I don't own Naruto, Great Teacher Onizuka, Love Hina, Mahou Sensei Negima, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Inuyasha, or any anime or game that I may or may not mention. I also do not own the character Amber (whom I borrowed from friend's fanfic called Steel and Ice)
That afternoon I was bored in my small room. I sat down on the floor and waited for Al. I couldn't stop thinking about Winry. I should've let Naru talked instead of just running away like that. "Ugh!" I screamed out of frustration.
"You okay?" asked Al as he entered the room.
"I guess."
"This is Tetsu," he said as a red haired boy entered as well. "Listen his brother is going away on university thing, and he has no place to stay, so he'll be staying with us. Um, about this afternoon, Naru called me. You see, Naru is a university student, but since the dorms filled out, she couldn't find a place and had to stay in the high school girls' dorms. But since Tetsu's brother is going away for some time and Tetsu is going the stay here they've offered her the apartment and she's taken it. Winry is sick and she needs someone to take care of her. Ed and Amber are also away so Naru came here to ask if you could take care of Winry," said Al.
I fell my mouth fell, how could I be so dumb. Al was staring at me, suddenly I remembered. "Yes, I'll look after her."
"Well you have to leave now. Naru is waiting for you at the dorm."
I nodded. Once I had everything I needed I headed towards the girls dorm. Just as Al said, Naru was waiting for me outside. She handed me an envelope and headed inside to distract the lady at the desk. Like before I made my way towards the apartment I opened the envelope n the elevator, inside were a letter and a key. The letter said that everything had been arranged so that I could skip school for one week, which was just what Winry needed to rest. It stated that the doctor had given Winry a strong medicine that knocked her out, but she fought it and struggled, because she hated lying down and doing nothing. It was my job to make sure she rested as much as possible and to keep and eye on her so that she doesn't stress herself too much.
I folded the letter and stuffed it into my jacket's pocket. I opened the apartment to find Winry on the floor unconscious. She was dressed for school and had her school bag on one hand. I picked her up and placed her on her bed. I went to Naru's room, it was empty except for another letter with Winry's medications and their scheduled times. She was supposed to eat with the next medication, so I headed to the kitchen and began to cook.
"What are you doing
here?" asked Winry faintly. She fell and I darted towards her and
picked her up.
"You shouldn't stress yourself like this. I'm
here to take care of you so don't' worry," I said as I placed
her in the couch.
"I can take care of myself!"
"I found you lying on the floor with your school bag! Besides Naru already went through a lot of trouble so that I could take care of you. Now stay right there while I finish dinner."
The tasty aroma of the miso soup filled the room. Once it was finished I poured the contents into a bowl and walked towards the couch. Using the spoon I tried to feed it to Winry; at first she was resistant, turning her head and whatnot. When she opened her mouth to complain I had to quickly push the spoon inside, making her angrier. She had taken the medication and it was already performing its toll. She was barely awake, but she had to eat a little more. I sat her on my lap and continued feeding her until she fell asleep.
I wrapped my arms around her and fell asleep with her on the couch. I woke up later and placed her on her bed. Afterwards I made myself a little supper, took a quick shower and went to Naru's room to sleep. I was tired and fell quickly.
"No… Help me! Mom, Dad! Don't go… Please hold me! Hold me one last time!" The frail voice, filled with panic startled me. I went to check on her, she was tossing and turning on her bed. I placed my hand on her forehead; she had a slight fever and was sweating. "Hold me," she whispered in her sleep. I lay besides her and held her; she quickly laced her arms around me and pressed her head against my body. In my arms she calmed down and slept peacefully for the rest of the night. I was too worried at first to fall at sleep, but then I was so tired that I fell against my will.
Winry was surprised to wake up in his arms. He was still sound asleep, but his arms were wrapped around her. She started to feel secure and began to loosen up until she fell asleep in his arms once more. Some time later, he woke up. He kissed her forehead, waking her up. They stared into each other's eyes, losing themselves within a strange feeling that bound them together. They got closer and closer, until their lips were inches apart. He neared her soft lips, moved completely by a mix of instinct and desire. When their lips almost brushed together, she turned and started to cough violently.
"It's time for your medicine!" said Marche realizing he had overslept. He got up quickly and fetched the medicine bottles from the kitchen and a glass of water. "Here," he said handing her the medication. "I'll make you breakfast," he said running out of the room.
