Hey everybody! This one goes out to Shoushin (I know it may not have been entirely what you had in mind, but I wrote this for your request) and it's a sequel to Apple Pie.

The whole thing's animeverse, alright? Oh and Envy's a little OOC.

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"Alright, I'm off. Eat apple pie while I'm gone, alright Squirt?" Envy's malicious expression at the thought of his mission softened momentarily as he whacked Wrath's forehead affectionately.

" 'Kay, Envy! Promise you'll kill him this time? And his brother too?"

"I'll tear them limb from limb." Envy snarled. He was really going to enjoy this. As he morphed while simultaneously creeping out the door, Wrath turned to Lust.

"Lust? Why does Envy say to eat apple pie? You said he doesn't mean it, so why does he say it?" Wrath tugged on Lust's tight dress, looking up at her with a babyish expression of curiosity.

"Well don't ask me." Lust tossed her hair over her shoulder. "I don't know. I wish he'd stop but he can't seem to take anything, let alone hints, seriously. What a fool."

Wrath, dissatisfied by her answer, went to where Pride was writing a military report in his armchair.

"Pri-ide?" Wrath whined, "Why does Envy say to eat apple pie?"

"For God's sake Wrath, don't bother me," Pride snapped irritably, swatting at the child. Wrath ducked and scampered away sniffling. He didn't know why the Fuhrer disliked him so much. He couldn't remember ever doing anything to anger him.

Wrath found Gluttony sucking his thumb in a corner and crawled over to sit next to the fat man.

"Gluttony?"

"Mmm? slurrp."

"Why does Envy say 'eat apple pie' ?"

Gluttony pulled his thumb from his mouth. "Don't know. Apple pie doesn't taste as good as flesh." Gluttony suddenly reached for Wrath. The child tried to scramble away but he'd been sitting right next to Gluttony and the giant homonculus grabbed the back of Wrath's shirt.

"NOOOO!" Wrath screamed.

"No, Gluttony. You mustn't eat the boy." Lust suddenly clacked her heel against the floor, appearing as if by magic it seemed to Wrath, and Gluttony froze at the sound.

"B-but Lust...I'm starving," Gluttony cried.

"You can't eat him." Lust stood firm. She took Wrath's little pale hand and led him away from Gluttony into another room. When she let go, she turned and bent down to his eye level.

"Why don't you wait until Envy gets back and then ask him why he says 'eat apple pie' ?" She smiled.

"Oh...Yeah! Thank you, Lust, that's a great idea!" Wrath wrapped his arms around her waist in a hug.

"I'm. Back," Envy snarled, slamming the door shut behind him.

"Enveeeee!!" Wrath exclaimed with glee. "Envy you're back! Did you kill him? Did you really rip him limb from limb?"

The man in the skort stopped short, staring down at the pale boy yelling for him.

"No," Envy snapped, "All I did was beat him up a little and then military police stepped in. Sorry Little Guy." Envy gave Wrath a little pat on the head.

"Oh...That's OK, Envy," Wrath said as the older homonculus stalked past. "Wait! I have a question for you!"

"Later!" Envy whirled and snapped. "I have to report to Father," he snarled.

"Oh..." Wrath stopped following Envy, tears in his blue eyes. Envy marched into a dark room adjoining the 'homonculus hang-out' room that most of them occupied. When he came out several minutes later, he stormed into one of the small bedrooms also attached to their main headquarters. The rooms were small with no lights and a single wooden bed with a thin mattress pushed up against the wall of each. Wrath watched him go sadly. He didn't like it when people were angry and upset, especially when he didn't understand why. After a minute or two, he tiptoed to the door Envy had just slammed shut. He turned the knob and Envy growled "Go away."

Wrath opened it further, childish curiosity overcoming his fear of the older homonculus.

Envy was sitting on the bed with his knees drawn up to his chest, arms crossed over the top of them and his face resting on top of his forearms.

"I said go away." Envy raised his head and Wrath tiptoed closer.

"But Envy..." Wrath whined in a very babyish voice. He could see tears glistening in the corners of Envy's eyes.

"Wrath..." Envy's voice was tight and ragged now. "Get out."

"No, Envy! I have to ask you a question." Wrath ran up to him. "Envy, why do you say to eat apple pie when you go away?"

Envy had his hand raised to smack the kid but stopped suddenly.

"I...guess it doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense, huh?"

"I don't understand it." Wrath crawled onto the bed next to Envy.

"Well...It's just something Father used to say to me..."

"I've never heard him say it."

"He doesn't anymore...It's something he used to say back when I was really his son. When I was human." Envy buried his face against his arms again, his hair shifting rapidly into different textures and colors. He paused on dreadlocks and his clothes started to morph. The dreads disappeared, replaced with blond hair and a button-down shirt with slacks and lace-up shoes.

"Enveee?"

"What!" Envy was crying silently now.

"Is that what you looked like when you were human?"

"Yeah. Pathetic, right? These clothes are so boring."

"Are you gonna change them?" Wrath asked. Envy didn't answer. Lust peeked in the door, just checking that Envy wasn't strangling Wrath or some such thing. She spotted Envy's form and sighed softly, stepping into the room. She left the door open just a bit and came over to Envy. She sat on his other side and hesitantly brushed her hand over his back.

"Remembering what we once were doesn't help anything now, Envy."

He couldn't help it, he just couldn't. He didn't know why these feelings of loss were invading his cold, violent heart but now they were extending to his eyes and he could no longer hold back the tears. He sobbed, his whole body heaving and he felt Lust flinch away from him. Wrath poked his head up close to Envy's trying to see his face.

"It's OK, Envy. It's OK to cry. My mommy told me."

Envy lifted his head, his shining eyes squinting at Wrath.

"Who?"

"My mommy," Wrath said. Envy's face remained blank. "First mommy," didn't click either. "Mommy Curtis," Wrath tried again. He finally got through to Envy.

"D-don't you hate her? For abandoning you? For not loving you?" Envy asked genuinely.

"No. She did love me, but she made me go away anyway. But that doesn't matter 'cause now I have a different life. Now I have a different mommy and brothers and sisters."

"And what am I?" Envy snarled bitterly.

"You're Envy. I like Envy." Wrath wrapped his arms around the unfamiliar man in the blue shirt. Envy suddenly shifted back to his preferred skort-clad form and squeezed Wrath in a hug, both boys toppling over sideways on the bed. Envy was still crying into Wrath and Lust rubbed both their backs confidently now, waiting for Envy to calm down.

"See you later, stay outta sight." Envy waved Wrath and Lust out the door. Wrath had his little hand wrapped around Lust's and he waved the other at Envy.

"OK, bye Envy! Do you want me to bring you back some ice cream?"

"Nah, I'm good."

"OK, eat apple pie!"

"Alright, I will. See ya later." Envy smiled after Wrath, thinking that his little brother in this life was decidedly better than the one he would have had to deal with had he been human. Although it might have been easier to kill him had he been so close, Envy considered. But...'Naah.' This was much better.

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What did you think? Was it at all confusing...?

R&R please and tell me what you thought!!

This was typed to the following songs:

Queen Bee by...I don't know.

It Is So Beautiful by...again, I don't know.

Square One by Tom Petty ( 3!)

And Queen Bee again! XD