In my last chapter, I noticed pretty much every line had a double space between them. Well, in this one I changed that.
This chapter has like every emotion in it…anger, depression, happiness, all that good stuff…but I'm pretty sure you guys will like the end XD
Warning: relationship change between Envy and Greed.there will be fighting between them.
Reviewers:
xxDreamTheaterxx:yep homunculi and alchemists exist together in this world.but alchemy isn't as well known...yet.
Sexyspoonswillruleusall:thanks!well i've figured out a way.hopefully i won't forget...
NaNa(anon.):Hi! waves thanks for the review, i'm glad you think it's cute!
lol(other anon. person): i guess that would be incest, but i'm trying to figure out a way of making it so Hohenheim isn't Envy's dad.
Shakespeare'sWorstNightmare: thanks!the best?really? wow, i wasn't expecting that!
Disclaimer:I don't own fullmetal alchemist…luckily for Envy
Last chapter: Meet the homonculi
"Ah, Envy. At it again?" comes a smirking voice from the hallway.
Envy winces, knowing exactly what he means…
"What do you mean Greed?" Greed pushes himself off of the doorway, and walks towards Envy.
"Another victim…You always were a player." Greed looks down smirking, knowing that he hit a soft spot.
"What the fuck are you talking about!" Envy seethes, his anger rising.How dare Greed call him a player. Or anyone, really. But Greed? That man was a walking definition of a pimp, causing Envy and the others many sleepless nights and unwanted company pretty much every day.
Greed's smirk doesn't falter as he says "Not only that, but with guys. Now I'm even more convinced I'm better than you!"
Envy clenches his fists, anger surging through him unlike anything he's ever felt before. He lunges at him.
Greed quickly takes his fur-collared coat off and turns to rock.
Envy's fist scrapes the hard material under Greed's chin. "What's the matter bro? You were so nice to me earlier today…" he says slyly. Envy huffs and watches his wounded knuckles heal. He blindedly lunges at Greed over and over again, counterattacked every time. Greed brings his clenched fist up and strikes Envy's jaw. He falls back, and Greed pins him down raising his fist to punch him again.
"Stop it…" Wrath whispers shakily from the top of the stairs.
"STOP IT!" he raises his head, looking the two in the eye.
Greed laughs at his foolish brother and goes back to his business under him.
Suddenly, a wall forms from the ground and sends Greed flying down the hallway. Wrath stands there, head down and arms firmly held against his sides with clenched hands shaking.
'Wrath…'
He wordlessly walks past Envy and into his own room. Envy hangs his head. Wrath hates it when they fight, and Envy knows it. 'You're right…Wrath.'
Even though none of the homunculi will admit it, they are so much stronger together than on their own. After all, all they have is each other. (A/N heh, I didn't mean to make that sound like Ed and Al.) Sighing, Envy gets up and pauses at Wrath's door before entering his own. The homunculus closes his eyes. But sleep doesn't come. He's still haunted by Greed's words. Yes, Envy did have a bad past with cheating. Nothing thrilled him more than getting away with it. But he didn't realize until now what fueled the need to have more than one lover.
'I felt used…like I wasn't needed. So I consoled myself with another guy. 'No, he wasn't going to do it again. Not after what happened last time. It just worsened his feelings of being used…And why did he feel used? Because he's a homunculus.
Many have told him that he was better than any human.
Envy clutches his pillow.
'No. It doesn't bother me anymore…'
He sighs in defeat. Now more than ever, he longs to hear Ed's voice. It's not cheery, and has a sense of comfort to it. Almost like he's hurting from something, but not letting it show. Envy's eyes widen at the realization.
'Edo…What's hurting you?'
He stares out the window right above his bed. Only 3 blocks down from his house Ed is thinking about the exact same thing Envy is wondering about.
Back with Ed and Al, the older blond flops around on his bed unable to find a good position to sleep in.
'He's alive…I know he is!'
And Ed is right. Hohenheim is alive.
After learning more about alchemy, which is unknown to most people right now, he discovered the law of equivalent exchange. Human kind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That something was Hohenheim's body. After Trisha's death, he returned to her completely guilt stricken and tried to bring her back. The result is now known as Sloth.
'I hated you so much, father. You lied to me every day without even realizing it.'
Ed knew Sloth was formally his mother just from looking at her. To his relief though, she didn't talk the whole time they were there. Maybe she recognized them? But it doesn't matter; Ed just doesn't want Al to know he was only a few feet away from who was once their mother.
