Until the Next Full Moon (chapter 1)
Chapter One
Pairing: Edward/Envy
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Genre: Romance, comedy, fluff
Warnings: Swearing, shounen ai, Edvy
Rating: T/M/nothing too explicit.
Note: Money is in sens, which is like yen.
Summary: It's Halloween in Amestris; and Edward and Alphonse have never heard of it. Wrath decides to spread his joy around- after all, festivity is contagious...
Edward stormed down the halls of Central Headquarters, with Alphonse quickly following behind him. Edward kicked open Colonel Mustang's office door, strolling in as if he owned the place. He walked over to Roy's desk and slammed his hands on the table.
"What's going on?" Edward demanded, glaring at Roy with fury dancing in his eyes.
"Well," Roy started, "I was doing my paperwork before you so rudely interrupted-"
"-quit bullshitting," Edward interrupted, "you and I both know that you're more likely to turn down a date with a girl than willingly do paperwork. Now, tell me what's up with the city."
Roy raised a brow, "something's wrong with the city? Like what? No- don't tell me, they're having a sale on men's cologne?" Roy asked, with sparkles in his eyes.
Edward stared at Roy incredulously, stunned that something like that would be the first thing to pop up in Roy's mind. Alphonse stepped forward and stood next to his brother. Seeing as Edward wasn't making any move to reply, he asked instead, "what we mean is, why is the city covering everything with black and orange decorations? Is there a party we don't know about?"
Roy looked at Alphonse, surprise clearly written on his face. "You mean you don't know? It's October thirty-first today."
Edward broke out of his trance and gave Roy a questioning look, "so? What's that got to do with anything?"
Roy abruptly stood up and slammed his hands on the table- causing Edward and Alphonse to step back a little in shock. "You mean that you've never heard of Halloween before?" Roy glanced between the two brothers, his shock evident on his face.
Edward screwed his face in confusion. "Howloween?"
A sudden laugh caused the four people in the room to divert their attention to the door. Jean Havoc was leaning against the doorframe, laughing so hard that his ever present cigarette butt fell from his lips and onto the floor. Jean wiped small tears of laughter from his eyes and bent down to retrieve his cancer stick.
"Colonel, Ed and Al are hicks." Jean said, staring at the two mentioned with a knowing gaze.
"Havoc, please refrain from using such language." Said Riza, her voice crisp and controlled. Havoc looked up at her in surprise, and then shook his head.
"That's not what I meant- I mean that Ed and Al are from the country, so they might not have heard of it before. After all, I've heard that Risembool is quite isolated." Said Jean, fixing Riza with a steady gaze.
"That's true, I've never heard of 'Helloween'; have you, brother?" Alphonse asked, turning to Edward.
"Can't say I have." Edward stated bluntly. Turning back to Jean, he asked, "Well, what is 'Howloween'?"
Jean turned his head to the room behind him slightly, and then nodded his head in that direction. "For this sort of thing, it's best to get more than one opinion."
Jean walked back into the shared office. Edward glanced at Alphonse questioningly, and with Alphonse's nod, they followed Jean.
Roy sighed as he closed the door after them. "They never do clean up after themselves, do they?"
Riza sighed, a slight smile playing on her face. "It can't be helped; they are still children, after all."
Roy glanced at the door behind him, a slight smirk on his face. "Yeah, no matter how 'mature' they might be, they're still kids, both inside and out."
"So, spill it; what is this 'Howloween' that you all keep mentioning?" Edward asked rudely, staring the people gathered around Vato Falman's desk down.
"Well," started Kain Fuery, "firstly, it's called 'Halloween', and it's a holiday."
Vato, Heymans Breda, Jean and Kain stared at Edward and Alphonse expectantly.
"Well? Is that it? That's what everyone's making such a big fuss about? A fucking holiday?" Edward asked, disappointed and unimpressed.
"Halloween: a one day holiday celebrated on the 31st of October by children going door to door while wearing costumes and begging for treats and/or playing pranks." Vato monotonously stated.
Everyone stared at Vato. Kain, Heymansand Jean were astonished that Vato had just made a potentially fun holiday sound as dull as paperwork, and Edward and Alphonse were wondering why cities had such strange holidays.
"So, basically; Halloween is a holiday in which kids can scam sugar off people and prank them as well?" asked Edward.
"Pretty much, although we did forget to mention one thing." Heymans said, bored.
"What?" Edward and Alphonse asked in unison.
Jean and Heymans exchanged smirks, and then looked back at Edward's clueless expression. "Fear."
