Winry stood outside Ed and Al's room, knocking loudly on the door.
"Edward! Wake up! Ed!" She beat her fists on the door. "Ed, Ruby's missing!" She sat on the floor in front of the door, tears welling in her eyes. "Ruby, why do you keep doing this?"
Ruby opened her eyes. She looked around the room she was in. A clock on the wall said it was almost eight A.M. and the warm breath against her back told her she wasn't alone. For a minute she had to think where she was but then the morning grogginess cleared. She jumped when she felt a warm kiss on her cheek. She roll over finding herself face-to-face with Ed. She felt her face turn red with embarrassment when she realized what she was- or rather, wasn't- wearing. Ed was smiling at her, his unbraided hair falling in his face.
"I'm glad you're awake. Your sister's been banging the hell outta that door for ten minutes now." He kissed her for a moment before sitting up.
"Edward! Wake up!" Winry was pounding on the door louder than a heard of buffalo on a stampede. Ed put on his undershirt, throwing Ruby his red jacket.
"Might want to cover yourself." He said. He got up to the door. "Keep it down or you'll wake the whole place!"
"Edward! Let me in!" Winry called.
"Not unless you want to see me in my underwear, and I don't think you do." Ruby put on Ed's jacket and stood up. She held it closed.
"What do we do?" She whispered. "She can't see us like this!"
"Just relax; it isn't too bad after she beats you into numbness." Ruby just stared. "I'm kidding, we'll just tell her, Um,"
"How long does it take you to get dressed, anyway?" Winry called. "In case you haven't heard me screaming, Ruby's missing! She never came back last night!"
"Just relax, Winry, Ruby's fine." Ed told her. He put his pants on and opened the door. Winry barged in, wide eyed and furious at the sight.
"'Just relax!" She screamed. "Edward Elric! Ruby! Ruby, you were here? You were sleeping with Edward!" Ruby almost thought she could see steam pouring out of Winry's ears. "When I get through with you, Ed, you'll wish you'd never laid eyes on her!"
"Me! In my own defense, she's the one who came to me and made the first move!" Ed said. Ruby picked up her clothing and started sneaking toward the door.
"Ruby! You're okay!" Al stood in the doorway. "Winry had said you were missing. Why are you wearing brother's jacket?" Ruby sat on the floor.
"Um, well," she ducked as a shoe went flying overhead. "Hey, wait, where have you been this whole time?"
"Brother locked me out last night. I don't think it was on purpose, but I had to sit in the hall all night." Al said. Ed collapsed on the ground next to Ruby.
"Hi, Al, how's your day going so far?" He wiped blood from his nose. "Ruby, if I were you, I'd run for it." Ruby helped Ed sit up.
"Um, Winry, I think you can stop now." She said. Winry stood right next to Ruby.
"Don't think you'll get off without anything!" Winry snapped. She grabbed Ruby's ear and dragged her back into their room.
By dinner time, both Ruby and Ed were dragging along their sore limbs to get to the restaurant.
"She really made you triple-polish all of the auto-mail she had with her?" Ed asked. They sat down in chairs next to each other. Ruby leaned against Ed's shoulder.
"Four times on the one arm," she said. "But y'know," she kissed Ed's lips, pulling away when Winry began tapping her foot. "It was well worth it." Ed sighed.
"Yeah, sure was, but," he fell down onto the top of the table. "How about we stick with the things that don't nearly kill us afterward."
The curtains blew gently as the breeze blowing outside blew into the open window. Winry had waited until Ruby was fast asleep before going to bed herself, just to make sure she didn't try and sneak out. Both girls slept soundly until a rattling noise came from the window, waking Ruby. She sat up, rubbing her eyes. She blinked, looking around. Seeing nothing, she shrugged and laid down again. Before she could fall asleep again, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She kept her eyes closed. She felt a chill go down her spine as the hand moved down her arm. She opened her eyes and looked.
"Envy!" She gasped. A gentle rush of warmth spread through her body as Envy kissed her lips, drawing back briefly to put his arm around her and hold her still. He deepened the kiss, not saying a word. Ruby pulled back. "What do you want?" She asked. She pulled the covers up close to her. He smiled, walking to the window and vanishing without a sound.