Surprise, surprise guys! Another chapter! Sorry it took a minute, I was going to finish chapter 3...or 4 (can't remember which) of L&L, but I was feeling more for this story than anything, considering you guys deserve another :D I hope you all enjoy it. there's been a lot going on with another expecting visitor in my home, and with repainting the house, and new furniture coming in, I've been super super busy! So, with our further a due, number 7!
I don't own Greed, ling, or any of the other characters 3 ENJOY!
Chapter 7: Two Sides of a Coin
She lifted the phone to her ear, unsure on whether to respond. She had to admit, she was also somewhat afraid. Afraid of what to say, or how to explain where she was, "H-H-Hello?"
"Ja-, ne-...Whe...y-...C-, Hea..." She hadn't expect there to be so much static though. She had to pull her head away squinting her eyes to the sound that nearly popped her ear drums, but hesitantly brought it back, "Owe. Hello? Mom? Hellooooo! Can you hear me? Mom?" God it was like static from Silent Hill to Janelle, she could barely hear a word coming from her mother, but it was definitely her voice coming through the large amounts of static before it gave out, "What the..."
"What was that all about?" The brunette looked up to the homunculus staring at her strangely, almost intrigued by the strange device in her hand, but none the less, Janelle was more into the call than his question.
Although after a second, she did answer, a little lost in thought, "I think that was my mom on the other line. I'm not entirely sure. It sounded like her, but there was so much static I could barely make out what she was saying."
"From your world?" He asked crossing his arms, his eyes still fixated on the girl, watching as she brushed her hair behind her ear as she turned to him fully.
"Yeah. Strange that I was even able to recieve a call at all...How is that possible?" A first, Greed didn't say anything instead he crossed his arms and shrugged to her curiosity, "Who knows. Anything's possible." He said repeating her words she said to him not that long ago.
Janelle remembered it as well and laughed as she shook her head and closed up her phone, "True, true. I guess we'll just have to wonder about this later."
"Yeah. Let's get you back to pops before he scowls me for keeping you to myself." Seeing his face with a cheeky smile, Janelle made a face at him, and rolled her eyes, not able to help the smile still printed on her face.
"Heh, funny...Keeping me to yourself. Oh, wait! you wanted to tell me something. What was it?"
"Huh? That was random, but...Uh, it's not important. I'll tell ya later, let's just go."
"Oh come on, now I want to know what it is." She whined her head slumming to the sigh as she gave him a pouty face, hoping he'd tell her if she gave the puppy dog eyes but he only waved his finger at her with a chuckle, "Ah, ah, later. Promise."
"Mm...Oh, you better. You can't just tell me you one thing and then say nevermind. Drives me insane." As much as Greed wanted to reply with an even more devious response, he decided to keep it to himself for the mean time, and smirked to himself as he watched the brunette walk away, slightly disappointed.
He had to admit it, she wasn't all that bad looking. Actually she was more cute than sexy. Well, she had her perks, full size chest, wide hips, thick thighs, but what got him more amorous about this girl was her face. That face of hers always brought a smile, more often so when she pouted and became irritated. He only wondered what else he could distort that face into, but unfortunately for right now, he had to stand his ground.
Well, that was until he could feel the back of his head itching, and then a slightly headache digging into the back of his skull. Considering the sound of the chuckling, it must've been Ling, I wouldn't if I were you...At least, not just yet anyway.
Che, what makes you think I woud've done it so rash?...Stop trying to predict what I'm about to do 'prince'. He put such emphasis on the title of the boy, that it only made Ling put up his hands in defense.
Hey, I'm just saying.
Well, don't. In any case, I thought you of all people would be more overly protective of this girl.
Heh, you know you've asked me that once before and I still stick with my answer...She can handle herself. But if anything happens to her, then I'll really give you such a headache.
Punk...
Greed shook his head viciously, trying to keep his thoughts contained for the mean time, until he felt it was time to return this favor of the xingese prince.
Of course, This made him curious as to when this occurred or why the two were so close after such little time. And once the avarice had his chance he was going to ask Janelle what is it that made the prince so special to her.
"You first." Her voice suddenly gripped him when they came back to the elevator in the Furher's empty quarters, god knowing why she was hesitant to enter, but when Greed did so, going first that is, he put a hand in his pocket, and the other grabbing the girl by the waist pressing her onward inside with a small meeping sound leaving her throat, "Don't be such a woose Janelle."
"I'm not a woose!" She whimpered, "I just don't like elevators." She mumbled the last part now looking down at the man's hand snuggled against her comfortably. Janelle didn't really know what to say or what to do about it, except blush as she looked up to see the avaricious staring down at her face.
Greed could see her timid feature and smirked the nicest way he possibly could, but it only made Janelle gaze away at the wall next to her, clearing her throat uneasily. "Am I making you uncomfortable?"
"No." She replied softly, still avoiding eye contact. The avarice just snickered, and held her closer, making her body heat up more and more. Then the sound and the movement of the elevators caused Janelle to gasp and jump into the avarice more.
"I take it you had a bad experience?"
"Once. B-Back when I was 13. I was helping my b-, I mean my ex with his stuff from storage...I got stuck one of the elevators, and it fell two flights down. I thought I died that day." Being only to imagine the girl's fright and experience, Greed held her a little closer trying to rub her side with some helpful comfort.
Which, surprisingly, helped, easing the uncomfortibly of the boys proximity, "Hmph, sounds scary."
"It was. When they found me I was clinging to the side, and wouldn't let go. I barely remember anything except the fall, and the ride in the ambulance, I was just that in shock." She tried to laugh about it, but by the tremble in the girl's tone, Greed couldn't help but feel sorry for her, and held even tighter. Maybe it was Ling doing it somehow in his subconscious, but still, his emotion for sympathy was there.
Being Janelle she was unaware of her own actions, also held onto him back, remembering everything, and feeling his broad chest against her hand clenching to the seam of his trench coat. Especially when she felt a rumbling through the elevator she was pressing her face into him now. When the ride down to the bottom had cease, and the doors had opened it was only then that Janelle released her grip on the avarice, and sighed in relief.
When Greed guided her out of the doors, Janelle's grip had loosen and her racing heart had settled just a bit, until she came to, and looked up at Greed who was looking ahead, "You think you'd be okay from here?"
