Dear Reader,

You know, this chapter and chapter 5 weren't originally apart of the story. I just wrote them today! So ya...Now I have to go through the whole story and fix certain parts! AH! But, I think these chapters really benefit Envy and Winry's attraction. There are some pretty...ahem...heated scenes in this chapter, but unfortunately, no lemons. But don't worry people, Envy and Winry get it on later. Teehee.

- Ramona F.

Poison

Envy cursed Dante under his breath.

His arms trembled against the force of the hungry chimera Lust had released into the underground city. Envy struggled to push it back. He felt tired and feeble.

Because Dante had taken all of his stones, Envy's power had been cut in half. Normally, he would be able to kill a chimera without even batting an eyelash. But now he felt the affects of loosing the blasted stones. His muscles screamed in protest against the force of the creature, but Envy just grit his teeth. He could take it. But not for much longer.

Where the hell was wrath with Sloth?

The chimera screamed into his face and pushed.

He grunted, and pushed forward. He could see straight down the things throat.

" Damn human..." He grunted.

This had been all of her fault.

If she hadn't saved him from falling then he never would have been in this mess!

But he had been so tired from loosing all of his stones. He could hardly keep his eyes open waiting for that damned imp to find them. As it turned out, Wrath wasn't very good at hide and seek.

He wasn't good at getting help either, Envy noted.

He had sent the stupid child off to get Sloth when he had tried to follow him.

The chimera's body thrust forward and Envy almost lost his grip. His fingers bled from holding it's teeth, his blood trickled down his forearm. He could handle the pain, but it was annoying him.

He hated to admit it, but he could really use Sloth's help.

He wasn't sure how much longer he could keep the thing at bay.

" Hey! Over here ugly! I'm much more tasty!"

Envy stiffened at the sound of Winry's voice. He thought she had taken off by now. But there she was, and she was drawing that stupid chimera's attention. He was about to scream at her and tell her he could handle it, until he saw the things big eyes lock onto something behind him. To his surprise, the chimera drew back, ready to strike at what was enticing him.

It ripped it's teeth from Envy's grasp and went at her with impossible speed.

Envy turned back and his eyes widened in horror.

" Idiot!" He screamed at the mechanic.

She was slumped against the wall in a pitiful position, and was trembling. She gripped a dagger-like stone in one feeble hand. It dropped to the ground.

Envy's eyes widened to the blood rushing down her arm.

"What...Why did she?" Envy mumbled to himself.

She began to fall. She had a far away look in her eyes, and her face became totally relaxed.

He growled in anger and jumped on the things ever growing neck. He raced down the length of it, and changed his arm into a long sword. He felt an unknown fury bubble up inside him, which he blamed on the girls human stupidity.

" Oh no your not you stupid human! Your not dying on me!"

He drove his arm through the things head, going straight through and coming out the other side. It stopped it's pursuit seconds before it reached her. Envy pulled out his arm with a disgusted look on his face, and leaped off as the dead chimera crashed to the ground.

A moan brought his attention to Winry.

He went over to her, and was about to drag her upright by her hair, when he saw a disgusting bite mark on her wrist. The two puncture wounds where slightly large, and the skin around them was a discoloring purple. He was sure she was poisoned from that chimera's fangs. The poison had no affect on him because his healing stopped it from taking affect, but Winry wasn't a homunculus. He knew that she would be dead soon.

He knelt down beside her and moved her to where her head was on his lap.

She was deathly pale and freezing to the touch.

Oh shit, he thought. Dante's going to kill me if she dies.

He scowled down at her and then her wound.

Envy debated on letting her die. Really, it was Dante's fault for ordering the chimera's to keep watch. And it had been a dumb idea on her part. Envy would have fun laughing at her mistakes to her face when she asked him why the girl died. Yes, that's it. Envy would just let her die. It was her own damned fault for having run off.

" I'm sorry..."

He looked down to see her hazed eyes looking at him.

His throat got thick.

She looked like a speaking corpse. But her eyes still managed to smile. And as the haze over them lifted, the smile brightened. Envy found himself staring into her eyes.

" I-I shouldn't h-have run aw-"

She stopped mid sentence to cry out in pain. Her beautiful orbs squeezed tightly and she rolled on her side. She brought her arm to her chest and began shaking slightly. For some reason, Envy began smoothing her hair from her face and feeling her temperature like she had with him. She was stone cold.

She had just apologized to him he realized.

Envy's eyes traveled down to her wound.

And he got an idea.

