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[in the anime, Im quite sure they dont bring up his childhood so I'm so making this up..]
He only let out a chuckle, pulling off his shirt and pajama bottoms, back faced to him. "I... grew up fast as a kid. I was alone alot... so, I matured very quickly. Thats probably why im known as the cold hard ass.. 'cause I didnt have much of a childhood... Ive only ever been in love once, and that woman.. loved someone else, so.. I dont bother with love anymore, I dont have time for crap like that. Besides, noone wants another little me running around anyway.. not even me." He slipped into his suit and turned back around, buttoning up his pants and the top. "Just.. think abut your choice, My friend. Im only a phone call away if you need me.. for anything." He kind of missed them annoying yet cute phone calls from Hughes every now and then... I smiled at him. "Whats a bath with clothes on??" I laughed and swung my arm around him. "Are you that shy? We can keep our backs to one another...we can even wear towels in the water, if you want. Ill go out first and let you know when i'm ready.." I sent him a warm smile and shoved my stuff at my feet to the side of the room and dropped my jacket and pulled off my socks before i slipped outside, sliding the door shut behind me. |
He smirked.
"Awww...no little Mustang's to climb your curtains?" He joked, wondering why the said 'cold hard ass' Cololnel was opening up this much to him...they'd never really been on very good terms..but Edward was starting to wonder why. He stood and jerked his shoes on. "Yeah, yeah, I'll think about it alright....I'm going to go for a walk..maybe I can clear my head without cold water this time." He chuckled, and coughed a few times, before heading out. Thanks Mustang....you can be an ass at times...but then again so can I. He sighed and thought back to earlier..the way he'd acted towards Shiba...he was going to have to do some serious groveling when he got back. Alphonse was going to hyperventilate, he was sure of it now. He could only nod and wonder when his mouth had turned to cotton. He slumped to the floor as Shiba shut the door and laughed...short spurts of chuckles that made him question his sanity. |
He laughed out loud, like he used to when he was with Hughes.
"No, no Mustangs for me, I drive myself nuts, I don't need a kid to help me." He nodded as he pulled on his own shoes and handed him a card. "Here, this is a pharmacy at the edge of town, you should stop there to get a check up, and get some medicine, they take your insurance covered by the military so, you dont have to pay anything. Please...take care of yourself. I dont need another of my officers dieing on me.." I undressed, setting my clothes to the side and pulled on a towel that sat nearby and walked into the spring, the sun was high in the sky, but behind some clouds; it had the sign of rain. "Okay I'm ready!" I had my back faced to the door, I looked at the fence, the water was on today, running from the lions mouth. Although it was summer, it was a bit chilly today. I held the towel loosley to my font, my back fully exposed, the water came from my lower back down. |
He blinked and took the card.
"Thanks..I think..." He quirked an eyebrow and chuckled. "I'm not dying on you...I'm going to go to your funeral and dance on your grave Mustang...remember that...you have to die before I do." He gave a two-fingered wave and was gone before he got any heated retort from the Colonel. Alphonse came barreling out of the door and hit the water with a splash, he was still wearing his boxers, but that he just coulnd't rationalize himself into taking off. He squinted his eyes shut, face burning red and he grinned. "S-s-orry about...umm..this..um...yeah...I'm..n-not used to...a-anything like this..." |
He smiled and saluted the door as he left.
"Stay well, Fullmetal.." he said to himself. I smiled and looked at my reflection in the water, not wanting to look at him until he said so. "Well, its been so long since you bathed as a human.. its understandable.. unless youre talking about the fact that I'm a girl and youre a boy... theres nothing wrong with friends bathing together...right?" I glanced over my shoulder at him, sending him a reassuring smile. "I just dont want to wet my clothes, I hope you understand. Besides... Im pretty sure you got an eye full when you and Ed burst in the bath house that one time on me and Kiri... ed said he saw me... I dont see why you didnt.. you were there too." I kneeled on my knees and sat on my feet, bringing the water line over my breast, my back still faced to him. The steam grew thicker as the temperature dropped outside. I lowered my voice. "If you feel weired about this... I can just stay over here.. you dont have to come near me if you dont want to.. i just dont like bathing alone.... i was alone all the time, and when Kiri bathed with me, I felt like someone cared.. ya know?" |
He relaxed a little and nodded...he guessed that made sense. Well, he was relaxed until Shiba brought up the bath house.