Well, he doesn't have to worry about her hating them. Atleast not yet. He could tell the homunculi didn't know what alchemy was, due to the lack of response to his gloves. Anyone who is familiar with it knows the alchemists wear those white gloves.
Ed props himself up on his elbows, and climbs out of bed to watch TV.
"Brother, you're awake?" Ed walks into their living room rubbing the little traces of sleepiness there might be in his eyes away.
"Yeah, couldn't sleep. What are you doing up?" Al drops his head at the question.
"Do you ever wonder why dad left us?" Al asks in a soft voice.
"So we were thinking about the same thing…" he mutters to himself smiling, quickly recovering from the shock of his brother's unexpected question.
"Al, he isn't worth our time."
Widened chocolate colored eyes meet golden ones in shock/anger.
"How can you say that! He was our father!"
"He abandoned us, or don't you remember? That sick bastard even had enough nerve to come watch us suffer from the misery he put us in!" Ed replies with equal anger as Al's earlier comment.
They always get worked up over this subject, but Al never listens to Ed when he tells him to just let it go. Al, being a few years younger than Ed, has no memories of his mom or his dad and only knows them from Ed's stories. And yet he somehow finds a way to stay positive.
Al narrows his gaze.
"I'm going to bed." He says, voice dripping with resentment causing the other to huff.
Not too long after Al left him lying alone on the couch, Ed finally falls into a deeply appreciated slumber.
Meanwhile
Pride pulls on the lantern-shaped light to his left and steps into the elevator, which descends right away.
"So, the Elric brothers are alive?" Dante's taunting voice comes from Lyra, whose body she is currently occupying.
"Yes. They were even at our house today."
"Kill them."
Pride snaps his head up to meet her gaze.
"But, why?"
"They were wearing white gloves, right?"
"Yes, they were."
"Kill them before they find out who you are. Have Envy do it."
The next day at school, Envy finds Ed struggling to put a book in the top of his locker.
He walks up to him. Beep Shameless flirting/teasing mode: Activated.
"Hey shrimp." He smiles, and pushes the top of Ed's locker closed trying to hit him in the head.
"Oops, forgot you were so short."
"Who are you calling short, palm tree?" Ed looks up at the mock pained expression on Envy's face, who then crosses his arms.
"You're just jealous."
"Of what?"
"You're too small to pull off a palm tree look."
Envy takes great pleasure in teasing Ed. The look on his face is just too cute.
Ed storms off down the hallway to gym, Envy in tow.
"OK guys, for today's activity you need a partner!"
Envy grins at Ed, and locks his arm with his.
The blond glares in response, regretting ever going to meet Al's friends.
'Please be football please be football…" Envy wishes in his head.
Oh how fun it would be to tackle the chibi. Throw in a few cracks on his height, and you got a very entertained homunculus.
Right now, all Envy wanted to do was make him squirm. Any attraction one might have for the other is simply superficial. Well, for now.(A/N just to clear that up. I know a few people might think I'm moving too fast. But really, it's all superficial. Only about looks right now.)
"Everyone have partners? Alright! One partner go get a soccer ball."
"I'll get it." Ed mumbles and runs with the heard of boys that are going to get the equipment to play soccer.
"I hate soccer…"
"Is there anything you don't hate?"
"Go away Greed. I don't feel like dealing with your shit right now."
"Has that ever stopped me before? But anyways, you're going all out with this one, aren't you?" Greed asks, talking about Ed.
"Personally, I don't see why you'd want someone that short." Greed says after getting no response from Envy.
"I don't, and I hope he heard you say that."
Greed smirks. "I know you, Envy."
"Do you really, Greed? Because I'm not so sure about that." Envy's eyes meet Greed's, who eventually looks away from not being able to hold the older homunculus's intense gaze.
Greed grabs his arm. "C'mon Envy. Let's be partners."He pulls his arm loose. "No. I already have one.""So you're just going to leave me by myself!" he snaps."Yeah." Envy answers flatly. Maybe if Greed hadn't started last night, they would still be getting along. But Greed always does this, and Envy notices his desire to hook up with Ed growing. He was going to prove Greed wrong. But to do that, he needed his chibi.
The tension is broken when said blond pulls him away from Greed and to where everyone else was.
"What the hell was that back there?"
Envy looks away. Now is defiantly not a good time to have Ed discover Envy's past.
"N-noting. I'll tell you later."