"Um-, yeah. I think so. Sorry didn't mean to be so clingy." She softly laughed it off, only to see that Greed look down at her now after they released eachother, shrugged with a hidden feature, "Oh I don't know, I kind of liked it."
"Ha, ha, I'm sure you did. Anyways, let's get going. I'm sure we're late. Plus, I want to see what your dad did to my DVD player. I'm sure he's taken it apart by now." She thought of the worse, but as she thought about, she didn't think that he would've taken apart. But now it had become a reality as she thought about, "Oh crap! I never thought of that! I really hope he didn't!"
"Hey wait slow down! come back! Do you even know where you're going?"
"No!" She frantically ran down the sewers walls trying to remember which way they had come from, and amazingly she had a good memory for it when she came bursting through the doors to find that Father HAD torn her dvd player apart.
Her mouth fell agape, sucking in air that felt like it was stuck in her chest as her heat floated to the top of her throat, "Ah, you're back." Was all he said, ignoring the obvious distraught look on the girl's face, "Where is Greed? I heard he was with you."
"Wh-What. The. HELL did you do to my DVD player! Look at it, it's in ruin! Why! Can I just ask that? Why!" Father cocked a brow at the girl as if she was crazy, a look Janelle had gotten a million times before and only pointed a stern finger at him, "Don't give me that look! I was hoping you'd just examine it!"
"I am." He replied even more stern frowning and obviously annoyed by the girl's loud volume.
"NOT LIKE THIS! I STILL NEED SOME WAY OF GETTING HOME!" She retorted her hair frizzed by her hands running back and forth through the strands in a panic. She didn't understand why she didn't see that coming before, but just then Father sighed to calm his own nerves as he explained.
"Don't fret so much child. Really, I can easily reassemble it with the same alchemy I used to heal your would. Or did you forget that little detail?" Hearing this made the girl's face fall flat.
"Uh...Oh Yeah. Heh, heh, actually, I did. But still, you could've warned me first." She rubbed her arm shamefully and only felt more embarrassed when she heard Greed behind her laughing. She growled glaring in his direction, and if anything it stiffled his cackling, but he was still none the less laughing. Janelle rolled her eyes, and looked back to father with a huff and ruffled the front of her hair in frustration, "ANYWAYS, what exactly are you trying to do, I could've told you it wasn't my DVD player that got me here, it was the electrical storm back in my world, and truth that decided pulled me through when I touched the device. Thus, bring me to this place."
"Yes, but it's still a fascinating device, I've never seen anything like it. What was it used for exactly?"
"It plays discs produced under both Video and Audio technical standards, two different and incompatible. Like Music for example. You could burn the audio to a blank disc-, I mean copy it to a disc such as this one." She picked up the disc that was already in there. Her FMA disc that she happily grinned at, "And it plays. But unfortunately the disc and DVD player together can only be seen and heard if hooked up to a television or a computer."
"And what are those things?" He asked, apparent question marks showing around his face.
"Uh-, tell ya later. It's hard to explain all this...technology isn't one of my hobbies. I'll tell you this much though, it's not like your radios you have here, but it does seem your world does have little technology. Like telephones, and as I mentioned, radios. We have those too in our world. I guess the only simplest way I can explain a computer or TV is to say, it's basically something that helps the music of video play, so you can see what's on the list or what's on the disc itself."
"Hmm..." Father began to rub his chin again, apparently thinking to himself more than anything which he liked to do, and then looked to Janelle...Then Greed, "Take Janelle to her room now, I have some unfinished business here, and once I'm done, you two will be free to leave."
"Why can't I just roam Central's HQ? I mean seriously, there's nothing to do down here." Janelle asked not thinking of WHO she was asking, but definitely noticed the strange gaze that Father had given her to her question.
And now pale, Janelle cleared her throat and tittered nervously at the man, "I-I mean, whatever you say. Let's go Greed." She began to fast walk away from table, again not sure on where she was going until she heard the avaricious, "Uh, it's this way kid."
She must've turned fifteen shades of red from how worked up she was getting, but face palmed herself and did a quick turn around as she walked passed the snickering homunculus, "See ya Pops."
"Oh and Greed?"
"Yeah?" Turning to his father, he could see the flare in his creator's eyes as he began to frown at his son, "These are orders, do NOT let her leave until Envy is to come and get her. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yeah, yeah, I hear ya. Hey Jan, would at least wait for me! You don't even know where the hell you're going."
"So, keep up with me then!" She retorted still embarrassed by her bad directions.
"Whatever. Take a right here." While still being in front of the homunculus, Janelle listened as he directed her to the room she was given, only to find that the lights were already on, and a meal had been placed on the table for her.
Just then, her stomach rumbled loudly, causing her to look back at Greed with a blush. He definitely heard it, smirking down at the girl as he gently pushed her through the door way, "Eat."
"How long has it been sitting there?"
"Not long probably. I'm assuming they brought it down when they heard we were coming back. Now eat woman I can here your stomach from here."
"No need to get pushy Greed, I'll eat when I eat. Isn't Ling hungry too though?" She retorted only to have the avarice lean forward a few feet away from her face and chuckle, "Maybe. Why you know his belly better than me?"
"Yeah well...I could say I know his eating habits." She eyed him knowing that the prince was listening and smiled softly before turning around and takinga deep breath.
She eyed the food carefully, seeing the steam rise from the bowl, and her mouth becoming dry from the delicious smell, "Don't worry it's not poisoned."
"Don't say that. It'll just make me paranoid. Although, I gotta say it does look good." She laughed sitting down at the table and taking a small bite of the soup that was left behind. A first she wasn't sure of it, but when she tasted the flavorful stew, her lips lifted to a wide smile, and without another thought began to inhale it.
Greed watched intentively from the bedside, his legs crossed like his arms, and his eyes closely watching the hungry said girl. He couldn't help but think she was cute when she ate, but could only wonder when the last time she ate. From how she reacted to the food, it seemed a few hours.
And with wanting to keep the air flowing with conversation, Greed blew his bangs to the side, and leaned back against the bed with his hands, "So, you said to pops that this world was just a book and video right?"
"Mm-hmm. Well, you started out in a book."
