I wrote this for my friend deidarachibigirl, she likes EnvyxWrath and apperently there's only fics out there where Envy is a bastard and rapes poor little Wrathy-poo. So it's almost realistic! BOHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *shot in the head*

anyway...*wiping away the blood*

I decided Wrath isn't going to be annoying (I hate him in the show) and Envy isn't going to be as much of a bastard...he'll be kinda angsty though.(I love him in all of his angsty insanity)

This is fluffy fluffness...i might have to continue on with a little more though...we shall see.

When Mommy's Away

(it sounds bad though doesn't it? xP)

Envy grumbled in an irritated way as he sat in Dante's study, he was sitting in her ridiculously high backed chair behind her desk, his elbow was on the velvet armrest and his chin was cupped in his hand, his other arm was thrown lazily over the other arm rest his legs crossed. He growled in irritation, Dante was supposed to be here, he'd come to report just as she'd asked, in her high and mighty way, but she was no where to be found.

"Stupid bitch..." he growled under his breath, he never really did like the woman, but she had given him a prerogative and when you can live forever, those were nice. He'd been around for a while and when he'd been on his own for a little bit but he'd gotten so unbelievably bored. And then here comes mommy, he scoffed she never was a good mother and she certainly wasn't a good one now, giving him an ultimatum he couldn't resist, destroying his creator and taking over the world. Now that was entertainment.

Envy was so caught up in his thoughts he didn't notice that the study door had opened and a head popped in but he did hear the small 'eep!' come from the figure.

"What do you want Wrath?" he asked in an exhausted manner, though he rarely got tired and sleep was usually just an enjoyable pastime, right now he was just not in the mood.

"Um...I was just...looking for Mommy..." he said quietly and Envy raised an eyebrow, since when had the kid been...what shy? Then Envy saw how nervous Wrath seemed to be, Oh...he's scared of me...good.

"Well she's not here, obviously," Envy scoffed and Wrath nodded, "And I don't know where she is so don't ask," Envy said Wrath nodded again then bit his lip, and Envy waited.

"What?" he asked putting strain on the word and Wrath flinched and hid more behind the door that he was grasping in his tiny hands.

"Um...I...can...since mommy is gone...I don't want to be alone...and...and you're the only one...can I play in here?" he asked his voice getting smaller and smaller with every word. Envy looked at him for a long time and Wrath started backing further behind the door thing Envy was going to get mad at him. Then finally Envy shrugged.

"I don't care just don't make too much noise," he finally said and Wrath had to take pause before he smiled brightly and brought in a small bad of toys he spilled on the floor and began to play, for the most part Envy ignored him.

Envy went back to his thoughts, if Dante lost this battle which he now believed was likely, he'd never said he'd help her win he would just do what he wanted, what was he going to do after the final battle? Stay with the other homunculi? Not likely, he wasn't really a fan of the others, they were all human obsessed, well wrath was mommy obsessed, Envy snorted of all things to be obsessed with, human was definitely the better option. Envy cared for neither, but the others had something to live for didn't they? They had something to attain, whereas Envy just liked being. He had no need for goals or aspirations he just liked being Envy the Homunculus. That was all. But for some reason that just felt bland...and empty.

Envy looked back at Wrath, the little boy was sitting on the rug in front of the unlit fireplace, toys spread out in front of him. There was a bear with a missing ear, and a barbie doll and a ball and a broken china doll, and then a soldier and then a rag coll, and Wrath was playing with them all happily. making them talk and interact with one another, and then Envy realized that Wrath had given them all the personalties as the people he knew. Right then Wrath was reenacting a scene he'd seen between Envy and Dante, and Envy couldn't help but smile. Apparently the soldier was Him and the ragged doll was Dante, it was the crappiest of the bunch.

"'Envy why are you such a bother to me?'" Dante doll said, Wrath shook it a little bit to make it look animated.

"'Because you're a hag!'" Wrath said, repeating what he must have heard Envy say at least five times a day.

"'Envy you're such a pain in my ass! Go do your job!'" Dante doll screeched and Envy doll kicked her. Envy actually laughed, Wrath stopped playing to look at him, Envy slipped from his chair and came down to sit next to the boy on the rug.

"What are you doing?" he asked a small smile still on his lips. Wrath watched him for a moment before retuning the smile with a hesitant one of his own.

"Playing, see this is Mommy," he held up the china doll, then hugged it then he held up the barbie, "This is Lust, and this is Gluttony," he pointed to the ball, "and that's you," he pointed to the soldier and the fact that it was green amused Envy a great deal, "and that's Dante," and he pointed to the rag doll.

"Who's this?" Envy pointed to the bear, and Wrath shrugged then picked up the bear and hugged it.

"He's just my friend, he doesn't have a name, he keeps me company when Mommy is gone," Wrath said with a twinge of melancholy and Envy nodded.

"Then why did you want to be in here with me if you have a bear to keep you company?" Envy asked and Wrath blushed.

"Well...I may still have my bear...but I still get lonely...I like...being around the others," Wrath admitted and flinched a little like he was expecting a reprimand.

