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Kibei: Chappy 3! Hurray for asap updates! By the way, italics are someone thinking.

Miki: Thanks for sticking with her all the way to this chapter. It is much appreciated!

Kibei: And thanks for the reviews so far :) alright...On with the fic!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or Fireflight :P

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Edward and Ling trudged up the hotel stairs slowly. Their legs hurt already from jumping around at the Fireflight concert and this was not helping at all.

"You see, Ling," Edward sighed as they reached their level after 5 flights of stairs. "This is what happens when you go to cheap hotels. Broken elevators!" Ling chuckled as a sort of apology and pointed to the room they were having to share.

"It's number 508," he said. When they got in the room, Ed tucked the key into his leather pants pocket and fell onto the bed. Ling plopped onto the other one and was about to fall asleep right then and there. That is, until his stomach growled rather loudly.

Edward turned and glared at him. Ling looked at him in a simple apology.

"You know I can't walk when I'm too hungry, right?" Ling asked, a look of amusement on his face. Edward on the other hand was not amused.

"Ling! I just walked up a bunch of stairs and I am dead tired," Ed complained. "Do you really expect me to get you some food now?"

Ten minutes later!

"Yeah, I'll take two burgers, a large fry, and two sodas," Edward sighed to the lady at the cash register.

I can't believe he convinced me to go get food! I give in way to easily. What if I get to tired to get back to the room? My legs could give out at any minute now.

"That'll be 7 dollars," the woman said, apparently grumpy at night. She gave him a scowl as Ed took a few minutes getting the money out. As soon as he handed over the money, she practically threw the bag of food at him. Edward left immediately, not wanting to make her anymore upset than she already seemed to be.

"Great service," Ed mumbled, checking the food in the bag while sitting in his car. Then he peeled out of there, ready to take a really long nap when he gets back to the room.

As soon as he got to the hotel parking lot, he noticed the van. Thats right. The 'Seven Sins' band van. What is an awesome band like that doing in a dump like this?

Edward grabbed the food and rushed into the hotel. He reached what was supposed to be a lobby (but it was more like a few stools next to a radio sized tv) when his left leg gave out. Luckily he was next to one of the few stools, so he grabbed it to keep from falling.

"Well this is just great," Ed sighed, sitting up onto the stool. His left leg had always messed up randomly like this and his right arm wasn't that good either. He sat on the stool ,waiting to see when he could walk better again, and eating fries. That's when they walked in.

"I can't believe him," he said, loudly and angrily. "Greed is more worried about saving his precious money than having safe living accommodations."

"Shut up, Envy," the black haired woman next to him replied. "I don't think it matters that much. It's only one night."

"It'll be alright nii-san!" the short, wild haired boy called as he hung from Envy's shoulders. He was clinging to his back in a sort of piggy back fashion.

Edward stared at the three band members as they walked in. Of course he remembered Envy's name, but he didn't remember the woman's. And he didn't ever hear the boy's name. He watched them closly, sipping from his soda every few seconds.

They all had changed outfits, so the weird black one must only be a stage outfit. Now, Envy was in an old AC/DC shirt, jeans, and the fingerless gloves. He still wasn't wearing any shoes though, and he wasn't even wearing the cut socks. The woman was wearing a low cut black shirt with a skull in the middle, a chain link choker, and a long skirt. The boy was wearing a simple black tee shirt and kaki shorts.

Edward watched Envy the most as they went to a small soda machine and began to get 7 drinks total. Envy pushed the boy off of his back gently and held 4 sodas while the woman held 2 and the boy held one (probably his own).

"I don't see why we have to get everyone's drinks, Lust" Envy sighed, pushing a green spike of hair out of his face. The woman (Lust?) rolled her eyes as they started to walk back to the stairs.

"You complain so much, Envy," she whispered. She seemed to have a soft voice as it is. It was strangely seductive, which makes sense if her name is Lust. "And, it seems you have a little fan." Edward gulped, suddenly turning away. He hadn't realized he had been starring at the little group.

"Hey! It's the chibi that was sitting behind me!" Envy said, smirking at Ed. "Hey chibi!" Edward felt his face go red as he heard the green haired teen call out to him. Red in embarrassment, but mostly anger.

"I am not short! Or chibi! Or a pipsqueak!" he ranted out loudly. Lust gave him a funny look while the boy started laughing at Ed's reaction. Envy had already seen Ed rant before so he just smirked wider.

"That's a good one! For now on, I am calling you pipsqueak," he said, clearly having fun pushing Edward's buttons. "It has a nice, cute ring to it."

Edward tried to jump up to angrily stomp out of the room, but he had forgotten about his leg. He almost fell flat on his face as his leg gave out again, but something caught him. And that something just had to be Envy.

"There you go, pipsqueak," he chuckled, helping Edward up. "It seems like you wore yourself out at the concert." Ed would've been mad about the whole 'pipsqueak' thing, but he was distracted.

Envy's eyes are a light purple color. Is he wearing contacts? He is really pale, but well built.

"Help him sit down Envy and lets get going," Lust said, very impatiently. "Do you want to make Greed mad again? And Pride was whining too." Envy helped Ed sit down on the stool again and then the boy (Wrath?) leaped up onto his back again.

"Whatever you say, Lusty," Envy said, sarcasm dripping from his voice. But first, he turned to Edward. "Lemme see a napkin really quick," he said, holding out his hand. Edward suspiciously tossed him one from the food bag. After writing on it briefly, Envy tossed it back to Ed. "Don't throw that away," was his parting words. Then he raced off after Lust, caring 4 sodas and Wrath.

Edward watched him go and when he couldn't see him any longer, he looked down at the napkin and what he saw was surprising.

A few minutes later!

"Dammit, Ed! What took so long!" Ling called out, leaping from the bed to snatch the food from Ed.

"Whatever happened to not being able to walk? And can I get a thank you or something?" Edward asked, but not as upset as he usually would be. Ling caught on to this almost instantly.

"So what happened to make you all smily and why are late?" he asked thru a mouthful of burger and fries. Edward didn't say anything as he got his own burger and laid across his bed.

"Nothing much," he replied. "But did you know that 'Seven Sins' are here?" Ling looked up at him in surprise. Ed nodded.

"Wow. And let me guess," Ling said, gulping down some soda. "You ran into them, specifically the green haired one. You did seem to stare at him a lot. Has little Eddy got a crush?" He said the last part in a rather mocking tone. Edward thru a fry at Ling who just laughed.

"I am not small," Ed mumbled, finishing his burger.

"Well, did you get his number?" Ling asked, still wanting more details. "What about the one that looked like me? Greed."

"Oh. Envy said that Greeds an asshole," Edward chuckled. Ling stuck out his tongue in a childish fashion and finished his food. Then he tossed his trash onto the side table.

"Well I need to get some sleep now," Ling yawned. "I'm beat."

"I'm the one that had to go searching for food!" Ed growled. "That's 3 times I had to walk up and down those stairs! I think I win for being most tired!" Ling chuckled and laid down, letting Edward turn off the light. "You lazy bastard."

Then , the two fell asleep. But Edward fell asleep with a napkin in his pocket. A napkin with the number of a green haired base player.

Kibei: Chapter 3 done! YAY!

Miki: Small hints of yaoi coming in. Edward definitely has an attraction to Envy.

Kibei: Yep. Envy is just that awesome XD

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