.:For Ever And Always:.

Part Two

Disclaimer: I do not own Full Metal Alchemist; it belongs to the amazing Hiromu Arakawa...

Author Note:

Last night I finished writing chapter 2 after watching the last episode of a Korean Drama (Boys Before Flowers), I thought that it wouldn't be good but after watching it all in 3 days I found that it was one of the best Dramas I've ever watched :D

I hope you enjoy this chapter, I cried a little while writing it, poor Winry.

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Night passed by so slowly for Ed, as he tried so hardly to sleep, to drift away to the world of unconscious, only to wake up after mere several moments with sweat rolling off of his forehead, his heart beat going all crazy after having the most horrible nightmare ever, sure he used to have terrible ones about his beloved mother, about how he failed her and ruined his brothers life, but there was something more about this nightmare in precise, especially Winry's eyes dulled, looking past him, so lifeless as if she was somehow dead.

Ed shocked his head several time so hard that it was about to fall off his head, making him feel dizzy, which seemed better for him, he just wanted to shake that disturbing image out of his mind.

He got off of his bed so slowly, his stance a little shaky as his body staggered a little bit till his feet was firm on the cold floor, he simply felt like crap, it was almost dawn and he didn't even get wink of sleep, Winry's lifeless face hunting him when ever he closed his eyelids, as he continued walking down the hall, passing Winry's closed door, fighting the urge just to crack it slightly and make sure she was fine.

Reaching the sink, filling a cup of water and emptying it all in one gulp to calm his self, his ears caught the sound of a sudden movement up stairs slicing the quietness of the almost ending night.

Almost dropping the cup he was still holding, Ed rushed up stairs in the speed of lighting, his mind thinking about only one thing, or one person in precise, Winry.

As his eyes caught her golden locks as she emerged from her room, almost falling, her walking all so clumsy, his body speed to her side, and he caught her protectively in his arms before her head made contact with the floor.

"E-Ed…" as her eyes poured warmth in his golden ones, her lips uttered his name so sweetly, then curled them selves into a bright smile, that washed all stiffness off of Ed's shoulder, making him feel so blessed and relieved at the sight of her glowing face, immediately replacing the so horrible image that took place in his mind for the several hours ago, leaving him so over whelmed, just by her soothing presence, her body pressed against his, radiating warm.

"What are you doing up Winry? Shouldn't you be resting in your bed?" as his lips moved speaking words that Winry knew was meant for her to hear, her mind was just too consumed by everything that was Ed all around her, as if every sound was put on mute, leaving her to stare at him as his face looked so sincere, his golden eyes locked with hers so fiercely, and without even realizing it she was holding to him even tighter, as is she was holding for dear life, which in a way she was.

"Winry, yo, Winry can you hear me?" as his hands shacked her for a response her voice choked in her throat making her voice a "H-ha?" accompanied with a dump look all over her face.

"pfft" Ed tried so hard not to laugh at her, but her pretty face, that held a dump expression meaning that she was alright, made him feel happy, and with this laugh Winry felt all his muscle that was so tense relax under her body that was so close to his, then he let out a big sigh while still giggling a little, his shoulders shaking, making Winry's body shake a long with his.

"Hey, stop it Ed! Am not a joke for you to laugh on!" she tried to protest but with one look at him she couldn't help but laugh along with him as well, oh God how much did she miss him, what she was suppose to do, how could she tell him?

As those thoughts hit her, her whole attitude changed and Ed then stopped laughing and looked at her seriously "Winry are you alright? Where does it hurt? Do you want me to wake Granny Pin-" her finger tip that she placed so softly on his moving lips made him stop so suddenly, her eyes asking him to just sit in silence with her, to hug her tight, to never let go, as this moment engulfed the two in it's presence.

She then lowered her head, placing it on Ed's chest, hearing his heart beat as it quickened at the contact, when suddenly her chocked sobs filled the corridor that the two were sitting on it's floor in each others arms, which startled Ed at first, as it slowly managed to kill him, to rib his heart from it's place, the sound of her loud heart breaking sobs filling his ears in melody of pure pain, Winry's pain.

And as her tears socked his black shirt, he was already rocking her back and forth, trying to do the best he could in this moment, he felt so helpless as always, he just wanted at least to calm her down, to understand her even a little more, but still this was just too much for him.

He then placed his head above hers so lightly, inhaling her aroma that intoxicated him, kissing the top of her head so tenderly, whispering her that's it's gonna be alright, which made her weep even more, only for him to tighten his grip around her tiny frame even more.

