It has been two weeks now.

Two weeks since that day in the alley. Two weeks since Edward had tried to break things off with weeks since Roy had saved him by beating Ed's now ex-boyfriend within an inch of his life.

Two weeks since Edward saved the boy he loved from doing something that would've sent him past that point of no return.

It has been a week, one whole week now, since Envy was officially pushed out of the picture. A week since Ed had finally told his mother, his brother, and his friends everything that has happened. Finally explained why it was he has been so emotionally detached from them for so long. A whole seven days since he had, at long last, truly been part of the group again. It has also been a week since he started dating his best friend, Roy Mustang. A week since the day he realized that he, Edward Elric, was physically, mentally, emotionally, and in every other way free of Envy.

Forever.

Envy lived.

Soon after the event in the alleyway, the two boys took Envy to the hospital. After being inspected themselves, Ed and Roy were told that the green-haired teen would, indeed survive, and that his wounds merely looked worse than they actually were (much to Roy's resentment). Though, of course, it was apparent that some damage had been done. After that Envy just seemed to disappear. Exiting this tale, and his part to play in Edward Elric's life, perpetually.

The day Edward found all this out was the same day Roy Mustang became his boyfriend. It happened in the very place this story began. Inside Edward Elric's bedroom, on his bed with it's red sheets, blanket. and pillow covering. His mother was downstairs in the kitchen making dinner, which Roy was staying for, and Alphonse was hanging out at Winry's.

"It's over then," was Ed's response to Roy's news about his previous tormentor, "It's all finally done?"

Not too sure how to answer, Roy simply sat in his cross-legged position on Ed's bed quietly.

"Only if you are ready for it to be," came his reply startling Edward as well as himself.

" You have forgiven him, a long time ago," Roy continued, "Don't bother denying it. I know you too well. The second you saw him laying on the ground, being beaten as he used to beat you, you forgave him instantly. I know that's why you stopped me, Ed. I also know that, despite forgiving Envy...you haven't forgiven yourself yet."

Edward's already wide, golden eyes got even wider at that last statement.

"H-how, how did you-"

"I already told you. I know you too well Ed," Roy interrupted. "Envy never thought twice about hurting you, or anyone else for that matter. Never, even in the end, did he feel sorry for having the power over you that he knew he did. Yet you still forgave him for it. I didn't feel an ounce of guilt for pounding his face into the dust like I did. I felt...still feel like he deserved it and so much more. I most likely would've done permanent damage had I gone on much longer. I was fully aware of this and still I kept punching. You knew, even then, that I wasn't sorry about what I was doing, and still you forgave me. Then you stopped me. But still, after all this time, you can't forgive yourself. You, the one person who has done no wrong, can't forgive yourself."

"Yeah," came Edward's suddenly calm reply, "what's your point?"

"I want to know why, Ed."

The blond was silent after that. Looking at the ceiling of his room, as he had

done so many times before, while he lay on his bed considering what his friend had said. Then, he sat up and looked Roy strait in the eye. Gold clashed with ebony looking for a lie, flaw, or uncertainty in the teen's eyes. After a few moments Edward said, "You really wanna know?" Not waiting for an answer to his rhetorical question, Edward quickly looked away once more.

"I could've prevented this," he said, "I could've stopped all of this from happening if had just done what a sane person would have done and broke things off the second things started going bad." Edward paused as he shifted himself into a loose-fitting fetal position, resting his head on his arms. "But instead I let it get too far. I allowed Envy to continue beating the crap out of me and treat me like some broken possession of his. I had even deluded myself into thinking I was happy. Now look what happened. I got you involved and you ended up getting hurt too. All because I was afraid. Afraid of being abandoned and alone."

By the end of Edwards confession, a few tears had begun to cascade down the boys face. Yet the boy's voice had somehow managed to stay clear and strong.

Something that must've come from lots of practice.

Without another thought, Roy took the, now surprised, crying teen into his arms for yet another gentle embrace.

Feeling the older teen's hand making comforting circles on his back, and the other hand lovingly petting his long, golden hair sent Edward over the edge. Tightly gripping Roy's shirt into his fists, he buried his face into the boy's chest and let go. Letting loose the tears he had held in since the attack in the alleyway and so much longer before that. Roy just held him close, not noticing or caring for the salty tears he felt seeping through his shirt.

Finally, after countless minutes of nothing but Edwards sobs filling up the room, he finally quieted down. Roy, then, gently lifted the blonde's head to face him. Ed's golden orbs were rimmed with red, Roy noted. Silently, the ebony haired teen began to wipe away the stray tears still slipping down Ed's cheeks and eventually resting his forehead on Edward's.

"You'll never be alone Ed," Roy said breaking the silence, "You've got your mother, who loves you very much. You have Alphonse who looks up to you and probably loves you even more than that. Then you have Winry, Ling, Riza, Maes, everybody, despite how much time has passed they still care about you too." Finishing that statement, Roy pulled back a bit so he could properly face Edward. "And you have me," Roy carried on, "we aren't going anywhere, Ed. We all care way too much about you to leave you now. We'll, I, will always be by your side from now on...if you''ll have me."

Left speechless by Roy's words, Ed responded the only way he knew how to in the given situation. All but jumping on him, Ed threw his arms over Roy's shoulders and connected their lips together.

Roy got over his shock quickly, wrapped his arms around Ed's waist and happily returned the kiss.

After a seemingly endless moments of bliss, the two boys realised they needed air, and begrudgingly pulled away from each other.

"So," Roy said breaking the silence once again, causing Ed to look up at him, "could I take that as a yes?"

Giggling had Ed answered, "Yep, you're mine now you emotionally bankrupt bastard with a god complex."

Laughing joyfully, the two teenagers connected their lips once more.

And now, a week later, the two of them lay on Edward's bed side by side. The full moon shining on them through the window Ed had talked to Roy through the night he had told Roy his fast asleep, arms enfolding his little blonde boyfriend. As Ed watched his lover's calm, sleeping face tinted blue by the mixture of shadows and moonlight he couldn't help but smile.

This is it, he found himself thinking, this is how it's supposed to be.

With that thought he snuggled closer to Roy's chest and fell asleep, the older teen's arm unconsciously holding him slightly tighter than before.

A/N: FINALLY IT'S DONE! My god that took forever (I really am sorry about that you guys X/ ) but I've finally finished it! So, about that poll I put up, the results showed that more people wanted to see a Tangled FMA fic with the Roy/Ed pairing in it. I have actually been into Supernatural and Hetalia lately, and plot bunnies have just multiplied in my head so I won't be able to do any Roy/Ed fics until they settle down a bit, but that fic will surely be done...eventually. I'm, again, soooo sorry for the waits guys. I will really work on that for future stories.

I actually need some advice from any who are willing to answer in a review; I may end up rewriting the story at some point in the future. No major changes or anything just grammar and such. What do you guys think?

So, to put an end to this obnoxiously long author's note: Thank You so much to any and all who have stayed with me through the beginning. This was my first multi-chap fic, and I'm so grateful for your guys' feedback :3 So thank you and goodbye until my next story X3