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"Edward Elric! Look at me right now!" Ed stubbornly turned his back on Winry. She rolled her eyes. He knew what was coming, and he didn't want to face it.

"I don't have to do anything!" He pulled the white sheet over his head, which slightly unnerved Winry, since they were in a hospital. She took it off and he put his hands over his head, as if awaiting a slap.

"You shouldn't have left! I told you to just stay, and see what happened!" He turned to face her and his golden eyes met her blue ones. Ed had been out on his military duties again, but this time, he was hurt. Some lunatic shot him and now he ended up in the hospital once again.

"It's my duty, Winry. I have to do what the military tells me too, or else I can't find out anything about the stone and get Al's body back. This is just one more thing I have to deal with, but it'll be worth it. You'll see." After that he broke the gaze and turned back around on the cot. Within moments he was asleep.

Ed. I just worry about you.

Winry left the blank hospital room outside to wait with Al. He was sitting there, in his normal, solemn thinking mode.

"It's because of me, isn't it Winry?" She turned to him. He was still staring at the ground with his beady red eyes.

"What do you mean, Al?" He stood up trying not to face her. She knew the little Al that she had remembered was hurt and scared right now, but she couldn't do anything to comfort him.

"It's my fault...that Ed's in the hospital again. I just know it. He doesn't need to get my body back if it means I have to lose him! I can live like this, knowing I'm the reason Ed is always hurt." Then he walked away, his metal body creaking as he went. The doctor was slowly walking down the hall, probably ready to tell Winry the news.

She's seen Ed survive so many things; His attempt at bringing back a human, his dangerous encounter with Scar, and even a few pots in the head from Aunt Pinako. But one of these days, he might get so hurt that a hospital can't help him. Finally the doctor reached the uncomfortable chair that Winry was sitting on.

"You're one of Edward's relatives, I presume?" Winry nodded, biting her nails.

"Friend, actually." Ed's only surviving family was his father, who still had never come home to see him in years. Winry couldn't even remember what he looked like.

"Well, Edward has suffered a bit of damage to his abdomen, but he's going to be alright. There will be no long term effects, for it wasn't such a harsh wound. I do however, recommend that he stay at home with supervision in case anything occurs. There will be medicine and it is required he be bandaged again everyday. If any severe bleeding occurs, you must contact the hospital ASAP." Winry nodded. Once again, Ed needed to be supervised like a child.

"When can he come home?" The doctor looked at his clipboard, and smiled before walking off again.

"He can go home tomorrow. Have a nice day." Winry looked in the window of Ed's room, and he was sleeping peacefully like he hadn't before.

Home. We can all be a family again like we used to. Ed will finally be home.

He wouldn't think of it that way. Home would just be another thing he considered his restriction. It would be just another thing holding him back from getting his hands on what he really wanted. Ed always thought that way. Then Winry saw one of the nurses walking her way.

"Ms. Winry, you have a phone call."