Envy turned to face Ruby who sat in a daze over what she'd just heard. Envy had just told her what he meant and she just stared away in disbelief that this could be happening.

"I'm sorry I had to tell you like this. He's given you some time before he expects you there." Envy put his hand on her shoulder. "He wouldn't accept anything else."

"You made me his lackey, someone to do his dirty work? How could you do that, I just don't get it, how can you trade my freedom like that?" Ruby laid down on her pillow.

"I'm sorry," Envy whispered. He stood up and walked to the window. Ruby looked up, tears in her eyes as she watched him stare back at her.

"Envy," she murmured. "Wait. I want you to tell me something." She sat up, clutching the pillow in her arms. Envy turned to her and silently sighed with relief that she still would talk to him. He walked over and sat next to her. Ruby looked at him with gentle eyes. "Tell me what happened, please?" He seemed confused by her request.

"Tell you about what?" He asked.

"About when we were together," Ruby replied. She leaned against him and sighed. "I remember being in a desert, with you and two others, but what happened there I can't remember." Envy put his arms around her.

"Well, at first we traveled with Lust and Gluttony. I went off on my own after that, and Lust sent you with me. It all seemed to work out well at first, but after a while you began to be afraid of me." Ruby looked up at him questioningly.

"Why was I afraid of you?" She asked.

"You didn't like how I deceived people and how I would kill." He waited for her to pull away from him but instead she snuggled in closer.

"So I left?" She asked. He shook his head.

"No, you didn't leave yet. First you talked to me about it. I told you that was how I was and you sort of stayed away from me after that, or at least out of my way." He stopped talking for a few moments as Winry began to mumble in her sleep, something about the newest ladies' wear auto-mail.

"Then what?" Ruby asked. She slipped her arms around him. Envy looked down at her for a few moments. The light of the moon made her hair look silvery in the darkness. Ruby looked up at him and he saw the moon itself reflected in her eyes. He leaned down, kissing her gently. She leaned back, pulling Envy down on top of her. She held her hands behind his head, pulling him in for a deeper, more sensuous kiss. They laid there together for a few moments before they remembered they weren't alone. Envy stood, breaking the kiss.

"I should go," he said. Ruby stood up, placing her hand on his shoulder.

"I'll go with you." She said. He turned around.

"If they wake up and find you missing you're making the excuses." He sighed, half with happiness and half with annoyance. Ruby smiled.

"Deal,"

"It's not much but I don't mind it." Envy said, opening a door and leading Ruby into a musty room full of dust and cobwebs. There was a couch that looked like it had been made up as a bed and Ruby lay herself down on in.

"I wouldn't stay in it long, that's for sure." She said. Envy climbed on top of her.

"Good thing you're going back to that hotel later, then." He kissed her forehead, moving down her cheeks, lips, neck then shoulders. Envy lifted her nightgown up, smoothing his hands over Ruby's body as he went, causing her to shiver. He pulled her in closer to him as she began removing his clothing. Ruby's thoughts briefly wandered to Edward but were soon swept back by the gentle touch of Envy's fingertips.