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(TT.TT Its..so..early...)
He pushed his way in, still dressed in his fancy blue suit he looked around. "Wow, nice place I picked out huh?" He sent a gaze to me, and looked to the kimono on the floor. He grinned. "You two get frisky yet?" I growled. "Mustang!? How.. dare you insinuate that!!" I blushed and my heart raced... he didnt know about the boys yet... I gritted my teeth and tried to stay calm. I sat down at the table, facing the door, where I had sat before. "So, to what pleasure do I owe this visit?" He plopped down on the pillow across from me and rested his elbow on the table. "Scar popped up in town, I heard. Have you seen Edward?" I shook my head. "He... left a few hours ago..." He frowned and pointed to his clothes. "Naked? My my, weren't we busy..." He laughed then stood. "I don't have time to play games, I need to talk with him.." He moved to the door and slid it open quickly to find two blonds in the water. "W-what.. is going on here?" He could only see the back of two heads... "Is that...the homoncolous??" He growled, pressing his fingers together for a snap of fire. |
Edward just happened to sense something amiss...like the air around him had changed, and he turned to the door and his eyes widened, he knew that stance, and what was to come after it.
"GET DOWN!" He cried throwing his still weighted body onto Al's to take him out of the line of fire, as Mustang set his ignition gloves off. "WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO MUSTANG!?" He cried poking his head above water and glaring. He sucked in a harsh breath to yell again, but it sent him into a coughing fit. "Edward! You're going to kill yourself at this rate! Stop it!" |
I glared at Roy and swiftly moved in front of him, to block the boy's view. I stared sternly into his eyes.
"Mustang, Ed is sick, please, can't you come back another time? You know where we're staying... we'll be here for the next four days now please..." He glared at me and pushed me gently to the side and moved to the edge of the water, staring at the blond behind Edward, he squatted to get a better view. "Who.. is this boy?" He stared into Al's eyes. I groaned and blushed, looking to Ed and to Al. "Colonel! Please, give them some sort of privacy! Please!" I put down 2 towels and 2 yukatas on a nearby rock and pulled Mustang up by his arm. "Please come inside while they dress, alright?" I pleaded with him. He could barely take his eyes off the young boy, and the Edward who seemed a little different. He stood, huffing and walked inside. I looked to Ed and Al, blushing, I bowed. "I'm..sorry.." I turned and went back inside, shutting the door behind me. Roy was sitting on the pillow at the table, waiting patiently. I went to sit when came another knock. I groaned and went to the door, and wheeled in our meals. I thanked the servant and brought the cart in. "Where's Alphonse..?" He looked around the room, but didn't find the large armor, which wasn't usually hard to spot. I sat down on the pillow and yawned. I figured I'd leave the explaining to Ed and Al.. if so they chose to tell him. |
Al blinked and stared at the Colonel.
He doesn't recognize me? He thought. Edward only pushed past his grip and growled. "None of your business." He growled as Shiba drug him back inside and then flopped back. "ugh...my head.." "Serves you right, going off like that, you should let yourself be taken care of now, you're sick." He lay his hand on Edward's forhead and then nodded. "Well, at least you're not as hot as you used to be...come on...I suppose we'll have to explain things sooner or later." Both Elrics stepped out of the Spring and wrapped tightly in the warm yukatas after drying off. Edward lay his towel over his head and Al draped his over his shoulders, then...they steeled themselves for the storm that waited inside. |
We were having a glaring match as the boys interrupted our gaze.
"Oh, Edward, Please, get into bed now!" I jumped up and took him by the arm. "Let Al explain it all, or the Colonel can come to your side.. you really need to rest.." I sent a glare to the colonel, he only shrugged and blinked, looking to Alphonse. "Who are you?" He said sternly, standing up, practically nose-to-nose with Alphonse. I helped Edward toward my futon, behind the curtain; it was dimmer on that side, hopefully the blocking light would help his aching head. "You need to take it easy.. i ordered some soup for you.. sit down and dry off your hair and I'll bring your soup and brush your hair for you.." I ran my finger down his nose softly and walked back towards the cart, past Al and Roy. "I'll let you know when to go back." I said sternly to Roy. He glared at me. "No woman tells me what to do.." She began to walk. I huffed and yanked his ear, his body went limp and fell to the floor. "What did I just say?!" He nodded and sat up, awaiting for me to tell him otherwise. I averted my stare to Al. "How was he in the water? He looks a little better than before, he's not as pale.." I picked up the hot bowl of soup and a pair of chopsticks. |
Edward blinked and stared at Shiba. She could really be scary when she wanted to be.