After a very long amount of time passed by the two sitting their, Ed thought that her chocked sobs may ease to an end, but Winry as always proved him wrong as she dug her nails in his back, her arms now circling him from around.

Ed's hands moved ever so slowly as he caressed her shaking form, sending shiver down her spine, his hands finally reached her stained face with hot tears, as he lifted her head up, so he could look into her eyes, which were pretty much red and still leaking with fresh salty tears as her voice seemed to stay down her throat.

Those tears tortured Ed, he felt like sleeping and never waking up if it could spare him the pain he was feeling in the core of his soul, he then leaned closer and took her tears form under her eye rim with his lips, as if stealing them, stealing all the pain that they held, trying to steal Winry's pain a long with those hot tears, so she could stop killing him so slowly,

He didn't think his action might be of a help, but oddly it was, her tears finally had stopped, was it by what Ed had just done, or simply because her tears just ran dry, Ed wasn't sure and he like hell didn't care either, he just felt a slight of happiness in the top of his stomach as she tried to stretch her lips into a small smile that shock his world so hard.

Winry then tried pulling her self up, only for Ed to circle his arm around her waist firmly, bringing her up with him as he stood, both leaving the cold of the freezing hall floor, and it's hollowness behind as they walked down the stairs.

Ed placed Winry gently on the wooden chair as he searched for the tea pot, wanting to warm her up with some hot green tee.

After a couple of minutes the tee was done, as Ed poured two steaming cups for the both of them, Winry grabbed her cup as Ed sat in the chair across hers while holding his in his metal hand.

Silence at first seemed comforting as the tow didn't utter a word, then it turned into some awkward nagging feeling inside of Ed's gut, he knew very well that something was fucking wrong and he so badly wanted to know it, so what better method for him to find out than to ask the person in question that was sitting write in front of him?

Ed stretched his hand until it lay on top of Winry's hand that was resting on the table, his golden eyes locked firmly with her blue ones as he asked her "Winry what was that all about?"

Winry's hand tried to slip away from under his, only for him to grab her and squeeze it tight, her eyes shifted away form his gaze, which made Ed's suspicions grow even more.

Her soft giggle startled Ed as she kept looking around the kitchen so strangely, her head spinning around frantically, again averting from his gaze, a fake dulled smile played on her lips, Ed knew she was laying, he just knew her so damn well.

"I-I just… I've been building up a lot of stress inside my system, and then I got sick and tired… a-and then you happened to come, and then it happened, nothing serious is going on, am perfectly fine Ed!" as she spoke her lies, her sentences were meaningless except they held so much lies, her voice was shaky, her words were fast and she stuttered many times, which all in all wasn't Winry at all, yet she dared to lie and say that she was "perfectly fine".

Ed's heart was feeling like crumbling, she kicked his ass, she whacked him with her beloved wrench, she called him short, she dared to stand up to him in many occasions, but she had never ever lied to him, not even once, and that pulled the trigger for Ed, he wouldn't leave till he finds out what she was trying to hide with her oh-so like poison lies.

Because he just simply cared about the stupid blonde.

She then suddenly became interested in the floor, starring at it while she yanked her hands abruptly from under his, making both their hand lose the warmth that they gained due to the touch of their warm skin, Ed rose from his chair and walked slowly the few steps that separated the two, he then squatted down in front of Winry, his head lower than hers, so his eyes was looking straight at her lowered head, her blonde locks falling beside her head, he gently lifted his hand and placed it under her chin, pushing her face up so he could meet her gaze, which as soon he did, he felt crushed, her blue eyes seemed somehow gray, dead as they poured pain in his golden ones.

A small tear slid from the side of her eye, and ran down her check, Ed toke it with his finger tip, sending shiver down Winry's spine just by the mere contact of their skin.

Winry then jerked her body fast as she stood up, causing Ed to fall on his back "Stop it Ed, just stop this nonsense, Why don't you hurry up and leave like always? You're just so selfish, and that's why I hate you so much!" Winry yelled her venomous word while a deadly glare was being shoot form her eyes, right into Ed's stunned eyes, he wanted to yell back, to pull his self together and hold her till she spat the truth out, that he now knew very well that she wanted to protect on the expense of their unnamed relationship, and though he knew she was just trying to push him away, for the sake of hiding something, and that all her crushing words that she just spat in his face was probably lies, it hurt like hell, his heart was about to crack into pieces.

She ran away after looking terrified and Ed wanted to chase after her so badly but he figured she needed this time alone, at least until he try to make sense out of all the crazy things that just happened, after all he couldn't ignore the heart breaking sob that escaped her lips as she ran away.

Heart breaking, ha?

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