"OH GEEZE!" She was right...it had been a fleeting glance, since he didn't want to embarras himself or Shiba and Kiri, but...he'd caught a glimpse of both of them. He stood quickly and bowed over and over. "You're right!" He cried. "I'm sorry! Ireallydidn'tmeantobutIjustcouldn'thelpit ImeanyoutwowerejustkindofthereandIdidn'treally.." He stopped to take a breath and then paused. "I'm sorry.." He said blushing. "I ramble a lot don't I...sorry." He opened his eyes for the first time and cocked his head. "We care...but I guess it's different for girls huh?" |
I laughed and turned my self around to look at him in the eyes, he was so red it was adorable. We were a good 3 yards from one another in the water.
"You worry too much... I was embarrassed yes... but I was more embarrassed when Ed saw me cause I liked him... but now, I just dont care. All nude women look the same... if youve seen one, youve seen them all." I yawned and scratched the side of my face... we were talking a bit loudly, but it couldn't be helped if we wanted to hear one another form this distance. "Well.. for Kiri and I, yeah. Iv been alone for so long I forgot what it was like to have companionship, and Kiri only had Scar, who knows how they were together..." I sighed deeply and closed my eyes. "I enjoy company, especially with friends. Im not used to having friends who care about me, so this is kinda new" I stuck my tongue out at him and tightened my towel. "Ed's been gone for a while... he's probably so confused..." |
He smiled, still red-faced,but at least his eyes were open.
"I can only imagine what those two were like.." He sighed and slipped under the water, looking off to one side and settling his chin in the water to blow bubbles. He laughed and nodded. "Well, you'll have to get used to it then. Because we care...a lot." Edward sighed as he tossed a pebble into the creek...it was quiet out there and he needed sometime away to think...he'd been in such a rush to get out of that place that he really had to think if he ever liked Shiba that much in the first place...he nodded. Of course he had...when it's started he didn't know...but...he did like her...and..when she wasn't yelling at him...or making him feel like a complete and utter heel...she could be pretty cute...he smiled to himself and let his chin rest on a hand, his gloves stuffed in a pocket. Shiba....Blast that Mustang....he was meddling even when he wasn't there. |
[tomorrow, we all have to meet up in my house on Gaia, Amanda is having a miscarriage reading the rp she loves it so much, but ill let her tell u tomorrow LOL, look for the "comments" in the post on the first page though LOL]
I tucked my hair behind my ear and looked over at him. "Scar.... did love her. I know wheat they were like together... I was in his mind, remember?" I smiled and closed my eyes and did the same thing he did, only my moth right over the water to talk. "I know... then you'll just havta get used to bathing with me." I winked at him and laughed, then a yawn slipped out. "Ughmn, i donno where Im gonna sleep tonight, i dont want either of you on the floor, especially if ed still isnt feeling well.. damn you boys, I wish you'd take care of yourselves better.." I looked to him. "Do you want me to wash your back and hair for you?" |
((LOL I'll try. XDD She seems to be enjoying herself doesn't she? Gomen, last one.))
"That's right..." He smiled, wondering if he ever met the zealous Ishballan...would he still hate him for the cramped space that he was forced to ride in. He blushed and bubbled a little more than usual. "BBbbbb--uubbbrrrellll" Was all he could manage. He smiled and shook his head. "If worse comes to worse, I'll take the floor, you and Ed can take the futons." He shook his head and then dunked it under the water. "I have even less than you do, so it's really no trouble." |
[if anything, we'll start an rp with Amanda, shes a dedicated computer junkie like me. shell be able to keep up.]
"If you promise not to tell him I told you anything, i'll share some stuff with you about him.. but I'm not gonna scream it across the spring, so c'mere" I shook my head at his offer about the futon. "I refuse to have you sleep on the floor after you just got your body back. It will be bad on your new body. I'll just, sleep on top of the blanket and you under the blanket, unless Edward has a better idea when he comes back...if he does.." I grew more worried and looked to the sky. "I hope.. he doesn't hate me.." I laughed and walked past him, wrapping the towel around myself as I stepped out of the spring to grab the basket full of soaps and shampoos. "Suit yourself." I came back in silently and went back to the spot I was in and faced my back to him and lowered my towel, it drifted to the spring floor and i squeezed the body wash onto the puff and lathered up. "So, I hear you like cats... me too." I tried to make polite conversation... to get the awkwardness I could feel emitting from him out of the dense air. |
((LOL That could be fun XDD))
Alphonse cocked his head to ne side and smiled. Why would he tell Edward anything Shiba said about him? It was one of the few joys he got out of life. "Ppppbbbllltt..." He raspberried. "I'm not breakable you know." He didn't actually like the thought of sleeping on the floor...but he wasn't going to invade Shiba's space if he could help it. "I doubt he hates you...don't worry so much...you'll get wrinkles." He smiled. He looked politely away as she washed and nodded. "Yep....Me and Ed are always fighting over some stray that I picked up...heh...he's always complaining that we'd never have the time to take care of it." |
I sighed deeply and plunked my body under the water and came back up, rinsing off. I squeezed shampoo into my palm and rubbed my hair vigorously.
