Chapter X: A Golden Band and Sweet Chocolates

"Ed! Happy Valentines day!" she said enthusiastically whilst handing him a box of a heart-shaped chocolate which was wrapped in red with a matching ribbon (a.k.a. Ed's girlfriend, Winry).

"Here, it's for you…"

"Thanks Winry, you're the best!" he replied taking the box of heavenly sweets before him. "This looks yummy. Can I eat it already?" he added later on. She nodded in agreement.

Winry blushed a deep red when Edward laid on her lap before tearing open the wrappings of his chocolate. When he was finished munching his chocolate he stood up and held Winry's shoulder by his hands.

"Winry…"

"What's wrong Ed?"

"I… ah… umm….."

"Ed?" Winry asked

"Hahaha….." He chuckled nervously.

"Did you do something to wreck your auto mail, again?"

"No! I don't wanna die yet!"

"Good… For a second I thought you were up to something again!"

"A-a-actually…" he trailed off scratching his head.

"Edward Elric! What. Is. The. Meaning. Of. This?" Winry asked using her usual if-you're-up-to-something-better-spill-it-out-before-I-knock-your-head face while gripping her now unwrapped new wrench that Al gave her the other day.

Edward's eyes widened in the horror that was about to befall him. He started taking two steps backward to avoid Winry's wrath. But every time he stepped farther she took three steps towards him until she was able to corner Edward at a tree that was smaller than him. 'She should just become Wrath instead of Bradley, she's going to make my life a hell of harder if she was him' thought Edward bitterly. 'Could somebody tell me why I fell in love with her at the first place?'

Winry smirked at her obvious win.

"Eh? Where are you Ed? Are you behind this big tree?" she asked making him twitch in annoyance.

Sure, he has gotten a lot taller, even taller than her but that doesn't mean that his patience did.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO MICROSCOPIC SMALL THAT HE NEEDS TO STAND AT A TEN-FEET TALL CHAIR BECAUSE HE CAN'T EVEN BE SEEN BEHIND A DARN THREE-FOOT BUSH?" here we go again, so typical of him.

"I never said anything like that Ed! You were the one that-that- hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Winry can't even hold her laughter anymore and sat at the ground her back facing Ed. "You sure haven't gotten over it, don't you?"

"Hmph" was what she got.

"Anyways-"she was about to ask Edward what he was going to tell her but was silenced when he pointed his index finger unto the sky. Winry followed his finger and what she saw made her kneel to the ground again.

On top of them is Alphonse together with May (and lets not forget Xiao Mae at her shoulder) who were both riding at a hot air balloon. What made her release a gasp is what she saw that was printed at the balloon it self. It says "Winry, the love of my life, will you marry me?" she read. And together with it was a picture of herself and Edward who was holding a, what it seemed ironical, wrench. She can't believe her eyes, she thought it was all a dream; she pinched herself to 'awaken' in her 'beautiful slumber'.

"Ouch!", so it wasn't a dream at all! She isn't dreaming! This is a true to life experience! So she turned around only to see her lover kneeling before her with a simple golden band of ring which was tied in a wrench, again.

"Will you marry me?" Edward asked not even looking in her eyes. Shit! He's too embarrassed to look her in the eye! Well, he is blushing so much that the color of his face is that of the cloak he always wore.

Winry only hugged her in response. "YES! I will marry you Edward Elric!"

Edward was too astonished to answer and only wrapped her hands at the small frame of hers.

On top of them were madly grinning Al and a Xingese girl who can't take their eyes away from each other.

"We did it Sir Alphonse! They are going to get married!" shouted a gleeful May.

"Yes! Finally, it took them long enough to do so!" and he hugged the petite woman beside him who returned the hug. Unknown to the two of them were a pair of blondes that were making out, in an extreme level, to the point that the guy was on top of the female while her hand rest on his neck.

"Here" Lt Hawkeye threw a red box towards the Fuhrer.

He actually thought it was something deadly so he hid underneath his desk, again.

"W-w-what are you doing? I thought its fine…. Yeah! No guns… But a BOMB! You're insane!"

"That's not a bomb silly." She said calmly walking away from her paranoid superior officer.

The moment she was out of their huge room, he went out of his hiding place (under his sturdy table) and took a look at the 'bomb'. 'Wait a minute' he thought 'this ain't a bomb! It's just a harmless little box wrapped in a red wrapper with a blue ribbon with sweet smell coming out of it…. Am I forgetting something?' he asked to himself. Then, an idea struck him: The Calendar! This caused him to rush to his Lt's table (he's got no calendar since Hawkeye's the one who keeps track on him, so, why would he need one anyway?) He was shocked to learn the date of this very day; FEBUARY 14! Today is St Valentine's Day! Oh! How could he forget? Today's the day he gets tons of chocolates from girls! Wait- That's if they don't block it since now he's the Fuhrer! ' Argh! 'He thought 'No more chocolates! Well, at least I got one from Hawkeye! Hahahahahahaha' Subsequently, an idea popped in his head! A chocolate from Hawkeye = Extra bragging rights to the other men! 'Hahahahahhaahahaa' he laughed bitterly.

After a couple of minutes of laughing maniacally at his 'perfect plan' he decided that it was now time to put it to motion. (In short he ran towards their former office where his other men arte busy packing their things for their transfer of office)

"Hahahahhaha!" Is how he started his 'perfect plan'.

"What is it this time, sir?" asked an annoyed Havoc.

"Oh nothing, I just got a chocolate from Hawkeye!" he said flashing the said chocolate.

"And?" asked Breda

"And? A chocolate from Hawkeye and all you say is and?"

"Well" all of them said while flashing their own chocolate to his face.

His jaw dropped at what he saw. 'Impossible!' he thought 'How could they have received chocolates from her, HER? It should have only been ME! Am I not special to her?'

"Hahahaha…. It seemed that your not the only one who received chocolates from the Lt, how it feels that your idea fluctuated?" asked none other than Havoc.

Snap!

And thus, Havoc was burned, again.

"Thanks for the smart comment, Havoc. Now anybody else?" he asked furiously.

They all shook their heads eagerly as to not anger the flame alchemist more than he already is.

"I came here to tell you all that we should all go together so that we can thank her for her kindness." He stated calmly.

"Nice save" snickered Havoc.

Snap!

Afterwards they walked (run in Havoc's case for Mustang was still taking delight in burning his smart-ass subordinate) to where Hawkeye is when she's not with Mustang.