Yay longest chapter yet! Also, I just found out that Ling has the same voice actor as Death the Kid from Soul Eater. This makes me love both characters even more ^^

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Chapter 4

Over the course of eighth grade, Envy had become really close friends with Ling. He was also friends with Ed and Roy but never hung out with either of them one on one. The first time Envy started liking Ed was in ninth grade. It was Halloween, and the four guys were going to go trick-or-treating together. They had all decided what they were going to be but thought it would be fun to surprise each other with their costumes. This was decided over lunch on the Monday before Halloween weekend. Now, it was Tuesday, and the boys were discussing their plans for the weekend.

"Okay, so we're all meeting at Ling's mansion on Friday and then going trick-or-treating from there?" Ed was absent on Monday for a dentist appointment and had to catch up on the plans.

"Stop calling my house a mansion, it's not even that big!" Ling's parents were both doctors and their house was enormous.

"And I'm not allowed to tell anyone what my costume is?" Ed's expression was basically saying 'what the hell'.

"Yeah, cause it's more fun to guess what everyone is!" Ling beamed and started laughing.

Ed turned to face Envy and Roy who were both eating their lunch. "This was all Ling's idea wasn't it?" Roy and Envy nodded in unison.

Across the cafeteria, Sloth was sitting with her friends. During eighth grade, Sloth sat with Rose and Winry at lunch. She learned that Winry was also friends with Ed and Roy. Sloth realized that she actually enjoyed being friends with them, despite the fact that they were both annoying and fought a lot.

"Roy's cute, isn't he? Do you think he would go for me?" Rose looked dreamily over at the table.

"Ew! You're so pretty, of course he would, but he's a huge player. He dated Lyra last year and definitely cheated on her. Plus, Rose you're like a strict catholic right? Roy would not be up for that. Lyra was more his type if you know what I mean. I don't think he even knows the definition of taking it slow." Winry spouted. Even though Winry was friends with Roy, she knew about how he was with women. Rose was her friend, and she wasn't going to let her get hurt.

"Oh, really? That's too bad. He's so tall and always seemed to come across with such elegance."

"Which Roy do you know? Have you ever talked to him?" asked Winry with a confused look.

"Girls, stop arguing. We need to figure out what were doing for Halloween this weekend." Sloth was always the one who stopped their incessant rants.

"I still think we should go as sailor scouts, I've always wanted to do that." Winry stood up from her chair with stars in her eyes.

"I was thinking more like Charlie's angels." Rose said poking at her mashed potatoes.

"Let's do Rose's idea. We're not in fifth grade, Winry," Sloth pointed out as she drank from her milk carton. Winry sat there pouting while Rose got excited.

The weekend came quickly. Ed was walking down the sidewalk towards Ling's house with his pillowcase in hand. He was wearing a black top hat, black leather pants, gold vest, and fancy red jacket. He was also wearing black dress shoes and a red bowtie. Ed was carrying the pillowcase in his left hand and a whip in his right hand. His hair was in his trademark braid. As he approached Ling's house, he saw Envy walking up from the other direction.

Like Ed, Envy was wearing black leather pants and dress shoes. He also wore a white dress shirt stained with "blood" and had a red medallion hanging from his neck. A long, black cape flowed behind him, and his hair was flowing down his back. Sharp fangs protruded from his mouth, completing his obvious vampire look.

"Hey En! Let me guess, vampire?"

"Is it that obvious? Are you supposed to be in the circus, Ed?" Envy looked questionably at the whip in Ed's right hand.

"Yeah, I'm a ringmaster!" Ed grinning. Both boys were walking up to Ling's door. Edward rang the doorbell.

"Cool. That's a lot more creative than my costume. I wonder what Ling is dressed up as." Envy said before turning to the door. Right then, the door opened. A small girl dressed up as a fairy decided to answer.

"Hey there May! Is your brother home?" asked Ed.

"Uh huh. LING your weird friends are here!" May yelled as she ran away from the fuming friends.

"How the hell are we weird you stupid girl?" Envy gritted his teeth. He was about to dash after her when Ling walked out from his kitchen.

"Hello friends! Who's ready for some free candy?" Ling smiled.

