This is completely AU, There isn't any really spoilers.

Good To Be Home Again

Ed looked out at the unchanged town of Rizenbool. He smiled sadly as he looked out to the land. He looked like he fought his way through a jungle. Ed started slowly down the hill, the wooden leg hurt his thigh, but he just wanted to see Alphonse again. His hair was down from the loose ponytail he had it in for the last four years, his clothing were ragged. Ed screamed as he started sliding down the hill at a high speed. "holy shiiiiiiiiiitttttt" Ed screamed as he tumbled down the big hill and rolled into the road.

Al walked down the street staring at the ground. He had just came back from checking out a lead on his brother that was a dud. He was really getting upset. He had been searching for Ed for so long and had yet to even find anything that could put him in the right direction. Al heard someone scream and looked around to see a younger man sliding down the steep hill. Al hauled balls to the rescue of the guy. He ran quickly over just in time to make it up the hill and brace the blonde headed man. "Calm down I got you. You're ok."

"Thanks!" Ed said breatheless and felt kind of embarrassed, "A wooden leg isn't made for hills..." Ed looked up seeing the golden face of his brother and gasped, "Aru?" Al laughed a bit. Yeah its ok I know a really good automai..." He stopped short when he was punched in the stomach with by recongition. He looked at the man with wide eyes.He couldnt believe it. "E..e.d!" Ed wasn't sure what to do first, hug him? Ask him tons of questions? kiss him? Ed huged Al tightly. "I've missed you so much, I'm sorry it took me so long to get back"

Al stood there holding his long lost brother. He had no idea what to do. He was afraid and happy and confussed all at one time. He was afraid that if he said anything or moved even that Ed would disappear. He noticed a hotel not to far away. He was taller then his brother and could feel his ribs under his shirt. He quickly lifted his brother off the ground, tossed him over his shoulder, and headed for the hotel. "I dont care if you hate me right now for this. Im getting you in a place with four walls and you WILL NOT leave my sight!." Ed burst out laughing. "I'm not going to disappear! and do need new automail!" Ed laughed as his brother ran off with him.

Al couldn't help but smile. Hearing his brother laugh was music to his ears and it was the sweetest song ever. He made it to the hotel and flashed the atendant his watch yelling at them to get his a room as quickly as possible. The man behind the desk looked scared due to the fact that Al had screamed at him to "get his ass moving!". the man quickly ran up the stairs and opened the door to the empty room as quickly as possible. Al walked in still carrying his brother and kicked the door behind him shut.

He walked over to the bed and gently put Ed down. he instantly ran over to the door and locked it and ran back over to his brother. "You! OmG! I can't believe you're here..! You have NOT been taking care of yourself Nii-san You need to eat!" Al was frantic and he had no idea what to do first. He paced the floor for a few second before turning to Ed and fling himself into his arms. "I missed you so much! I didn't think I would ever see you again." Al tried hard not to let the tears escape him but it failed and soon they were streaming down his flushed cheeks. His grasp never loosened on Ed.

"Shhh Aru, don't cry, I'm here now, that's all that matters, shh" Ed said gentally, holding Al. "it's all okay now. See I'm here and I"m not going anywhere, where I wouldn't be able to see you again." Ed rested his head on Al's. "now now, shouldn't we get to winry's? won't she be worried about you? "

Al clang to his brother like his life depended on it. He didnt want to let him go no matter what ed said. " No Winry isnt going to worry. I havent seen her in almost a month. But I do have to call Roy. If Im not home he'll worry." As soon as Al had sxaid it he cringed. He knew his brother had been dating Roy before he dissappeared. Well after Ed gad left ROy was all Al had and Al was basically the only one Roy let in. Eventually things got more serious and Al had been dating Roy for nearly 2 years now. "Is that so? " Ed said smiling, he felt a little hurt but held his smile. "Why not call him? How is he anyways?"

Al sat up and looked at ed apoligetically. "He's... doing better. He was pretty hard to deal with when you left. Never really talked to anyone and he barely ever left his house. He offered his house when I joined the military becasue the dorms were over crowded and he knew about our studing habits. So I moved in and I've been there, with..him, ever since." He felt horrible and he hadn't realized that this was going to be a problem until now. "I'm sorry Ed. I really am." Ed shoke his head. "It's okay...really" Ed covered up his hurt feel, he was good at it from living in a world of anti-cripple socitiies, "I knew he wasn't going to wait forever. I didn't expect him too. " Ed smiled. "I'm glad that he hocked up with you, at least he didn't go to some bimbo or something"

Al gasped. "No no he didnt give up on you! He still loves you with all his heart. Im just ..I dont know..I hope im not a rebound but I havent replaced you. He loves you." Al looked down at his hands and sighes. "He dreams about you all the time. I'll wake up and I can hear him whispering your name. I never told him." Al sttod up from the bed and went to the phone. Hepicked it up and looked over at Ed. "Are you ready to get that automail?" He figured he'd call winry and then he'd call Roy. It would be best to keep that for last. Ed smiled at Al. Then he twiched and made a mock expression of Horror, "It's been four years without getting hit by a wrench, but sure, I could use the automail and the bump on the head." Ed nodded. " A huge bump! very very big bump."

Al laughed and picked up the phone. The conversation with Winry was extremely overwhelming and Al didnt even know if he wanted to be around when she got there early the next morning with Pinoko. But being as faithful as he was He wouldnt leave his brother with her alone. Plus it looked as if Ed might have to get new atuo mail docks which was going to be hell. Al finally got off he ohone and sighed. "Oh my god I never new her voice could get hat high." He rubbed his ear and shuddered remembering the supersonic scream she gave when he told her he found Ed. He sat down next to Ed, procrasinating the call to Roy as long as he could. "You should eat. I should go get some food for us. You can take a shower and stuff and when I get back we can talk about what the hell happened."

"I've noticed... I could hear it all the way from over here, are you sure there isn't anyone less violent then her?" Ed whined then blinks, "Shower...oh my god that sounds so heavenly. Oh shouldn't you call Roy? You do know it's wrong to worry him like that." Ed smiled and got up. "I need clean clothing don't I?" Ed laughed, "The gate really tore up my clothing. I guess we could talk about that." Ed entered the bathroom and started to undress in the bathroom.


Al shook his head. " you know very well that there is no one better." He smiled at his brother still not believing that he was actually there. "Yes, I'll call Roy. Don't worry He'll be ok." Al watched his brother get up stiffly and walk towards the bathroom. He sighed when he heard the door shut. Not only would he have to face the wrath of winry for not stopping by when he was there but he would now have to face the wrath of roy for not hopping the train that he had missed to get back to Central. Al sighed and went to the phone hoping that roy was a bit more down to earth about this situation then Winry was but also fearing for what was going to happen between the three of them now.

Al listened the the phone ring several times before being picked up. He took a deep breathe before saying into the phone. "Hey it's me" Roy sighed on the other line. " Where are you? Why are you not on the train? Is everything ok?"

"I'm in Rizenbool and everything is more then fine! The reason why I'm not on the train is because of the person I bumped into. Ed's back, Roy. He's really back."

Roy Stood up so quickly that he lost grip of the phone. The phone fell to the ground and Roy was on his knees in two seconds trying to pick it up. He put the reciever to his ear as quickly as possible. " You're joking Al. You have to be joking. Is he ok? is he still there? DONT let him out of your sight!" He was completely oblivious to the other person on the end of the line for a moment. He almost damned himself for it and put his hand to his forehead and rubbed. "How are you doing? I know this is hard for you."

"I'm fine and he's just a little messed up." Al said. He knew Roy was completely shocked. "Looks like he hasn't eatten well at all either. He's so Skinny! Like skin and bones!"

"Ok well make sure he gets food and ill try to be there as quickly as I can. I probably wont get there until morning and thats taking off now." He was happy and shocked and he really couldnt beleive it until he saw it for himself. It just couldnt be real. He had already mourned his loss and now its back. How was a man suppose to handle that?

Ed walked out of the shower feeling extreamely refreshed. He only had a towel around his waist. He yawned and streched. He noticed that Alphonse had been gone already. I wonder how long I was in the shower... oh well it's been forever since I had one. He layed on the bed and looked up at the ceilling, thinking to himself.

Al walked back up to the room after going and getting as much food, from the smal town diner across the street, as he could carry. He struggled with the door but got it open eventually. He cloesd the door once again with his foot and stood there. Ed was laying in a towel on the bed just staring into space. It had been forever since he had seen his brother and he had forgotten how much older Ed was. The years had been good to him, filling him out in all the right places. If he got some meat on his bones then he would look even better. "Um I got food." Al said meekly trying not to sound nearly as awed as he sounded.

Ed immedaly sat up like an obedent dog that heard the mention of a dog treat. "Food!" Ed smiled brightly at all of the food, and started the first thing he got his hands on. "It's been forever since I had this much food! Germany is such a poor country! exprecially with that anti- jew and cripple dictator, way worst then Bradley ever was" Al sat down on the bed letting his brother ravish the food sat before him. "The anti what cripple who?" He was thoroghly confussed now. "Germany?"

Ed blinked, "oh sorry, Hitler. He has a thing against Cripples. He believed that his people were way to supior for cripples and Jews, oh jews or the Jewish is a religon where they don't believe the Massia has comed to help them yet. I can see why though, and Germany was the country I was living in while trying to get back here, I was in a completely new world, I couldn't even use Alchemy! But Their techonlogy is kind of more advanced then ours, but their Pyroscics are less advanced! that's why I don't have automail anymore!" Ed said before shoving more food into his mouth.

Al watched Ed amazed by what he was saying. " Thats amazing. How could a person rule a country if he is prejadice? And they are somewhat mroe advanced then us? This is stuff that we dont even talk about in Amestris!" this was liek reading a book only better. "How did you manage to get back after all these years? What kind of people did you meet?" And how the hell did you manage without alchemy?"

Ed laughed, "He's very prejuice, I was very lucky cause of dad and Heidrich. They have machines that can fly in the air and drops blombs, My friend was working on Rocket science, Imagion taking a Rocket into space!" Ed said Ethusiaticly before going to a very serious look. "I can't really tell you that, but I can tell you about the people I ment. " Ed smiled sadly. "There were alters of Roy, you, Hughes, everyone. They helped me out a lot. They were kind to me. I guess it was mostly cause they were Amercan spys. And I guess Heidrich pityied me kind of, I guess."

Al was amazed at everything his brother was saying. Rockets, people who looked like the ones in Amestris... "Dad was there? Was there someone there like me? And Roy?" Ed nodded. "Yup, Roy Combell was an american spy too! Colonel of the american army! I think everyone has an alter of themself." Ed smiled at Al's awe look. "WOW that must of been weird. Seeing Roy and ..me." Al was so intent on everything that he was saying that he had completely forgotten about the food and the fact that his brother was still in a towel.

Ed finished all of the food and was laying on his stumach,"it was weird for a while, but I got used to it." Ed smiled and hugged Al, "I missed you so much" Al hugged his brother back tightly. he was still afraid to let go. He didn't want to lose him again. He was almost convinced that when he woke up he would find that he was once again alone, with out his brother. "Promise me that you aren't going to leave me again. I don't know what I would do if I lost you again Nii-san."

"I won't, I promise" Ed sighed, "Al I need to breathe ya know, that and get dressed." Ed smiled, he was happy to be back. He did feel a little misplaced back at home, but it didn't really matter cause Al was here with him.

Al smiled and let him go. "Umm I don't know what you can do for clothes but I can wash the ones you had on. I'm not letting you put them back on after you just got out of the shower. So you might as well get used to that towel and I'll go down and see if they have any type of laundry facilities around here."

Ed smiled, "Oh well, I always looked good in a towel anyways. Maybe we should call Winry back and see if she as any clothing I can borrow" Ed smirked.

Al shook his head at his brother. "You really haven't changed much you know?" Al went to the phone and dialed Winry's to see if she had anything that he could wear until his other clothes were clean. Not long after he hung up and told Ed that he would go to Winry's to get he clothes. Al could only hope that the client's that Winry had that disabled her from runnning to the hotel until the morning would stil be there. He really wanted to have Ed all to himself for the little time that he would have. He knew that as soon as everyone got wind that he was alive and back he would have very little time with his brother.

"why would I change?" Ed smirked and streached out on the bed. "sssssoo comfortable, I'm in heavveenn" Ed laughed, and climbed under the covers. He unbelted the wooden leg, and set it down next to the bed. "that thing is annoying" Ed mubbled and then looked at Al. "So what does everyone think happened to me?"

Al spun around right before his hand hit the doorknob. " They think you are dead. The only reason why I was able to continue to research your case if Roy. He stuck his neck on the line to get the case to be left open. At first he didn't think you were dead either but I think after a while he tried to convince himself unsuccessfully that you were indeed dead. You have a grave and everything brother." Al felt bad for telling Ed this but he had the right to know.

Ed mubbled something Al couldn't hear nor understand. "that makes sense. " Ed gave Al a smile, "I'm tired, I'm going to sleep, Night, Al"

Al cocked his head to the side and was about to ask Ed what he had said but decided against it when Ed had told him he was sleepy. Al sighed silently and smiled. "Goodnight Nii-san." Al left the room and went to Winry's to pick up the clothes that they had for him, find somewhere to wash Ed's clothes, and then he finally went back to the room where his brother lay sleeping. He stood over the bed for a few moments before realizing that this was indeed real. He sat down on the floor next to the bed and stared at the wall for a moment before falling asleep as well, with his head leaning up again the side of the bed.

