Chapter 15- Suspicion; #068-smile
Title: Suspicion
Arc: Left Behind Arc
Author: animethief92
Disclaimer: I don't own FMA or GW
Theme: #068- smile
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist/Gundam Wing
Pairing: Duo Maxwell/Edward Elric
Rating: PG-13
Ed just stood his ground and took a few moments to really let what Roy said sink in. In just an instant his anger flared and he lost all control of what he was saying.
“You always do this! You always play innocent like you’ve never done anything wrong! I may be young, but I’m obviously not stupid! It was you and even Duo saw you!” Edward was careful not to completely loose his temper and begin a fight in this tiny space, but he couldn’t contain himself much longer.
“Edward, why would I do that to you?” Roy’s tone caught the alchemist off guard and he was more surprised than angry now.
“Do you think I would stoop so low out of jealousy to do that to the person I love?” Roy finally did advance on Edward and almost trapped him against the wall, “How low do think I am?”
Edward was left speechless as Roy turned on his heel and left after that. Duo stepped out of the room and Alphonse remained in the doorway.
“Ed? Are you alright?” Duo put an arm around his shoulder and noticed Edward wasn’t crying, but he seemed so despondent that Duo felt like just carrying him to bed. Which he did do by simply pulling Ed into a fireman’s sort of carry into the dorm room.
The rest of the night had that same silence that made all of them uncomfortable. Duo hadn’t said anything since the verbal fight between Ed and Roy. There really didn’t seem to be anything he could say to make all of this seem like no big deal. There really was no way, but Duo decided to try anyway.
“Ed, don’t worry about that… Anyone could’ve made that mistake… Especially since everything we witnessed or experienced that night all makes Roy out to be the culprit.” Duo’s attempts were unsuccessful, so he put an arm around his waist and kissed him lightly on the neck.
**
This was a rare moment for Roy to lose control, but he felt it was necessary to get it threw Edward’s head. He didn’t rape him or anybody else.
Hughes was still in his office, apparently interested in the moon that night. This was something unusual for Hughes to do especially being the guy he was; he was smart, but nothing like the moon had ever once interested him.
“How did it go Roy?” As Hughes turned Roy noticed something even stranger about the man who was usually optimistic even in the worst of times.
“Fine Hughes, both Edward and I came to an understanding and have decided we must seek out this imposter who did try to rape Ed.” Roy lied while trying to make it sound as convincing as possible; if it really was Hughes he would be able to see straight through it.
“Really? Roy, that doesn’t seem to likely to happen… If you think about how he’s been avoiding you, I don’t think he’d just forget about the whole thing and believe everything you say.” Roy sighed when he found it really was Hughes as he gave Roy a slight tap for trying to lie.
Roy smiled almost sheepishly for doubting his best friend; after all who would try to impersonate Hughes of all people? He honestly never did anything to make too many enemies other than be a part of the military. Then it suddenly reminded Roy; none of them had heard of the homunculi recently.
Though he decided to get right on it tomorrow, it wouldn’t do him any good to go and bother Edward now that he would clearly not want to speak to him after their episode.
“So what really happened?”
“Edward didn’t seem to believe me… I don’t understand why he has such a grudge against me. We used to be very close, even just as friends but after we got together and then broke up…” Roy sat down in his chair and rested his forehead on his hand.
As much as he had thought about the time when he and Edward had dated; it had always seemed tense between them. The two had never developed the trusting bond they needed to completely give themselves up to one another, just friends had been better.
**
Edward couldn’t sleep even after Duo and Alphonse had both nodded off. What Roy had said just confused him even more about what really happened that night. Which also brought back the subject of Duo’s cold killing instinct he had witnessed.
Both of the people he cared about seemed to have separate personalities. Duo was usually such an optimistic person who laughed and made jokes, but all Ed had seen was a murderer who didn’t have the slightest bit of hesitance in him.
Roy was always in control and never showed such urges before, but that night… If it really had been him, there was no way Ed would ever turn back to him. Then again, if it was as Roy said; what if it wasn’t really him?
All of this was going deeper than Edward could’ve ever cared to go when he met the brunette boy, but now that he had started to search for answers; he may as well keep going until he found them all.
As Edward walked back towards the room, he saw Alphonse coming out and looking around frantically.
“Al, what’s going on?”
“Brother, Duo suddenly got up and left without saying anything! And you weren’t there and…”
Ed tried to stay calm and think that Duo had just left to go look for him. It was a hopeful thought, but he knew it probably wasn’t true at all.
