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I AM SO EFFING SORRY!
i know, i've been gone for MONTHS and you guys probably HATE ME, but i'm still going to post for you poor victims of a cruel writer's heart. so, pretending like nothing is wrong-
i don't own FMA (nor do i deserve it at the moment)
aka is mine (i don't deserve it, but i'll keep her anyway)
...I'M SORRY!
Recap-Ed's automail arm broke, so your group decided to take a detour to Resimbool to get it fixed. Ed had an 'interesting' dream about you, and woke up with his nose bleeding.
Start- Aka's POV: The three of you had left the hotel and were on the way to the train station, you and Ed carrying your luggage. You glanced up at Al.
"You sure we didn't forget anything?"
"Yes, I checked pretty carefully. You and Ed didn't seem to leave anything behind, and it's not like I have any luggage." Al replied. You smiled up at him.
"That actually makes you kind of lucky: you don't have to carry anything!"
"Well, if you're bag's too heavy, I'd be happy to-"
"Nah, don't bother. I'm not a wimp, I can handle it." You assured him. Ed looked at him suspiciously.
"Hey! How come you never offer to help me carry my stuff?" Ed demanded.
"Because then you'd make me carry more than I have to Brother. At least Aka wouldn't take advantage of me."
"What?" Ed exclaimed, "Name one time I've taken advantage of you!"
"Well, there was that prank you pulled on Roy and the 'missing cash,' the time you told Winry I broke your arm instead of admitting it was your fault, the time-"
"I said one time Al!" Ed interrupted, a little red-faced. You laughed at him.
"Well, it just goes to show what a lousy sibling you are!" You said teasingly. Ed shot you a glare.
"Who asked you?"
"Nobody, good thing I stepped in!" You replied cheerfully. Ed groaned.
"Man, I knew I shouldn't have let you come. Now you and Al are gonna double team me everywhere I go..."
"Not everywhere brother, just where you're wrong." Al told him.
"So yeah, in your case: everywhere." You smirked.
"Aw shuddup. We're at the train station." Ed grumbled. Looking up you saw he was right.
"Okay maybe you're right about some things." You said.
"Gee, thanks." Ed said sarcastically.
"But you still have less sense than a mushroom." You continued, "And less height..."
"WHAT?" Ed exploded, "WHO YOU CALLIN SO SHORT THAT AN ANT WOULD MISTAKE THEM FOR THE LEADER OF THE BUG PEOPLE?" He yelled, running after you as you- literally, not figuratively- ran for your life.
Quickly flashing your ticket past the conductor, you dashed up the platform and onto the train, Ed close behind. Ducking into a closed compartment, you kneeled on the floor and looked through the window cautiously. As soon as Ed's face came into view you ducked down, praying he hadn't seen you.
You stayed like that for a while before deciding to risk it. Looking through the window, you saw that no one was there. Sighing in relief, you opened the door...
...and Ed pounced on you from behind.
"Ha! I thought I saw you in there!" He said, pulling you into a headlock with his one arm.
"Dammit, I thought you'd left already!" You groaned. At the same time though, you couldn't help but blush at how close Ed was.
I guess we've kinda gotten closer, You thought, Now that he knows I'm a girl and all...
Ed finally released you from the headlock and you swayed a little, light headed from the lack of air. Ed grabbed your shoulder with his good arm and helped you steady yourself as you gasped for air.
"Uh, sorry..." He said, looking a bit sheepish, "Didn't mean to suffocate you or anything."
"S'okay." You said, still a little out of breath, "I won't die till after I kill you."
"You make plans about killing me?"
"Every minute."
Ed smirked and let go of your shoulder, wrapping his arm around your waist and pulling you closer.
"Didn't realize you thought about me that much." He said teasingly.
"Don't flatter yourself." You said flatly, though it was wasted by how red your cheeks were now.
Ed chuckled and leaned into your face, kissing your lips softly. You smiled into his lips and reached up to grab his shoulder, pulling him closer. Then Ed suddenly pulled back, smiling down at you.