"Ling why the FUCK are you dressed as a giant hot dog?" Envy asked because there Ling was, in all of his glory, dressed as a giant hot dog.

"Well you are what you eat!" Ling started laughing.

"I have never even seen you eat a hot dog," Ed stated, as Roy was walking in the door that had yet to be closed. He approached them wearing an…interesting outfit.

"Alright, kids. Looks like we're all here!" Roy said, causing Ed and Envy to turn around.

"Wait Roy, just what the hell are you supposed to be?" asked Ed, looking very confused.

Roy was standing before them in a purple suit with a red tie. He was also wearing sunglasses and red shoes.

Envy shared Ed's look of confusion. "You look like Prince."

Ling decided to take a guess as to what Roy was. "Oh wait, Michael Jackson MICHAEL JACKSON," and then he started laughing again.

"I hate all of you. I'M SUPPOSED TO BE A PIMP."

Ed crossed his arms. "You idiot! The point of Halloween is to go as something you're not!"

Roy copied Ed by crossing his own arms and smirked. "It's just like Ling said. You are what you eat."

The other three boys decided to drop the subject entirely. For what Roy just said did not make any sense. And if it actually made sense in Roy's head, then they probably did not want to know.

Ling was the first one to break the silence, naturally. "Okay, let's go guys. We have candy to get!" He raised his hands and ran out the door.

"He doesn't even have a candy bag." Ed seemed suspicious.

After hours of stopping by doors and saying trick-or-treat, the boys returned back to Ling's house.

"Now I think we should play candy poker! Winner gets to keep all of the candy." The other three boys gave each other a look.

Ed looked incredulous. "So now you're going to con us out of our candy?"

"Silly Ed! Do you really think I'm that good at poker? You're just scared little shorty," Ling smirked.

"WHO'S SO SHORT HE GETS LOST IN A PILE OF CANDY?"

"So, does that mean you're going to play, Elric?" asked Roy, taking off his pimp jacket.

"YOU BET IT DOES."

"I guess I'm in too. Envy?" Roy asked.

Envy decided to point out a minor detail the rest of the group seemed to be missing. "Wait, Ling you don't have any candy. How are you going to play?"

"Well, En I'm glad you asked! I had my parents buy me eight bags of candy last night just for this occasion!" Ling stood with his hands on his hot dog hips. "But first I need to change out of this costume!"

Ed and Envy fell on the floor. Roy looked down at his two friends before asking, "you had this planned all along?"

"It will be fun don't worry." Ling claimed as he ran up the stairs, attempting to take off the giant hot dog costume.

Two hours later Ling had a giant pile of candy behind him. He was very good at playing poker.

"Alright I'm raising the bid to four tootsie rolls, three Twix bars, and a pack of M&Ms." Ed threw in his candy, looking frustrated. The pile of candy behind him had shrunken considerably.

"Seriously, Ed? These are my last Twix bars. And I think Ling is bluffing AGAIN." Envy glared over at Ed.

"Hahaha oh Ed. You probably don't even have a pair of twos. You should see what I have!" Ling threw in his candy.

"You BASTARD! I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW I HAVE A FULL HOUSE!" Ed yelled before covering his mouth with his hands. Clearly, he didn't know how to keep his poker face.

"Well I'm out," Roy said yawning. He threw his pair of sevens down.

"Ed, you suck at poker," Envy said throwing down his cards as well.

"Aw, you have me beat. The candy is yours." Ling said pouting.

"I guess I'm better at poker than you guys think!" Ed greedily moved the candy pile over to himself. He then laid down his cards. He didn't even have a pair.

"You were bluffing?" Roy asked. Even Envy and Ling were rendered speechless.

"You had a fake rant? I didn't even think you could have a fake rant." Envy said.

"It's 2 AM, and I'm almost out of candy. I'm going to sleep," Roy yawned.

"Aw Roy is no fun! You can stay in the guest bedroom. It's the first on the left after you go upstairs!" Ling pointed towards the staircase, which curved around. They were playing poker in the entryway. The entryway had two curved staircases that led to the upper floor and a beautiful chandelier that hung above. Roy stuffed his remaining candy in his bag and walked upstairs.