Edward and Alphonse looked at them in confusion. "Fear? What do you mean?" Alphonse questioned.
"Well," Jean started, "Halloween is the perfect excuse to come up with elaborate pranks, and plot to scare the crap out of people; especially old ladies who give you apples instead of lollies, or people with bad costumes- namely the cosplayers."
Edward looked at Jean in disbelief, "that's all? You get lollies? Although, scaring people does sound fun… and what the heck is a cosplayer?"
"I don't like the idea of scaring people, but going door to door for lollies sounds like fun! And I won't even need a costume; the armour is a costume in itself! Can we go, Brother, please?" Alphonse asked, towering over his brother.
"Erm… sure Al, why not. It's not like we have anything better to do." Edward replied, shrugging.
"Great! Now, you have to get a costume first." said Alphonse.
"That's right Ed, keep in the spirit! We've yet to see you in anything but leather pants, anyway." Jean muttered.
"What was that?" Edward questioned, glaring at Jean suspiciously.
Jean sweated slightly; and forced a smile. "Nothing!"
Edward stared at him doubtfully for a few seconds, and then walked away after Alphonse started dragging him to the door by his arm. "We need to find a really good costume, Brother!"
"Fine- but you choose. I can't be bothered choosing." Edward stated, with no idea what he had just done.
"Really, Brother?" Alphonse asked excitedly.
"Yes, but no cats. At all." Edward said, looking at Alphonse seriously.
"So, as long as it's not a cat, it's fine?" Alphonse questioned.
Edward walked ahead in the direction of the Headquarters' exit, waving a hand in the air carelessly. "Yeah, sure."
Alphonse cheered slightly, running to catch up to his brother. As they passed the guards at the gate, Alphonse stopped to bow slightly at them. "Merry Halloween!"
The two guards laughed slightly, and then corrected him. "It's 'happy' Halloween."
"Oh, okay!" Alphonse said, cheerfully.
"So, are you two going to go get candy?" the bald guard asked.
"Yup!" Alphonse replied cheerfully.
"Al, come on; do you want me to go get a costume or not?" Edward called out, already walking away in the direction of the street stores.
"Coming, brother!" Alphonse replied, and then bowed again before running to catch up with his brother.
The bald guard shook his head, smiling, and turned to his partner with a sigh. "I remember when we were kids; we used to trick or treat all the time. The costumes were so fun, the parents always gave the kids with the best costumes more candy."
"That's true," the tall, thin guard nodded. "Going door to door, asking for candy, those were the days. I remember when you went as a fairy." At this, the tall guard sniggered.
The bald guard blushed, "so what? We were kids!"
The tall guard chuckled merrily. "Sure, sure."
Unbeknownst to the two guards, a small figure was kneeling in the bushes, listening to their every word. The figure grinned widely, and then shot out of the bushes, running away from Headquarters in a rush. The bald guard stopped blushing and arguing, and turned in the direction of the bush. "Did you hear something?"
The tall guard gave him a mock suspicious look, "are you trying to change the subject, Fairy-san?"
The bald guard blushed again, and resumed their argument.
The figure ran up to a young woman; who was dressed in an old, red dress. The figure looked up at her expectantly, and bowed slightly before asking a question, "Mother, may I go out tonight?"
The woman frowned slightly, before replying with a question of her own. "Why would you want to, Wrath?"
Wrath smiled widely up at her, and said, "the humans are celebrating some sort of holiday; Halloween I think it was called, and you get to scare people and get free candy!"
The woman smirked slightly, before saying, "well, if you want to scare the humans and rip them off, then sure, why not."
Wrath let out a short, "yay!" and hugged the woman happily. "I'll need some money, too, so I can buy a costume."
The woman shrugged slightly, and said, "okay, sure. Here, have three thousand sens." The woman took the aforementioned amount of money out of her pocket, and handed it to Wrath.
Wrath grinned widely again, and took the money. "Thank you so much, Dante!"
The woman; Dante, smiled and said, "now- you must take someone with you. Lust and Gluttony are on a mission, Greed's out being a rebel, Pride and Sloth are busy fooling the military, so that leaves Envy. Take him with you."
Wrath smiled again and nodded, before leaving to find his 'brother'.
Dante shook her head slightly, "kids these days… oh no! I'm going to miss my music station!" Dante hurried out of the room, off to listen to music that no one knows or cares about.
