Hey, this is my first fic for FMA so hope you enjoy! This is set some where in manga/brotherhood series not the first anime. Just to let you know this story is actually about Den x Black Hayate coz I think they would be cute together, but there is a lot of EdWin in here (since I love that pairing) and possibly some Royal towards the end. Well enjoy!
Plz'n'Thnx Aussie Heroine
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I sighed, stretching out in a patch of morning sun. The heat warmed my black coat and auto mail paw as I dozed on the porch. The countryside was quiet aside from the light summer breeze. I lay there happily for while until I suddenly heard the clanking of metal. Picking my ears, I rose to my paws and sniffed the air, trying to place the new scent that filled the air. The first scent was metallic and harsh but the second was unmistakable. I barked happily towards the house and raced off down the path to greet the scents. Winry yawned as she pushed open the front door.
"What is it Den?" she asked, blue eyes squinting against the sun. She must have seen the two shadowy figures appear, one tall and the other short because she smiled, tightening her grip on her favourite wrench.
"Their back Grandma," she called back into the house, receiving a grunt as reply. Shaking her head, Winry followed me down to where Ed and Al stood. Both of us stood there, studying them. Ed looked taller to me, gaining almost onto Winery's height. Al looked exactly the same as always. I padded up to him, barking a greeting. He turned to me and waved.
"Hi Den!" he said reaching down to pat me. Closing my eyes I panted, enjoying the cool of his metal hand against my head. I still didn't understand why he had lost his scent, but I was use to it by now. Opening my eyes, I cast my gaze over to the other brother. Ed stood looking at Winry, a mixture of happiness and wariness on his face. He smelt of fear as he eyed Winry's hand cautiously.
"Hi Winry!" he squeaked not lifting his gaze from her hand. Winry sighed, shifting her weight from one foot to the other.
"Hi Ed, don't tell me you broke my auto mail again," she said fixing her blue gaze on his limp right arm. Ed rubbed the back of his neck and looked at Alphonse.
"See the thing is, I can't lift it. It was making weird noises earlier as well," he muttered sheepishly. Winry frowned.
"What were you doing when it stopped working?" She grilled, drawing the truth out of him. Ed looked even more awkward.
"I was in a rough fight?" he offered.
"YOU MORON!" Winry screamed throwing her wrench at his head. The wrench hit above his right temple, cutting into the flesh and drawing blood.
"Brother!" Al cried as he pulled Ed to his feet. Blowing a few strand of hair out of her eyes, Winry turned around and waved to the boys.
"Come on, I might as well fix you up then. You're properly in a hurry to run back to central and break it again." There was a sad note to her voice. Ed cringed but fell into step behind her. Whining I walked beside Alphonse, head raised so he could stroke me.
"I don't know how long their going to go on like this. Why can't they just say they like each other already?" Al mused as we walked. I snorted, how was I supposed to understand human mating habits?
Yawning, I lay in my basket and watched as Winry fixed Ed's arm.
"You idiot! How the heck did you manage to get the wires crossed like that?" Winry exclaimed, rubbing her temples. Ed frowned.
"Does it matter?" he growled back. Narrowing her eyes, Winry pulled out her wrench and brained his once again. Chuckling I rested my head on my paws as Ed whined.
"Why do you have to do that Winry?" Winry didn't looked up from her work.
"Because you're a moron who can't take care of his auto mail for more than a week!" she snapped.
"Machine freak," Ed muttered.
"Alchemy freak!" Winry counted.
"Whatever by the way it's been 4 month since I came to see you last, do thing I enjoy being here? " Ed grumbled. Winry froze, dropping her wrench. I immediately pricked my ears up, glaring angrily at Ed. If he made her cry again . . .! Ed's golden eyes flew wide as he realised what he said. Cautiously he tried to catch a glimpse of Winry who continued working silently on his arm. The silence stretched on, becoming awkward as neither one spoke. Raising my head, I shuffled over to get a better look at Winry's face. She seemed mad more than anything and her but there was an evil smirk on her face. Cocking my head to the side I wondered what she was planning. That was until I saw which part of Ed's arming her wrench was moving towards. I'm a dog so I don't know anything about mechanics but I'd seen this move enough times before. Whining, I buried my head under my paws as Ed let out a shout of pain, followed by several words which people aren't suppose to say.