"Ah," was all Envy said. Then he picked up the soldier then frowned at it and stood it on it's head. It fell over and Envy pouted at it.

"That thing can't be me, it has no skill, and it's not nearly as good looking as I am," he said and Wrath giggled.

"I don't have any other toys though, I found all of these in alleys and stuff," he said and Envy raised an eyebrow.

"You mean Sloth didn't get them for you?" Envy asked, he was a little surprised, he thought Sloth dotted on the kid.

"No...she's been really busy since she became Pride's secretary, she doesn't play with me as much...and she never really liked me a lot to begin with," he add quietly and Envy was even more surprised.

"Why's that?" he asked and Wrath looked at him for a second before looking back at his bear and lifting up the arms.

"Because she wants her real sons even though she's not their real mom, she slacks off because of it, that's why she's Sloth." Wrath said and Envy was the most surprised yet. But Wrath wasn't done, "I'm angry at my real mother for giving me to the gate, though I still want her to be my mommy, and always go into a rage when I'm around her. And You're Envy because you want to be what you used to be or you want to be Ed, and I don't think you need a reason you just want it," Wrath then stopped and looked at Envy in terror thinking he'd made a mistake by mentioning those things. Envy had debated hitting the kid, instead he reached over pushed him over gently, Wrath still flinched but was surprised there was no pain.

"You're far too intuitive for your own good, especially for a brat," Envy said and Wrath was frozen for a moment before he broke out into a big smile.

"Thanks Envy-niichan!" he said and Envy blinked at him for a few moments then pushed him over again, but only to hide the smile on his face.

After Wrath played a little more then seemed to get bored of it, he pushed a book at Envy and asked for him to read it to him, Envy blinked at the picture book. It was about a little girl and a little boy, they were playing in the woods and then get captured by evil monkeys and the little boy is about to turn into a monkey too but his sister saves him. It was a silly story but the underlying theme was care for your family. By the end of the story Wrath had somehow ended up in Envy's lap and Envy didn't really care.

"Another!" Wrath chirped happily and Envy scoffed placing the book on Wrath's head.

"What? No way! Why would I want to spend more time than I have to just entertaining you?" he snorted and Wrath turned and pouted at him.

"Because you're good at it, Mommy didn't change her voice when she read to me, you do, it's fun," he said and Envy scoffed under his breath though he really was somewhat pleased by the compliment.

"One, but that's all brat," he relented and Wrath squealed for joy and handed him another book.

Then it turned into two more and three more, and by book number sixteen Wrath was sleeping peacefully in Envy's lap. And Envy kept reading, the books had gotten longer and the one he had started that had sent Wrath to sleep was very interesting.

"No Irabella, love is not a thing you can buy, you will never get my love for my heart belongs to another," Julian said his eyes glazed with indifference as he gazed at the woman before him.

"Who could it possibly be? Is it that slut Mackenzie? She doesn't have the money I do! Please stay with me!" Irabella screamed in frustration, "I love you! I do! I could give you anything! I can give you anything you want!"

"No, Irabella, that is not love," Julian whispered, "I will leave you so you can discover the true meaning for yourself."

And Lord Julian Rogers Smith was gone from Irabella's life forever, for she was too late to discover that love was unconditional, and intangible, not materialistic.

"Love is not something I can just give you freely, you must earn it and return it to me as well, though it must be free to grow, for love has no boundaries one can love whomever and however they wish, that is why love is so strong. Love is Love." Irabella remembered Julian's words and tears cascaded down her cheeks as she watched the man she truly did love walk down the isle with the woman he truly loved. She couldn't understand why she had not come to this conclusion sooner it was so simple! Love was-

"Envy? What are you doing?" Envy's head snapped up to see Lust standing in the doorway, Gluttony right beside her, her face utterly bewildered. Envy felt himself flush for a moment, then he willed it away, naturally Lust would be curious as to why Envy was reading a human book and letting Wrath sleep in his lap.

"None of your business I think, and clearly Dante isn't here, so scram," he growled and Lust let her eyes take in the sight again before closing the door and leaving him in peace.

Envy sighed and looked at all of Wrath's stuff on the rug he quickly grabbed it all up and put it back in the bag, he made sure to put the book somewhere he could find it again, then he picked up Wrath who was asleep against his chest, but when he stood the tiny arms wrapped around his neck. He sighed and supported the kid with a rather unattractive grunt then went to Wrath's room.

He kicked open the door and blinked it was full of junk, all of it broken. And Envy wondered why it was there but then found himself not really caring, Wrath could do whatever he liked in his room. Though Envy noted that none of them were toys, all of those were in the bag. The rest was stuff that looked like it belonged in a pawn shop, there was a toaster and a set of weights and a tea set, and lots and lots of books.

Envy set Wrath down on the bed which was the only thing that wasn't broken, then he grabbed the book and started reading again and after a while the small violet eyes opened blearily.

"Envy-niichan?" he asked sleepily, Envy grunted, turning the page he was getting closer to the end, the book really shouldn't have been that interesting but these humans had so many problems it was hard not to want to know what happened in the end.

