chappie too. Well, thanks for reviewing!
Thanks everyone for your reviews and even if you didn't review, thanks for reading! Love you guys!