They couldn't believe what had just happened. Even though he was worried about her reaction to his boldness, he wanted to kiss her. She was lost and confused, she felt the 'butterflies' in her stomach and her face was completely flushed.
After eating breakfast they sat together on the couch. For a long time, nobody spoke. "Shouldn't you be at school?"
"Naru, she fixed it so that I can stay here with you until you get better. I'm afraid you're stuck with me."
She laughed softly. "I don't mind," she whispered as she rested her head on his shoulders. He instantly wrapped his arms around her and closed his eyes.
It was nighttime, they where getting ready to go into their respective rooms, when Winry called him. "Can you…" she hesitated. "Hold me, like last night."
He smiled and walked towards her. She was flushed and turned her face when he approached her. He kissed her cheek, grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the bed. They talked about the school, the teachers, music and other things. After a while, Winry yawned. They lay next to each other, though they were a bit separated, but since the bed wasn't that big the space between them wasn't much. After a while he turned towards her and pulled her closer. She pressed her face against his chest; he ran his finger through her long hair. The room was silent; they didn't speak, but simply lost themselves in the presence of each other.
The week passed and Winry got better. Tetsu's brother came back and he decided to share the dorm with Naru. Tetsu decided to stay with Al and Marche was left without a room.
Monday morning, Marche came early to school. When he returned home Sunday, he found out that Tetsu was living there and that the small room wasn't enough for the three of them. After an uncomfortable night, he decided that he could no longer stay there.
He waited patiently for Ed, he knew that they weren't really friends, but he hoped Ed would help him out.
Ed and Amber held hands as they walked towards the school. She said good-bye and walked away. Ed continued walking towards said destination. When he arrived, Marche quickly approached him.
"Hey, Ed. Where's Amber?"
"She's on her way to the university."
"The university?"
"Yeah, she's one year older than me. You seemed like you where going to ask me something."
"Yeah; it seem that Al's friend is now living in our dorm room and I've run out of space. I was wondering," he stopped. "If maybe, I could take Al's room."
Ed thought about it for a while. "Sure thing!" he said. "But…" he had a dark look in his eyes. "You have to do all of Al's chores! 'That way I don't have to do them!' he thought to himself.
"That's all? Thanks Ed!"
"Sure thing, let's go inside and find Amber."
Later during the day, Winry waited outside the university.
"Hello," said Amber surprised to see her. "Shouldn't you be at school?"
"I decided to skip Mechanics. I worked on my project last week and I made a lot of progress, so I'm a bit ahead of the class. I doubt the teacher will notice my absence.
"Aren't there like four students in the class?"
"Yeah, but that teacher doesn't notice a thing."
"I assume you wanted to talk to me about something."
"Um… You know that my roommate, Naru, is going to be living in the university dorms. Well, I don't like living alone, so I was wondering… If I could take Al's old room."
"How do you know about that? Al called and said that you were really sick and that we shouldn't call you cause your roommate said that the medication made you sleep during the day."
"Marche told me, he took care of me last week."
"So, that Marche guy and you…"
"No! He just took care of me nothing happened," defended Winry, her face completely red.
"I never said anything happened; so that means something did happen."
"So can I stay?" she blurted out needing an immediate change of subject
"I guess it's okay. Al's living in the school dorms and since Al use to help a lot with the chores, and Ed just whines whenever I ask for help, I guess you could help out by staying."
"Thank you, I'll be there tonight."
On their way home, Ed and Amber stopped by for some sodas and a quick snack in a nearby coffee shop. They sat on the tables outside the shop and talked while they ate.
"I have something to tell you!" they both said.
"You first," said Ed.
"This afternoon, Winry approached me and asked if she could stay in Al's old room. I said yes, since it is empty and we do need the extra help, because you keep slacking off."
"Hey!" Ed protested.
"It's not a problem, right?"
"Well, I don't have a problem. But… Marche asked me the same thing this morning and I said okay. But it's a large room, and with two people, we'll barely have any work to do!" said Ed as he placed his hands behind his head.
Amber laughed softy, she had thought of a good insult but decided to let this one slip. Well no matter what the outcome, it's bound to be and interesting night."
"All your nights could be interesting," whispered Ed suggestively as he scooted his chair closer to her.
"That's not what I meant!" she punched his head. "Baka!"
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"I wonder what'll happened to Marche and Winry and what wacky stuff will happen at this strange school… Well if you can handle the wait, I'll give you a few hints about the next chapter: Gravitation, Sadness, new problems and more craziness.
