Disclaimer: I do not own FullMetal Alchemist. I just like to control and torment the characters. Bwahaha. And throw new ones in there... -shifty eyes-

Author's Note: Okay! Drama time. If you're prone to puking from drama overload, please have a barf bag next to your computer screen. Thank you. D

Chapter Six: Understand

Getting home, Winry instantly went to her room to work on automail. She was upset that he would change his mind. How could he do this to her? It was so unfair. Horrible.

If only she could be in his head to understand why. Marinna needs him, wants to do this for him, and should. He would explain it to her in due time. Right now, she needed to be alone. Edward would give her her space.

Marinna, on the other hand, waited until Winry was out of earshot to say her sorrys to Edward for causing all this trouble. She didn't mean to. She hated it to be honest. She just wanted to make automail.

"Ed... I'm sorry," she said, going to him when Winry was gone. She saw Alphonse was still around, and she would need to say sorry as well. "You too Al. I didn't mean for it to be like this." She looked down at her feet, feeling very sorry.

"Marinna..." Edward said sadly, leaving a pause before he tried to say anything else. Too bad Alphonse filled the space.

"It's okay Marinna. Winry's made Ed's automail before. I think she'll understand once Ed talks to her. Don't worry," he said, putting a hand on her shoulder to try and comfort her.

"It's not. I don't want her angry or upset. Not with me, not with you guys... not with anyone. And she is because I got in the way," she said, glancing up at Edward and Alphonse.

A metal suit of armor, something cold. Alphonse couldn't comfort her how he wanted to. He couldn't hug her, couldn't do anything but use words to try and comfort this girl. He hated it right now. It this the first time in a long time he's loathed his body so much. He just wanted to be like his brother right now. Warm, with skin, with the sence of touch. He couldn't do what he wanted to so badly right now.

"It's okay," Edward said, his voice soft, along with his expression, "I'll get this sorted out, don't worry. It'll be alright."

It was as though he was talking to a child, trying to calm them. Taking on the mature roll right now. It was something that he hadn't done in a while. His rash thinking wasn't work the way it normally did.

She looked at him and he smiled softly. He nodded and he turned and went to Winry's room, where she'd stormed off to. Alphonse stayed with Marinna.

"Winry," he said, knocking on the door. There wasn't an answer so he said a little louder, "Winry?"

Again, his call went unanswered. Figuring he knew the girl well enough, he could just walk right in. And so, he did. He opened the door and when he looked inside, she was the blonde lying on her bed as silent sobs escaped her. Pain twinged in his heart as Edward walked in and shut the door.

"Winry, don't be angry. Marinna... I think she needs to make my automail. To have some kind of closure. And you've made it a million times. Would it be so bad to let her make it now?"

"I thought I would always be the one to make it though..." she said, the crying now heard in her voice.

"She thought the same about her aunt."

The room was quiet for a moment. Winry thought this over in her head. She did loose her aunt. The person she'd make automail for. That was the purpose of learning to make it. Winry did this out of passion.

"At least you can still see me Winry," Edward said.

It was like his final point. It was then that Winry had to deside if she would continue on being mad at the three of them. She wouldn't be. It was hard to loose someone. Winry did this for the passion, Marinna did this for a person.

She looked up, tears still in her eyes and nodded. Winry understood. She got it. She would have wanted someone to do the same for her.

"Okay Ed," she said, her voice shaky.

Edward smiled as she said that. "Thank you Winry." And he left her room.

Letting out a sigh, Edward came out to no one being there. It suprised him, he figured Alphonse and Marinna would be out waiting for him. He felt a little alone so he went to find them. Outside they were most likely to be.

What suprised him even more was what the two were doing. Both Marinna and Alphone were standing in a position that looked like they were... fighting.

"Okay, now try harder this time," Alphonse's voice.

"Okay..." came the shaky voice of Marinna as she punched Alphonse's arm. He had luckily gotten out his arm pads.

It was a funny site indeed. Marinna, in her dress full of frill, lace, and screaming girly punching a tin can.

"That was better than the last time," Alphonse said reassuringly.

"Really?" Marinna sounded hopeful and over joyed.

Laughing, Edward finally made his presence known. "What are you two doing?" he said with an undertone of fondness.

"Oh!" Marinna said, blushing, "I just wanted to learn to fight a little." She was looking at the ground, slightly embarassed to be caught.

Laughing, Edward shook his head. "You've got too much frill to fight."

Alphonse chuckled while Marinna looked up and smiled.