Chapter twenty-seven: Despair
"Coniniaue?" Edward said. He knocked on her door. "You okay?"
A sniffle replied, followed by a groan. "Go awaaaaay…" Coniniaue rolled over on her bed, her tears soaked up in her pillow.
"Coniniaue, I'm sorry, I didn't think you would be so upset…" he opened the door and peeked around it.
"I said GO AWAY!" She shouted, glaring. Her hair was back up in a braid and she had just disappeared into her bathroom, her dress draped over her bedpost. The bathroom door slammed shut and the shower turned on.
Edward went inside and sat next to the closed door, grumbling. "Coniniaue, I'm sorry! I didn't know you would react like this."
The curtain slid back and Coniniaue stepped inside.
"Winry… She's more of my mechanic. I think she's amazing, but her life is no where near as cool as yours."
Coniniaue opened her shampoo bottle and squeezed some onto her hand.
"I mean… You're half of a superhuman chimera. So maybe I do like Winry. But maybe I like you much more."
Coniniaue slicked the shampoo down her braid and rubbed it in.
"I mean, you never know! I've never even kissed Winry, I never even told her how I feel."
Coniniaue dipped her braid under the flow of water.
"I kissed you a couple days ago… You were asleep. I'm sorry, I sound like a pervert."
Coniniaue turned off the water and pulled a towel around her.
"The truth is, Coniniaue, to me, you're more than a partner…"
Coniniaue leaned against the door.
"Coniniaue, I love you."
Coniniaue held a towel around her and opened the door. "Sweet, Edward, but you have known Winry much longer and you deserve her. She's smart, and she's pretty, and you would go perfect together. Now get out of my room before I call the front desk."
Edward just stared at her.
"And stop staring at me with those big gold eyes." She growled.
Edward stood up and just left. Without another word.
((Heartbreak… ;; How sad. But I'm not done with Coniniaue and Edward! Rubs hands together evilly))