"So, that made us non-fictional characters? I'm not real?" Janelle had finished the last of her food, turning around with a puzzled face, concerned even, "Why would you say that? You're real now aren't you? In our world you maybe non-fictional, but here...Well, it's obvious what you are."
"Okay. another question."
"Yeah?"
"Are there others that know about me, about the homunculi?"
"Uh...Yeah?" She was almost baffled Greed would asked such stupid questions, but she decided to let him ask so he could feel content with himself. But the next question that came was one that nearly made her fall out of her seat, "Do I have fans?"
It was then the girl nearly snorted and fell back onto the floor, but she quickly caught herself giggling at his question, "That's an understatement." She was grabbed her side, and stood up to sit down next to the humanoid homunculus to see only his smirk grow into a grin.
He liked the sound of that, "Really? Do tell."
"Well, anyone that's read the book or seen the show have their own set of favorite characters. Ling has his, Edward, Al, you..."
"Do I have alot?" He asked proudly.
"Well, from what I've seen..." As she remembered one of the times she cosplayed at a convention, and as she snickered, she looked back at Greed laughin,"Yeah." He stopped and pondered a moment still thinking about these new found people he never knew of and leaned into the girl. Janelle shifted her eyes from him to the table, not sure on what he was trying to get at until he leaned into her ear, causing a chill down her spine, "Are you?"
"A-Am I, a what?" She asked trying to pull her head to the side. Why'd he have to always be so damn close to her?
"A fan~?" He purred.
"Uh-, I-,...uh-um-," Her face burned instantly. How was she suppose to answer that! That was more or less a personal question, and something that she didn't want to tell 'him' of all people. Sure, she'd tell others she was a fan of the show or Greedling, but to say it to his face, It was kind of hard to with how close he was. How he was looking at her, and undressing her with his eyes. It made her heart race and her face cherry red until she felt it was about to burst.
"Heh, just by your reaction alone, I'm assuming that's a yes?" Damn it! He knew! And it made it even worse that he was brushing a finger up against her arm, "Stop that!"
"What? Did I do something wrong?" He laughed, "You know, I wouldn't mind if you were. Actually, I'd be kind of flattered by it."
"No, you're just-, too touchy feel-y! And too close to my face! Just because I said I 'like' you, doesn't mean I want my answer to boost your ego! Besides, Ling's a chara-, I mean a person I like too."
"I can see that. By the way you two were making google-y eyes at one another, I'd say you like him a lot more than you'd like to tell." Again, Janelle couldn't respond...
Except with, "Okaaay, I don't want to talk about it any more!" Now trying to turn herself around from the greedy homunculus eating at her insides, it only seemed she made a complete fool of herself when she attempted to look away, and twist her feet around one another, falling towards the only table in the room that was close enough to her to grab. luckily she was able to catch herself just in the knick of time, but unexpectingly Greed himself had jumped up in time to help lighten her fall by gripping her by the girl's waist.
Unfortunately, as much as he was merely helping, the position they were in, was an odd one. Janelle looked back, her eyes widening and her nose as red as a tomatoe. Her heart felt like a steam hammer in her chest as she looked at where Greed hands laid just at her hips, his body barely touching her heated one and his chest close to her back.
Janelle stiffed in return, and slowly removed herself from the awkward position, "Thanks."
"Don't mention it." It seemed awkward silence was the next best thing, but then, just as Janelle sat down on the bed with a small poof of her bottom, Greed suddenly had the urge to become curious once again, attempting to get rid of the heated moment before he did something he really regretted. Like scaring her off with how skittish this brunette could be, "So, can I ask...Another question?" He asked rubbing his neck.
"If you need to. Ask away." Janelle was expecting him to reply, but when she sat down he did the same next to her, staring at her with a look that seem to be unreadable.
Stared...And he stared. And stared until he made Janelle blush and swat his arm softly, "What?"
"Well, again, it's about Ling."
"Uh-huh?"
"You said you liked him." He tredded carefully with this one, or so Janelle could see by the way his eyes were moving. Apparently Ling was the one asking the question this time.
Well, until Greed asked, "Why?"
"Why? I guess because he's very...clowny."
"Clowny?"
"I mean he's funny. He makes me laugh, even when he's up to his usual antics or pissing off Ed." She laughed a little at the thought, but kept on going, "Also, he's...Sweet. He's caring, and...Even though I'm not techinically one of his 'people' He told Wrath that I was. Like it didn't matter what race or where I came from, I was still...One of his own. He..." She stopped gulping back, trying to hide the last part of what she was about to say, but only turned her head away to face the head board, and mutter the last part for the homunculus to hear, "W-well, when he rescued me...I kind of felt...Special for once. No ones ever made me feel the way he does...As pitiful as that sounds, I mean, I've been through alot in my life as short as it's been, and it never occurred to me how Ling and the others have been the only ones to be genuinely kind to me, to treat me like a person. Guess, I never had that feeling before. Feeling needed, and wanted by others. I've been used and abused, which is why my mind falls emo in most situation. At one point I actually swore of man handling. It wasn't too long ago, but I don't know that could all change. Maybe."
"Heh, never heard of a woman who sworn men before. Any peticular reason why?" Hearing this question only made Janelle look to Greed surprised. She wasn't expecting a question like that, and she didn't really want to answer it in case he would laugh at her purpose of not wanting to be involved with someone.
Then again, she shrugged and kept her eyes down at the floor as she responded, her feet fiddling with one another in a nervous habit, "I have my reasons. But it's just as I said before, I've been used and abused. I just-, had bad experiences, and have very little trust for anyone. That's all. I-it's not important anymore though."
"Did something bad happen?" He knew she mentioned something bad DID happen, but he wanted to know what could've been so tramatic. Maybe he really didn't want to know but it was too late to take bck his question.
For Janelle, it wasn't worth talking about. It just hurt too much to bring it up even as she clenched her chest when she felt the raw emotion,"I don't want to talk about it! It's personal!"
Greed shrugged and moved closer to the brunette pressing his shoulder into her as he tried to catch her eyes, yet she still kept them to the ground, "Well what if I want to get involved with you. Would it change your mind?" That definitely got her to look at him, her eyes widened with shock, and disbelief. "You must be joking. You of all people? Come on now."
