So I had planned to write out the entire punishment in one chapter, but it ended up being SUPER long. So, here's a good chunk of the punishment before the spanking proper. I hope to have that out very soon~

It took several long moments before Envy would make that first move. His sobbing quieted into sniffling and whimpering, feeling both brothers on either side of him waiting for him to calm down. When he did finally feel calm enough, he raised his head up from the bed, first looking up at Ed who gave him a soft smile in response.

"Hey there, bud. You ok?" He asked, ruffling Envy's hair a little bit as the homunculus got his bearings. After a couple seconds of thinking Envy shook his head, rubbing his eyes free of tears.

"Nooo…I…I feel bad…very bad…D-don't know why…" He whimpered, his breath hitching. Ed nodded. That was understandable, and very much so. He probably never experienced such strong feelings of guilt before, and he was having an equally strong reaction to it.

"Possibly because it's so new to you. You've never felt bad about what you did before, so you don't know how to deal with such feelings." Ed explained, before helping Envy to slowly sit on the bed next to him, Al standing up from where he was kneeling as well. Envy couldn't bring himself to look Ed or Al in the face, his own face red from the fit he threw and the crying he had been doing as he fiddled with his fingers in his lap.

"M-maybe…I…I never did feel that before. It hurt…a lot. It felt like…like I wanted to throw up." He explained, putting a hand up to his mouth in emphasis.

"And how do you feel now?" Ed asked.

"Um…a little better, now that…now that you know. Or at least, figured it out, I guess. I still feel bad for doing it…it was childish and foolish…" He dropped his head into his hands as he spoke, the feeling in his chest mitigated but his stomach was still rolling now with dread more than anything. They were going to punish him so badly for this…

Al nodded. "It's normal to feel guilty after you do something bad, Envy. It shows you know the difference and want to change. I think this is a big step for you." He sat on Envy's other side and rubbed his back some more in assurance, and under his hand he could feel Envy relax a bit. Indeed the praise did seem to help, at least a little bit. The feeling in his stomach quelled a little bit, but the dread stayed for the most part. He did drop his hands from his face, sighing.

"So…I don't suppose we could just call this lesson learned and be done?" He asked, looking at Ed who raised an eyebrow, his smile fading. In its place was a look that told Envy not to push his luck, and the taller blonde exhaled through his nose.

"Well, tell me, Envy. If you're not punished, do you think that bad feeling in your gut will go away?" He asked, pointing to Envy's stomach. Envy shuddered a little bit as Ed took on that more stern tone of voice, gulping as he shifted where he sat. "Um…maybe? I don't know."

"Envy." Al interjected. "Trust me, guilt is a powerful thing. You may be fine now, but at some point the feeling is going to come back, and it's going to hurt just as much or worse if this isn't taken care of. We can guarantee once this is over and done the feeling will go away completely and for good. Sure you'll remember you were naughty and misbehaved, but you'll also remember you were punished and forgiven for doing what you did."

That made some sense…and the brothers had a lot more experience with 'human' emotions than Envy did. But…this was going to hurt. A lot, most likely. Envy grimaced, his blush intensifying as he thought about how much trouble he was in now. And they hadn't even brought up the lying yet.

"So." Ed's voice brought him out of his musings. "Tell us what happened, Envy. Sure like you said we figured it out, but we want to hear it from you. Everything that happened that led up to this."

It took a few moments, a few long, drawn-out moments as Envy gathered his thoughts to put them into words before he sighed. Might as well come out with everything, especially if he wanted this guilt to go away.

"Well…Al and I were doing the shopping as normal, and it was after Al got me some new clothes. Um…I…saw a stand of these teddy bears in the toy store while Al went to look at something for you, and I went in and held one. I…I didn't want to ask Al for my allowance money for it, cause I…" He paused at this point, averting both their gazes as he mumbled. "I was embarrassed that I wanted it. I never showed an interest in such things, but he looked very comfy and soft. So I stole him. I stuffed him in the bag and hurried out of the store. And when Al asked me if I was ok cause…cause that's when the guilt started, I didn't tell him what I did and said I was ok." He knew they didn't ask about it, but he didn't want them to find out later and he wanted this guilty feeling completely gone as soon as possible. If it took telling on himself to do that then so be it.

Ed and Al took a couple moments after hearing this to look at each other and nod, an action that Envy could plainly see as he gulped. What were they planning? Ed was then the first to speak, his tone still stern with the homunculus.

"So…you snuck away from Al when he told you to stay by him, you stole the toy, and you lied to Al when he asked you if something was wrong. Am I correct?" He asked. Envy looked up fearfully at him as this was laid out. Yeah, that sounded pretty bad…slowly he nodded, not trusting himself to speak at the moment.

Ed nodded in response. "Al, you'll get some time to pick out your implement, I'm going to teach Envy a lesson on lying and taking something that's not his." With that Envy felt a firm hand on the back of his neck that made him gulp and shudder, before he was stood up and led to the bathroom. He bit his lip as he was taken there, remembering Ed telling him when the rules were laid out that lying would get his mouth washed out with soap. Envy had never tasted soap before, but he could imagine the taste was not at all pleasant.

Once in the bathroom, Ed led Envy over to the sink and stood him in front of it, before reaching inside the cabinet and taking out a wrapped bar of soap. "This will now be the bar we use to wash out your mouth whenever you think it's a good idea to lie to us or swear. And to elaborate, a slip-up or curse here or there is fine, but we won't tolerate you swearing every other word like a sailor or swearing at us." Ed explained as he unwrapped the bar, throwing the wrapper in the bin as Envy nodded.