" I'm about to do something that will hurt...But will save you."

Her eyes opened in alarm and he felt her body go still.

" W-what are you going to do?" She whispered.

Normally, Envy would be delighted to see her so miserable. But something about her eyes...He hated seeing her eyes like that. Couldn't stand it.

Instead of answering her, he went to grab her wounded wrist. She resisted and looked up into his eyes with a pleading look.

" Do you want to die?" He tried to ask harshly, but it came out soft.

Tears brimmed in her eyes, and she shook her head.

She allowed him to take hold of her arm, and he never took his eyes off hers as he brought it to his lips. " Then trust me." He said before putting his lips to the wound. Her eyes widened when he made the contact and she surprised him with a blush.

Her skin was sweet, and he held himself back from biting into it himself. The feelings he had when he unconsciously tasted her earlier where back with a vengeance as he milked out the poison. It took almost all of Envy's focus to concentrate on not biting her.

Envy closed his eyes, because having her look at him was suddenly making him feel hot.

His eyes opened in surprise when Winry let out another one of her mewls.

Envy looked down at her again top see her eyes where closed, and her face was a mixture of agony and...Something else. Her lips parted and she let out a little moan, her eyebrows drawing together and a blush creeping up on her face.

Envy began to heat up.

He remembered his task, and slowly removed his lips from her skin, then spat out the poison that was mixed with her blood. He was pretty sure he had gotten it all out.

Envy looked down at her, and saw her eyes where wide and looking at his lips. He could smell the blood on them, and guessed she was looking at that. Slowly, he dragged his tongue over his top lip.

He stilled when he saw her eyes nearly double in size and her cheeks redden further.

He was reminded once again of his dream.

Envy held back a wicked smile as an idea formed in his head.

He slowly licked his bottom lip, and her lips parted once again. She was trembling, but not out of physical pain. Envy wanted to snicker, but he held back as he looked down at her wound, then slowly dragged his gaze back up to hers. He licked his lips even though there was no more blood on them, and he saw her face twist into confusion.

He decided this would be pay back for making him come and rescue her.

He brought her wrist to his lips once again, and slowly licked at her access blood. Envy closed his eyes and suddenly gave in to her delicious taste. She was more delectable than a philosophers stone. He momentarily forgot his plans and pressed his lips to her soft skin and began sucking at it.

" Envy..." She moaned.

He bit back a chuckle at her little outburst, and continued to tease her.

Human's are so easily pleased, he thought.

But he couldn't help the fact that he found her to be delicious.

He looked down at her to see her eyes closed, and her cheeks to be a lovely shade of pink.

Well, he snickered in his head, at least she has her color back.

Envy's attention was drawn from her face as her blush spread over her chest, and he was again drawn to the size of it. He stared at her hardening buds which was completely visible through her thin dress. He felt a warmth spread through him, mainly in his tight shorts.

Envy hated himself.

This damned human and her stupid body, he growled in his head.

Her divine body...

He stopped momentarily as the voice returned to his head.

Go away, he snapped at it.

Look at how you make her quiver...Taste her delicious blood.

As if to help the voice, Winry's back arched slightly, and she moaned his name once more.

He found that he liked it when she moaned his name. He had never heard anyone say it like that before.

Envy's body felt like it was on fire. He suddenly found himself dropping her wrist and parting with it's sweetness, only to pick up her other arm, which she had cut open for some idiotic reason.

He pressed the flat of his tongue at the end of her blood trail, and delighted in the goose bumps she got when he dragged it up, following the bloody path. Once he was at the source of the mess, he licked around it. His chest prickled with a strange sensation and she let out a raged whimper of delight. Delight! He wanted to laugh.

Her breath was getting faster, her chest moving up and down quickly, drawing his attention back to her smooth skin.

Damn it Dante, why did you have to make such a whorish dress? He thought to himself.

" Envy..." She moaned again and his thoughts vanished.

The back of his throat burned, and he was surprised to find he was filled with an uncontrollable want. He looked down at her head on his lap as she turned her face to the source of his heat unknowingly. The side of her face rubbed against him, and Envy found himself letting out a moan of pleasure into her skin.

In four hundred years, he had never known such a feeling.

You like it...Whispered what he guessed was the little voice everyone has.

He had never heard it until now, and he found it to be very annoying.

Go away, he grunted in his mind.

Winry let out another gasp, her face rubbing him harder. He held back a moan as he nibbled her skin. He sucked on her relentlessly, and Winry squirmed and squirmed, rubbing on him even harder.

