Chapter Two
Edward and Monica held each other's hands as they walked along the park and Edward cleared his throat, getting ready to tell Monica his true feelings about her in a trying-to-be-as-kind-as-possible way.
"Monica... I have a confession to make to you... If I don't tell you this then I know that I will regret it..." Edward said, not looking at Monica but at everything else instead.
Monica crept closer to Edward and asked,"What my sweet little shrimp dumpling with riceballs?"
Edward held his anger about the fact that Monica had called him 'little' and 'shrimp' and answered,"I don't like you, let alone love you. I don't like any of the girls here, they're just dumbasses who keep on asking me out. Just so that I won't be rude I say yes, like I did with you. All of them leave me alone after one or two dates but you keep on staying with me and that bothers me because the girl I love is all the way in Risembool."
Monica let go of Edward's hand and Edward took a deep breath with a smile. "So, are you happy that I told you the truth? I have heard that women like honest men after all." Edward asked with a happy grin.
"You JERK! You could've kept on pretending to like me at least! I just wanted your body, I hated you too! You damned shrimpy boy Colonel person!" Monica exclaimed as she stormed off.
"You little---! Don't you dare insult me, Sergeant Monica Blackwater! I could court marshal you anytime I wish!" Edward exclaimed in anger as he walked to the State Alchemist Building.
When Monica had ran far, far away from Edward's sight, he smiled and exclaimed,"I am free to tell Winry my true feelings now! No more girl is dating me!"
Major Roy Mustang soon stopped burning random papers on the ground and sighed with a depressed frown on his face.
"Are you okay Colonel?" Major Riza Hawkeye asked with a straight face. "I wish I could tell him... I wish I could tell him my true feelings... I've known him for about ten years now, I shouldn't be scared..."
Roy Mustang looked at Riza and answered,"Yes, I am fine Hawkeye. Thank you for asking."
All of a sudden, a chibi angelic Riza came on Hawkeye's shoulder and a chibi devilish Riza came on her other shoulder that were only visible to her since it was her imagination.
"Come on girl, go tell that bastard your true feelings. If he rejects you, you could always kick his ass or kill him with your gunslingin' skills." The devilish Riza said with a rough looking grin.
"Oh no, Riza darling, I beg you not to listen to that devil! Tell him your true feelings politely and if he rejects you then you should live on your life the way it is and forget about him." The angelic Riza said with an angelic look.
"You know what! I'll agree with both of you! I'll tell him my feelings politely and if he rejects me I'll kick his ass all the way out of the State Military!" Riza exclaimed, accendently outloud instead of in her mind.
Roy Mustang looked at Riza with both concern and curiousity and asked,"Hawkeye, you okay?"
Riza Hawkeye looked at her true love and stammered,"Y-Yes Colonel, I am absolutely fine but I need to tell you something." "NO! I blurted it out, didn't I?"
Roy Mustang walked up to Riza Hawkeye and looked at her straight in the face and asked,"Yes Hawkeye? What do you need to tell me? Is it the explanation of why you've been acting so odd recently?"
Riza Hawkeye looked at Roy Mustang and as she tried to get the words out, a tint of pink got brushed onto her cheeks out of embarrisment.
"What is it, Hawkeye? I don't have all day! Tell me later if you wish." Mustang started walking away and stopped when Riza exclaimed,"Colonel, stop!"
"Colonel... I... I... I love you!" Riza Hawkeye exclaimed as the tint of pink started covering her whole face.
Roy Mustang froze in his tracks and turned around to face Riza Hawkeye. "Riza... I've always had feelings for you too..." He said quietly.
Roy and Riza gazed at each other and then immediantly turned back to their normal selves before others started to notice their odd behavior.
"So Colonel, we must start this mission now." Riza said urgently, her flushed face had turned back to normal.
"Yes Riza, we should. And it's Roy to you!" Roy answered with a twinkling smile.
Hawkeye blushed slightly and then quickly made her blushing go away somehow with her excellent self-control 'powers'. "Yes sir... I mean, Roy."
Majors Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye quickly exited the State Alchemist Building in unison and stepped into Roy's car. Riza sat onto the driver's seat as usual and Roy sat on the front passengers seat as always.