Wrath ran up to Envy, who was sitting on a branch of a tree, seemingly asleep. Wrath quickly scaled the tree, crept up to Envy, and suddenly shouted, "wake up! Dante said that you have to take me to get a costume and go trick or treating!"
Envy jerked up at the mention of costume; and spun around to see Wrath's grinning face, "what? Oh no- don't tell me it's Halloween."
At Wrath's enthusiastic nod, Envy groaned. "Not that stupid children's holiday."
Wrath pouted slightly, before saying, "it sounds like fun! You get to scam people and scare the crap out of them-"
"-don't fucking swear." Envy interrupted.
Wrath ignored him; and continued. "Besides, Dante said you had to take me, since everyone else is busy. And she gave me money."
Envy sighed, knowing that Wrath was serious if Dante had given him money. For all she knew; she could wake up in a bed covered in syrup the next morning, knowing Wrath. Envy stood up, beckoning for Wrath to follow him. "Come on, we might as well get you a costume."
Wrath cheered and jumped off the branch, running to catch up with Envy, who was walking in the direction of the shops.
Edward grimaced at the sight of the costumes; most of them were tacky and distasteful. They were lacking skulls. Edward glanced, embarrassed, at the sight of Alphonse skipping along the rows of costumes, looking for an outfit which appealed to him. Edward sighed; knowing that Alphonse would most likely pick something cute and fluffy instead of scary and threatening.
Alphonse suddenly appeared behind Edward, holding up a pair of stilts and long pants. "Look, brother, maybe you can go as yourself; only taller!"
A vein throbbed dangerously in Edward's forehead. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING SMALLER THAN THE DERBIS BENEATH YOUR FINGERNAILS?" Edward yelled, flailing his arms rapidly.
The shop clerk stomped up to Edward, and dragged him outside the store. "Keep quiet or get out!" he yelled, slamming the door after retrieving the costume from Alphonse and pushing him outside.
Alphonse sighed, and said softly to his fuming sibling, "Brother, that's the sixth store we've been kicked out of. There's only one store left, so you'll have to be quiet."
Edward sighed; and replied, "well, I'm hungry, so I'm going to get something to eat. I'll meet you in front of the store."
Alphonse nodded, and walked into the last store, 'Creepy, Crawly and Cute Costumes'. Edward shuddered slightly at the name, hoping silently that Alphonse would pick something with minimal fluff. Edward walked over to a shop that was selling bread, and stared at the display with his mouth watering.
"Can I help you, ma'am?" A voice broke him out of his trance, and Edward glared up at the woman smiling down at him.
"I'm not a frickin' girl! Do I look like a girl to you?" Edward growled, glaring daggers up at the clerk.
"I'm sorry, sir; my mistake. Now, what would you like?" The woman kept smiling down at him.
Edward sighed, knowing that being kicked out of six stores was enough for one day. "I'll have a hotdog."
The clerk nodded, picked up the desired item with tongs, and then placed it gingerly in a paper bag. "Is that all?" with Edward's nod, she told him the cost of three hundred sens. Edward handed her the money, took the bag, and walked out of the store. Edward walked towards a bench next to the store and sat down, pulling out the hotdog. Edward took a bite out of the hotdog, wondering what Alphonse was doing.
Alphonse looked around, excited with the costumes. Alphonse had first looked at the "Creepy" and "Crawly" section, but found most of the costumes disturbing and, well; creepy. Alphonse spun around in a small circle, delighted by the costumes which surrounded him. To his left was a row filled with cat costumes, including fluffy ears attached to headbands, small fang cases with free gum (to attach the case to the tooth), belts with long, silky tails attached, and fluffy boots and gloves. To his right was a row filled with similar attire, only the costumes were fashioned in the style of a dog. Alphonse reached for a pair of white cat ears, but quickly drew it back as he recalled Edward saying that cat costumes were out of the question. Alphonse turned to the dog section, walking along the aisle until something caught his eye. Alphonse almost glowed with happiness as he studied the costume- fluffy, black ears attached to a pale yellow headband, small white fangs with tasteless gum, a thin, black collar with the flamel engraved on the dog tag and a fluffy, black tail attached to a black leather belt.
Alphonse sighed softly as he eyed the leather belt, "so much for Brother wearing something other than leather…"
Alphonse picked up the costume, paused, and then picked up a formal black button shirt, and a pair of blue jeans with frayed ends and rips across the knees. Nodding at his decision, Alphonse walked over to the clerk behind the counter to pay for the costume.
After paying, Alphonse picked up the bag containing the costume, and then walked outside to meet Edward.