"Heh, sort of. What if I wanted to-, I don't know, have a little fun with you?" His face was like a chessure cat, his thoughts running down pervert lane. And Janelle knew it, and only laughed at the idea, shaking her head from his comment.
"At least you're honest, I give you that much." She laughed lightly pushing away from him as she stood from the bed, and looked to her empty bowl of food that was once filled. His question was so absurd, but she guessed in a way she was flattered by his attraction to her.
"Well, at least I know you aren't a liar. Everytime I've gotten even remotely close to you, you've pushed me away." His eyes eyed her closely.
"Aren't you an observant. And by the way? I hate liars if Ling hasn't told you already." She retorted crossing her arms to him, her lips at curve which resembled somewhat of a smile. But even if she was being snarky, she sure was a smart ass like him, which made him like her even more as Greed smirked back at her laughing, "So do I. I'm not one to lie about what I desire."
They both gave a solemn look to one another after that, Greed kind of wish she would've responded again to what he said, wondering what she was thinking, but after her silence, he removed himself from the bed side, and walked up to Janelle as she watched him come face to face with her, his hands slowly making their way toward hers, "Are you expecting me to respond to that?" She asked cocking a brow at him.
"Yeah. But you don't have to if you don't want to. I was just saying what's on my mind."
"What about Ling?"
"Hmm? What about him?"
"What does he think about you having me?" Greed's eyes reacted, but his face stilled as he thought about it. Then he smirked and shrugged taking her once empty hand in his when she let him, "He thinks you should stop being so scared of everything and relax for once."
"He would." She laughed.
"But it's true." Slowly as he spoke, he began to caress the top of Janelle's hand with a concentrated gaze, "You think too much about your past, that you don't think of having fun, but locking up any hope of opening up to new people."
"Ha! Is that what you think? That I don't know how to have fun?"
"Mm, I never said that...But since you mention it...Yeah."
"Oh ho ho! I'll show you Mr. Avarice, that I too can have fun." She ripped her hand away, a sneaky feature covering her once surprised expression as she headed for the door.
"And where are you going?" He asked baffled.
"I'm going to show you that I'm not as anal as you make me sound. Now come on."
"Oh no, pops said we had to-,"
"Do you always do what daddy tells you?" She mocked him, seeing his reaction change wide eye and then fall with a glare as his hair puffed up in irritation, "Fine. But it's your fault if we get in trouble."
"Psh, I ain't afraid."
"Not even if it's Father. You know, he may be decrepted, but he does hone alot of power. I wouldn't piss him off if I were you."
"Or what, he'll kill me? I like to see him try after the information I just gave him. I'm sure he'll be thinking about making me one of his sacrifices faster than I can blink, give or take." Greed was surprised by Jan's change in attitude, but all in all, he was pretty impressed, so much so he was actually smiling and laughing a little to see what this girl could do. If she actually meant what she said, "Alright then...Where do you want to go?"
"I don't know. How about the surface?"
"But where on the surface?" He emphasized.
"How about here in HQ? I'm sure there's bound be someone we can harass."
"What? You want to prank someone?" He chortled.
"Why not? I got a few up my sleeve, and doing it here would be just perfect to piss off a few locals." She grinned only making Greed that more determined to do what she was planning, laughing.
And pleased by this, he opened the door for her.
"I'm holding you to it." He perked eyes full of wonder of the girl who smiled back at him giggling.
"Good."
Back with Father, he was staring down at the black device he had once again put back together. His eyes filled with curiousness and still with confusion. For now though, he needed a moment to think. He didn't know what to make of this thing or the girl, but all he knew was that he certainly would have much use of her as he needed. As he sat back in his seat he closed his eyes humming softly before being already interrupted by his fourth son, "Envy? Is there something you need?"
"Yes, Scars been on the prowl again. Apparently after everything with the Elrics, he ran off with Dr. Marco." Envy's voice wavered unsure of how his father would react, but once the old man took a moment, he rose from his seat and looked to his son, "Very well. Is there anyone who may know of this man's location? Where he may be heading?"
"Well, there is the Crimson Alchemist. He's still held up in Military lock down, at the prison."
"Good, good. Then take the girl Janelle with you."
"What? Why!"
"She knows more than you think my child. Do not underestimate this girl. And please, take good care of her."
"Ugh, fine. I'll do as you ask."
"I'd appreciate it." With that, the homunculus left, unsure and very unpleased with the fact that he had to take of all things a human with him on this mission. Then again, Zolf J. Kimblee was a human himself. Guess he couldn't complain at that, and when he finally made it Janelle's room, he was expecting her to be there, sleeping, eating, anything but to be missing.
He frantically searched the room, but there was no sign of her, then, another homunculus came to mind and his blood began to boil as he balled his fist and punched a wall, "Grr! Greed god damnit!"
Back upstairs at HQ, Greed and Janelle stayed hidden in a closet, closed off to wondering eyes as the avarice watched with puzzlement, only to sit back and watch the girl work at this plan she had as she grinned mischievously, "Hee, hee, hee...Perfect."
"So what? That's it?"
"Yep! Well, for the first prank, come on now, it might not look like much, but the reactions on people faces is always worth it."
"Whatever you say doll."
"Watch and learn." She said looking back at him again with an evil grin before opening the door, her hands with a plate of what would look like some chocolate covered apples. Unfortunately it was completley different to what it really was. Greed followed close behind her, watching everyone's eyes to make sure she would be caught, or Wrath wouldn't run into them, but as they approached the cafeteria, they did just smoothly.
Still smirking, Janelle placed the plate close to the lunch line, leaving a note that said to 'take one-free.' She ran for the door where Greed waited, crouching to keep out of sight, both of them waiting now for someone to endulge them.
They waited...
And waited...
And waited a little more, "How long am I going to have to crouch like this?" The avarice complained cocking a brow at the girl below him. Janelle looked up at him with a flat face, and put a finger up to her lips, "Patience. I thought you were the one that knew more about that than me." She giggled.
How could he not shake his head in disbelief, and merely chuckled back in the back of throat before noticing a blonde soldier scanning the 'chocolate covered apples' with a look of possibility, "Come on baby...Take it. Take it, take it, take it, take it, take it...Yes!"
The man took with a lick of his lips, and didn't waste a moment to take a huge bite.