"He's been gone an awful long time, i woundnt be suprized if he hated me..." I lowered my head, slowing my wash. "Alphonse... do you think he loves me?" I asked quietly., dropping my hands to my sides, my hair still full of soap. "I'm a stray... maybe he thinks he doesn't have time for me... or its because hes a 'dog' and Im a cat he doesnt think we'll get along.." |
Alphonse jutted his chin out to one side and thought.
"I wonder if he's still talking to Mustang...nooo..those two can't stand each other...I doubt he's there now...but you're right..he's been gone a long time." Alphonse blinked and then shook his head flailing his hands in front of him. "OH NO! I learned my lesson from last time, I'm not meddling anymore with you two, from now on, I'm staying on the sidelines." But...like always..he couldn't last long when it came to Shiba...so he sighed and shook his head. "I couldn't tell you what Ed thinks...maybe..he thought that about the dog and cat at one point...that might have been the reason he was going to resign...I don't know..but..when he comes back you'll see that he doesn't hate you...of that I'm sure." |
I smiled and leaned my head back and rinsed out my hair.
"Youre right... but as for now... I'm tired, and I think im going to go in and get some shut eye.... how about you?" I brought the towel around myself again and turned around. "Im getting tired of waiting for him... so whatever. The ball is in his court...it has been for quite some time. If he doesnt make a move, I may just have to take the next best thing..." I smiled and winked at him, walking past him in the spring. I scooped up my clothes and turned a final glance at him. "I'll be inside. Take your time out here sweety." I went in, sliding the door silently behind me. [im working on re-reading Angelic Twins... from page 1.] |
"I'll be out here for a little longer." He smiled.
"It's so warm." He smiled, glad to see that Shiba was going to give it another go, and then his smile fell as she made her way back inside. Alphonse slid down into the water and felt it slide up to the underside of his nose. "Burrbbblleeeebbbppp..." He blew out wondering why he seemed caught in the middle of all this. "Thank you come again." Edward waved heading out of the Pharmacy. He'd gotten checked out like Mustang wanted and now headed back toward the Inn with bottle in hand, he'd smelled of it before leaving, and it looked a lot like turpentine. He grimaced as the vapor burned the innards of his nose and sighed. "Oh well...it can't make me feel any worse than I'm feeling now...can it?" He blanched before taking a swig of the nasty tasting medicine that the doctor had given him. Edward stopped in the street and made a face, shaking his tounge out of his mouth. "AW GEEZE! YUCK!" He shook his head and glared at the bottle. "I'm definitely dancing on his grave now." He promised. |
Inside, I took the soaked towel to the bathroom and hung it over the side of the tub. Knowing Al woudln't come in on me, I walked fully nude back to my back pack and rummaged for my brush, and a pair of panties. I slipped the underwear on and a loose fitting white t-shirt and plopped down on the bed Ed had slept on before.
"I go crazy.. crazy... crazy.. for you baby.. I'm losing my mind... 'cause your fine, I'm going crazy..." i sung to myself. I ran the brush through my wet short hair, letting another yawn slip between my teeth. I closed my eyes and just brushed my hair... enjoying the feeling of every stroke. |
((LOL I can see her in the room singing like that too.))
Alphonse sighed and leaned his head back against eh rim of the Spring. He chuckled as Shiba moved around inside, obviously not caring who heard her.It was actually kind of soothing...and he had to jerk himself to keep from falling asleep right there in the water. "UWA!" He sputtered splashing his face. "Wake up Alphonse...no sense in sleeping here." Edward stood outside the door, his hand poised to knock...what was he going to say when he got in there? How was Shiba going to react? Would he just apologize? Would she scream? Before he'd willed it, his hand knocked on the outside and he cringed...too late to turn back now. |
I heard the splashing outside and simply smiled, and put my brush away and pulled out the photo of my family. I ran my fingers over the worn and crinkled photo and only sighed sadly.