"Umm....s-sure...why not.." He sent Alphonse a apologetic look and his brother simply waved him on, understanding. He turned back to meet the Colonel's dark gaze. "I'll explain later, Colonel." He smiled and took a seat watching as Shiba helped Edward to the other side of the divider. "Uhh...th-thanks...Shiba..." He blinked and sniffed as she flicked his nose. He sat back onto the futon and rubbed the towel over his head repeatedly trying to dry his hair. He wasn't about to argue...he'd had about all he could stand of the Colonel, but he couldn't stifle his laughter as Shiba drug Mustang onto the floor. "He was alright, I think he just needed to warm up a little." |
Roy raised his eyebrows.
"Your voice.. Alphonse?" He glared deeper into his eyes, adjusting his sitting position onto a pillow across from Al. "H-how..?" I smiled at Al, making my way back towards the futon. "I'm glad.." I went behind the futon and slid the divider a bit, to give us some privacy. I sat on my knees beside him and looked into his face. "Here's some soup... eat up, and I'll take care of your hair.." I shifted to face my bag sitting on the floor beside the bed and pulled out my brush. After pulling out the hair of mine stick in the teeth, I moved behind Ed and roughly dried his hair with the towel, taking the hair band from his braid and putting it around my wrist. "What were you thinking, going for a dip in the creek Edward..?" I said softly, placing the towel on the floor, I began to brush his hair gently as he ate his soup. I ran my fingers thought its silky texture and brushed on. "You need to look before you leap, and think about your actions before you do them, or you'll get sick or hurt." I sighed deeply, and continued to run the brush though his hair.[/i] |
Alphonse laughed nervously.
"It's...kind of hard to explain.." Mustang was starting to creep him out. "But let's just say it was a miracle." Edward sighed heavily and set the chopsticks aside, and opted instead for dowing the contents like he would a drink. He sniffed and thanked her. "It's like I was telling Al...I went to clear my head...but all it did was make me cold." He chuckled and closed his eyes. "Don't need to tell me twice...I'm already sick.." As Shiba combed out his hair, he fell to nodding, back and forth, trying to keep awake, but he was failing miserably. Before she was even halfway through, he'd set his bowl aside and was dozing sitting up. |
Mustang quirked an eyebrow and leaned back on his hands and ran his gloved right hand though his hair.
"I guess you boys got your wish..." He let out a long sigh and closed his eyes. He wanted to know.. how? I ran my fingers from the from of his neck to the back and tied his hair into a low ponytail and laid him back gently onto the pillow. "Please.. don't do that anymore.. especially at night... All we do is worry about you.." I said softly. I brushed the stray hair from his face and shimmeyed my way around him and covered him up, tucking him in. Giving the resting face one last look, I sighed deeply and touched his hand. "Sleep well, Edward." I pucked up his bowl and towel and came back around the divider to the main room, where I was met by two curious faces. "What?! He's asleep now, so leave him alone, he feels horrible." I put the empty bowl and chopsticks onto the cart and pulled down my plate and Als, handing him his plate and drink. I threw the towel into a nearby hamper. "Excuse us while we eat, Colonel. We havn't had a decent meal in a few days..and if you wouldn't mind leaving soon, we didn't get much sleep last night either and we're all exhausted." I sat down beside Alphonse on the floor, beside his pillow and began to eat, and sipped my wine cooler. "Well... I guess you figured it out, huh Colonel?" I said to him, slurping up a noodle. He smiled. "I'm glad the boys are alright, but what about you?" I gave him a look. "What do you mean 'what about me?'" He smiled and took a roll off my plate and bit into it. "You know the boys have lives, and youre not a part of it." I shrugged and continued eating. "I'm well aware of that Roy, I dont need to be reminded.. but if you knew that, why give us a honey moon suite in this hot spring resort??" He shrugged, smiling, and finished the roll. "I wanted to see how much these two grew up.. I guess they didn't." he said causally. |
Alphonse chuckled and scratched the back of his head.
"Yeah..I guess we did." Alphonse smiled and thanked Shiba before immersing himself in his food, it seemed like forever since he'd eaten. He stopped and almost choked, not really wanting to tell the Colonel how they'd gotten their bodies back, he turned to Shiba and shook his head. "He did't figure it all out...not yet at any rate, but I'm not going to be the one to spoil the surprise." He coughed and took a drink. He stopped altogether then, and turned snapping blue eyes towards the Colonel. "We're not like you Colonel!" He growled uncharateristicly. "And it's not fair to any of us to insinuate so!" He sat stiffly and stared hard across the table. "But surely making comments like that isn't why you came...what is it that you wanted?" |
I looked to Alponse, who seemed to be digging his won grave.
