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--Yet again, the last chapter continued.

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Al clapped his gauntlets together and pressed them against the wall of the cliff. The blue light died away to reveal a dirt replica of what he remembered the door of truth to look like. He quickly undid it as he heard the familiar gait of his brother walking up the path behind him.

"What'cha doing?" Ed asked as he kicked a rock towards his brother.

"Just practicing," Al said. He clapped and pressed his metal hands to the ground. Ed stared at the dirt statue of a kitten with mild distaste written on his face. "Why'd you do that brother," Al asked.

"What?" Ed asked. He had no idea what his brother was talking about.

"You lost that phone number on purpose, didn't you?" Al clarified.

"What if I did?" Ed asked, kicking another rock.

"Brother, look at it from a different point of view. From an outsider's eyes, Garfiel's for instance," Al paused at Ed's glare.

"So you did tell him," Ed hissed as he rubbed the spot where his head had collided with Winry's work bench.

Al laughed nervously and got rid of the kitten statue. "To anyone else it seems like jealousy," Al said and walked down the dirt path Ed had just walked up. He decided to let his brother think about the idea for a while.

Ed sat down with his back against the wall of dirt. He traced a transmutation circle into the dirt in front of him. It was one he remembered from when he was younger—from when his mom was alive. He put his hands down on the circle and picked up the dirt figurine of a horse. He gripped it tightly and watched it crumble back into chunks of dirt. He didn't move from that spot until the sun set. He followed the dirt path back into the town. He smiled when he saw the lantern hanging in the window of Winry's workshop.

Ed knew he didn't have to be jealous—Winry would never hang a lantern to guide anyone else home.

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A.N.-I know, the other side is usually done as a Conquerer of Shambala drabble, but I don't like to write those-I prefer to ignore the movie. This is a lot later than I usually have the chapter out, but Military Affairs is my main focus, so every other fic gets put on the side-burner for that one. Thanks for reading.

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