"Okay" Ed says slowly, curiously.
Armstrong starts on the rules of the game, and Envy leans closer to Ed.
"How about we skip? He already took attendance, so we can't get in trouble." Ed looks at Envy in shock. "Are you crazy?" Envy ruffles the shorter 'teens' hair. "That hurts, chibi. Surely you should've noticed by now that I am." Ed nods slowly. "Alright. I'll go." Being the somewhat 'good' person that he is, Ed has NEVER skipped. But something about spending all day with his crazy friend sounds intriguing. And also it's the beginning of the year, they can't get in that much trouble.
Being new here, Ed doesn't have any friends except Envy. And he's already noticed people ignoring him.
'I might as well get as close as I can to him. Obviously him and his family are the only friends I'm gonna get.'
"Edo, are you coming or not?" Ed snaps out of it to see Envy walking towards the door leading out of the gymnasium. The rest of the class, including Mr. Armstrong, has gone outside.
They sneak out to the parking lot unnoticed, and Envy asks, "Where do you want to go?" Ed contemplates it for a while. Does he really want to be alone with a homunculus? "Well I haven't been to the mall here yet…" Envy pulls Ed, satisfied by the answer until he realizes he doesn't have a car.
"Mmm, Ed there's a problem…" He runs his hand along the back of his lengthy hair and smiles innocently.
"What?"
"I don't have a car." Ed sighs.
"Fine, we can go in mine."
"You have a car?"
Ed nods and points to a medium-aged looking car. It wasn't too snazzy, but wasn't too old either.
"I'll drive!" Envy says running past Ed and opening the drivers door. "Since you're too short to see over the wheel!"
Ed sticks his foot out trying unsuccessfully to trip the homunculus, and pushes him over into the passengers seat.
"If you wanna live long enough to go to the mall, you might wanna take that back."
"And what are you gonna do? Not only do I heal quickly but I'm immortal also!" Envy crosses his arms and sticks his tongue out at the blond, who returns the gesture.
Ed starts the car and begins the 30-35 minute long trip to the mall. The ride was relatively quiet, besides his questions on where to go and what the mall is like.
"Don't worry Edo." Envy flashes him a smile before turning the radio on.
Ed's nerves are shot. First, the sneaking out, then Envy made him self-conscious so now he's always checking to make sure he isn't straining to see the road.
They finally make it to the mall, and enter hottopic first. "Hey, this is where I got my jacket!" Ed fingers the cloth to his red jacket. "I got my clothes here.""But, I thought you shifted them to that?" "You're no fun, you know that?""What's the matter, wanted to fit in with what I said?" This causes Envy to snort. "I'm kinda hungry." "Homunculi eat?" "Short little blonds ask so many questions?" Envy mocks him. "Well sorry for being curious!" "Apology accepted." "Smartass…" Oh, this was just too fun! Ed could tell Envy was just trying to piss him off, so he didn't let it affect him. To be honest, it's been a long time since he spent time with anyone other than his brother. He kinda liked it.
"Now that you mention it, I'm hungry too."
"Pizza?"
"Sure. Ah! Envy, you don't have to hold my hand. I'm not a little child you know."
"I'm pulling you, not holding your hand. And you're younger than me. You look tall enough to pull off a child though!" Ed glares at him.
"Exactly how old are you?"
"A lot older than you."
"Really? Wow, that tells me a lot."
"And you say I'm a smartass…ok if you must know I'm around 400…somewhere around there." Ed's jaw drops and Envy chuckles. "Don't look so surprised kid. You know I'm immortal. Hey, there's the pizza place." Envy shakes a dumbfounded Ed, who snaps out of it when he hears the name of food.
They get a table and order a large (we all know how much Ed can eat XD), when Ed suddenly realizes something.
"You're lying to me!" he points in Envy's face accusingly. "If you're 400 years old, then why are you in school?"
Envy grins.
"That's easy. The school wasn't built until recently, and we never moved."
"Ohh…" Ed blushes, feeling guilty for mistrusting his friend.
Envy cocks his head as he notices the reddish tint to the chibi's face. He couldn't tell if he was blushing, or if the place was just too warm for the chibi because it wasn't that deep of a red. He lets it go though, and they finish up.
"Mommy!" Desperate wailing comes from outside of the pizza place.
"…The hell?" Envy mutters looking to see where it came from. Ed runs outside to see what all the commotion is, and finds a crying 3 or 4-year-old looking girl hovering over a broken doll that seems to be made of porcelain.