He chewed it, and chewed, until his chewing began to come to an utter complete stop. Already Janelle and Greed were snickering, and busted up laughing when the boy wagged his tongue out and brushed the onion off his tongue violently, nearly yelping and cursing at the taste and spice of the vegetable.
Janelle was nearly in tear, and even more in tear that as another military soldier came up to see what was wrong, and another soldier passed by them, and took one, ignoring what had just happened, making the two laugh even harder as he gave the same reaction as the first.
Their sides hurt from watching it all, everything about it may have been lame and immature, but it was totally worth the wait, and the reaction of the others. It always was worth the expense of someone else, "Ha ha ha! Oh man, I didn't expect to be that funny."
"Hee, and I'm just getting started. Come with me." Grabbing the homunculus's hand, she pulled him around to follow her somewhere else that he could only wonder where. She got a few things from the supply cabinet that she seemed to locate without thinking. Not like she knew where it was, but since it did read 'supplies' she could only walk in, and search carefully for her next foolish prank.
Again Greed watch over her shoulder, this time though, only willing to help as he looked at the girl from the side of his eyes, bedazzled and awed by the girl slightly, and secretly.
What could he say? He was beginning to like her already as she smiled, and gave an 'ah-ha' when she found some powdered substance, "What's up your sleeve this time babe."
"Don't call me that please? And something devious. Want to see someone explode up into the cieling?"
"Uh, as long as it doesn't kill the person, sure."
"No no, nothing like that, just a small experiment I've done maybe once or twice. Want to see?"
"Sure."
"Cool. Come with me. I need one more thing."
"What's that?"
"A couch."
"Huh?" Of course she expected the avarice to be clueless, which only made the girl roll her eyes and grab his hand once again as she led him to a lounge room. Well, once she actually found one. She didn't know why she couldn't have just asked Greed where all these places were, but since she wanted to prolong their time together, she didn't bother with it. Inside she was truly enjoying their time, and their small tedious pranks as much as they were...Stupid.
But Greed didn't seem to mind, and that was a good thing, although he did seem to be on his toes when they'd come to a small crowd, probably just keeping his eyes open once again for any of the other homunculi, but again, no one came. Which was a slight relief on his part, "Would you relax already?" Jan snapped whispered to him.
"What? I am relaxed."
"My ass you are." She chuckled bringing them shoulder to shoulder as she held the white powder to her chest closely.
"What is that stuff anyways?" He asked suddenly looking at it from his point of view. And by his POV he could also get a glimpse of his cleveage which was a a bonus for him as he grinned to himself.
But again, Janelle wasn't too oblivious, and brought up his chin to meet her eyes, "You'll see." She giggled at him, and continued to stay quiet the whole way, until they stopped in front of the door of the lounge. Janelle looked both ways...Clear, "Watch the door for me, will ya?"
"Why?"
"Ugh, just do it, you're Greed the Avaricious aren't you?"
"Well yea-,"
"Then just wait, I promise it'll totally be worth it."
"You promise?"
"As much as I can promise." She laughed at him, and swiftly walked into the room. No one was in there at the moment, which was a good thing for Jenny. She quickly got to work, and mixed her chemicals, and sticky made glue that she used with her gum to make sure everything would go probably, and SAFELY. She didn't want to hurt anyone, and as it was, she was good at playing it safe.
When she was finished she came out snickering, pressing herself against Greed to push him into a small hall just a few centimeters away from the lounge's door. Again they both waited until someone walked in, and just like before. Someone did.
"Hmm?" Then, the sight of Janelle's curious face looking up at Greed only made the homunculus wonder what she could've been thinking as they waited for a noise, or whatever it was they were waiting for, Greed hadn't really a cute, until he asked, "What?"
"I'm just wondering if I put too much baking soda in with the solution I made."
"W-Wait, I thought you said you've done this before."
"Yeah. Once." Greed was baffled, did she really just make something that was more dangerous now, or was she just bull shitting. Not taking any chances, the avarice quickly grabbed the girl's wrist, and began to walk away in a fast pace, pushing anyone aside that was in his way leaving the girl behind him just as confused as he once was, "Wait, where are we going?"
"I don't want to be around if that thing goes off-," Suddenly a loud boom was heard through the lounge, getting almost everyone's attention that was down that hall. Now, Greed was speed walking mumbling under his breath as he gritted his teeth.
"Maybe I did too much neh?"
"Are you out of your mind!" Greed exclaimed when the two turned to a more cleared corner, pressing the girl to the wall with his hand still wrapped around her wrist. Janelle didn't seem to like the sound of his tone, or the grip he seemed to have on her so in returned she frowned and pulled her arm away roughly.
"Hey, you wanted to see some pranks and I did them."
"But if you don't even know how to do them right what's the point."
"Excuse me? And what have you been doing ass!"
"Why if I had a half a mind-,"
"Oh, I'm shaking."
"Brat."
"Douche."
"A what?"
"Do really want to know what it is?"
"Forget it. Look, listen please? if you can't be careful with your pranks, then don't do them. Please! I don't want to get cremated just because you wanted-,"
"Oh crap, crap!"
"What!" Greed turned his head to see what it was that had bugged the girl looking passed him, but as he looked Janelle only grabbed him back to the hall they were previously down, "It's Envy!" She whispered harshly wrapping her arm around the avarice to lead him away from his brother's sight.
"I didn't see him." Greed mumbled back trying to see who she was looking at.
"You don't understand, you know that he can make himself look like anyone right?"
"Yeah..."
"Well, he's the blonde turning the corner!"
"What? Oh...Oh, crap." Now he was on high alert, but not before looking into the lounge they passed by too see a man complete out on the floor and covered in white from head to toe. How could Greed not snicker at that as they both looked at the sight, "See, it was funny."
"Yeah. It was." The two then looked back at the camophlaged Envy, Janelle feelig a rise in her stomach to run, but at the expense of a thrill to be chased.
"Go, go, go. Walk faster." She giggled.
Envy seemed to noticed this and growled speeding up his pace towards the two, but still seeming to be laggging behind.
Finally when there was a clear break, Janelle's excitement seemed to get the best of her and Greed as she yelled out, "Run!" They both sprinted off down the hall, shocking the hell out of Envy who was becoming more angry. He began to shove against other soliders making his way through, but just then the two delinquence sprinted for the stairs, running down them as they excused themselves from others who were merely passing.
