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The Truth of a Sin	By : SkerenDreamera Category: Fullmetal Alchemist > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 2977 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Title: The Truth of a Sin

Author: Skeren Dreamera

Rating: R until further notice

Pairings: Elricest. Not sure what else.

Disclaimer: We all know only the idea is mine

Warnings: A slight TWT issue, there are spoilers

Feedback: Mickeofas@yahoo.com

Notes: We finally get to the actual story part of the story! Yay. Sorry, too sleepy for a real note this time.

Chapter two

There was no sign of Alphonse for a month. In that time, Edward had driven himself to exhaustion chasing down pointless leads in the city as he ignored everything else going on in the world. He threw himself into the search with more veracity than he ever had in his search for the answers he'd been seeking while his brother was at his side. Mustang had only tried once, early in the month, to send him somewhere else on a mission. The reception the idea alone had received the iciest reaction the Colonel had ever had the misfortune of seeing from the elder Elric brother, and he hadn't considered the idea again after the display. After that incident, the only thing the older alchemist could do was make sure that the search moved quickly, because it was clear Edward would be of little use until his sibling was located, one way or another.

Edward knew, intellectually, that Alphonse wouldn't have been hard to spot in a crowd. He was fully aware of how badly the suit of armor that was his brother stood out in a crowd. Still, there had been leads in the beginning of the search that had given him hope, and he'd followed them with single-minded determination until all his sources ran dry. For about the first week he'd been able to maintain an aura of icy determination, but it had faded quickly after Mustang's felled suggestion of travel, leaving his companions to suffer the aftermath. No, after that his usually short temper became truly volatile as he stopped sleeping regularly, even leaving his meals to wait as he followed yet another dead end.

Winry's reaction to Edward stopped being encouraging by the second week as one too many failed attempts to get through his thick skull left her wanting to beat him. He simply couldn't see that he wasn't the only one worried in the situation. She'd fixed his arm and left him to stay with Gracia, taking comfort in the woman's presence as she helplessly watched Edward drive himself into the ground. He simply wouldn't acknowledge that it wasn't just him and Alphonse against the world, and it pained his childhood friend to no end. The last week of the search had been something of a relief to those who cared for Edward, as they'd convinced him to rest. Because really, what go would he do his brother if he passed out not seconds after finding him?

That was how he came to actually be in his room for once when a rather exuberant amount of knocking landed on his door, nearly scaring the life out of him. They wouldn't have ushered him to his room on strict orders to remain in the building one day just to say he could leave the next, would they? Maybe they had news instead? That thought spurred him to open the door, but his earlier shock turned to complete bewilderment as he registered who was standing in front of him. "Envy?"

The violet-eyed figure gave him a lopsided smirk before shouldering past without invitation, being careful of the blanket wrapped bundle he held in his arms. "Step aside blondie, I need to be out of sight before someone sees me."

Edward was shaken out of immobility and closed the door quickly, tossing the locks as he tried to decipher the almost polite tone that Envy had used a moment before. Compared to the last interaction the two had with each other, that had practically been the Sin making nice. "What are you doing here? I don't have time to beat you up right now." He'd only managed to get an uneasy nap the night before, and he'd been about to do some research to pass the time more quickly until he was allowed to resume his search.
Envy rolled his eyes and waved his hand dismissively before settling himself on Edward's bed. As soon as he was arranged properly, he began tugging the blankets away from the form in his lap. "It's worth your time Chibi-san." Before Edward could gear up for an explosion, Envy flicked the topmost blanket, revealing the person he'd been unveiling to be a small, dark blond teen.

As hoped, Edward choked back his rant before he could get a syllable in, his eyes widening as he took in the features of the person unconscious in Envy's lap. "Al..." His voice faded into a whisper before returning in sharp accusation. "It's a trick!"

Envy gave an evil little grin, clearly amused by the assumption. "I'm glad you think I'd bother to do something so elaborate to you, but no." Shaking his head over the alchemist's apparent stupidity, he started to prod rudely at the sleeping blond, not letting up until bronze colored eyes flickered open, darting around in a near frantic evaluation of the space he was in. The emerald haired sin's reaction only served to baffle Edward entirely. He started to coo a little, catching the teen's chin in his fingers before he could work himself into a panic. "Rapture! Rapture, if you'd just calm down for a second you'd see what you were looking for over there." Envy released the teen with that, gesturing at Edward with some hidden amusement in his eyes.