"What?" he said turning to look at Wrath who shook his head and curled closer to the older homunculus and fell back asleep. Envy rolled his eyes but continued reading.

"Now it is late summer my dear, have you yet to choose a suitor?" Mrs. Wetherton asked of her daughter who was gazing out of the window forlorn.

"I did...but he is no longer an option," Irabella said quietly, her long blond hair no longer shiny and cared for as it once was.

"Whatever do you mean? You can have whomever you want, just the prospect of out money should console any-" she began but Irabella whipped around in anger, her hair falling about her face making her look deranged.

"No Mother! That is not what I want!" Irabella wailed and burst into tears, "I want love! I want a man who will love me, and who I can love in return it has nothing to do with our goddamn filthy money!" and she collapsed on her bed and sobbed, Mrs. Wetherton looked shocked for a moment then slowly her lips quirked into a proud smile.

"I'm glad you've finally figured it out my darling," she said quietly and left the room.

Irabella didn't leave her room for days, trying to figure out her confused feelings, she remembered Julian, and fully realized she'd never loved him at all, but the shop boy the simple boy with brown hair and green eyes she felt...she felt for him tremendously. And the way he smiled at her, she was sure he liked her a little bit too, and she was going to find out.

"Envy! The master wants to see you now!" Lust called up the stairs and Envy snarled quietly so as not to wake up Wrath, he quickly got out of the bed and went to the top of the stairs.

"Tell her she can go to hell!" he yelled back at her, and Lust sighed, "I was waiting for her for hours! If she wants to talk to me she can fuck herself, I'm busy!" he huffed then whipped around and went back into the bedroom, he was a little sad to see that he'd woken up Wrath, though the kid was grinning.

"What are you smiling at brat?" he asked a little irritated but less though than he could have been.

"Nothing," he said, lying through his grinning teeth, Envy scoffed and pushed him over again, he started giggling and Envy rolled his eyes.

"So do you like it?" Wrath asked after a while, flipping over onto his stomach and propping his head up with his arms.

"What? The book?" Envy asked a little in surprise then he blushed, "No they're all pathetic and angsty...I think the Fullmetal Pipsqueak might like it," he sniped and Wrath had to hide his giggles. Though Envy saw and glared at him, then without warning tackled the small homunculus off of the bed.

"Aipeee~!" Wrath yelled in surprise and Envy started roaring with laughter, sitting on top of the boy.

"What the hell was that?" he laughed harder and Wrath blushed then crossed his arms over his chest.

"Most people don't have control of their vocal chords in moments of surprise! I'd like to hear what sound comes out of your mouth if you've been manhandled!" the boy huffed and Envy paused before laughing even harder.

"Oh Damn! I'm sorry I haven't paid you more attention before now Wrath! You make me laugh!" Envy chuckled then patted the boy's head Wrath smiled.

"That's good, you should laugh more Envy-niichan, you look better that way," Wrath said and Envy looked amused.

"Thanks Brat, now I gotta go...I probably can't make Her Hagness wait much longer before she has a conniption," Envy muttered rolling his eyes and getting up, Wrath looked at him sadly.

"Will...will you come back after?" Wrath asked and Envy thought about it for a minute before shrugging and rubbing the top of Wrath's head.

"Sure Brat, I don't got anything better to do," Envy said and grinned at the kid who smiled back and watched the older homunculus leave.

Envy snarled as he walked up the stairs hours later, the old hag! She had the nerve to make him do menial tasks! Wrath was definitely asleep by now, Envy knew the kid liked to sleep and he didn't want to disrupt him, but he went and got the kid a real toy, one that wasn't broken. It was another bear, it was soft and white and had a green bow around it's neck. Envy had seen it on his way back and thought Wrath would like another friend, so he'd gotten it, but the entire way back he'd felt dumb carrying it, and thinking Wrath would also think it was dumb. He gave a huff and decided to hell with it, why did he care? He walked into the room silently and put the bear on a chair that was by the boy sleeping on the bed. He sighed silently and watched the boy sleep, after a moment he rolled his eyes and went back to his own room and went to his own bed.

He sat against the head board and crossed his arms, then rested his head against the top of the head board to think.

So why was he being nice to Wrath? That was the question he'd asked himself for hours, he was annoying, most of the time and he was always clinging to Sloth, and he was loud and brash and way too talkative, but that was because he'd never really been given proper instruction. He'd never really given the kid a chance. And honestly he was kinda cute, he wasn't loud or brash if he wasn't angry, and he was extremely perceptive too. Envy considered maybe taking him on missions instead of him going along with Sloth.

After some time he didn't realize he'd fallen asleep, which he usually didn't do, but perhaps all of the extra thoughts and feeling on Wrath had made him tired, so he dozed against his head board. But he was awoken when he felt something crawl into the bed next to him, he looked down and saw Wrath cuddling next to him with the white bear clutched tightly in his hands. Envy let a smile, a real cross his face as he pat the boy on the head, leaving his hand there as he fell back to sleep. Feeling rather content after centuries of anger, hate and all around discontent, he was finally happy.