"Have you chosen one yet?" Envy whined, long having lost his patience.
"Not yet!" Wrath said excitedly as he tried on yet another costume. Envy was getting fed up with this- they had been through six stores. Six, and Wrath still hadn't found a costume he liked. Envy sighed as Wrath shuffled through a box of costumes; this was taking way too long. Envy walked over to an aisle of large costumes, and picked up a full body cat costume in the smallest size. The costume was of a fluffy, short haired cat. The cat costume was black in colour; with small, white dots along the back, and came with white gloves and shoes.
Envy walked over to Wrath and dumped the costume on top of him. "Here, brat. How's this one?"
Wrath hastily pulled the costume off his head and froze when he saw it. Envy stared at Wrath, wondering why he had suddenly stopped moving. Wrath abruptly stood up, grabbed the costume and walked over to the clerk at the counter while yelling, "THIS IS THE BEST COSTUME EVER!"
Envy shook his head and sighed; wondering why he always seemed to get into these situations. Dismissing the thought, he walked up the counter the drag Wrath away from the clerk; who was trying to sell him chocolate. The last thing that kid needed was more sugar.
Envy glanced at the clock on the shop's wall; which read seven O'clock. Envy walked out of the store, causing Wrath to run to keep up.
Wrath looked into a shop window, and grinned widely. "Hey, Envy, how about you get dressed up too?"
Envy froze mid step as he registered Wrath's question. Turning to Wrath, he raised an eyebrow. "Why the hell would I do that?"
Wrath grinned even wider and pointed to the shop window. Envy strolled over and looked at the picture Wrath was pointing at. The picture was of a pale man adorned with a black suit and cape, sitting on a roof. The man was smirking evilly, revealing his sharp fangs. His ears were slightly pointed, and his eyes were a deep red. The giant, full moon in the background made the picture seem evil; and more dramatic.
Envy smirked as he studied the picture. "Sure, why the hell not, it would give me something to do, anyway. Now, Wrath; it's already getting dark, so let's go get changed."
Wrath shot Envy a puzzled look. "Where?"
Envy looked around the area, and his eyes lit up slightly as he spotted the public toilets. Pointing to it; he said, "over there."
Wrath nodded and ran over to the small building, with Envy walking at a leisurely pace behind him.
Edward studied his reflection in the dorm room mirror, slightly embarrassed at the sight. The pale yellow colour of the headband blended in perfectly with his hair, making the fluffy, black ears of the headband appear real. Edward had arranged his bangs to hide his real ears; making the costume seem even more realistic.
Edward had also discarded all his clothes in favour of the costume, except for his boots. He had left the top three and bottom two buttons of the black shirt undone; revealing part of his chest and abdomen, and had folded the collar upwards to cover most of his neck. He had also needed to buckle the belt to the last hole; since the jeans were big around the hips. The tail didn't stick out like Edward had thought it would, since the shirt tail covered a little of it.
Edward had decided to wear the black collar; but only because Alphonse had started a speech on how he wasn't able to wear a costume and how he wished he had the opportunity to wear a costume instead of using the suit of armour his soul was sealed in.
Edward sighed; Alphonse was becoming quite manipulative- and that could be bad for him in the future.
Edward turned around at the sound of clapping; and saw that Alphonse was bouncing up and down slightly in his excitement. "It looks amazing, Brother! We should have celebrated this holiday sooner!"
Edward smiled slightly at his brother's excitement; if he was happy, then Edward would go through this weird city holiday. "Hey Al, I've been wondering; what am I? Don't tell me this is a pun about me being a dog of the military."
Alphonse said excitedly, "you're a werewolf, a normal human who changes into a wolf during the full moon!"
Edward looked at Alphonse sceptically, and then shrugged.
Alphonse looked at the clock and gasped, and turned to his right to pick up the plastic bags in which they would keep their lollies. "It's already seven fifteen, Brother, let's go!"
Edward nodded, and they both ran out of the building; Alphonse happily returning calls of "Happy Halloween!" and Edward ignoring the many wolf whistles coming from Jean and his friends.
Wrath knocked on the fifth door, and waited excitedly for someone to answer. A middle aged woman opened the door; and smiled when Wrath sang, "happy Halloween, trick or treat!"
The woman reached into the fishbowl filled with lollies on the counter next to the door, and dropped a handful in Wrath's paper bag. "You're such a cute little boy, are you with your friends?"
Wrath shook his head happily, and said, "no, but I'm with Envy!"
