"...Yes sir..."

"Ah! It's getting really late...I should leave now. Al's probably freaking out." Ed stood up chuckling. But something white and black caught his eye. Ed turned over to the Fuhrer's desk and sees a family portrait. Ed walks over and picks it up. "Ah! Thats Bradley and his family..." Ed concluded.

Then Ed noticed a younger figure next to King Bradley on the photo.

"Oh? Is this his son? I remember his name is Samuel...he looks happy...a family...like this...speaking of which, its been a long time since I've taken a picture with Al...I should...find sme time to...take a family portrait with him..."

Ed's words started to hold for very long, so he shook his head to wake his sleepy self up. Ed sat the photo down and grabbed his military jacket. "Alright! Alright! Its time to leave~~" He said in a happy tune.

When Ed returns home, Al's there cooking dinner. Al observes Ed for a while and finally speaks up. "Um, Nii-San? Are you ok? You look a little...green..."

Ed raised his eyebrow, totally confused. He looked green? He went to the bathroom and checked in the mirror. Perfectly fine. A little sleepy, but not GREEN. Ed walked back in the kitchen.

"Al? Ae you feeling...ok?"

"O-of course...why wouldn't I be, Brother?"

"Al...if you feel unwell, you must tell me...I don't want...something bad to happen..." Ed said with his eyebrows arched. He was seriously wondering what was wrong with Al. How come he thought Ed was GREEN?! Come on...

Al waved a spatula. "I know, Brother...quickly wash your hands! Dinner will be served shortly!" and with that, Al went back to cooking.

Ed was a little curious for a second, but then he playfully raised his hand. "Yes!" he said in a cute squeal and went to the bathroom sink.

Ed turned on the sink. He placed his hands underneath and rubbed the orange soap until it lathered. What is wrong with Al? I really hope its not related to the murders in Central...Ed's right leg started to wiggle. Ah...it's...giving out? Ed's eyes started to drop, and then suddenly shoot up. He was VERY sleepy. Finally, Ed fell down with a soft thud on the bathroom carpet and fell asleep.^_^

Ed yawned. He looked around."It's...dark already? ...How come I fell asleep here?! If I don't go to bed, Al will lecture me!" As so, he stood up, tried to keep balance, and assumed he missed dinner.

"Oh well...I should take a bath first...Ahhhhh~~ How come this is so difficult to take off~~~" Ed struggled with his shirt, trying to lift it. But it is particularly hard to do when it is tightly secured around your waist...and it's dark...and it's cold...and Alphonse is standing right there...wait, what?!

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Al remained silent, but was first to speak. "…Brother….?"

Ed looked at Al with wide eyes. "!.!"

Al looked rather innocent. "….Brother…..you don't have your shirt on…don't you feel cold…?"

Ed looked away from Al. "…..! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry, Al! I had no idea you were in here! I'll go out now!" Yeah right Al, like you didn't hear the water running or something?

Ed just scoffed and walked out of the bathroom.

Al looked surprised, and then picked up Ed's shirt. "Eh? Wait, Brother!"

Ed turned around, and then blushed. "I…why am I blushing…"

Ed, still pretty embarrassed for some odd reason, put on his pajamas and went out the back door of the house.

He gazes at the beautifully groomed garden...wait, they had a garden? Well, whatever, it was still a beautiful sight. All those exotic colorful flowers all harmonize with each other in perfect unison.

But, something caught Ed's eyes. He went over to it and grabbed the pair of garden gloves and inspected them. They were green rubbered gloves that were considerably too big for Al..so why did he have it...? Ed looks in the inside. The inside had initials of the owner-HR.

"Oh! So it's here!"

Ed jumped a little, started that Al just appeared out of no where. But how come I didn't feel his presence...

"Huh?" Ed asked, wanting more info.

Al pointed to the object Ed held. "The gloves! I've been finding them for ages! I didn't know they'd be here."

Ed looked confused, but looked at Al for anything he may lie about. "...these gloves are yours?"

Al nodded, smiling. "Yup, they are! When I'm weeding I use them, or else I'd cut my fingers." he held his fingers up.

Ed made a sigh of relief. "Oh...so that's the case! And I thought...hahaha..."

Al looked confused, and tilted his head. "What?"

Ed stood up and gave Al the gloves. "Nothing, nothing...let's go back into the house...heheheheh..."

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