Envy only looked even more pissed at what Lust had said and just turned away and stomped over towards the kitchen. Duo was breathing irregularly and he felt very faint, but he knew he had to stay on guard until exhaustion finally overwhelmed him. Envy disappeared for a while and the house became silent enough to hear Gluttony's stomach repeatedly growl.

"You can relax boy," Lust seemed calm, but she never really seemed that upset in Duo's opinion. "Envy will probably leave or go out to some isolated place to take out the rest of his anger. He does know better than to mess up this plan or Father will not be happy with us at all."

Duo did start to relax and soon he was dozing off as his breathing began to even out finally. Lust watched as the boy fell asleep and started to walk away with Gluttony trailing close behind. She walked off toward a bedroom and sat down so she could have some time for herself to think.

"Why would that boy be so important to us? To be quite honest, he's strong but he's also so stubborn and has yet to abandon all of his humanity... There's a chance that Greed won't get that body..." Lust stared out at he bright sky outside and began to wonder how long they'd be staying in Resembool.

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Edward opened the door, not really caring that he was loud doing so or that Winry had snapped at him to get out. He went over to her and stared straight into her cobalt blue eyes as she hastily tried to wipe away remaining tears.

"Please just get out! I can't talk to you right now... I have a lot of work to finish before tonight!" Winry tried to sound firm and like she was ordering him out, but couldn't manage.

"Winry, I'm sure there's someone much better for you besides me... You know Al's always had a small crush on you, and he's also the most mature." The alchemist tried to make Winry smile and started to succeed. "Not to mention, you'll never have to get mad at him for breaking any automail since he'll be human again soon."

"Ed you're such an idiot..." Winry said with a smile and suddenly hugged Ed and took him by surprise, "You've always been so selfless, and then I tried to act like the victim..."

"I never blamed you for anything like that Winry. And I can understand how me just saying that I've had guys for lovers so unexpectedly, I know it must come as a great shock and pain for you." The blonde stood up and offered his hand to Winry, "I guess I should let you get back to work now."

As he turned to leave he could hear Winry say something faintly, "Thanks Ed..."

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Heero was restless as he thrashed violently in his sleep. Once again he was dreaming of Edward and Duo, but it wasn't all as clear now as it had once been. All of it seemed as if it was just randomly thrown together, and Heero knew why when he rolled off the bed and woken up. Even through all the blur of the events, one thing he clearly remembered was that the guy Envy had taken off Duo's cross when he had first turned into the Greed guy.

"I have to get somebody to help me..." Heero stood up and walked out of his room and towards the living room where all the lights were turned off. The only thing that was lighting up the room was Quatre's computer which he had neglected to turn off since he never knew when he would need it next.

Heero could see that there was a message flashing on the screen that was an e-mail from the people who were working on the time machine. As he rushed to get there, he accidentally almost tripped on the vacuum cleaner which was right in the way but he didn't care as he started reading the message.

All the color drained from his face as he reread the message another three times before finally taking in what it was saying. "There are major setbacks... And it'll take another few weeks before it's actually finished..."

Sighing, the brunette slumped down into the chair nearby, "Will I ever see Duo again...? Even if we're not really lovers anymore, we'll always be best friends until the end... right?"

Everything seemed so wrong just then, after all that Heero and Duo had been through together they were now torn apart by something that nobody could truly control. It seemed wrong that fate had decided such a thing for them, but at the same time Heero realized that it was also helping them begin to see other people who may be even better for them than they had been for each other.

"How can I think that?"

"I wouldn't worry about it, Heero. Tomorrow we're going to see a fortune-fortune teller and maybe she can help straighten all of this shit out." Wufei smiled as he came down the stairs, "You should just allow your mind to rest for a while longer and let Quatre worry about what's going on with the time machine."

Heero didn't say anything, but headed immediately up the stairs anyway. His expression was solemn and only made Wufei wonder what he could do to keep the boy out of depression. After he heard the door open and close quietly, the Chinese boy went towards the kitchen.

"Then again, I didn't know that Heero was still really in love with Duo... I thought that Quatre might be able to take his place and eventually he'd heal from the accident, but I guess I was wrong with that too."

Dark eyes observed the kitchen as if expecting that distortion of the air to be there again where it had appeared before. He hadn't seen anything like it since that day, and almost wished he would sometime soon at least to confirm that he hadn't been hallucinating that time. Finally he gave up until he noticed something else that was out of place.

On the counter directly opposite of him, a clown mask lay to catch his attention. At first all he did was smirk and look the room over once again before heading towards the parlor area.

"Come out clown, I don't feel like a game of hide-and-seek."

Trowa stepped out of the shadows as quiet as a ghost with his usual air of silence around him. Without much of a greeting, Wufei led Trowa back through the kitchen and up the stairs to a spare guest bedroom as he went back to his own room.

"Are you sure you want me to go with you to the fortune-teller? Or do you think Heero would really want to see me right now?"

"Just come along with us tomorrow, and I'm sure you'll be able to make Heero feel a little better since he knows he has the three of us still." Wufei smirked, "And if you feel lonely, just come over to my room and I'd be happy to keep you a little company."

"That also reminds me, I believe that Relena may come by for a visit sometime soon. It appears she's finally heard about what happened and might either take that chance to try and get Heero back or maybe just to comfort him."

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Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, and I'm sorry to any fans of the Winry/Ed pairing but at least I didn't bash the crap out of her, right?

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