Disclaimer: The cuties in FMA aren't mine. (sigh)

Chapter 6, Memories

Ed plopped down on the sofa and flipped on the television. He felt so lazy today. After the party finally ended around 11pm last night, he and a couple others started cleaning the place up. Around the time they were finished, it was going on 2am. It didn't bother him too much, though. Everyone had a great time and he got to spend more time with Roy. Ed smiled dreamily to himself.

"I wonder what he's doing today?" He said while flipping through the channels, not really paying attention to what was on the tv. He then jumped at the sudden knock heard at the door.

"Hey, shorty!" Roy beamed at Ed as he walked in past him. Ed was so surprised that he was there, he didn't even react to the obvious poke at his height.

"Where's Al? I had one more gift for him, but I couldn't get it till today. Is he here?" Ed snapped out of his stupor and noticed the nice sized box in Roy's hands.

"Oh, um, he's not here. Winry came and picked him up earlier." Roy nodded and placed the gift on the coffee table. Ed noticed the box move slightly and frowned.

"What exactly is in there, anyway?" Roy grinned a little and lifted the top off.

"Go ahead and look." Ed stepped cautiously toward it and peeked inside. There was a chocolate-colored kitten patting around a ball of yarn inside with a few cans of catfood in one of the corners. Ed looked at the other man.

"You got this for him? He's gonna love it." He reached in and picked up the small kitty. "And if he doesn't like it for some crazy reason, I sure will. Thanks." Roy smiled and rubbed the kitten's head as it purred at the attention.

"No problem. I'm glad someone will like it. Well, I just wanted to drop her off. I'm heading home." He turned to leave.

"Wait!" Roy stopped in his tracks at Ed's outburst. "I mean, uh, do you...would you like a drink?" Roy nodded a smile at the younger man and Ed felt butterflies flip in his stomach.

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"So what made you move here with Al? You never told any of us." Roy asked Edward after they settled down with their drinks and Ed placed the kitty on the floor to roam around.

"Well, my dad and I aren't the best of friends." Ed sighed. "So when Al invited me to move here, I jumped at the chance. The end." He sipped his tea and Roy raised a dark eyebrow at him.

"That can't be the whole story."

"That's all of the story you want to know." He said in a bored tone.

"How do you know what I want?" Ed swallowed the annoying nervous lump in his throat as he locked eyes with Roy.

"Okay. So tell me what you want, Mr. Mustang." Ed surprised himself at how casual he sounded. Roy placed down his mug and reached over to take Ed's right hand in both of his.

"I want to know what happened to you." Ed's golden orbs turned to their hands and he realized for the first time that he never did tell them how he got his strange limbs. It was a difficult thing to talk about because it brought back hurtful memories.

"I..."

"It's alright if you don't want to talk about it." Roy's soothing voice reached him.

"No, it's okay." He swallowed. "Around six years ago, my mom and I were heading home from somewhere, I don't remember, and as we passed a green light, some idiot ran a red one. They hit us so hard that we hit another car and we ended up smashed in-between both." He closed his eyes and felt Roy move closer to him.

"I was knocked out by the impact and I was told that...that mom was thrown from the car." He felt the older man move a hand to his shoulder.

"She diedshortly after the ambulance got there and my right arm was so badly injured that they amputated it and...most off my left leg was torn off from the impact." Ed glanced at Roy's sad face.

"I'm sorry." Ed shook his head.

"It's not your fault. It happened and all Al and I can do is move on."

"What about your father?"

"After the incident, it was just us three for the longest. Things were alright. Dad and I were getting along fine. We had the normal relationship between a father and son. You know, where you get along fine sometimes and sometimes you won't." Roy nodded.

"About four years after Mom's death, Dad wanted to move, but Al didn't. So he found a place here and Dad and I left. That's when we started bumping heads big time."

"What were you fighting about?" Roy asked.

"Anything and everything. He would stay on my back about the dumbest crap. During one of our bigger fights I blurted out that I was...gay." Edward timidly looked at Roy. He had never admitted it to any of them because he was slightly scared, but Al said they wouldn't treat him any different. Boy, did he hope he was right. Ed turned fully toward the other man, who was staring into space.

"You don't think of me any different, do you?" Roy snapped out of his daze and looked at the blond.

"I guess that explains why you never mentioned a girlfriend all this time." Roy smirked as Ed laughed. 'It also explains why he's so pretty.'

"That was the subject ofour last fight. My sexuality never did sit well with him. It's the reason I jumped at the chance to move here."

"How did Al react?"

"He already knew before I even said anything and he accepted me just fine. He's the greatest brother anyone could ask for."

"We won't treat you any different either, Ed. We love you just the way you are." Ed's heart soared at his words. 'Love?' They loved him?

"Thank you. I love you guys, too. You've been great to me and Al." Before he lost the courage, Ed quickly wrapped his arms around Roy's neck and gave the man a tight hug. After the seconds of shock faded, Roy slid is arms around Ed's waist.

Ed took this chance to enjoy Roy's nice scent and the feel of his arms around him. It all felt so good.

"You smell like peaches." Ed laughed at Roy's comment.

"I'll take that as a good thing." It was Roy's turn to chuckle.

"Yes, that's a very good thing." Ed finally slid from his arms.

"Thank Al. He bought me that fruity smelling body wash." They both sat back and smiled at each other. The forgotten kitten suddenly jumped in Ed's lap, catching both men's attention, and curled up to go to sleep.

A shock look crossed the blond's face at the audacity of the thing, making Roy chuckle again.

"I think she likes you." He said as he rubbed her head, causing her to purr immediately. Al suddenly walked in smiling brightly. Both men turned to look at him.

"What did you do to your head?" Roy questioned Al's new hairstyle as he walked in.

"Winry wanted to try something, so I let her." He said still grinning.

"You mean she gave you another lap dance and you melted like butter." Edward teased, mindlessly petting the cat. Al's face lit up.

"No! She just wanted to braid my hair, so I let her do it." Al said defensively. "You like it?"

"It looks pretty cool on you." Roy told him and stood up to inspect closer. He barely brushed his hand against the younger Elric's head, when Al cringed and ducked.

"My head's really sore from her braiding it so tight. So please don't touch it."

"What do you call this hairstyle, anyway?" The dark-haired man asked.

"Cornrows. And who is this?" Al finally spotted the kitten that almost blended into Ed's dark pants and picked her up.

"She's yours. Roy bought her for you. What are you gonna name her?"

"Really? Thanks, man. I don't know. Maybe Cocoa or something." He walked off toward his room with the kitty.

"Well, I'll see you later, Ed. It was great talking to you." Roy gave him a quick hug and kissed him on the forehead before leaving. Ed waved at him from up the stairs in a daze. Al returned with the kitten as Roy got in his car. Ed turned to him.

"Al, I think I'm in trouble." He looked at his older brother puzzled.

"Why?"

"I think I'm falling for Roy." Al's mouth dropped opened.

Oohhh! More drama! LOL! Thanks for reading.