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QUESTION: Should I try to write steamy scenes featuring various couples ? (EdWin, AlMei, Royai, Greedling&Lan Fan...etc.) I can't promise they would turn out good, since I never really wrote them before but I'll give it a shot! ^^

ANSWERS TO REVIEW:

Lily: haha Thanks lots! ^_^ Course I'm happy! :3

Penguin19: Right? Lions are great ^^ haha Hmm…ALMOST, I'm a little tease concerning kisses but they WILL come! :D

Anonymous J: Seriously? In 2 weeks? Aw man . That's harsh. I love writing EdWin scenes, I think me and my future (nonexistent) boyfriend will be like that too :3 haha

Enjoy the SECOND part of "The Routine Check-Up or not?" :D

The Routine Check-Up or not? Part 2

"There you are, where have you been so long?" Pinako asked as she smoked her pipe, petting old Den on her head.

Den barked as if to say "Yeah, where have you been?"

"Tch, ask the automail freak here, she kept being distracted by that stupid shop-oof!" Winry swiftly elbowed Ed in the ribs a little too hard.

Winry laughed nervously, smiling sweetly at her short grandmother, "I'm so sorry Granny! Ed's been nothing but noisy not to mention really rude! But let's make some dinner now shall we?" as soon as Pinako turned her back to enter the house, Winry shot Ed a dirty look and he narrowed his eyes at her in turn.

Dinner was…eventful to say the least.

It was Winry's turn to cook, "Uhh….what is this?" Ed slowly, hesitantly, lifted his fork at eye level, watching as little…tentacles hung by his fork.

What the hell?!

"What the hell is this Winry!? Are ya trying to kill us?!" Ed stuck his tongue out and pushed the bowl away, crossing his arms like a irritated child.

Den barked and pressed her ears flat against her head, whining in dismay. Edward smiled and petted her head, "Yeah girl I know. I don't like Winry's cooking too," Ed chuckled when Den barked and licked his hand.

Winry was holding a ladle in her hands, waving it threateningly at Ed's face, "Figures Edward! You always have something to complain about! Why don't you cook if you don't like my cooking? Granny likes it!" Winry smiled sweetly at her grandmother, who was happily eating the fish/octopus stew.

Ed mumbled something under his breath, something which suspiciously sounded like 'I can't cook'.

As Edward and Winry bickered back and forth, Pinako shifted her gaze between the two arguing young adults. She sighed heavily and fixed Edward and Winry with a stern glare, "Winry, didn't you mention something about Edward's automail sounding funny?" she pointedly looked at their work room.

"Oh….uh..yeah I guess," Winry blinked, the fight forgotten, Edward blinked rapidly and looked at Winry, then sighed and followed Winry into the work room.

"Alright, alright let's get this over with already," Edward groaned, ruffling up his pants leg.

Winry closed the door and looked at Edward's sitting form, "Um, actually you would need to take off y-your pants, Edward," she blushed, pretending to be busy sorting out her tools on the work bench to hide her suddenly flaming cheeks.

"W-WHAT?!" Edward shot up, protectively bending one leg up and positioned his hands in a karate chop motion, looking at Winry as if she were insane.

"Oh c-come on! Don't be such a stubborn man and take off your clothes!" Winry barked back, her hands on her hips as she glared at her childhood friend.

Both froze and for a moment there was absolute silence in the room.

As if on cue, the screaming match started, Edward was first, "WHAT THE HELL AUTOMAIL FREAK?! THAT'S SEXUAL HARRASSMENT! I KNEW ALL ALONG YOU WERE A SECRET PERVERT! HA!" Edward pointed a finger at Winry's tomato face, his own similarly red.

"SEXUAL HARASSMENT?! OH REALLY?! WHO WAS THE PERVERT WHEN YOU WERE FEELING ME UP HUH?!"

"I WASN'T FEELING YOU UP! I DID THAT OUT OF SELF DEFENSE!"

"SELF-DEFENSE FROM WHAT YOU PERVERT?!"

"STOP CALLING ME PERVERT! YO KEPT KICKING ME!"

"SHUT UP YOU LITTLE-"

"Ah, ah, aaahhh, I'm not short anymore? See? I'm taller than you!" Edward grinned wickedly as he moved close to Winry and rapidly moved his hand above her head, indicating the height difference between them.