"Why didn't you tell me before you connected the nerves!" Ed snarled, all trances of earlier guilt leaving his face. Winry stood up swiftly ignoring him.
"You're done," was all she said before walking out leaving Ed gaping after her. Padding up to him, I shot him a warning glare.
"Come on Den not you too?" he muttered reaching down to pat me. Snorting I followed after Winry to find dinner.
Several hours later everyone was sitting around the dinner table, eating something that smelt like stew. As usual Ed wolfed it down faster than I could've while Al sat still, talking to Pinako about something. Winry joined in talking to Al but pointedly ignored Ed. Sighing; I padded over to her and rested my head on her knee.
"You want to be fed to you Den?" she asked, meeting my brown eyes. No, well sort of I was hungry but more importantly I wanted her to make up with Ed. Winry got up to get my food, so I walked over to try Ed. Casually I nudged his flesh leg, making sure to get his bare skin with my cold nose. That made him jump and look down at me.
"You've finally stopped ignoring me have you Den?" he asked sounding smug. I rolled my eyes and bent my head over in Winry's direction. It's times like this it would so much easier if I could speak human, or they could speak dog. Fortunately Ed followed my gaze and looked over at Winry.
"What do you mean?" he asked, looking back and forth between her and me. Fortunately Al seemed to understand my point.
"Brother Den's telling you to apologise as well," he hissed, fixing his cold white gaze on Ed. Ed flinched and looked quickly around to see if anyone had heard. He didn't need to worry though because Winry was out fetching my dinner and Pinako had left as soon as she saw where the conversation was heading.
"But I didn't say anything that bad!" Ed hissed back. I growled, earning a scared look from the boy.
"Brother you know what you said was mean, you're just to darn stubborn to admit it!" Al shot back. Ed squirmed uncomfortably at being caught out.
"Fine I was wrong to say that, happy now?" he hissed. Al and I shook our heads.
"Not until you apologise to Winry," Al insisted, sounding just the slightest but smug. Ed stared down his brother but eventually gave up.
"Fine I'll go apologise but only because you two wont leave me alone!" he grunted pointing at Al and me. If Al had a face, I bet he would be smirking right about now, I certainly was. Barking happily, I walked out to find dinner with Ed tailing me, still grumbling. Winry was out on the porch calling for me. The moonlight made her hair look pale and her blue eyes stand out. Ed paused in the doorway catching his breath. I took it as a sign he was finding Winry attractive, though like I said before, I don't understand human mating. Determined to get things moving, I ran out and jumped on Winry, licking her face.
"Alright Den, get down," she laughed, playfully pushing me off. Smiling softly, she pushed the bowl towards me. Licking my lips I reached down and began to eat, glancing up at Ed and pricing my ears towards Winry, hoping he would pick up my meaning. Clearly he did because, clearing his throat, he stumbled out and came to stand beside me. It took Winry a minute to realise he was standing next to her.
"Did you want something Ed?" she asked, an edge to her voice. Ed winced and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Umm yeah, I just wanted to thankyou for fixing me up again," he muttered awkwardly. Winry's face softened slightly but I wasn't satisfied. Looking up, I let a low growl rumble in the back of my throat. Nodding Ed reached down and began to stroke me.
"And I wanted to say sorry for what I said earlier today, I didn't mean it like that." Winry paused and looked up at Ed.
"Did you just apologise to me Ed?" she asked, looking dumbfounded. Ed tensed and looked away.
"Well you weren't going to let it go until I did were you? Besides Al and that dog of yours wouldn't leave me alone until I did!" he grumbled. Winry frowned.
"You're apologising because Den is forcing you?" she questioned, raising an eyebrow. Ed blushed and turned away from her.
