1 From "Coke Bottle" -- Well, I think thats the name, correct me if i'm wrong, sorry. :D

…Still don't own it. I sold it at a pawn shop for 50 cents. Shoulda asked for more, eh?

It was over.

No, it just had never started.

There had never been a 'we', an 'us', or a 'togetherness'

Edward was just a toy. A toy Mustang had grown tired of playing with.

A toy, Edward supposed, was the worst, yet the best thing to ever happen to him.

Or so he thought.

He had seen, or he thought he had known what should have happened. He saw Riza and Roy in that… store. That dreaded store, which sparked so many a 'yes' in people. People like Roy and Ed used to be. And Roy telling him he had to meet him in a restaurant, the

Best in Central, because they needed to talk, hadn't helped…

But this, this wasn't what he'd expected… not these words.

"Edward-san?" Was uttered, softly, a bit of hope in a voice, beautiful, issuing from the one Ed held so close, the one who kissed Ed goodnight, the one who Ed thought was going to tell him things were over. . Then a cough. Roy on his knees. Edward wasn't prepared at all for what came next.

"Edward-san, will you marry me?"

Instantaneous redemption.