Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ The Pact ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

Full Metal Alchemist Fanfiction

 

Full Metal Alchemist © HIROMU ARAKAWA/SQUARE ENIX, MBS, ANX, BONES, Dentsu, CARTOON NETWORK (A Time Warner Company), ADULT SWIM, FUNimation Productions, Ltd.

 

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Summary:Life is a series of disappointments, followed by death…and interspersed with laughably ridiculous events leading to increasingly impossible situations. Then again, there ISsomething worse than death, isn't there? Just ask Ed.Envy x Ed

 

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WARNINGS:

 

See Chapter 1 for the detailed warnings.

 

Constructive Criticism is welcome, Flames are not.

 

 

Thank you for reading.

 

Chiruken

 

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-- The Pact --

 

By: Chiruken

 

 

 

 

 

Previous Chapter:

 

“I was wondering when you'd get curious enough to ask.” Envy crouched down beside Ed and smiled, an almost wistful twist to his lips. “What I want, Chibi-san…” He reached out and smoothed his hand over the golden hair in a strangely tender gesture. “Is to make a deal.”

 

 

 

Chapter 2

 

Ed jerked his head away from the unwelcome…and admittedly creepy…touch of Envy's hand on his hair, eyes narrowed suspiciously. “What kind of deal?” He didn't like the way the homunculus was looking at him. It made him feel decidedly uncomfortable and he resisted the urge to act on that discomfort and squirm. He resented the fact that, without any effort at all it seemed, Envy could strip away his defenses and throw him off balance. It was humiliating, to say the least.

 

Envy's eyes narrowed at the blatant rejection but shrugged it off almost immediately, schooling his features back into a placid smile once again. “Oh, the usual sort…you do for me, and I do for you. Equivalent exchange.” He grinned and rocked back on the balls of his feet, wrapping his arms around his knees and holding his legs close to his chest as he rested his cheek against his upraised knees to regard the blond alchemist with a calculating expression in his amethyst eyes. “What do you say? Deal?” He held his breath as he awaited Ed's response, gaze intent on his face as he attempted to catch every fleeting emotion flitting across his youthful and expressive features.

 

He shifted away and slowly pushed himself upright, running his left hand along his right arm with a frown. There was something in the other man's demeanor that set him on edge, made him infinitely aware of the utter stupidity of responding to the letter as instructed, arriving in this remote location alone, without the added support of his younger brother's comforting presence. “I'm not agreeing to anything without first knowing the terms.” He answered carefully, trying valiantly to keep his tone even and not give away the fact that he was beginning to border on panic. He wasn't willing to admit that Envy terrified him, nor the reasons behind his fear. It was blatantly obvious the homunculus outmatched him for strength, speed and agility. If he'd wanted to, he could've ended his life at any given moment with no effort at all. Yet, for some as of yet undisclosed reason, he hadn't. Ed didn't like feeling as if he was being toyed with, but that was the only conclusion he could reach, given the circumstances. He risked a moment to glance down to assess the damage done to his auto-mail and sucked in a sharp breath. “Damn it, Envy! Did you have to wreck it like this?” He looked up with an accusing glare directed at the homunculus watching him with an unblinking stare that made his hair try to stand on end. “Winry's gonna kill me for busting up her auto-mail again.”

 

Tilting his head to the side curiously, he pursed his lips thoughtfully. “Winry?” He repeated with a curious frown, raising his hand to tap his fingers against his lips in contemplation. Suddenly he straightened, dropping his hand to lace his fingers with the other again, hugging his legs close to his chest as his eyes brightened with sudden understanding, immediately tamping down on the growing sense of jealousy that flared within him. “Your little girlfriend. I remember her.” He waved a hand carelessly when Ed started to splutter out denials, face turning red in either embarrassment or anger…Envy wasn't certain which. “Pretty little thing, ain't she? Blonde hair, blue eyes…wicked right hook with a wrench.” He grinned when Ed fell abruptly silent, face going pale as his eyes widened in alarm. “What?” He took a brief moment to relish the feeling of superiority that infused him at the alchemist's reaction. It wasn't as if he'd actually done anything to the girl, but of course Ed couldn't know that. He'd let him squirm for a while with uncertainty before setting him straight on this matter. In all honesty, he could care less about Winry Rockbell, if not for the fact that she seemed to have gained the attention of Edward Elric, and Envy didn't like that one little bit. He would be the first to admit that he didn't like sharing, especially the attention of someone who fascinated him as much as the young State Alchemist did.

 

“Y-you didn't do…” He paused for a moment, his agitation becoming increasingly noticeable, mind working at a rapid pace as he went over the last meeting he'd had with his childhood friend and whether or not he'd heard from her since he'd last seen her. “Anything to her, did you?” He held his breath as he awaited the other man's answer. He just couldn't remember and he was terrified at the thought that the homunculus might have harmed her in some way in an attempt to ferret out his weaknesses and use them against him.

 

Envy sighed heavily and shook his head in mock sorrow. “Aw, you're just no fun, Chibi-san. You get worked up over the smallest of things.” He shrugged eloquently and shifted until he was sitting cross-legged before the State Alchemist and when his expression darkened with rising anger he waved a hand in casual dismissal. “The lovely Winry is fine…sheesh.” He wrinkled his nose in disgust. “Your low opinion of my intentions wounds me, Ed, it really does.”

 

Snorting, Ed transmuted the blade back into his auto-mail arm, deciding that, for the moment, the homunculus wasn't about to attack him. “Oh, really? I wonder why I'd have such a low opinion of you.” He tilted his head to the side, widening his eyes in mocking surprise as he affected an expression of dawning understanding. “Gee, could it be `cause you're a self-proclaimed psychotic murderer?” He spread his hands out to the side. “Naw, that can't be it. Must be your intrinsic charm.” He rolled his eyes. “What do you think?”

 

One dark eyebrow lifted. “Do you have a death wish or something?” Envy made a show of studying his nails before his hand darted out, fingers wrapping around Ed's throat once again and pulling him closer until their noses touched. “Edward, there is a limit to my patience…and you're really pushing it tonight.” He shook him a little before thrusting him away again. “Can't you at least try to be civil? Just once?”

 

Ed winced and rubbed the back of his head where it had connected with the unforgiving mortar of the wall before righting himself again. “Ow, damn it! Stop tossing me around.” He directed a scathing glare at the other man.

 

“Stop being a brat.” He retorted immediately, returning the glare with one of his own. After several long moments he finally sighed and leaned back. “This is getting us no where.”

 

Ed silently agreed and shifted uncomfortably against the cold floor. “Just get to the point, then.”

 

Envy suddenly stood in one fluid motion, towering over the smaller figure of Edward Elric as he leaned forward to stare down at him with the same unblinking gaze he'd shown earlier. “What I want, Chibi-san…” His lips stretched into what Ed thought to be the most sinister expression he'd seen on the homunculus' face yet. The homunculus in question was watching every nuance flitting across Ed's features avidly, becoming increasingly amused by the varying emotions that were visible in his expressive golden eyes. “Is…” He lowered his voice to a whisper, eyes taking on a sultry half-lidded look as he gently cupped the younger alchemist's cheek with his palm. “You.”

 

 

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To Be Continued…

 

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