Frowning slightly, Rapture calmed, then his gaze followed the direction of the gesture to land squarely on Edward. There was only a second, as relief and joy washed across the youth's face, before he was firmly attached to the older teen in a nearly painful hug. How said blond had managed to move so quickly would remain a mystery. "Niisan!"

That was, without a doubt, the voice of Edward's little brother, and he couldn't help returning the hug. His voice was a cautious whisper when he spoke though. "Al?"

"I missed you so much." Alphonse ignored the tears that streaked his face as his brother tightened his grip. Ever since he'd discovered he could cry again, he couldn't seem to stop the tears from falling when he became overemotional. "I would've come back sooner, but I couldn't get away! I'm so sorry Niisan! I tried."

Envy watched the reunion for a few long moments, but couldn't take the turn that the conversation was taking in silence. Rapture had a tendency to babble on when allowed, as he'd quickly discovered as soon as the boy had been left in his care. "He's not a human."

Edward finally remembered the sin with the statement, golden gaze shooting over to Envy distrustfully as he pulled his brother closer, half-afraid the man would try to snatch him away again. He couldn't deny the form in his arms was his brother. He looked like him, if older, but that wasn't what convinced him. It was how he felt, some indefinable thing that just screamed that this was his Alphonse. But... none of that meant that his brother was a human. "What?"

Alphonse leaned back a little, swiping the tear tracks from his face as he cut off Envy's explanation before he even got started by raising his hand in a stop motion. It was baffling to Edward why the sin seemed to heed the nonverbal statement. "He said... that I'm not a human." He moved the hand that had been extended Envy's direction up to comb through his loose shoulder length hair, not even noticing the recently developed nervous gesture. He glanced up at Edward through his lashes with a sigh. "A few of the homunculi decided to use me for an experiment but-" The explanation ground to a halt as something that had been nagging at him finally made its way into his comprehension. "I'm shorter than you?"

"Well..." Edward hadn't really noticed before then either, still caught up in the fact that Al was here, and wasn't metal. He couldn't help the slow smile that crept across his face, though Envy had to ruin the moment for him by starting to laugh.

A flush crept up Alphonse's face before he waved his hand around in a careful motion in an effort to get them to shut up. He was looking at his hand while he did it, as though to be sure it didn't hit anything. "That wasn't what I meant to say!" He huffed at Envy's continuing laughter, then turned to his brother in an annoyed fashion. "But I'm not human. They didn't get the results they were after. See, I have something that shouldn't be there even if they had managed to make me human." He turned a little, shrugging the black and red coat off and tossing it on the table before tugging the hem of his white shirts upwards until the blood seal he'd been wearing for so long was exposed, looking like black ink on his skin. "That is there because Envy decided to intervene." He tugged his shirt a bit further, feeling the intensity of his brother's gaze on the designs between his shoulders. "And this is there because of what they tried to do." Sitting just at the edge of the blood seal was the circular mark of the Ouroboros, making the marks look like some strange infinity symbol.

Edward raised his left hand, keeping the right firmly around Alphonse's waist as he touched the markings, realizing abruptly that the spot was far cooler than anywhere else on his brother's body. "So... You're a homunculus?"

Alphonse released his shirts, letting them fall back into place as he tugged off the black gloves he was wearing. After tossing them on top of the coat, he hugged his brother again. "Well, sort of, yes. I have my soul still though. Envy said that wasn't normal."

Said sin snorted, not all that interested in hearing his own opinions quoted when he was still sitting right there. That, and he couldn't stand the touchy feely business any longer, he simply couldn't understand it. "A homunculus shouldn't be made with a soul. I guess whatever I changed let him keep the stupid thing. He wasn't as unstable as most of the new ones are either." He paused, suddenly wishing he'd explained this better before he'd brought Rapture back here, but it was too late now, and the kid needed to know. "Usually it takes more pieces of a stone to even a homunculus out."

"What? Where did he get them?" Edward pushed his brother back a little to run his gaze over him, as though trying to pin down where the stones could have gone.

"Envy gave me part of his." Alphonse smiled a little, looking sideways at Envy with a warm expression. He looked back to Edward, sighing. "I hope you two don't fight anymore, he's the only reason I'm not as bad off right now as I could have been."