The woman tilted her head to the side in confusion as Wrath gestured with his hand for Envy to come out of the bushes. Envy walked up the steps to stand beside Wrath; blushing slightly at his attire. Envy had kept his preferred form; but shifted his upper canine teeth to become sharp fangs, and replaced his usual clothes with formal black pants, a black singlet which was torn just beneath the chest; revealing his stomach, and a black, collared cape with a red silk lining. Envy had kept his socks and gloves, but discarded his headband; causing his hair to lose a little of its bounce, become slightly longer, and fall along the sides of his face; framing it.
Envy's slight blush faded and a smirk made its way onto his face as he watched the woman's face pale, and he snickered slightly as she slammed the door in their faces.
Turning to Wrath, Envy said, "come on, on to the next pathetic human."
Wrath grinned and skipped along the path, walked along the sidewalk and ran up the next person's pathway; with Envy in tow.
"Oh my god; you are so cute!" yet another mother hugged Edward; fussing over how cute he was. The sad thing was; she wasn't the first.
Edward growled slightly, and resisted the urge to push her back. "This is for Al, this is for Al, this is for Al…" was his quiet mantra.
"Oh my, and aren't you a dear? What's your name?" the woman screeched at Alphonse, who was only slightly disturbed.
"My name is Alphonse, happy Halloween! May we have some candy?" Alphonse asked politely.
"Why, of course; you two dearies are just so cute, how could I not give you sweets?' the woman disappeared into the house for a moment, and returned with a small box filled with chocolate. "Some sweets for the sweets!" the woman sang, and put a handful in both Edward and Alphonse's bags.
Alphonse and Edward walked away from the house as the woman closed the door. "I swear," Edward said, "those old ladies get weirder everytime. And they're so clingy."
Alphonse said, "look on the bright side, brother. At least they aren't fangirls."
Edward shuddered at the thought. "Yes, you're right, Al."
Edward and Alphonse walked along the sidewalk, and then rounded the corner. Edward suddenly crashed into someone, knocking them both to the ground in opposite directions.
Edward hastily stood up, brushed the dirt from his clothes and said, "I'm sorry, I wasn't looking where I wa- ENVY?"
Edward and Alphonse stared, astonished, as Envy stood up, blushing slightly at being caught in a costume.
Wrath suddenly ran to a stop beside Envy; and said, "hey, Envy, wait up! If you go too fast then I'll lose yo- Oh, hi Edward, Alphonse."
Edward stared at the two, still shocked, while Alphonse cheerfully said, "hello! Are you trick or treating too?"
Wrath nodded enthusiastically, and showed Alphonse his bag. "See? I've already gotten heaps of candy- wow; you've got lots too!"
Edward stared at Envy, and then burst into laughter. "You're trick or treating? That's hilarious, who's paying you?"
Envy glared at Edward, and replied, "no one, I have to do this. What's your excuse, bitch?"
Edward glared at Envy and said, "I'm not a bitch, I'm a werewolf. There's a difference."
Envy smirked at Edward and said, "not much. They both spread their legs for just about anyone, and anything."
As Edward blushed and came up with a retort, Wrath turned to Alphonse and asked, "knowing Envy, they're going to be at it for a while. Wanna go trick or treating some more?"
Alphonse nodded, and they both continued onto the next street, so they wouldn't hear Edward and Envy arguing.
Edward glared even harder at Envy, and said, "that's not true; and you know it. Besides; at least I'm not an undead blood sucking whore."
Envy growled and replied, "just because I look like this doesn't mean I have to act like it. Anyway, what's with your costume? I would have thought that you would have picked something with stilts so you could appear taller."
Edward inhaled sharply, and yelled, "WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SMALL THAT BEING CAUGHT OUT IN THE RAIN WOULDN'T BE DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE RAINDROPS WOULD MISS HIM AND HE WOULD BE ABLE TO BREATHE BECAUSE HE CAN FIND THE ATOMS OF OXYGEN IN THE WATER,' Edward took in another breath, '-BECAUSE THEY'RE NO LARGER THAN HIM?"
Edward stood there; panting, as Envy poked his ears; trying to see if they still worked. Once Envy recovered, he replied with a soft, "you."
As Edward's face started to turn purple with rage, Envy looked around; about to call for Wrath, and realised that he wasn't there. Envy noticed that Alphonse was missing, too. "Hey, O'chibi-san, where's your tin can of a brother and the brat?"
Edward blinked in confusion, and then looked around as he registered Envy's words, his face returning to the normal colour. "I don't know, but knowing Al; they'd probably be together."
