Ok, chapter two of tonights update! Aren't you people loved?

Frowning, Roy dressed himself quickly. This was not something he wanted to do. He had been able to get through most of the play with no problem, even the disappearance of Hughes, and the two kisses already given to Ed hadn't done too much to crack his barricade. But this... Whether the alchemist liked it or not, they would be next to each other, touching each other, singing songs of passion to each other... and, in the end, kissing each other. He did not want to consider what would happen to him- either of them really- when that happened. He didn't want to imagine how Ed would treat him afterward. Their relationship had always been rocky at best, but now... What would happen to it now? Sighing, he rested his head on his hands, recalling the conversation between him and Havoc.
Pulling upright, his face set, he turned toward the stage, resolved. He was going to do this. He was going to put his heart and soul into that song and that kiss. And if hew as rejected, well then, at least he'd have that memory forever, right? He'd make the kiss one Ed would never forget, even if it was unwanted.
O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o
Ed hyperventilated. He, under no circumstance, wanted to go out there. Not for any money in the world and any world beyond. Nononononononono! He didn't want to face... HIM. Didn't want...
Yet, not pausing to ask him what he wanted, Faraman shoved the protested alchemist onto the stage, and that was the point in which he could no longer turn back. He was here, on the stage, and he couldn't run. Taking a shuddering breath, he forced out the first few bars before Roy appeared on the stage.
And all was lost.
In that moment, everything he was holding onto, disappeared. The moment Roy looked at him and told him it was past the point of no return. That the games where at an end. The moment he back stalking toward him, eyes holding that something...something... the moment he told him to abandon thought. The moment he held him against his body and the moment Ed realized how warm he was, and that he wanted- WANTED- to stay here, in this embrace.
And he found himself singing. He told Roy he wanted to stay, that he had no second thought- he might later, but right now he wanted Roy damnit, Roy, and he wanted him now. Edward Elric sang. As he sang he poured everything into his voice. He invited- invited!- Roy to take him past that point. Asked him.
Their voice rose together, harmony between the two of them, at least for that moment. Their voices slowly fell, and Roy inquired, begged, Ed to stay with him, echoing the words Envy as Hughes had sang earlier. Ed wanted to cry. For Roy meant every word he said, as he begged with al his being for the alchemist to stay with him, and how Ed wanted to. Except there was this thing called a script...
And they were suddenly running as the chandelier fell. They moved off stage briefly in the chaos. "Roy..." Ed tried to start, but Roy shushed him, before pulling him back on the stage. Ed struggled, as he was supposed to, but it was because he didn't wan to go back out there. He wanted to scream at Roy that he knew, he knew what had been wrong with him. He knew... He knew! But that blasted colonel wouldn't let him explain. Yet he asked him "Why?"
Why? Because al the dams were broke, and the suppressed feelings where pouring froth in a torrent that he couldn't stop, didn't want to stop. Never before had Ed wanted to tell someone something more that this. But he was yanked back stage, away from Roy and quickly pulled into the wedding dress, and then pushed back onto the stage in a whirl of motion and color.
O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o
Roy watched as Ed came back onto the stage, clearly befuddled, and felt his heart drop into his feet. He was so beautiful, dressed up as a bride, so beautiful any time really. And what, exactly, had happened onstage during "Past the Point of No Return?" Something had changed, and he could've sworn that they both sang from the depths of their hearts, trying to express things they never could before. The things they both hide deep inside them...
So beautiful...
Hughes stumbled onto stage. Roy turned away from the vision of angelic beauty before him to deal with his life-long friend. A flurry of voices rose, mocking and hurt, pained and wistful, murderous and mournful. At the end of it all, Ed's voice was the only one left and his was clear as he asked Roy what life he had led that turned him into what he was, cold, calculating, and determined to scarified anything to get to where he needed to be. Then he asked for the courage to show him, that he was not alone. That he was there and he would help Roy. Help him through any troubles that he would face. Because...
The moment they had been dreading and secretly desiring happened. Ed reached forward, and their mouths met, ever so softly, as if Ed was testing the water, uncertain and afraid. He pulled back slightly, eyes clouded, yet clear, as if he finally'd decided something very important. They were kissing again and this one was not soft, but hungry, needing. Ed ended up wrapping his arms around Roy's neck so the colonel could pull him closer, so their bodies were touching everywhere.
Heaven had been found for a few, priceless seconds.
Voices rose from the wings, signaling they needed to part. Roy did not have to fake the tears he was crying. "Ed..." he whispered very softly, so no one else could hear. He pushed the short blonde away the next second, demanding he leave.
"What...?"
"GO! GO NOW AND LEAVE ME!" he shoved Ed away, towards Hughes, who stood starring in shock. He was close enough that he could tell what had happened. Ed jerked back, eyes wide, as if he'd been run through. Forlornly, he moved to stand next to Hughes, who embraced him and pulled him away.
Roy let out a sob and turned away, towards the music box that played Masquerade quietly. He sang along under his breath, wishing he could hide behind a mask, so no one could ever find him again. The short alchemist had torn the mask away, and for the first time in a long time, he felt seen. He wasn't sure he liked the feeling.
A light touch on his shoulder made him turn to find Ed. "What are you doing back here?" he wanted to yell. "Why have you come back? To torment me further? Just leave me be."
Silently, Ed handed the ring Roy had given him earlier during the 'descent' back to the stunned colonel. "As the script commands," the short blonde whispered so no one else could hear before running away into the wings. Roy wondered briefly if those had been tears he saw, or if he was just imagining things to make him felling better. At any rate...it was over. The play, everything was over. The thing that had built up between them slowly, it was gone. All of it gone...
O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o
Ed collapsed onto the sink, sobbing hysterically. "Why? Whywhywhywhy? Tell me WHY damnit!" he gasped out between sobs. "Roy..."
"Brother? Brother, what's wrong?"
Ed turned to see his brother standing there, Havoc peeking over his metal shoulder. "GO AWAY!" he yelled, reason and thought abandoned. "Just leave me alone..."
Al kneeled by his brother, who still couldn't keep the sobs in check. "You can't tell me nothings wrong now, Brother! I want to help!"
Sniffing, Ed shook his head. "You can't."
Havoc knelt by Ed as well, offering a handkerchief. "They want a curtain call, then King Bradly wants to see us, so clean up."
The pained look Ed gave him made him wish he could be more comforting but there really was nothing he could do. Taking the handkerchief, Ed set about cleaning up his face, even though his heart was still breaking.
O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o
Ed glanced around the cast as the curtain call ended, but he couldn't find Roy anywhere. Where could that damn colonel BE? As the curtain fell, Bradly strode onto the stage, followed by Hughes family and a few others. "I would like to congratulate you all for a job well done! You exceeded my expectations by far!"
Hughes ran to his wife and child, who embraced him warmly and told him how proud they were of him, and he laughed. They were so happy with each other.
"Especially you, young Elric," Bradly beamed. "You were astounding as Christine! I knew I'd cast right when I put you for the role!"
Ed smiled, but couldn't bring himself to do more. He needed to find Roy.
Another chapter and an epilgue adn then...it's over! sobs