Fate had not been kind to Edward Elric as of late. Over the course of the past three days, he had tripped over random objects that had seemingly placed themselves into his way, had multiple meetings with the Homunculus (none of which ended prettily), and to top it all off, his arm was busted again. Great. Just splendid. Winry was going to have a cow, that was for sure. Edward groaned at the mere thought of her wrench slamming down into his skull countless amounts of times, leaving him with more bruises than he could possibly handle at one time. Damn, that girl was abusive ..

Seated beside him, a huge suit of armor turned his head, A hollow echo of laughter ringing in Edward's ears. Directing his attention to the tin man beside him, Edward growled.

"What's so funny?" The suit of armor only laughed a bit more before answering in a child's voice; one that echoed and resonated througout his body, much like his laughter did.

"My, don't we seem happy to be going back home. I would think that you'd be just overjoyed to see Winry .." Edward let out an irritated puff of air, and the armor hid his giggle.

"Al, that woman is going to kill me, I just know it," Edward finally said after a moment of silence.

"No she's not. Winry wouldn't kill anyone, Brother."

"Yeah, well .. when you're standing over my grave, don't try to tell me 'You were right,' because I won't be able to hear it," Edward grumbled, lowering in his seat a bit more. If Alphonse could have smiled, he would have.

"Winry wouldn't kill you. Maybe give you a bump on the head, but that's the extent of it." Edward ran a hand through golden bangs, eyes of the same color closing while a sigh left his lips.

"I don't want her to see me like this," He admitted softly. Alphonse silenced.

"Was that a confession?" Edward choked.

"FAR FROM IT," He shouted, his face reddening. Alphonse laughed again at his brother's reaction.

"Brother, admit it. Everyone can see it, you can stop denying."

"D-DENYING WHAT!" Edward sputtered.

"Your love for Winry."

"Oh, you mean that nonexistant one?" Edward huffed, crossing his arms and looking the other way; however hard he tried to hide his face, though, Alphonse could still see the tiny tinges of pink that always appeared on his cheeks at any mention of the blonde mechanic.

"Yes, Brother. That completely nonexistant one." The tiny train car was void of their voices for several moments, the only sounds being the chugging of the train, as well as an occasional tooting of the horn.

"Well, I do love her .. in a best-friends sort of way .." If Alphonse could roll his eyes, he would have.

"Brother, quit telling that fib."

"It's not a fib!"

"You know you love her in the other sense of the word, just admit it."

"I'LL ADMIT IT WHEN I WANT TO!"

"You just did."

"DAMNIT, AL!" Edward shouted, his face beyond flushed and a vein about to pop. Edward didn't even have to hear his younger brother's voice to know that he was smirking that 'I won' smirk.

"So, when are you going to admit it to her?"

"Shut up, Al."

"Maybe if you tell her you love her, she won't make you lose any brain cells this visit .." Alphonse said in a sing-song voice, obviously teasing his older brother. Edward took this into consideration for a moment; on one hand, Alphonse could probably be right. On the other hand, it wasn't the right way to go about the situation at all.

"I think I can handle the wrench to the head, thank you very much."

"So you do love her."

"Shut up."

The rest of the train ride was silent; The elder Elric fuming about the preceding conversation, while the younger enjoyed his victory.

A/N: Meh. Not one of my favorites. XD Wrote it off the top of my head when I was bored. Y'see? This is what anxiousness of waiting for Chapter 58 of Fullmetal Alchemist to be scanlated will do to you.