When the Day Met The Night

A/N: So I don't have much to say except thanks for the reviews (responses are at the bottom!). Hehe, I want moar. XD, love you all. I don't own FMA ect. And no lyrics this time, I'm tossing them out.

Chapter Two: Gravity Defies Me

Damn, he woke up coughing again. And it wasn't the kind of cough you get when you're sick either... More like he was trying to hack up his lungs. When I shuffled out of bed, I found him in the adjoining bathroom, bent over the sink. Blood was dripping from the corners of his mouth, I felt a gasp leave me at the sight. He made eye contact with me through the mirror, gazing at my reflection passively. He had noticed my existence, yet he said nothing to defend himself. I always imagined he would keep secrets, but never anything like this.

"What's wrong," I inquired.

"Nothing's wrong, Ed. Go back to sleep." His voice sounded gruff from the abuse his vocal chords must have been put through.

"Stop telling me that!! It is TOO something, and I demand to know what!"

"I'll get over it, I promise." Then he whipped his mouth with a cloth before embracing me tightly. I tried to stay mad at him, I really did. But I couldn't, all concern for his health drifted away in a matter of seconds.

"I wish you would tell me…"

"I will Ed…when its time…now go back to sleep, tomorrow's our big day."

"All right, I'll sleep. Sheesh."

"I love you."

"Pft. You're just saying that." He smiled warmly, catching my joke. "I love you too…"

"I saw him Al! I know you think I'm crazy, but I did!! Or at least some one who looked at him…sounded like him…hell he even insulted me the way that bastard used to!"

"But he's not the Colonel, brother, you know he's not…and besides, it was just coincidence, you'll probably never see him again."

"No….I have to see him again…"

"I don't think that's a good idea…"

"Listen, Al… you obviously know about my feelings towards him…and I know this is crazy, but I've felt alone ever since I came back and I'm sick of it. I miss everything, I walk the riverbanks outside the city just to get some taste of Risembool…but its nothing like the real thing…maybe pursuing this is what I need"

"And maybe that's exactly why you shouldn't. If you're just hunting this guy to get a 'taste of Roy'….its not going to be anything like really being with the Colonel, brother."

"But…its enough for now."

Edward flipped hopelessly through a phone book. This was the worst possible way to search in Edward's opinion. But it was his brother's safe and cautious approach to finding this stranger. He closed the book, slamming it so hard dust exploded from the inside. Edward coughed a few times, before recovering. 'Damn it'…he stood up and stretched out again, deciding he hated Alphonse's method. So he ditched it, and made up his own. He left the library, and walked. Of course there wasn't any real chance he'd find that man this way either.

But in his opinion, it was better than going through a phone book for a name he didn't think existed. He was fed up with hope, for the moment. He was always hoping, all the time…he thought with age that would dissipate, but it never did. If anything, it was stronger now. Which was hard to believe considering all he had hoped for in the past. Edward reached his hand up and pulled out his hair a moment, only to put it back in its boring pony tail. He almost missed his braid, and every once in a while, he thought about it. Thought about putting his hair back the way it was, as if it would change something in the cosmic forces of the universe. There was another feeling he couldn't escape as he walked through the city, passing large buildings…as if he were being followed.

'Look behind you…' he thought. So he turned around, and stopped dead in his tracks. Feelings crashed down upon him as he met with those same dark eyes, he really hated his luck sometimes. Wasn't Ed supposed to be stalking him? He shook it off and decided to approach the man, against his better judgment.

"What are you doing?" Ed asked, rather calmly.

"Nothing, I recognized you from yesterday."

"So?"

"I've done my research; I know who you are now. Your name is Edward; you closed that strange portal a while back. The government still has you employed as a scientist, as well as your little brother."

"You shouldn't know any of that."

"Correction, I should have been more aware in our first meeting." The stranger began unbuttoning his long coat to reveal a German military uniform.

"Figures you'd be a military dog." Ed's eyes went to a small silver chain that seemed to be hidden under the collar of the stranger's uniform, he knew without questioning himself they were dog tags, to identify his body if he should die in battle. "So why the hell are you hunting me down now?"

"I'm not entirely sure. No one's ordered me too, if that's what you were wondering."

"It wasn't." he responded defensively.

"Follow me."

"Only if you tell me your name first, other wise I'll be snatching those dog tags next."

"It's Roy. Now come on." Ed smirked to himself as he followed; again his heart was soaring into the sky. This man was every bit like the Colonel, even in the way he walked. Proud, confident, as if the world dangled from his finger tips. "I've heard some pretty interesting things about you, Edward. I'm shocked you haven't heard anything of me."

"How would I?"

"The news papers are a good start," Roy responded with a smirk.

"Shut up, it's not like I have time to read those things."

"You have time now."

"That wasn't the point!!"

Xpectashauns: I do plan on continuing, thnak you so much for dropping a review!

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kai-kakashi: My advice is, not to steal doughnuts from Roy Mustang, because only Edward would get away with it!