I bet none of you expected an update so soon. Now that I got to one of the chapters my mind has been focusing on, it was quick for me to write up the chapter. I hope you like it even if it seems a little rushed

Disclaimer: I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist and the characters they belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I only own the fanfic. The title of the song belongs to HIM.

Chapter 8: Sharing a kiss

Ever since I spent that one evening with Envy, I've been feeling… odd I guess is the better word to describe my dilemma. I didn't tell anyone about it. At point a few days later, some female vampires flirted with me and I flirted back, but it felt empty and one even kissed me, but again I felt nothing. What was strange was that a couple of days later, those same female vampires avoided me as if I had the plague. It didn't matter to me, as I had no interest in them. I even had begun questioning myself.

Until...

I pressed my back against the wall while Envy loomed over me. My heart pounded against my ribs, my whole body radiated heat, and my eyes were locked onto Envy's chest- damn tall bastard- I was unable to look him in the eyes for I knew if I did, I would lose my resolve. My knees were weak already and I would've collapsed if it weren't for the wall. Envy ran his thumb over my bottom lip and I swear my stomach filled with lava and spread throughout my body. Envy pulled his thumb away, gripped my chin gently, and forced me to look up at him. He lean down towards my face, my lips part slightly as Envy's lops inched towards mine slowly. I swear my heart was about to explode out my chest as I waited for Envy's lips to lock with mine. Closer... closer...

My eyes snapped open as I woke from my dream. I squeezed my eyes shut and I pressed my fists against my eyes with a groan.

I now came to the realization that I have a crush on Envy or more precise, I'm in love the Sin from how the one part of my body standing erect. I glared at my erect cock. It throbbed and ached from a dream that was merely about a kiss that didn't even happen. I knew I need to care of my problem or I wouldn't be able to get back to sleep. My face flushed with heat as I slipped my hand into my boxers and as I began stroking, I bit my tongue to prevent myself from moaning Envy's name as he came into my thought.

Since that morning with my dream of coming to my conclusion, I hadn't been focusing very much especially during the trainings when Envy attended to watch our progress. This usually resulted with General Winter having me run laps, do push-ups until she told me to stop. My lack of focus wasn't contained to one person and was noticed by others.

"What's up with you?" I looked up from my book to see the twins looking at me.

"What do you mean?" I asked as I marked my spot in the book.

"We noticed that you haven't been performing your best lately," one of them answered.

"So we were curious to know why." the other finished.

I can see the twins stare at me intently, waiting for my reply. I contemplated whether to let them know, unsure how they'd react. Eventually I resolved to tell them. Just not the dream and what it did to me. That, I'll keep to myself.

"I, well, may be... in love... with Envy..." my voice went quiet at Envy's name, but they heard it by the way their eyes widen visibly.

One of them held up a finger and opened their mouth as to say something, then he shut his mouth and his brows furrowed as I can imagine the gears processed my words in his head.

Finally, he said, "Yeah, I can see it."

And to my shock, his twin tacked on, "Me too."

I'm sure if there were any other vampires with us, they would've run screaming about the end of the world.

"See what?" I inquired even though I knew their answer.

"You and Envy together." one of them affirmed.

"We totally ship you both together," agreed the other.

My face must've turned red from their words as one of them piped, "Look brother, we embarrassed him."

Eren or Erek scoffed. "You embarrassed him. You were the one to speak first."

"You agreed with me."

"Only because you spoke first," he pointed out again.

My eyes jumped from each twin as they glared at one another and to prevent them from getting into a fight in the library, I cleared my throat. "You both are fine with my sexuality?"

They turned away from each other and the one on the left shrugged. "Why should we judge you for loving someone of the same gender? All that matter is that you are happy with yourself."

I was impressed with his wisdom... then his brother embarrassed me further when he asked, "So when are you going to tell Envy you have the hots for him?"

I could feel my face twitch from his question, but I ultimately said, "I don't know." then I asked, "What are you both doing here?"

From the look of their postures, they were fearful.

"We're sort of hiding from Winter."

"What did you both do?" I asked.

"We didn't do it," one of the twins stated.