Then they turned the corner around the rail, and ran through a door that only lead to the back doors of HQ. The sun wasn't as strong now, and it was nearly sunset, but the two had yet to have their fun, when they found a bush, and hid behind it, just in time before Envy's loud bang of the door came to their ears, "Greed! GET THAT HUMAN BACK HERE RIGHT NOW! GREED! DAMN IT! WHAT THE HELL! I SWEAR! YOU'RE GONNA REGRET THIS!"
"Oh yeah what is he going to do?" Avarice snickered face to face with Janelle who was restraining her irresistable laughter.
"COME ON GREED THIS ISN'T FUNNY!" There was still no reply from the two. But Janelle did look up from her spot, getting Greed to gasp, "No."
"Ah-ha!" And now due to Jan's stupidity, they had been seen as Envy pointed an angry finger at the girl, "Ah!"
This time, Greed grabbed Janelle holding her in his arms and sprinted away from the homunculus who was completely shocked at the way the Avarice was been acting. Little did the jealous sin know that it was all a game. Just to piss him off.
Again, it was a chase between the three, Janelle being carried close to Greed as he found a place to hide, and Envy right on their trail.
They had fallen straight into town, and Greed's eyes were finding any kind of hiding spot for them to keep a low profile. At first, it didn't seem like anything would show up, but when the avarice noticed a row of cars, his mind began to dwiddled on an idea.
There was a car shop in view. A warehouse that seemed to be abandoned as they came closer, which gave Greed chance to leap from the roof to an open window, giving enough time for both him and Janelle to get in and duck down as Envy leaped over the roof, "What are we doing in here?"
"Shh." A short silence later, it seemed that the envious had left towards another direction, loosing track of both the rowdy two. Reckless so it seemed as they both let out a snort or stifled laugh.
"I can't believe we just did that?"
"What? Piss off your brother?" The girl asked getting to her feet and stretching.
"No, that I just probably disobeyed my pops." Greed replied with a nervous rub of his neck, but when his attention turned to the window, it immediately went back to Janelle who was slowly gazing around the repair shop, and to a car that had been covered by an old dirty sheet.
She was curious to see what was under it, to see the car itself, and removed the sheet in one go.
Her eyes went from calm to completely astonished at how new and slim the old fashion car looked, as if it was on revere. "Wow."
"Nice." She could hear the homunculus behind her, also checking out the beautiful automobile before he walked up to the car itself, and opened up the car door, reaching his hand out to the girl as invited her in first.
Janelle couldn't help the small laugh and bowed her head before entering it, "Why thank you."
"Always." When he closed the door, he jumped into the front seat, making himself comfortable at the wheel, and honking the horn startling Janelle a bit. But she giggled at the sight of Greed straightening his back pretending to drive, "Now if only this thing worked." The girl mentioned.
"Yeah, that would be kind of nice. But I doubt who ever owns would've left the keys in the ignition."
"Yeah. But I do know a thing or two about cars, if you really want to take it out for a spin." Greed's head spun around just in time for Janelle to look up nonchalantly, her lips trying not to smile when she looked back at him, "You could really get this thing to work?"
"I did take an auto shop class back in my world. It was a way of showing us we could start our cars in case of an emergency."
"Really?" Now scooting himself over at the thought, he patted the seat next to him, "Want to?"
"What? Steal it?" She asked cocking a brow of disbelief, but by the look Greed returned, she only blushed back when he said, "No, borrow it. Let's take it out for a spin."
"I dont know..."
"Woman, it's been sitting here for god knows how long, as long as we return it..." He trailed knowing she'd get the rest.
She did pondering it, but then again she never did anything like this before and still began to contenplate it as she slowly made her way next to Greed. His hand wrapped around her shoulder as he began to rub down her back to ease her uncertainties. As much as she did like it though, she gave Greed a glare, "I need to get in between your legs to reach the wires." She muttered only expecting his reaction to fall into a smirk.
She was right about that. He opened his legs a little more with that stupid grin on his face, and regrettably Janelle made her way under the wheel, ignoring the fact that he still had his hand on her back. God this was so uncomfortable, and very...Very...Embarrassing for her. She was just expecting him to do a stupid thing like pat her head and move her head in an up and down motion like more pervs would, but he did nothing but watch her mess with the wires until she was finished.
The moment she made the sparks fly, the car's engined roared, and purred beautifully making the avaricious laugh, "Beautiful! Just beautiful! Never knew you had a knack for this sort of thing."
"That's because you have yet to learn about me kind sir." Sitting back in her seat, Janelle some what felt proud of herself as she grinned back at Greed, watching as he took hold of the wheel and and looked around at the stick and the mirrors, "So, any way of driving this thing?"
"Uh...You don't know how to drive?" Janelle was surprised. Of course it had only been his first day back since he was 'reincarnated', but still she figured he know how to use a car. Then again, she never seen him drive, so it was obvious he knew nothing of how to drive. Luckily for the girl though, she had some practice, "Nevermind, switch places with me."
"What?"
"Move over, so I can drive."
"You can drive?"
"Yeah, I remember a little of my dad teaching me..." For some reason as she said this, a quick instant of her father's face was shown to her, like a black and white movie. A film filter effect played in her mind, but once she saw his face, her heartached more, and the memory diminished.
She was stuck looking at the wheel she had grabbed, and yet to sit down, not realizing that Greed had already made her the room she needed, "So, show me what you got then."
"Uh-, R-right." Her face was pale. Something was wrong when she sat down at took hold of the wheel tightly with her sweaty palms.
"You're not getting cold feet are you?"
"No, just...A little head ache. I'm okay. Now, let's see if we can't get this baby outside."
"I'm on it." Greed jumped for a second, and leaped outside, leaving the girl completely confused as she stared at the window they had originally come into, and waited for something to happen, "Greed?"
It was silent from where she was sittnig, but she could hear the homunculus outside on the roof, and then in front of the main door of the shop, where he cut the chains off the wide wooden doors with his ultimate shield, opening them for the light to show through, and the Janelle's moment to move the car.