"Riza, I'm just so shocked... I had also wanted to tell you the same thing for years but you were the one in the end who had the courage to say so." Mustang said while looking straight in front of him.
"Roy, I had loved you since the day I had first set my eyes upon you. I didn't love you because of your body like the other women, I loved you because of you." Hawkeye stated very truthfully while setting her eyes on the familiar roads of Central.
"Riza, I had always loved you also. I loved you for you and for you only. If you weren't the way you were, I would've never loved you at all." Mustang said with complete honesty.
The two lovebirds continued to chat to each other as Riza drove subconciously to her home as Roy did not know.
"Riza, where are we heading off to? What is the destination that you are driving to?" Mustang asked curiously as he looked at the unfamiliar surroundings around him.
"My house Roy, I want you to dearly see my home." Hawkeye answered as she parked the car inside her garage.
"When will that Ed come with Al and visit me? Are they too caught up in their military jobs to come and visit their hometown?" Winry wondered outloud while sorting out all of her mechanical parts to make her 'un-bored'.
After a while thinking and worrying over the two Elric brothers, Winry stopped organizing her mechanical parts and stood up with a smile. "I'll just go visit them myselves after telling Auntie Pinako!"
Winry told Mrs.Pinako about her wanting to visit Edward and Alphonse first thing and her Aunt immediantly agreed first thing.
"Be sure to make them visit too, Winry! I want to see how much they've grown up, especially that tiny Ed!"
Winry finished packing her suitcase in the speed of lighting and quickly boarded a train heading to Central.
"I have to tell Winry... I just have to... I'll explode if I don't... Me and Al will go to Risembool now and then I will tell her!" Edward thought as he stepped into his office that was originally Roy Mustang's.
"I have to tell Winry my true feelings, I have to... I'll go insane if I don't... I'll have to convince Brother to let us visit Risembool so I could tell her!" Alphonse thought as he did Jean Havoc's paperwork as Havoc was still in his 'idiotic look mode'.
"Al! Come on, hurry up on your paperwork! We're heading off to Risembool!" Edward exclaimed with a smile.
Alphonse put the paperwork on Jean Havoc's desk and ran up to his older brother. He felt happiness and a surge of fluttering butterflies. Alphonse also felt very grateful that this strange twist had turned him into a human like he was supposed to be.
"Brother, how long are we going to stay in Risembool?" Alphonse asked, hoping that they could stay for at least a week or two so that he could have lots of time to tell Winry his feelings in peace. Somehow he knew that he was putting his time limit expectation too high...
"We're going to stay for a few days. Maybe five days at most, I still need to investigate this screwed-up twist in the military after all." Edward answered as he headed out of his office and to their dorm room. "That's more than enough time for me to cough out the truth to Winry..."
Winry soon reached Central and walked to the State Alchemist Building with a smile on her face. She was wearing a white dress, a straw hat and brown sandals. Winry put her heavy suitcase on the State Alchemist Building steps and a guard came up to her immediantly.
"Who might you be, miss? This area is only for State Alchemists or personnel in the military." The guard recited off of a piece of paper. When he saw Winry staring at his paper, he laughed and said,"Oh, this is my first day at work so I have to memorize all of this and my brain's close to exploding."
Winry sweatdropped and then smiled politely, she answered,"Oh, I am Winry Rockbell and I am here to see Major... I mean, Colonel Edward Elric please."
"Oh, really! You're here to see the legend Edward Elric! I've heard he's tiny but even better than people who're twice as older as him. I'll go get him right away, you just wait here Ms.Winry ma'am."
The guard ran into the State Alchemist Building and headed towards Edward's office to get him outside for Winry.
"Boy, that guard sure is kinder and politer than any of the guards I've met here. He's also the strangest though." Winry said with a laugh.
The guard stepped into Edward's office and asked,"Where's Mr.Edward sir? A cute girl name Ms.Winry ma'am is here to visit him."
"Oh, that girl's sure outta luck then. Colonel left with his brother to Risembool right now. They must be at the train station right now." Breda answered while trying to make Jean Havoc move.
"Thanks for telling me that Mister!" The guard exclaimed as he saluted at all of them and ran out to Winry.
He reached her while panting and panted,"Ms.Winry ma'am, Mr.Edward sir and his brother are at the train station waiting for the train to Risembool to come. I'lll take them to you right now! Step into my car!"
