Here's chapter two! I hope you enjoy this chapter, so don't forget to review!

Dedicated to: Blackrose2358, my favorite screw-up/nerd pigeon

Disclaimer: Day 2537: Still don't own FMA

Chapter Two:

Blushing Blonds and Confessions

It was a fine Monday afternoon, but Edward's flesh palm was sweating. His last class was ending in a few minutes, which meant the school would be over for the day. Which meant he would return to his locker to get his bag. Which meant Winry would be there, waiting for him.

And if Roy Mustang was correct, it meant she was going to confess to him.

The bell rang, and Edward made no movement to hurry out of class like the other kids. Slowly gathering up his books, he walked out of the classroom, his metal leg clanking against the tile hallway.

As he turned the corner, and his locker entered his line of vision, he sighed, accepting his fate. Winry was there, leaning against the other lockers, holding her backpack with a nervous expression painted on her face. The other students had long since ran out of the building, happy to be dismissed from the six hour torture.

Her face lit up as soon as she saw him. Edward cringed, now realizing Roy was right. "Ed!" She exclaimed, smiling. "You shouldn't keep a girl waiting like that. You'll never get a girlfriend if you act like that."

Oh no, what a shame, he'll never get a girlfriend. That was clearly a huge issue for him. Every gay boy wants a girlfriend. Obviously.

Blushing at her own words, Winry took a step away from the lockers as Ed opened his to grab his bag, shoving his binders and folders inside carelessly, all the while hoping that Winry would change her mind about telling him whatever it was she was going to tell him.

"So Ed..." Winry began, shuffling her foot against the floor. "There's something I really need to tell you."

Edward looked at her, silently pleading that she wasn't going to say what he thought she was going to say. "I've been waiting for the right moment..." She continued, her cheeks flushing a light pink. "But I decided that I need to just say it, or else I'll never get around to it."

Silence hung in the air as the blue-eyed girl gathered her courage, and the blond male considered running away. He liked being friends with Winry, he didn't want anything to happen to the frindship they had.

And then she broke the silence with words Ed did not want to hear. "Ed... I really like you."

For a moment, it seemed as if the world had stopped. Time had frozen has soon as those words left her mouth, and Ed was panicking. She did it. She confessed. But Ed was... Well, he was gay, and thus meant he didn't wanna go out with her because, well you know, he's gay. It's not really all that complicated.

But she was staring at him so expectantly... What should he do? He had to say something. His mind was in a confused flurry and the thought that he just had to say something. Anything.

"I'm already seeing someone." The words flew out of his mouth before he could stop them. Yeah, he thought it was okay to say anything, but not that! He just blatantly lied to her!

Winry's blue eyes narrowed in suspicion. Edward never really talked to anyone... So who could he possibly be dating? "Oh yeah? Who is she, Ed? What's her name?"

He had to say something, otherwise she'd know he was lying. What's a common name... Any name, he had to say something...

"Roy." He answered simply, before mentally slapping himself. How could he use his best friends name? Now she not only knew he was gay, but probably thought Roy was too. And he seriously just lied to her again.

"Roy?" She asked, wondering what he could possibly mean by- Oh. Oh. Well, she supposed that made sense... Edward was always talking about him, and he was so down when Roy was gone... They were always around each other, after all...

"S-sorry Ed, I just didn't think that you uh- swung that way." She muttered her apology, still trying to process the new information. In a way, she was dubious of what Ed told her, not because she didn't trust him, but because they never acted like a couple. Roy Mustang was a huge flirt and Ed was just plain antisocial.

And at that moment, Roy came sauntering down the hallway. "Hey, Ed, I've been looking everywhere for you. Come on, Alphonse made us food at home." He paused, seeing the blonde girl behind Ed. "Oh, hey Winry."

Edward turned around to see his best friend, and desperately tried to signal with his eyes to get the hell out of there before Winry started asking questions. Roy, seeing the look the shorter teen gave him, knew something was up. Best friends could communicate with their minds like that. And he was immediately on guard and was about to walk away when Winry asked the question that was consuming her thoughts.

"Is it true that you and Ed are dating?" She blurted, determined to get some answers.

Now, you see, a normal friend or person would've immediately said no and declined her accusation, but well, Roy and Ed were very close. Like brothers, in a way. They'd been friends for years now, and maybe that's why Roy simply walked up to the blond male, slung his arm around his shoulder, pulled him close to his side and placed a kiss on the tanned cheek of his best friend.

"That's right." Roy said with a smirk on his face while Ed blushed furiously. "He's all mine."

Winry, completely sold on the act, was blushing madly. "Oh, I uh, I see." She said, completely dumbfounded by their apparent relationship.

"But Ed..." Roy whispered quietly, but purposely loud enough to let Winry hear. "I thought you said we would keep this a secret." His warm breath puffed on Ed's ear, which just made the shorter teen flush a deeper scarlet. "I'll have to punish you for that later." He finished, glancing at Winry from the corner of his onyx eyes.

"Oh. I uh, I'll be going. You two... Good luck together." She muttered before quickly walking away.

As soon as she was out of sight, Roy dropped his arm and Ed quickly spun to face him, a glare and a deep blush on his face. "The fuck was that?"

"Did you want me to tell her that we aren't dating?" Roy asked, raising his perfect eyebrows.

"Well, uh, no... But you didn't have to go that far. " He muttered, trying to tame his outrageous blush.

"It's better to oversell than undersell, shortie."

Pressing a hand to his ear, Ed replied. "Yeah but... Why would you do that stuff?"

"Well, shrimp, that's what you get for lying."

Edward glared at the remark about his height, but let it slide. "Whatever, let's just go home already." He replied, marching down the hallway. "I'm damn hungry."

"You're always hungry, Ed." Roy retorted, but followed after his shorter friend anyway.

They arrived at Edward's house twenty minutes later, and Edward had a single question that he somehow hadn't thought of before.

"Roy... Winry thinks we're dating."

"Yeah, and who's fault is that? You're lucky I went along with it and saved your ass." Roy said, kicking off his shoes at the front door.

"But she thinks we're dating. That means if she sees you flirting with people, or us not acting like a couple she's gonna know we lied to her."

Rolling his obsidian eyes, Roy replied. "So then we act like a couple. It's really not that complicated Ed."

A blush rose to his cheeks. "A-and you're okay with that?"

"Well, you're my best friend after all. I'm bi, you're gay. I'm pretty sure people expected it to happen sooner or later anyway." He paused, collapsing onto the couch. "In fact, Jean, Maes, Heymans, Vato and Kain all have a running bet on it. I'm pretty sure Riza is silently suspecting it too..."

Edward's blush deepened. Dammit, all he was doing was blushing today. He knew that Roy must be silently making fun of him for blushing like a girl. "Psh, as if I'd ever go out with a stupid bastard with a god complex."

A smirk spread across Roy's lips. "Yeah, and I'd never go out with a stubborn little brat like you."

Edward narrowed his eyes in a sharp glare before walming to the kitchen and grabbing the small plate of sandwiches Alphonse had prepared for the two of them. Grabbing two sodas from the fridge, Ed silently sighed in relief that they were only pretending to be dating. They'd never work as a real couple.

Right?

To Be Continued

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FUN FACT: The confession scene was kinda based off of something that happened to me. My good friend confessed to me, but I had to turn him down because I just didn't see him that way. For Winry's dialogue, I kinda used what he said, and for Ed's emotions, I kinda used how I felt. -The more you know-