A/N: Debut FMA fanfic! (ha, everything's a debut, I see. Am I debuting excessively here??) The idea of them being women is from edPod, but the story is NOT!!
Overly-Feminine Much??
"Edward, you really need to drink your milk. Did you know that you were shorter than the average 15-year-old girl the last time we checked?" Mustang poked his brand of fun at the presently 17-year-old Edward Elric, who, to his annoyance, stoically ignored him no matter how much damage the comment may have wrought upon his height-sensitive ego.
Edward, who was now of fairly average height, shrugged indifferently. Since undergoing a sudden growth spurt, he had (finally) developed some immunity to the (occasionally lengthy) "short" comments. However, unknown to everybody, he had another tender spot which (apparently) nobody had ever bothered to mention.
Mustang sighed in defeat, but if he had given up so easily earlier, he would never have become a Colonel in the first place. "By the way, why do you even keep a ponytail? It looks girly." He smirked and mentally congratulated himself for thinking of that particular 'flaw'. "Oh, are you a cross-dresser? What about gay?"
Edward's face was, by now, a deep shade of scarlet. "I'm NOT!!" he protested, agitated. Truth be told, he had always been secretly proud of his long golden mane, even to the point of being vain (Ed, vain?!), which is why he had always taken pains to tie or plait it up neatly. He had even tried to punch someone for touching his beloved ponytail without permission once.
Mustang suddenly stood up. "I know!" he exclaimed in 'miraculous enlightenment'. "You are a girl!"
Winry, who had entered without knocking (she usually stayed at home, where there had been no need to do so), heard Mustang's last line. As Edward's friend, she was amused. As a born feminist and Pinako's granddaughter, she was outraged. "What?! A girl? He's too ugly to be a girl! He'd look like a monster when dressed up as one!"
"What?! I would NOT!!" Edward swore under his breath. When had the conversation suddenly taken the turn into this mess? "Besides, you are not qualified to criticize me, automail geek!" he wondered how he had managed to get such horrible words out of his mouth. He cringed, preparing to hear Winry cry.
"WHAT?! So you think that being a girl is easy? Why don't you try it?"
"Why not?! It's an easy life anyway!"
Winry suddenly burst into raucous laughter. "I'll hold you to it, then!" she smirked. "I'll see you later in my room. Don't forget to bring money to pay for my services! You will have to be a female for three solid months, so be prepared!" She paused for a moment. "Also, to sweeten the deal, you get to grow your hair long, since you love it so much!"
Mustang, who had not uttered a single word during this conversation, had in fact contacted the Fuhrer via video, so the Fuhrer had seen and heard everything. Mustang, in doing this, had incited the elderly but fun-loving Fuhrer to issue the order for Edward to pose as a female. He, too, would dearly love to see Ed all dressed up by Winry.
After all, laughter is good for health, is it not?
A/N: No backing out for Edward now! I get the impression that they are being very ooc here... Winry's way of talking kind of sounds like my own when I'm really angry though... except that I don't usually shout, I just smile and talk in a sarcastic way coz' it's what scares my brother most.