Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ It All Happened When.... ❯ the sick alchemist and the mission ( Chapter 1 )

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Hey this is my 2ndfan fic. Anyway ….its for my best online friend (she'scrazy for the royxed pairing, butI told her “FLUFF ONLY!” so heres the fluff.)

Disclaimer: I do not own full metal alchemist in any way…*cries*

This was actually a dream I had mixed with a little day dreaming in class.

The day had gone horrible for Edward Elric. First, he had woken up with a bad head ache. Then, he had to be at HQ by 5:30 a.m. for a PT test. Afterwards, he felt even worse…..and he had to go on a mission in two days. Now it was noon and he was sleeping …..at the lunch table no less.

“Fullmetal?” the soft voice asked. “Hmm?” Ed slowly tilted his head up to the face, rubbing the sleep from his golden eyes. It was no other than Roy Mustang. “Are you alright Ed?” .This surprised Ed; Mustang had never called him `Ed' always `Fullmetal', since when did they go on first name terms? “What do you care, bastard?”

The truth was Roy cared for Ed. Deeply. And Ed cared for Roy but, he didn't think Roy thought of him that way. This time, the time he was really worried for Ed he had called him a bastard. It actually hurt his feelings this time. But he wasn't about to let Ed see that, or at least he hadn't planned on it.

“ Well, I'm just worried that you will screw up our mission that's all….” Roy lied, crossing his arms.

At this Ed shot his head up quickly mentally hitting himself for it afterwards because it made his head throb. “What? OUR mission? I thought I was going alone. I'm going after Envy” Ed said, the pain in his voice showing.

Roy shook his head in disagreement. “No, the general told me this morning that I was to go with you.”

“Fine, makes no difference to me….” Ed said blandly. Roy was a little shocked at this. The Fullmetal Alchemist, not putting up a fight to go with the person he “hated” most.

Ed must be really sick only one way to find out...

“It's too bad we have such a SHORT time to pack and get on the train.” Roy tried.

“Yeah ...whatever, nice crack at my height very funny...ha -ha.” Ed replied calmly.

Yep, he was sick and going on a dangerous mission…Roy had a bad feeling about this.

The next few days went slowly for Ed, but for Roy they went to quick. As Ed and Roy were boarding the train Ed fell to his knees and a hoarse cough racked though his whole body.

“Ed! Are you okay? I think you should stay here…” Roy stated caringly.

Ed got up and shook his head in disaprovemnt. “No, I'm fine.its just a cough.” He got up and wiped his mouth, then proceeded to smear the crimson blood that dripped from his lips, no emotion in his eyes. Roy stared in disbelieve.

“Edward…what's going on?” Roy questioned. Ed just glared hatefully at him, tears in his eyes from the cough and got on the train. The only reason he didn't tell Roy is because he thought Roy would worry about him, get distracted in battle, and then get hurt. Ed didn't want that. The whole train ride they didn't say a word. The only sounds were the trains humming, Ed's small coughs, and Roy's foot tapping on the wooden floor as the tried to figure out what was wrong with the young alchemist.

When they got to East City they went to their hotel. When they got to the lady at the desk Roy said, “We reserved a room with 2 full sized beds.” “Okay,” the young lady replied, “you two have room 249, enjoy your stay.” she said with a toothy grin on her face. “Thanks.” Ed said.

They walked up the stairs and entered the hotel room. It had 2 full sized beds, as promised, it was clean and a pretty good size considering how cheap it was. Vibrant colors showed every where. Silky sheets covered the beds as well.

“Pretty good.” Ed commented looking around, dropping his suit case. “What bed to you want, Mustang? The right or left one?”

“Ummm…ill take the left one. Is that okay with you?”

“Yeah, fine, it doesn't really make a difference to me.” Ed said as he shrugged off his red overcoat.

“Alright, we'll go look for Envy tomorrow morning, together.” Roy said, almost commandingly. Ed looked away from Roy's eyes, as if hiding something, then said, “yeah”, and then stifled a small cough.

“Let's get some sleep.” Roy said, worry obviously in his eyes and with that they went to sleep.

It was about 3 in the morning when Ed decided to sneak out of the hotel room. His body was aching terribly, but he didn't want to get Roy injured in the morning …when they were supposed to go after Envy. `I can do this all by myself I don't need anyone else hurt in the end but me…'

He slowly sat up in his bed trying his best not to groan in pain. His head throbbing, he swung one foot out of his bed and waited for his blurred vision to pass.' Oh my fucking head' Ed thought. `Oh well I have to do this by myself'. Determined, got on his red jacket...and tip-toed passed a sleeping Roy. Ed smiled softly looking at Roy's peaceful sleeping face and left quickly out the door without a sound.