Love and Chains (Eventual RoyEd)

Chained Burns

Five weeks have flown by.
It seemed that within the week after Roy had threatened Edward, the blonde child grew even more afraid of his owner. Whenever Roy spoke to him, he'd look to the ground, and reply.

This made the raven haired man frown, and for some reason, he'd want to fix the problem that caused the icy distance between the two.
It was a peaceful night, Roy had been sitting on the couch, reading a book, while Edward had been dusting.

Roy had a fire going, and Ed dusted near the fire place, trying  to gather some sort of heat. Roy flipped a few pages of his book, his eyes switching between the boy and the words on the page. As Ed was dusting, a piece of firewood had poked him in the leg, and the blonde stifled a yelp of pain.

His ears flattened against his head, and he decided to move the wood away. He had to be careful about this however. The red and orange flames danced around on the log, and barely left any wood exposed for Ed to grip. So, carefully, the boy gripped the wood, and tried to push it back into the fiery pit of wood.

The flames, seemed to have a mind of their own, danced upon the momentarily exposed log, and when they were close enough, they burned Edward's hand, making the blonde cry out in pain. Upon hearing this, Roy hurriedly set his book down, and rushed to Ed's side. "What the hell did you do?!" Roy exclaimed, as Ed held his now burning hand close to his chest.

"M-My ha-hand.....!" He cried quietly. Tears leaked out of Ed's eyes, and Roy seemed to understand what had happened, so he lifted Ed, and brought him to the kitchen. He placed the crying boy on a chair, and got some ice cold water from the sink, and gently, took Ed's burned hand, and placed it in the water.

The neko let out a quiet hiss, but flinched as Roy gently pet his golden ears. A few whimpers and purrs left Ed's throat, as the burning became bearable. A ghost of a smile was on Roy's lips when he heard Edwards adorable purr.

"Edward, let me see your hand okay?" Roy asked gently. Ed slowly nodded, and took his hand out of the freezing water. His skin was a deep red, most likely from the flames. Roy inspected it for a while. "I think you have a first degree burn Ed..." he mumbled softly. The blonde let out a whimper in return. Roy slowly, eased his hand back into the cold water.

"You'll have to keep it in there for at least five minutes..." Ed slowly nodded. "Don't worry, your hand will heal within a week or so..." Roy explained. Ed nodded again, and made a face, that Roy found cute.

'What is this...? I have the sudden wish to protect him....' He thought in confusion. However, Ed's thoughts were somewhere else.

"I-I'm s-sorry Ma-Master....I-I've cau-caused you tr-trouble..." The blonde whimpered. Roy shook his head, and pet the boy again.

"It's fine Ed. Accidents happen." This caused Ed to look at his Master, just to see him smiling softly.

'This man....Roy...he's different...maybe, there is such a thing called kindness. Maybe, I've finally found the right person...'

HEY GUYS. SO THIS WAS THE LAST CHAPTER OF THE TIME SKIPS AND ONTO THE ACTUAL STORY! AND IF ANYONES WONDERING. YES. I LOOKED UP STUFF ABOUT FIRST DEGREE BURNS AND YOU CAN GET THEM BY BEING BURNED BY FIRE.