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Descent	By : ZaKai Category: Fullmetal Alchemist > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 14665 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Descent

Chapter Fifteen

Therapy

�We had a fight.�

Roy
opened his eyes.� Truthfully, he had been
beginning to think that the boy wasn�t going to answer him.� With the stressful day, and the liquor, he
had dozed off in the long silence.� The
younger alchemist looked away when his eyes met Roy�s.�
The colonel reached out his hand, and gently traced a finger on the
bruise covering Ed�s eye.� It had faded
quite a bit and would soon be gone completely.��

�Al did this?� Roy
asked softly.

Ed nodded.� �But��

Silence.

�But�?�

The blond�s breathing was becoming heavier as he tried to
hold back tears.� �But� I did worse.�

Roy
only lay there, silently waiting for Ed to say more.

�I�I kicked him�hard.... and I used my automail leg to do it.� I think it broke something in him, because
there was a loud crack.� He fell to the
floor, and when he tried to get up again I � I
couldn�t stop� and I kicked him again��

A painful sob broke through and Roy pulled the boy close, wrapping his arms
around him protectively.� To think that
those two could go at it like that�� It
was almost unthinkable.� They�d always
been so close.� Of course, he�d known
them to argue and even rough each other up a bit.� That was the way of brothers, and they hadn�t
ever actually injured each other.�

�� he was just� laying there on the
floor, and I� I rolled him over� I was ganna punch
his face in� but then he just looked
at me�� Ed continued brokenly.� �� and I
thought, �what the hell am I doing?�� It just� all happened so fast� I� I�.�� The boy buried his face in Roy�s chest.

Roy
sighed deeply, and rubbed Ed�s back for a time before asking simply, �Why did
you hurt your brother?�

�He started it.� He
hit me first,� came the muffled reply.� A small smile touched Roy�s face.�
Al had started the fight?�

Unlikely.�

There had to be more to this story.

�Why did Al hit you?�

There was silence for a moment, then, �Because� because I
pushed Winry against the wall.�� A pause.� �And�
because I called her a skanky whore��

The colonel felt a flash of protectiveness for the blonde
girl, a byproduct of his guilt from murdering her parents he supposed.� But this wasn�t about him and his
problems.� Right now it was about getting
Ed to keep talking.

�Why did you push her?��

�Because that bitch was yelling at me!� Like always�� he answered, a note of anger
entering his voice.

�Why was she yelling at you?� Roy asked calmly.

Ed was silent for several minutes before he whispered, all
traces of anger gone, �They were playing a game at the table by the fire place�
the power had gone out� because of the storm� and I� I pushed the table over��

�Why did you push the table over?��

He felt Ed�s body stiffen slightly in his arms, and it was
almost five minutes before the teen whispered, �I don�t know��

Okay, now we�re
getting somewhere...� He thought and
wished that he could talk to Hawkeye again before continuing.� She was much more sensitive than he was.� When they�d had to interrogate suspects in
the past, she was always the �good cop� while he did the �bad cop� routine, at
least when it came to male suspects.�
With the female ones, he was the �good cop� all the way�� Not that this was an interrogation, exactly�
well� it kind of was�

�I think you do know,� Roy
replied.� Interrogating criminals was easy;
pretending to be a psychiatrist was hard.�
�You can tell me.�

The colonel wasn�t sure how much time passed, perhaps ten
minutes, before Ed said simply, his voice unsteady, �We were going to travel
together.�

We?� Ed and Alphonse, Roy supposed, but things were starting to
click in his brain.� While Ed had been in
the hospital, the colonel had noticed Al�s crush on Winry and seen how her
feelings had seemed to grow a bit for him, but hadn�t really thought anything
of it.� Roy was beginning to see how this could have
become a problem in the brothers� relationship, especially if Al wanted to
spend more time with Winry than hanging out with Ed.�

�Al wanted to stay in Rizembool?� Roy asked gently.� Ed nodded, but didn�t say anything.� �And you didn�t?�� Ed shook his head.� In a way it was a bit surprising to think
that Ed wouldn�t want to stay in that peaceful town, but in another way Roy also saw why he
wouldn�t want to.� Ed had lived the life
of a free bird in many ways.� He�d
traveled and seen the bigger picture.� It
might be hard to go back to one little town.�

Roy
stroked Ed�s long blond hair.� �You
knocked the table over because you found out that Al wanted to stay in Rizembool?�

Ed nodded after a moment.�

�I see,� he said simply, knowing it was time to get down to
the dirt of it all, and not looking forward to it.� �So you�re saying that you were so jealous
that you couldn�t control your temper and attacked your brother and your
friend?�

He felt the boy stiffen then pulled away.� �I�m not jealous!� Ed said angrily.� �What do I care if Al hangs around with that
slut?�

�Really?� You aren�t jealous?� Then why are you so angry?� he said, then
thought, Oooh, I hope I�m doing the right
thing here...�

�Shut up!� Ed snarled.

