Sudden Realization
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They were at it again.
Ed and Winry were at each other's throats with another argument, yelling and shouting loud enough to guarantee complaints from the neighbors. But they didn't care. They were too angry to bother with something like that.
The brawl started with Winry scolding Ed about his automail, which resulted in him getting smart with her, which only resulted with the two of them screaming at each other. This whole thing was ridiculous, so ridiculous Al, Pinako, and even Den retreated outside for a temporary relief from the noise, waiting for the storm to blow over.
"Ed, I worked so hard on your automail! How could you go out and damage it!" Winry yelled, waving her wrench threateningly. But Ed did not flinch, only raised his voice to match hers.
"It's not like I broke it on purpose!"
Scowls were given, each one glaring the other a painful death before the name-calling round began.
"You're so careless, you intolerable jerk!" Winry shrieked.
"Me? What about you!" Ed retorted. "Always so touchy and-!"
"Shut up you stupid idiot!"
"Don't call me stupid, stupid!"
"Temperamental shrimp!"
"Machine freak!"
"Alchemy nerd!"
"Mechanic junkie!"
"Bean boy with a height compl-!"
Before he realized what he was doing, Ed had pressed his lips on hers. He was mad and she was mad, and he couldn't take it anymore. Something told him to caress his lips with hers, so he did. Winry was surprised at first, stiff at the sudden move, but eventually gave in. Deepening, the kiss, he tilted his head to the side, running his fingers through her hair. A thousand sensations were running through his body. He didn't know what exactly possessed him to do it, he didn't know why, he didn't know how. But he did know one thing. He was kissing Winry Rockbell, his best friend.
And it was absolutely wonderful.
She pulled away softly, the two of them breathless and still caught up with the kiss. "What was that for?" she asked, cheeks a shade darker.
Her deep pools of blue gazed at him wonderingly. Ed had a notion that the whole thing surprised her. Hell, it even surprised him, but now he knew. He had had the urge to kiss her like that, tell her how he felt about her for a while now. He wanted to tell her everything, all that he had been keeping up bottled inside for so long. But he couldn't do it.
"Well, I got you to shut up for a minute," he said instead, muttering to the floor.
Winry let out a frustrated screech, whacking Ed over the head with her wrench before storming outside. The hit didn't have a force behind it though as he watched her go. Al peered inside, sighing as he asked, "What's she mad about this time?"
Ed gave a half-hearted shrug as he sat down on the couch, grabbing the nearest book and opened it.
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