The guard helped Winry into the front passenger seat and climbed into the driver's seat himself with a smile.
"If we're lucky, they'll still be there Ms.Winry ma'am. So, what job do you do? I think I've heard of your name before."
Winry flashed a wide smile and answered modestly,"Oh, I'm an automail mechanic. Many people know me and come to me even though I'm not all that like they think I am."
The guard smiled back at her and said,"You sure must be something with what the people say about your skills. My name's Richard ma'am, if you ever need anything I'll help you."
"Thank you very much, Mister Richard! If you don't mind though, could you please stop calling me Ms.Winry and ma'am? I really am much younger than you and you should just call me Winry." Winry asked, hoping for an 'okay, of course' answer.
"Oh, I'm sorry if that bothered you Winry! See, I'm new at this job and I'm trying to sound as professional as possible." Richard answered with a laugh.
The automail mechanic and the new guard started talking random nonsense with each other until they reached the Central Train Station.
"Oh Ed, Al! Please don't leave yet! I came to visit you two and it's nothing like you to come to Risembool without a good reason since you never come to just visit!" Winry thought as she was running in some random direction.
Richard the new guard quickly jumped out of the car and slammed the door behind him, running after Winry. "Ms.Winry--- I mean, Winry! Come here! That's the train for the State Alchemists!"
Winry turned on her heel and ran back to Richard and followed him in a run as he quickly ran towards the train to Risembool.
Edward and Alphonse were inside the train and were leaving and Winry was tired and in a mess. Her face had gotten red, her hair was got poofy and her straw hat had fell off her head.
"ED! AL! DON'T GO TO RISEMBOOL RIGHT NOW! I'M HERE, WINRY IS HERE!" Winry exclaimed at the top of her lungs while holding her tears.
"Colonel Elric sir, Lieutenant Alphonse sir! Winry is right here so get out of that train right NOW!" Richard exclaimed in a louder voice than Winry's.
Edward and Alphonse turned around and looked out the window with a smile. They both snuck out the window and jumped off the train, luckily landing gracefully on their feet and not getting injured in any way.
"Winry!" Edward and Alphonse exclaimed as they ran towards her in unison.
Winry smiled at them and then looked at Richard with a wide smile. "Thank you so much Richard, without you Ed and Al would have been in Risembool wondering where I was."
"No problem Ms.Winry ma'am. Would you three like a drive back to the State Alchemist Building or do you want to go someplace else?" Richard asked with a kind smile.
"We'll walk to the State Alchemist Building Richard. You're kind to everyone, thanks for driving Winry here to let us know that she came here!" Edward said with a smile.
The threesome, Winry, Edward, and Alphonse, waved good bye to Richard as he started driving away in his car back to the State Alchemist Building.
As Winry, Edward, and Alphonse walked towards the State Alchemist Building, Winry looked at the two Elric brothers and asked,"Why were you two coming over to Risembool? You normally never come unless you have an important reason."
Before they could answer, she looked at Edward with a smile and said,"I bet you needed automail, right Ed? If that's the reason, then be happy because I brought all my tools and automail with me in case that might be the case."
"No Winry! I wanted to come because I freaking love you!" Edward thought, partly in anger and irritation.
"No Winry! I just wanted to come because I wanted to tell you that I love you!" Alphonse thought as he looked at Winry.
While they were walking in silence, the two famous Elric brothers broke the silence and said almost in unison,"Winry, we were coming over to Risembool to see you because we love you."
Edward and Alphonse looked at each other in shock and exclaimed in perfect unison,"But I thought that you just liked her!"
Winry blushed deeply along with the two brothers and they walked in complete silence, not daring to even breathe.
AN:Soooo? I think that some of you might have some suspense to see who would tell Winry their true feelings first, right? Well, now your suspense is over! I made my decision that way for some reason that I may reveal sooner or later... Sorry, let me have my fun and be evil! Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Disclaimer:'Kay, obviously I don't own FMA. If I did, I wouldn't be writing fanfics or anything and I would be a freaking billionaire or something with a giant mansion and everything with this huge pool with a pink flamingo thing standing somewhere. w;; I do, however, own the charries that I rightfully made up with my own creativity. (Minor characters that come for one line count too!)