"I miss you.." I wished I had a photo of Kiri... but there was only the painting... I glanced across the room at it, propped up on the table and smiled faintly. "I wish you were here to help me sister.. I need some advice.." My gaze and concentration was interrupted by knocking and I quirked an eyebrow and glanced at the clock. Its 11:36 pm, who could that be? I go up and went to the door and cracked it open, so only my eye peeked out. It was Ed. I smiled slightly and opened the door, stepping aside for him to enter; I kept my eyes to the floor. "I'm glad youre alright... you should really have stayed in bed today and rested, you know..." I said quietly. "...but don't let me stop you from what you need to do." I walked back to the futon and picked up my bag and stuffed the photo back in the pocket and went to the table and sat on the huge pillow, dropped my bag beside me, my back faced to him. The room grew silent, that awkward silent, as he came inside. |
Edward looked inside sheepishly as he stepped over the threshold.
"You're right...I probably should have.." He stood just inside the door for a moment or two and shifted uneasily in the silence. "Shiba...listen....I-I..." He cursed himself softly and scratched the back of his head. "I want to say that I was way out of line this morning....and that it was stupid of me to take it out on you...I was confused, but that didn't give me the right to say what I did...I'm sorry." |
I lifted my eyebrows in utter amazement that he admitted he should have stayed in bed, and I glanced over my shoulder at him.
"Edward.. where were you all day? I was worried.. and dont worry about this morning... were all under alot of stress, so I decided... to leave tomorrow. I wont be in your lives any more... so you don't have to worry about anything. I'm.. gonna search east city for a full time job for the summer to fill my time, and maybe pay for a hotel a few nights a week... Live on my own, like you and Al have been... you wont need to worry about me anymore so... it'll be good for the both of you when I'm gone to get back to your lives." I fluffed my hair and turned to look at the shut sliding door that led to the spring. "Al is int he bath, if you'd like to go in with him.." I felt odd with him in the room... I felt so weired around him now, I didnt know how to react to his presence. |
((Last one))
"Would you believe that I spent most of the day talking to Mustang?" He chuckled to ease the tension, a tactic that didn't work as well as he'd liked. "Shiba...I really wish you wouldn't...but...I really can't stop you...and I suppose I've shoved my foot so far into it this time that there's no way I can convince you otherwise huh?" He didn't want to join Al, so he shook his head...he might go in after a bit..but right now..making things up to Shiba was most important. |
I shook my head.
"That is rather hard to believe.. I thought you both hated one another?? Odd..." I nodded and let out a breath. "Ive bothered the both of you long enough... I'm glad I helped, if I did at all, in regaining your bodies back... but now... it's time for this 'ol girl to move on with her life.. and you both need to move on as well, and I don't want to stop you or make it difficult for either of you. So its better that we not even see each other anymore. This.. will be our last night together." I closed my eyes and stood, wlaking to the other side of the table and pulled that massive pillow to lay beside the one I was sitting on. "Al is going to take my futon, youre going to sleep on the one you had last night. I'll be over here if you need me..." I yanked up my jacket and threw it over my shoulders and sat indian style on the pillow, and pulled out a small pocket calendar from my backpack, and a pen. I was still just in a t shirt and panties, my legs were fully exposed, more than usual. |
Edward clenched his fists unable to say anything.
"So that's it then?" He whispered. "You're going?" What would it take to let her know that he didn't want her to go, that he didn't want to go back to Risembool alone, Al would be with him, but he doubted it would be the same. "Why?" He asked quietly of himself, a pointless effort, but perhaps it was only to quiet the screaming thoughts that echoed in his mind. "Why is it..that a light at the end of a tunnel has to be snuffed, just when I start to hope again.." He hung his head and looked away. "Shiba.." He started. "What will it take? I...I'm not good at telling people what...what I'm feeling...but..this time...if you leave....I don't want to lose you...Shiba...I...I...Damn!" He turned and slammed his fist into the wall behind him unable to finish. |
I flinched at the loud sound that came from behind me and i jerked my head up to find Ed's right hand in the plaster of the wall. I jumped up, dropping my calendar and pen on the table and ran to his side, cradling his hands in mine. My shirt was just below my panty line, it used to be long until I had shrunk it in the dryer by mistake.
"EDWARD! Its not automail anymore!!!" I pulled off his glove, throwing it to the floor and looked over his now, bruised knuckles. "You... need to be more careful..." I pressed his hand to my cheek and closed my eyes. "Tell me.. what you want... straight out, Edward. What do you want me to do?" I met my eyes with his and looked seriously into them, keeping the back of his hand pressed to my cheek. |
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