Hey there! It's been awhile since I've posted anything on my fanfiction account, unfortunately. However, I've been working on this story for a few months now as a part of the FMA big bang challenge on tumblr. There's about seven chapters and I plan to update a chapter a day so I hope you all like the story.

Before you start I would just like to thank Matchpapers and Nerieners for being my illustrators for the challenge.

By the time the sun had gone down, Gluttony began to notice that Lust had become visibly upset. Her fingers impatiently tapped against the side of her dress as she narrowed her eyes towards the window, watching every move coming from outside. Sooner or later they would have to leave this modest café, knowing that most businesses tend to close early in this small town

If Envy had been here when he was supposed to then they wouldn't be having this little problem right now. "Lust," Gluttony whined, trying to recapture his companion's attention. "Where's Envy?"

A small sigh left her lips as she slowly took her gaze off of the outside world. The anger in her eyes had fled from her completely and became replaced with a mix of exhaustion and frustration. "Not here," she mumbled, pushing the last of her barely touched cake towards him. "I'll give him another ten minutes, otherwise we're leaving."

A toothy grin met the larger homunculus's face before he pushed the treat into his awaiting mouth, consuming the plate and fork along with it. She rolled her eyes a bit, both at him and their absent comrade. In all honesty, she almost hoped that he didn't show up at all. Since being born, she had found being around Envy to be a rather . . . complicated experience. Sometimes he was irritated, not necessarily by her, and spent a long time making not only his mood worse but hers as well. Sometimes he was gleefully malicious, sometimes she found him somewhat tolerable. Other times he was just plain annoying, acting as if he was younger and more immature than her.

In the end it was probably for the best that he did show up. If they left and were gone by the time that he did show up then Envy wasn't going to be the only person that would have a problem with her. Crossing her arms against her chest, Lust quickly surveyed the charming little cafe. The little number of people they saw around them had all congregated on the other side of the room, only occasionally glancing towards the two strangers.

"Lust! Lust!" The abrupt statement almost had made her flinch.

"Shush, Gluttony." The larger homunculus was oblivious to the curious and somewhat annoyed looks people began to give them, something that Lust was quick to catch. "What it is it?" She exclaimed, keeping her tone quieter than before.

Extending his arm towards the window, he pointed towards the opposite street all the while smiling gleefully. At first she saw nothing, just long shadows overlapping buildings and darkening the street with the occasional passerby. It wasn't until she looked closer did she notice something somewhat unusual compared to the past hour. One of the shadows from the adjacent alley was moving towards them, revealing itself to both homunculi before Lust could have time to guess for herself.

Envy didn't look totally different from his usual self; opting to only make minor changes in his attire in order to avoid unwanted attention. Given the direction of his gaze it seemed as if he had noticed them before they could notice him. As he approached them, marching across the nearly deserted street, the female homunculus began to notice that something else about him wasn't the same.

At first she noticed just how stiff he looked as his body mechanically forced himself to move in a normal way. Although he could change his appearance at will, Envy seemed unable to force the scowl away from his face. What neither of them could see, however, was the sharp look in his eyes. The type of look that had caused people coming near him to maneuver themselves in a way that kept them at a safe distance.

Taking her gaze away from the window, Lust looked down towards her lap and waited. After spending so much time feeling impatient, bored and frustrated, it felt like he had been there within the next second of seeing him. When she looked up at him Lust noted how little his expression had changed from being outside. The cool, arrogant smirk that graced his face most of the time was nowhere to be seen.

"Envy," Her voice was smooth and laced with a subtle amusement at his current state. "You know you're late." Any anger she had felt for him was undetectable while he was quite the opposite.

"I know." He spoke in a low, strained tone causing Lust to a raise an eyebrow at him. "Move over, tubby." Gluttony was quick to listen, despite his small mind. For a brief moment Lust almost felt empathetic for her larger comrade. Envy always seemed to scare Gluttony more than her, something that seemed very obvious in that moment.

"Something bothering you?" The statement only caused the angered creases on his face to worsen; making him go from slightly annoyed to visibly pissed off.

"Just shut up!" He growled, trying to keep his volume under control. "What was the point of me even coming here anyways?! It's not like you're doing anything complicated." Ending with a huff, he crossed his arms over his chest and looked away from her, Gluttony and the window. Opting to stare at the beige wall like a brooding child.

