FMA-not me. FMA-Arakawa Hiromu and Square Enix. Yesss.

"There's a carnival in town," Roy remarked calmly as he and Edward walked out of Central's building.

"You don't expect me to actually go, right? I mean, I'm 15! I have better things to do than this."

"You can't really tell, though, Hagane no. If I met you now, I would've sworn you were 12."

Ed resisted the urge to transmute his automail and smash it into his face.

"Why's a carnival in Central, though? Wouldn't this be in the way of the military?"

"You have a lot to learn now that you are a 'gun no inu,' Hagane no."

Mustang smirked as Ed pouted like a little kid. Such a cute face.

"The military isn't all serious, you know. We get special benefits- health care, life insurance, free food, and entrances to restricted places. Of course, the half of the military that actually have a sense of humor would go to the carnival today, although one does wonder why of all things, a carnival is here..."

Roy waved it off and decided he deserved a day off. His wrist still hurt. Damn that Hawkeye.

"How did I ever get into this," Ed groaned.

He was surrounded by little kids that were actually taller than he was. That idiot taisa was going around and impressing the ladies. But he thought for sure that the look on his face was of a bored and tired expression... Ed shook his head. No. It was the same old taisa again. He shrugged and looked away.

Why am I even looking at him?

Why am I here with him?

Why...

"Fullmetal."

Edo blinked and turned around. It seemed that Mustang had won some prizes- a giant pink teddy bear and a stuffed panda that resembled Alexander. But that's a different story.

"You can have them," Roy said boredly, turning his head away in an ignorant manner.

Ed just stared at him. Something wasn't right. It just wasn't him to be at a carnival, to be here- with Ed, at the least. Nonetheless, he took the prizes and avoided Roy's absent gaze.

"Thanks, I guess."
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"Hagane no, it seems people think you are a walking teddy bear."

The taisa smirked as Ed grunted to keep the prize in his grip. Bad thing- he couldn't see where he was going and bumped into someone.

"Nanday-... Ah, Edo!" Winry Rockbell turned around as she saw the little antenna of hair sticking up behind the giant teddy bear.

"Winry? What are you doing here?" Ed placed the pink fuzzy object down and gave her a quizzical look.

"Don't get me wrong, I still love automail, okay? I just needed a break, and Auntie said I could come here anyways." Winry placed her hands on her hips.

"Edo, why are you here? I thought you hated clowns."

"Hah, very funny. I'm not here because I want to. That baka taisa dragged me here for some reason."

"Did someone call me an idiot, Hagane no?"

A warning. A playful warning, perhaps? O.o

Suddenly, gloved hands wrapped around Ed's waist. He jumped in reaction. What's up with him today?

"I want to talk to you, Edward-kun."

What? No 'Hagane no?' There was a slight urgency in his voice. It seemed so different compared to his 'hello, I'm working' voice that Ed was accustomed to. He frowned, and followed Roy as he led the way to the other side of the carnival.

"That girl won't bother us here. Look, do you want to know why I led you to the carnival today?"

My chapters are way too short. And no, the next chapter isn't the last. This is like a Part One. Ah, and to all the HawkeyexRoy and the WinryxRoy and the WinryxEd fans, I'm sorry...