Chapter 2

Oh my God! I cannot believe I just said that! But, it's true. I sigh and shape shift my clothes back on. I have doubts that I'm really in love with him. I'm a homunculus! No soul! If you have no soul, you can't love, right? But, that would mean you couldn't hate, either, and I can definitely hate.

"Envy!" calls Sloth from another room in the house. I get up and walk to the door, fully intending to walk down stairs at yell at her for disturbing me. "Envy!"

"I'm coming!" He he… coming. When I reach the bottom of the stairs, I still have a smirk on my face. Sloth sends me a glare and I swear that if looks could kill, I'd be six feet under, pushing up daisies. Yet, she keeps on her perch in the living room.

"Do you think it's funny, Envy?" she asks me, her voice as cold as liquid nitrogen.

"Well, I just said the word 'coming' and it made me think of something…"

"You stay away from Wrath!" She stands up, ready to kill me if I make a subtle move. I feel my eyes widen. "I can't let you hurt him. He's too young for all that."

"A: He's actually older than you. B: How the fuck do you know about that?"

"You made my baby scream. How was I not supposed to know?"

"Trust me. He's no baby… Heh, sorry about it, but I really don't care what you want me to do. That's not really your business, is it? You know, what I do in my spare time?" I turn to leave, go back to my bedroom, maybe find Wrath, maybe tell him I love him, maybe tell him we can't be together. Maybe, I should tell him that I love him and that's why we can't be together. That seems like the key. My ticket out. He would still know the truth, but I'm sure that he, being a homunculus would understand.

As I walked up the stairs, once again, to my room, I thought about what she had called him, "her baby." The only thing 'baby' about him was how tight he was, other than that, I don't see how so. He could move his tongue in such wild fashions that there's no way that I was his first kiss.

I reach the top of the stairs, but instead of going to my room, I go to his, Wrath's. I look down at him, sitting on the window sill, just looking out at the people there. He turns and looks at me, his violet eyes shining with tears. "Wrath…" Something about seeing him like this. I can't end it while he's like this.

I approach him, "What's wrong?" I ask.

"Mommy said we couldn't be together anymore."

"Do you always do what that old bat tells you to?"

"Y-Yeah."

"Well, I don't. I just take what I want. And…" I put my arms around him, "I want you." He buries his face in my chest, and I kiss his head. "I won't let her push us around. I just won't"

"Envy?"

"Hm?"

He leans towards me and kisses my lips softly. I return the kiss, though I don't know exactly why. I did just resolve to stop all this, right? But, I can't bring myself to do it. He's just a kid. He shouldn't have this effect on me, right?

I hear the door, but I ignore it, having a gut-wrenching feeling that it's Sloth. I was right, and now she's staring at us. Wrath buries his face in my chest. "Wrath?" she calls out to him, but he's not moving. A turn and glare at her.

"Won't you just leave us alone, you old hag?" I growl, making her flinch just a little bit.

"I was just coming up to check on Wrath, but seeing as you are here, I'll have to deal with that as well." Her arm turns to liquid, quickly circling around my back.

"What th…?" I was cut off though, as the water that was Sloth's arm dove into my throat.

"Mommy! Stop! Mommy!" She looks down at the child, quickly trying to decide my fate. "Mommy, I love him!" he screams at her.

Her arm retracts from my throat, and I can once again breathe, thank whatever God happens to exist. Hold on… did he just say… "I love him," he whispers into the heavy silence that has formed between us.

Without a word, Sloth turns on her heel and leaves. I look down at Wrath, now latched onto me, "You love me?"

"Yes, I love you."

"I love you, too, Wrath."