Ed stared up at the ceiling of the hotel in the morning. He felt lost for almost a half an hour. Then smiled, the term I'm really home kicked in. He sat up and yawned. He frowned as he saw Al leaning against the wall sleeping. He moved to the Edge of the bed and shoke Ed softly. "Aru. wake up, you'll get a bad cramp from that"

Al came too slowly when he felt the hand on his shoulder. He sat up and looked around the bare room and then turned to Ed. "Oh I'm sorry i didnt mean to wake you." He stood up quickly and shook his head slightly. It suddenly dawned on him just how late it could be. Something in his stomach dropped to his feet. "Ed, what time is it?"

Ed blinked, he wasn't even sure where a clock was. "I don't know, why?"

Al's mouth went dry. He wasn't sure which of the situations he was to tell him first. "Ed, Winiry is coming!" His eyes went as wide as they could go. "And Roy will be right behind her." He was more afraid of Winry right now then anything else. She has given him a hefty beating and still wasnt done when he ran out the door. He wasn't too sure if he would even wake up the next morning. Roy was a different story. Al wasn't sure if he was scared or saddened. That would be something he would have to deal with later. He was broken from his reverie when he heard a loud knock on the door. " Oh shit."

Ed's eyes widen, "ahhh! cloths where are the cloths! Boxers! anything! Shilds! A brick wall!" Ed yelled, he was scared, but he was even more scared of what winry would do if she found out what happen to her previous automail. "She's going to murder me!" Ed cried dramaticly. Al frantically searched for the small bag that held the clothes that Aunt Pinako had given him to give to Ed. There was another loud pound on the door and Al found himself whimpering. He found the bag and tossed it at Ed turning around just in time to avoid seeing his naked brother. He stared at the door as if it was about to be busted down and a troll would come through it. "tell me when you are done. The longer she waits the more time she has to plot our deaths."

Ed shoke and got dressed as quickly as possible, just putting on a pair of boxers and a tank top. "Okay hurry just let her in and get it over with! This is almost as bad as sensei!" Al forced himself to walk to the door and took a deep breathe before opening it slowly. "Hello Winry..." He said in a meek voice. You would almost thing that he was 10 again.

Winry had an evil smile on her face. "Hello Al, where is he?" she crackled. Ed, who was on the bed felt himself turn white. Al's eyes widen and he stepped out of the way reveiling the small pale man on the bed. "Winry, please be nice he's not in that great of shape and if you hit him to hard he might get hurt really bad." Al tried to plead for his brothers well being but he had no idea if it made a difference.

Winry and Pinako pushed Al out of the room after Winry had nearly beaten the daylights out of Ed. Al could hear muffled screams coming from the hotel room and Pinako complaing. Al stood outside the door freaking out. He wanted to be with his brother. He had no idea what they were doing and he didn't want to leave his side if they did decide to do surgery. He had no idea what to do. He went to back up to the wall to resist the urge to slam through the door and backed straight into a person. Al whipped around to find no other then Roy standing there. Al instantly felt the tears well up in his eyes. the fear of the unknown was clearly written on his face.

Roy reached out and Grabbed him pulling him into a comforting hug and letting him cry as much as he needed to. Roy figured that the people that were inside were no other then Winry and Pinako. He was pretty pissed off that they had not waited at least a little longer to mess with his automail. But he wasn't sure if he was mad that they had not visited with him before torturing him or because they were in the way of him seeing Ed.

"All done" Winry said cheerfully coming out of the room. "Now all I have to do is spend YET another AGONIZING all nighter to finish a NEW arm AND leg for Ed." She growled as Pinako frowned, "that boy still wont enthize his pain during the surgery." Pinako sighed, she was holding a black bag. "It wasn't that bad, we had to fix each port slight, but that was it."

Roy continued to hold Al to his chest while the younger male burried his face. "That's good to hear.' He was at a lose for words. He had no idea what to say to these people. He just wanted to see Ed that was all. "Is he awake? Is it ok to talk to him?"

"He's sleeping, not surprizing though, but he'll be up soon" Winry said. "We'll be back soon" Pinako said sternly and turned to leave. "See you AL! When he wakes up tell him he's still getting another 20 beatings!" Al finally lifted his head out of Roy's chest to say bye to Winry and Pinako. He let his arms fall from Roy's waist and stared up at him. There were no words. Roy wanted so desperately to ask Al how he was doing and comfort him in every means possible, but he couldn't. He couldn't think about anything else but the blonde sleeping inthe next room. Al managed what was a false half smile and it was returned by Roy's most apoligetic gaze. Al turned from Roy and started down the stairs to go and get Ed's now clean clothes. He wondered what this was going to be like? Roy opened the door and walked in slowly. He wasn't even able to make it the bed. He was frozen in front of the closed door just looking upon that beautiful person that he had fallen in love with. He was really back.

It was two hours before he woke up. Ed moaned slightly as he opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling. He turned his head slightly to see Roy staring at him. He felt something in his chest break but hid it well. He didn't even know what to say to the dark haired man, he wasn't even sure if he wanted to say anything at all. He felt guilty for not being here for all those years. For not getting back fast enough. After all the answer was always right infront of his face. "..Roy?.." He whispered out.

Roy slightly smiled at him. "Hey." He didn't know what to do. He wanted so badly to scoop him into his arms and h old him unitl they both had to let go of each other. He just shook his head. " I never thought I would ever see you again." He slid off the chair to sit on his knees at the side of Ed's bed. Without much thought he reched over and brushed his hair out of his face. The touch was so familiar and it was almost as if he was just shocked. he Pulled his hand back quickly and sighed. Roy looked down towards the bed. What was he suppose to do? How was he suppose to act? Alphonse quickly implanted himself In the front of Roy's mind. "I'm sorry." Ed said and tried to sit up. He looked at Roy and smiled. "I'm glad to see you again. I'm glad you didn't decide to wait forever on me too. "


Roy looked back up at Ed. "I never stopped waiting on you. I just fell for another person in the process. I dont' know what to think. I'm sure your brother is feeling pretty insignifigant in my life right now and I have no idea how to explain to him that that is not true when I'm still in love with you. And he knows it. Anything that i say is not going to hold any sort of value in that aspect." Roy was so confussed. " What happened to you Ed? You just disappeared."

"I went to hell for a while, that's all," Ed sighed and looked away slightly. "It's okay...I really didn't think I'd get home either. I had friends there...people I liked. Just...everything was out of favor for me. I would have died if He didn't help me to get home." Ed frowned deeply. Roy looked at him awkwardly. "Who helped you?" Roy had stood up and sat on the edge of Ed's bed. Partially because sitting on his knees was quite uncomfortable but mostly to be closer to him.

"My father and Envy... Human's can't do alchemy in that other world, but Homunculus could." Ed smiled at Roy. It felt good to be near him again. "How did you lose your eye?"

"You were working with Envy?" Roy had completely forgpt about the change in his appearance. "Oh I got shot by Archer after I killed the Furher and was taking his son out of the burning house. Hawkeye didin't get to me in time but was able to shoot and kill him after he had shot me."

Ed nodded, "yes I was working with Envy. But I rather work with a brick wall then work with him ever again." Ed smiled. "You were only lucky that Hawkeye is as loyal as she is to you." Roy smiled. "Yes I know or else I would be dead." He didn't tell Ed that after all that had gone down and he had found out that Ed had disappeared, that he almost hated Riza for her loyalty. "You were probably so hurt by my disappearce...weren't you..." Ed said frowning looking down at his lap. He hated going back into the past, stabing into old wounds.

"Yes. Yes I was. But I hid it quite well so that I could take care of your brother while you were gone. I had too." Roy felt really bad for making Ed feel bad. He reached over and grasped his chin gently and lifted his head so he could look into those beautiful golden eyes. "Hey, this isn't your fault. I don't blame you. You did what you said you were going to do. You just got the brunt end of the side effects."

"More like the pointy Edge of the deal. I know you don't blame me even if you should." Ed sighed looking sadly into Roy's coal colored eyes. "Al asked so many questions last night about the other side of the gate. I'm surprized your not doing the same" Roy smiled sadly. "Well to be quite honest.. I don't know exactly what to say right now. I'm sure I will have a million and one questions later. Right now I just want to make sure you are ok."

"I'm fine, nothing new really. I think I felt better after I had my shower yesterday, but now my shoulder and hip hurts so, otherwise I'm perfectly fine." Ed smiled at Roy. "you shouldn't worry to much at your age, you'll get gray hair." Roy chuckled. "it's amazing how you start caring for my gray hair after you drove me absolutly insane and then decided you wanted to become part of my life which inits own special way took years off of my life then disappeared for years." Roy had a joking look in his eye. "You're quite sincere?."

"Me? Sincere? Wow. That's a first." Ed smiled, "Besides, your losing your natural charm" Ed smirked. "So tell me what has happen exactly while I was gone?" Roy pretended to look hurt. " Natural charm you really think so? Hmm well then I'll have to find a way to fix that." Roy finally relaxed a bit seeing that Ed hadn't really changed personality wise. he had however changed Physically. He was taller and his hair was longer and he was just down right gorgeous. " Well I don't knwo exactly where to start..." Ed smiled and laughed. "How about...Who's running the country now? or What's your postion in your job? Or how's the crew?" Ed brushed a hand through his long hair that was out of it's usual ponytail.

Roy smiled. " I'm running the country. The crew is fine. You're bother is getting ready to be promoted as well. He is very intellegent and woes just about anyone who walks within 5 feet of him and he doesnt even mean to do it. Black Hayate is a father now. Fury got a dog and thought it was a male until Havoc realized the "he" was pregnant. Yes they are proud grand parents of a liter of 5. That was the most exciting thing that has happened in a while." Ed laughed. "Sounds like I'll be just fine here then." Ed had a strong edge to hugg the older male infront of him. "So where did Aru go?" Roy sat up straight quickly realizing that Al had indeed been gone for quite a while. " I don't know he didn't tell me he just smiled and walked away . I should probably go talk to him and make sure hes ok."


"I think he went to check on the clothing I came here in. They were filthy and he wouldn't let me wear them. So check near a landry matt." Ed gave a small smile. "I'll wait for you too." Ed looked at Roy, hiding his real feelings from him. "Ahh ok I shall go then." Roy stood up not really wanting to leave but he really wanted to find Al at the same time. He missed him as well and wanted to make sure that he was ok. By the look in his eyes when he left he wasn't. Roy walked to the door and turned back at Ed to give him a small smile before turning around and going out the door. Alphonse sighed as he looked at the wash twarling in the dryer. He knew that Roy still loved Ed. He also knew that his brother still loved Roy, but loved him enough to give up on Roy for him. He felt confused, unsure of himself. He didn't want his brother to be unhappy after all he went through, but... He sighed as he heard someone come into the hotel's langry department and continued to think.

Roy walked in and went up to Al and sat down next to him. He looked across to the washing machine and stared for few seconds. "he said I could probably find you here. Are you doing ok?" for some strange reason Roy felt like a total ass right now. He couldn't figure out why but he had a feeling it had something to do with the recent turn of events. How was he suppose to deal with this? "I'm fine, It just seems like Ed's hiding something from me...like he can hid his emotions from me." Al frowned. "He seems distant. He just ..." Al caught off his sentance going into his thoughts. He sighed, "i've been gone a long time, I'm sorry I worried you." Al got up as Ed's clothing stoped in the dryer. He took the clothing out and put them in a small bag. Roy stood up and put his hand on Al's shoulder. "Hey, It's ok. Things will get back to normal eventually. You just have to give it time. He probably has alot on his mind and eventually he'll come to you like he always has." Roy took the small bag from Al. "Come here." He wrapped his arms around him for a few seconds before pulling away.

Al returned the short embrace. "maybe you're right." Al said. "better get those to him, there so where looking. Out of date almost" Al sighed and gave Roy a small smile. Roy smiled and pout a arm around Al as they walked out of the laundry mat. "They are quite unique. Nothing at all like he used to wear. It will be interesting to see how he fits into this society again, but he's edward so he'll make it." "I hope he descides to go with a new outfit, Brown makes him look drepressing." Al pouted as they made their way to the hotel room. "You should have seen him yesterday, he was filthy, hungry, and tired. Really Hungry and filthy!" Al complained. "Which reminds me, he must be hungry, how about you go to the room with the cloths I'll go get us all something to eat." Al said cheerfully and left to get some food.


Roy went to say something but didn't have the time since Al was already half way down the street. " Ok I'll do that" he mumbled to himself. Roy walked up to the room feeling a slight bit better now that he had talked to Al. He knocked on the door breifly before opening it and going inside. Ed was laying on the bed with a deep frown on his face. His eyes were dimed in thought as he stared at the ceiling, he didn't even noticed that Roy entered the room. He was comparing the worlds to each other. He sighed and closed his eyes, then opened them again. He was bored and it caused him to drift into his head. How he hated drifting to their. The past bothered him, he just wanted to forget everything, and be happy with his brother and ...Roy. Roy stood there for a few moments watching Ed in his daze. He traced the boys gaze to the wall and stared as well thinking that maybe there was something there that he wasn't seeing. Finally realizing that it was as blank as a white wall could be he cleared his throat breaking the sliences that had crept upon them. "Doing ok there? You look lost?"

Ed's breathe hitched slightly in surprise and he sat up. "I'm fine, just thinking." Ed gave Roy a false smile that was hard to tell from a real one. Ed streached his one arm. "I'm just bored. I hate not being able to move around." Roy sighed. This was going to stop and this was going to stop now. He threw the clothes towards Ed as he broght the chair back up the the side of his bed. "You have two seconds to tell me what is wrong. You are worrying your brother and me.. Is there something you need to say?" Roy wasn't going to let up off of him. He had to do this so many time before...whats another time?

