Again, I guess I'll remind you guys: I don't own FMA, no matter how much I play with the characters.
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Part II
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Over the next two weeks the black haired girl and the hulking man tried to stay as inconspicuous as possible as they tailed the elusive Mr. Rockbell-Elric. One day, as Garfiel was trying to squeeze his bulk behind a dumpster as Edward had a conversation in a nearby phone booth (Garfiel made an oath to himself later to cut down on tea and cookies to fit into those hot, new, tight leather pants). Ed stated that he was going to make sure that Winry was surprised as hell when she saw what he was going to do with her. Garfiel listened closer and could have sworn he heard the words "get what's coming to her". Afterwards Garfiel hastily ran to tell Paninya.
When he reached her, they decided that although they didn't have any evidence against Ed, they would have to take matters into their own hands.
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The next day as Ed was taking his and Winry's new dog for a stroll and stopped by Garfiel's shop to see Winry for lunch, two very angry people jumped him. Bound, gagged, and left in the dark for ten minutes until the two lost their patience and charged back in, the thoroughly confused Edward didn't know what to make of the situation. As both Paninya and Garfiel re-entered the room, a very bright lamplight was shined on the man, whose golden eyes had not yet adjusted to the light. As the blond was sitting tied to the chair, with tears of pain for his abused eyes streaming down his face, the questioning commenced.
Paninya and Garfiel asked repeatedly to the confused man about what was going on between he and Winry. When the blond tried to explain that he had no idea what the hell they were talking about he got a very clear warning from a metal saw of what was going to happen to his "little Elric" if he didn't explain.
When the young man finally got a straight answer from the pair about exactly what was going on, and about the bruises on Winry, he got a rather harsh reminder from a screw driver poking hard enough to hurt between the ribs (Garfiel thought he might faint if he had to deal with seeing a naked Edward, so Paninya sighed and suggested they poke him instead) to give his answer about Winry. The now scarlet faced Rockbell-Elric explained that he didn't always have control of the pressure he exerted on his metal arm (to this both Garfiel and Paninya nodded knowingly), and that while he and Winry were doing things… in bed (Edward couldn't look them in the eyes for a week after he said this), he wouldn't always know how much pressure he was putting on Winry's skin, which caused the bruising.
When questioned about the telephone conversation, and why he had said that Winry would "get what's coming to her", Ed told that it was almost their first anniversary and he wanted to get her a good gift for all the things she's put up with for him. Since he didn't know how to dance and he hated the way Winry would stare at the dance floor to their favorite restaurant (Ed didn't want to crush her toes with his metal foot and hurt her even more!) longingly he had begun taking dancing lessons. He was just telling Al over the phone to come up and join the festivities. The surprised duo looked at each other and debated about letting him go, until they remembered the tears that Winry had spilled and asked him what that was all about.
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Winry arrived at the shop to wait for her lunch date and, much to her aggravation, her date didn't show up. She went inside to ask Garfiel if he had seen the blond man, and found her and Ed's black-and-white puppy cowering in a corner. As soon as she had coaxed him out, she went into the room that Garfiel worked and found the former state alchemist, Hero of the People, strapped to a chair with Paninya and Garfiel watching him menacingly. She heard them ask why she hadn't wanted to talk about her arms.
Winry's face then turned a pretty shade of red and she said that she had not wanted to talk about it because it was too embarrassing. The duo then questioned about her tears. She stated that she was just so mortified, and trying not to laugh at how ridiculous the situation was, which caused the tears. After she told them this, she calmly said that she had been out all day working with customers and was very hungry, so if they could please release her husband, they could make their way to the restaurant before the lunch rush and she wouldn't have to crack their skulls in half.
Paninya and Garfiel decided to let the blonde man go (the two agreed that Ed wouldn't discuss the happenings in the bedroom unless it was true, well, that and for fear of a wrench to the head…), where the aggravated, but relieved man (he wasn't the one being threatened with wrenches… this time) stormed out of the shop with his furious wife and their undisturbed puppy, who gave a happy yap to see that his masters were taking him on another walk. The newlyweds exited the shop with Edward grumbling about psychotic storeowners and never meeting his wife here again.
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At the anniversary party, a drunken Garfiel, to the horror of the young couple, had burst into tears and exclaimed to everyone in the room that Edward was a very fine, good-looking (to this he winked at Ed) young man that should be treated with respect. He went on to scold Ed, who was now as red as Winry's crimson lipstick, that what happens in the bedroom should stay in the bedroom. Garfiel then announced that Edward wasn't as horrible as they thought and instantly passed out. Although many of the Winry's customers (most of them young men) had to disagree with Garfiel, and mumbled into their champagne that Edward was indeed a horrible man for stealing away their long-time crush.
The party ended with a final slow song, in which Ed got to show Winry his hard learned dance skills, and the newlyweds shared their first year of marriage kiss.
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FIN
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Well, that's my first complete fic, I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Please give me some feedback, you know, what you liked, what I need to work on, etc.
Thanks to Anne Packrat for some excellent suggestions (I will definitely work on that in the future!) and her wonderful review (not to mention I love her stories!).
