Three months later.
Edward watched the short brunette reading under the large oak tree as his best friend and mechanic, Winry, fiddled with his auto-mail arm. His focus quickly changed as a spark flew and he felt shooting pain in his shoulder.
"Ouch!" He yelped, pulling his arm away from the blonde.
"Oh hush Ed, your being a baby."
Golden eyes narrowed and Ed let out a noise between a hiss and a grumble as shifted his arm back into Winry's waiting hands. She continued on her work, allowing Ed's eyes to wander back to the young woman less than 20 yards from him.
Her long brown hair was piled on top of her head in a messy bun but a few strands had escaped to hang around her face. Though it was a hot day, Ed had even discarded his shirt; he had to say her outfit was one of those things that the infamous Col. Mustang would want all women wearing. The silk lavender top he was used to, as well as the 2 inch heeled black boots, but she had exchanged the form-fitting black pants she usually wore for a pair of black silk shorts. They showed off her shapely legs and almost had his mouth hanging open.
Ed was pulled from his thoughts as a hand waved in his face. "Hello, Earth to Ed," Winry was saying.
"What?" Ed said quickly.
Winry sighed, "Would you just get it over with?"
"Get what over with?" Ed almost shouted.
"Oh come on Ed, your practically drooling," she hissed at him.
Ed's eyes widened, "I… I don't know what you're talking about!"
"Sure you don't." She moved down to his leg, keeping her face down so she didn't reveal the grin that was pulling at her lips. As she removed a metal plate, Winry gasped. "Edward Elric what the hell have you been doing?" Ed looked down at his leg and saw nothing out of the ordinary.
"Think you might need some help holding him still?" Asked a melodic voice. Ed looked up to be caught in Karma's chocolate brown eyes. Her face was mere inches from his own, it would be so easy to just… but no he couldn't think about that.
"I don't think that will be OW WINRY!" Ed yelled and pulled his leg away. He failed to notice the wink his blonde friend gave Karma.
"Would you mind? It's so hard to work if he gets squirmy."
"No problem Win," Karma smiled. Edward opened his mouth to protest when Karma's toned body straddled his sitting form.
"Now Ed," Karma pouted overdramatically, "you have to let Winry do her job."
"Fine," he grumbled as he felt heat in much more than just his cheeks.
Her hands sat at the base of his neck but when Ed's body tensed from pain they began to drift. Fingers traced the muscles of his left arm softly before moving to his chest. Then she leaned her body against his, her breathe warming his ear.
God if it weren't for Winry I think I might just fuck her right here Ed thought as a hardly audible moan escaped his lips. That's when he realized Winry was gone. It clicked that this was a totally set up by his best friend. A smile pulled at his lips and he locked eyes with Karma.
"Why you little," Ed whispered before pulling her lips to his. She kissed him back fiercely.
"About time Mr. Elric," she whispered breathlessly.
"Alright, if clothes start coming off you're going to have to take it to someone's room." Both sets of eyes looked up to see Winry smiling in the doorway. She had a spoon in her hand from stirring the stew in the kitchen and was all but bouncing with joy.
"Oh go finish making dinner," Karma laughed. Winry stuck out her tongue at them before returning inside. She moved herself off of Ed's lap and walked toward the large tree she had been reading under to retrieve her book. Karma kept her eyes on the book, trying to hide her red cheeks, being that bold wasn't really her thing.
She felt the heat of Ed's gaze on her face before his hand moved under her chin. "Now where did this all come from?" He asked softly.
Karma took a breath and looked at the ground again. "Winry sort of pounced me the other day and asked me when the two of us were going to admit we were interested in each other. I've wanted to be more-than-friends for a little while. I didn't think your felt the same so I never said anything."
His breath was on her ear, "Well I do." Warm lips traced down her jaw to her mouth. While his right hand tangled in her hair, his left trailed down her neck and side. She shivered and slowly untied his braid, letting the silky strands flow through her fingers.
Karma felt Ed's tongue tracing her lips, requesting entrance. She obliged, allowing him to deepen the kiss. Fingers softly ran across her bare stomach. Ed's right arm shifted to Karma's waist as her legs began to wobble and his mouth released hers. His molten eyes drank in the sight of her flushed cheeks and swollen lips.
"Convinced?" He asked huskily. He pulled her against him, nuzzling her hair.
"Mm Hm," she mumbled, laying her head on his shoulder.
"DINNER," shouted Winry into the glow of twilight. Karma's groan quickly turned into a squeal as Ed scooped her up in his arms. Edward couldn't help but laugh at the shock on Karma's face.
"Shut up," she growled, which only made Ed laugh harder. She squirmed out of his hold and took off for the front door of the house with Ed in close pursuit. They were both laughing so hard they were having trouble breathing. He caught her just inside the doorway.
"Nice try," he said, spinning her around to fasten his mouth to hers. They quickly broke apart at Winry's whistling. She was standing with plates in her hands near the table where another young man sat.
"Finally brother," cheered the hazel eyed youth at the table. Alphonse was now a 17-year-old State Alchemist. He still hoped to find another way to restore his older brother's limbs, though Ed had told him time and time again that his auto-mail was part of him. Karma couldn't blame Al but she loved Ed for who he was; auto-mail and all.
"Fix your hair before we eat." Winry said as she finished setting the plates on the table. Karma blushed as she handed Ed his hair tie back before pulling her own hair over her shoulder to braid it. Ed laughed, though his own face was flushed, and tied his hair out of his face.
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A/N: I know it kind of jumps right in. Comments always help me make it better!
