My heart thudded in my chest as I collapsed on my bed, my face hot. Lust watched me, lazily stretching out on her bed like a cat.
"What did you do?" She asked, watching me curiously.
"Mmph." I said, shaking my head in my cloud.
"Come now, you can tell me." She prodded.
"I . . . fell asleep on Greed." My face felt hotter than before.
Lust made a small noise. When I lifted my head to look at her, she was holding back giggles.
"Lust?" I asked.
"We've got Kindness liking Envy and now you with Greed. I'm feeling left out." She smirked.
"I a-am not!" I stuttered.
She just rolled her eyes. "Don't lie, Charity. I know attraction when I see it."
I remembered she was Lust, for mother's sake. I facepalmed. "Duh. Sorry, I'm still asleep."
"Humans are generally stupid, but for you to be like that is ridiculous." She snorted.
"If I was Kindness, I'd explode at you. I'm not, so I'm going to let that one slide. . . but it won't be forgotten, Homunculus." I sighed.
"I wouldn't think otherwise, Virtue." Lust replied.
I don't know how, with the thunder and howling wind and all, but I fell asleep that night and slept soundly the whole night. With a smile on my face.
Maybe they weren't so bad.
Lust, that is.
3rd Person's POV
When Kindness opened her eyes, it was dark out, but the full moon gave enough light to see. She sat up, swung her feet over the side, stood up, then collapsed, coughing. "Dang." Kindness muttered, slowly rising unsteadily. She swayed, reaching for the wall to keep from collapsing. Shaking her head, she lightly slapped her cheeks. "No way Kindness. You can't be getting sick too. You've got too much to do with handling that homunculus . . ." Her mutterings broke off with another round of coughing.
Kindness sank to her knees as her body protested. She pulled her hand away from her mouth and discovered blood on her hands. She tried to stand, swaying until she gripped the edge of the bed. Water. I need water. . . She stumbled to the door, reaching for the knob. I'd better not wake Envy up. When I get sick, I get weird. She thought with a small groan. Sighing, she opened the door, coming out to the main room. A head whipped around, wide eyes staring at her in fear. Green eyes. Like grass.
"Kindness? What are you doing?" Envy stood up.
"Why is your hair green?" She asked, voice rasping.
"What? It is not." He blinked. "Why are you up, anyway?"
"I'm thirsty." She coughed again, doubling over.
Envy looked like he was going to move, then changed his mind at the last minute.
"That's okay. Don't worry about me." She said sarcastically, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand. "What are you doing up?"
"Couldn't sleep." He said, staring out the window.
Her legs started jerkily walking forward, until she stood in front of him. He looked at her with a raised eyebrow, with a 'What the heck are you doing?' look.
"Your hair is silky. . ." She reached out and touched it.
"Quit it!" Envy grabbed her wrist, pulling her hand away from his hair.
"But, Envy~" Kindness whined.
His eyes were wide with shock as he pushed himself off the wall, grabbing her other hand to keep her away. She leaned forward and pressed her head against his chest.
"Get off!" He pushed her away, starting to freak out.
"But you're warm~" She struggled to get closer.
Envy was really freaking out now. "Okay, you really need to go to sleep."
"But it's lonely~" Her voice was all sing-song-y.
"You've got Lust and Charity. C'mon, get going." He started to push her to the girls room.
"But-"
"Shut up and move your feet!" He snapped.
She did as she was told."Wait, Envy-"
"Shut up." He pushed her in front of the bed.
"Can you tuck me in?" He looked at her, really weirded out.
"You can do it your-" He started.
She coughed really hard unintentionally.
He sighed. "Get in."
She sunk down on the bed, and he heaved the covers over her body. She snuggled, pulling the covers to her chin and smiling up at him.
"One more thing?" She called.
He froze in mid-step, sighed, then slowly turned. "What now?"
"Good-night kiss? You forgot."
Envy stared at her, like she had gone crazy. "No way. Go to sleep."
"Please?" She brought out the puppy-dog eyes.
He glared at her coldly, hoping she would back down.
She didn't.
With a sigh, he walked back over and quickly kissed her forehead.
"Go to sleep." He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, glaring down at her as she burrowed deeper under the covers, a smile on her face.
"G'night Envy." Her eyes drifted shut.
"Whatever." He walked out, closing the door behind him.
Lust smiled before rolling over and falling back asleep.
New chapter!
I've also noticed a problem~
Kindness: That's real stupid of you.
Shut up, it has to do with you. It's sorta major.
Kindness: What?! *starts panicking*
Chillax, it's just that somewhere on the line, I've been putting in Angel instead of Virtue. I'm not sure if that's a major problem, and I'm not exactly sure of the difference, but since I've made that mistake repeatedly, I'll just randomly switch it between Angel and Virtue.
I like this chapter cause there's a lot of Envy & Kindness.
Soon, they'll be leaving the beach and interacting with people (le gasp! XD) in about chapter 9 or so. Then they'll have jobs, and Humilty and Pride will join in!
Humility awesome, by the way. Hyper.
Review?