Note: Themes taken from different 100 theme challenges from different pairings. Don't get confused.
Disclaimer: *very sarcastic voice* Oh, yes, I so own FMA, which is exactly why Hughes is dead and I'm writing on FanFiction.net.
Is it okay to cry?
She stood there, staring at the grave, tears blurring her vision.
"Hey, Ling," she whispered, almost to quiet to be heard, "It's me again. I know, it's been five years but…I miss you."
Tears dropped onto the grave.
"Is it still okay to cry?" the girl asked quietly to the tombstone, "After five years? Am I crazy for still breaking down into tears at random moments during the day? Am I an idiot for still thinking I hear your voice, thinking you'll be there when I turn around?"
She looked disappointed, almost surprised when the grave did not answer. She turned to leave, cheeks wet with tears, eyes wide in despair.
Then, she saw him. It was crazy, but she swore she did. She rubbed her eyes and he was gone.
She felt her heart sink.
"It's okay," came an impossibly familiar voice from behind her.
She whirled around and he was there, standing atop his own grave.
"To cry, I mean," he said, "You're not crazy, or an idiot. It's okay to feel upset sometimes."
She fell to her knees.
"You're not real," she whispered, "I'm insane."
"If you want something enough, it becomes real," he whispered softly in her ear.
She blinked and turned to face him, but he was gone.
Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe I'm not, she thought to herself as she laid the flowers she had brought today next to the ones from yesterday, But no matter what, he was right. When you want something enough, it becomes real. He just forgot to mention that sometimes, it's not real enough.
A/N: I thought it was cute. Angsty, but cute. Tell me what you think.