Title: Playing House
Author: Fullmetal Ai

Of all things that Edward Elric had said to Winry Rockbell, she did NOT expect him to say the one thing he said while they were in the kitchen making dinner together.

"Hey, Win .." He said, hesitantly, making Winry look up from the task she was so focused on; Peeling potatoes.

"Hmnh?" She responded, raising an eyebrow in curiosity.

"Remember when we were younger, and you would always make Al and I play house with you?" Edward said, a sparkle in his eyes explaining to Winry that he was trying to hold in his laughter. Winry thought back to their childhood, smiling and laughing as he remembered the many times she would play house with the Elric brothers. She nodded.

"Yes, Of course. Al would always be the baby, since he was younger ... and I was always the mother, and .." She stopped for a moment, smiling at Edward awkwardly. "And you-"

"I would always be the father," Edward finished for her, chuckling. "Yeah, those were good times." The two fell into an awkward silence before Winry asked the question that had been on her mind since their reminiscence of childhood.

"Edward, why did you ask about playing house?" Edward looked to Winry and raised an eyebrow.

"Why?" Winry nodded. Edward flushed.

"Well .. uhh .." Edward brought a fist to his mouth and coughed a bit to clear his throat before continuing, "I was thinking .. you know .. maybe we could .." Winry grinned.

"We could ... play house?" Winry finished. Edward's flushed face nodded. Her lips curled up into even more of a grin.

"All right. It sounds fun, and we do need something to do while we're making dinner," She answered. Another awkward silence fell between then as they resumed their creation of dinner. Then suddenly, Winry gasped lightly as she felt Edward's arms snake around her waist from behind. Her cheeks reddened, and she restrained herself from smacking him in the head right where he stood.

"You know .." Edward whispered into her ear from behind, "This isn't half bad." Winry knew he was grinning that impossible, infuriating grin, and it really made her want to reach for her wrench.

"Well, dear," Winry said, a teasing tone in her voice, "Of course it isn't. You're the one who suggested it." Edward smiled sheepishly and made a bold move, pressing his lips gently against her cheek.

"Well .. I suppose I was just trying to find a way to express myself to you .." He whispered again. Winry froze.

"Express yourself?" She felt Ed's face heat up against hers.

"Well ... more like .. express .. how I feel," He said slowly. Winry sucked in a breath as he continued.

"I wanted to .. find some way to tell you .. to show you that I .." Edward grinned and turned her around gently in his arms, golden eyes staring into deep pools of blue.

"That I .. no matter how much I try to deny it .. I love you," He finished, then looked away, face flushed as he realized his words. Winry swore she could feel his heart pounding in his chest, she was so close to him. Taking in all that he had confessed to her, she slowly smiled, placing a hand on his cheek and directing his vision back to her face.

"I love you too," She whispered back, gently pressing her lips against his cheek. Edward scowled.

"I can do better than that," He said. Winry grinned.

"Prove it."

A/N: Figured I would stop it there. XD Meh. I feel like I've written them OOC ... x.x Ahh well.