The EdWin Chronicles
Written By - Stripe
Excerpt 12 - Engagement
Roy was bored. Very bored. He had mountains of paperwork to do, but nothing to distract him from it. Edward was currently off in Rush Valley somewhere with his mechanic, Riza was taking a day of vacation today, and his other subordinates refused to talk to him due to the fact it was mostly their paperwork he was supposed to be signing.
So, in order to divert his attention, he was looking through all of his subordinate's official records. He discovered that Fuery had been raised primarily by his mother, that Breda was the single son among six children, and that Falman was definitely prematurely gray. So next up was Edward Elric.
The file stated the basics - Name, a picture(which was a year old), gender, date of birth, height, weight(unbelievabley heavy due to automail), status of family(dead, missing, alive). All pretty basic stuff, most of which Roy already knew. However, one interesting piece of information stuck out rather prominently.
Marital Status: Engaged to Winry Rockbell.
The colonel's eyes shot up in surprise. Well, this was even more interesting than Breda's five sisters. Why hadn't this ever come up in conversation before? Could it be that he didn't know?
Roy Mustang's eyes glinted mischeviously as he reached for the phone. Well, this was something to do at least.
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"Wait, so Colonel Bastard was telling the truth? Me and Winry are actually..." Ed asked, incredulous. He, Al, and Winry were currently sitting in the Rockbell Automail Shop in Resembool, Pinako sitting in the rocking chair in front of them.
"I'm afraid so. Happened when you two were too young to remember. Your father felt he needed to leave soon, but wanted to leave some connection to the Rockbell family. So both of your parents agreed to have you two engaged, at least until you were eighteen, when you were allowed to break it off if you chose." She paused, letting out a ring of smoke from her pipe. "Of course, I think they meant to tell you this themselves, but I'm afraid I'm the only one left who was around to witness the deal. Of course, I figure you're mature enough now to break it off, if you want to. Just say the words, and this will never be mentioned again."
Edward and Winry looked at each other, as if they were able to mentally debate over what would be the best choice.
Winry was mostly in shock that she was actually engaged to Ed, whom she had only recently determined she'd loved for a very long time. And to think that her parents had arranged such a thing... Would turning it down be disrespectful?
Edward was having a similar delima. He was engaged to Winry, whom he was pretty sure he'd had a crush on since he was about five. And recently, he was certain that crush had become much bigger than a crush, though he would never admit it out loud to anybody. He couldn't care less about his father's wishes, but his mother had taken place in this too, hadn't she? And he didn't want to do anything against what she wanted if he could help it.
"I'm fine with how things are now."
"I don't want to break it off."
The two blondes looked at each other in surprise, almost shocked the other had been alright with how things were. Then, simultaneously, a deep red blush touched both of their faces. Pinako grinned.
"That's what I thought."
A/N:
I was forced into this one by CeruleanSan. She mentioned something along the lines of "wouldn't it be awesome if they were already married without their knowledge" and I thought it would be a funny ficlet idea. Then she made me write it. Such a cruel, cruel person.
I don't really like it all too well, though. She's also making me post it. Meh.
Enjoy!
