Disclaimer: I do not own FMA or any of the Plot or characters, Arakawa does. I do, however, own any OCs, any plot I create, and any fangirl moments used against Ed.

Truth's Tricks

Tomato-Ed and the Promotion

[Dami POV]

The dark brown haired boy was on his way home from work, driving a bit faster than the signs would allow. In fact he was rushing to see his little sister, as he had very exciting news. He had gotten another promotion at his part time job as a waiter, and was also appointed employee of the month. He was now the assistant manager of one of the biggest original four star restaurants in all of Denver. It was a feat not all 16 year old boys could accomplish.. Then again, he had been working since he was 9 with his dad. He knew how to work pretty damn well.

He arrived home, thinking he saw something moving on the roof, but he shrugged it off thinking nothing of it. He was much earlier than normal, almost an hour and a half. The boss had let him off of work early to give the news to his family, possibly go out to eat.

Although... What he expected when he walked into the couch was his sister passed out with her legs in an awkward position, close to drooling with something spilled all over the floor from all of her in-sleep flailing. He saw almost the exact opposite, and this worried him. He felt something like a switch click inside of him, and he suddenly felt oddly protective. His sister was not her cute self, no...

She was sitting on the ground, (He had never seen her go near the floor) which was cold wood, crying with nothing around but some FMA on TV and a rag which seemed like it had been used to clean up a mess.

"You okay, Trish?" She looked like she was in a bit of distress... Like she just found out something serious.

She looked at him and sniffed wiping everything away in one foul swoop. "Totally."

"Hey now, don't lie to me..." He walked over to her and sat down, watching the 60" flat screen light up with the opening of FMA Brotherhood. "I haven't seen this show in forever." He sighed, placing his arm around Trisha. He still did not have a clue how much that cheered her up. She leaned into his body and hugged his stomach.

"Me neither, I don't know what brought it on..." She sighed heavily, a sign she was lying. "But I suddenly feel like all of this show could be real. Think about it, how would you feel if your mother died and when you tried to bring her back," another sigh. "All you did was hurt more people. Yourself and the others around you."

"Now now, no need to get all depressed on me now, ne Tee?" The nickname he used to either 1) get something out of her, or 2) calm her down. This was being used in both cases. He hugged her tighter, blushing slightly. She was just about the one and only person he loved. He would go to the ends of the earth to make her happy.

The weird thing was, was that whenever he saw her he got the same feeling he always did, one that was unsettling.

He always wanted to kiss her. Not like a brother/sister relationship, but a.. dare he say, dating... Sort of.. relationship...

Not that he didn't like the feeling, it was just very uncalled for and nothing a mature adult-like boy should be thinking about.

Especially when his beloved was crying so violently.

When he came back to reality, he saw that she was shaking a little, small sobs escaping. She was mumbling some apology. "Tee!" His eyes widened. "A-Are you okay? Hurt anywhere?"

She shook her head and gripped him tighter.

[Trisha POV]

I remember my brother coming home early, at that point I wiped away a few tears that had fallen. He noticed something was wrong, as I wasn't passed out by now. I looked at him and was quickly reminded of my dad. He looked so much like him. So strong willed. This brought more emotion to me.

I wasn't sure why, but soon I was all over Dami, crying in waves of sadness, ones of my father, ones for all of the young children out there who had to go through what we did. For Ed and Alphonse, for they had to go through the same thing.

The sadness just kept rolling. It was like an ocean of never ending water and waves. I don't remember when, but Dami had allowed me to fall asleep on him, and was carrying me up to my room. I tried to stop him, but i had no energy left. I was still unsure of the last 15 minutes. Not sure if i was in a dream state or what.

I felt Dami reach towards the door. It clicked, allowing him entrance. 'didn't I lock the door?' I had thought, then thinking about him finding Ed before he opened the door and turned on the light.

No gasps.

No punches thrown at a sleeping boy in my bed.

Just Dami laying me down onto it, which was made so perfect you could bounce a quarter off of it.

"I didn't know you could make beds," he chuckled. "Not this good at least."

My crying and shaking had stopped. I punched him very lightly on the arm. "shattup..." I grinned a tiny grin, my eyes closed. I felt the warm covers embrace me and the lights turn off and the door close lightly, but only after a kiss was placed over my almost dry bangs on my forehead.

I rolled over accepting the warmth, almost forgetting that Ed was supposed to be there.

I'm not sure why I did, but I felt like I could feel his presence in the room. He had hidden just for me. What a smart boy, I thought. "I'm sorry, Edward Elric from Amestris." I got out in a voice that was so quiet only he could hear it. "I promise everything will be okay. I... Promi.. se..." I failed to complete my sentence that would promise my help with him getting back home. Instead I fell into a bit more dream like state than seconds before.

I heard him step out of the bathroom's shadows and come over to brush the hair out of my face. "You owe me both one hell of an explanation, as well as a nice bed to sleep in tomorrow. I guess you get yours tonight."

Edward, you idiot.

[Ed POV]

"Mmnh..." Ed moaned and rolled over in the warm sheets. What had he been doing again? Something was dried onto his face, and he reached up to touch it.

Tears?