Ed claps his hand together and touches his hands to the floor right in front of the doll, which transforms back to one piece. Envy lazily walks out of the store right as he does this, and is thankful he wasn't holdinganything at the time for he would've dropped it.
"You… can do that too?"
Ed looks up shocked. Maybe he had underestimated the homunculi.
"I thought only Wrath could use that…"
"You mean alchemy?"
"That's what it's called?"
Ed suddenly realizes his mistake. Nope, he hadn't underestimated the homunculi.
'Oh shit… For some reason I know I'm gonna regret telling him what it's called…"
"Yeah, but forget about it. It's nothing." Envy watches him warily, but decides to listen to him.
Ed glances down at his watch.
"Envy! We need to back to school!"
"Hm? I'm not going back there…"
"What? We could get in trouble! As far as the school knows, we attended first period!"
Envy shakes his head and lets out a small laugh.
"Ed, it's the beginning of the year. They won't do much." Ed relaxes at the familiar sound of that comment.
'Funny, that was my excuse too…'
Envy stretches. "Well I'm bored. Wanna go home?" Ed sighs. As much as he hated to admit it, he knew going home meant Envy was leaving him. He didn't want that.
"Sure." He sends a forced smile Envy's way and they head out to Ed's car. Without warning, Envy starts running as fast as his skinny legs will carry him to Ed's car.
"Hey!" Ed speeds off after him but isn't fast enough.
'Damn short legs…'
"I'm driving, shorty!"
Ed catches up, and thankfully has the keys. He grins mischievously.
"No you're not." He dangles the keys in front of Envy who dives for them.
"Oh c'mon! I wanna drive!" he pouts which makes Ed's grin widen.
"You have to promise not to call me shorty anymore."
"Ok I won't call you shorty, shorty."
"Envy!"
Ed soon finds himself pinned rather harshly against the car by a certain half dressed homunculus who is intent trying to fish the keys out of Ed's hand.
He feels himself slowly forget about the task at hand, until there's a tugging sensation coming from the keys in his hand. No, he won't let Envy have those keys! He closes his hand tighter and pushes Envy away.
"Oh, Envy look! I'm gonna open this door…" he taunts, watching Envy's expression in entertainment.
He pushes the key in and turns it, putting his back to Envy when he lashes at him trying to wrench the keys away from him. Not getting anywhere, he snakes a long slender arm around Ed to try to either pull it out, or distract the other long enough so he can.
Actually, Envy didn't care at all who drives. He'd discovered early on how competitive little Edward is. He knew Ed would try to tease him by letting him get almost close enough to get his goal. But Envy's goal and what Ed thought it was were two different things.
Ed finally gets the door open and Envy pretends to pout. Oh well, he had gotten his fun.
The ride home consisted of alternating between playful teasing and talking calmly. But Envy noticed how Ed's smile never faltered. He was glad to see Ed happy, which was one part of his goal. When is he gonna achieve the second part? Eh, not even he knows.
Ed pulls up to his driveway instead of taking Envy home hoping that maybe, just maybe he'd stay for a little while. Poor Ed was lonely, because he knew Al was over with Wrath.
He stops right in front of his door, and Envy watches him intently. The look of true happiness wasn't enough. Not at all. He wasn't confused, or thinking about anything. Ah, but not for long. Envy couldn't resist his chance. He leans down and captures Ed's lips in a short, soft kiss that's impact would make anyone's thoughts reel.
He turns to walk down the road, and says "See ya at school tomorrow, Ed."
Eyes half lidded in satisfaction, and grinning ear to ear due to no response from the blond, Envy walks home with one hand on his hip and the other twirling a stray strand of hair around his finger.
Did you like? Forgive me, I couldn't stop writing! I'm completely messing up the story line, yet I'm keeping Envy'sage. Confused? Soam I…and I'm changing the whole Sloth thing. Hohenheim created her, instead of Ed and Al. it was the only way I could think of it making sense, since Al has his body and Ed has his limbs.
Next chapter: Pride comes back to the homunculi with masters' orders. He sits down with Sloth and Lust to decide who is in charge of exterminating Ed and Al.Envy is obviously out of the question, so they decide not to even tell him about it.Will they chose Greed, who is no match against Ed's alchemy or Wrath, whose lack of experience might not help when trying to kill Ed and Al. It's up to you, the readers. Tell me in reviews! I personally want Wrath to fight…