She paused for a moment as a bemused smirk pulled at the edges of her lips, "In all honesty, Envy. I have no idea."

With an irritated moan he sank further into his seat, glaring at the younger homunculus. "This is pointless. She knows I have better things to do."

"Oh?" She edged closer to the table between them. "What sort of things would that be?"

"None of your business, that's what!" He hissed "just worry about completing your own mission."

Lust nodded simply before casting a quick glance towards Gluttony. For once she found herself shocked and relieved that he hadn't begun chewing on the table. "If what we're doing is simple then why did Dante send you here?"

"How the hell should I know!?"

Lust didn't say anything more. If there was one thing they both wanted, it was to get this day over with as quick as possible. Besides, she thought, it was better to wait for him to get over whatever he was angry about then to provoke him any farther. She had to admit that she was just a little bit curious about what had upset him this time. Although, the likelihood of Envy opening up to her was nearly impossible (he was Envy after all).

The very little time they spent sitting together in that café before leaving was nothing but uncomfortable silence. Something that continued even after beginning their next mission. All the while, Lust wondered what Dante had done to upset the elder homunculus.

. . .

The walk between the café and the train station had not been far. Then again, the town itself wasn't exactly a large place to begin with. With Gluttony trailing alongside her, making no noise other than the obvious thud of his footsteps, Lust paid no mind to their other comrade. If she had bothered to look behind herself then she would have seen that neither did he.

There was no doubt that his mood had not changed one bit. If one thing was for certain, Envy was not the type of homunculus that could just let things go. Lust, despite being so young, knew that very well. Heck, even Gluttony with all of his . . . shortcomings knew it too. It was for that bit of knowledge that she didn't bother once to speak to him or even acknowledge him on their little walk.

Surrounded by the forced silence of his comrades and human-less streets, Envy paid little to no attention on reality. It wasn't until they passed from the darkness of the sleeping city and into the dull bright lights of the commotion less train station did Lust finally put an end to his inattentiveness.

Stopping quite suddenly, Lust reached out with one hand to grab at Gluttonys arm, stopping him as well. It was then that she finally had a good look at the green haired sin. If they had been walking around here during the crowded daytime there would have been a number of humans attempting to avoid being within ten feet of him. With a permanent scowl etched upon his features, Envy looked ready to snap.

This would have concerned Lust if she actually feared him.

"Envy." Before he could look up at the utterance of his name, a small piece of paper found its way into the palm of his hands.

Lust had already walked off past him by the time he realized that she had only given him his ticket. Judging by the faster pace of her strides and the unforgiving way she handed him the paper, Envy guessed that Lust had said his name more times than he heard.

Whether that was the case or not, Envy didn't really care. It wasn't his fault that he was distracted. Lust would understand if she knew anything about what had happened earlier this morning.

He could still hear her voice, ringing over and over with each moment spent adhering to her orders. God how he hated the way Dante sounded. It was times like these where it felt as if Envy hated her almost as much as Hohenheim.

. . .

"Calm down Envy, there's no need to make a scene." Dante's statement had little effect on said homunculus as another object smashed against her study's walls.

"Shut up," he spat, pacing around the perimeter to the room. "You knew about this and you didn't say anything!"

Sighing, the older woman narrowed her gaze towards him. "If I had known while he was still there, then rest assured, I would have told you." Whether or not she was telling the truth didn't seem to matter to the homunculus. Since the moment the words had come out of her mouth regarding a certain alchemist he had become completely unreasonable. "You think I would just sit still while he played house with someone else."

He didn't respond to that "How did you find out?"

"Oh you know, a few rumors here and there go a long way." It was obvious how vague she was being. "I just wish they had gotten to me sooner."

Gritting his teeth, Envy finally stopped to stand before her desk. "Tell me where they are!"

Raising an eyebrow at him, Dante turned her head towards the window on the left side of the room. "I already told you that he left them a years ago." Any hurt she felt from this more recent news was only detected in the tone of her voice. "If you're looking for your father then you—"

"I know, I know!" His entire body edged closer towards her, so much so that the desk began to painfully press up against him. "I want to know where they are."

She smirked a bit, despite the present situation. "You're going to have to be a little more specific."

There was something oddly . . . pleasing about the way Envy glared at her. The way he too was hurt and enraged by this. "His sons," to Dante he might as well have chocked those words out. "Tell me where they are."