"You can be pretty annoying sometimes, but you're a pretty good kisser." He said.
"Wish I could say the same for you." You said teasingly. Ed gave you an annoyed look, but then broke out into a grin.
"Like I said: annoying, but a hell of a kisser." You looked away, almost positive that your face could now use Ed's jacket as camouflage. Ed laughed again and grabbed your arm.
"C'mon, we gotta go find Al before he misses the train looking for us." He said, dragging you down the hall. You glared at him and yanked your arm away.
"What's with you? I can walk on my own legs you know- you don't have to drag me around."
"Could've fooled me. You practically walk into walls whenever I'm not."
"Do not!"
"Do too."
"Since when?"
"That time at Central? The hallway was like ten feet long, but you still ran right into the door."
"Gimme a break." You groaned, "You made me do fifty laps around the whole friggin building! You try walking straight after that."
"Lover's quarrel?" Came an amused voice. Looking up, you saw Al sitting in one of the compartments to your right.
"Cut it out." Ed mumbled, sitting down across from Al and dragging you down besides him.
"We were just talking about Central." Ed told Al. Al sighed.
"It seems like such a long time ago..." He said, looking out the window. You and Ed followed suit.
"Yeah...I mean, a lot has happened since we left." You said thoughtfully. "It feels like forever since we said goodbye to Hughes and Armstrong."
"Maybe that's why time passes so quickly." Ed said, "When you're traveling I mean."
You turned around to grin at him.
"Well sor-ry if this trip isn't going slow enough, I don't control the freaks who come after us."
"That's too bad, it'd save us a hell of a lot of trouble." Ed muttered.
"We do seem to meet a lot of interesting people." Al commented.
"I kinda like that about traveling." You said, smiling a little. "It gives you the chance to make friends with really neat kinds of people."
"Yeah, except this one freak me and Al met in Trezanga." Ed said teasingly. You glared and hit him over the head.
"Shut it Ed, or I'll kick your ass."
"Like you and your wimpy sword could."
"You've only got one arm-I think my chances are more than good."
"Who says I need my arms?"
"I do. You can't use alchemy without both arms, and everyone knows your useless without your alchemy."
"Hey! I can fight without my alchemy!"
"Not very well! And you're still missing an arm."
"I can still beat you any day of the week."
"Okay you two, enough fighting. You sound like an old married couple." Al interrupted.
"DO NOT!" You and Ed yelled in unison. You glanced at each other and looked away, both of you blushing.
"You guys are way too easy." Al said, laughing.
"So anyway..." You started, trying to change the subject, "What's Resimbool like?"
"Eh, not much." Ed said nonchalantly. You rolled your eyes.
"Thank you for that oh-so-detailed description. Al?"
"Kind of like Trezanga in terms of farming, but the houses are more spread apart, and the people are more accepting."
"That's good to hear. Is Winry the only person you knew?"
"Nah, we knew a bunch of other people, but we saw Winry the most. She's been friends with us since we were practically toddlers." Ed said, chuckling.
"We had other friends, but Winry's always been our closest." Al told you.
"And me?" You asked. You couldn't help but be curious.
"Well, I think you and Winry are both really close friends to us, you're just different kinds of friends." Al explained. Ed snorted.
"They're both bossy, neither of them ever shut up, and they're both weirdos- what's so different about them?" He said. You glared at him and grabbed one of his hair bangs, tugging on it hard.
"OW! What the hell was that for!" Ed yelled, wincing in pain.
"Jeez Ed, you're such a wimp." You said.
"Oh yeah? Well, see how you like it!" Ed exclaimed, reaching over and tugging on your hair.
"OW! I wasn't telling you to do it to me!" You cried. Ed just smiled smugly.
"See? It hurt you to!"
"Oh c'mon, I didn't pull as hard as you did."
"Yes you did!"
"Am I gonna have to separate you two?" Al asked in an annoyed voice. You looked over at him with pleading eyes.
"Please do!"
"Forget it, you two deserve each other." Al said, getting up.
