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Chapter Five: Temporary Affection

While Winry ran through the streets basked in the orange light of the afternoon sunset to make it into a medicine store before they shut on her, someone awoke to a small inn room with complete shock.

He threw the sheets off his body that was covered in sweat and glanced around frantically.

"Where they hell am I?" He spotted himself in the mirror quickly and turned back to himself to stare with eyes wide open. He took steps closer as he observed his appearance, more sweat falling down from his forehead.

"Shit, I'm in Al's body…"

Edward had no idea how this chain of events had occurred but he instantly began to panic. He was in Amestris… but he had no idea where. Was he here alone? It was when he glanced towards a bag of auto-mail parts that he realised Winry was staying in the room as well. She wasn't here… and rightfully he should just sit on the bed and wait for her. WAIT! AL AND WINRY WERE SHARING A ROOM? Just as he was about to fully sink into the realisation, the door was swung open violently and slammed shut loudly.

"What are you doing up! Get back into bed!" She ran to his aid and pushed him down forcefully, Edward noticing bottles of medicine in Winry's hands. So was Al sick? Was that why he was drenched in sweat? Either way… Ed felt fine now, even if he was in Al's body.

"Winry w-w-wait!"

She didn't listen to his cries however and his head collided with the soft pillow beneath him.

"Now… which one should I start with…?" She pulled out a tub of what seemed like cream and examined the label.

He had been too busy with worried thoughts of why he was here… and why he was in Al's body… but now with his closest friend sitting on the bed next to him, her sweet smelling hair falling down close to his side, Ed found himself content with just laying there and breathing in her sweet scent.

"I have to rub this on your chest." Edward realised that he was shirtless and cringed at the thought of Winry taking Al's shirt off…

"Winry! I can do it myself, really!" It was this time that Winry stopped and paid closer attention. My voice… it was my voice. However she hadn't seemed to pick up on this little fact yet, instead she narrowed her eyes and took the lid off.

"What? A man like you would do anything to have a woman's hands on you! Besides you're so lazy that you want me to do everything! Now that you actually can be lazy and you have an excuse, you want to do it yourself?" She shoved my hands away and swiped the cream over my chest, massaging it into my chest. I closed my eyes after some time, the constant feeling of her hand sweeping over my chest, comforting me slightly.

"This is supposed to help you breathe. How do you feel…?" She asked with sadness in her eyes and voice. I didn't know how I could break the news to her… or if I should just pretend to be Al, I was so confused that I forgot about my voice.

"Alright…"

"You really must be sick, your voice sounds deeper, must be the fever." She was running her fingers along my chest aimlessly and hadn't noticed that I had taken some of her hair between my fingers. I began playing with it mindlessly and watched as she did the same with my chest. I guess the only reason there was doubt in my mind was because she was doing this to Al… how close had the two become?

"Winry… what happened to your dress…"

"Don't try and act innocent. I'm not going to let you off for smearing chocolate all over my chest!"

This comment caused Edward to freeze for a moment then sit up in a flash with a disgusted look on his face. He let go of her hair. "HE DID WHAT?" Winry gave him a suspicious over referring to himself as a 'HE'. He had to remember he was in Al's body... but what the hell had Al done to Winry? Smeared chocolate all over her chest? Was he supposed to forget about that? She glared at him again before before pushing him down onto the bed. "W-W-Winry!" I couldn't think with her face inches from mine, I became dizzy and tried to win the staring competition she was having with me. I furrowed my eyebrows and glanced at her angrily. He did what!

"You're eyes…" She whispered, her lips almost brushing mine in the process.

"Winry…"

She fell down and rested her head on my chest, more correctly Al's… "Just as I thought…"

"Winry…"

"It's you in there isn't it Edward?" He was silent for a moment, unaware of how to answer her. But he became reassured that her affection was for himself after all.

"Uh… I think it has something to do with him being sick… We were connected somehow. Perhaps his actual mind lost power to maintain his body while we were in this state… and I took his place…?" She sighed against me, running her fingers around in circles on my stomach.

"There is so much I want to tell you… how much time do we have?"

"I doubt we have much time, I will probably return to the gate when I next slip out of consciousness." The conversation seemed to weigh heavy on our hearts, the fact our time was only ever limited, I knew how much it hurt her.

"And I guess I will be waiting here as usual…"

"Don't say it like that; I'm trying my hardest to get back here Winry. Al must have explained the circumstances to you." I reminded her of the harsh reality.

"I guess you would want to see your brother. But it would be useless, I don't know where he is, and trying to find him in one night…"

"But—"

"Can't you do something more constructive with your time?" She asked, raising her head to look into my eyes.

"Like what? I want to see my brother!"