Ed looked down and looked away. "I'm sorry for worrying you. " Ed's bangs hid his face and all of his expressions. "There isn't anything I need to tell you or Al, it's all in the past is all. " Ed could tell Roy about his inferoity complext that was created in the long time of being in that hellish world. He could tell him about the strong hate of cripples and Athest. (can't spell) There were just things he couldn't tell Al or Roy, ever. He couldn't tell about the dictatior that ordered the genocide of Cripples, jews, the non-supiory race.

Roy was confussed. He was wrong. Ed had changed and it wasn't exactly for the best. There were barely any wisecracking comments coming from his mouth. Everytime you said something that related to him causeing any kind of emotion in you he cowered like a small animal cornered by a lion. What had happened to him? Where was the Ed that Roy used to know. Roy climbed onto the bed reached for him pulling him into an all to familiar hug. It was bad for more reasons then one. It wasn't any way sexual but it caused something inside of Roy to crumble into particales so small that they were almost microscopic.

He tightened his embrace slightly. Roy's arms seemed to conform to Ed's form perfectly. They always had. It was as if they were meant to be there , like a puzzle piece. Ed's blonde hair brushed against Roy's cheek causing a flood of memories to come rushing back to him. Roy sighed. "You have to stop hiding. You can't hide forever. I wont let you. It's not fair. I don't understand why you feel the need to conceal the things that are making you unhappy. Do you not understand that it doesn't matter how long you have been gone. I'm still here for you exactly the way I was before."

Ed wrapped his arm around Roy. "I'm sorry, but I can't. I don't want to hurt you or Al anymore. I returned home not to make you to depressed or angry for things..you or Al can't provent." Faint numbers could be seen on Ed's left arm, burnt into his skin. Roy couldn't let him go. He couldn't. He would fix Ed. If it was the last thing he didi he would fix him. "You can't keep yoursef from us Ed. We both have been longing for you to return home. If that means with baggage then we are prepared to take that on as well. You don't understand. We want you to let us in and tell us what the hell happened to you. You hiding these things from us is what will hurt us." Roy's eyes stole a glace at the arm that was wrapped around him to find a faded set of numbers that seemed to be scared into Ed's skin. That frieghtened him.

Ed quickly pulled his arm away. "It's best to keep sleeping dogs lie." Ed said as if repeating something he heard over and over again. Ed chewed on his bottom lip. He didn't want to open old scars there, even though he was chisling in them on his free time. Which was often. Roy reluctantly let his arms fall from Ed's sides. He sat ther staring at him for a moment. The youthful sparkle was gone and even though Ed was young and looked young one could see the potential ageing in his features. Roy felt bad for him. Roy reached up and ran a hand through Ed's long hair. There was very few times in his life when he had felt helpless and this was one of them.


Ed felt like shit, no less then shit, dirt. He could tell about everything that happened, He could, he knew they couldn't get him now. He knew that he was free. Free from the numbers, the killings, the burning of flesh, solders sneering at him, touching him...He couldnt' even make himself look Roy in the eye. He decided that the wall was more interesting. Roy didn't know what to do. Ed wouldn't even look at hm. Was he that ashamed? "I don't know what you want me to do? I can't just sit here and let you be like this. I just can't." Roy shook his head. He was at a complete lose. Here he had thought that he had finally gotten Ed back and all hope was not lost. Yes the body and the flesh were here, but the spirit and the personality were still lost.

"I'm sorry, Roy." Ed sighed. I'm sorry, Roy but that's all I can say anymore. "I am fine I really am." He knew Roy was just going to keep on pushing intil Al got back, maybe even after that. "You lie so horribly. It was never a strong point of yours I can't not break into your mind nd fishout the things that I wish for you to let off your chest. I can only sit and wait for you to release them yourself." Roy let his hand drop and was overcome with a massive since of loss and longing. Did Ed always have that effect on him?

"what is it that you want to know? Do you want to know about Concentration camps? Hitler? Genocide because of prejusic? Sickly kids being punished for their religion?" Ed whispered out. "Being starved to the bone before geting a scrap of moldy bread, being forced to do manual labor? What is it you want to know?" Roy looked sadly at him. Al of that was completely new to him but it did not make him happy. " How about what happened to you? I just want to know what happened to you Ed."

"The same thing they went through, I was just able to sit there and watch everyone, even me just rot away...I was lucky they didn't kill me...they didn't want to. They wanted me. And they had me." Ed's bangs hid the horror showing in his eyes. "The burning smell haunts me. They burnted them when they died. They were..." Roy's eyes widened and he reached up and brushed his hair out of his face trying mainly to let Ed know that he was there. The fear on Ed's face was enough to knock him on his ass andn he so desperately tried to not damn himself for cause this in the first place. What did he mean that they wanted him? "They were what , Ed?"

"They were demons. Taking, touching, and killing anything you want. Raping. They were complete monsters. " Ed had a cyrical smile on his face. "That's what they were. They hated me just cause I was a cripple. Saying that i'm useless. maybe I am." His eyes showed horror as he looked down, not wanting to look at Roy. " You stop right there. I will not sit here and listen to you try to convince yourself that you deserved everything that happened to you. I will not! You are far from useless and I'm not sure if you realized or not but there are people who need you. if you were infact useless, then why is it that you mean so much to people? They are the ones in the wrong. Not you!"

Roy grabbed Ed gently by the shoulder with one hand and used the other one to raise Ed's downcasted gaze once again. " You are not there anymore. They can not come to get you or harm you in anyway. You will not ever be hurt again do you understand me. Never, I wont let that happen. You can trust me." Tears sliped pass Ed's eyes. "I know, I know. But all of them...They all...All of those people...all of them innocent...all of those children...I couldn't do a thing to help them...not a single thing. I was stuck there watching them die. Being treated worse then I was being treated..." Ed closed his eyes as the tears started coming faster.

Roy cupped Ed's face with his hands and gently wiped away the tears. He wished he could help him forget everything that had happened to him. "Ed there wasn't anything that you could do. If there was you would have done it." Ed closed his eyes and looked down to his lap. Tears just slowly continued to fall. All he felt that he could do was shake his head. He looked up again, he wished that Roy would hug him again. Be his. But he couldn't do that to his brother. He just couldn't do that. Roy couldn't just sit there and watch Ed cry like that. He leaned forward and tilted Ed's face back upward. He wiped away the tears from his cheek and leaned even further in. Roy placed a single kiss on each one of Ed's eyelids. "Please don't cry." Ed opened his eyes and looked at Roy. He leaned in closer towards Roy. "Roy, I'm sorry. I hate feeling this way."

Roy sinced Ed's closeness nad wanted to badly to run from it knowing that he very well should. But that look in Ed's eyes stopped him from going anywhere. He wanted to hold him and make sure that he was ok. Was that so wrong? "Don't be sorry. You need to let it all out. Never feel sorry for doing something I asked you to do ." He ran a thumb over Ed's cheek. Al was sitting against the door, his eyes widen. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. He couldn't think his brother as weak or ever have a weekness. He heard Ed sigh. Ed gave a real smile to Roy and leaned to the touch. "you'll never know how much I missed you. Even when I was there. You and Al were all I thought about."

Roy bit his bottom lip keep from saying something that he hadnt said in so long. this was all too familiar. the way Ed leaned into his touch, the way they sat there talking. He missed him so much. "i missed you as well. More then you will ever know." Ed pulled away from Roy's touch and smiled at him. "Go check on Aru. He's been gone far to long. I'm worried about him."

Al got up and knocked on the door then entered. "Hey, sorry I took so long." He put a smile on his face, but felt ackward near them. Roy smiled at him. "Hey ." Roy stood up and hugged Alphonse tightly. It felt totally awkward to be huggin Al in front of Ed liek this with him knowing perfectly well that this wasn't a friendly hug. Al returned the hugg, he felt slightly embarrassed to be hugging Roy infront of Ed. Al held up a bag of food, which Ed 'dove" to. Ed had once again put up his wall smiling and eatting happily.


Roy smiled at The two. He felt totally out of place. He shoudlnt be here. It was bad enough that he still had feeling for Ed. But it was different knowing that Ed seemed to cary those same feeling. Roy was with Al now. Al was a perfect partner. He was the things that Roy had lacking in his life and roy loved him deeply for bring the fullness back. He had never once thought of him as a replacement. And here he stood wondering why it felt so awkward to be so happy with Ed's little brother? It always had but love sees past that.

Ed sighed contently with a full stumach. He layed back onto the bed and closed his eyes. Al watched his brother closely, as if searching for something, anything. Al smiled as Roy and kissed him on the cheek. Roy pulled Al into his lap and wrapped his arms around him. Roy layed his head on e Al's back and just held him. He suddenly realized that he had to get a room. "I have to leave in the morning. When ever Winry get's Ed's automail done give me a call. I'll be sure to make it to wehre you aren't obligated to come home at a certain time. Roy sat back up straight and gave Al a kiss. "I have to go get a room.I do not want to sleep on the floor or in the car for that matter." Roy smiled. Ed turned over as he listened to the two give each other a goodbye kiss, and Roy leaving. He felt depressed as he listened to Al go over and sit next to his bed.

Al sat down and watched Ed. " Brother? are you ok?" He knew it was a stupid question. He never very well that he wasn't. Ed smiled, "Yes, I'm fine Aru." Ed opened one eye and looked at Al. Al sighed silently. And looked down at his feet. He wasn't totally understanding why Ed suddenly wanted to hide his feelings from him. But he guessed it was just a apart of growning apart. he hated it though. He hated doing this to Al, but he didn't really want to tell Al anything depressing intill he knew Al could handle it. "Aru, is there something wrong?" Ed asked after a while.

Al looked up at his brother and sighed. "there is something bothering you and you are not willing to disclose it. It's a bit disturbing since it is tearing you up inside yet you still hide it. I understand that you don't really kow me anymore so that could very well be the reason why but I want yo uto kow that I am still here for you." Al wasn't too sure if he was slightly jealous that Ed was more willing to talk to Roy or if he felt happy for them to be able to share at least something again. "It's nothing, Al" Ed said and rolled away from his brother. Ed frowned. He was really starting to hate himself.

Al suddenly felt bad for doing this to him. He shouldn't be unhappy because Ed was not devulging things that he eveidently didnt want to. He should be happy that he had his brother at all. "Ok Nii-san. That's fine. " Al went pover and sat on the edge of the bed. "So did you and Roy have a enjoyable talk?" Not really..."More or less" Ed said, not really wanting to talk about that either. He felt Al siting on the Edge of the bed. "Thats good. This has probably had a bit of a toll on you. I think maybe you want some time alone. Ill sleep in the other room tonight." Al didnt want to. Not that he didn't want to sleep with Roy, he did, But he didn't want to leave Ed. But this seemed like the best thing to do. Ed just seemed too distant and Al had a feeling it was his fault.

"That's fine, " Ed said bitterly and curled up in the bed. Not really saying anything as a good night to Alphonse. Roy had torn out something, and Al was trying to look through the remains that were covered with maggots for information. Roy was walking up the stairs to check on ed and al. When he opened the door however he kinda wished he has spent more time down stairs. The look on Al's face was not comforting nor was the ball that Ed had rolled himself into. "Umm is everything ok?" Al shoke his head, no, and gave a sad smile. "Do you mind if I sleep with you tonight?" Al asked Roy as Ed pretended to sleep. Roy gave him a weird look. "Why would I? You have been for almost four years why would it change now?" Roy smiled at him and held out his hand waiting for him to take it. Ed felt like rolling his eyes at the comment. Al smiled and took Roy's hand.

Roy took Al's hand and pulled him out the door saying goodnight to Ed before shuting the door. He looked down at Al and gave hima weird look. "What was that all about?" he asked as they walked to the room. Al sighed and shoke his head. "He's hiding even more from me, but he'll open right away for you. I hate it. I hate drifting away from him like this. I hate growing up. " Al muttered darkly. Roy shook his head. "It took me forever to find out what was wrong with him, I wish I could tell you but thats something he has to do." This is when it got awkward. They reached the room and Roy unlocked it and opened the door letting Al go in first.

Al walked into the Room and then went into the bedroom, locking himself in the bathroom. Al growled in the bathroom. WHY WON'T THEY TELL ME ANYTHING? Why do I need to be the patent one? WHY? He mentally screamed. Roy sighed. If he could only count the number of nights he spent sleeping outside the bathroom door. It was seriously worse then sleeping on the couch. Roy shut and locked the door and then made his way to the bathroom to make sure that Al had indeed locked himself in there once again. Roy leaned against the door. "Al, did you lock yourself in there again?"

"Maybe, go away, I'm thinking"

"I'm not leaving until I get a straight answer and perferably face to face."

"See you in the morning then" Al growled as he started throwing things in the bathroom. Roy sighed and banged his head against the door lightly before turning and resting his back against it. "Al what's wrong?" He was terribly afraid that Al would open the door to throw something at him and he would fall. It had happened before. "EVERYTHING!" Al screamed throwing things at the door, even though he knew that it wouldn't hit Roy. "Thats alot of things. Why dont you try to narrow it down and give me a better selection of things to choose from."

"...PRESENT THINGS!" Al screamed after thinking it over.

"Well, present things? Your brother I'm assuming?"

"..." Al paused in his throwings objects and sat on the towlet.

"DId you die?" Roy sat and listened wondering why the sudden quiteness.