"Where're you goin?" Ed asked.
"I forgot to ask the conductor how long the train ride would be. Try not to kill each other while I'm gone." Al answered, walking off.
You and Ed sat in silence for a while until Ed yawned widely.
"Tired?"
"Sorta. Trains make me bored."
"Al said you sleep a lot on trains."
"I don't sleep that much."
"You slept pretty soundly on the last one." You said. Ed shrugged.
"It was pretty early, and I didn't get much sleep."
"So, since you slept in today, you won't fall asleep on the train?"
"Maybe."
"What were you dreaming about that made you sleep in so late?"
"Nothing." Ed said, but you saw a hint of red on his cheeks.
"Your nose was bleeding...did you have a dream about me breaking your nose?"
"That'd be more like a nightmare, you being in it."
"You've dreamed about me before."
"What?"
"One time at Central. I remember, you were mumbling something about me calling you short in your sleep."
"Liar."
"Stop confusing me with you." Ed was about to say something back, but grinned instead.
"Al was right."
"Can we get that confession on tape?"
"I mean about us killing each other."
"Then I have to kill you first-I'd hate to see Hughes lose money." You said smugly. Ed actually laughed.
"Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about that. Who do you think Mustang bet on?"
"He probably bet that Al would stuff us in a box and send us back."
Ed laughed again. "If anyone could do it, it'd be him. But Mustang would probably not open it if he knew you were in there." A thought suddenly crossed your mind, and you looked out the window.
"Aka?" Ed asked, confused. You looked back at him with a sad expression on your face.
"They don't know..." You said softly.
Ed blinked in surprise, and then looked down.
"Yeah...I guess they don't..." He said.
"Wh-what if they hate me?" You stammered. You couldn't believe you hadn't thought of this earlier. Ed looked up at you sharply.
"They will not hate you Aka." He said flatly.
"But-"
"But nothing. Some of them might be a little angry, but none of them will hate you, ya hear? So stop worrying about it."
"But-"
"Stop." He said forcefully, staring straight at you. You sighed and looked away.
"I just hope you're right..." You said.
Suddenly, you felt Ed's hand pressing against your back, pushing you into his chest.
"Don't worry about it." Ed said softly, "It'll be okay." You smiled a little and snuggled (dammit, there's that word again!) up against his chest, using him as a sort of pillow.
The two of you stayed like that until Al came back. He seemed to do a double-take when his gaze fell over the two of you, making you blush.
"Sorry, am I interrupting something?" He asked. You quickly sat up.
"N-no." you stammered, blushing furiously. Out of the corner of your eye, you saw Ed doing the same thing.
"Well, anyway-the conductor said we'd be in Resimbool in about half an hour."
"Really! That was quick!" You exclaimed. Ed looked at you and cocked an eyebrow.
"You really want to see this place, don't you?" He asked. You smiled and nodded.
"I think it'd just be nice to see where you guys grew up. And meeting Winry sounds interesting."
"I think you and Winry will get along pretty well." Al commented, "You're both pretty friendly. And she has a dog..."
"Really? That's so cool! What's his name?"
"Uh...Den...oh, and he has an automail leg." Ed says.
"Really? Wow, that's even cooler! I didn't know you could put automail on animals!"
"Yeah, I guess so...since when do you like dogs so much?" Ed asked, confused.
"Since forever! I always wanted a dog back in Trezanga, but my Dad never let me..."
"Oh yeah-I remember you offering to look after Black Hayate a lot back at Central." Al said. "Guess you really like dogs." You gave him a cheezy grin.
"Can't help it! They're just so cute! Oh, but I guess you're more of a cat person..."
"No, that's okay-I like dogs a lot to. And Winry got Den when we were still pretty little, so I like him a lot."
"Yeah, the mutt kinda grows on ya..." Ed said. You glared and punched his shoulder.
"Don't call dogs mutts! It's rude!"
"Well it's not like they know the difference!" Ed retorted, glaring.
