Playing with Fire

Chapter 2- Listen to the Kindles

By-frapachinocrazy4

Disclaimer- I don't own FMA or any of its characters.

Rated M for language

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Note- '- - -' means separation of places. Like from the library to outside or something. It also means large time periods are passing or a point of view change.

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A young girl giggled as she jumped onto the crudely drawn hop-scotch square and bounced forward with one foot held high behind her. She stopped at what looked like a 7 and turned, picking up a cool grey rock and tossing it against the cool concrete. It bounced a few times and she skipped forward to the top of the numbers then off the drawing entirely. She clapped enthusiastically, taking the rock into her hands once more and trouncing forward to another, smaller boy who was waiting eagerly to have his turn. He cheered as she passed the stone to him. He grasped it tightly in his tiny palm and tossed it with all his might, landing him an eight on his first try. He smiled as he readied himself to hop, excited that he'd finally have a turn at this game. He turned back and did a little thumb's up sign to the girl and bounded into the air. He landed perfectly on the first number and proudly stood there before steadying himself to hop the rest of the way. But right as he was about to jump to the second square, a pair of bodies stumbled over him, pushing the boy into the ground. He sat up with a scraped chin and knee, his face confused as to what happened then let out a wail, tears streaming down his little face. The girl looked frightened, then angered and she rushed off toward an open door closing it hurriedly behind her, only to come back with a taught faced woman. Their mother. The woman's face changed from annoyed to worry as she heard her son's cry and she closed in beside him, taking his hand and lifting him into the air against her chest. She patted his back and whispered something into his ear. He turned slowly understanding his mother's words entirely and pointed toward the fleeting pair of strangers who had hurt him. She scowled then hugged tightly to the boy, took the little girls hand and strutted off towards their home, slamming the door behind her.

The pair looked back franticly just to be sure no one was following, then they paused to catch their breath. "Damn it Al!" Ed gasped, "Is it too hard to wake me up sooner so we wouldn't have problems like this? And how do you trip over a kid? He was standing straight up too! I mean, I was late before but this is ridiculous! It's ludicrous! How am I supposed to tell Colonel Bastard why I'm late? 'Oh sorry! My little brother just tripped over a kid as we were trying to get over here and broke. No biggie though. Only the third time I've been late this week, right Colonel Buddy? And, hey! Lucky us the kids alright. I mean, poor brat could've died!'" The red coated blonde clicked his tongue impatiently through his heavy breaths of air as Al fixed his twisted metal ankle. Al felt anger rise into his cold metal body be he held it and calmly replied, "Well. I'll remember that next time brother," he stood up and rolled his metal shoulders, causing a creaking squeak of metal on metal, "And I didn't mean to hurt the poor kid. You're just really hard to keep up with sometimes and he was just there…" Ed just huffed and gave Al a look before turning off toward Headquarters his bright red coat trialing after him. Al sighed and raced to catch up with his brother.

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Roy leaned back into his chair and clutched his chin curiously. It was eerie how quiet the room that surrounded him was. He could hear his own heart pounding furiously and frivolously inside his chest. It was so silent that if he had had a pin with him, it would surely make a sound if he dropped it, and it made him worried. Usually, by now, Full Metal was already in, complaining about god knows what. But it seemed as though he didn't plan to come to work at all today. I mean, sure he'd been late before, but never like this. Mustang scratched at his hair. In fact, he was the only one who had come in today besides Riza giving him the usual on signing some 'important' papers before three. But she had left almost immediately afterwards tapping her head and complaining about the newest members of the military. Part of him wished she had stayed so at least he wouldn't be all alone but he knew that she would watch over him like a hawk (no pun intended) to be sure he got his work done. He heaved a sigh as he stood fro his chair and moved toward the window closest to him, folding his hands behind his back and glaring out the panes. He rested there, watching thick clouds float along the bright summery skies and watching all the little people scurry about on the streets looking busy. His eyes darted from one person to another making a game out of guessing where they were going. He spotted one in particular with a vibrant coat and a huge metal body following him. At first he didn't quite realize who it was but slowly, it clicked. He snickered and moved away from the window to place himself back into his chair. He looked over a few papers for a moment then signed them waiting patiently for the sure sound he was here.

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"…but seriously I am so fucking late!" The alchemist mumbled mostly to himself, lifting his metal fist into the air and pounding against the wood. It didn't surprise him when a rather amused voice answered his knock and told him he was welcomed in. Ed strutted into the silent room and looked about, "hey, where is everyone? Are they sick?"

The man just shrugged and continued to stare at the blonde with a smug, harsh grin, the silence settling awkwardly over the room. Roy's eyes gleamed brightly and mirrored the superior look of his smile. The hairs on the back of Ed's neck bristled.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Ed felt panic course through his body and had to swallow the sudden urge to run from Roy. Something about his looked seemed much too familiar for the blonde, and it wasn't a familiarity he felt pleased about. He stared long and hard at the face until Roy cleared the stillness, "So, Full Metal," He stood up slowly, his coat that was bunched under him, falling down his legs.

…The fuck?

He ambled toward the boy, "where's your little brother then? Did you loose him?" Roy looked about in mock worry then twisted behind Edward like a serpent, and closed the door, locking it. He turned from the door and grabbed Ed's arms roughly, bringing him closely to his body. He whispered something into his ear and nipped at his lobe, making the boy yelp. Roy licked his lips and pulled away, releasing his hands. Ed's eyes were bright as he leaned forward and left a hungry kiss on the mans face. A smile spread on Roy's face as he again whispered into the boy's ear.

"See you tonight."

Ed merely nodded and easily unlocked the door, pulling it open and waving the man off. His face held a confused smile as he walked down the long corridor passing Al up along the way. The metal figure stopped jogging, turned and followed his brother without questions.

-As soon as I saw you, the spell was cast-

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Well. That went not exactly as planned. I mean, I don't have it set in stone of how the story is supposed to go along but I do think this gives me an idea of how to at least keep it on a normal stage.

Please Review and tell me what you think. I will update soon.