She put it into gear, and quickly began to move the car just as Greed jumped in to the front passenger seat. Janelle could barely believe she was doing this, but just as the avarice said before, it was just barrowing. Right? The thrill and anxiety was growing in the pit of her stomach so much so it excited the brunette until she put the car into maxium gear, till she was going over 60. Turning sharp corners, screeching down the street till everyone was looking and spotting them.
Greed had no complaints he seemed to be enjoying it as he cackled with the same thrill Janelle was feeling, "Ha ha! This is awesome! Go faster!"
"If I do that while turning a corner we'll die."
"Well you maybe."
"Exactly, no thank you." This time, without having a clue to where she was going on the road, she seemed to recognized the street, and noticed that it led up to the hills of Central, not far from the outskirts. Thinking it was a best, Janelle smiled and began to cruise more and more as they came up the hill, enjoying the drive more than recklessly trying to cause a commotion. Well, she didn't want them to get caught quite just yet and with the way she was driving, she should've known better, so to better enjoy the time she had with the sunset before heading back underground, what better way than to drive up to the hills for a little relaxation in a nice ass car?
Once the two had arrived, Jan parked the car on a grassy knoll and sat back with a content sigh, "Why are we stopping?"
"I just wanted to relax for a bit, is that so wrong?"
"No, just curious. I got to admit though it's a nice spot you pick."
"Thanks. Sunsets seem to calm me. Or maybe it's just the fact that another day is settling down that makes me relaxed, either way." She leaned in on the wheel, and gazed into the orange setting sun, it wasn't too bright and the fact that night was just ahead, all she could do was hope as she pulled out her MP3 and set on of the ear pieces in her ears.
She didn't seem to notice Greed had leaned back and once stared at the same sunset, but became curious once he noticed the girl fiddling with her little pod, "What is that?"
"Music."
"In that thing?"
"You'd be surprise what they make in the future. Something as insanifficant as this could hold alot. Want to hear?"
"Uh...Sure, I guess." He wasn't too sure, but since it was something that caught his eye, how could he refuse.
"Alright, let me find a song. Hold on." Of course she went song by song, watching out of the corner of her eye to see if anything caught his interest, but then again, he was the avarice, did he really have a taste in her kind of music?
Suddenly, one song seemed to perk to him, "Wait. Go back?" Stopping and doing as he said, Janelle flipped back to a song that she seemed to recall on youtube a few times under and AMV just for him. By Skillet, 'Monster'. It was so ironic that Greed the Avaricious would actually like this song, but what could she do, the girl could only smirk and chuckle under her breath as she played the song, slowly beginning to get into the song itself as she lip synced. Her head bobbing lightly to the music as her eyes began to close.
In a way, she too felt for this song. Sure, it everyone in the world must've felt it too, feeling like a monster on the inside, a side of them they lock away far beneath their surface. But she somehow, truly felt like a monster in her own way. She didn't know how to explain it, but she did. Once the song was over, the music switched over to a more calming melody. At this, her chi changed, and she smiled happily at the song.
It was from a game she played a few times, owned them, actually. But the melody always soothed her when she put it on. It was from Assasin's Creed II and Brotherhood, Ezio's family. A very peaceful slow starting song that always made her enjoy the things in life.
She loved it. It was like wounds healing to her soul. As she laid her head back still, she closed her eyes and reopened them up at the stars that began to show through the night sky. It was that late already? Still. It was nice.
Just then, she looked over at Greed who was somewhat smirking at her chuckling to what she could hear through her opened ear. She removed the ear piece in the other, "What?"
"Nothing. I just never knew you were so in tune with music."
"I love music, that's why." She said proudly, softly smiling before suddenly thinking of a question that made her wonder, "Hey Greed?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you...ever wish that you could be someone else?"
"Huh? What kind of question is that?"
"Mm...I know it's a stupid question, but...I guess, I've always wished to be outside of my own skin. I remember a few things of my past...And I wish I could take the things I did wrong back. To start over for mistakes that should've never happened." Greed was confused by this. Why all of a sudden would she ask such a weird question?
"Well, no. I like who I am." He said so surely. Of course he would, she thought to herself, "Yeah. I'd like you too if I had that kind of boast of confidence."
"And what's that suppose to mean?" He laughed. When she didn't look to him, he found it unnerving. He hated it when a woman couldn't look at him in the eyes, or tell him what the hell was going through her head. Well, she was the FIRST woman he really interacted with since his rebirth, and yet...Something told him that she knew more about him than she was leading on, and THAT even bothered him, worse than not knowing what she was thinking.
So, with a firm grasp he cupped her chin and forced her to turn to him as he scooted closer with a confused look that seem to estrange his face, "What are you not telling me kid? I hate it when people do that."
"Do what?" She asked gulping back her eyes widened.
"When they don't tell what's going on up in their noggin. So tell me, what's running through that pretty little head of yours?"
"Things." She said plainly, but Greed wasn't for mind games, he pulled her face closer, "Am I going to have to do something drastic to make you tell me?"
"Oh yeah like wha-, ah! no tickling! Ah! ha ha! Stop that! Stop! No no no! Ahhh! Help me! Ling! Ling!"
"Oh no Ling can't help you now. He wants to know too." He interjected grinning from ear to ear as he roughly tickling the bannanas out of the girl till her back was laying back in the car with Greed hovering over her, bitting his lip as he continued his tickle torture on her, getting every spot that made her scream out in agonizing laughter, "Okay! Okay! I give! I GIVE!"
"Yeah? You going to tell me what's wrong now?" He laughed.
"Yes!"
"What I can't hear you?"
"YES YES YES!"
"Okay." When he finally ceased Janelle could barely breath, and her lips were in a wide smile she could barely contain, and hadn't worn in a long time. And yet she could still feel the homunculus's hands on her torso, on both side as a reassurance she'd tell him what was going with her, "So, ya gonna tell me?"
"G-Give me a minute, I'm trying to breath." She laughed looking back at him as she laid her head back against the cushioned seat where she once sat. Yes, they were no longer sitting, but now in another awkward position where Greed laid just above her with ready hands to torture her once agian, "Okay...I'm ready." She finally said sighing.
"Well...?"
"Sorry. I have my sappy moments...But, the reason why I asked you, was because..." With all the smiling diminishing once again, Janelle looked away ashamed. There were manys things beside her bad habits and once rowdy attitude back when she was younger. There was also the fact that because of the friends she made, she felt as if she was a bad person, like she was a magnet to bad people, because she was one. And that's what she told him.