"Someone cut half way through the legs of some of the chairs in the dining hall so that whoever sat on them would fall to the floor when the legs snapped off. And everyone automatically accused us of it," the other twin explained when he saw the confused look on my face.

"Now Eren and I are playing an extreme game of hide and seek with Winter to avoid getting punish for something we didn't do." the twin on my right added.

I was secretly glad to find out which twin was Eren, but then, "You're Eren. I can't believe you forgot your own name." berate the other twin.

Now they're just doing this on purpose.

"Why do you have to do confuse everyone by not telling us who is who?" I grilled them.

"Because it's fun," they answered in unison with a devious smile plastered on their faces.

Never in my sixteen years of life had I ever want to slam my head repeatedly against the table because of these twins.

I think I'll take a walk outside before heading to bed." I announced and got up from my chair.

"If you run into Winter, don't tell her where we are!" I heard one of them call as I left the library.

I've been cooped up in Envy's mansion for so many days that it felt good to step out into the night. I didn't know the rule about how far I could stray from the mansion, but I was sure that as long I didn't wander towards the town nearby I was fine. I walked down the trail towards the forest because I missed the scent of the trees and earthy ground. I stopped at the edge of the forest, just enjoying the nature. I'll admit that I wasn't particularly paying attention to my surrounding that I was taken by surprise when someone slammed into me from behind and propelled me forward. My forehead cracked against a tree trunk, my vision darkened and waved before my eyes as pain shot through my head and down my spine. I clutch the tree trunk as I fought to keep conscious. Once I was sure I wasn't going to pass out and I regain my vision, I turned around to see how hit me. My stomach dropped when I saw Bentley glaring at me.

Crap.

I was screwed. Especially since I don't have my knives with me.

"You don't have the damn twins to watch your ass now," he growled.

I stepped away from the tree and back away as Bentley stalked towards me.

"I'm going to surmise you're responsible for the chairs in the dining hall." I said calmly.

"It's something they would do," he answered.

"You don't scare me." I told him.

Bentley barked out a laugh. "You're weaponless."

I wasn't about to let Bentley scare me. I rushed at him, I extended my right leg to give him a round kick to his face, but Bentley caught my leg and gripped my neck. He lifted me into the air and slammed me into the ground. This was the second time my head hit a hard surface as white light exploded before my eyes and the air left my lungs.

As my vision quickly returned, I saw Bentley staring down at me in triumphant.

"I've been watching you during the trainings and I know your moves."

Not all of them.

Bentley's expression changed from triumphant to pain as my free foot struck him in the balls. I'm not one to kick another man between the legs, but it had the desired effect I wanted as Bentley released his hold on me. I wasn't granted a moment of respite as I stumbled to my feet and ran into the forest. I know I was taking a chance of going with the forest and not running back to the mansion where I could get help from the other vampires, but I was sure that Bentley would recover quickly and would catch me before I made it. I needed to hide and lose Bentley before I could make my escape.

"I'll kill you, you little shit!" I heard Bentley roar. I didn't have time to yell back at him for calling me little.

I could hear Bentley crashing through the forest after me and I knew I couldn't get far with my injured head. I would have to distract Bentley or injure him to get away. I stopped to catch my breath so to speak and I ripped a small branch from a tree. There was nothing to carve the branch into a stake so I have to pray that the branch was sharp enough to pierce Bentley. I clutched the branch in my hand as I waited and listened as Bentley came closer. I leapt from my hiding spot and rushed at Bentley, taking him by surprise. I jumped up and plunged my makeshift weapon into Bentley's chest. He cried out and I cursed as I saw that I missed his heart completely. I paused slightly when I saw the rage burning in Bentley's eyes and he slammed his fist into my stomach. I hit the ground and rolled until I came to a stop a few feet away. I groaned as every inch of my body ached and I cried out as Bentley pressed a knee into my chest. I was amazed my ribs didn't break from it. I grabbed at his leg as I stared into his now glazed eyes as he removed the branch from his chest and tossed it away.

"I'm going to enjoy killing you slowly," he told me.