Your sucking her dry you know. The voice pointed out.

He fought through his momentary pleasure to look down at the skin of her arm. It was raw, and more damaged than before. He pried his lips, then tongue from her sweetness.

Envy looked down to see Winry had passed out, and was still very close to his crotch.

Envy stared at her, and slowly he seethed with hatred.

How dare she fall asleep?

Envy was about to shake her awake, when he heard his name being called.

He tore his eyes away from her to see none other than Wrath and Sloth running toward him. He narrowed his eyes. If they had been there any sooner, he wouldn't have gotten carried away with Winry.

" Oh no!" Wrath cried out when he saw Winry's cuts.

When they got closer, Sloth dropped down beside Envy and tried to take her from him.

Envy found himself clutching at Winry and drawing her to him. Sloth looked up at him with wide eyes, her face full of confusion. He gave her a scowl.

" She's my responsibility. I'll handle it."

Sloth returned the scowl.

"Envy, she's badly hurt. Let me tend to her wounds."

Envy stubbornly shook his head. Why he was being so possessive of her he wasn't sure. It wasn't in his nature. But he didn't want to let go of her.

" Envy, she could get an infection if I don't..." Her voice trailed off as her eyes went to her lips.

Envy quickly licked them, and found they where still stained in blood.

Sloth's eyes became angry, and she had that motherly look on her face again.

" Did you lick her wounds?"

When she put it like that, Envy had to admit it sounded a little gross.

" N-no! I was sucking out the poison! A snake chimera bit her!" He half lied. He wasn't about to tell Sloth what he had done...Even he wasn't sure.

She narrowed her eyes at him for a second, and he was afraid she didn't believe him. Finally she sighed heavily and stood. " Fine, but your going to carry her back and let me fix her up. Master is going to be furious."

Envy let out a groan.

He had totally forgotten about damned Dante and her " she shall not be harmed" rule. She was going to chew Envy out for this.

He gathered up Winry in his arms and slowly stood. He found her to be very light and extremely easy to carry. She unconsciously wrapped her arms around his neck, and her lips brushed against a sensitive spot. He stirred slightly and let out a shaky sigh.

Envy noticed Sloth and Wrath giving him strange looked and he scowled.

" What? You two see something amusing?"

They both rolled their eyes and turned, making their way to the mansion while stepping over the giant body of the dead chimera.

On the way back, Envy took his time. He was distracted by the smell of Winry, and decided it was the greatest smell he had ever encountered. It was even better than the stones.

Thinking about the powerful stones made his stomach flutter, and he was suddenly yearning for them. He could taste them in the back of his throat. Winry moan in his sleep, and he found he was squeezing her rather tightly. He let up and returned his gaze back down to her.

She really was beautiful.

He laughed at the thought of her being with Fullmetal. He didn't deserve such a girl.

Envy watched as a little smile spread on her lips along with a blush on her cheeks. She snuggled up to him and let out a little sigh from comfort. The sigh tickled him, but it felt good. He found himself holding her softness closer to him. He had never done anything like this before.

He entered the cold mansion and carried her up the stairs while Sloth and Wrath hung over him. He was growing tired of their presence. He stopped and turned to them, completely irritated.

" Go away, both of you."

Sloth merely stared while Wrath bared his teeth in anger.

" No! Mommy needs to help her!"

Envy glared, then let a dark smile come onto his lips. " Fine. Sloth can stay. But you have no real purpose here, so get you little imp."

Wrath stomped his foot and crossed his arms over his chest like he wasn't moving.

Envy playfully raised an eyebrow.

" Not moving?" He asked.

" No! And you can't make me." He stuck out his tongue.

Envy's playful smile turned malicious, and Wrath's confident face fell.

" I can think of a way to persuade you..." He said as he held out his arms, detaching Winry from his warm embrace. He looked at the little sin, who stared at him in confusion. Envy let Winry slowly slip from his arms. Wrath's eyes grew in size, and he suddenly held up his hands, " Okay! Okay!"

Envy snickered as the runt ran down the stairs. He nestled Winry back into him, and continued up the stairs. But not before he noticed Sloth scowl at him.

He was a bit taken aback by her odd behavior, but had no real explanation for it.

He went to his room, kicking open the door as he did. He rested Winry on the bed, easing her down as gently as he could. It was very hard for him. He wanted to just dump her on the bed. But for some reason, the though made him feel a little sick. He blamed this on having tasted the poison.

