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Diclaimer: I do not own FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST even if I really did want to! Well… but I do own Riyan and Merodi! This fic is inspired by the Koreanovela 'Spring Waltz' Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 4: Snow Globes

Was this-? No she can't be… Edraline was at Rizenbul. At home… waiting for him to finally return… Ed raised a confused brow at the wide-eyed Roy. Was he alright? Did he hear her? Why would he react this way if he actually heard her?

Hughes, who was walking ahead of them, looked back and the sight he saw was interesting, he thought. Roy was staring wide-eyed at Ed and Ed has this stare that bothered him. Confusion. Her forehead creased slightly and her mouth was somewhat gaping. He cleared his throat and he got the result he wanted… they snapped back to reality.

"Are you both okay?" Hughes asked as he tilted his head to one side. Both of them smiled.

"Never been better…" They both said in unison and their smiles faded. Roy turned his head to Ed who was presenting a confused face at him. Was she-?

-Flashback-

"Royi-chan!" the young Edraline called. She was in their kitchen. She was cooking cookies together with her mother and Roy volunteered to help out.

"What?" Roy said as he turned to face Edraline. She wore a carnation pink dress that stopped just above her knees. Her hair was tied into high pigtails that were held by 2 pink ribbons.

"Lookie what I made!!!" She stretched her arms for him to see. She formed the cookie dough into a teddy bear, it was oddly shaped though. Sure it had all four limbs but what seemed wrong was that the bear's ears were unequal. The right ear was way too big for the other ear and what was odder was that the bear was sticking its tongue out. Ed always loved smileys or even figurines that had their tongue sticking out.

"It's nice, Ed-pu, but does it always have to stick its tongue at me?"

"Yes!"

Roy smiled. Mrs. Elric began collecting the shaped cookie dough. "I'll put these on the oven and you two could wait in the living ro-."

"OUCH!" Roy shrieked.

"Roy-kun!" Mrs. Elric and Ed rushed to his aid. Roy's right shoulder had a small burn. He accidentally leant on the oven resulting to this.

"That's gonna leave a bruise, Roy-kun." Mrs. Elric stated. She gave Ed a cold towel and headed back to the kitchen.

"Are you sure you're okay, Royi-chan?" Ed held Roy's hand. He winced as Ed placed the old towel on his shoulder and brought it out for her to kiss it. Roy had to keep his blush hidden. She replaced it with the cool towel and looked up at Roy.

"Never been better, Ed-pu…" he said as he flinched again.

-End of Flashback-

Roy smiled and this didn't go unnoticed to Hughes. Roy rarely smiles and if he did it would probably be false and forced. But this smile was authentic and it was something this 'Irish' had.

"We do have plans of sitting down now, don't we?"

"Huh?" both of them faced Hughes taken aback and Hughes had to stifle a chuckle causing him to choke.

"There's a table over there…"

"Oh…" they thought of what he was doing… ahem…what they were doing a while ago and remembered that they were going to eat the ice cream together. "YES! Coming!"

"Thank you for the treat…" Hughes said as they headed for the door.

"No, actually it was Cedric…"

"Oh, yeah…"

"C'mon, Hugh- R-roy, let's go…" Roy said as he opened the passenger seat.

"Hope to see you around, Irish-san"

"Uhm!"

Then Hughes went to the car.

"Why don't you drive for now, Hughes… I can't trust my mind right now…"

"It might wonder off eventually?"

Roy nodded. Hughes was amused. Finally Roy was getting interested with a woman. He keeps talking about his best friend when he was not busy practicing or composing pieces. They got in the car and Roy was very deep in thought. Was that-? The way that 'Irish' was eating her ice cream a while ago. It was like…

-Flashback-

"Do you always eat it like that?" Hughes asked Ed.

"Well, it kinda became a habit… I do this since I was young"

"Really now?"

She was eating the 'cookies' first and let the 'cream' melt before actually drinking it.

That's were Roy went to the Comfort room to calm himself.

"Irish here…" Hughes handed Edraline 2 concert tickets and smiled at her.

"What's this?" she said as she waved it in the air.

"Concert tickets…" Ed nodded and shoved the tickets in her jacket pocket not bothering to read it since she was busy eating her ice cream.

"Is Cedric coming?!" She asked. Hughes pondered on what to do… to tell the truth or to tell a white lie…

"Nope…he doesn't have a ticket"…'since he's the one performing' he added on his mind.