I didn't need him to tell me, the contentment gleaming in his eyes told me how he would enjoy it. He slowly pressed his knee into my chest and I clenched my teeth as I felt the pressure of my ribs bowing in. I doubt I would be able to get out of this situation.

"I don't think so," snarled a voice, causing us both to freeze.

Then Bentley screamed as a giant black wolf lunged at him and knocked him off me. I was free of Bentley and I wrapped an arm around my chest as I sat up and watched as the wolf bit into Bentley's leg, ravaging it until I heard a loud snap. Bentley continued screaming as he groped the ground when he took hold of a fallen branch and swung the branch at the wolf. The wolf jumped back and I was sure both our eyes widen as the wolf turned into Envy.

"Envy," Bentley's voice trembled. "What are you doing here?"

Envy turned towards me, his eyes scanned over me and his eyes harden as he note the injuries he could see and how I held my chest. We viewed him as frightening with blood smeared around his mouth and for me, it seemed that his eyes glowed with fury. I was grateful I wasn't at the receiving as Envy turned back towards Bentley.

"You were told time and time again by me and Winter to stay away from my chibi, but you never heed that order."

My chibi? I marvel.

"No more chances, Bentley. I would exile you from my house, but I know you would seek some form of vengeance on me and my house." Envy told Bentley as his arm transformed into a blade.

"Save your breath," Envy added as Bentley opened his mouth. "No amount of pleading will save you from your fate."

Bentley knew he couldn't escape with his injured leg. It however didn't stop him from defending himself with the branch clutched in his hand as he swung the branch wildly. Envy wasn't fazed, he swung his bladed hand arm when Bentley swung towards him, and sliced through his forearm. His arm turned to ash as it sailed through the air and the branch flew into a bush. Bentley let loose a scream as he clutched his arm. Envy swiped his arm once more and cleaved Bentley's head from his shoulders. I witnessed as Bentley became nothing but ashes. I was relieved that I would never have to worry about Bentley again. Envy's arm transformed back to normal and he turned back towards me once again. He came over and knelt next to me.

"Are you okay, Edo?" he asked as his eyes hovered over my chest.

I wasn't taken by surprise with his tenderness anymore. "Some bruises and sore ribs, my head is the only one that hurts more." I answered.

"Let me see."

I froze as Envy gently took hold of my face and examined my forehead. Goosebumps erupted from my arms as he then ran a finger and prodded my forehead.

"It's bruised and there's a slight bump. Luckily it hasn't been cut and I don't need Bastian here to tell me that all you need is some blood to be good as new in a few minutes." Envy informed me.

That was a relief. "I also had the back of my head slammed into the ground." I told Envy after I found my voice again.

"Does it hurt?" he inquired as he reached behind head to feel the lump.

My throat went dry as Envy ran his fingers through my hair. It didn't help much as my scalp tingled from being touched by someone else. Envy was still being gentle as he felt the lump and I felt such a foreign feeling. I was glad that Envy saved me and remembering my dream, I hesitated to spill my feelings towards Envy and opted to ask instead, "What did you mean by 'my chibi'?" even though I had a suspicious feeling what his answer was going to be.

Envy paused his exploration and stared into my eyes. We sat in the forest in silence as I waited for Envy to tell me what he felt towards me. He didn't speak, opting instead to press his lips against mine. I wasn't expecting that. My stomach fluttered as I experienced my first kiss with Envy. I admit being kissed now and this way was better than the outcome of my dream with Envy. It was hot. It was... erotic. I wanted more. I wanted it to last for quite sometime, but Envy broke the kiss. I was left breathless as Envy stared into my eyes again and whispered, "Sorry."

I could sense Envy's unease for kissing me. I gander he thought I hate him for kissing me. To soothe Envy's distress, I tool hold of his face- startling the Sin in the process- and gave him a kiss of my own. I felt that my kiss was sloppy and I berated myself for it. I felt Envy's muscles stiffen then relax as he cupped the back of my head and return the kiss.

Envy and Ed finally tell each other that they love each other in their own way after seven chapters. I hope you all like this chapter as I feel that some parts were rushed, especially the last part of the chapter.