Prompt 15: Things you said with too many miles between us

Edward is on a trip to someplace far away, and gives Winry a phone call.

"Come on, say it!"

Edward bit his lip, looking over his shoulder at the small dining room he was standing in as Winry's voice took on a pleading aura.

"Winry…I'm kinda in public…" he murmured back into the phone, his cheeks warming as he rubbed his forehead for what felt like the seventieth time. he heard Winry give a scoff from the other end of the line.

"What do you mean, 'In public'?"

"I'm in a diner, Winry. There's like a million people here."

Winry gave another scoff. "Oh come on, Edward! I can't believe I finally get to talk to you, and now you won't even say 'I love you' back!" Edward could imagine the frustrated look on her face now. Eyebrows likely scrunched low over her shimmering blue eyes, her fingers idly fiddling with the phone line as she clutched the phone tightly.

Edward sighed. "Okay…fine…" he took a breath, glancing back at the other patrons of the dining room before focusing his attention back on the wall where the phone was attached.

"I love you." He muttered, biting his lip.

"What? I could barely hear youuuu!" Came Winry's response, her smirk practically in neon from the tone of her voice. "Come on, Ed! Say it louder! You know how long distance is!"

Edward shook his head. "I said I love you!" He answered, his voice raising in volume a little more.

"Can't hear you!" Winry singsonged in reply.

"I SAID I LOVE YOU!" Edward finally shouted back, awkwardly shifting on his feet and smiling in spite of himself.

"Oh I love you too, Ed!" Winry beamed back, and Edward shook his head, now starting to smile in spite of his embarrassment.

"Of course you do," He replied, smiling broadly. He opened his mouth to speak, but a loud bang shot out from Winry's end, cutting him off, and he could hear Winry start shouting to someone on her end.

"Winry? What happened?" Edward asked, leaning forward and tensing up in concern.

"Oh, it's nothing! Nina and Hohenheim were playing in the kitchen and they knocked something over. I gotta go round them up," he could hear her blow him a kiss from the other end. "Gotta go now, love you!" And with that, she hung up the phone, leaving Edward with a grin on his face.

"Love you too, Winry," he said to himself. "Love you to."