I don't like this one so much, I feel like I'm using the same ideas over and over again. But I couldn't really think of anything else to do with the theme.
EvnyLover: Hehe, it's an interesting concept…I'm almost tempted to do a longer fic just with the idea of no voices XD I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for reviewing – and I hope you keep reading!
35. Forever is a Long Time
Sometimes Envy wondered if they could stay like this forever. Snatched moments; sincere but lying words; passion sparked out of some deeper, instinctive and feral connection; but then he reminded himself of the truth.
Homunculi didn't have emotions – no, that wasn't the truth.
The deep, horrible truth was that homunculi did. And they just avoided them because they weren't worth the pain.
But Pride and Wrath had Minna (even if they denied it).
Lust and Gluttony had each other.
Sloth had his world of dreams and slumber.
Greed had his loyal companions, the snake-girl, the dog-boy, the bull-man and the lizard-man.
And Envy – Envy had Ed.
But the Promised Day inched ever nearer, and Envy regretted ever letting himself feel, ever letting that goddamn alchemist anywhere near him – because no connection, no attraction was worth jeopardizing the plan centuries in the making.
Ed was going to die. Every day, every night, every minute was a day and night and minute closer to the inevitable. Ed wasn't just a sacrifice, he was his sacrifice –
-so when Ed finally gave voice to Envy's daydreams, Envy didn't say the first thing he thought, which was that forever is a long time and that he should get his head out of the clouds.
Instead he just smiled and felt his face crack with the effort, knowing that 'forever' for Ed would be a very short time.