"Good. Now, open your mouth wide and hold on to the sink." He ordered as he turned on the tap and lathered the soap under the water. Envy watched the suds start to appear on the wet bar for a moment, gulping once more before he bent over the sink slightly and opened his mouth, shutting his eyes tight as he gripped the front of the sink with both hands.

He heard the tap shut off after a moment, and very soon after he felt the bar being inserted into his mouth, the taste making his entire body shudder and he winced at the bitterness. It made him cough slightly and gag, his head almost pulling away if it weren't for Ed putting his other hand on the back of his head, holding him there as he scrubbed the bar all through his mouth.

The bar rubbed everywhere in his mouth. On his teeth, his inner cheeks, his tongue got a very thorough coating of suds as bubbles dribbled out of his mouth, down his chin and into the sink. Whenever he tried to speak or protest, all that would come out was "UUBBBGMMB-BUUBGBMM!" It was as if Ed was cleaning his mouth like a dirty kitchen floor and he hated it. Envy whimpered and stomped his feet on the tiled floor, still bent over the sink and gripping it tight as Ed spent a good few minutes making sure every inch of Envy's mouth was coated in a thick lather of soap.

Once it was finally done and Ed stopped scrubbing, Envy waited for Ed to take the bar out, but was surprised when he let go of the bar while still leaving it sticking out of his mouth. Envy's eyes had begun to prickle with tears at this point, threatening to spill as he looked up pleadingly at Ed who shook his head.

"You are going to hold that in until I say you can spit it out and rinse. Now, let's take care of those thieving hands of yours." He said before taking Envy's wrist and leading him back to his room, where he stood him in the corner and gently pushed his head until his nose was lightly pressed against the intersecting walls.

"Stay just like this and don't move. I'll be right back." Ed ordered before leaving the room, Envy's only response being a pitiful "mmmgbbmm…" as suds continued to drip from the bar onto the floor.

After a few long moments, which by that time Envy had started sniffling and the tears that were prickling in his eyes spilled over onto his cheeks, Ed came back in holding a wooden ruler. Envy didn't dare turn around even as he heard the older Elric come in, and it wasn't until he heard Ed sit on the bed and call him from the corner that he turned from it and walked towards him, still holding the soap firmly in his mouth.

Gently, Ed took Envy's right hand and positioned it so it was in front of him, palm-up. He then looked at Envy sternly while holding onto the wrist. "Keep this in front of you and the soap in your mouth. If you pull back or the soap drops, I'll warm your butt with this and we'll start over. Understand?" When he got a nod from the homunculus he nodded himself and laid the ruler on the left of Envy's hand, letting go of his wrist as he lined up his mark. Raising it up, he let it hang for a few moments before bringing it down firmly.

WHACK!

"MMMPH!" Envy grunted around the soap, his hand flinching as it was struck. It took a lot of willpower to not pull it away, and he had to bite down on the soap to keep it in his mouth, which pressed it onto his tongue and made him wretch a bit.

Ed noted the reaction, and nodded in approval as he moved the ruler to the right slightly, covering a new portion of Envy's hand. He knew hands were sensitive, so it wouldn't take many strikes to get his point across. "Whenever you think of stealing again…" He paused before raising the ruler again and bringing it down sharply.

WHACK!

"MMPH!"

"I want you to remember how it feels…"

WHACK!

"MMMM!"

"To be a little thief with burning hands."

WHACK!

"UMMPH!"

By the time he had made it to the far left of Envy's hand, the homunculus was sniffling and tears were running down his face freely, Envy rubbing his eyes with his other hand as he continued to hold the bar of soap in his mouth. Ed let him compose himself briefly, before gently taking Envy's other hand and holding it out in front of him, once again palm-up.

Feeling his other hand being taken, Envy tried to pull it out of Ed's firm grip, shaking his head rapidly as his hair whipped around. "MM-MM! MM-MM! MM-MMM!" He tried to convey, fresh tears already welling in his eyes at the thought of his other hand being smacked. Ed sighed, and gave Envy a slight bit of mercy, holding his wrist tightly as he raised the ruler and brought it down firmly.

"You"

WHACK!

"Will"

WHACK!

"Not"

WHACK!

"Steal!"

WHACK!

By the time the smacking was done, Envy was full-on crying, his tears melding with the soap suds as both dripped off his chin and to the floor, the homunculus sobbing and still trying to hold the soap in his mouth. Ed sighed. He really hated causing his charge pain, but he wanted to be sure that he would never try such a thing again. He also hoped being thorough would help put his guilt at ease, considering this was the first time he had felt such a thing in his life.

Ed stood up, and gently led Envy back to the bathroom, leaning him over the sink again and slowly removing the soap from his mouth at last before rinsing it off and placing it down. "Alright, Envy. Take some time and rinse out your mouth. Then come back to your room. Understand?" When he was given a sniffly nod, Ed nodded back and left the bathroom, but not before giving Envy a reassuring pat on the back.

Once Ed left, Envy spit out all that he could of the suds and soap, turning on the water and swishing it all around his mouth to get every last bit that he could. That was awful! If that was the consequence for lying and swearing, he never wanted to earn such a thing again! Once he got all of the rancid taste out of his mouth that he could, he looked at his hands. They were slightly pink from the ruler, and stung a bit still, but he could tell in a few minutes he'd be able to use them again with little issue.

For now though, he felt his punishment wasn't over yet. He remembered Ed telling Al to pick out his implement, which told Envy they both planned to spank him. Oh God…that was going to hurt. His hands snaked down to rub his bottom preemptively, giving a slight whimper before sighing as he exited the bathroom, walking to his room to see what awaited him.