"So, now what?" Envy asked, as he pulled up his long, green hair into a messy bun.

Ed and Ling both looked at each other. "VIDEO GAMES."

Ed, Ling, and Envy spent the next hour playing Mario Kart on the Wii.

"I'm totally kicking Bowser's ass. Which one of you is Bowser anyway?" asked Envy.

"That would be me, stupid. At least I don't play as Dry Bones. Why is that even its name anyway?" Ed said before he finished his second lap as Bowser.

"Cause he's a skeleton. You should be something more size appropriate, like Baby Peach." Envy said, stifling a laugh.

"SHUT UP. I'M SENDING A BLUE SHELL AFTER YOU." Ed yelled.

"No, don't do that! You're going to make me lose first place. Wait, why is Ling in last place now? And why is his character Yoshi not moving on the screen?" Envy said. He paused the game and both boys looked over towards Ling. Ling was passed out on the couch with his controller on his chest.

"Does that mean we should go to sleep too?" Ed asked.

"Yeah sure. I know where Ling's other guest bedroom is." Envy motioned Ed to follow him.

"What about Ling? Should we just leave him here?"

"Yeah, it will be his punishment for conning us out of our candy." Envy started walking towards the entryway. Both boys walked up the stairs, before Envy spoke again.

"I'll go steal some of Ling's pajamas." Envy opened the door to Ling's second guest bedroom and Ed entered. Envy returned with two pairs of Ling's pajama pants and two of his t-shirts. Ed and Envy took turns changing in the bathroom. Ling's clothes seemed to fit Envy just fine.

In the bathroom, Ed glanced in the mirror. He looked like he was drowning in the over sized shirt and pants. He had to roll up the bottom of the pants just so he wouldn't trip. Ed took out his braid and let his blonde hair fall down his back. He combed his fingers through his hair before walking back out into the room.

Envy was sitting on the queen-sized bed texting his parents that he was back at Ling's. When he heard the bathroom door open, he turned his head. Ed looked at him and scowled. "One short joke, and I'll break your fingers."

'He's so adorable. Wait why am I thinking this? He's my friend. Not cute. Not cute. Not cute,' Envy's thoughts chanted.

"En, are you okay?" Ed asked, noticing that something seemed to be bothering Envy.

"Yeah, I'm fine!" Envy grinned, crawling under the blankets. Ed climbed into the bed and got under as well. There was plenty of room between them. A third person could easily sleep in the middle. Both boys lay in the bed, staring up at the ceiling.

"Hey Ed?"

"Yeah what is it?"

"Why did you mistake me for a girl when we first met?"

Ed seemed slightly taken aback. He wasn't expecting that question.

Ed let out a nervous laugh and rubbed the back of his head. He sometimes did that when he was embarrassed or felt awkward. "Well you have long hair and narrow shoulders. And you were wearing that loose white jacket when I met you. I guess I just assumed, even though me and Ling also have long hair. I'm sorry. You don't look like a girl to me anymore, not since that day."

Envy took a second to ponder. 'He still remembers what jacket I wore?'

After thinking for a second, Envy responded. "It's okay. It was my decision to grow out my hair. I love it long, but I have to deal with the consequences of that."

"I like your hair long too. You just wouldn't be Envy if it was shorter."

"If I tell you something, will you promise to keep it between us?"

"Yeah I promise!"

"I find it weird that I've never liked a girl. I've never even kissed anyone before." Envy was turned away from Ed. It wasn't the type of conversation that eye contact helped with.

"Oh, really? Have you talked to Ling about this?"

"No. For some reason, you're the only person I feel comfortable enough talking about this with," Envy suddenly felt like he shouldn't have put this all on Ed.

"Well that's okay! I'm glad you feel comfortable telling me this. I'll always be here for you to talk to. This doesn't change anything."

Envy's eyes softened. 'I never noticed just how genuine Ed is,' he thought. He felt like he needed to do something for Ed too. "Thanks Ed. And if you ever want any help with Rose, let me know."

Ed seemed slightly surprised. Envy was not usually this nice. "I might take you up on that offer. She's never seemed interested in me though," Ed sighed.

