60CHAPTER 9
Hello everyone! I'm sorry for the late update, things have been very busy and now I just got a new laptop! So I hope you enjoy this chapter!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own FMA in any shape or form…I wish I did though.
It's been one month since the Elrics came back to Resembool. Everything was going along well. Maggie was enrolled into a local school and got used to living with Winry and in another world. Al started spending time with Nelly but still lived with his family. Edward went back to his job in the military and Winry was still an automail mechanic. But lately, Ed was acting strange around the blonde mechanic and she wondered why.
11:00 p.m. Friday
Edward was fumbling around with his house keys. He really had to go to the bathroom. "Stupid keys…" he said as he finally got the right one and stuck it in the little keyhole.
He quietly opened the door and stepped in. He shut it and walked through the house. He went towards the bathroom by the kitchen, but when he got in there he sighed loudly. He spotted a note taped to the mirror on the left side of the toilet. Apparently Maggie somehow broke the toilet…
Ed decided he would ask how she broke it tomorrow and ran upstairs. The only bathroom up there was the one in Winry's room. Obviously, due to the sound of soft snoring, Winry was fast asleep. 'I really don't want to wake her up, but I have to go!' Ed opened the door as quietly as he could.
The floor squeaked as he stepped into her room. It was pretty messy. Automail parts were strewn carelessly on the floor. His attention was brought to Winry's light snoring. 'She's so cute when she sleeps.' Ed thought and went on his way to the bathroom.
He was right about to finish his business when he realized that when he flushed it would most likely make Winry wake up and wonder why the hell he was in her room. He sighed.
Ed went to over to Winry's bed again. He was about to gently wake her up but he noticed the moon light from her window was radiating off her skin in a way that made her look godlike. 'She looks even more beautiful now.' He thought. He really didn't want to disturb her peaceful sleep, but he didn't want to get scolded at for being in her room without out her knowing.
He carefully sat at the edge of the bed and reached his hand out to wake her when she mumbled something inaudible. He raised an eyebrow and moved closer to her face. He only heard his name comprehendible in her sentence. 'Wow, I must be so desperate to think she might have the same feelings I have for her.' He thought he imagined it and sadly sighed.
He finally woke her up. Her eyes fluttered open and she blinked a few times to get used to the darkness. She smiled sleepily up at him. "Hey, welcome home. What are you doing in here?" she asked. Ed saw that her cheeks were slightly pink. 'Wait, was she really dreaming about me? No, probably my imagination again.'
Edward explained his little predicament to Winry. She nodded for him to go to the bathroom and he did so. Apparently she wasn't angry that he snuck in.
He finished quickly and came out. He mumbled a, "good night", and went to leave. "Wait, don't go yet," Winry whispered. Ed turned around uncertainly and walked back over to her. She patted the spot on the bed next to her. He sat down and curiously looked at her.
"Your hair is messed up, you'll have terrible knots in the morning if you don't brush it. Let me fix it," she tugged lightly on his ponytail. He scooted a little closer to make it easier for her to fix it and blushed.
She started braiding his hair. It felt so soft through her fingers. "I haven't had my hair in a braid for a long time," Ed chuckled softly. Winry smiled, "Yeah, I liked it in the braid better." Ed turned around and smirked. She reached her out to ruffle his bangs but he caught her hand.
Winry was confused by his action and raised her eyebrow. A blush started to rise on her cheeks. 'Why am I blushing?' she thought. The alchemist's thumb starts to gently rub the back of her hand. Then his hand starts to move up her arm to her elbow, which made her blush furiously. 'What is he doing?'
Ed wasn't sure about what he was about to do, but in one bold move he embraced Winry. The mechanic at first thought it was just a friendly act, but she realized Edward was never this intimate with her and something must be going on. She hugs him back, considering that he hasn't moved for a while and it doesn't seem like he would soon.
She heard him inhale and then he began to whisper, " I don't know what, I mean…this is very awkward for me and I don't know what I'm doing. I only know that it feels right." Winry wasn't really sure where he was going with this but kept listening intently to him.
"It feels good to be here with you again, to see all my old friends, the people I grew up with. In those years when I was living in that other world, I was so desperate to get back here, to you." Winry felt tears well up in her eyes. He never shared things like this with her, so she cherished this moment where he opened up to her.
"I missed seeing everyone, knowing that this was a place where I really belonged and where people cared if I lived or died." Winry gasped and replied to him. "We worried about you to, Ed. We wondered where you were and if we would ever see you again."
"I realized that I had wasted my whole life. That I had never told anyone how I really felt. That I might have wasted everything that was important to me. I knew there was the strong possibility that I would never get home to Resembool...home to you. That I would never get to hold you or protect you or take care of you."
Winry tightened her hold on him. "Edward," she whispered into his ear. She wasn't sure where he was leading this, still, but knew it was important to him.
"I am positive now that this is where I want to be. I want to hold you, I want to love and take care of you. I want to stay with you for the rest of my life." Edward stated.
"Because... I love you more than anything, and God forbid, even though I don't believe in God, that something happened tomorrow, I want you to know that…I'm not wasting any more time. I won't give up on life, love, or anything just because I'm afraid of what might happen. I won't let anything take you from me, I will die first."
"But Ed... If you died, how could we get married?" Winry asked, pulling away and looking him in the eye. Ed cracked a smile. "So you will?" he asked. "Yes, Ed. I've waited years for it."
Out in the hallway Maggie and Al wiped their eyes. "That was so cute!" Maggie whispered. "Come on, we should go back to our rooms before they figure out we were here the whole time," Al whispered and picked Maggie up. Maggie nodded and stifled a yawn.
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