Oh yeah... He just found out some pretty bad news. It had seemed that him and Alphonse were just a Television show. That they were nothing at all but something someone had created one day and thought, "HEY! I think this would be a good idea!"

What good came from this show? Nothing. Ed just revisited in vivid detail how his mother died and why him and Alphonse were in this condition. "UGH!" He yelled into the pillow, quickly shutting up when he heard something downstairs. The front door being unlocked.

He then sat up and looked around, seeing nothing but darkness. "damn you light..." He stood up, shoving the covers away, and walking to the door to turn on the lights. He heard some conversation that kind of told him Trisha was not in the best of moods. He unlocked the door carefully and opened it slowly, as if it would stop the creaking hinges from speaking.

He stopped dead there when he heard what was more than crying. It was a violent chorus of sobs. All of it resonating from downstairs, so he ran back into the room and shut the door bringing in another cool draft.

When had Trisha gotten downstairs? And.. Who was with her?

Ed grimaced and worked quickly on the bed, realizing that she would probably return, or whoever was with her would carry her up here.

While making the bed he thought quickly. The second he heard a voice it was male. The only male she had ever mentioned was her brother...

She had said it with that dreamy look in her eyes.

He finished in time to hear footsteps quickly approaching. He made a mad dash for the bathroom and closed the door almost all the way, but this was only after shutting off the lights.

At that moment she was brought in and placed on the was no longer crying.

Ed didn't realize it but he was clenching his fists so tight he would draw blood with his finger tips with any more pressure. "I didn't know you could make beds, not this good at least." Yeah, it was her brother. The voice was just around his age. probably 16.

she made a sound that sounded liek a punch to the shoulder, then replied sleepily. "Shattup.."

Edward saw the shadows the light from the hallway casted against the brother and sister. Ed almost left the bathroom hideaway when he saw the shadow lean down and kiss her. He wasn't sure, but it sure did should like it was on the lips. It was a good thing the man made a quick retreat.

Ed came from the shadows, and locked the door quietly in the brother's wake. He tried to forget his anger when he heard Trisha struggle to get this out:

"I'm sorry, Edward Elric from Amestris." She was very very quiet, like she was saying it for only Ed to hear, which wasn't very unlikely. "I promise everything will be okay. I... Promi.. se..." She seemed to trail off, Ed finding himself much closer to the girl than he had remembered being at the beginning of her conversation. His left foot was in front of the right, leaving him right in front of the bed, and Trisha. He had started about 5 feet away.

"You owe me both one hell of an explanation, as well as a nice bed to sleep in tomorrow. I guess you get yours tonight." Edward said without planning it. He was actually going to yell at her at the top of his lungs. It came out a lot softer than he imagined, and she probably thought so too, because he felt her give off the vibe that she was snickering silently in her sleep.

His next thought came very quickly.

SHIT.

Remember this morning? Ed asked himself. Yes? I thought so...

'Black' Trisha was returning in the morning... Ed shivered and chills shot down his spine, all the way back to his scalp.

He almost gave up his wondering about the show... And almost replaced it with a fear he would have to run away tonight. Very far away.

Ed woke up against the wall, back against the curtains that covered him. He was trying to hide himself as best as possible. He peeked out of the teddy bears, snakes, birds, and any other plushie he could have fit on top of him where he had hid.

Thankfully he was still in one piece, and undiscovered.

But she was yet to be discovered as well. There was no trace of her on the bed, although it messy. He held in a call of her name, and just stood up, plushies falling everywhere.

A head peeked out of the bathroom, looking like it had been wasted the night before. as the girl stepped further out Ed noticed she was wearing nothing but a bra, a bit of cleavage (correction: too much for her own good), and some shorts. He glanced at the bed, then back at her. She had decided to strip in the middle of the night? Her face showed she was bored and in a pissed mood.

He became the world's first living tomato.

Edward took a step back. She was brushing her teeth, her eyes lighting up at the surprise. "Ed." She stated in a voice that surely did not match her facial expression. It seemed.. too happy.

Ed concluded about five minutes later that she was not only in her black mood, she was delusional.

Ed was now on the floor, the girl lacking clothes sitting on his back pinning him down. Her mouth still full of toothpaste bubbles. "Hmhmmma Isshwin." She said.

How did he get like this?

only Truth knew... "GET OFF ME YOU HAG!" Ed yelled tying to get her half-black-half-drunk persona to decide not to kill him quite so early int he morning. He shoved her off eventually.

She looked at herself not three moments later. "We... We... Uh.. I think you should go downstairs first." She barely pointed him down the stairs and so the tomato-Ed left the room trying to get any other thoughts besides food out of his mind. It was harder than he thought.

This morning i had come out of my 'black' state only because I heard a shrill shriek from a woman coming from the downstairs area. "DAMMIT EDWARD!" I yelled at the ceiling.

I then looked down at myself to see my hot pink laced bra and some black and pink spankys.

"DAMMIT ED!" I yelled again.

A/N

Hey! I'm not too proud of this chapter... But at least I got it out soon. I won't be able to update this weekend because I'm not done with my project or some reading i have to do. *sigh* I might get one out on Sunday, I hope *crosses fingers*

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