"No...thinking...go away.."

Roy smiled. He really loved this boy. he tried not to laugh knowing that if Al heard him he would surely go off the rocked and beat him with the toilet brush. "Al...I don't think he means to hurt you."

" I KNOW HE DOESN'T! But it hurts! It hurts so much" Al cried behind the door.

That was Roy's cue. Al had stopped being so damn pissed nad turned into so damn sad. Roy pulled the small peince of chalk out of his pocket and quickly drew a small transmutaion circle on the door. Roy never stayed on his said when Al started to cry. He quickly transmuted the lock and came to his aid. "He wrapped his arms around him and held him close. "I know."

"I heard you to talking. I didn't mean to eavedrop, but I've been so worried about him for so long..." He cried wrapping his arms around Roy. Roy's eyes widened. His grip on Al became tighter like he was afraid it was the last time to ever hold him like this. He now realized why Al was so upsety about this. "How much did you hear?" Ed couldn't get mad for clearing up details his brother already knew. The only one here that could get mad would be alphonse. "Everything, I heard everything. I'm sorry, Roy. I'm sorry" Al cried clinging on to Roy. Roy held him close. "No, I'm sorry. He had a million and one things to apoligize for that happened in a mater of 45 minutes to an hour. He felt bad that Al had to hear all that coming from the othr side of the door. "Just give him time. Hopefully he'll come around."

"No he won't! He's too stuborn! Even now! " Al cried. "That's all that's left of him that I remember. He might tell you things eventually, but he wont tell me. He never tells me anything!" Roy pulled away from him and ran a hand thru his hair. "He's still your brother. He will come around and you two will be ok. " Al sighed and looked at Roy. "You're right. You're always right."

"Don't be like that. Your brother loves you very much. He has just been through alot." Roy gave him a small smile. "Do you think you can wait for him?"Al smiled and noded. "I can." Alphonse hugged Roy. "How about we get to bed" Roy hugged him back tightly. "That sounds like one of the best things ever." Roy looked at him and leaned in placing a much awaited kiss on his soft lips. Al pressed his lips firmly against Roy's savoring the taste of Roy's lips against his own. Al playful tackled Roy to the bed. Roy laughed as he was tackled to the bed. He looked into the eyes of his tackler and smiled. "You're pretty feisty all the sudden." Roy's let his hands fall to Al's back. It had been a long time since he had actually got to make any kind of phsyical contact with him. It was nice.

Al cuddled up to Roy and yawned cutely. "If I'm random know, maybe I'll know what to expect later tomorrow" Roy wrapped his arms around him tightly. He really missed him. "Are you serious? How can you ever predict a future with Ed in it? He's as random as they come." Roy joked as he burried his face in Al's hair. Al laughed, "easyly, He went to bed now, he'll wake up at 10, He'll scream for us or find out the number of this room since he still doesn't have his automail, Then, He'll want breakfast." Al said Tirumpantly. Roy laughed as well. "You're very right." I'm kinda glad he don't have his atuomail. I have a feeling he would come beat us until we are awake if he did." Al smiled, "yeah but we'll hear the worst of it when he starts getting bed phobia"Roy smirked. "Yeah, you kow why dont we just baricade ourselves in here until he gets his automail?"Al smiled, "Cause he'd get mad at both of us, and probably wants to try out his Alchemy skills on us"

"Ahh yeah well im already prepared to face the wrath of that as soon as he is walking." Al laughed and cuddled. Then Yawned. He fell asleep listening to Roy joke. And like he prodicted Ed called at Exactly 10'o clock. Roy rolled over searching for the culprit of the abnoxious noise. " what the hell is that the phone?" Roy looked around and sure enough it was the phone." Oh hell that is most annoying." Roy grumbled all the way to the phone and when he answered it." what!"

"Good morning to you too, mr. Sunshine. " Ed said sarcasticly on the other line, " Just wanted to tell Al that he locked my room by accient and Winry's trying to get in. I can't go and unlock it so i'm at a loss and gain here." Roy growled and looked over at the still sleeping blonde "ill be there in a minute but i swear to god if she hits me with that stealthy wrench of hers shes a goner."

"won't be her, trust me, she knows how to handle that thing, but Aru would kill you if you did" Ed said before hanging up the phone , and the more appearent screams could be heard coming down the hall. Roy took the reciever from his ear and looked at it. He shook his head nad got dressed. He left a note for al and headed down the stairs to unleach the devil on Ed. He rounded the corner and smiled. "Hello Winry." Winry was huffing at the door, there were slight indents on the door and laughter could be heard on the other side. She looked over and straightened her self out. "Hello Roy, can you open the door, these are very heavy," She said pointing to the bag, she had black rings under her eyes. Roy took the bag from her and drew a small array on the door. He activated it and let her in smirking at Ed for laughing at Winry. Winry came in with the evil look she always gave Ed. Ed sighed and gave a small smile to Winry who was advancing on him with the wrench.

Roy sighed as he watched the strom brewing in the womans eyes. He couldn't very well let him get killed. They just got him back. Roy walked into the room and advanced on Winry. "Al locked the door when we left last night. He couldn't get up to get the door so technically if you want to bash someone bash Al ...or me." Winry glared at Roy then sighed. "Figures" She muttered, Ed smiled happily and slightly reliefed. Winry pulled out a newly made arm and leg. "You can help me put these on him Right?" Roy smiled at his sucess that is until Winry asked him to help her. "...sure..." He knew what he was doing but It wasn't plesant to hear Ed scream or even be in that much pain. Exspecially considering that fact that it had been years since he had automail connected. Roy stepped forward to help Winry. Winry helped Roy connect the nerve wires and at the count of three Connected the automail, Ed let out a curt scream that was soon covered with him bitting his bottom lip at the surge of pain from the comatose nerve.

Roy noticed who Ed tried so hard to hide his pain. He suddenly felt sick. It was a shame that this world had put all people who show their pain in catagories such as "not strong enough", or "too weak to deal with a little pain". It bothered ROy. Ed was one of the strongest people he knew and for him to feel like showing pain was not acceptable was just plain depressing. Ed sighed after Winry finially left. He moved the right arm, wiggling the fingers and moving the elbow up and down, then did the same with the left leg. He then tried to stand ,and mangaged it for a minute or so before falling back on the bed. Ed sighed then growled. Roy smiled. "Take it easy. You are going to have to get used to this all over again. No one is expecting you to just get up and start doing cartwheels." Ed laughed. "I know, I just hate sitting down all day doing absolutly nothing." Ed sat up. "I'm still used the arm from the one I used on the otherside, it's just, i'm not used to the leg actually moving, Hey come here" Roy stood up and went to Ed. "What? Do you want help?"

Ed grabed on to Roy's shoulder and stood up. He steadied himself. "Walk backwards" Roy placed on Hand on Ed's side to help him balance. He started to walk backwards not knowing exactly how fast ed wanted him to move so he moved at a fairly moderate pace. Ed smiled as he slowly got used to placing one foot infront of the other then let go of Roy and slowly started walking around. "I won't beable to run to places but it's better then being a bed veggie" Roy slowly let his hand drop from Ed's side. He watched his walk around. Ed was stil a little wobbly at times but he would definitely manage. "See, thats perfect.." Ed smirked. "Let's go get breakfast" Ed said then quickly got dressed. "We can bring some to sleeping beauty then." Ed steached, it felt good to be in black jeans and a casual black collared shirt. Roy had no objections to this at all." That's fine we can let him sleep. He needs it. he sleeps about as often as you used to, which is ..not at all." Ed dragged Roy down to the dinning hall in the hotel. "That doesn't surprize me. He used to not sleep at all in the armor. So he's probably not used to sleeping really. And I did to sleep a lot, I slept on trains, streets, your office...I Could go on and on about that"

"ahh yes you slept anywhere but a bed. And I remember having to pull you to bed or else you would stay up for weeks on end sitting in the library." Ed laughed, "okay, you win" And got Eggs, toast, orange juice (somethings never change), and a bagel. He waited for Roy before finding a seat. Roy smiled. hearing Ed laugh was something he wasn't accustomed too. it was nice. Roy came back to the table with biscuits and gravy and LOTS of coffee. He had to have his coffee. "So, how are you feeling this morning?" Ed smiled "Good. Being alone to think helps alot." Ed had doved into his food and stole a sip of Roy's coffie.

Roy was gaurding his coffe as if it was the most precious thing to him. Ed kept stealing it when Roy wasn't looking and he just couldn't have that. He looked over at Ed and watched him rampage thru his eggs. Roy slowly ate his food/ It was hard to eat when you had a coffee theif in front of you. "Im glad to hear that. You do understand that he doesn't mean any harm in his interagations, right? He is just worried about you."

"I know, I just don't want him to know. Just not yet. After a while maybe." Ed smirked as he stole yet another sip and finished his eggs and toast and started finishing up on his bagel. Roy sat there looking very sheepish. He knew Al knew but he wasn't going to tell Ed that. Roy figured that it was something that Ed should tell Al regaurdless. "Yes, I understand." The only way to avoid the conversation was to change it. " So what are you going o do now that you are back?" Roy picked up his coffee. HOW THE HELL did he keep getting to his coffee? "I donno, Probably sign back up for field agent. I'm not really one to sit down. " Ed smiled and drank his orange juice. He honestly didn't know what he was going to do.

He always hoped that he could be with Roy again, but Roy was his brother's and not his anymore. If it was some other person he would have stolen Roy back, but this is Al and he would never do anything like that to his brother. Roy smiled at him and finished off the last bite of his food. " There is a lot of things that we'll have to do. First thing would be telling the public that you are indeed back. We buried you and had a funeral. There were mass amounts of people there. They will need to know. I will need to address the board with as much information as you can give me about your return journey. I can give them a referance that will have them eating out of your hand and back in the military in less then a week. You just tell me when you are ready to endure all the bullshit that will undoubtedly come from this."

"I guess I can do that" Ed smirking, "but to tell you the truth, I don't remember much on the trip back here" Ed stole the last bit of Roy's coffie, then leaned back in the chair. Ed bit the bottom of his lip in thought. Roy sat there with his mouth hanging open. The priority of his thoughts had scrambled. "You have drunk almost all of my coffee!" He had it set to deal with the other thing in just a fews seconds. "Who me?" Ed said innocently. "why would I ever do that?" Ed smiled. "I'm not exactly sure. Maybe becasue you are evil." Roy glared at Ed. "I think you're to hooked on coffie" Ed laughed, and got up to get Al's breakfast to go. "Let's go, Cyclopes, We gotta wake up sleeping beauty"

Roy stood up utterly bewildered. Not only had Ed stole his coffee but he had the decencey to call him a name as well. Roy had the mind to tackle him when he got back up stairs. Ed stood by Roy's room door waiting for Roy. "You locked the door" Roy walked up behind him and reached to unlock that door. ONce unlocked he opened the door and let Ed go insde. Ed went inside and went into the bedroom with the bag of food. He poked at Al, smirking. Al rolled over and sheilded himself from the bright room. He was so comfortable. So very very comfortable. His eyes blinked themselves open and he stared back at his brother. "What are you doing here?" He said sleepily while smiling. "Aren't you suppose to be down stairs wailing for someone to come and move you?"

Ed laughed, "good morning to you to sleeping beauty, as Matter of fact I have my automail back and I'm free to annoy you as much as I want." Ed smirked, "And you do know that it's about 1 in the afternoon right" Al moaned and shook his head. "i liked it beter when you could only annoy me if i stood with in 5 feet of you. "Al joked. He sat up off the bed rather quickly when he heard what time it was though. "! o'clock? Wow I havent sleep like that in a long time." Ed gave a mocked pout and handed Al the bag of food. "You should try it more often by the way Roy says you sleep" Ed smiled. "Hey, I'm sorry for not telling you things. Just give me some time, Aru and I will eventually tell you" Al smiled and reached up giving a playful tug on Ed's hair. "It's ok I understand. This is hard for you. Take your time." Al stared at his brother. He didnt feel like hurting him with is knowledge so he just decided not to say anything. "hheyyy that's my hair" Ed playfully whined and tugged on Al's hair.

Al giggled and poked Ed in the shoulder smiling mischeviously. Ed kissed Al on the cheek and hugged him. "It feels better now that I have all my limbs" Al hugged Ed back and cuddled into his chest. "You are smiling more today. Thats great." Ed smirked and brushed his left hand through Al's hair. "yeah, it feels great, I guess I'm just happy today." Al sighed and closed his eyes. It was so nice to be able to feel Ed again. It had been years and this was the closest he had came to Ed in soo long." you should be happy all the time." Ed rested his head on top of Al's. He had a small smile. "if that was possible, then I bet cats could rain out of the sky." Al laughed. "Well thats something we can't control. But I wil ltry to keep you happy Nii-san." AL held his brother a little tighter.

Ed smiled at Al and started tickling Al's sides. "I want you to be happy too!" Al started to wriggle away from Ed's ticking hands but failed. "Ed...hahahahaa...stop...stop it...! Al laughed hard for the first time in a long time. Ed continued his attack. "Why, Aru?" He said in a teasing voice. "I'm having funn" Al continued to laugh histerically. He eventually found his way to Ed's sides and started to tickle him back. Ed screamed in laughter, trying to excape from his brother by crawling out of the bed. But only was pulled back up and tickled again. Al continued his tickle assult on his brother until he had him begging for mercy. Al smiled down at Ed. "UNCLE!" Ed cried out as his fit of laughter slowly died. He panted, his left arm was covering his eyes dramaticly. He had a bright smile on his face. "Happy?" Ed laughed. Al smiled. "I think so." Al fell back onto the bed next to Ed. "Too much of a work out when you just wake up."