�Ed,� Roy
reached over to touch the boy, but Ed pushed his hand away.

�You don�t know anything!��

�I know that you were jealous and that you couldn�t control
your temper, so you beat up your brother and now you�re just letting yourself
wallow in self pity.��

�I�m not jealous!�� Ed
made to get off the bed, but Roy
grabbed his arm, pulled him down on the bed and leaned over him.�

�You�re jealous!� Admit it Ed!��

�NO!�� Ed yelled,
tears flowing down his face.

�Say it, Ed. �I�m jealous�.��

�No,� he sobbed.

�Stop lying to yourself!�
You need to face this, now say it!�
Roy demanded.

�No�� Ed moaned through the tears.

�Say it!� he shouted loudly.

A sob burst from the boy and he whimpered,
�I�wasn�t�I�. I was�� Then screamed, �I was jealous!� Are you happy now, you son of a bitch; you
fucking bastard!�

Roy
nodded as he pulled Ed into a sitting position, wrapped his arms around him and
murmured, �Yes.�

Ed wrapped his arms tightly around Roy and whispered, �I hate you.� I hate you. �I hate you.�
I hate you.�

The dark haired man almost felt like crying himself at those
words, but only nodded his head.� �Yeah,
I know��

�Stupid colonel� You think you know everything��

�I know that your brother still loves you very much.�

�NO HE DOESN�T!� Ed
yelled angrily, and pulled away from Roy
again.

�Ed, calm down.�

�If he cared so much, why would he want to stay with her, and not with me?� We�ve always been
together!� Always!� He doesn�t care about me at all!� He�s probably hated me all this time for
putting him in that armor, and now he hates me even more for kicking his ass!�� Tears leaked from Ed�s eyes and he was
breathing heavily.��

�Edward, that isn�t true and you know it,� Roy said, trying to maintain a calm composure.� �If Al didn�t care about you do you think he
would call me trying to find out where you were?�

�If he cares� why� why doesn�t he want to stay with me?� Ed
moaned through a sob.� �I did everything
I could to get his body back.� Even�� But
at that he cut off and looked away.

Even what Ed? What did
you do?� Roy wondered silently, but decided now was
not the time to deal with that problem.� One thing at a time.

Roy
pulled the young alchemist against him once more. �Ed didn�t protest the touch, but leaned into
the hug.�

�I never wanted to hurt him,� Ed sobbed.

�I know,� Roy
soothed.�

�I�m such a horrible big brother.�

�Enough of that Ed.� Roy shook his head,
tipped Ed�s face up and stroked the yellowing bruise.� �Al is not a defenseless kitten.� He�s mild, but he can defend himself.� You of all people should know that.�

�But��

Roy
pressed a finger to Ed�s lips.� �Al is
strong.� He sounded fine on the
phone.� Even if you did break some of his
bones, he can heal.� He�s young and
healthy.�

Ed shook his head.�
�But he�s my little brother��

Roy
tried to hide the smirk that came to his mouth and raised an eyebrow.� Little?�

Ed glared at him, hearing the thought even though no words
had been spoken.�

The colonel smiled warmly down at the blond boy.� �Alphonse couldn�t have a better older
brother than you, so I don�t want to hear anymore of this �I�m such a horrible
older brother� angst, alright?�

Ed swallowed hard and nodded.�

�Good.�� Roy tenderly kissed Ed�s forehead, and the younger
alchemist blushed slightly, then pressed his face to Roy�s chest.� They sat that way for a long time before Ed
spoke.

�Colonel?�

�Hmm?�

�I� I don�t hate you��

A soft smile curved on the older man�s lips.� �I know Ed,� he lied.� Sometimes he really wasn�t sure�� But he could at least hope that the teen
cared for him�

The short alchemist sighed contentedly and after a few more
minutes he spoke again.� �Colonel?�

�Hmm?��

There was a moment of silence before Ed asked hesitantly,
�When we�re alone� is it� is it alright if I call you �Roy�?�

Roy�s
smile widened and he squeezed the boy tightly.�
�You can call me whatever you want.�

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I know this chapter
is a bit short, but I wanted the whole chapter to focus on their conversation.

The next chapter will
be longer.

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