"Greed?" She looked back in forth into the man's eyes, uncertain, and somewhat scared as covered her eyes, "Am I a bad person?" This cut off Greed a bit, his head jerking back in surprise. Not alot, but just enough for Jenny to notice, "I've just done so many bad things, and met so many bad people. Bad things have happened to me. I was...When I was little...m-my step father..he..." She couldn't even say it, she was so ashamed, and tried to turn away from the gaze upon her.
But it had already hit him. Greed and Ling that whatever happened to her as a kid, definitely had a huge impact on her in the future. She had not yet learned that while your past may be dark, the future is always the brightest. The homunculus and xingese prince couldn't stand seeing this curled up girl under them, on the brink of tears as she tried to hide away, "And my mother would've rather sent me away to live with my real father, then get rid of that bastard. They had my brothers, but only after I was gone did they have the third. She never...She never believed me!" That's when she truly began to cry.
Greed's face was distraught, how was he suppose to handle this? All this coming out at once, and the story being so horrible that he could only feel his hands anticipate as he pulled them away from the ticklish threat he once had, "I'm sorry...I'm sorry I shouldn't...I shouldn't cry. I don't want to cry. Crying is a sign of weakness. It's weakness..." Then she began to ball, "And I'm so weak!" That was it, Greed couldn't take anymore, neither could Ling, when he suddenly asked to take over.
Little did Janelle know this...Until she felt her hands being gently pulled away from her face, and her body being pulled closer to the man in front of her, "Who says that you're weak, Jenny?" The voice was soft, and that of a young boys.
"L-Ling?" She whispered, surprised by his presence as she turned to face him. His eyes slightly opened, but a discouraged, yet strong gaze in his eyes as he put his forehead to hers. Their faces were so close, Jan's cheeks could only feel warmth at how close he was, his thumbs pressing against the tears that were daring to fall from her eyes. But he didn't want to see them anymore. No more tears. No more sad stories. It was just too much for him, "For this...For that, what you went through...you should be stronger from that. You have...No, you need to believe that. Don't let that bastard...Or anyone else pull you down. Because I know you're not bad. You might be reckless, and hard headed at times..." Suddenly he smiled, a soft and gentle smile that made Janelle's heart leap nearly out of her chest as he held her closer. Her hands almost clenched clear into his jackets scruff when he did, and her face beginning to redden into a rose. "You've been so strong so far, taking a leap to sacrifice yourself for a cause that wasn't even your own. My cause. So, why aren't you strong like before? You should be. I know you are. So do it."
Janelle stared up at him blankly, taking everything he said in, tears still falling down her face as she closed her eyes attempting not to smile at her kind words, "Why?"
"Why what?" He coaxed still caressing her face with his thumbs.
"Why do your words always have to make me feel better?" He tittered softly, smiling in return, before mindlessly staring down into Janelle soft hazel eyes. Mindlessly moving his face closer in to barely brush his lips against her. He then hesitated, both them freezing as he was about to pull away. Ling wasn't quite sure on what he was thinking, all he knew was this overwhelming desire to make Janelle feel better, to let her know that she was wanted by good people. Loved, and liked by good people made him want her more. For so long he waited to tell her how he felt, and even though this was a very odd time to do so, he felt like he needed to let her know.
Let her know that she wasn't alone, and that she didn't have to be. She didn't have to act so tough, and hide her feelings, she could be herself. With just a kiss. Without thinking again, this time Ling went in all the way, and press his lips ever so softly against Janelle's. She made no attempt to reject, neither did she react. She was too dazed to do so, but as Ling pressed his lips more passionate to hers, Janelle closed her eyes to let the last tears fall when she finally wrapped her arms around the prince's back. And pulled him into her body.
Their noses, lips, and chest connected. Barely touching at first, but as Janelle began to fill an overwhelming pulse circulate through her warm blooded viens, she only pressed on as she ran her nails down his back, two pulling into one another as close as possible, until their lips were not just connected but their heart and souls. Ling found more than just his lips sinking into her now, his hands finding a grasp at her hips when he pulled her in, his tongue pleading for entrance as the two became more intense, "Ling..." That was all he needed to find his opening, and sucked in her tongue as he settled his own hips between her legs.
Janelle couldn't believe this was happening. What did she say or do to deserve something like this? What ever it was, she was enjoying it. For the first time in a very very long time, she truly felt a need and want for someone. For a man. Just then, Ling slowly pulled away with a smacking sound of their lips diminishing as he looked into the girl's flushing face.
How could not think she looked amazingly adorable. He could barely stop the smile on his face as he laid his forehead to hers again, both of them breathless as they stared back at one another, "Does...Does this mean that your sworn of men handling is over?" He chuckled, also getting the girl to laugh just as softly.
What could she do, she nodded barely, looking between the boys midnight blue orbs that barely showed through the night, licking her lips of the taste of this boy still lingering on them as she put a hand over his, and brought his fingers to her lips, kissing them sensually as he watched with a gloss of lust burning in his very being. It was making him exciting just by watching her.
When she finished she pulled her eyes back to his, also feeling the desire in the pit of her stomach coming to just as she whispered, "Put your hands on me Ling..." Frozen for a moment, Ling could think of nothing more than to place his hand she once held over her bosom, while their lips quickly fell back into another passionate kiss they both spiraled into without a second thought. The kiss no longer innocent, but just as amorous as the first. But not as refreshing...
Next- Chapter 8: Two bodies, Three Minds
I'm definitely not saying what the next chapter is going to be, but if you have an idea, I hope you're in for the treat :D That's right you guessed it! Hope you liked this chapter, sorry for any typos as I say in usually more chapters I finish, but the document program I had didn't have a spell check, so again sorry for that. But until next time guys I hope you'll be waiting. I'm off to finish a Korean Drama my friend just got me into. Wasn't too sure at first, but as I got into it, I realize that it's like anime soap oprah. lol at least to me it feels that way :3 In any case, number 8 should be out soon, then once I'm done with that will be starting on Giving In once again, I know a lot of people had been reading and I left it at a horrible cliffhanger, so, I hope you're looking forward to that too3 Until next time Greedling fans! Buh-BYYYYE!