Ed laughed, "Well I stole Roy's coffie, It was fun." Ed stared up at the ceiling. He felt very happy and relieved. Al chuckled. "And you're still alive? Last time i did that I found myself pinned to the floor and sat on until I promised never to touch his coffee again. You know you really couldnt tell but he's quite heavy when he puts his whole weight on you." Ed smirked "the trick is not letting him notice that you drank the coffie"

"Yes but even with one eyes he's a bit more perseptive then he seems. Distraction is the key. If you can get him distracted then you can practically get him to do anything." Ed nodded and sat up. "talking about cyclopes, where is he?" Al sat there for a second completely quite. "He's in the shower. You can hear the water running. I wonder why he didn't say anything?" Ed shrugged and blinked. "Who knows" Ed smiled evilly and went into the second bathroom in the hotel room. He turned on the sink and waited while before turning it off. Al sat there shaking his head at Ed. He heard a msall yelp issue from the bathroom and cracked up laughing. "that is all you nii-san. He will kill you and not me." Al continued to laugh. Ed laughed and smiled innocently. "I didn't do anything." Ed turned on the water again and turned it off. Al covered his head with the pillow as he heard ROy shout something incoherantly and then the water turn off. "Oh I'm not here. Im asleep." Al tried to make himself invisable while snikering under the blankets.

Roy came out of the bathroom in a towel and glared at Ed and thepile of sqirming blankets on the bed. he pointed and Ed. "It was you wasn't it." Ed walked out of the other bathroom and sat on the bed. He smiled innocently. "me? never!" Giving Roy a very straight mocked face. "Would I ever do that to you?" Al tried so hard to stifle his laughs un sucsessfully. Roy looked over towarsd the bed and then back at ED. "You are lying. You are not very good at that. Just so you know I believe you froze off a few very important body parts." Ed smirked and raised an eyebrow. "Is that so?" He bit his bottom lip to keep from burst out laughing at Roy. "what kind of parts?" Ed snickered. Al threw the covers off of his head and sat up with a smile lastered on his face. " yes pray tell." Roy loked at the two blondes and shook his head. "I am seriously in trouble. There are once again two of you to deal with." He turned around and headed for the bathroom to shave.

Ed looked at Al and cracked up laughing, falling into Al. Ed clinged on to Al. Al laughed loudly and clung to his brother. He found the fact that Roy was evidently unwilling to elaborate amuzing. "two blondes are better then one they say. Maybe we'll drive him into early retirement." Al joked. Ed continued to laugh, "That is true. hehehehehe, Poor Roy. " Ed snickered. He petted his brother. Al chuckled and let himself be pet by Ed. " that's nice. you are going to put me back to sleep." Ed smiled and continued to pet Al, "I'm surprized you don't pur with your love of cats" Al chuckled softly and purred just for the effect. He nuzzled Ed and curled up to him Smiling. Ed laughed, and nuzzled Al back. "I love you, Aru." Al smiled and sighed deeply. " I love you too , nii-san" Ed nuzzled his cheek against Al's. "so what are we going to do today anyways?"

"umm, Roy has to go back to Central. We expected the automail to take longer but you have it so if you would like to go back to central we can. i can understand if yo udon want to. Roy said i can stay here with you for a little bit if i needed too. He said he would cover everything including my ass for being gone so long. I do have to go back eventually though. I'm sure I have plenty of missions to do." Ed nodded, "We can go back to central. It's better then doing nothing, right?" Ed smiled. "Besides, I think I'd like to get active in the military again." Al smiled at him. "Thats great! Well as soon as Roy gets al that figured out for you it wil be. Aren't you afriad of how people are going to react?"

"Nope, it doesn't matter what people say, right?" Ed smiled and layed back on the bed. Al layed down as well as stared up at the ceiling in a daze thinking about all the different things that could happen. "Yea i guess your right. it really dont matter." Ed sighed and closed his eyes. He just layed there listening to the light sounds around him. Al stared at the ceiling. There were still so many unanswered questions that would clear things up but he woulds dwell on them. He knew the jist of it. "Ed? can I ask you a question?"

"Sure"

"Knowing everything that you do now, I mean everything that has happened. The changes that have been made to your personal life and everything, if you had a choice would you still be here?" It was a question he had been wanting to ask for a while now. He knew that there were certain things that Ed wasn't expecting happening and he knew that he had been hurt by some of them. Ed sighed and sat up. "I probably would."

"Probably?" Al didn't want to upset him. he knew he was going to. "If I could change anything in the past, then I also loose something great that came with the bad. So yes, I'd be here right now, even if I did know back then what I know now." Al sighed. It was nice to kow that Ed would stil be here regaurdless. It gave him reason to belive that Ed might have came back for him. Al looked up as he heard the bathroom door open and roy walking into the room to grab some clothes. "You guys look alot more mello then before"

"Well your boring us to death by taking forever in the bathroom, anyone would mello out after dying of extreame boredom for about a half an hour." Ed said dramaticly. Roy found his silver pocket watch and opened it. He shut it and smiled at Ed. "45 mins. and All I have to do is get dressed. And Al is still in his boxers and practically bed ridden and I have yet to hear you say anything to him." Ed shugged, "He has a point Aru, get your lazy ass up and get dressed, I've been dressed for hours" Roy shook his head and laughed. "You are just out to get someone. I bet this isn't about the time. You are just being bitter because your bored." Al snickered and climbed outof the bed. "Stop encouraging him. He'll explode with rage and you will be left missing a few more body parts." Al walked by Roy giving him a healthy smack on the ass as he went by. Roy shook his head. " I need to get dressed. You have 5 seconds to leave or be exposed to nudity." Roy knew Ed knew he was not playing. He could not count the number of time Al has thought he was playing when Roy was dating Ed. Needless to say Al saw alot more of Roy then he needed to back then. Ed shugged and left the room laughing leaving Roy and Al alone. He sat down on the fluffy couch that the hotel provided and waited for Al and Roy.

Roy and Al emerged from the room fully clothed and not at all blushing which was good for Edward. Roy strolled over to the couch and sat down next to ED. " I hear you are wantng to come to Central already. Good. You can stay with us for as long as you need too. There is pleny of rom and you can practiacally live on one side of the house and not even have to see us. Seriosuly We have to ckeep phones near by at all time to find one another so with a nother person in the house it might became smaller. God please let it get smaller." Al laughed at Roy's seriousness. He even felt liek the house was too big for two people. "It wil take a while For Roy to get the meeting set to get you reenstated into the military so You'll have to hang around there until everything gets situated,"

Ed nodded, "That'll be okay." Ed streached, "For the time being, CAN WE PLEASE GET OUT OF THIS HOTEL!" Roy stood up and looked at Al. "I'm goginto the car. I have people comeing to pick our stuff up later so dont worry about it unless there is something that you really need. Its a long drive." Roy looked at Ed and then back at Al ."you can deal with him." Al looked at Ed. " I'm sorry I was under the impression that you had your automail back..oh wait you do, so why the hell havent you got up off your ass nad walked down the damn stairs. "Al smiled and joked as he pointed to the door signaling for Ed to go out the door. Ed snickered as he made his way out of the room and down the stairs. "I'm going, see," Then screamed as he sliped and took Roy and Al with him down the stairs.

Poor roy being in front was not expecting the sudden crash. He heard Ed scream and the next thing he knew he was tumbling down the stairs. Al on the other hand saw his brother slip and reached for him abouthte same time Ed decided it was acceptable to grab Al by the neck to keep from slipping, and he came crashing down the stairs too. Seconds later Roy was pinned beneath two fully grown guys and he was in alot of pain. Al tried to get off of him as quickly as he could but somehow Ed managed to land on top of him rather then under him. Al sighed and looked up to find the hotel owner staring down at them with the most inquisitve look ever. "Ed could you please get off of me."Al said breathlessly. Roy only uttered a painful moan. He had came to a conclusion. Nothing had froze off but it probably would of felt a whole hell of a lot better then having a rouge foot kick everything that was suppose to be on the outside, inside.

Ed slowly got up off of Al and Roy. "Sorry" Ed said to Roy, Al, and the hotel owner. Al got off Roy as quickly as he could. He stood up and stretched a bit feeling the bruses form on his body. "Thats fine. I shoudl of been watching you closer." Al looked down at roy whjo still hadnt moved from his place. Al bent down and leaned over to see a wide eye and a pale white face just staring off into space. "Umm are you ok." Roy waanted to explain what happened but couldnt. SO all he said was "Dont touch me.GIve me a second." HE would eventually get up, When the air found its way back into his lungs. Ed winced and frowned. He knew Roy was not okay. He wondered if Roy landed on his back. Poor Roy... he thought. Roy finally moved sitting up as slowly as he could. His face showed a pained expression. "Al Im happy you can't have kids. Becasue I don;t think I can reproduce any more." He stood up using the wall for leverage. "Ed, are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Ed said and gave Roy a weak smile. "I'm sorry for breaking any reprodutive organs you have, just be glad your gay." Roy grinned. "thank you for pointing that out. That makes me feel better." Roy gave a small chuckly and then started out the door once again. Al smiled at Ed and shook his head. "You havea way with words Nii-san." Al patted Ed on the back and coaxed him out the door and into the car. Ed pouted in the back of the car and then looked out the window at the passing feilds. He was happy to be back. He was happy to be outside and in the brightness of his world, not the gray and poluted sky of Germany. Al had fallen back asleep for a few minutes in the car. When he woke up he rubbed his eyes and stretched. "Where are we?" Roy looked over at him and smiled. "We still have a ways." Roy looked back at Ed and returned his gaze to the road again. " Ed? Are you alright back there?"

"yeah, I'm fine." Ed was to busy looking out of the window, amiring the sinery. "Was there not much where you were?" Roy asked. Al curled up in the front seat with a book that he had brought along. "There was to much." Ed smiled and leaned more back into the back seat of the car. "I'm surprized you can drive with one eye."Roy scowled. "Hey what is that suppose to mean? I can see just fine." Ed smirked and continued to look out the window. "you can take that either way." Roy wished he had something to throw at him right now. he contimplated taking Al's book and throwing it but he knew that if he did that he would also get smacked in the back of the head by Al who looked overly into the book. "You are a pain in my ass with your hidden meanings."

"aww poor you, Too bad for you I get motion sickness" Ed smirked. Roy suddenly got freaked out and turned to him. " DO NOT throw up in my car. Ed i swear to god I will kill you and face your bother later."

"it's only when I read. Found that out an interesting way" Ed smiled. "So are we there yet?" Roy sighed. "NOt yet. It will take a little while longer.So what happened? how did you find out you had motion sickness?" Always looking for blackmail. "wouldn't you like to know." Ed smirked and stared at the sky. "Yes I actually would. But as it stands it doesn't look like I wil get the chance to know." Roy smiled. This reminded him so much of some of the times they had before he dissapeared.

"You know those signs on the edge of the roads?"

"YEs i do."

"I was reading them as I was learning to drive and I got sick on my driving instructer in Germany"

Roy couldn't help but laugh his ass off. It was impossible not too. "Im so sorry for laughing but thats disqusting. I don't suppose you passed."

"that's fine" Ed smiled. "I passed on my second try. I memorized the road signs by then and I could tell what they were at a glance"

Roy chuckled a bit. "Thats good that means you can drive the rest of the way." Roy pulled into a gas station to get gas and he turned to Ed. that is if you really do know how to drive?"

"I do know how to drive," Ed growled at Roy, "get the gas and give me the keys, jerk"

Roy threw the keys abck to Ed and got out of the car. He put the gas in the car and payed for it and slipped in the back seat since Al had made no effort to move since he had put his nose in the book. Roy sprawled out in the back seat with his head towards the passanger seat. He had no idea why he decided to lay that way but it gave him a wonderful side veiw of Ed. Ed started up the car and turned out into the Road that lead to central. He kept himself focused on the road. Roy stared at him most of the way back only answering questions when he was asked. Al finished reading his book and started talking to Ed as they drove. They eventually got back to Central.. Roy concluded that Ed was actually a good driver and that he would have to let him drive more often. That thought was quickly interrupted when he realized that he had planned on Ed driving his car more. Ed wasn't gogin to be in his car that often was he? Al had to tell Ed were to go and eventually they pulled up into the drive way of a humungous house that sat at the top of a hil that was surrounded by high fences. Al got out of the car and rounded on Roy. " YOU DID SOMETHING WITH THE CAT RIGHT?" Roy reached for the keys to the car and smiled at Al. "I will go get him from the shelter right now." Ed laughed and shoke his head looking to the house. "show off." Ed muttered under his breathe. Ed streached and yawned.

Al looked over to Ed smiling." You have to see this thing. I think that maybe Riza had it issused to him. It has a huge office and its file system is unreal. The whole house is terribly organized and thats why I think its her fault." Al started walking to the house and turned to Ed while walking backwards. There was one other thing that helped him through his brothers disappearance besides Roy. That was the familiarity of a certain room in the house. "The library was built for you." Al smiled sadly. "It is one of the biggest things inthe house and its filled with so many anceint texts and rare books. It reminds me so much of studying all the time with you. I spend alot of time in there.." Ed smiled at Alphonse. "Organization was never much of Roy's thing, Personaly I believe his motto was, 'leave it there, maybe i'll find it later' " Ed kissed Al's cheek. "I'm glad you guys think of me, and I'd love to see the library." Al smiled at him and chuckled. "You're very right about that." Al had evidently done this plenty of times becasue as son as they got to the threshold he spun around and unlocked the door. As soon as Ed was in the house Al shut the door and grabbed him by the hand. "Come!" Al pulled Ed thru the hallway and down the stairs and into what looked like the basement although it full of books and tables. Al's eyes lit up as soon as he got down there and he let go of Ed's hand. "Here it is."

