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Chapter Three - Kleine Blume
"Brother—?"
"Shut up, Al."
Al stayed silent after that. Ed was never this rude to him, but... he could tell that his brother's emotional and mental state was slowly getting worse. Even after The Promised Day, after they got their bodies back, Ed never fully healed. The elder Elric brother promised himself he would get he and Al's bodies back.
And Dawn back in their lives.
And Ed only got two thirds of those things.
When the Elric brothers got home, everyone could tell Ed was not happy with himself. He would smile during the day, and cry himself to sleep at night, waking up in the morning to nightmares.
Dawn was one of the most important people in Ed's life. And he never got her back.
"Brother, Winry, Granny Pinako and I are worried about you—"
"Why? Are you disappointed in me?" Ed said, glaring back at Al.
Ed stood up from his chair and stormed out of the kitchen. Al looked back at his brother, concern flashing in his eyes.
Brother, don't do anything reckless...
Ed stormed up to his room, tears brimming in his eyes. He sat on his bed and covered his face, muffling the sobs as he cried.
He was a failure, a mistake. He couldn't live with himself. Was that why Winry declined his proposal? Because he was a massive fuckup?
"I'm sorry, Ed, but I can't accept your hand in marriage. I know that I'm not the one who can make you happy."
Was that a lie? Was Winry just trying to let him down easily?
Ed lifted his hand from his face, tears and snot covering it. He wiped it on his trousers and reached it under his pillow. Out from it came a diamond bracelet.
"Ed, look! Look, look! Look what my daddy gave me! He got it while he was in Central! Isn't it pretty?"
Ed clutched the bracelet to his chest, the tears running freely.
"Abends, will ich schlafen gehn, vierzehn Engel um mich stehn: zwei zu meinen Häupten, zwei zu meinen Füßen, zwei zu meiner Rechten, zwei zu meiner Linken, zwei die mich decken, zwei, die mich wecken, zwei, die mich weisenzu Himmels Paradeisen..." he gently sang. Abendsegen was a song that Dawn always sang to him, Al, and Winry. Ed never acknowledged how beautiful Dawn's singing voice was.
He would do anything to hear it again.
Suddenly, everything went black.
Ed awoke to see himself in a white void facing a familiar smiling figure. He scowled and clenched his fists.
"Truth! What the hell do you want?! Haven't you done enough?!" he spat.
Truth only chuckled and gave its signature shit-eating grin. "I heard that you wanted your beloved Dawn back."
Ed's eyes widened. "...So...?"
"I'll give her back to you... if you give me something in return. Consider it Equivalent Exchange."
"And what do you want in return?" Ed asked.
Truth laughed. "What would it matter? You said anything, Edward."
Ed growled and looked at the white ground under him. Truth obviously wasn't going to tell him what it wanted. But... Ed wasn't lying when he said that. Smug bastard...
He would give anything and everything he had to get her back in his life.
"...Fine," he muttered.
Truth smiled.
"Looks like we have a deal."
"Hey Faith, I'm going on a walk, 'kay?"
"Alright, just don't be gone long," Faith answered.
I walked out of the apartment, the cool, night air enveloping me. I let out a satisfied sigh. I walked away from my apartment building and onto the sidewalk.
I always loved late-night walks. I could never explain why, they were just so... calming. Don't worry, I always brought a switchblade with me. I was never one to take chances.
Except one time.
Being a high school graduate, I had a lot more free time on my hands, most of which I spent doing random things. Faith graduated at seventeen, due to extremely high GPA. Mine was... let's just say average for my age. After graduation, Faith's parents helped me and her get a decent apartment while we tried to get on our feet. Faith took on the "housewife" role while I took the "working husband" one.
Did I ever say how many times she and I got mistaken for lesbians?
Faith grew her hair out over the years to reach her mid-back, but always had it in a French braid, while I kept mine shoulder length. Nevertheless, not much changed. I was still childish and quite, well, idiotic at times, and she was still the mature, intelligent one.
I still never understood why Faith didn't go to college. She had an excellent GPA, and her scholarship would cover her school funds, yet she never even sent any applications. All I knew was that she was aspiring to be an author, so maybe she wanted to focus on that—?
I was cut out of my thoughts when I saw a man laying under a tree in the park I was passing. The same park I found myself in that day.
I found myself drawn to the man, and walked over to him with no second thought. It was like I had no control over my body. I crouched in front of him and looked over his appearance. He had long blonde—almost golden—hair, a muscular build, yet small figure.
He looked... familiar somehow.
I gasped and fell back as he groaned and opened his eyes. My eyes widened and my breath shortened when I caught a glimpse of those golden eyes I missed and shed tears over all of these years.
"...E-Ed?" I choked out, tears threatening to release.
His half-lidded eyes widened as well. "...Dawn...?"
Before I knew it, he grabbed me and pulled me into his arms, my face buried in his shoulder as I started to cry. He wrapped his arms around me.
"Kleine Blume..." he said.
More memories flooded my brain as I heard the nickname always called me as I sobbed.
A happy yet sad smile graced my features.
He's back.
I can finally live with myself.
Kleine Blume is German for "Little Flower."
Abendsegen is a German nursery rhyme. Its name translates to "Evening Prayer." Here are the English lyrics:
"In the evening, when I go to sleep,
Fourteen angels watch over me:
Two at my head,
Two at my feet,
Two on my right,
Two on my left,
Two cover me up,
Two awaken me,
Two, point the way
To paradise in heave."
I hope you enjoyed, and I'm extremely sorry about the hiatus! ;-;