Disclaimers and Warnings: My name is not Hiromu Arakawa; therefore, I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or any of the characters, although I wish I owned Ed!!! This fic is pure Edxwin and some RoyxRiza if you don't like the pairings don't read!

I love you.

Ed sat up with a start. Winry was sitting on the couch's edge. Ed felt an ice pack on his forehead.

"You okay?" Winry asked tilting her head to one side. Ed simply nodded, trying to clear the image of a wedding ring on his flesh hand from his mind. It didn't go away. "Well I need to go back to work, you rest." Winry walked back up the stairs. Ed laid his head back down on the pillow, went to sleep for about an hour, and then woke up again. He could not get comfortable. Ed got up and made his way to Winry's room, she was in deep concentration. 'She sure is beautiful.' Ed thought.

"Hey," Ed said startling Winry. Winry threw her wrench.

"Oh!" She called out when she let go, "Ed, look ou…" Ed caught the wrench between his index and middle fingers, he smirked.

"Didn't see that coming did you?" Ed asked walking towards her. She took a step back every time he took one forward. 'I must have hit him a little too hard.' Winry thought. Ed dropped the wrench letting it clatter to the floor. Winry hit her back against the wall, Ed stopped right in front of her. He smirked again showing of his pearly whites. Winry tried to push him away, but he refused to budge.

"Ed, what are you doing?" Winry was somewhat claustrophobic and Ed was so close their noses were touching. He hugged her just as she had done when he briefly came back from Germany. He could smell her hair as he pressed his body against hers. Winry squirmed, she was quite uncomfortable. After all, she didn't love Ed anymore right? But why did it feel so good to have him hold her tight?

"I need to tell you something." Ed said pulling away from Winry, she blushed.

"What?" She asked gazing into his amber eyes. Ed pulled her head down resting his chin on her head. Winry melted in his arms. 'Is this a dream?' Winry thought, she had had many dreams like this. Where Ed would hold her close; however, she always woke up. Ed began to get nervous. He pulled away again looking into her sky blue eyes. She smiled.

"I l-l-lov…" Ed said stuttering, he sighed deeply. This was harder than he thought. He wanted her to know but what if she didn't love him back?

"Ed? I need to tell you something too. Do you want me to go first?" Winry asked not having a clue what Ed was about to tell her. "That day, when you came back from Germany briefly? I was going to confess my love to you", Ed's jaw dropped. "But when you left me, I didn't get a chance to tell you. So, I figured that you didn't feel the same way. So I no longer love you, Edward Elric." Ed was awestruck. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have work to do." Winry brushed pass Ed and went back to her worktable.

"Well then", Ed said walking towards the door. "I guess I'll go back to Germany."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Winry asked turning toward Ed.

"Alphonse tricked me into coming back; however, I had forgotten about you. I had been so wrapped up in my studies. But when we got home, I realized that I didn't forget. Winry Rockbell, I have loved you ever since I was seven years old." Ed said watching Winry's facial expression change.

"If you love me why did you leave?" Winry asked moving closer.

"I was stupid. I'm sor…" Winry grabbed Ed's collar and kissed him. Ed's eyes grew wide, and then shut as he kissed back. When they pulled apart, Ed hugged her tight. "I love you." Ed whispered in her ear. She hugged him tighter and whispered the three sacred words back. She loved him and he loved her, what could go wrong?