"Don't bother, hes as stubborn as a mule, just like your brother." i glared at him, he simply smiled in response. "So.." He cracked his knuckles. "I guess I'll have to go and look for Scar since Edward is sick... I guess I'll be stopping by again soon then. Enjoy your stay, and Shiba.." I looked up at him. "Take good care of these two while I'm not around." I nodded. He grinned. "I mean it, make them into men!" I growled and threw a dish at the shutting door as he flew out. I blushed. "MAN! its like he wants me to sleep with the both of you... jeeze..." I sighed and finished my wine and my food and looked over to Alphonse. "He's such a jerk, I don't know how the two of you put up with him..." I sighed and looked around the room, there was only on futon. "Uhm, this may seem outta line, but do you want to share the futon with me? I planed on the two of you sharing one, but Ed is sick and we don't need you getting sick too. I promise I wont try anything.." I blushed and looked to the floor. "This will be your first time sleeping..huh? I'd like you to sleep well, not on the hard floor..." I sighed and looked up into his eyes. "I wouldn't mind staying up beside Edward to watch over him tonight.. so maybe Ill just do that." i sent him a warm, reassuring smile. |
Alphonse blinked, and cocked his head. Scar? What was he doing back here? Alphonse thought that after the whole incident with Kiri...he would have left and moved onto another area....but then again..with the Colonel here...it wouldn't be any surprise that he would show up..blast it all...he thought there'd been enough killing.
"Why can't we all just get along?" He muttered setting his dishes aside for the moment. It calmed down a lot after the Colonel left and Alphonse turned to Shiba. "Yeah...sorry about that...I don't think he can help it though. He and Ed are so alike it's scary." He turned a light pink and shook his haands in front of his face. "No no, I couldn't allow you to stay up! I'm alright, you go ahead and take the futon, if I get sleepy, I'll just lay at the end, by Ed's feet." He turned away and muffled a yawn with the back of his hand and then smiled. "Which may be sooner than I thought." |
I shook my head.
"I don't know why we can't all get along.. the world is filled with nothing but death and hatred, it scares me." I glanced over at him and shook my head. "Alphonse, I won't allow you to do that. As your elder, I demand you to sleep in my futon! Ill sit by Edward, and watch over him. I promise if I get tired, ill snuggle up with you, or Edward. I don't think he'd mind. Besides, i tend to sleep in a ball anyway..." I caught his yawn and yawned too, gathering our clear plates and cups and threw them into the basin on the bottom of the cart. I stood and wheeled it out into the hallway, where the servants would gather it later. I came back in and picked up a pillow and brought it to the side of Ed's futon. I walked back over to Al and ran my hand over his head. "Get some sleep sweety... you deserve a good night sleep. Dont worry about your brother, I'll take good care of him." I smiled and made my way towards the futon where he slept. |
He jerked upright and folded his hands in his lap.
"Y-Yes ma'am!" He didn't like the fact that Shiba was going to stay up later than either he or Edward, she was just as tired if not more so than they, but when she took that tone, he didn't see the point in arguing. He squinted one eye as she scratched his head and nodded standing. "Just be sure that you rest too...if you spend too much time taking care of us, who's gonna take care of you?" He moved over to the futon and settled in, it was totally different from the armor that he'd been in that it was only a matter of minutes before he was out like a light. ((Goommmeeennn!!! I was having to work, but at least now my cards are mounted XDD)) |
I smiled at him as I took my seat beside Edward.
"Dont worry about me, Im tough as nails." I watched him as he slipped into the futon and finally fell asleep. I then focused my gaze to Edward and placed a wet rag I had took from the cart onto his forehead. It was cold; hopefully it'd bring down his fever. I sat indian style on the pillow because Ed's head and rested my head on my hand. "Oh what am I gonna do with you..." I sighed deeply and closed my eyes softly. After about 10 minutes, I curled into a ball and fell into a light sleep on the pillow, my face beside Ed's. [thats okay i wasnt on anyway, i had to do my plaster project..] |
((X3 seems like we're both busy today huh?))
The sunrise creeped its way across the stone area in the back of the trio's room and sought out each of their faces, hoping to drag them out of whatever sleep they'd thought to enjoy. Alphonse merely groaned and turned over, taking the cover that he'd tucked around himself, with him. Edward tried to do the same, feeling only slightly better from the night before, only to roll over and wonder what he found next to him. He blinked....blinked...and blinked again. Shiba? He thought studying her face. For all her orders last night, she looked surprisingly calm this morning. He smiled and only closed his eyes again, listening to her breathe. |
[Ungodly busy... the final projects are creeping up on me slowly.... i only have one more class to do my project... so I have a feeling ill havta pull some all nighters...]
The sun hit my face and I slowly opened my right eye, to find Ed beside me, still asleep. I sat up and looked around; it was suprizingly early. I placed my hand gently on his forehead to see if his fever went down. I sighed and put the rag over his head as it had fallen off, it was still wet, and then I laid back down and closed my eyes softly. I took a deep sigh and tucked my hands under my breast to keep warm. |
((Ewww...that doesn't sound fun...not at all.))