"Okay" Ed laughed as Al draged him through the house. "wow" Ed whispered and looked around the library in wonder. Ed looked through the books, there was a serious look as he looked through the books. "It's been ages since I've even read an alchemy book." Al watched his brother looking at the books. It reminded him so much of what they used to be like. Spending so many hours in the library reading and studying. Al walked over to Ed and brushed a hair out of his face. "It's ok. You can read all you need to now." Ed smiled at Alphonse and hugged him tightly, not wanting to let go of his brother. "you do know your way to tall for your own good right" Ed said, his face pressed against his brother's upper chest. Al laughed as he embraced his brother. "Hey stop complaining. If I was any smaller I wouldn't have been able to catch you when you came tumbling down the hill."

"The hill had something against me. It didn't like me very well" Al started to laugh and he stared at Ed. "What did you do to it to make it hate you?" Ed shrugged, "I have no clue, I think it's because I steped on it." Ed smirked. Al laughed again. "You're strange but I love you."

"Your the only sane person I know and I love you too!" Ed laughed. Al smiled and looked at his brother awkwardly. "What are you talking about sane. I'm far from sane." Al chuckled. "That's is so not true, Compared to me, you are sane"

"That's very true." Al joked with Ed. It was so comfortable now. Like it was ok. Like everything was fine and nothing had changed besides thier appearances and few minor things. Ed laughed smiling as he sat down. "Sometimes it feels like nothing has changed." Ed said happily. "Why can't it always feel like that?" he said, but mostly to him self. Al sat beside him and stared off into space a bit. "I suppose its because we have been through so much. They always say that when something tramatic happens to you life is never the same again. You don't think the same, you don't talk the same, and you dont interact with people the same. We grew up Ed. There is nothing we can do about that but make the best of it. We'll be ok. I know we will."

Ed sighed, "Wir aktiv weil wir aktiv, mit wir der wurfel weil wir due liebe." Ed smiled and looked at Al. Al's mouth dropped. He loked at Ed cautiously. "What did you just say to me?" Ed laughed. "We live as we live, and we die as we love"

"I guess you had to learn thier language as well. Was it hard?"

"very hard, but very easy if you know the right people. Mein Name ist Edward Elric, und ich spreche deutsch, aber nicht sehr gut."

"What did you say then? Who taught you?"

"I said 'My name is Edward Elric, and I speak German, but not very well' and an american colonel taught me."

"Thats really cool. So the Roy on the other side taught you?"

"yup, he was living with Mr. Morgan or as we know Hughes at the time" Ed smiled remember one of the few good times. "They always fought, a lot. He had a thing with pictures to. He gave me a copy of most of them, I think their in my wallet in my pants pocket."

"Really!" Al was actually pretty curious about this. He wanted to see the world that his brother had been in for so long. He wanted to almost be a part of this with him. "yup along with like 50 cents" Ed nodded. "that colonel hated code names and cameras"

"MAy i see them? I really want to see what it was like there." Ed took out his wallet and gave it to Al. "it's like a miniture photo Album, It has everything but money." Ed laughed and streached. Al opened the wallet a little causiously. He didn't want to break it. It was quite unique, pure leather. It was a type of leather that was not found in Amestris. Al looked at the pictures of Ed and his friends in Germany. It was breath taking and sad at the same time. They looked just like the people here only in different clothes and enviroments. "This is amazing." He said in a quite voice. Ed smiled, "They all either had different eye colors or hair colors, last names, pasts" Al looked up and smiles. "You look happy in this picture. I don't remember their names, i'm sorry. It's the one with you and Heimlich..Fredrick? I don't know. Anyway you look happy." Al turned the phote to coem face to face with a blast from a past he hadn't really dwelled on much. "This is dad?"

"That's Heidrich, Al." Ed leaned over to look at the picture better. "yeah that's him alright" Al smiled sadly. "Was he nice? I mean..you know what it's ok. I should stop asking questions." Al shut the wallet slowly catching on last glimspe of the front picture that held what looked like Ed Roy And Hughes in side it. Ed smiled "He's okay, he ditched me at Heidrich's. Heidrich was a rocket scientist that knew english. so it was easy living with him for awhile"

"I bet. I'm sure it was easier knowing that you had someone there that understood you." Al's ears perked up as he heard the door upstairs shut. He looked up. "Roy's home." Ed put the wallet back into his pocket. He leaned on Al. "so what is the cats name?" Al leaned on his brother as well playing with the end of his pony tail. "Tiger. He looks like a tiger. He's cute. Although Roy and him tend to fight alot. It's quite cute actually. I can't wait for him to meet you. He will love you."

"A lot of domainate animals fight." Ed laughed. Ed looked over to the door and smiled as Roy entered with a orange and black striped cat with large yellow green eyes trailing in behind him. "Hallo" Ed greeted in German. Roy smiled and out the now flailing cat down so that it could get to its rightful owner. "New Language?" Tiger ran up to Al and pounced on him nuzzling him. Al laughed and smiled. "I missed you too." Al stratched behind Tiger's ears. "Tiger meet Ed." Ed petted the cat. "German, it's only easy to people who have a Gehirnzelle (Brain Cell). Nice to meet you Tiger" Ed smirked at Roy. Roy looked at him strangely. "O..k. I have no idea what that is by if it means anything mean I wil find out and hurt you badly." tiger sniffed Ed experimantally and then ventured over to find out exactly why this person seemed so much like his owner. Al smiled. "It takes a minute for him to warm up to you." Ed smiled and peted the cat after a while. Then looked up at Roy 'innocently' "I'd like to see you try figuring out what it means, there isn't a German-English dictionary here" Ed laughed. Roy smirked at Ed. " Really and what happenes if I do find a way to figure it out?"

"I'd be very surprized, weiter" (Furher) Roy had a choice. He could sit here and listne to Ed speak in a different language which was mentaly arousing or he could quickly leave before in became phsyically arousing as well. "OK then well, you shall be surprised. I shall find a way." Roy turned to go upstairs. Tiger had evidently knew that when someone was upstairs it usually menat that they could get him food. He nudged Ed's hand once more before starting after Roy with a "Meow" and leaving Ed and Al sitting there once again. "That cat eats like you do." Al pointed out. Ed laughed, "I don't usually eat like I've been anymore," Ed gave Al a smile. "But it's been so long since I had an actual REAL meal that I could taste like that!" Al chuckled. Well ther is plenty of food and you can have whatever you wish. This is your home now so you can do whatever you want."

Ed was reading on the couch. He's been home for four months and Al was on a long mission. He had a piece of sandwich in his mouth and just waiting for the 'furher' to get home from 'work'. Ed glared at the cat that decided to make Ed's stumach a cat bed. Ed turned a page in his book as he heard a car pull up in the drive way. "Ein-Auge (One-Eyed) is home, Tig" Ed yawned. It was only 9:00 pm and he was already tired. Roy opened the door and went inside. The first thing he did was go to the kitchen to get a drink. He was stressed out and seriously just needed a drink. Just one. He hadn't sleep right in monthes. He had begun his appeals to have Ed's death certificate destroyed and had started working on the board to try to get them to overrule their case about Ed staying in hiding for a while. He knew Ed didnt like being couped up so he struggled with them and ultimately started struggling with himself s well. He downed his drink and shook it off before walking int o the room where Ed was.He stood in the doorway and looked at him. "Everything ok?" It was a question that he seemed to ask everytime he walking into the door.

"Ja Mutter" Ed answered almost automaticly as he read. (Yes mother) Ed looked over his book and glared at the cat, then looked at Roy. "You look like someone ran you over with a truck."

"Well i wouldnt be surprised if that exact thing has happened. I wouldn't be able to tell though considering the fact that I am overwhelmed and in so over my head right now I wouldn't even feel the pain.So i do apoligize for lookign like hell. " Roy went into theliving room and sat on the couch across from the one Ed was on and lounged. "So something bad's happening" Ed said closing the book and setting it on the coffie table. Ed started petting the cat. "tell me your problems Roy, I can listen and not tell everything ya know." Ed looked over to Roy. "You don't have to stress yourself by keeping everything in." Ed was repeating something that was like Roy said years ago, before Germany, when Al was still in armor. Roy sighed and turned his head to Ed. Once again that thing that had been tearing at him since he first laid eyes on him resurfaced. His heart ached and he was left with guilt and need. "It just normal stuff you have to go through when you tell sdomeone that you want to reenlist someone that has been dead for years. It doesn't make a good mental impression." Roy chuckled and then sighed. He knew that telling Ed stuff like this would only make matters worse for Ed. "I'm ok really. I just let too many things get to me at once. I promise."

"I could always come in with you before Al comes back from his mission, that way he doesn't freak out...right away." Ed said streaching slightly, startling the cat off of his stumach. Sure he would look at Roy, but he just couldn't meet him in the eye anymore. He felt guilty for leaveing and still being in love with him. "that would just cause more problems for you and I don't want to do that. I'll see what I can do to speed up the process for you." Roy felt bad for making it seem as if Ed was a burden. "If there's anyway I can help, I will, I feel like I'm troubling you." Ed sighed and then got up. He streched, he was bored. For the last four months he's been cooped up in a huge house. Ed took out his wallet and handed Roy a picture that was kept in the very back. "Here." He said, replacing the wallet back into his pocket. Roy watched Ed productively.He watched him walk over to him and hand him a picture of some sort. Roy took it nd sat up slowly as he looked at it. "you have had this for a long time."

It was a picture of three people that Roy woul reconize as himself, Al, and Hawkeye. "actually that was taken, three to four years ago, by a friend. Germany doesn't make colored pictures like here, but I think that was taken in France. I didn't want my picture taken. "

"It looks extremely old. They didn't have color photeos. It seems that they are more advanced in some areas and we are more advanced in the others." Roy stared at the picture for a moment longer. " Who are these people? This isn't me. I would have remembered this picture." Ed nodded. "Their advanced where it counts," Ed said then blinked and smiled. "The one that looks like Hughes is American Spy/Police man Meas Hughes-Morgan as he liked to call himself. The one in the middle is American Ambassitor Colonel Roy Mustang-Combell, He didn't like code names at all, the last one is Alphonse Heidrich, a rocket scientist." Ed sighed. "Their all alters. Mine died in the 'Great War'." Roy had to avert his stare from the Maes look alike. It was painful. Roy looked at Ed solemnly. He looked as if the memories he were reflecting meant alot to him for some reason. "Your what died?"

"Alter, my other half, probably the better half as it goes." Ed sat down and leaned back in the chair. "They saved me from being killed." Roy was shcoked to find out that there was a alter Ed as well. "There was a second of you? DId you meet him?"

"No, it's impossible to meet your Alter, I guess that's why he died. He was Heidrich's brother"

"Oh i see. I'm sorry to hear that. I can imagine how it felt to have someone that looked like your brother pop in and basically fill that void that was left. Even if you knew it wasn't him." For some reason this saddened Roy greatly. This wasn't exaclty how it was with Alphonse but Roy would be lying if he had said that there was no point in their relationship where Al did fill that gap and more. "He was nothing like Alphonse. He liked to party, he couldn't be organized even if it hit him in the face, but he was very bright. Like Mr. Combell, it was kind of weird how organized and plan old nice and gulible he was. " Ed looked at Roy then looked away slightly. "Heidrich had blue eyes note grey like Al's, like Combell had deep blueish brown color" Roy put the picture down and looked at Ed. "Why do you look away from me all the time? You can't hold my gaze for longer then 5 seconds." He was simply curious. If it made Ed uncomfortable then he was extremely sorry for that. Ed frowned and his eye slanted slightly, making him look older then he was. "I feel guilty for still...no nevermind." Roy felt something in his heart lift and everything seemed to get suddenly brighter. "Tell me.."

"It'll just make things difficult" Ed said finding the wall rather interesting. Roy reached out and grabbed his chin turning his face gently in his direction. "And if you hid it it will make it worse." Ed deverted his eyes away from Roys, not willing to lock them in that heated gaze. "Hiding it will hurt me, but no you two. That's fine."

"What if IT IS something that is hurting me by not knowing?" Roy had no idea what he was doing or who he was vicariously hurting in the process. It was so familiar..."Would it hurt you to know I still love you? That I can't stop loving you?" Ed whispered so low that Roy could barely hear. Roy needed not to understand everything that he said. He caught the words he needed. "No, becasue I love you too. Never stopped and never will." Ed looked into Roy's eye. He looked so fragile through the amber eyes. Years of determination wasted by mistakes and a harsh world. Ed couldn't look away, this is why he couldn't meet Roy's eyes, He knew he wouldn't be able to look away. "Roy..." Roy stared back. His hand was still barely holding on to Ed's chin.

Touching his soft skin was something he had longed to do since he had returned. He wanted to hold him and make sure that he was ok and that he would never have to go without him again. He loved him more then he could ever love anyone else. It just wasnt possible. He could see the fear of ther unknown in Ed's eyes and he was sure Ed could see his as well. What were they to do? They were two people so desperately in love and only being held apart but something that they had loved as well. Al was a innocent bystander in this whole mess and there was nothing he could do to stop anything. Roy ran a thumb over Ed's cheek cherishing the feeling once again. Roy's voice was almost a whisper as he spoke to Ed. "Yes..." He leaned to Roy's touch. Closed his eyes and then opened them again to look that the dark eye man. "I missed this touch, I missed the feel of your hands, Ed closed his eyes and this time, tears started to slowly fall. "I missed you, your touch, I-I missed everything so much. I still do.."

