Disclaimer: I Don't own Fullmetal Alchemist. Arakawa Hiromu does.
Theme 1: Childhood Friend
"Ed! Al was looking for you! He wants to work with you on the present," A light blond haired girl ran a golden haired boy.
"Huh? I thought he was going to do it on his own," the boy replied.
"You two got into a fight again?" The girl asked.
"Well…we wanted to give mom a present, but we had different ideas about how to make it...and what formula to use…so…" the boy, Edward, started.
"So, you decided to the presents separately? Without helping each other?" Winry finished the sentence for him.
"Well, Al had this idea of asking a certain someone that I don't like," Ed said, and turned back to finish his transmutation circle. He was stuck on a formula, and wasn't sure about what symbol to put in.
Winry sighed. She knew that the certain someone was Ed's father and Ed didn't like his father that much, but to yell at his brother at this 'minor' problem, was a bit too much. "You know, you two could just help each other make the presents. Won't that be better?" The 7 year old girl suggested, trying to convince the golden haired boy, "It'd take less time too. And won't your mom be happier that way too?"
"But I just yelled at Al. And why did he want to look for me anyways?" Ed replied, sounding slightly sulked. Indeed, he just yelled at his younger brother for mentioning their dad. Al said maybe they should ask dad about which formula to put in, and if dad was here, maybe things would be easier. He didn't want to ask that person about anything. That person who left mom alone. And Al wanted help from that kind of person.
" 'cause he asked me to say sorry to you for him. He's afraid that you're still mad at him. Besides I think that if you two work together, you'll make a REALLY good present!" Winry said, spreading her hands in the air.
"But," Ed began. He didn't know what to say to Al.
"C'mon Edward," Winry said, reaching her hand out to Ed, "I'm pretty sure Al would understand." Edward Elric remained silent. "Come on. Let's go, so you and Al can finish the present faster." The young alchemist turned his face around, facing the sapphire blue eyes. He quickly wiped the chock out from the grass and picked up the materials for making the present.
"Quickly, bean boy," Winry teasingly said, hand still out.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING BEAN!" Ed yelled.
"I won't be calling you one if you drank your milk, now quickly," Winry replied. Ed stood up and took Winry's nice soft hand. They started running to the other side of the hill, where Alphonse was. He was running close behind the future-to-be automail mechanic. Running close behind his childhood best friend.