Envy sighed. "Any idea where they might be?"
Edward smirked, "what makes you think I'll help you?"
Envy growled, "because, if you don't; then I'll beat the shit out of you."
Edward's smirk grew, and he raised his fists; ready to fight, when an old lady passing by smacked him in the back of his head with an oversized purple handbag. "No fighting; it's Halloween!"
Edward stared in shock; holding the back of his head with his flesh hand, as he watched the crazy old lady walk away.
Edward looked over to Envy, whom was doubled over in laughter. Edward blushed slightly, before yelling, "it's not funny!"
Envy only laughed harder, his knees collapsing so that he was rolling on the floor in laughter. Edward's blush deepened, and he started to walk away.
Envy noticed Edward moving, and stood up to follow him; still laughing. Once Envy had controlled his laughter, he strolled next to Edward; his face flushed from laughter. "Okay, I've had my fun."
Edward huffed slightly, and said, "good. Now leave."
Envy mock pouted, and said, "but why? I'll help you find your tin can of a brother."
Edward glared at Envy. "He's not a tin can."
Envy shrugged and said, "fine, then he's tuna."
Edward looked at Envy; shocked. Envy said, "hey, it's either that or tin can- take your pick." Edward rolled his eyes and walked ahead. Taking this as an invitation; Envy matched his pace to Edward's.
A little boy ran up to Edward, and said, "wow! Your costume is amazing!"
Edward gave the boy an odd look, and said, "um, thanks?"
The little boy grinned widely. "Are you a smurf? You got the height just right! Although; you need to be blue."
Edward started to turn purple with rage, and in the poor lighting of the crowded streets; the boy mistook this as blue. "That's better! Now you're a smurf!"
Edward made a move to lunge forward, to tear the boy's eyes out, but Envy quickly grabbed his arm and dragged him along; away from the loud mouthed boy. Envy started laughing again, dragging a ranting Edward behind him. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THEY COULD PASS AS AN UNDER DEVELOPED SMURF FOETUS?"
Envy continued dragging Edward along, until Edward realised what was happening. "Hey, Envy; you can let go now."
Realising that he was still holding Edward's arm, Envy suddenly dropped it as if it burned him, and then turned his face away; blushing and mentally scolding himself.
Edward continued walking alongside Envy, wondering why Envy had suddenly gone quiet. As suddenly as the little boy had appeared, a little girl walked up to Envy; and said innocently, "excuse me, Mr. Palm tree? I think you're lost; the weather's too cold here for you to be growing."
Envy glared murderously at the little girl, and moved forward to swing a punch at her; but Edward caught Envy's right hand with his left before it hit the girl, and dragged Envy along; away from the girl.
Edward muttered, "I swear, this holiday is so strange; it's like all the weird people come out at once to wreak havoc. Speaking of Havoc, I need to get back at him for calling Al and I hicks. Oh yeah; I need to go grocery shopping, too. But not milk, never the milk. I wonder if we have any pocky left, I love that stuff. Not the chocolate kind, though; the strawberry kind is so much nicer."
As Edward continued to talk to himself, Envy noticed that they were holding hands. Stealing a glance at Edward's face, he realised that Edward didn't know he was still doing it. Mentally shrugging, Envy decided to just leave it be for now, and continued to walk as Edward ranted to himself.
"-and the tables need polishing, the one next to the bed is wonky, I need to pick up some paper to stuff under the leg; to make it stable, and the bathroom mirror is dirty; I must clean that at some point. And-"
Edward was cut off as he noticed his right arm suddenly become lighter, and looked up to see a little kid running off with his bag of candy; and Envy's too. As Edward moved to give chase, a blonde kid wearing a bright orange and dark blue jumpsuit jumped in his way. "Never fear; for Uzumaki Naruto is here! I shall retri-"
The blond boy was interrupted by a pink haired girl and a black haired boy walking up to him, "Michael, you aren't bothering innocent people again; are you? I'm very sorry; he's getting too into his character." The pink haired girl bowed slightly to them, then dragged the boy away, with the black haired boy in tow.
Edward watched them leave, and said, "did you see that kid's hair? It looked like a bird's butt."
Envy shook his head in bewilderment; and said, "and the girl's hair was pinker than bubblegum! Kids these days."
The pink haired girl said to the boys, "wasn't that so cute? They were holding hands; they make such a cute couple. Now, if only you two would follow their example and hurry up and get together-"
"What was that, Sarah- I mean, Sakura-chan?"
"Nothing, nothing."