Prologue

It was a clear night in Risembool. A full moon hung in the sky flooding the countryside with a silver light. Illuminating the tears running down Winry's face and off her chin.

"Why do you have to go?" She asked the man in front of her.

"I still need to get Al's body back no matter what the price." Edward responded. "There is a chance I won't return."

Winry wrapped her arms around his back and laid her head on his chest. She hugged him tightly taking in his scent. This might be the last time she ever has a chance to let him know exactly how much she cared about him.

Running her hands down his arms she grips both of his hands and brings his flesh hand to her mouth and kisses it. She then does the same to its metal twin. He had long ago accepted his metal limbs as part of himself. Winry took pleaser in the idea that a part of her was alwasy with him. That no matter where he was she was right beside him.

He shuddered at her touch. His breathing became irregular and strained. The feeling of her lips against his flesh was causing him to think of things that were better left unsaid and undone.

"W-Winry" he stuttered, "You have to stop. We can't do this"

"Why not Ed." She was still caressing his hands.

"I don't want to hurt you anymore then I already will. If we continue..." He was interrupted as Winry pulled his head to hers and covered his lips we her own.

"I don't care. If tonight is the only time I will have you then so be it. I would rather spend one night with you and carry it in my memory then to never have you at all."

Edward looked at the girl, no, the woman in front of him. Over the years their friendship deepened into something more intimate. To anyone else they merely acted as mechanic and client. To those who knew them it was obvious the feelings between the young adults.

Edward took a deep breath, "Then you have to promise me something."

"And what is that?"

"Promise that you will not wait for me. Promise you will not wast your life dreaming about what may never happen. I told you there is a very real possibility I may not return and it is the very real truth."

Winry looked at him, "I can't promise you that I won't wait, but I can promise you that I will live my life and not spend my days regretting what happens tonight."

The look in her eyes told Ed that it was the plain and honest truth. He kissed her hard, feeding her every emotion her possibly could. This would be their only night together, the only time they would be able to express their feelings physically.

Their love making on the river bank lasted for hours. Witnessed only by the full moon in the sky and the nocturnal wildlife of the fields.