"That's it," Al declared, "If you two get into one more fight before we reach Resimbool, I'm going to throw you both off of this train!" You couldn't help but laugh.
"Sorry Al, we'll try to be good." You said, patting Ed's head. Ed gave an annoyed sigh and pushed your hand off.
"This is going to be a long day..." He said glumly.
You stepped onto the platform and dropped your bags, streching.
"Argh...I hate long train rides!" You complained, "They make my legs all jelly!"
"Yeah, but at least nothing happened this time." Al said thoughtfully. You winced, remembering your last two train rides.
"Ugh, don't remind me. I should start walking more often." You groaned. Ed looked over at you and smirked.
"Okay, then you won't mind if we leave you behind here." He said teasingly. You glared and tossed a small ball of lightning at his head.
"Ow! Damn it Aka, that hurt!"
"Gimme a break!" You retorted, "That didn't even have one volt in it!"
"Why don't we get going, Winry's house is a bit of a walk from the train station." Al said, intervening. Grumbling, you picked up your bags and followed the Elrics out of the station.
Looking around, you saw that Al was right. Resimbool kind of reminded you of home. But Trezanga was a lot more flat, while Resimbool had hills everywhere.
"This place is kinda cool. A little quiet, but it's nice." You said.
"I guess it's okay." Ed said, "I mean, it hasn't changed much since we left. But it's a nice place to relax."
"Don't we need it." Commented Al. You laughed, remembering just how busy your last few days had been.
"Hey Aka," Al suddenly said, pointing ahead, "See that house?"
"Yeah."
"That's where Winry lives."
"Sweet! So, we're almost there?"
"Yeah..."
"SWEET!" You yelled, grabbing Ed's good arm. "C'mon, let's go!"
Ed scowled and tugged his arm out of your grip. "Not yet." He said, "Gimme a minute."
"For what?" You pouted.
"My head."
"Huh?"
"You'll see."
"Brother, I don't think she'll do it this time." Al said. Ed scoffed.
"Yeah, and Roy's gone gay."
"O-kay..." You said hesitantly, "What the heck are you guys talking about?"
"What's Winry gonna-"
"EDWARD ELRIC!" A voice interrupted. Looking up, you saw a tall blonde girl running out of the house with a wrench held high over her head.
Still staring, you barely noticed Al gently pull you out of her way as she charged at Ed-
And started beating him to a pulp with her wrench.
"You wait-six months-"
"Winry!"
"-no letters-"
"Winry!"
"-could be dead for all we know-"
"WINRY!"
"-and then when you finally do show up, you've broken my automail?" She shreiked, hitting his head one last time before putting it in a tool belt. Crossing her arms, she glared down at Ed's now-half-concious form.
"What do you have to say for yourself?" She demanded.
"Get softer tools..." Ed grunted, his voice cracking.
Winry rolled her eyes and turned to you and Al. "Hey Al, how're you- wait, who're you?" She suddenly said, staring at you.
"Oh, um...this is Aka. Aka, this is the friend we told you about, Winry."
"Oh, hey. Nice to meet ya." You said, holding out a hand. Winry smiled and shook it.
"Nice to meet you two. So, what're you doing with the Elrics?"
"Traveling." You answered, "We're kind of helping each other find something."
"Oh, so you're helping them find the Philosopher's Stone?" Winry asked, "Wait- does that mean-"
"Yes, Aka's a state alchemist too." Al answered. Winry looked at you curiously for a moment before shrugging and turning towards the house.
"Come on in guys, my grandma's running some errands, but she'll be back later."
Looking behind, you saw that Ed wasn't moving.
"Um, Winry? I think you knocked Ed out."
"I did? Oh well, it's easier to work on his automail when he's asleep. He keeps fidgeting if he's awake..." She said scornfully. "Al, would you mind carrying him in?"
"Sure." Al said, walking over and picking up his unconscious brother. You giggled as he passed by, seeing the swirls in Ed's eyes.
"Now I get it." You said quietly.
and there you have it. i'll update again soon, scout's honor.
oh wait- i hated girl scouts.
-zago