Pretending
Disclaimer: I'm not all that smart so I forgot whether or not I own Full Metal Alchemist. Wait, I remember; I don't own Full Metal Alchemist. Boy, your pro wrestling lawyer sure brings back a lot of memories. Well it's like they say," Sent is the strongest since tied to memory," and your lawyer really reeks!
When Winry had finished fixing Al's dent from the chimera, she escorted him back to his and Ed's room and left quickly.
"Well, I best get going. I don't want to disturb Ed while he tries to rest after that journey that yall went on," she said softly so she didn't wake Ed.
"Yea, I think your right Winry. It would be best to let him sleep," said Al, also talking softly.
"Alright Al, I'll see you later. Bye."
"Good-bye."
Al walked slowly and softly into their room while Winry made her way back to her house to think more on what she saw just three and a half hours earlier in Ed's room. Al went and sat on the floor in the corner of the room and patiently waited for his brother to wake up from his nap.
When Ed finally woke up, he went to the bathroom and then he and Al went to their favorite restaurant since before when their mother was alive. As usual, Ed pigged out at the buffet while Al watched and sighed wishing he could eat again.
"Oh Al, not again. Please, where in a public place," Ed said trying to get Al to stop sighing.
"Well how would you feel if you were nothing but a big pile of walking, talking tin?"
"I'm sorry Al," he said wiping his mouth, "Let's go."
"Ok, thanks but you don't have to if you don't want to."
They walked over to the train station in silence. They bought tickets and boarded the train and left for Winry's house. They arrived late into the afternoon at her house. While they were there, Winry gave Ed a complete inspection of automail for him secretly looking for any signs of mistreatment. Ed didn't really realize that she was acting different around him, but she was.
"Well, everything seems to be alright with automail. No dents, scrapes, nicks, signs of mistreatment, or any lose screws beside the one in your head," she said jokingly.
"ARE YOU CALLING ME DUMB, IDIOTIC, INSANE? HMM!" he yelled.
"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CALL ME NEXT? A SHORT DUMB BEAN!"
"SO NOW YOUR CALLING ME SHORT, HUH?"
"CALM DOWN ED!" Winry screamed trying to chill the damn bean.
After finally getting Ed to calm down, they went into the kitchen where Al and Pakaino were waiting. Finally, they ate their suppers in peace. Nobody but Al noticed that Winry seemed to be pretending to be having a good time when there was really something wrong with her the whole time.
"Who wants pumpkin pie?" Winry asked pretending to be happy. (A/n: Can you guess who the person pretending is? Come on, you know this one.)
"Me."
"Me."
"Me."
"I can't eat, remember."
"And who wants milk to wash it all down?" said Panaiko.
"NO, I HATE MILK!" Ed screamed.
"Well I guess you'll be a bean forever Ed," said Winry calmly.
"I KNEW THAT YOU WOULD SAY IT! I TOLD YOU AND WHO ARE YOU CALLING SHORT ANYWAY DAMMIT?" Ed screamed in a pissed tone.
"NOW I DON'T WANT ANY OF YOUR DAMN PIE," he shouted while he stormed off to bed.
"WELL THAT MEANS MORE PIE FOR US THEN DAMMIT!" Winry yelled at him as he walked up the stairs.
After the pie, everyone cleaned up and went to bed. Both Winry and Ed couldn't sleep that night knowing that they both hurt the one person that they truly love more than life itself.
Finis
Chapter 3 - Confessions
