Happy Birthday, Winry!

By MeganTheNerd

If I owned FMA I would be too busy swimming in a pool of money to write this fan fiction.

Italics are the voice in the back of Ed's mind.

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Alphonse Elric loved his brother with all his heart. He had the uncanny ability to calm him down when someone called him short. He also knew that his brother was terrible at noticing or understanding feelings.

"I can't believe you didn't get anything for Winry. It's her birthday and you didn't get her anything," Alphonse told his brother.

"Calm down, Al. I'm sure I'll think of something," Edward replied in calm tone, "I'll take her shopping or something."

The Brothers continued down the path towards the familiar yellow house. They walked up the steps and were almost at the door when they heard this conversation:

"How can you call yourself an automail mechanic? This is arm is terrible!" some guy screamed.

"What do you mean "terrible"? I made it just like you ordered!" Winry screamed back.

"I didn't order it to turn out like this!" the guy continued to yell as he ran out of the house.

Winry ran after him. "You still have to pay for it, you ass!"

"Why would I pay for something you fucked up?!?!" the guy asked as he continued to walk away.

"Then give it back if you hate it so much!" She yelled.

"Fine!" he yelled back. In one swift pull he tore his left arm off and threw it at Winry.

At that moment, Ed and Al finally got a good look at the automail and the guy. His arm was painted a bright sparkly pink with purple hearts all over it. Besides that, it seemed like a perfectly normal piece of automail. The guy on the other hand, was about 7'5" and was very muscular. He also had the basic "tough guy" appearance.

Edward ran in front of Winry and caught the mass of pink metal before it hit his favorite mechanic.

Alphonse stepped in front both of them and confronted the man. "Sir, watch exactly did you ask Winry to do to your arm?"

"I told her to make it reflect my inner self," he said.

"And what is your inner self like?" Al asked.

"Well… I….uh…." the man stuttered, "I like romance novels," he said in a small voice.

Edward had been trying to not laugh since he looked at the automail he had caught, but the last comment was the push over the edge. He started rolling on the ground laughing.

"Brother… " Alphonse said as he shook his head, "Well, what's wrong with the arm then? Romance and hearts go together, right?"

"Well, I was thinking something more manly. Like a rose or something, not purple hearts."

"Did you tell Winry that you wanted a rose instead of hearts?" Al asked.

The man looked down at his feet like a kid who was getting yelled at by his teacher. "No."

"Well, then it was all just a misunderstanding and lack of communication. Winry can repaint your automail and you can pay her for it, okay?"

"Yes…" the man said.

Edward stopped laughing long enough to ask "God, Winry! What the hell were you thinking? How are purple hearts romantic? "

Winry sent the deadliest death glare in his direction. "I don't know, Edward. Probably for the same reason that you think a braid is a manly hair style."

"Don't make fun of my hair!" Ed whined.

"God, Ed! You're such a woman!" Winry said.

"Automail Junkie!" Ed yelled.

"Alchemy Freak!" Winry yelled back.

As they went back and forth, Al and the Man (let's call him Steve) were watching in amazement.

"Do they always fight like this?" Steve asked.

"Unfortunately," Al said.

Pinako stepped outside with den and her pipe and watched the kids fight. At first she found it amusing but know it was starting to get annoying because they were gradually getting louder. When she decided she had enough she took her pipe out of her mouth and yelled at them.

"Will the both of you stop fighting like 3rd graders and come inside!"

"Yes, granny," they both said, embarrassed and defeated.

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A few minutes later…

"Bye, I'll make sure that I make it the manliest rose you've ever seen!" Winry said to Steve as he left.

"I'm sure it will be great," He said as he waved and walked away.

Winry shut the door and sighed. "Thank god that's finally over," she thought. Then she remembered that the fight she had with Edward.

"I guess I didn't really need to be so mean to him. I mean, he just got here and I haven't seen him in a while. Plus he stopped that automail from killing me," she thought, "I should apologize."

Winry walked into the kitchen to find Alphonse and Pinako. Everyone but the person she was looking for.

"Have you guys seen Ed?" she asked.

"Yeah, he's in our room unpacking," Al replied.

"Thanks Al,"

Alphonse and Pinako waited for Winry to leave the room before they continued their conversation.

"So anyway," Alphonse continued, "have you noticed any signs from Winry?"

"More than you have with Edward. It's funny that it's so obvious to us but they don't even know," Pinako said.

"That's just how love works I guess," Al said.

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Edward flopped down on the bed. "I can't believe Winry!" he thought "I save her from an ironic death and she has the nerve to insult me!"

"You know that it's your fault so stop complaining," said the voice in the back of his head.

"She's the one who made fun of my choice of hair styles!"

"After you questioned her idea of what's romantic."

"I hate to admit it but you have a point. I guess I should apologize." Ed thought.

He got up off the bed and walked up to the door. Winry approached the door at the same time but before she could knock, Ed opened the door. All at once, both teens forgot what they were going to talk to each other about. The sudden close proximity made their minds go blank.

Ed was the first one the break the awkward silence. "Hey Winry,"

"Uh… hey Edward," Winry said in a shaky voice. "Why do I feel so nervous and awkward now? I was fine a minute ago," she thought.

Then Edward finally remembered why he was looking for Winry. "I want to talk to you about something. You wanna come inside?" He asked.

"Sure, I had something I wanted to talk to you about too," she replied as she stepped inside.

Ed closed the door and sat on the bed. He made a motion for Winry to sit next to him.

"Calm down, Winry. Sure he closed the door and he wants me to sit next to him on the bed but it's all purely for conversation's sake," Winry thought.

She sat next to him and there was yet another awkward silence.

"I…" they both started at the same time.

"You go first Winry," Edward offered.

"Okay, well…. I just wanted to apologize for earlier. I said some mean things and I shouldn't have. I'm sorry," She said. "That wasn't so hard, was it?" she thought to herself.

"I'm sorry too. I started the stupid fight. It was my fault," he said, "So we're good right?" he asked.

"Yep!" Winry said with a smile.

For a while they just sat there and talked about random things.

"By the way, is your automail okay?" Winry asked.

"Yeah, why do you ask?" Ed said.

"Well, whenever you guys are here it usually means your arm is broken," Winry replied.

"Not this time. We're for your birthday and your birthday alone," He stated with a smile.

"Really?!?!" Winry asked with stars in her eyes.

"Yep," Ed answered

Winry leapt forward and hugged Edward so hard he was having troubles breathing.

"Thank you Ed! That's the best present I could ever get!" She said happily as she squeezed even tighter.

Ed couldn't stop the huge blush from appearing on his face but he hugged back anyway.

They stayed like that until Pinako yelled at them to come down for dinner.

"I guess we should go down stairs," Winry said in a disappointed voice.

"They can wait a few minutes," Ed said with a smirk.

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I thought it was kind of sweet and I liked Alphonse acting like a teacher. :D I love Alphonse!

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