What developed from the accident in the night

Chapter Three

"If you are only after nii-san's body I suggest you get out. And in that case I don't want you in this house ever again." Al almost growled to Envy. Envy was shocked. No one ever had said anything like this to him. He always got what he wanted. No one dared to say no to him. 'This kid is bizarre.' he thought.

"Why should I listen to you?" Anger swept through Al's eyes and he glared at Envy. 'Jeez. This kid is a bit too protective.' Envy thought. Al was about to say something but he was stopped. By no other than his older brother.

"I appreciate how you look after me and I know you care about me, Al." Edward said calmly while stepping into the kitchen. "But I am able to look after myself."

"I'm sorry nii-san." Al said. He had calmed down and now regretted a little about his outburst. "I just don't want to see you get hurt again." he continued looking down at the floor.

"It's okay. Like I said I can look after myself." Edward assured him while walking to his brother. He patted Al on the head, which annoyed Al.

"But…" Al tried but Edward interrupted him.

"I was young and naïve back then." Edward said. Envy could see the sorrow hiding in his eyes. "I won't make the same mistakes again." he assured to his brother.

"If you're sure, nii-san." Al sighed but still didn't agree with Edward.

"Yeah! I'm sure." Edward said. 'At least I hope I am.' he thought.

"Coffee!" Al suddenly remembered. He quickly served it and put a plate full of cookies on the table. Edward had noticed his sandwich. He was now eating it with great appetite. Envy poured some milk in his cup and sipped his coffee. He decided to add a few sugar cubes too. Envy tasted it again. 'Perfect!' he thought and looked up from his cup. 'Chibi-san seems to drink his coffee black.' "What do you do for living?" Al suddenly asked.

"Yeah. I was wondering that too. The other night Greed mentioned that you party almost every night. Where do you get the money?" Edward wanted to know. "And Greed said also that you drink quite much alcohol."

"I'm an actor." Envy answered not paying too much attention to the conversation. He didn't feel like talking about himself, he was too tired to do that tonight. 'I'd rather talk about chibi-san…' he muttered in his mind.

"Really! That's amazing!" Al almost shouted because of his excitement. Edward smiled at his brother's behaviour. "Have you been in any movies or do you prefer to act in theatre or miniseries?" Al asked. Even Envy grinned at his behaviour.

"Mostly I act in movies but I was once long ago in a late-night drama." Envy answered. "Can't remember the name, though."

"Which movies, perhaps I've seen one of them or at least know one?" Al questioned.

"You're a curious one, aren't you?" Envy laughed.

"Sorry…" Al apologised looking down at the table.

"That's okay…" Envy assured him. "Now let me refresh my memory…" and he started thinking. 'It's odd that I can't remember…' "Well, at the moment…The most well-known ones are probably Artificial Life, The Philosophers Stone and some other science movies…" Envy said slowly. "Can't really remember anything else at the moment…Probably because of the time." It was already long pass midnight and he had been up since four in the morning.

"Really! I've seen the Artificial Life. It was really exciting. Who did you play?" Al said offering the cookie plate to Envy at the same time.

"I played Peter." Envy answered.

"Oh! Now that I think about it…I might have been able to guess." Al said and asked something again but Envy wasn't paying too much attention to him any more. He did answer now and then to be polite.

Instead of listening Al, Envy was looking at Edward who was smiling at his brother's behaviour. Edward didn't take part in the conversation and once he had finished his coffee he got up. "I need some sleep so I'm going to bed." he announced and said to Envy. "It was nice to meet you." he said.

"Does chibi-san need his beauty sleep?" Envy grinned. Edward just decided to glare at him.

"Good night!" he said and walked out of the room. Al shouted his reply after him. Envy looked at his watch and noticed how late it actually was.

"I guess I'd better leave." he said and got up. "I still need to take the car back to Greed."

"I understand. Good night!" Al said and started to do the dishes. "You can find your way out of the house, right?" he asked politely. Envy nodded and left the kitchen. He walked to the corridor and saw Edward coming out of the bathroom.

"I hope we see each other again." Envy said to the yawning blond. 'He does seem tired.' Edward looked at him but didn't reply. "Well…I guess I'll leave. Good night." Envy said to him and gave him a little kiss on the cheek. "Sleep tight." and then Envy shut the door behind himself. He walked to the car and left.

Inside the house Edward stood still and slowly raised is hand to touch his cheek. He felt the warmth spreading across his face. 'What the hell just happened!' he screamed in his mind. 'He didn't just do what I think he did.'

"Nii-san you're red! Are you okay? What if the wound is infected?" Al shouted when he saw the blush on Edward face.

"I-I'm…I'm alright, Al…" Edward managed to say. "I just need to sleep."