"Oh…"

Then Roy returned from the Comfort Room with a blank expression.

-End of Flashback-

Was Irish Edraline? Roy thought.

"Hughes, stop the car…"

"Wha-?"

"Just pull over!" Hughes stopped the car just as his friend told him.

"Wait Roy… where are you going?" Hughes asked as Roy struggled with the seatbelt and finally reached for the door handle.

"I forgot the ice cream container! Just wait for me here!" Roy said as he got off the car and ran to catch up with Ed. Hughes shook his head… Finally Roy was getting a life.

Ed waved as the car sped away. She puffed out the breath she was holding a while ago. This was her first day at Central and a lot of things had happened to her already. She got a lot of unanswered questions in her mind and she didn't know where she could be able to find answers for them. She got her bag and began walking. She saw a shop with snow globes behind its display window. She really liked snow globes. Just then…

"Irish!" Roy yelled at her and she smiled at him. She let out another breath and continued watching the snow globes. 'Now she likes snow globes?' Roy thought to himself, 'Ed-pu always liked snow globes…'

"Irish?" he called out again. Ed looked up and smiled at him, a small "Hi" came out.

"I thought you already left, Cedric-san…"

"We have, but I came back for the container…"

"Oh… I left it at the table… I… I'm very sorry…"

"Is that so? Well, what's done is done…"

"Are you sure... I mean-."

"Hope to die…"

Now Ed was totally confused. Just who were these people anyway?

"Excuse me, Cedric-san, I do not wish to be rude but how old are you?"

"Why'd yah ask?"

Edraline smirked, "I asked you a question, Cedric-san… Is it right to answer me with another question?"

Roy blushed. "I'm 25 years old…"

So as Royi-chan…Ed thought, but this is-

"How about you, Irish-san?"

"24…"

So as Ed-pu… But this was…

"You like snow globes?" Roy asked. Ed bit her lower lip and smiled slightly and nodded as she turned her head to face the displayed snow globes. Roy followed her gaze and Ed missed the shocked expression in Roy's face. The snow globe she was looking at has a teddy bear sticking its tongue out. Odd, isn't it?

"They remind me of a friend of mine when I was younger, we used to play outside when winter comes and the snow falls heavily on our village…" Ed smiled at the snow globe. She was getting comfortable with Cedric, she thought, and this was not right.

"Ed-pu…" Roy whispered without thinking. Ed's eyes widened.

"Come again?"

"Huh? Did I say something?"

"No… Sorry…" Ed continued to stare at the snow globe.

"Irish-."

"Cedric-san…" ED cut him off and handed a ticket Hughes offered her.

"Do you like concerts?"

Roy got the ticket and read it… it was his concert. Maybe this wasn't Ed-pu since she didn't recognize my name…he thought and was a tad disappointed.

"You can have 118 and I can have 117"

Roy smiled and tucked it in his pocket.

"I'll be expecting you there, Irish…"

"You too, Cedric-san…"

"Well… I'll be off then…" Ed smiled and nodded. Roy ran off and Ed started walking. She better get to Riyan's and Merodi's place before dark.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!? WE WERE WORRIED SICK ABOUT YOU!" Merodi yelled, her long light brown hair swinging together with her body.

"Sorry, Merodi-san…"

"You sure got a lot taller, Line-chan…" Riyan said in a raspy voice. Her blue hair sticking to the sides of her face since she was sweating.

"WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?!? I'M 24 YEARS OLD FOR MANGOES' SAKE!"

"But childish as ever…" Merodi smirked at Ed.

"Shut up, Merodi and what's wrong with Rai-rai (Riyan)?"

"I'm fine, Line-chan, don't worry-cough-cough" Riyan said defensively.

"I don't know, Rai-rai, your cough really sounds bad and that has been for 6 months already!"

"I'm fine, Meru-san…cough-cough-cough- oh…damnit!"

"We better get some rest, Rai-rai needs it badly…"

"Good idea…"

"Cough-cough…"

Ed laid on her bed. She got the ticket she was given. It was her first time to actually read it. Her eyes widened. She sat up abruptly…

"THIS IS ROYI-CHAN'S CONCERT?!?"

Well…that's it… I Hope you enjoyed! I am planning to be able to update once a week. Since school has started and I can only open my account on weekends I tend to be late in updating…Sigh… A lot's going to happen on the next chapters!!! I can't wait!! But my fingers won't cooperate!!! Damnit! Please review! And you could give me ideas! Ahehehehhe…

- RiYan -