"Once she knows you, she will like you."

"Thanks En. You're an awesome friend." And before either one of them knew it they were both asleep.

RINGRINGRINGRINGRINGRING

Envy's poor alarm clock let out its last words before it shattered to the ground and died. The culprit? Envy's foot. He had stayed up until 3:30 working on his AP English paper. The first page wasn't that hard to write, but it had been hard coming up with the information for the other three pages. In the end, he had to increase the font size and narrow the margins of the paper.

Envy rose out of bed and stretched, raising his arms into the air. Letting out a yawn, he hopped over to his dresser and began fishing through his clothes. In eighth grade, Envy had more of a preppy style. After half of his new school mistook him for a girl, he decided that a wardrobe makeover was in order.

He pulled on a pair of black leather pants and put on a tight, black tank top. He loved wearing tanks because it showed off his abs through the tank. He finished off with his black leather jacket that he wore all of the time. He owned six of them. Envy made sure that his flat chest and pecks were always visible through tight tops so no one would mistake him for a girl. His eighth grade clothing was often loose and sometimes people couldn't tell. Envy finished off his look by tying his hair in his high signature ponytail where his long green hair trailed down his back.

In the bathroom, Envy put his right contact on his finger and tried placing it in his eye.

"OWWWWW" Envy's eyes started burning. He peeled the contact off and threw it away. "Guess it's time for a new pair." He threw out his left contact as well and began searching his cabinet for another pair. He found the box only to discover it was empty.

"Damnit now I have to make a stupid eye appointment." He put on his glasses and ran downstairs. He found the phone book on the table in the Moretti living room. "Eye…eye…eye…EYE!" Envy said trailing his finger down the yellow pages.

"Brother why are you so weird sometimes?" Pride asked as he walked by Envy and in to the kitchen.

"I'm just trying to make an eye appointment, Pride. Get over it!" Envy took the cell phone out of his pocket and started dialing the number.

"Clear Vision Center. How may we help you?"

"My name is Envy Moretti. I'd like to make an eye appointment as soon as possible. And yes, I'm a returning customer, and my phone and address are still the same." Envy hated when people asked him a bunch of pointless questions. He always got the same questions at the doctor's office, dentist's office, and every other office.

"Alright, sir. We have an opening at 10 AM today. Would you be able to make that?"

"Yes, no problem." Envy gave a mental cheer at the opportunity to skip school.

After hanging up, Envy entered the kitchen in a slightly better mood. "Mom, could you call me out of school for this morning? I'm going to go to an eye appointment for more contacts."

Lust looked at Envy and nodded. "Sure, honey. I'll drive you since Sloth needs the car to get to school. I don't need to be at the firm until after lunch anyway."

"Thanks mom."

Envy went to the eye doctor just to learn that he had to wait an entire week before he got his new contacts. He hated wearing his glasses and now everyone at school was going to think he was an even bigger nerd.

Envy's mom dropped him back off at school after his appointment. By the time he got to school, he had missed his first three classes. First, he ran to Armstrong's room to turn in his English paper. The paper was late, but Envy was excused since he had an eye appointment. He then ran to the office to get a tardy slip for his fourth period class. By the time Envy entered AP U.S. History, the class was almost halfway over. All of the students were in their assigned groups chatting away. Envy walked over to the table where Ed, Ling, and Winry sat.

"Sorry I'm late guys," Envy apologized, ignoring a glare from Winry as he sat down by Ling.

"We were just talking about France!" Ling said.

"No, Ling was just talking about rice pudding volcanoes." Ed had his chin in his hand and looked annoyed. Envy gave Ling a look that said, 'Seriously?' Ling just shrugged.

"Well America supported France in World War 1 and World War 2. Also, the American Revolution heavily influenced the French revolution in the late 1700s. We could probably do part of our presentation on the parallels between them." Envy was often nicer and less sarcastic when he was around Ed. Of course, he did still like him.

"How the heck do you even know all of that?" Winry asked, gently touching her wrench.

"I actually paid attention in AP European History last year." Envy then expertly avoided a swinging wrench.

