Only a short chapter but hey! It's still a chapter.

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What Happened After Conqueror Of Shambala

Chapter 4: The Walk

"Winry and I are going for a walk old bat!" Ed called out as they walked out the door. "Just be back in-time for tea squirt!" Pinako answered.

On their walk they followed the path into town. "Do you need anything?" Ed asked. "Uh...no...but..." Winry began. Ed sighed. "Yes we can look in the automail shop." He replied to the unasked question and smiled. "YAY!"

They walked in, "Hey it's Winry!" The cashier called out, mostly letting the other workers know that they're going to need to refill their stocks. "Yep! I'm back again!" Winry replied.

"Eeeeeed? I neeeeeeeeed these." Winry asked in a singsong voice. Ed sighed, he knew this would happen. "What is it?" Ed asked.

Winry showed him a small screwdriver. "I thought you said you didn't need anything Winry." Ed pointed out. "I forgot that I broke my one when fixing you." Winry lied.

"I don't remember you breaking anything." Ed raised an eyebrow. Winry smiled nervously.

"P-please Ed." Winry stuttered. Her bottom lip started shaking. Ed knew this reaction oh-so-well, she was gonna cry. Tears started welling up in her eyes.

"That doesn't work on me just so you know." Ed told her. "And I was going to buy it for you anyway! I was messing with you!" Ed smiled. Winry giggled.

"Before we go buy this is there anything else you want?" Ed asked but soon regretted it when Winry beamed up at him. "Uh-oh."

When they finally got out of the automail shop Ed's wallet was a heck of a lot lighter.

"You're sure it's ok for me to have all this stuff?" Winry asked guiltily. "I mean I still have the receipt we can still get your money back."

"No Winry! It's fine! I'll earn more money when I go back to the military." Ed pointed out. Winry went silent and watched the ground as they walked.

"Do you really have to go?" She asked quietly. Ed dropped his head. "Yes I do..." Winry was slightly upset by this answer but didn't show it.

"But...what if you end up in another world again?" Winry pointed out.

"I won't...and if I do I'll come back." Ed assured her. "But..." Winry began. "I promise I will come back." Ed added.

Ed moved closer to Winry so that she could whisper. (Why I don't know so don't ask.) "But you just got here." Winry whispered. Ed stopped. Winry stopped and turned to face Ed.

"I have to do something to convince her that I'm coming back." Ed told himself silently. He had a completely unreadable expression on his face.

Winry thought she may have said something that offended him. Then he hugged her intently. It took Winry a while to realized what had happened. Then she hugged him back.

"I'm just...I'm worried about you." Winry whispered in his ear. "I know Winry...But I'm going to come back." Ed assured her...again. "That's what you said last time." Winry replied with disbelief.

Ed pulled his upper body away. Making Winry look into his golden eyes. She could stare into those eyes for hours on end.

Then he leaned over to her face and his lips brushed against hers and he kissed her. Winry, taken completely by surprise, melted into him.

But then she pushed him away, even though her heart was screaming to kiss him back, there was something in her mind telling her not to kiss him back yet.

"And I did come back didn't I?" Ed pointed out mysteriously. Then he pulled away from her completely and ran off.

Winry was left to think about what just happened. "Oh my god did he...did he...just kiss me?...AHHHHHH! HE DID! HE STOLE MY FIRST KISS!" Winry silently screamed.

As Ed ran back to the Rockbell's his ming was scolding him. "GOD DAMMIT EDWARD YOU'RE A FOOL!...She probably hates me now...PROBABLY!...Shit..." Yeah Ed has two voices in his head.

Winry stood immobilized by what happened and lost in thought. Then she shook her head. "It's starting to get dark Winry, you should probably get home." She told herself and began walking home, blushing.

When Winry reached her front gate she saw Ed sitting beside it, apparently waiting for her. He saw Winry and jumped to his feet. "S-so a-are y-you ready t-to g-go i-inside?" He stuttered. Winry nodded. If it wasn't so dark she would have seen Ed blushing, if possible, more than she was.

They walked in silence to the front door. Then Ed opened it and offer to Winry for her to go first. She accepted and walked in. This was all in silence.

"We're back Grandma!" Winry called. "Good! Just in-time for dinner!" Pinako answered. So Ed and Winry walked through to the dining room to find Al already sitting down at the table quiet comfortably, and of course he was smirking, and Pinako setting out steak.

"Thanks old bat" Ed said automatically as he walked in. He saw Al and shot his brother the evils then softened his face so he let off something close to a smile. To Al this action meant, "Wipe that smirk off your face, I'll tell you what happened later." It was like brother language to them. So Al did as he was told and removed the smirk from his face instead he had a softened smile.

"So how was your walk?" Pinako asked as they all took a seat. Ed and Winry both stiffened. "It...uh...was...uh...interesting!" Winry exclaimed. "Yeah! Interesting!" Ed agreed. Al wanted know about the evening now, interesting they say?

They were both blushing again. Winry knew she was blushing and all of a sudden became very interested in the beautiful yellow walls. Ed however did not know he was blushing but didn't want to make eye contact with anyone so he was looking strait down at his plate.

After that there was a long awkward silence. The only time the noise level rose above the sound of cutlery hitting the plate was when Al was trying to get Ed to tell him through brother language and started choking on his steak.