Arc: Left Behind Arc
Author: animethief92
Disclaimer: I don't own FMA or GW
Theme: #068- smile
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist/Gundam Wing
Pairing: Duo Maxwell/Edward Elric
Rating: PG-13
Ed just stood his ground and took a few moments to really let what Roy said sink in. In just an instant his anger flared and he lost all control of what he was saying.
“You always do this! You always play innocent like you’ve never done anything wrong! I may be young, but I’m obviously not stupid! It was you and even Duo saw you!” Edward was careful not to completely loose his temper and begin a fight in this tiny space, but he couldn’t contain himself much longer.
“Edward, why would I do that to you?” Roy’s tone caught the alchemist off guard and he was more surprised than angry now.
“Do you think I would stoop so low out of jealousy to do that to the person I love?” Roy finally did advance on Edward and almost trapped him against the wall, “How low do think I am?”
Edward was left speechless as Roy turned on his heel and left after that. Duo stepped out of the room and Alphonse remained in the doorway.
“Ed? Are you alright?” Duo put an arm around his shoulder and noticed Edward wasn’t crying, but he seemed so despondent that Duo felt like just carrying him to bed. Which he did do by simply pulling Ed into a fireman’s sort of carry into the dorm room.
The rest of the night had that same silence that made all of them uncomfortable. Duo hadn’t said anything since the verbal fight between Ed and Roy. There really didn’t seem to be anything he could say to make all of this seem like no big deal. There really was no way, but Duo decided to try anyway.
“Ed, don’t worry about that… Anyone could’ve made that mistake… Especially since everything we witnessed or experienced that night all makes Roy out to be the culprit.” Duo’s attempts were unsuccessful, so he put an arm around his waist and kissed him lightly on the neck.
**
This was a rare moment for Roy to lose control, but he felt it was necessary to get it threw Edward’s head. He didn’t rape him or anybody else.
Hughes was still in his office, apparently interested in the moon that night. This was something unusual for Hughes to do especially being the guy he was; he was smart, but nothing like the moon had ever once interested him.
“How did it go Roy?” As Hughes turned Roy noticed something even stranger about the man who was usually optimistic even in the worst of times.
“Fine Hughes, both Edward and I came to an understanding and have decided we must seek out this imposter who did try to rape Ed.” Roy lied while trying to make it sound as convincing as possible; if it really was Hughes he would be able to see straight through it.
“Really? Roy, that doesn’t seem to likely to happen… If you think about how he’s been avoiding you, I don’t think he’d just forget about the whole thing and believe everything you say.” Roy sighed when he found it really was Hughes as he gave Roy a slight tap for trying to lie.
Roy smiled almost sheepishly for doubting his best friend; after all who would try to impersonate Hughes of all people? He honestly never did anything to make too many enemies other than be a part of the military. Then it suddenly reminded Roy; none of them had heard of the homunculi recently.
Though he decided to get right on it tomorrow, it wouldn’t do him any good to go and bother Edward now that he would clearly not want to speak to him after their episode.
“So what really happened?”
“Edward didn’t seem to believe me… I don’t understand why he has such a grudge against me. We used to be very close, even just as friends but after we got together and then broke up…” Roy sat down in his chair and rested his forehead on his hand.
As much as he had thought about the time when he and Edward had dated; it had always seemed tense between them. The two had never developed the trusting bond they needed to completely give themselves up to one another, just friends had been better.
**
Edward couldn’t sleep even after Duo and Alphonse had both nodded off. What Roy had said just confused him even more about what really happened that night. Which also brought back the subject of Duo’s cold killing instinct he had witnessed.
Both of the people he cared about seemed to have separate personalities. Duo was usually such an optimistic person who laughed and made jokes, but all Ed had seen was a murderer who didn’t have the slightest bit of hesitance in him.
Roy was always in control and never showed such urges before, but that night… If it really had been him, there was no way Ed would ever turn back to him. Then again, if it was as Roy said; what if it wasn’t really him?
All of this was going deeper than Edward could’ve ever cared to go when he met the brunette boy, but now that he had started to search for answers; he may as well keep going until he found them all.
As Edward walked back towards the room, he saw Alphonse coming out and looking around frantically.
“Al, what’s going on?”
“Brother, Duo suddenly got up and left without saying anything! And you weren’t there and…”
Ed tried to stay calm and think that Duo had just left to go look for him. It was a hopeful thought, but he knew it probably wasn’t true at all.