lostmoonchild: Sorry it took a while to update, I've been getting some amounts of writers block and have been tired due to getting very little sleep because of my jobs. I don't own FMA or any of the songs. Ya'll know who I own.

Chapter Nine

Winry sat in the dark kitchen sipping on some warm milk in an attempt to help her sleep that night. Her mind was simply buzzing with that day's activities and things she had to make sure to do tomorrow. She needed to pick up some more automail parts to fill in an order that had come from a family that was at least two towns away to meet the deadline.

A sigh escaped her lips as she put the glass in the sink, knowing that she was just coming up with reasons to stay awake. She wanted to make sure that Ed wouldn't run off in the middle of the night and leave her alone again. But he worked for the Military, he couldn't help but be gone for so long and it wasn't Winry's fault that she worried about him.

"Winry? What are you doing up?"

Winry nearly screamed and she spun around, shocked to find Ed standing in the kitchen staring at her with those almost golden eyes of his. "You scared me, Ed! What are you doing up!" Winry hissed trying to get her heart to stop pounding.

"I asked you first." Ed answered getting some water.

"You should drink milk."

"Yuck."

Winry smiled at her childhood friend's belief on milk and instead of getting after him, decided to just let him get away without a lecture. "You're not going to get any taller if you don't drink milk, you know." Winry commented.

"Don't call me short!" Ed shouted before getting slapped on the head.

"You're gonna wake everybody up!" Winry hissed.

"So what are you doing up at this hour?"

"Couldn't sleep."

"You too?"

"Yeah. Thinking too much about what I have to do."

"Making sure I come back wouldn't happen to be one of those things, would it?" Ed questioned with a grin.

"Alchemist freak."

"Automail junkie."

Winry smiled a little knowing that they were both just kidding around with each other. "You're one to talk. How many arms have you gone through already?" Winry joked.

Ed smiled and looked outside. "I know, lets go for a walk." Ed commented grabbing Winry's hand.

Before it even registered what had been said, Winry found herself outside walking next to Ed under the moonlight. "Its always peaceful at night. Don't have to worry about being attacked by anybody." Winry sighed.

Ed nodded a little before answering, "Sometimes I get a little homesick. Granted there's nothing happening but its good to relax sometimes."

"You? Relax? Yeah right. You and I both know that you're hooked on adrenaline and searching for the Philosopher's Stone."

"And you're hooked on automail."

Both teenagers smiled and walked to the riverside. "Remember when we were kids we'd always go swimming here during the summer?" Winry asked smiling a little. "You lost your swim trunks once and we had to take the long way just to get you home?"

Ed blushed and said, "Yeah. We never did find those damn trunks."

"It was so funny. Course I was keeping my eyes away from your lower region."

"You covered it up pretty good with that hat."

"Yeah, what'd we use to cover up your butt? I forgot."

"We didn't. That's part of the reason we took the long way home."

They laughed at the memory and remembered how Trisha Elric had been upset at first but soon ended up laughing. That had been one of the most embarrassing times they had spent together and one of their favorite memories. "I wish…" Ed started but fell silent.

"What?"

"We could spend more times like this."

"Like what?"

"Remembering what had happened to us before. Sitting together and talking about the past."

"There's always going to be our past together, Ed." Winry said gently.

"Yeah, but I want something more."

"What?"

Ed looked at Winry and grabbed her hands. "Winry, I… damn, this is hard." Ed sighed closing his eyes.

"Just take a deep breath and think for a minute what you want to say to me." Winry answered with a soothing voice.

Ed nodded a little before taking a deep breath. "Winry, I wanted to know if you'd give me the honor of you being my wife." Ed muttered, his heart pounding loudly against his chest.

"Ed…" Winry started, her blue eyes filling with tears.

"C'mon, don't bring out the waterworks!" Ed said looking shocked.

"Yes."

"What?"

"Yes!"

Ed fell backwards when Winry tackled him and grinned a little. "Glad you accepted. We should probably go back to your house before somebody notices we're gone." Ed commented gently kissing Winry.

Winry nodded and responded to the kiss before quietly getting up. Smiling, they walked back to the house before bidding each other goodnight. "We'll tell everybody soon, right?" Winry murmured.

"Yeah. But lets just enjoy this being our little secret for now."

"Okay. I love you."

"I love you too, Winry."

Smiling, they went to their rooms and fell into a light sleep, both teenagers dreaming of the future that awaited them.

lostmoonchild: Okay, there was some Ed/Winry fluff. I love reviews so lets keep them coming! Read and review, flames accepted. Ja ne for now!