She didn't respond immediately, for a few moments she just stared at him. As if she was contemplating what he was asking. "No." She answered plainly.

"No?!"

"You have more important things to worry about than them." Standing up she began to move towards the door. "The last thing I need is for you to get sidetracked."

"More important things? Have you forgotten the sole reason why I've spent the entirety of the past four hundred years working for you?"

"Complain all you want, I'm not going to tell you where they are."

With a growl, Envy stomped his way towards the exit, pushing past his master in the process. He glanced over his shoulder at her as his hands connected with the handle. "This isn't over Dante!"

She smiled at him, "Of course it's not."

. . .

It was better that things were silent, he thought, rubbing at the creases on his temple. At least Lust was smart enough to give him that much. Though it wasn't as if chatting was the type of pastime she regularly engaged in. Nor was it Gluttonys'.

By the time he had boarded into the train car, Lust and Gluttony had already found their seats. With so much space and no one on board to stare, Lust was able to get her own spot without having to be directly next to the much larger homunculus. Gluttony, however, didn't stray too far from her. He looked rather uncomfortable in the adjacent seat to Lust, Envy guessed the lack of food and strict orders not to eat anything around him was already having an effect.

Wanting to make sure that he didn't have to hear a word come from either of the two, Envy quickly took his place in a slightly darker corner of the train car. With at least four or five rows between he was sure he would be able to glower in silence. Something he had spent the entire day doing with little interruption.

With Dante, Hohenheim, and two little boys plaguing his thoughts, Envy failed to notice Lust stare at him with cold and curious eyes. He also failed to notice her get up from her spot and exit the car as Gluttony whined at her lack of presence. It wasn't till after she came back, patted her companion on the head reassuringly and sit down directly in front of the elder homunculus did Envy finally notice her.

He raised a questionable eyebrow at her presence, waiting for her to say whatever she obviously wanted to say. With her lips lying plainly on her face, neither curling up or down, Lust looked rather bored and unmoving. She only looked at him for a few seconds after taking her seat before moving her gaze to look out the window.

Narrowing his eyes at Lusts strange behavior, Envy resolved to keep the silence up despite wanting to tell her to go away (not like she would care about his preferences though). Eventually he looked away as well, thoughts of her slipped out of his mind quite easily as he returned to his previous reflections.

As much as he lamented about Dantes refusal and this new information on Hohenheim, Envy recalled how little to nothing he knew about his sons. Didn't know what they looked like, what they sounded like, or even what they acted like. Asking about them was the last thing on his mind when he was with Dante.

The only thing Envy knew about the two boys was that he hated them.

Without ever even meeting them, Envy had already hated them. Hated them for existing. Hated them for being loved. Hated them for being Human. More importantly, he hated them for being his.

It wasn't until hours after learning about them, leaving Dante's, and finding Lust did Envy realize he hated them for an entirely new reason. Sitting on a deserted train car next to Gluttony, this new realization came rather suddenly. He hadn't been paying attention to anything, not the scene outside or the lack of one inside. In a way Envy had been trying to not think at all, opting to spend the ride in a dreamless state.

Unfortunately after an hour and half, this never happened. Exhausted from such a tiring day and with nothing important going on around him, slowly he found his eyes dropping to a close.

Too many thoughts and emotions bubbled in his head. It even got to the point where he was ready to start a fight between him and Lust, one that would get him nowhere. Besides, it wasn't her that was the problem. He wanted to see Dante, wanted to push the matter further than he had before. It didn't matter what she threatened or told him, he wouldn't leave until he knew everything about these two boys. Most importantly their location.

More than seeing Dante, Envy wanted those boys. Wanted to see them not happy like he imagined them in his mind. Without even knowing what they looked like, he had already formulated a fictional synopsis of them built on his spite. What he saw were two little boys who looked exactly like their father. Two little boys with smiles on their faces and innocent minds. Two little boys with the perfect mother and a wonderful, quite life. Two little boys who knew nothing of their father's sins. Two little boys who had no clue that they were born hated just as much as they were loved.

Envy saw them as the embodiments of everything he wasn't, right down to his appearance. They were perfect, they were loving, and they were his.

His, he thought.

It was at that moment, right then and there, that Envy realized he hated them for making him remember.