Envy was humming happily all the way while driving to return the car. 'Now this is something to pass the time with for a while.' he thought and smiled to himself. 'I need to take it slowly to get this one.' Edward had definitely woken up his interest. But unfortunately also his sadistic side was waking up.

'There's definitely something in his past. There's that accident and…The sorrow in his eyes when he talked about not making the same mistakes again…'Envy thought parking the car in front of Greed's club. 'An unsolved mystery…Maybe Greed knows something…Perhaps I'll ask…" Envy laughed at his own thoughts and stepped inside the club.

'Devil's Nest. Somehow the name fits with Greed's personality.' Envy thought. He had always wondered where his older brother had got the name to his club. 'Maybe I'll find that one out too…Some day.' He threw the car keys to Greed who was sitting in front of the bar. He caught them just before they hit his head. Envy walked to him and his guest, a dark haired woman. When he reached them, he sat down on a bar stool.

"Now that I've completed my task to accompany the blond chibi-san, may I finally get some alcohol?" Envy asked from Greed but didn't wait for an answer before he reached out to a bottle of whiskey.

"Help yourself!" Greed laughed and the sarcasm could be heard from his voice. He turned back to the woman when Envy opened the bottle and took a long sip. He wasn't listening to the conversation so it took a long time to register that Greed was talking to him. "Would you listen to me for a while or is this spacing out becoming a habit of yours?" he asked and Envy gave him a look that showed he was listening. "I asked, did you have fun tonight?"

"I had as much fun as you can guess when you know how much I hate hospitals." Envy muttered.

"Edward hates hospitals too." the woman said suddenly. Envy looked at her.

"You know chibi-san?" he asked.

"May I introduce you to Izumi Curtis. She has looked after the Elric brothers after the accident." Greed said.

"Oh…" Envy thought that Izumi looked familiar. Like he'd seen her before. But he couldn't recall where.

"I looked after them till a year ago when they moved out." she said.

"You still didn't tell me if you had fun or not." Greed reminded him.

"I don't know…At least I got to spend more time with chibi-san…" Envy answered and drank from the bottle again. One third of the whiskey had already disappeared.

"You're the brat who made Ed break the glass?" Izumi glared at him when he nodded.

"He's quite interesting, you know…" Envy said.

"Is he now?" Greed grinned.

"Yeah…What's happened to him, I wonder…" he had now almost drunken half of the bottle.

"Well, he…" Greed started but stopped when he saw Izumi glaring at him.

"That is not yours to tell!" Izumi said to him angrily.

"Am I the only one who doesn't know what has happened to him." Envy asked.

"Actually…" Greed started. "If you would pay attention to what's happening around you once in a while, you would know."

"But I met him tonight for the first time…" Envy said but saw Greed shaking his head.

"No, you have met him before. But you just don't remember." Greed said. Envy tried to remember but got frustrated when he couldn't.

"When?" he asked.

"A little over two years ago." Greed said and continued before Envy got to ask the next question. "He worked here once in a while. He came when someone of the workers where sick or couldn't make it for some reason."

"I was planning to hire him here when he turned 18 but he had decided to work for Izumi." Greed said. He sounded disappointed about not getting the blond to work at his club.

"Ed had a good reason not to work here." Izumi said suddenly taking part in the conversation. "At the time this was the club where he visited regularly."

"You're right about that." Greed agreed. Envy looked at both of them questioningly. 'Who is this he they're talking about?' he thought and was about to ask when Izumi spoke again.

"I know you're going to ask whom we are talking about but - forgive me my rudeness - it's none of your business." she said and the look she gave to Greed told him not to tell Envy.

"I need to go back home. It's already almost morning and I need some sleep." she said and stood up. Izumi wished them good night and left.

"I assume you wouldn't tell me if I asked?" Envy said to Greed.

"It's not mine to tell." he answered and took away now almost empty bottle from Envy.

"In that case…I guess I'll go home to get some sleep." Envy said and went to the door. He waved as a good bye and started to walk towards his apartment. Luckily it was only few buildings away from the Devil's Nest.

Envy unlocked the door and got in locking the door behind him. He kicked his shoes off and walked slowly to his bedroom. He stripped off of his clothes and fell on the bed. He was a lot more tired than usual. Within minutes he fell asleep.

End of Chapter Three

Disclaimer I do not own the Fullmetal Alchemist

Here's the thrid chapter. Took longer than I thought.

I don't know if there really are those movies I made Envy to participate but while writing I made the names up along the way.

Thank you for your reviews. I hope you have time review again. And you don't need to worry, Al has a good reason to act the way he does, but he won't too rude to Envy anymore.