Songficlet! Bound by Suzanne Vega. This should sound really cool if you YouTube the song and listen to it while reading.
R&R, thanks!
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"I don't recall sending for you, FullMetal."
"You didn't. I was...hoping you would, that's all."
"And why is that?"
"I have a question for you, I guess."
The way of the world
Has taken its toll
Ravaged my body
And bitten my soul
"Ask it then."
"It's not an easy question to ask."
"Why do you do this to me? Come in, say you have something to tell me, or ask me- I'm trying to finish this so I can go home and you're in here rambling. Again."
Ruined by rain, weathered by wind
I've been invaded, without and within
"Maybe if you'd shut up and listen to me, I'd be able to figure it out."
"Figure what out, Ed? You've been doing this for almost a month now."
"What I'm trying to ask. Or say."
"Can't you please just figure it out and say it already? A month?" Roy muttered to himself.
And I ask, I am asking you
Asking you if you might still want me
And I ask, Asking you
Asking you if you might still want me
"You know, you used to be a better listener."
"Ed, you're not under my command anymore. You have to look out for your men, however you can. Now you're in command yourself, and I have even more men of my own to look after. Why don't you go see to some of your own instead of bothering me?"
Once you said
I was made of fine stuff
I've been corrupted
And taken enough
Now you appear
Making your claim
Inside my heart
Is the sign of your name
"You have to take care of your men, but do you really have to care? Have you ever really cared about what I had to say?"
"FullMetal..." Roy sighed and massaged his temples.
"Well, could you at least pretend again? Pretend you're really listening?"
And I ask, I am asking you
Asking you if you might still want me
And I ask, Asking you
Asking you if you might still want me
"I mean, back when I was younger, you seemed like you really cared about me. I...I just... Agh, I'm..."
All these words, like "darling" and "angel" and "dear"
Crowd my mouth, in a path to your ear
"FullMetal," Roy groaned.
"I'm getting close, OK! Just hang on, I'm trying!"
The way of the world
Has taken its toll
Ravaged my body
And bitten my soul
-
And I ask, I am asking you
Asking you if you might still want me
And I ask, Asking you
Asking you if you might still want me
"Please just say it, I'll listen."
"Well, but, first- It's really important. For me to know...whether you still care. About me."
"Please tell me why."
"Because...I still care whether you care or not."
"You shouldn't."
"I do, dammit- Mustang! Just tell me, because I care whether I should or not! I care!"
When I said, "I am bound to you forever"
Here's what I meant: "I am bound to you forever."
"I did care."
"Could you, again? I want you to. That's what I'm trying to say. I want you to care. You've been...there. Ever since I joined this military, you've been there whether I wanted you to be there or not. And... Now that you're not, I want you to be. Really."
The now-middle-aged Mustang lifted his lined and faintly wrinkled face to Ed more fully. He looked at the physically mature but confused man in front of him, and a glimpse of the funny-looking child that had once hated him with a passion danced before his eyes, a mirage created by his mind.
"Yes, Edward. Come here."
Ed hopped off the couch and headed toward the man. He'd never find the right word for him- commading officer, surrogate father, guidance couselor, no. He was none of those. Not quite a friend. Yet, anyway. Maybe one day, he could be. Or something entirely different.