Oh my God, I am so sorry that I was gone for so long! I became obsessed with Final Fantasy VII and Naruto lately and haven't had much of an inspiration to write this until the massive amount of reviews I got! By the way, I dedicate this chapter to Shawnee for making me feel all warm and fuzzy inside because of your awesome review that made me feel special! Yep! And... I don't own FMA. Yesh.


The kiss lasted for around two minutes before Elysia felt Envy fall into her arms. She looked down to see him unconscious, looking somewhat like a fallen angel. She placed him on her back, getting déjà vu as she did so, and then smiling when she remembered the first time she really met him.

She took him back to her house, running as fast as she could. As soon as she got to the door, her hand stopped on the doorknob. How in the world was she going to explain this to her mom?

'Yeah, mom, this is dad's murderer. Oh, and by the way, I'm hopelessly in love with him, so I'll just put him on the couch and you can meet him when he wakes up, okay?'

She winced at the very thought of that. Gracia would kill her for that! Either that or go crazy and chase Envy around with a pistol or something. She felt Envy nuzzle the back of her neck unconsciously, groaning as he did so.

"Elysia…?"

She turned her head a little bit to look at him, or part of his face anyway.

"Yeah."

"W-what are you doing?"

"Saving your life…again…"

"I…"

"Don't even think about saying how you don't have a life."

She heard a very soft laugh come out of him and he slowly got off her back. She stood in front of him. His eyes were just like she remembered the moment they knew they were in love. They were gentle and not homicidal at all. There was no insanity. Not even the cat-like slits in his eyes made them any different.

Right when she was in thought about his eyes, Envy placed a hand on the side of her face.

"Why did you do that for me?"

She looked at his hand, then back up at him. This was it…The final moment of truth. They had never said anything vocally to eachother about loving eachother. Heck, she didn't even know if he really loved her back! He was a dead alchemic being with no soul and a very devious and evil mind while she was a living, breathing human being who was way more compassionate than he was.

"I…I…"

'Come on Elysia. Just tell him! Say it! He'll probably say the exact same thing!'

"I…"

'SAY IT RIGHT NOW!'

"Because I love you…"

Envy's eyes went wide.

"You do?"

She nodded, feeling tears come to her eyes. She didn't know why she was crying. They both knew the feeling was mutual.

"Yes, Envy, I love you. I don't care what you've done or anything like that! I mean, I do care, because he was my dad, but… For some reason, I'm in love with you…"

He looked away from her, dropping his hand to his side.

"Elysia…I love you too."

This time, it was her hand that went up to the side of his face. She tilted his head so he was looking right into her eyes.

"Tell me that, right to my face. Don't look away from me."

Staring directly into her eyes, he finally said it with all that could possibly left of his soul.

"Elysia Hughes, I love you."

And with that, he wrapped his arms around her neck and kissed her with a force that made her stumble backwards a little. But she got over the initial shock and kissed him back. He pulled back and looked at her. Green met purple and he smiled at her.

"The first time I saw those eyes…Ten years ago…"

He paused and looked down his feet.

"I felt pain for the first time in a very long time. You weren't very old, just a little kid. I didn't know what I was feeling, because I wasn't supposed to be able to feel anything, but you made me feel pain, and guilt, and anything else that went along with it. Now when I look at you, I only feel love…"

She was amazed. This couldn't be the same Envy everyone had talked about, right? But she remembered when Edward had said something about Homunculi being humans at one point. Maybe this was the human Envy. The cold Envy that had been raised by Dante couldn't be the same Envy standing before her, could it?

The door opened next to her and Gracia stood there, her eyes wide.

"E-Elysia…who is this?"

Elysia didn't know what to say. Envy looked like he didn't know either. In fact, he looked somewhat dazed. Gracia stared up at him.

"Who are you?"

He opened his mouth to say something, but Elysia spoke before he could.

"This is…well…his name is Envy."

Gracia's eyes got even wider.

"He's…one of them?"

Envy looked down at Gracia.

"If you mean Homunculus, then yes I am."

She gasped, then gasped again when she saw the tattoo on his hip. Her eyes became filled with tears.

"Then…you killed…my husband."

Almost without any emotion, if any at all, Envy nodded. Elysia noticed the rapid change in his personality automatically.

"Yes, in cold blood, without a second thought."

Elysia turned and stared at him in horror. Her eyes slowly filled with tears again.

"…But you…you said that…"

She then noticed the slits in his eyes became very thin and she gasped. He was going back to his original self. He was only playing with her again. She took a few steps back, her eyes wide in shock.

"You said that…you felt guilty! What's wrong with you!"

He only shrugged, turning his head away from Gracia and looking at Elysia.

"You're really gullible, you know that?"

She was in complete disbelief. Then a surge of anger came over her and she glared at him.

"Leave, right now."

He did his classic smirk and closed his eyes. Gracia looked at him with the same expression her daughter had. A low and evil laugh came from his throat.

"Apparently you two are not aware that I can kill you without a second thought. Just like I did to dear old dad, right Elysia?"

"Go away…"

"Aww, poor Elysia. Doesn't this scene seem so familiar Gracia? The anger, the sadness, the lamenting? Music to my ears. Your daughter is pathetic."

Gracia clenched her fists, trying to hold back the insane anger coursing through her veins. Elysia, on the other hand, was holding back the tears that were attempting to get out of her eyes. Envy saw this and grinned even wider.

"You don't get it. You were playing one hell of a dangerous game, Miss Elysia. Pathetic, completely pathetic. Don't you get it? I'm dead, and I can't feel a thing. I can mask myself, and how I act. And you fell for it. You sicken me."

"SHUT UP!"

With her fingers bent, she smacked him so her nail marks were imprinted in his left cheek. He blinked, then sneered at her. The nail marks disappeared and he shrugged.

"As you wish."

In an instant, the glittering blue alchemical light appeared and the next minute, a crow was standing where he was. It spiraled into the air and disappeared, leaving a sobbing Elysia and a furious Gracia. Elysia ran into her mother's arms. Gracia stroked her daughter's hair reassuringly.

"Shh…it's okay…"

No it wasn't. It would never be okay.