"Just...please don't die." Roy said quietly, which was really out of character for him, though it wasn't a secret that he cared about Edward and Alphonse, just like other people. He sat back slowly on the couch and looked away. He struggled to keep his eyes open, for the skipping of his last night's sleep was taking its toll on him.

"I won't die...Roy..." He said in a sing-song fashion, eyes large an begging. "I'm hungry...But I want bamboo!" He said, giving the whole puppy dog pout. Bottom lip stuck out and everything.

They did sell the stuff for projects, decorations, and things like that, but not usually to eat. But it wasn't something the chimera could really help either. It was just an unusual craving.

"What the hell? I don't think that bamboo is edible, Edward..." He said, chuckling quietly. "Do they even sell it around here? Even if they did, I don't think it's for eating...but do you want me to go look around for some?" He felt seriously weird saying this.

"Bamboo leaves are edible though. That's what I want and they sell it somewhere." He stated with a curt nod and bright smile. "I think they sell it at one of those decorative plant stores because Riza bought that one for your office!" Edward added brightly, quite content with being able to get a plant to eat.

Hopefully the craving wouldn't last all that long since Bamboo could get rather expensive to keep buying over and over again.

"Oh you mean the leaves! I brought that plant home a while back. Its in my room somewhere..." Roy laughed uneasily. "Not that I could find it in that room of mine. You're part animal. Go fetch. Sniff it out or something. You can have it if you find it, just don't tell Hawkeye." He added.

Ed's eye twitched at the mention of being an animal before he leaned over and nipped Roy's ear. Smiling at the wonderful use of fangs, Edward took off to find the treat. Within the course of forty five seconds, the teenager had located the plant he'd been caving, laying down on his back upon Roy's bed with his legs curled up to his chest as he chewed a piece of the plant to retrieve the leaves. A soft hum left the former blonde's throat as he happily munched the crunchy leaves.

Roy almost gasped at the shock of Edward biting his ear, but stayed silent and bit his tongue, trying to keep the blush from rising to his cheeks. After regaining his composure, he followed Edward to his room. After Edward retrieved the plant, Roy watched the chimera boy eat with the weirdest expression on his face.

"Edward, that's just strange." Roy pointed out.

"No it's not! It's absolutely natural...I think. Like I said, not sure what I am." He stated, rolling onto his stomach as he broke another piece of the plant with a clawed hand before taking to the leaves there as well. Craving was /NOT/ going away! How unfair was that?

"Besides...It tastes good to me." He added with one of the brightest smiles he could possibly master.

"Uh...sure. Completely natural." He said with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "I'm sure it's just delicious." Roy chuckled.

"So, have you found out what animal you are yet? It has to be something adorable with ears and a twitchy tail." as soon as the words came out or Roy's mouth, he winced as he caught what he had just let slip. 'Nice one, Roy.'

Edward's eyes widened as he stared at Roy. "It's not twitchy and they're too fluffy to be considered cute. So nyeh." Ed stated, sighing contently as his tail simply moved to curl around him yet again in a relaxed fashion. Something he was getting use to. What he couldn't get was why it kept puffing up on him like that.

"Your tail is too twitchy." He argued, trying not to laugh. Roy sat down on the floor by his bed, leaning his back against the cold hard wall. He quietly sighed with relief as he stared at Edwards tail, trying to come up with an idea for an animal.

"Maybe you're a chinchilla?" he asked.

"Those are grey and they don't eat bamboo. I'd say panda but they're black and white. The tails aren't like this and I wouldn't have shrunk three inches." He responded, smoothing the unwanted appendage down to no avail.

"Oh." Roy said stupidly. "I knew that."

"WHY THE HELL IS IT PUFFING UP?!?" Ed screamed, growling coldly as he viciously attacked the tail in a desperate attempt to make it lay flat...er.

Roy smirked as he held back a laugh. "If you yell at your tail, that's not going to stop it from puffing up, Edward." Roy pointed out. He leaned forward and rested his chin on his bed as he watched Edwards tail.

Edward pouted, shifting to look at Roy pathetically with a whimper. "But...I don't want it to be like that and I can't figure out why it's doing that." He said, pouting as he realized he'd lost his treat. He had been eating that to! "Roy...Have you seen that bamboo?" He asked pathetically.

Roy sighed. "I don't know about your nasty bamboo. Did you already eat it all?" He asked Edward. He glanced around the floor but didn't see it. "You just had it." he rested his chin back on the bed, staring out the window. It was almost pitch black outside. 'I don't wanna go to work tomorrow...' he complained to himself.

White ears tilted backwards slightly as he sighed, sliding off of the bed. "It's getting late...So I'll just go now so that you can sleep..." He stated, stretching suddenly with his back giving off a soft popping sound. "Night colonel." He added, calmly leaving the room in order to go and sleep on the couch.

Edward sighed, silently slipping out the front door. It was still raining. But he was going to go and look for Alphonse. He wanted to see if he could find his younger brother. He wanted his sibling as well as getting his humanity fully back.

Roy rolled out of bed and walked into the living room. "Hey Edward, I forgot to ask, do you want me to-" He stopped in mid sentence, looking quickly around the room.

He rushed about, checking every room of the house. "That bastard!" he yelled. "He went off without telling me!" He flung open the front door, but the Fullmetal Alchemist was nowhere in sight. "Its not like I could follow him, anyway..." Roy sighed and layed down on the couch.

A/N Thank you so much everyone for your reviews. They mean the world to me. I'm dedicating this chapter to a friend of mine who passed away on Monday (though I just found out today) I love you Courtney and will always remember you.

Thanks again everyone,

-Kirara