Warmth

The Kittens

"KITTENS!" Winry said loudly, sounding quite irritated. She was standing in front of the trainstation holding 3 towels, and Al holding 3 wet, muddy…kittens. Why did she have to be right? The kittens would make noise, which could annoy Aunty Pinako. Not to mention Den.

"Winry – neechan, we can keep them right ? right? Please?" Al asked. He looked at her with cute puppy, no, kitten eyes. Arrghh! She hated it when Al looked at her like that! She couldn't help saying 'yes, you may keep them'. How did Ed refuse such a cute stare?

"Ah… yea, Al" Winry finally said. It was going to be a lot of trouble; hiding the fact that Winry had gone out at 2 a.m., Al coming and arriving at Risenbul in the middle of the night, from Aunt Pinako. She took one kitten and rubbed the mud off of it. Al did that to the other 2 kittens.

"So.. what news have you got about Ed?" Winry asked while they were walking home.

"Well, not much… It's just that, Private Mustang – sama…and other people…didn't tell me much about it." Al said. Well, Winry had to admit that it seems like everyone is keeping secrets from them.

"Tried asking Izumi – Sensei yet?" Winry asked, trying to give suggestions. Al's face suddenly chibified.

"Ehh…ummm…." Al said, with his face still chibified.

"I'll take that as a yes." Winry responded, "So, what did she do to you this time?" Al was way easier to talk to when you're referring to Izumi sensei. Ed would sweat and sweat and sweat and would suddenly change subject, or just walk away. Al, however, would only chibify, which gave Winry an opportunity to talk to him and find out about the brothers' journey and training.

"Uhh… she saw me dressed as nii-san and at first she thought I was nii-san and.. uhhh…. She punched me and said something like 'why did you do such a STUPID thing?'" Al explained. Ouch, Winry thought.

"But … But… Sensei isn't all that mean!" Al quickly said after seeing Winry's expression, "She said sorry to me after that though. She asked my why I dressed like him, and I explained that I wanted to find out about nii-san. Sensei told me some things about him, during the four years. She said she didn't know that much about it, but told me to check out a town."

"Oh… that's nice of Sensei. So far, I think she's the only person to tell us most about Ed," Winry commented. She had tried to ask Roy Mustang and Riza to explain the events to Al and herself, but they wouldn't. They were afraid that Al and she would be going to a dangerous place just to find out about Ed. She wasn't that stupid to do something that reckless. And Al wasn't like Ed, personality wise. Ed would do anything to achieve his goal, Winry admired that. Al, however, would stop, and think before doing anything (except when it came to kittens and cats, Al would just pick them up and bring them home). Totally different, yet somehow…similar.

Before they knew it, they were in front of the Rockbell resident. The light inside was on, but Winry remembered that she had turned it off when she left. Oh shoot…what if … nah… it can't be. What she didn't know was that, her suspicions were once correct again.

Winry opened the unlocked door. Unlocked? She locked the door before going out. She was positive of that. Unless…

Standing right in front of her was ...

A/N: SUSPENSE! Love, Winry.