Points of Authority

Wow! I keep feeling so loved! Eight reviews already, and I'm only on my second chapter! (Well, okay, this makes three… whatever…) Yay, I'm not the only EnvyxEd fan out there… X3 Oh! This was really cool, I thought. Chiruken reviewed on my story (HI! XD Sorry, had to do it.) and I'm totally obsessed with her story, The Pact. You should totally read it, it's an awesome EnvyxEd fic. Honorable mention, don't you feel special. XD No, I'm just kidding… :ducks and covers:

Disclaimer: … Uh… Uh… I don't own it? But I'd really, really like to.

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When their breathing had leveled and become regular, Envy silently pushed open the window of Ed and Al's room and slunk in. (A/N- Heh heh… slunk…) He stood over Ed's bed for a moment, contemplating just what he should do to the chibi. He decided that, first off, he needed to get Al out of the room, since there was no humanly, or inhumanly in his case, way to injure him and make him incapable of coming to his brother's aide. He thought for a moment, and came up with the perfect answer.

Sneaking out of the room again, he climbed down the side of the building, coming to rest on the ground below the Elric brothers' window. He looked up, grinned slightly, and gave off the most convincing kitten-in-need mewl that he could muster, which was pretty convincing. Sure enough, not but a minute later, the younger Elric snuck out of the hotel and made his way down the street, looking for a kitten in need.

Envy snickered as he made his way back up the side of the building and climbed back into the window. He leaned over Edward's bed, grinning like a maniac. A happy maniac.

He sat on the side of his bed and pondered what he could do to mess with his head. Several ideas popped into his head, not one of them that would end with a happy chibi. Then, an unwanted (A/N- I use that term loosely…) image popped into his mind's eye of him and Fullmetal sharing the same bed. Willingly. That sent him into a state of momentary shock. 'THE HELL! What was that!' He shook his head vigorously, trying to deter any more images of that nature, then continued on thinking about all the ways he could torture the pipsqueak. He played with the idea of simply smothering him to death with a pillow, but decided that not being able to see the look on his Chi— …………… On the Chibi's face as he died was no fun.

Seeing as he was lost in thought, he didn't notice when the object of his musings open his eyes, stifle a frightened shout, and pick up the lamp on the bedside table. He didn't even notice it when it was thrown at him. But he sure as hell noticed it when the damn thing hit him square on the head.

"Oh… OH! OWWWW! DUDE! WHAT THE HELL! I WAS JUST SITTING THERE!" Envy screamed, clutching the side of his head. (A/N- Real quick. Have any of you ever been hit with a lamp? I mean, really hit? It hurts. Bad.)

"Yeah, it's the fact that you were sitting there that made me throw it! What the hell are you doing in my room!" Ed snarled, transmuting his arm and glaring flaming daggers at the androgynous palm tree. The palm tree in question, however, simply sat in the corner of the room, cradling his now healed wound and pouting.

An uninvited smile found its way to Ed's lips. Really, the image of the indestructible and undefeatable homunculus sitting in the corner of his room and nursing a now nonexistent wound was quite a comical sight. Against his will, he laughed. Envy sulked some more.

"Oh, thanks, add insult to injury, why don't you?" he pouted, pulling his knees to his chest, wrapping his arms around his legs, and resting his chin on his knees. Ed simply shook his head. He then looked to the side, where Alphonse was supposed to be. He glared back at Envy.

"Where is he?"

"Oh, you mean your otouto-chan? He's chasing a nonexistent kittie around East City." Envy grinned, pleased with himself. "I must admit, I make quite a convincing kitten."

"……………And you're proud of this?" Ed looked at him dubiously.

"Well sure. One of the few things I do well."

"Oh, come on. You've gotta be able to do more than that."

"You'd be surprised."

"I'm serious."

"Name three."

Silence.

More silence.

"Erm… Okay, so maybe not."

"Toldja. Well, okay, I suppose that arson is a specialty… so is murder… and so is theft. So, there's three right off the bat. You need to have more faith in me, Hagane no."

"Yeah. Have faith in my sworn enemy. That's funny."

"… We're sworn enemies? When did we swear on that? I don't remember that." Ed smacked his forehead.

"It's a figure of speech!"

"Oh. Of course. I knew that."

A silence fell between the two. However, this was an unusually comfortable silence, one that was unmarred by the usual tension and apprehension that came with the two boys being in the same room together. This simple fact, however, made both the most uncomfortable they'd been in a while.

"So… erm… Why're you here again?" Ed finally broke the silence.

"I was coming to exact revenge for you basically busting my forehead open earlier, but you threw that god forsaken lamp at me before I could think up a good plan. Now I have to get revenge on you twice."

"… Then why aren't you getting revenge on me now?"

"Because you're expecting it now, baka! I can't very well get revenge on a totally aware enemy. You'll be expecting anything I do."

"Good point… Where is that lamp, anyway?" Envy pointed to a heap of broken pottery and electric wires lying desolately on the floor, looking for all the world like… well, like a broken lamp. Okay, a butchered lamp. "You do know that I'm going to have to pay for that lamp, right?"

"You lie. You can just use alchemy to fix it."

"…"

"Yes, yes, I know, damn my genius."

That made Ed laugh, and that made Envy rather angry. "Oi, did I say something funny, Shrimp?" Edward's laughter stopped, and he grabbed his pillow and chucked it at Envy. He caught it with ease and was, in a flash of movement, on Edward's bed and beating him with his own attempted weapon, a delighted grin upon his features as he watched the teen try ineffectually to block the blows. A chuckle escaped him.

Edward heard it and sent him a glare. He would be damned if he just sat there and took that. He lunged at Envy, tackling him, and sending them both flying off his bed and onto the floor, where they landed in a rather awkward position. Ed was astride Envy's hips, his hands pinning the Sin's to the floor, their fingers intertwined. All curses on Ed's behalf and laughter on Envy's died away instantly as they realized the close proximity their faces occupied. Both sets of eyes were wide, both's cheeks were dusted with a light shade of blush, whether from their previous activity or the feel of the one on top of the other neither wanted to guess.

Suddenly the sound of hollow metal footsteps interrupted the silence in the room, signaling a certain someone's return. Both turned to the door. Then, in not a second's time, Ed found himself sprawled on the floor, the window curtains fluttering in the gentle evening breeze. Ed stared out into the pitch-blackness, wondering if what had happened really had. And that was how Alphonse found him when he walked in, sprawled out, legs splayed in front of him, supported on his arms, leaning backwards, looking out the window into the night.

"Brother…?"

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Whew. Wow. That was… Hard to write. I figured you guys wanted to see me move it along… I've got a very vague idea where I'm going with this fic, and I'm trying not to rush anything… It's hard, though… -.- Whew… Man… Okay. I'm done. Erm… That's all until tomorrow, I suppose… I actually may not be able to post tomorrow… I'll try, just for you guys, though. lol Yeah, because I know you care that much… Well, don't forget to review (Please? I love them. They make me feel happy. Start my day off well… I read them before I go to school, ya know… ) and don't forget to read Chiruken's story, The Pact, too! It's awesome, I'm telling you.

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