Edward shivered in the light doze he'd fallen back into, as Shiba brushed his forhead, and then cracked an eye. "Shiba?" He murmured. "Are you cold?" He sat up to look around the room for an extra blanket, finding none, he moved to his knees and offered her his. "Here." He said quietly. "I doubt you could unwrap Al, and I'm already feeling much better...besides...it's already warm." |
[yeah art school is tough >.> Were]
I looked over at him and sat up. "No thanks.. I'm fine..." I about faced, my back facing him. "You should stay in bed and rest... last I felt your forehead, you still had a fever.." I sounded a bit cold, I sat indian style and folded my arms. I was cold, but I didn't want to tell him that.. he'd only do what I wanted him to, and in a way.. it was the last thing I wanted. "Lay back down and take it easy, or Roy will come back and make you work." |
((I know what you mean, I'm afraid that I'm going to have to pull at least one to get my history poster done XP))
He shrugged and wrapped it about his shoulders. "If I wasn't afraid you'd catch whatever I've got...I'd invite you under here too." He grinned offhandedly and sneezed. "Sorry." He poked his lower lip out and to one side, huffing a puff of air that ruffled his bangs. "Feh, did the Colonel say what he wanted after I passed out last night, or did he just come to make an ass out of himself like he usually does?" |
[rawr... damn school...and i have a cat sculpture i have to do and i know ill be in the studio for that one... and i still havta paint my elvis pigs.. i spent more time on the shelf than making the pigs... hey, are u gonna keep me company for a while tonight??]
I looked over my shoulder at him, sending him a cold glare. "I'd havta refuse that too, I suppose... and bless you." I stood and stretched my arms up and looked away from him to an empty part of the room. "He wants you to look for Scar.. he said hes in town someplace. I told him you were sick and to come back another time... so get better. He needs you." I sighed deeply, keeping my back faced to him. "Are you hungry? I can go and get us some food... is there anything I can get for you, or do for you?" I said quietly. I was still so tired, it was only about 7 am... but he looked as awake as ever. I glanced over at Al who was happily snuggled under his blankets. |
((Aw, you still have a lot to do don't you? XDD You bet, you can still text me for a while after I get off too.))
Edward kind of blanced at her glare and then snorted again. "He's always wanting me to do something....I swear if he could get blood he would." Edward flopped over onto his side and jerked the blanket up to his chin, hiding half his face. "You can shoot me.." He grumbled still thinking about the Colonel. He sighed and then looked back at her. "No...there's nothing I would ask of you...not after we've caused you so much trouble...Shiba..I'm sorry...I've screwed up so much..it's a wonder you didn't leave me in the streets." |
[I do, but the time at night I better spent with you. After you get offline, ill have a power point presentation to whip up, so Im hoping you'll stay or for a while...]
I sighed deeply and looked down at the floor. "Hes only doing his job...hes the Colonel... its his job to get his lap dogs to do the fetching while he sits and waits...and I could never 'shoot you..'" I turned around and looked at the back of his head, and studied his braid. "Edward... I'm not as heartless as you think.. youre a guy, and guys are just.. stupid. I pity most of them, including you. Without me and Alphonse, you'd be dead." I said this in a very low tone and I headed for the door. "I'll be in the spring if you need me, just yell." I walked out, slamming the sliding door behind me. I looked up at the blue sky and merely sighed, I didnt feel like bathing, it would only remind me of Kiri and the fact that id be alone. I just sat down, my back leaning against the sliding door and I stared blankly as the clouds rolled by. "What am I doing here?" I muttered to myself. |
((Saa~ in that case I'll stay at least until 11 OKay? good luck on that Power Point))
"Dogs huh...." He flinched as the door slammed and then sighed heavily. "She's right you know." "About what?" Blast Alphonse..he'd been awake the whole time. "About you being dead...I could have never gotten you here by myself." "Who's side are you on anyway traitor?" Alphonse chuckled and threw off the cover. "The side that's going to fix Shiba some breakfast before she gets back in." Edward stared a moment, then nodded. "That's not a bad idea." |
[you dont have to.. its alright. Im just.. worried. Thats all. When you go on your winter break and such... I have a feeling I wont see you for a while on here, so I'm savoring every night I have to rp with you..]
I sighed and stood, pulling off my clothing, throwing them to the side in a pile and jumped into the water. It was there, why just stare at it? I dunked my head under and swam to the farthest side of the spring, in a shady spot and leaned my arms on a rock and rested my chin on them. I closed my eyes softly. "I should leave soon.." I said to noone and I watched as a dead cicada was carried off by hundreds of ants. I sighed deeply and watched them with disgust, but interest as they walked on.. such a large mass... could be carried by so many small ones. "Kiri.. what should i do..? I did my part... and I know I should honor your wishes... but its wrong. I.. wish you were here..." My eyes teared up and I plunked my head under the water. |
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