Roy watched as the tears fell from Ed's eyes. He felt the hurt and the pain. He sat there standing by while Ed was hurting that was something he had never done before. And he shouldn't let it start now. Without much hesitation and without much though of the circumstances Roy leaned in and pressed his lips gainst Ed's,and he melted. Ed pressed his lips firmer against Roy's, he knew it was wrong, that Roy was with Al, but it felt so...right. Roy wanted so badly to pull away and to save Al's pain, but he couldn't. It was Ed. He had longed for him for too long. He was his and thats how it should be. His arms wrapped around Ed's waist in that familiar hold that they had evidently not forgotten and pulled him closer. Ed wraped his arms around Roy's neck, pressing his lips harder against Roy's lips, he licked the bottom of Roy's lip.

Roy deepened the kiss savoring every taste and touch as he did. His hands ran up Ed's back and thru his pony-tailed hair, he missed this so very much. Ed moaned into the kiss, clinging tighter to Roy. His mind was incoherent. He couldn't think. Roy's lips slipped down Ed's chin and to his neck. He nipped softly and sucked lightly not leaving any trace of a mark. His fingers found the hair tie and gently pulled it out of Ed's hair letting it fall about his shoulder gracefully. Roy ran his fingers through Ed's soft blonde hair. Ed lifted his head up allowing Roy more access to his neck. He purred at Roy's touch. Roy leaned forward making it to where Ed had to fall backwards onto the large couch comfortably. Roy had managed to find himself placed on top of him and it was quite..scary. As much as he wanted to get up and walk away he couldn't he was drawn to him. He had to have him back in his arms. His hands wandered down Ed's chest and started to undo the buttons of his shirt.

Ed's hands wondered down to Roy's shirt front, and slowly he made his own way down Roy's many buttions of his uniform shirt. The furthest thing from his mind, eating slowly at him was Al. He helped Roy remove his shirt, then got to Removing Roy's. Roy helped Ed remove his own shirt and came down and started to kiss Ed's collor bones and chest. Ed arched against Roy, His hands slid down Roy's sides. There were scars nearly all over Ed's chest. They were faint but noticeable. Roy kissed Ed's chest not caring about the scares that time had etched into him. He came back up and kissed his neck and become clearly aware of how close they were to each other. With the slightest movement Roy could be able to touch Ed in ways that he had dreamed about for what seemed like forever.

Ed shivered under Roy's touch and kisses. Ed slide his hands down Roy's chest. He brought Roy's head up and kissed Roy softly again. Then kissed Roys cheek then made a trail of kisses from his cheek down to his collar bone, where he bit in lightly, licking the spot. Roy closed his eyes and let his head fall to the opposite side of where Ed's lips were out of natural reaction. As Ed nipped his collar bone Roy let his hand trail back down Ed's side and down his hip. Roy's finger tips brushed Ed side of Ed's ass as he let his hand continued down to his thigh. Ed licked and kissed down Roys chest. He was painfully tight in his pants as Roy's hand traveled to his thigh. He nibbled on Roy's stumach. Roy maoned lightly as he felt Ed's mouth moved to his abdomen. Roy's hand traveled arcoss Ed's ass and he pulled him closer to him desperatly seeking the feeling that his body wanted so bad.His other hand tangled gently in Ed's free flowing silky hair.

Ed glazed his teeth lightly against Roy's stumach as he kissed each spot gentlely. He shivered as Roy pulled him closer. He looked up at Roy, and kissed him, nibbling on Roy's lips. Roy kissed Ed back a little harder. There was more lust behind that kiss. Things that had been in focus at one point that told him that he had gone far enough had disappeared. Everything had stepped aside and allowed him to make his own desicions. Roy wrapped his arms Ed. He kised and nibbled at his neck as he moved his hand to the front of Ed's jeans and started to unbutton them. Ed moaned as Roy nibbled on his neck. He helped Roy remove his pants, Then he slowly started on removing Roy's pants. After both of thier pants were removed Roy settled Ed in his lap with one leg on either side of him. He let his hands raom every inch of Ed's body and kissed him passionatly. Ed moaned into the kiss, letting his own hands wonder over Roy's body. Finger tips lightly brushing down Roy's chest, feeling each mussle and ab, sliding down one of Roy's hips as the other one moved up and behind Roy's back , slowly moving up.

Roy shivered at Ed's touch and sighed deeply. He reached between them slowly and ran the palm of his hand against Ed's hardness. Ed let a shuttered purr of a moan as he felt Roy touch him. He arched up against Roy. He pressed his lips firmer against Roy's, sliding his tongue into Roy's mouth, drawing the tongue into his own, sucking on Roy's tongue. Roy moaned as he kissed Ed and started to stroked him remembering all the things that Ed liked done to him. He nipped at his bottom Lip and keep a hand tangled in his hair gently. He nuzzled Ed's chin making him look towards the ceiling as he kissed the underside of his chin. Ed let out a low moan as Roy stroked him. He purred as Roy kissed under his neck. Ed's hands Roamed down Roy's back and back up again. Roy conitnued to stroke him rhythmatically. He whipsered into his ear. "Reach behind me in the top drawer of the night stand." He nipped at Ed's ear and ran a tongue long his jaw line. Ed reached into the draw and got the lube. Closing the draw he handed the lube to Roy.

Roy took the small bottle and opened it with one hand. After making sure that they were both throughly coated he lined himself up with Ed and pressed into him slowly not really knowing when the last time Ed had sex THIS way was. He didnt want to hurt him. Ed moaned as Roy entered him. He relaxed him self and readied himself for the thrusts. Roy moaned as he felt Ed adjust to him once again. He wrapped his arm around him and thrusted into him deeply. His lipps came down onto Ed's chest and he sucked on his nipples nipping at each one. Ed moaned and shuttered as Roy thrusted into him. He wrapped his own arms around Roy. Roy maoned with each thrust diving deeper and deeper into Ed, makeing him shudder more and more. He fluidly changed postions and put ed on his back. He held himself up with one hand and used the other hand to reach between them to touch Ed. Ed made litte purring moans, then cried out in pleasure when Roy touched him. "Roy" Ed purrred as he moaned. "Oh god." Roy said breathlessly. he had wantdd for solong to hear those words come from that mouth. Eh captured Ed's lips again breifly and he rocked his hips against him savoring the lightening bolt sensations running up and down his spine. "Oh god Roy" Ed panted against Roy's lips. Then pressed his lips to Roy's, savoring the taste of Roy's lips.

Roy kissed him back heatedly. Their tongues messed together and Roy could feel Ed's breath hit his chin when they had to pull apart for air. He thrusted in and out of Ed harder. Ed panted, closing his eyes as he made little sounds and moans. "..Roy.."

"I missed you so much..." Roy uttering in a low voice barely above a whisper. His hands roamed Ed's body and his breath quickened. "I miss you too...Roy" Ed whispered, shivering at Roy's every touch. Roy ran his hands thru Ed's hair and kissed him while he continued to grind into him. Ed had his own hands tangled in Roy's short black hair. He panted as Roy grind into him. Roy gasped as he felt the hands in his hair. "I dont want to let you go..." Roy muttered as he found himself getting light headed. "I don't want you too..." Ed looked into Roy's eyes. (Notice I put all personality into the eyes) Ed's eyes were the color as they were so many years ago, a brilant gold, but they'd eventually go back to the amber color, the more adult look when all of this is over. Roy stared back into his eyes. The familiar feeling that he was looking right through him surged thru him once again. Roy wanted to smile and prasie every god for Ed's return but he knew that this victory was short lived. That this tme with Ed wasn't even suppose to be happening. Ed nuzzled Roy's cheek against his. He just wanted this to last forever. To forget everything but them and now.

Roy held him close and snuggled against him as they continued thier soft grinding. Ed gasped as he came. He panted as he was held close to Roy. Roy finished just after Ed did and kissed him after he had caught his breath. Ed kissed Roy back slowly. Ed looked up at Roy. He wrapped his arms around Roy and held him close, not wanting to let go. Roy held him close and kissed the top of his head as they sat there holding each other. Ed fell asleep in Roy's arms soon after. He snuggled up against him. He sighed contently in his sleep. Roy watched him fall asleep. he sat there watching him like he had done so many other nights, before falling into a dazed sleep himself. Ed sighed as he stared at the ceiling. He was in a after sex daze. He slowly got up and got dressed. Moving slowly to the kitchen where he made coffie.

Roy woke up to the smell of coffee and the fact that he was naked. Roy sat up and looked around. He had no idea what to say or what to do so he made his way up the stairs and into the shower where he would spend a long time trying to sort his thoughts nd trying not to bash his head in. Ed wasn't anywhere to be seen in the large house, by the time Roy got out of the shower. Roy paced the foyer for hours smply waiting for the answer to his dilema to knock him on his ass. But none came.

Ed walked down a empty street, he had the hood up on his brown coat so no one would really reqonize him. He sighed as he stared up at the bright blue sky. So different to the one he was used to stareing at.

Roy sat at his desk and tapped it with his fingers. WHat was he suppose to say to Ed? What was he suppsoe to say to Al? He had no idea as to how to go about anyof this so he decided that he would just not deal with it. He stood up and grabbed his coat. He got int he car and went to the office.

Ed looked at the gates of the military base. He always prefered walking to places then taking cars or trains. Roy entered the office and quickly made his way up to his ofice. Everyone who had tired to say hi either go tthe cold shoulder or decided against it once they seen the look on his face. He sat behind the desk and just stared for a while before grabbing the file out of his desk that held all the information about the mission Al was on. Two soldiers were pointing out the window and whispering to each other.

"Look at that! It's like a frecken ghost!" The taller one mubbled darkly "There's so many cosplayers now days but that one beats them all." the other muttered. Roy looked through the file repeatedly. By the time he went through it the 3rd time he had it memerized, but he continued to read it mainly for comfort. He got up and started to pace the floor. A Lt. Colonel entered the office after giving a light knock. "Sir, there appears to be an disturbance near the front gate. It seems that two soldiers went to comfront a cosplayer. It also seems as if that cosplayer kicked the soldier's asses, sir."

Roy shook his head and stomped out of the room. They had brought the perpatrator into custody and had them in a room waiting for the Furher Since he was the one the usually handled stuff like this. Roy was escorted to the room and he opened the door and shut it, locking it behind him simply because on more then one occasion he had scared the person so bad that they were trying hard to get out. He felt like scaring someone so here he was. Roy sat down in the seat without even looking at the person until he was eye level with them. "Ed!" he felt something in his stomach knot up.

Ed was clearly pissed and his hair was cut unevenly. There was a small cut accross his cheek. Ed looked at Roy guiltly. "I'm sorry for hurting your men, Roy. But god damn will I just let some jerk offs cut may hair and not get their asses kicked. "

Roy gapped at him. "No, don't be sorry." roy stood up and left the room for a brief moment. He came back in and sat back down leaning back in his seat. "Theu are being dealt with severely. My men are noty suppose to act like 12 year olds. If they do then they are not worth my time and can go back to East City until they get there shit together. I do apoligize for the inconvinence."

"You shouldn't apoligize for them. Besides your the futher, you just can go on and leave to somewhere else." Ed said touching the choped hair slightly. "this feels really weird, I haven't had it cut since I was 10." Roy looked at him and smiled. "its really not that bad its still long its just shorter there. And this is were I stay. This is my home so I wil not inconveniace myself to move if I can make them move." Ed smiled, "it's uneven, I'll need to get it cut even shorter." Ed streched on his chair. "So how long do I get stuck here for kicking two 12 year olds asses?" Roy was a bit scared now. "How SHORT are you going to cut it? And for as long as i need to. You aren't even suppose to be down here. You out yourself in jepardey which is bad. And them you kicked two soldiers asses...your not off to a very good start. You're lucky you'll get to go home." Ed whined and laid his head on the table. "But i'm legally dead, I don't think you could lock up a dead person...can you?" Roy chuckled. "Haha nice try. You my love are most definitely NOT dead."

"I know that, but the law doesn't" Ed whined more, his ass hurt and the chair was most defentally not comfortable. "Edward, In this city...I am the law." Roy smiled. " So unless you plan on sitting in that chair for the rest of the day, which has to be more uncomfortable, i suggest you follow me. You are my responsiblity for the time bein and until I'm sure you are not going to disrupt anything else causing me ungodly amounts of paperwork , as normal, you shall stay in my office. you hate being closed in and i hate paper work. Its fair " Roy stood up and walked to the door opening it and looking back making sure that Ed was indeed following. Ed growled glaring at Roy's back as he followed. He watched as everyone whispered and stared, but quickly went back to work with one glare. They reached Roy's office and Roy opened the door for him. "You should like it here. It's big, has plenty of places for you to sleep and hey think of it this way you can stand on the othr side of the room to get as far away from me as possible. Something you were very accustomed to doing but most recently averting your gaze has seemed effective." Roy smiled as he sat back down behind his desk and once again picked up Al's mission file as if it would protect him.