" I'll go get some hot water, you disinfect her wounds." Sloth said smoothly as she gestured to the first aid kit next to his bed. It was still there from Winry fixing him up. Envy wanted to protest, but he didn't feel like having his ear grabbed again. So he moved beside her, and began adding the ointment to her snake bites like he had seen her do to his stab wounds. She stirred as he did this, and when she opened her eyes he couldn't help but smirk at her. " So, the sleeping princess is awake? I thought I was going to have to kiss you." he said darkly.

He smiled wider at the crimson blush that spread onto her cheeks.

He wondered if she remembered the way she had moaned out his name.

He certainty did.

" W-where am I?" she asked, looking around.

" My room, idiot." He sighed. She was being no fun.

She closed her eyes as his fingers grazed over one of the holes in her arm. She looked at it with large eyes for a moment, then turned her gaze on him. She blushed immediately.

Envy snickered. So, she did remember.

" Something wrong?" he asked, deciding to mess with her.

She cleared her throat.

" U-um...Did you...S-suck out the poison?"

Oh, how Envy loved to watch her little face twist with embarrassment. She was probably recalling how she had felt when he had licked at her soft skin. Recalling the event made him stir and he cleared his throat.

" Yes." He simply said, and returned to his work.

They sat in silence for a while while he cleaned her up. But a question was annoyingly nagging in the back of his mind. He looked up to see she was staring at him, and he caused her to blush. He frowned before asking his question. " Why did you save me from falling?"

Winry seemed confused by his question. " I told you already. I didn't want you to fall."

Envy didn't believe her.

" Why?"

She rolled her eyes.

" I didn't want you to get hurt, stupid! Why would anyone save anybody?"

He gaped at her. He wasn't used to her way of thinking. And he defiantly wasn't accustomed to people helping him because they didn't want him getting harmed. If anything, Dante put him in harms way all the time. So to have someone say that...It sent a strange feeling through Envy.

" Is that why you..." he began, his voice hardly above a whisper.

" Cut my arm? Ya. That snake thing was about to eat you! I couldn't just stand there and do nothing."

He looked up at her and found her smiling at him. He masked his amazement with anger.

" That was a stupid thing to do! You could have been killed !"

She glared at him in anger and tried to sit up.

" You know, I'm really sick of how ungrateful you are! And to think, I felt sorry for you! I-"

She stopped and made a noise. She gave up her efforts of trying to sit up and fell back onto his bed, panting slightly. She closed her eyes in pain. Envy just watched her. Not knowing what to do.

" Thank you."

He looked into her eyes and saw she was smiling at him.

He scowled. " Thank you? For what?"

" For saving me. It was a very brave thing to do." She said simply.

He stared down at her. He had no idea what expression his face held. He simply looked down at this girl, who was so beautiful it was hard to look at her. Especially now, when she had that serene look on her face and smile that went to her blue eyes. Her words pulled a sensitive chord in him, and he was feeling a strange feeling.

Guilt?

But why would Envy have anything to be guilty about?

" I didn't want you to get hurt..."

He hadn't really cared either way if she was going to get hurt or not. Envy had only bothered to save her because he knew Dante wanted her alive. He had even considered leaving her there to die.

And she had such faith in him.

She believed he had done something kind because he had wanted to.

If she only knew how many people he's slaughtered.

He scowled at the thought of saving her because he wanted to. He hated humans and their damned compassion. And she was the most compassionate one he had ever encountered.

" Envy, the Master would like to speak with you."

Envy jumped a bit and turned back to see Sloth standing in the door way with a bowl of steaming water. Wrath was at her side carrying towels.

" Fine." Envy grunted, but looked back down at Winry before he left.

She gave him a small smile and he returned it with a bitter glare.

Envy was about to get majorly bitched at. All because she and that stupid imp had insisted on playing hide and seek.

" Better go now Envy...She's really mad." Wrath whispered and looked around like Dante was hiding somewhere. The child clung to his pretend mother.

Envy brushed past them and made his way down the hall.

" Of coarse she is..." He mumbled to himself.

Okay, whew. So, basically what happened was Envy was trying to get back at Winry for making him save her, and ended up giving her and himself an orgasm. Ya...and when it says " stir" it mean he's ugh..well, you know * blushing while typing* ya...Oh, and Winry thinks that she was dreaming him licking and sucking her arm. She's just in denial! No really, she is. And poor Envy! She passed out and left him sexually frustrated. Ha! I added that in as pay back for coming onto her in the hallway...Hehehe.