cheese and muffins. I dunno. This part right here is just a tad pointless, eh? oh well. I'll just let all my randomness out here. okay? okay.
"Oh, so you saw Uncle Roy while you were out?" Rei asked, standing on tip-toe to try and reach a book.
"Yeah he was with Hawkeye and before I knew it, He made me best man for his wedding on Saturday." Ed plucked the book from it's shelf and handed it to her. He'd gotten a bit taller in the past two years. Six inches to be exact.
"Oh, wow, that's so great! I'm the Maid of Honor. Winry, Sheska and Gracia are the other bridesmaids. Elysia's the flowergirl, and Black Hayate is the ringbearer." She said, thumbing through the cookbook.
"Black Hayate is the ringbearer?" He asked.
"Yeah, they bought a bandana with a pillow on it and sewed the rings on there. Hey, how many little boys do you think they know, huh?"
"Right. Military people do tend to have girls a lot."
"Not me." She said, taking a spice down from the shelf.
"You have a kid?!" He asked in shock.
"No, no. I'm just saying that when I do have a kid, I want it to be a boy. I love baby boys." She started adding spices left and right.
"Oh, okay. You scared me for a moment." He said with a sigh of relief. "What're you making?"
"I'm making soup from Pinako's recipe. Remember how I asked for the recipe when we were freezing because we had a snowball fight?"
"Oh, yeah. I remember that."
Ding-Dong
"Hey, Ed, could you please get that? I can't stop watching the soup."
"Sure, no problem." Ed walked over to the door and as soon as he opened it, he was attacked by a big blonde blur with blue eyes. Winry knocked them both to the ground.
"ED I CAN'T BELIEVE IT YOU'RE REALLY BACK!!!" Winry shrieked. Ed struggled but managed to stand them both up.
"Hey, Winry. How've you been? How's Granny?"
"I'm great, she's great...Hey, did you get taller?"
"Is that Winry I hear?" Al's voice came from the bottom of the steps. Winry turned and nearly fell over.
"Al? Al, is that really, really, really you?"
"Um...yes it's really, really, really me." He, too, was tackled by a blonde blur.
"Oh my god you're human! I can hug you and not feel poky metal!"
"Hey, Winry!" Rei called from the kitchen. Winry sped in there.
"Why didn't you tell me they were back to normal? You could've told me!"
"I wanted to surprise you." Rei giggled, taking the soup off the stove and ladling it into bowls. "And it worked. Plus you got here just in time for dinner. Elliot! Dinner's ready!"
"I'm a little worried about Ed." Rei began. She handed a dish to Winry to dry.
"Why?" Winry asked.
"Well, he barely said anything during dinner, plus he went straight to his room after he was done. And earlier, when he met Elliot, you could cut the tension with a knife!"
"Well, duh, of course. I mean, you two were madly in love when he left. I guess he had expected that wasn't going to change. He's probably heartbroken that you've fallen in love with someone else."
Rei sighed. "I guess you're right. But it hurts, Winry. It hurts me to see him after two years and not be able to go back. If I've moved on, then why does his reaction hurt me so much?"
"Because you naturally want him to approve of Elliot. You want him to accept that you've moved on, like you did. I don't think he's ready for that, though."
"Right, as usual, Winry. I think...yeah! Tommorrow I'm taking everyone out. I'm going to give Ed and Elliot a chance to get to know each other. Maybe he won't hate it so much if he knows more about Elliot."
"I think that'll work, Rei." Winry said, putting the last of the dishes in the cupboard and stretching. "Well, I'm gonna turn in. You should, too. It's almost Ten o'clock."
"Alright." They chatted as they walked upstairs, and said their good-nights as they came to Winry's room. ((It's a three bedroom house))
((Ed's perspective))
knock knock
"Come in." Ed called, staring at the ceiling. Rei came in with a comforter.
"I brought you some extra blankets." She said. "Well, you and Al."
"I have to go to the bathroom." Al said. "Bye."
He exited the room, leaving them alone.
"It's summertime." Ed pointed out.
"What?"
"It's Summer. It's about 78 degrees tonight. Why would I need more blankets?" He asked her.
"Oh. You're right. I guess I wasn't thinking." She put them down and turned to leave.
"Why'd you come here?" He asked. She stopped and looked at him.
"What?"
"You didn't come to drop off blankets in summertime. You're smarter than that. Why'd you come?"
Rei sighed and sat down on Al's bed. "Ed...Do you hate me?"
Ed blinked. Then he burst out laughing. "HATE you? Why would I HATE you?"
"Because...because of Elliot." She looked down. He stopped laughing.
"Well...I'm not exactly happy about it, but I certainly don't hate you." He said.
"Great! Then you'll promise me you'll get to know Elliot and find out what a great guy he is?"
Ed blinked. Again. "Um..." He looked away a bit. "I guess so."
"Oh, thanks, Ed! I just know you and Elliot are going to be good friends." She hugged him and kissed him on the cheek. "We're all gonna go out tommorrow, okay?"
"O...okay..."
Rei hugged him again and walked out of the room, past Al, who was standing in the doorway.
"I told you she still loves you."
"How does her wanting me to get to know her boyfriend tell you she loves me?"
"She's still wearing the bracelet you gave her before you left."
yeah... my sis's bugging me to get on the computer, so I'm ending it here. Comments? Affection?
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