Chapter 11: The Confession

Roy slowly awakened, feeling something soft and warm to his right. Being as cold as he was, instinct automatically told him to curl up to the warmth, to which he gladly obliged. However, when the warm fuzz next to him cuddled back and mumbled something incoherent, he nearly hit his head off the roof (which was quite low).

The blonde boy next to him felt the sudden lapse in heat, and his top half curled over so his head was paralell to his knees. Odd as it looked, Roy was now unfazed, since Edward had a tendancy to get into strange positions while sleeping.

Roy apparently screamed, or made some sort of noise in surprise, because Ed shifted, and it took a hell of a lot to get that out of him while he slept. Ed rolled around for a minute and slowly opened his eyes. Roy noticed a change immediately. His eyes were so...full of emotion. They were sparkling with determination and strength and so many other things he couldn't think of at the moment. They were completely to the contrary of what they usually looked like, they even looked more gold now. Instead of the beaten, dulled, hopeless look that occupied the dingy yellow pools just some few days ago.

Roy silently wondered if this was what his eyes always looked like, what they were supposed to look like, and if so, why had they changed?

"Mmeh?" Edward said, sitting up, his eyes drooping a considerable amount.

Roy was suddenly snapped back to the world of the concious, and took it for a 'What?'.

"Y-You-You were...clinging on me...cuddling...i-into me.." He stuttered out, making feeble movements with his hands to explain what he was rambling about.

Ed responded with a rather red face, spouting something about 'Rolling over in his sleep' or 'It is cold out here...'

Roy sat so he was comfortable.

"Where is here?" He said, looking around the small, dark place. It definately wasn't the attic.

"It's a tree. Believe it or not." Edward said, looking around himself.

"I hollowed it out with alchemy when I was young. I used to come here to get away from my father every now and then. This is the first time i've been here in almost sixty years..." He sort of drifted off, apparently remembering something.

Roy started to follow him, but a ton of memory flared up in his mind and he remembered why they were here.

"What happened?" He said, making Ed jump slightly.

"Huh?"
Roy growled. "You know what im talking about. What happened after I passed out? I mean apparently you're okay, but how'd I get here? What happened with the seal, Why did it work?"

Edward blinked.

"Um...Repeat the first question again?"

"What happened..."
"Right, Right. After you passed out It was like...I was fighting with a new strength...I beat Envy and took you here. Im still doing research on what exactly happened with the blood-seal, and uhm...that's about it." He said, checking to see he didn't miss anything.

Roy gawked, clueless as to what to say.

"That's it? What do you mean that's it? You nearly died! And how could you carry me all the way here? No, why did you carry me here? You hate me with a passion!"

Roy raised his voice, finally finding it.

"I couldn't die, I was already-"
"We've been through this..."

"-dead, and I don't know, it was just like all of a sudden I was so much stronger. After you did whatever you did with the bloodseal, I mean-

"Oh sure, you tell me you understand it all now-"

" I just figured it out, and why wouldn't I carry you back here? Why would you think I hate you,-"
"Oh, Jeeze, I dunno, maybe because you havn't even been looking at me for the last 4 days!"
"-I love you!"

..."W-what?" Roy blinked, staring at the blonde, who was attempting to kill himself from the inside out.

"You...You heard what I said..." Edward said, discovering five new shades of red at once, all of which appeared on his face of the same time.

There was silence for a few minutes, while the two of them realized what was happening.

When Roy finally understood the situation, he didn't know why, didn't care, but he thought he never felt happier in his life. It started slowly, bubbling from the inside out, and something inside him screamed.

'He loves you! Ha! He actually loves you! No more worrying, no more contemplating, no more stressing over it, Because he loves you back! Now kiss him!'

And without another thought, he happily agreed with the silent raging voices, and did as they pleaded.

Edward's face reddened even more (if physically possible) but he returned the kiss passionately. Roy deepened it, happy this was finally happening, and not in a fantasy, not in a dream, not a figment of his imagination, it was real.

His hand slid around Ed's waist, pulling him against himself. They kissed until their lungs begged for air, and when they pulled away they both felt light headed.

"Why...Why did you freak out like that...in the attic?" Roy panted, re-living the moment they just had over, and over, and over again.

"Because...Envy was watching, baka. I knew if he found out how I felt for you, he'd use you against me. Which he did." Ed said, regret filled his voice.

Roy stared at Ed for a minute, just staring at him like he so often did, but this time he didn't care if he was noticed.

"Let's go home..." Edward said, looking at the small door cut in the side of the tree.

Roy nodded and they left.

Nothing interesting happened along the way to the house, exept Ed's random comments about how it was great to be free. Envy never let him leave the house, or he would tamper with the blood seal. Now that Ed had, it he could do as he pleased.

Roy opened the door to his house and walked in, followed by Ed.

"Who's your new friend?" He heard his mother say from the living room.

"What?"

His mother nodded towards Ed.

"Who's your friend?"

Every fibre in Roy Mustang's body told him not to scream 'You can see him!?!?!?' And he just barely managed that.

"Hi, Im Edward Elric. I go to Roy's school. He said it would be Okay if I came over this afternoon, it is, isn't it?" Ed spouted instantly, seeing as Roy momentarily lost the ability of his vocal box.

His mom could see Ed...

Ah screw it,

He was in it deep.

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Oh, damn the shortness of this chapter. I just wanted to update so you guys didn't think I died, but im close to right now. Sorry, I have to admit that I honestly do my homework sometimes, and it's in french, so that would be the delay. I also have two more fics on the way, one is an original story, the other is FMA. But just because Im mean, im not posting them 'till they're done. But I promise they will rock. Ill have updates soon, I promise. I LOVE YOU GUYS, REVIEW FOR ME!!!