"You won't be able to Edward! I'm telling you the truth; he is with Roy at the moment, who knows where they are! Can't you just be with me tonight?" She frowned and looked down at my chest. "No, that's not a question! It's a command! I'm not going to let you go anywhere!"

He began to blush slowly. Spend the night with her… oh god what did she mean by that? He sat up and sighed. "Stay with you tonight…?"

"What? Is it that hard?" She wrapped her arms around his sitting form and rested her head against his chest again. "Did you know how I fell in love with you before you left?" Silence…. "You always promised me that you'd come back, so I thought I would tell you next time you returned to me. But you never did."

"But I will…"

"And what if you don't!" He wrapped his arms around her body that shook with the start of hurtful tears.

"I will!"

"Edward…" She raised her head again and sat up slightly so she could come face to face with him. She searched his eyes for truth and saw that he was determined to make that truth come about. He and Al… they were so close… there was just something they needed to do before… His thoughts were cut of as she leaned closer, tilting her head to the side. It was an obvious indication of what she was about to do.

"Winry, I don't think you should do that…"

She nuzzled her nose against his and ran her lips over his cheek slightly with a peaceful smile. "Mmm… and why not?" Her arms found his neck and they wrapped around it affectionately. Edward tried not to giggle as she placed butterfly kisses on his cheek, or placed quick but tender kisses down the side of his face.

"Because… I'm in Al's body… can't you just wait?" However they way she changed between playful and tempting kisses on his face, he was finding it extremely difficult waiting himself.

"I don't care what you look like…" She finally reached his jaw and kissed it gently as if it was his own lips and moaned with content again as he slid his hands a little lower on her back.

"I'm sure Al wouldn't appreciate the fact we were using his body like this…"

"He won't mind… Besides, he owes me a favour after the way he has been acting." Her words were slurred together in a state of complete ecstasy against his body and he found the fact she couldn't even talk properly against him a slight turn on.

"How's my brother…?" Ed asked as she worked her way up to the corner of his lips.

"Can't you think about me while we are eloping?" She sighed angrily.

"I was… I mean I am! I just… want to know."

"He's fine." She ended the conversation abruptly as her lips finally found his and caressed them in a violent manner. Edward was surprised, shocked or frozen for a second before he noticed the way her mouth moved against his hungrily and realised his mouth had begun to move the same.

He pulled her body closer to his and wrapped his arms tightly around her waist.

They broke away for air some time later, that's when Winry decided that it was going to get serious. Doubts constantly formed in Edward's head about what was right or wrong in this state… but her constant hot kisses running down his body were that satanic part of his conscience telling him that doing this with Winry in another man's body was definitely not a sin.

Being with Winry was special… she wasn't just any girl. She was his friend of many years… she was the girl closest to his heart. In the time he came together with her he wanted it to be special. He didn't want to have to think, 'Is this wrong or is it right?' Because being with her should be the closest thing to heaven he could get to. It was when she reached for his pants that he expressed his concern to her again.

"Winry!" She froze for a moment but continued unbuttoning his pants right before his eyes. He rolled his head back with pleasure as she once again crawled towards him, aligning her body with his. "Our first kiss… and it wasn't even in my body!" She stopped for a moment and turned her head. He had hit her with his words, and hard.

"Oh…"

"Yes oh…! Do you really want me to make love to you for the first time looking like Al?" He could tell from her eyes that she was fighting a battle against herself. It hurt him that she was that desperate for his touch after two years… even if he wanted to touch her he had to do the right thing by both of them.

"Edward… of course not. But the fact is that we are together now. What if something happens and you can't return? Al dies? You would be lost as well since you two are connected… I just don't want to loose this opportunity to be with the man I love… it's not that wrong, is it?" He found himself contemplating her words this time. Even if she was exaggerating the situation, what if he didn't make it back to her this time?

She was kissing his neck gently as he thought, making his reasoning even harder. He realised that he couldn't do it after all… he couldn't do it after all.

"I'm sorry Winry…" He pushed her away with care to have her hide her face from him. "I can't do this… in his… I just can't! It seems even worse than you having to wait… I know you would regret it just as I would."

"Then let's go somewhere together… or at least talk." Edward smiled at her suggestion.

"That, I can do."

Edward chose a nice restaurant realising that there was the dilemma of money after all. Winry was going to end up paying, and it was expensive. They stood outside of the restaurant, contemplating the situation. Finally she spoke up, her arm linked with his.

"If this is our last night together, I would want it to be special." Edward rolled his eyes at her lack of positive energy tonight.

"And if this isn't our last night together, I guess I will pay you back." She turned her head to him with a smile.

"Yes you will!" She sighed. "Because I am going to have to withdraw money from my savings for this…"

They were asked to be seated outside so they could admire the night stars. Winry had changed her white dress into something less dirty and Edward had remained in Al's clothes since that was all he had. Winry observed how different Al looked with the default expression being blank. He always looked happy; his face was always lit up. Edward was different. That's how she had almost known from the beginning that it was Edward stuck somewhere inside Al's body.

