RoyxEd Twists Chapter Three

Twists Chapter 3

　

"...Doing what..."

A tired voice said.

Roy looked over towards the stairwell. 'Crap'

Ed was standing on the bottom step, eyes still heavy with sleep.

"Uh...what?" Roy asked, hoping Ed hadn't actually heard anything.

"You...said that...you dreamt about us....doing something..."

Roy tryed to avoid Ed's sleepy gaze, but failed.

"Uh...No..it's nothing.."

"I'm sick colonel..not stupid...what happened? Your face is all red..."

'What the fuck am I supposed to say to that...damnit...stupid sub-conscious' Roy tried to calm himself down and re-obtain his calm mask.

Ed walked down the last step and came towards the couch.

"Colonel...your sweating..."

'Fuck.Fuck.Fuck.' Roy was really starting to panic.

"Your not getting a fever too are you?"

Ed got to his knees and pressed his hand against the colonel's forehead.

'He's touching me...right after I had that damn dream...He's touching me while he's half fucking naked....what the hell am I supposed to do now...ok..ok Roy...calm down..." He shook off whatever feeling he had and grabbed Ed's wrist and gently pulled it away.

"FullMetal, I'm fine, just a...disturbing dream...nothing more, what are you doing up, you need to get some rest or you won't get any better."

Ed gave him a glare, well as best as he could anyway.

"Colonel, I may be sick, but I'm not a fucking kid, I can take care of myself."

Roy narrowed his eyes.

"I didn't say anything about you being a kid, I asked why you were up, now answer the question FullMetal."

Ed turned his face away and looked in the opposite direction.

"Because." He said.

"Because Why?"

"JUST BECAUSE!"

Roy grabbed Ed's bear shoulder and turned him.

Ed's face was flushed and he tried to pull back.

"FullMetal...what's wrong?"

"...Nothing.."

"Your still sick, and you were dog tired before, not to mention it's still really early in the morning, and you expect me to believe you got up from a comfortable bed, for no reason at all? Get Real."

Ed's face turned red again.

"I...um...I..got...."

"Yes, you got?" Roy waved his hand, gesturing for Ed to continue.

Ed's face darkened even more, and he closed his eyes.

"I got...I got...I GOT SCARED OK!?" He shouted, and quickly ran back up the stairs before Roy could even react.

"Scared...did he just say..he got scared...of..of what?" He pulled himself up from the couch and walked up the stairs.

He saw that his bedroom door was closed, so he grabbed the door's handle and opened it slowly.

"FullMeta...Edward..comeon...it's nothing to be ashamed of...what scared you?"

Roy was telling the truth, there wasn't anything for Ed to be ashamed of, he was just surprised that the brave kid he'd always known had actually gotten scared of something.

He saw a lump in the middle of the bed. Roy couldn't help but laugh.

"Edward, aren't you a little to old to be hiding under the covers?"

"Shutup!..." Ed's voice trailed off.

Roy stifled another laugh.

'Now I really am curious'

He walked over to the bed and sat down next to the blanket covered Ed.

Reaching his hand over the edge of the blanket, he quickly pulled it away from over Ed's body.

"Now, FullMetal, what exactly scared you, it can't be that bad."

"I'm not telling you! You'll laugh at me, again!"

"Again?"

He must have heard him laugh before.

"I was just laughing at the fact that you were actually hiding under the covers...I'm not used to seeing the brave FullMetal Alchemist looking so...vulnerable. That's all."

Ed looked at him.

"You still laughed."

"I'm sorry, I promise I won't laugh again, now what scared you?"

"...The...the..dark.."

Roy's head tensed with surprise.

"The Dark? I didn't think you'd be scared of something like that."

"See! I knew you'd make fun of me!" Ed buried his head into his knees.

"I wasn't making fun of you! It's just...don't you sleep in the dark at home?"

"Not alone...me and Al share a room...He know I'm scared of the dark...have been since...well..since I was younger.."

"Oh...then I'm sorry Edward, I didn't know, If I had I would have kept a light on or something."

"Whatever, it's not your problem...I can go back to sleep now...I'll be...fine."

Ed uncurled himself, and layed back down, covering himself with the blankets again.

"Goodnight, colonel." He said stiffly.

"Uh...alright..want me to leave the light on or something..."

"No..."

"Ok, good night FullMetal."

Roy walked out the door and closed it lightly.

He stopped.

"I never realized how sensitive the kid was..."

He turned around, when he heard something from inside his room.

'What the...'

He cracked the door, and listened.

"Damnit...damnit...I'm so fucking pathetic...now the colonel probably thinks I'm a fucking child....damnit..." Ed was muttering to himself.

"It's so dark...I hate the dark...." He whispered

Roy shook his head.

'Damnit FullMetal, if you were still scared...'

He walked back into the room silently, closing the door behind him.

He couldn't leave Ed sick and scared, he needed to get some sleep atleast.

He climbed into the bed, and pulled the covers around him.

"Ed...It'll be fine...your not alone now...I may not be Alphonse, but will I due for now?"

Ed rolled over, and look at the colonel like he'd had three heads or something.

"Why..do you care..." He sounded so much younger, so much more childlike, and it made Roy's heart skip a beat.

'What the hell is this kid doing to me' Was what he wanted to say, but instead.

"Because I do, I can't leave you in here all alone like this, now shutup and get some sleep."

He rolled over so he didn't have to look into those piercing golden eyes anymore.

He didn't think he'd be able to control whatever he was feeling if he did.

He felt Ed shift as he rolled onto his other side to.

And before he drifted back off into sleep...

"Colonel...Thanks..." Ed's voice said before trailing off into lighter breathing, he finally fell asleep.

Roy closed his eyes and smiled.

"No problem...FullMetal..."



Now the only thing Roy hoped for...was that he didn't 'dream' again.

He gave another small laugh, he'd never had to answer Ed's questions either.

For now....



  



~Chapter Four coming soon~