Ed flooped down on one of the couches and glared at every solider that entered the office but Riza, who stopped and talked to him for about two minutes. "You know if you keep glaring like that they are going to require a me to get you tested for rabies"

"yes, I will also start chasing after them soon and bite them." Ed replied just as sarcasticly."If you run too far I'l have to chain you to the desk. I'm sure you wouldn't like that"

"I'm sure you'd enjoy just the same" Several people who requnized the rutine looked in on the couple. They all made bets on who would win the battle of wits. "Depending. If you sink your teeth into me I'll bite back and you know from experiance that I bit alot harder then you." The group blinked outside. "oh? Are you so sure of that?" Ed smirked as he glanced over to Roy. Roy sat back in his seat and raise his eye brows at Ed briefly while smiling. "Of course."

"You're lucky today, I'm to lazy right now to get up and bite you" Ed said and streched on the leather fluffy couch. Roy chuckled. "As apposed to?..Not..being lazy?"

"hmm doesn't Riza shoot at you anymore?"

"Depending. Hey are you still growing?"

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THAT IT'LL TAKE 10 YEARS BEFORE HE CAN BE THE HEIGHT OF AN ANT!" Ed growled. Roy smiled at him. "I'm sorry I couldn't hear you. You were screaming too loud. Do you wish to repeat that." Ed steamed and growled before throwing a couch pillow at Roy. "damn you!" Everyone swaped money. "Roy wins" They all muttered. Roy chuckled and smiled at him. He stood up and walked the pillow over tot he couch and sat it back down before returning to his desk. Ed growled and ploped back onto the couch, then started laughing. Roy turned to him and gave him a strange look thru his smile. "What is so funny?"

"I don't know how long it's been since I've thrown a tantrum like that" Ed laughed. Roy laughed. "It has been a while since I have had a meaningless conversation like that." Havoc blinked as he entered to two laughing crazys. "Hiya boss, Here's the paperwork that Hawkeye wanted me to drop off." Ed snickered. "Hey just sit it on the desk please." Roy smiled at Ed once more before turning and going back to his desk. Havoc set it on the desk then started chating with Ed over what has happen in the last pass 4 years. Ed listened with all curiousity. Roy sat staring at the paper on his desk not really reading any of the words. HE listen ed to Havoc fill Ed in on all the things that had happened but he couldn't get past the fact that Ed should of been there to experiance then first hand. Ed was able to sneak out of Roy's office with Havoc as Several Generals entered the office. Roy looked up from the desk noticing that there were no voices but several people in the room. He looked up from the desk. "May I help you?"

"We came up here to see what's been disturbing all of the men today. Only to see two blondes slip out of your office, Sir." Roy stood from his desk and glared. "What is it that you are implying General?"

"We heard that the FullMetal Alchemist was here-" As the General's were talking everything over with Roy. Ed was talking to Fury, Havoc, Brenda, and the whole gang. AFter enduring long painstaking conversations about the location of the FullMetal Alchemist Roy had had enough. he walked HQ searching for him and ready to ring his neck. "I told you not to leave.." He muttered under his breath. Ed blinked as some of the newer soldiers started talking to him, asking him about things that happened when he was 15. It wasn't to dificult to find him once you found the floor he was on. Roy stepped in tto the large resting area and glared at Ed. Ed sighed knowing he was introuble. Saving Roy the trouble he bit everyone a good bye and walked up to Roy. When Ed fell in to step with Roy, he glanced at him briefly. "You know I don't enjoy watching you either. But I am trying all I can to hurry this process. The least you could do is tell me where the hell you are going. Instead you slip out unnoticed and I get accused of doing strange things with my subordinates."

"what would you do with Havoc? I wouldn't even kiss someone that smoked that much"

"You get used to it. It's not really as bad as it seems." Roy quicken his pace. "However thats not the point..." Ed shoke his head, and pointed to the generals that came looking for Roy again. "are they in love with you or what?" Roy threw his hands up in the air."WHat? Is there some strange reason why you are followling me. I'm not comfortable with it so bad off." Roy's voice had taken a dangerous tone and made a few of the by standers slip away noticed. The oldest General there reconized Ed almost insentally and started talking to him, he was unaffected by Roy from knowing Roy for so long. "Why Edward how nice to see you after four years." General Gino said. "Hello, Sir." Ed said respectively, more resepectivly then Roy ever got. "Your still the same hight, maybe and inch taller?" Ed wasn't sure to make this an issult or a complment. "yes I did grow and Inch taller, how nice of you for noticing." Ed said with a twich.

Roy just stood there glaring at the others that were staring at him as if he had something to hide. "Is there something you needed? We have to go. And as excellent and not so unexpected as this meeting is, it is keeping us from our destination." He really just wanted to get out of here. Mainly because he knew what tomorrow was goign to bring and the more Ed stuck around the worse it would get. The Major General handed Roy several papers. "Yes sir, all you need to do is sign these papers." Roy grabbed the papers and looked at them. He read them over a couple of times. He folded them back up and shook his head. He was really getting tired of dealing with things like this. "I cannot impress the fact upon you or any of you other General's that we do not walk around freely with papers like this in our hands. Take them to the office. Leave them there if I am not there. If they are of dire importance, which these have time to be delt with, then send then to my house." He closed his eyes and sighed deeply. "Now if you will excuse me AND Edward we must go."

Ed followed Roy out of the building. He looked back up at the sky, just staring at it as he walked. Roy managed to get back to his car and get in tit. He rubbed his face as if trying to tear it off. He, for some reason, was not in the best mood and severely stressed out. to make things worse Al would still not be home for another few weeks. Ed sighed as he got into the car. He shut the door and looked out of the window. He felt bad for Roy, but he felt more guilty for Al then anything else at the moment. They drove home in silence they got home in silence and they walked around in silence. It Was getting on Roy's nerves. He knew it was goign to be aggrivating but this was outragous. They wouldn't even stay in the same room as each other. Roy sighed and went to his office slamming the door shut behind him. It was one thing being alone in this house when Al wasn't there but it was a completely different thing when there WAS someone else there and you weren't speaking. Ed sighed and picked up a book. He waited for Roy to come out of his office by reading.

Roy came out after calming down a bit and sat down in a chair. He let his head fall back and hit the top of the couch behind him. He just started at the vaulted ceiling until he thought he would go blind. Ed raised an eyebrow at Roy's actions. Then looked back at his book, wondering when Roy was going to break and talk. It always worked if he didn't talk to Roy for a certain amount of time.

Roy stayed there for a long time contimplating on what he was going to say if he was going to say anything to him. When they were in the office it was different. It was professional. It was constant bantering thats how it always was nothing more (well most of the time) and nothing less. This was different. They were alone and in the most unprofessional atmosphere ever, considering it was that couch that they had both betrayel Al on. Ed looked over at Roy over his book. Damn did he hate it when his life got complecated. He turned a page of his book and acted like he was reading when the whole time he was staring at Roy. Roy was done. He couldn't stand ther silence anymore. "Why are you so quite?"

"cause you are"

"Fair enough.'

Ed smiled and went back to reading. "you don't like being quiet when there's someone around you. That's how people get you to break in things." Ed said as he fliped a page. "So you have been trying to "break' me since we arrived here? You're right I really do not like silence when there are other people around. It makes me feel as if something's wrong, And although there is something clearly wrong, I do not like the feeling." Ed nodded and fliped a page. "Well it's more for the show you put on during the time before you finially talk" Roy squinted his eye a bit. "What?"

"You throw a tantrum when no one talks to you"

" I do not throw a damn tantrum. A tantrum is what you do when someone calls you short. I ge aggrivated but I do not go tearing shit up or maiming people."

"No that's called Maiming people, you throw silent tantrums, and you do to throw things" Roy smiled. "I do throw things" Ed laughed. "that isn't a good thing to admight!" Ed joked and put the book down.

Alphonse stopped slowly and knocked on the wall to get some attention "Nii-san...please dont yell youll lose your voice" Ed gave Al a weak smiled. "Hey Aru, did you just get home?" Alphonse smiled warmly at him and embraced his older brother "Yes i did Nii-san! Its so wonderful to see you!" Roy sat there with a most amazed expression on his face. "When did you get back?" Ed mentally flinched and hugged his brother back as warmly. "It's good to see you too, Aru."

"Just got here about a hour ago" Alphonse kissed Edwards cheek and smiled at Roy "DId i miss anything important?"

"Not much, Just showed some rookies whos real or not" Ed smiled. Alphonse ran his hand down Edwards now short hair "And here i thought you were playing with Scissors again"

"Hey! I don't do that much anymore!" Ed pouted, " can you even it out for me though?"

"Yes Nii-san i sure can" Alphonse kissed his forehead "Ive missed you so much Nii-san!"

Ed smiled faintly, "I missed you too, Aru"

"Have you already ate dinner? I wish to take you out!"

"no I didn't eat yet.. I was to busy telling Roy that he throws tanturms"

Al smiled and shook his head "Its nice to see you two getting along"

"yes, Earlier he trashed his office"

"He did?...What for?" He frowned "If you stay silent, He'll freak out, that's all" Ed gave Al a reasuring smile. "I'm still here." Roy was getting tired of being talked about like he wasn't there. Alphonse smiled and rushed to him "Yes you are hard to miss" He nuzzled into his chest. Roy held Al close. He sighed deeply. "I was begining to wonder."

"I could say otherwise" Ed muttered under his breathe and smiled sadly. "Why are we all so sad?" Alphonse asked as he pulled away and got on his tip toes for a kiss from Roy. Roy looked over at Ed and was about to say something smart ass until Al asked his question. Roy kissed Al breifly and shook his head. "Sad?" Ed put on a smile for Al and said. "Not sad, just a little gloomy! Must be the weather!" Alphonse smiled and stroked his cheek softly "Maybe we could..." Alphonse however quickly shut his mouth he was sure Roy and Ed would not want to go out to eat with him..."Maybe what, Aru?" Ed questioned, tilting his head slightly to the side and blinking. "Nothing Nii-san forget it" Alphonse slowly let go of Roy. "What were you going to say? If not fair for you to keep us guessing" Roy smirked at Al. "I was wondering about dinner" Roy thought about it for a few seconds. "Sound like a great idea. Where do you want to go?" Ed nodded in agreement. "Yeah, foods sounds great"

"Anywhere as long as im with two very good men" Roy chuckled. "Are implying that Ed is good?" Ed blinked, slightly confused. Roy laughed and put his hand up to Al's head. "Are you feeling well?" He joked with him trying hard not to let previous events get in the way. Alphonse leaned up into his touch "Roy-kun please dont start anything with Nii-san" Nii-san thinks he should get out of the room before they heat up another way... Ed thought and then wondering what to eat.

"Oh thats no fun. But I guess I'll leave him alone for the time being." Roy smiled and glanced over at Ed. "There we go lets have peace" Ed raised an eyebrow, rolled his eyes and walked out of the room. Letting them have some peace to themselves. Alphonse smiled at Edward "Ill make you all dinner" Ed smiled at Al, "take your time, I'll be in my room" and left to his room. "ROy is there anything youd like to eat?" Roy was staring off into space. "huh? Oh whatever you make is fine . I'm not to picky. " he stood up and hugged Al. "If you need me I'll be in my office. there are a few things I have to look over."

"Alright give or take a half hour" Alphonse gave him another hug. Ed stared at the ceiling of his room, ploundering in his head. He felt really gulity about having sex with Roy, who is Al's boyfriend, who was his old boyfriend. Roy sat at his desk with his chin on his folded hands. This was alot more then he was expecting and he didn't even have time to analyze the situation. It had been just over 17 hours since he had been with Ed. Alphonse whistled a tune as he went into the kitchen to make some dinner he heated up the oven and looked around for something to make. Ed sighed and sat up on his bed. he scrached his itchy short hair and decided to take a shower. he got up and took a clean pair of clothing. He went into the guest shower and started it up. Alphonse took a seat and looked out the window hopping in his seat slightly with a grin on his face it was so nice to be in the same house with the two men he loved the most. Ed undressed and went into the luke warm shower, sighing contently.

Roy sighed and tried looking through his papers but failed horendiously. he sat back in his seat and stared out the window hoping that somehow the guilt that had overtaken him would eventually subside) Alphonse slowly made his way to Roys office he knocked on the door "Can i come in?" Roy put his hands down ont he arms of the chair practiaclly bracing himself. "Yeah sure come in." Alphonse smiled and came through the door "Ive missed you so much Roy-kun...i love you" Roy smiled at him softly. "Yeah I love you too. Since all this stuff With Ed we really havent been able to sit and talk much have we." The strings were pulling at Roy's heart so strongly.He wasnt even sure if he was breathing. "We can talk now" Alphonse smiled and sat on his desk "No more work for tonight" Roy sighed. "Yeah thats not a problem. I can't even get thru the first page. Tell me what happened that allowed you to come home so early You were suppose to be gone for another 2 weeks. I'm not complaining but I'm curious. " Alphonse smiled and crawled into Roys lap "You should know...im a very fast worker"

Roy wrapped his arms around al and held him slcose. "Yeah I dont know why I forgot that. You could of came home yesterday." The thought made him shudder. Alphonse kissed at Roys neck "I forgot how wonderful it is to be held by you'' Roy felt Al kiss his neck. What was once something so sensational that it lit everything inside him with a flame of pure desire turned into pain. Each kiss burned so badly ROy felt like jumping up and trying to put the fire out. It this what his punishment would be? His guilt had exceeded him but he had to lay it cool. He blinked and tryed to keep the tone in his voice level. "I missed holding you. You have to make sure you have time off so that we can spend time together. I'm lacking in the Alphonse department."

Okay this is an RP from a long time ago. Kris, Marii, and me did this all the way back in October! I hoped you like it. P.S. Ignore all mistakes! Can you tell who's who?