"You look beautiful you know Winry?"

"Since when do you compliment?" She blushed slightly and looked away to hide her eyes from his. She observed him shrug from the corner of her eyes and sighed. "Do remember when you let me braid your hair?" Edward nodded at the embarrassing memory. "And you said that you wanted me to wait for you… that you would come back to me because you didn't want to be without me…?" Edward nodded once again, wishing that she wouldn't bring up the memory of his careless sixteen year old self who had tried pathetically to be like a man and get his words across to her only to stutter and forgot what he was trying to say.

"You are going to ask if it was because I loved you right?" Winry looked down slightly. "Women can be so obvious sometimes." Winry giggled at his remark and rested her head on her hands to await his reply. "Yes it was if that's what you were asking."

"Can you say it to me… just once…? I promise I will never ask you to say it again!" She did the whole cross her heart and hope to die thing. She knew men didn't want to say these types of things, but that didn't mean that they didn't feel it.

"I just told you."

"No, you said yes to my question, I want you to say the words!"

"But why? I said yes which means I do? Why do I have to say the words?"

"Because I want to see if you can! It's a battle against yourself!"

"Why should I have to do that?"

"Because it will make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!" He rolled his eyes at what he hoped was her idea of a joke. "Pleaseeeeeee"

"Fine! Later though…"

She wasn't going to press any further. If he didn't want to say it he didn't have to, she had gotten a later to look forward to, so if he didn't remember to tell her something important to her. It would give her a closer look at the man he had indeed become. A real man could tell his woman that he loved her with ease and happiness.

The dinner was definitely an eye-opener for her. He had grown, he had matured, much more than she originally thought. They got onto the topic of his brother quite easily…

She told him of her concerns about everything. He soon settled her guilt about not being able to hold him down.

"I should have suspected he would do something like this. It's not your fault Winry, his will is unbreakable." Winry smile at his comment.

"Yours also"

"I guess that's why we can call ourselves brothers." Edward stopped for a moment. "Winry, you have to get Al to my brother. When they meet, together maybe they can try and fix this Gate issue. If my brother has become an alchemist like you said, then he should be knowledgeable… we are our father's children after all. I'm sure they can work out something." Winry ran her finger over the back of Edward's hand as she fiddled with her food on the plate.

"Sure. Al already thought along the lines of that. But I think he wants to meet your brother because he is curious as to how similar they really are." Edward chuckled.

"Sounds like him, I guess he will be in for a bit of a shock…"

"I was when I first saw him. I though it was Al all grown up… I thought you had somehow returned and Al was his rightful age. Then I noticed the hair and eye colour…" Edward looked upon her with a serene smile.

"I'm here for now Winry, don't look so down."

Winry paid for the dinner gratefully before walking with Edward back to the hotel. She noticed how distant he seemed. He was probably happy just to be home after two years… or sad that he would once again be back in unfamiliar grounds.

After stepping back into their room Winry stripped down to her underwear and pinned him against the wall with a genuine embrace.

"Soon we can all live together… you and your brother and me. Just like we use to."

"Yeah…"

"I can't let you go to sleep."

"Yeah…"

"What are we going to do…?"

"Play board games…?"

Winry giggled and pecked him on the cheek quickly before pulling him towards the bed. "I'm sure you have more imagination than that."

"I like the idea of board games…" Edward argued as he was pulled down onto the bed.

"Well… there might be some under the bed…" Winry let her legs rest on the bed as she put her hands on the floor and looked underneath the bed for anything interesting. "Nothing…" It was when she felt his hand creeping up her thigh that she jumped back up onto the bed with enthusiasm.

"But… I thought you said…"

"If we can control ourselves there really isn't anything wrong is there?" She jumped at him with excitement and wrapped her arms around his neck. He dug his face into her neck with a chuckle and kissed her affectionately.

However enthusiastic she was at the start, the day started to have an effect on her after a few hours of passionate kissing. All she could seem to do was rest in his arms as he held her. All the auto-mail shopping she had told him that she had done had obviously tired her out.

She apologised for the fact her eyelids were heavy. It made him hurt from the depths of his soul. Here she was apologising for something stupid again when he couldn't even say sorry to the pointless pain he had caused her. He could tell she was still in some state of consciousness so he placed some of her hair behind her ear and told her what she wanted to hear.

"I love you Winry." She smiled in her sleepy state and replied with the same to him before digging her head into his chest with a satisfied grin on her beautiful face. It wasn't long after that he found himself slipping in and out of consciousness.

He dreamt of Al that night.

Saturn Stars and Lialiakicks grin over their Edxwinness!