"Fine, just forget about it!" he shouted storming off. Winry leapt to her feet and ran after him.
"Ed wait!" she called, reaching out to grab his shoulder. Ed froze, and looked back at her.
"I'm sorry about that, and before when connecting your nerves. I really appreciate it," she murmured, smiling. Once again Ed was lost for words. Winry suddenly pulled away, blushing slightly.
"By the way," she continued a cheeky smile pulling at her lips. "I wasn't actually that upset about what you said, I know you don't have much control over that mouth of your." With that she turned and walked breezily back into the house, leaving Ed staring after her.
"What1" he shouted looking smack down at me.
"You set me up didn't you?" he accused. I blinked innocently, and nudged his leg for him to pat me. Sighing he slumped against the wall and began rubbing my ears.
"I can't trust you or Al can I?" he mused, laughing. "I'd expect that kind of thing from a cat, not you Den." I sat up and snarled at the mention of cat. Ed just chuckled, as leaned back against the wall, closing his eyes.
"You properly don't understand what's going on do you Den? Course you don't, your only a dog." I considered nipping him for that but was enjoying being petted too much to move.
"Believe me when I say this though, I will get Al's body back soon. Then I wont have a reason to upset Winry and make her cry." He opened his eyes and focused his golden gaze ahead.
"I may even be able to avoid her wrenches?" he mused hopefully. Like that was going to happen, but it would be good to have the boys home. It would certainly make Winry a lot happier. We sat like that for while, just Ed thinking as he stroked my head until he fell asleep. I left him for a while, but thought it was late enough and began to prod him with my nose. Ed cracked his eyes open to look at me.
"Thanks Den," he whispered letting out a great yawn as he got up to head inside. Stretching, I followed him, happy with how things had gone. Ed walked into the kitchen to steal what remained of Winry's apple pie as I watched. Suddenly a light from the basement caught my eye. Sniffing, I caught the scent of Winry down there. Curious as to what she was doing this late at night, I padded down the stairs to find out.
"Den?" I heard Ed call, as he followed me down. I fixed my gaze on Winry, who had fallen asleep at her workbench again. Strands of blonde hair fell in her face as she rested her head against an unfinished auto mail arm. Moving closer, I noticed she was shivering, which wasn't a surprise since she was only wearing the black midriff top she worn when working. Ed paused as he came up behind me, studying her for a minute. His face softened as she saw her shivering, though he was blushing slightly.
"Should we wake her?" he asked me, gaze trailing over the girl. I looked between them and shook my head.
"You're right I guess, she properly needs it," he muttered.
"Stay here a minute Den," he commanded, running upstairs to grab something. I sighed and sat down beside Winry. Ed returned a minute later with his red coat in hand. Carefully, he covered Winry with it, taking care to cover her exposed back and shoulders. Winry sighed her sleep, causing Ed to jump back blushing but she didn't wake up. Cautiously he approached her again, smiling slightly at the scene.
"Machine freak, " he whispered affectionately as he gentle moved the auto mail arm out of the way. Winry mumbled something back in her sleep that only made him smile more. Both of them looked really cute together, or so I heard Al say once. Turning around, Ed quietly slipped out of the room and up to the kitchen towards the last piece of pie. I followed him up the stairs coming to rest at his feet. Looking down, he gave me a warning glance.
"No repeating what happened here okay Den? It's just between you and me. If Al knew I'd never here the end of it and besides, I already had to give into you guys earlier," he muttered under his breath.
"Next time though its not going to work got it?" he added, staring at me. I barked, earning another grin for him.
"You go keep her company tonight while I dispose of the rest of this pie," he smirked as I rolled my eyes. As I padded back down the stairs to Winry, I couldn't help hoping they got together soon.
Awe, sorry I'm a sucker for EdWin fluff. Ed was a bit OC here but hopefully not too much. Next lets see what happens to Den when a certain little black dog shows up. Until then reviews are appreciated!
Plz'n'Thnx Luv Aussie Heroine!