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Pain and Love:

Chapter 7:

Last Time:

Winry woke with a start. She had her head on Ed's bed and was still holding his hand. She looked around and saw that Al was asleep next to her and that Paul had left the room. When she turned around she saw Pinako sitting in the same corner she had been in the night before.

"How is he?' Winry asked, her voice cracking from all the tears she had cried last night.

"He'll live. His fevers dropped quite a bit since last night. I don't know what you and Al said to him but it seemed to work, he's fighting." Winry let out a sigh of relief and looked down to see that Ed was slumbering peacefully. Al stirred next to her and then sat up and looked worriedly at his brother before turning his gaze to Winry, who smiled at him. Al's face showed the same relief that Winry's had and he knew that his brother was going to be okay. At that moment Paul walked into the room carrying a tray with breakfast.

"I figured that you guys might be hungry, so I thought that I would bring you some breakfast." He said setting the tray down on the table. He picked up the individual plates and handed one to each person in the room and then passed out the coffee, knowing after their late night they would all need it. Afterwards he sat down next to Winry and put an arm around her shoulders. "Everythings going to be fine."


In the deep reaches of his mind Ed could hear every word of the conversation around him. What had happened? He knew that he was supposed to be dead… yet hear he was, alive.

He could vaguely feel the pain in his right arm and left leg. The more awake he became the more on fire his limbs became. Then suddenly it all stopped as someone grabbed his hand. He realized that no one was talking anymore; the room must be empty except for this one person.

"Ed. I know that you can't hear me but… please wake up! I couldn't stand it if you… Just come back to us Ed. Don't leave us again… Don't leave me again." By this time Ed had realized that the person that was talking to him was Winry. He felt a tear hit his face.

"She must be crying." He thought. How he longed to reach her… to talk to her… to tell her how he really felt.


"Winry."

She heard it. He said her name. He must be conscious enough to hear her. He had to be.

"Ed. Can you hear me?" Winry asked, desperate for him to wake up and talk to her, embrace her, tell her everything was going to be okay. She felt a throb in her hand. She looked down. He was feebly trying to squeeze it. To tell her that, yes, he was going to be okay. Her heart lifting, Winry squeezed his back.

"I always knew that you could survive anything." With relief Winry began to stroke his hair, remembering how it had always relaxed him after the automail surgery. His head fell into her fingers and, as she had felt many times before, he started to relax some, his tense body becoming more and more lib as the time wore on.

When she finally awoke form her stupor, Winry noticed the sky was streaked with red and orange. She looked down and saw that Ed was finally in a peaceful sleep. It was hard not to notice how handsome he looked when the setting sun's light hit his face just right. She slowly stopped rubbing his head before lowering her hand and grabbing his again. There was a soft knock at the door before it opened.

"How are you feeling?" Winry looked up into the concerned face of Paul and smiled softly.

"I'm okay." Paul sat down with a relieved sigh next to her.

"Why don't you go and grab a bite to eat and get some sleep? I can take care of him for a while." Winry looked up at Paul, contemplating what he just said before answering.

"I can't. I have to be here until he wakes up. I can't leave him." Paul stood back up. Winry looked at him curiously. "Where are you going?" Paul stopped at the door and turned around.

"I'm going to go and get you some food. I can't have you starve yourself. I know what he means to you. So just stay there, okay? I'll be back in a few minutes."

"Where is Al?"

"Right now he is asleep. Pinako forced him to bed. He'll come back when he wakes up." Winry nodded and Paul walked out of the room. Winry looked back down at Ed. Hoping that he would soon wake.


A/N: Hello readers! It's wonderful to be back! Sorry if this chapter is just a bit boring. I want to pace myself to Ed's awakening. As always I would like to thank the following people for reviewing:

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