Envy looked uneasily at Rapture, then sighed a little as he looked at Edward. "Don't worry Rapture, my reason for hating the chibi doesn't seem all that viable anymore."

Edward felt his brother's pleading gaze drilling into him as he met Envy's eyes head on, until he finally relented. "Don't expect us to get along perfect or anything."

"I won't." Alphonse leaned his cheek on Edward's shoulder and peered at Envy. "Shouldn't you get back before they realize you left with me?"

Envy blinked, then remembered that Alphonse had been knocked out because one of those stupid unawareness circles that Sloth had been messing with. She really wasn't living up to her namesake anymore, but then, neither was he. "Well, I can't exactly do that. I don't have any inclination of being killed repeatedly for helping you get away. Sooooo," a wide smirk adorned his face, "I'm staying with you two chibis!"

Edward stared at Envy incredulously, though when faced between letting Al go or attacking Envy, his brother won out. He couldn't help but lash out verbally instead. "Just who are you calling little??" He blinked, realizing that had come out much less wordy than planned, then resumed a glare.

Alphonse also gave an un-amused look, having caught the plural. "You didn't say anything about staying once you got me out before! I thought you were going to go back. Besides that, why are you making height jokes?"

"You are smaller than the other chibi now Rapture, I couldn't resist." He smirked over the dual evil looks that statement earned him and shook his head as Edward tightened his grip on his sibling. "Now, just what gave you the idea I'd be going back there anyway? That's just stupid. Someone needs to keep an eye on you, and I'd rather it not be those idiots." He rose to his feet then, walking backwards towards the window. "Don't worry if you don't see me for a few days, I'll be getting my own accommodations." Giving the pair no chance to come up with a real reply, he slipped out the window.

Edward turned his attention back to Alphonse as soon as the window fell shut again, unable to shake off the disturbing idea of Envy lurking about. He managed to distract himself as soon as he saw his brother's smile though. He moved his left hand to his mouth, taking off the glove with his teeth and tossing it aside so he could run his fingers reverently over the soft skin of his brother's cheek. He looked perfect, and he wasn't sure that this wasn't his overworked mind creating some mirage.

"This isn't a hallucination right? Creepy homunculus aside, I'm not going to wake up and find you missing or a suit of armor, right?" He couldn't help the slight pleading note in his voice, though he chose to ignore it, knowing Al would understand not to bring attention to it either.

"It's all real Niisan. I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere." Alphonse smiled tenderly, leaning his cheek into the light touch, though he found it odd that he had to tip his head back to peer up at his brother. He couldn't help a curious wonderment about whether he'd even grow after this, with his height stolen by the twists his life had taken.

Edward broke Alphonse of those thoughts before they could honestly get started, walking backwards until he hit a chair with his legs. As soon as he was seated, he dragged his brother into his lap, wrapping his arms back around him tightly as he hid his face against his shoulder. It was only after a few seconds of relearning his brother's scent that he took a moment to look at the outfit his brother was wearing. It was the antithesis of his own, mostly white, with black running along the edges. The gloves he'd taken off had been black, and the coat black with a red design. He'd been too caught up to notice the almost perfect switch in the clothing from his own attire. Now that he had, he couldn't help a stare.

Alphonse followed the direction of his brother's gaze curiously, then smiled a little. "Envy must have done it while I was unconscious. I wasn't wearing anything this nice before. He likes irony a bit too much I think." His bronze eyes flickered to violet for a moment before falling back to their former color.

Edward stared at Alphonse's eyes for a moment longer as he caught the color change, musing over what it meant. What it could mean. He hugged his brother tighter, feeling a little hazy now that he was sitting. "Yeah, what's with the Rapture thing?"

"They wouldn't call me by name anymore after the change. It took me a little while to find something I was willing to let them call me that fit in what they were trying to pick." Alphonse didn't care to muse over the somewhat sadistic group he'd just left behind, and his thoughts veered briefly to Envy. He still didn't understand why the sin was so fixated on him all of a sudden.

"Yeah? I don't know why you picked that, but I guess that maybe Rapture could fit you. Maybe. I still like calling you Al better." The sleepy blond nodded a little, putting his chin back on his brother's shoulder as he closed his eyes, just wanting to rest them for a moment. It only took a minute for Alphonse to realize that his brother was out cold. They'd just have to talk it over later, since he was sure he'd eventually get around to questioning him about the name again. But it could wait. Edward needed his rest more.
To be continued.
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