Disclaimer : I do not own Full Metal Alchemist, the original plotline or the characters therein.
A/N : Thank you to everyone who has been reviewing and giving suggestions! The feedback is wonderful! Here's the third chapter! Sorry its so short, I'll make it up for it and later chapters!
There was a knock on the bedroom door as Winry lifted herself up from the bed and wiped at her eyes with the back of her hand.
"Who is it?" There wasn't an answer and she stood up as the door opened and Ed walked in. Immediately she frowned and walked over to him.
" Geez! Didn't anyone ever tell you to ask before barging in? I could have been undressed or something you jerk!" she yelled.
Ed tensed and glared at her. " Fine then! I'll leave! Besides, if I walked in on you there wouldn't be anything to look at anyways, except an auto mail obsessed freak!" So much for telling her how he felt. If he didn't tell her then she would be safe, but Al wouldn't accept the fact that he didn't tell her and he would have to live with lying to her about something so important.
"Get out!" She reached over onto her bedstand, grabbed her wrench and held it threateningly in anger. Just who did he think he was, coming into her room after yelling at her and calling her a problem! Winry set her arm back and then threw the wrench as hard as she could towards him. It flew past him and hit the door with a loud thud. Ed reacted quickly and jumped to the side to avoid being hit.
"WHAT THE HELL WINRY!" he yelled angrily. "One of the reasons I can't trust you coming with us is your damn temper! I think I'm going to wind up with brain damage from being hit so many times!"
"As if you aren't already, being so mean to me!" She cried out angrily and turned around with her back to him. He was so infuriating sometimes!.
Ed sighed heavily in dismay. How was he supposed to tell her how he felt if they kept fighting?. If he retorted then they would just keep fighting because both of them always had to have the last word. He was just going to have to either blurt it out or turn and run out of the room. He closed his eyes for a moment, taking in a deep breath as he moved towards her.
" Look Winry, I came here to tell you something, so can't you just turn around and listen to me?".
"Why? So you can insult me again?" She snapped as she turned around and looked at him. Ed blinked once. There were tears in her eyes. Tears he was sure he caused, and it bothered him severely.
"Damnit Winry! Just hear me out!"
"I'm listening then" she replied.
Ed sighed again and for a moment he contemplated not saying anything. But the tears in her eyes and what Al had told him convinced him that it had to be said. It was either now or never.
" The reason I didn't want you to go with us..well..its.."
Winry looked at him in confusion. " It's what Ed?" What exactly was he trying to tell her?. He was so complex that sometimes it was hard to tell exactly what he meant.
" Well..its just..there's alot of people after Al and I...really dangerous people and I don't want you going because you might get hurt..or even killed! I don't want that. You're about the only thing close to family that Al and I have.." He looked at her nervously.
"I-I am?" She stammered. He wasn't normally so open about his feelings. This was really strange.
"Y-Yeah, of course you are. I couldn't forgive myself if anything happened to you because I...well..because I.." Ed squirmed nervously and swallowed hard. His heart was pounding, he could feel it. He had to tell her, what if he never came back?. He didn't want to be like his father and leave without saying anything. Even if her reaction was different and she rejected him, he had to tell her. He looked up into her blue eyes and opened his mouth. " Because I love you Winry."