"Miss Rockbell, how many times have I told you? No wrenches in the classroom. Now come outside with me." Mr. Hughes dragged Winry out the door.

"No, I don't want to see more pictures. PLEASE. Envy, I'm sorry AHHH," Winry screamed as Hughes dragged her into the hallways and the door slammed behind her as the entire class sweat dropped.

"Well that sucks," said Envy, almost feeling sorry for her.

"I like your glasses En! How come you never wear them? They make you look like a sexy librarian!" laughed Ling, holding his stomach.

"SAY THAT AGAIN AND I WILL KILL YOU." Envy looked like he was ready to strangle Ling.

Ed rolled his eyes at his former friends. "Seriously cut it out you two."

Ling, Ed, and Envy made slight progress before Mr. Hughes came back into the room with a twitching Winry. They overheard something about not using wrenches to solve problems right before the bell rang to leave class.

Lunch went by quickly and so did fifth and sixth period. It wasn't until sixth period was over that something happened.

Edward was at his locker, shoving books into his backpack. He and Al usually took their time because they drove to school and did not have to catch a bus. He had just said goodbye to Rose and was putting his history book into his backpack when a familiar figure approached.

"Hello O'Chibi-kun."

Envy's hand slammed Ed's locker shut. Ed turned to see Envy smirking down at him. He was easily a head taller.

"E-Envy! What do you want? We can talk about the group project in class tomorrow."

"Aw Edward's not excited to see me. What if I'm not here to talk about some stupid project?"

"Then why are you here?" Ed seemed to look nervous. He looked around to see if anyone was watching, but they seemed to be the only two in the hallway.

"I heard something about your little girlfriend, and it gave me the confidence to make you mine for real. No more hiding it from everyone."

Ed took a step back. "I thought we agreed to stop seeing each other. Remember what happened after Lyra's party?"

"Yeah well, I've changed my mind. Besides, you and Rose haven't even kissed after 3 months of dating. A little bird told me that Rose is super religious and won't even kiss anyone until she's married."

"T-that's not true. We've kissed..."

"Yeah on the CHEEK."

"It doesn't matter what we have or haven't done. I love Rose and will wait for however long she needs. So just leave me alone, Envy."

"Is it Rose you like, or just the fact she's not a boy?" Envy glared.

"I like Rose because she's sweet and we never fight. She's…" before Ed could continue, he was interrupted by his brother walking up to them.

"Hey Envy! How are you? Ed, ready to go?" Al beamed.

Envy grinned and ruffled Al's hair. "Long time no see kiddo. Sorry, I need to go find Sloth." And with that, Envy left.

Ed and Al continued to walk down the hall towards the parking lot. "Are you and Envy working things out? You guys need to be friends again!"

"No, we were just talking about a group project that we got stuck with."

"Oh that's too bad!"

Ed's phone buzzed, indicating a text message. He pushed the main button on his iPhone.

Envy Moretti: I will make you mine again. Round 2 o'chibi. You ready?

Why did Envy seem interested in him all of a sudden? He thought Envy hated him now. He preferred the Envy that refused to speak to him. Was it really just because he found out that he hadn't gotten anywhere with Rose? And who told him anyway? Sloth probably. He decided to text back.

Edward Elric: Go to hell.

Later that night, Envy got onto his gmail. He was getting on to chat a lot more lately. He double clicked on Ling's name.

Greenhairdon'tcare: There's something that I've been keeping from you for a while now.

PrinceLing: Hmmmm? Really? You definitely just got my attention.

Greenhairdon'tcare: Yeah, well I'll call you on the phone for the back-story. But long story short, I'm going to make Ed mine.

PrinceLing: You like Ed? I thought you hated him now. I just found out you were gay last night. This is happening kind of fast…. my head is spinning. MY VISION IS GOING BLACK.

Greenhairdon'tcare: Shut up. You already knew I liked guys anyway. And I still like him, but I was also pissed at him. But I'm over that now.

PrinceLing: I have to eat dinner, but I'm calling you right after!

Greenhairdon'tcare: K good. Will you help?

PrinceLing: Just tell me what you need me to do.

Envy could practically see Ling's smirk through the computer. Things were about to get interesting.