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Denial
Part 1 of 2
By Mint Pizza Queen

"I'm not gay," Ed stated bluntly.

Winry raised an eyebrow as she ran her thumb along the smooth surface of her favorite wrench. She didn't say anything for a moment, and Ed took this as a 'thinking mode' for the girl. And sure enough, it was, and she decided to speak her mind.

"Sure you're not." She placed the wrench onto the stool and stood from the bench. "Sure, I don't see you drooling at a certain male. I also don't see your pants get into a bunch everytime you're near that same male, and I--"

"I. Am. Not. GAY." Ed growled.

Winry turned to him and the corners of her lips tugged up into a malicious smile. "Sure, you're not."

"I'm not." Ed crossed his arms.

The girl sighed. "First stage is always denial."

"WHAT?"

With a smooth wave of a hand, she nonchalantly began, "Oh nothing, nothing. If you're not gay, it's nothing to worry about." She turned so her back was to him again and she smirked.

"What did you say?" He stomped towards her only to meet up face to face with a wrench almost touching his nose.

"ADMIT IT, ELRIC. YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH MUSTANG!" Her eyes flared angrily.

Ed 'eeped' and attempted to back away, only, the wrench followed him all the way to the wall on the other side of the room. "Uh, well--"

"ADMIT IT."

"Alright!" Edward threw his hands up in the air and closed his eyes. "I love Mustang!"

He awaited the sting of a wrench connecting with his nose, and the sound of bones cracking and brains being beat into mush. Instead, he heard a giggle. Opening one eye, he peeked out and saw Winry smiling.

"Now see, was that so hard?" She giggled again. "So, have you told anyone?"

"No one, except for you." He lowered his arms as the wrench was shoved casually into the back pocket of her pants.

"You should tell him."

Ed vigorously shook his head. "No, he would make fun of me for it, and I would never hear the end of it at the office--"

"If you don't, I'll tell Maes Hughes who can tell everyone, and drag you into the office while he is telling your crush." The evil glint returned to her eyes.

Ed's eyes widened considerably. "You wouldn't--"

Winry turned and bared her teeth into fangs. "I would."

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"Hey, Roy!" Hughes walked in and slammed the door behind him. Roy looked up startled at the slam and was even more startled when he saw that Hughes was dragging something behind him.

Seeing Roy eye the object, Hughes picked it up and swung it around and dropped it onto the desk. An 'mmph' came from the sack, and Roy raised an eyebrow. He poked the bag, which seemed to squirm.

"What's in the sack?"

Hughes grinned as he crossed his arms and rested them on the sack. There was an angry growl from the bag and part of it jutted out, as if the occupants kicked.

"Well, that's what I came here to talk to you about…"

To be continued...