"Shut up!" she threw her wrench at him and Edward ducked out of the way just in time, then Winry turned serious, "Come on Edward! Just…just take off your pants! And your shirt, I need to check on those bolts near your arm," she mumbled, this time actually searching out the correct tools she needed for fixing his leg.

Edward looked like he wanted to continue arguing but he thought better of it and instead slumped his broad shoulders, his fingers undoing his belt and reluctantly taking off his pants, his simple, pale blue boxers becoming visible as he discarded his pants on a nearby stool.

He sat on the small stool nearest to the work bench, crossing his arms and pouting angrily as he rested his foot against his propped knee, waiting.

"Tch, best mechanic my ass,"

"What did you say?!" Winry turned around, holding a screwdriver in her hands this time.

"Nothing…" Edward huffed, looking away from her blushing face.

What the hell was wrong now? He took off his pants like she said, why was she getting red? What was she getting angry for? Women…he would never understand them.

Even Al seemed to have better luck with Mei than he was progressing with Winry, or better yet, not progressing at all. He banished those thoughts to the back of his mind as he perked up when Winry suddenly took off the top of her overall.

"W-what are you doing?!" amber eyes were wide and glued to her familiar black top with a white stripe in the middle where the zipper was.

"I'm taking off part of my overall so I won't sweat so much, genius," she growled at him in dismay as she tied her overall at her waist and donned black gloves on.

Winry sat on a smaller, lower stool and instructed him to stretch his leg out, Ed did as he was told and for the majority of the time Winry was working on his leg, it was surprisingly enough peaceful.

Then came the next problem.

He had to take off his shirt.

"Why do I have to get naked all of a sudden?! I don't even have a automail arm anymore and you still want me to take off my shirt!" Ed blushed as he crossed his arms defensively.

Winry sighed and grit her teeth," Edward, I have to check on the bolts that are still in your skin. Remember what the doctor said, he said to check on them at least twice a month, especially after you do physical labor," she had a point, but he wouldn't be Edward Elric if he backed down so easily.

"I still don't see why it's necessary. That doc is crazy,"

"Listen to me you idiot, if they don't get checked there is a chance that they may burden your nerves and your arm could be paralyzed!" she shouted angrily and worriedly, trying to make him understand how important it was to do these check-ups.

Winry frowned, biting her lower lip in sadness, "If you don't want to that badly then you can go to another automail mechanic-"

"Don't be stupid!" Edward's sudden burst of anger surprised Winry her mouth falling open but no words coming out.

"Of course I won't search for another mechanic! Without you I would have never gotten our bodies back, you were the one that saved my life along with Granny! No other mechanic would willingly go into war areas just to fix automail! I don't want another mechanic you idiot!" Edward was serious, glaring at Winry as he stood tall with his arms crossed.

"Fine, take a look," he sighed after a minute of silence and took off his button up shirt, hanging it over the stool his pants were on.

Winry stood frozen in front of Edward, for a moment not fully registering what happened, then a genuine smile grew on her face and she nodded.

She carefully fingered the taut skin around the bolts, "Does this hurt Ed?" her voice was softer now, carefully pressing the skin around the pieces of metal.

Edward blushed, turning his head away when he realized just how close she was, feeling her warm breath ghosting over his collarbone and chest was getting uncomfortable. Was it always this hot here?

"No," he answered simply, slowly turning his head to watch her concentrated expression, then how her fingers tenderly ran over his collarbone and shoulder, looking for any abnormal reactions.

He yelped in pain.

"Ouch!" Ed gripped his forearm with blinding speed and Winry drew back briefly before her expression changed to one of worry.

"Ed! What's wrong? Where does it hurt?" she gently pried away his fingers from his forearm, scanning the taut skin on his forearm.

"S-sorry, you just hit a nerve there, I kinda pulled a muscle yesterday when I was sparring with Greed and Ling. I thought Al had been enough for me when we were young but two against one? That was unfair…I wished they shared the same body again…they were funnier when they bickered over who would take control…" Ed pouted before he hissed when Winry lightly pressed against the pulled muscle again.

She furrowed her eyebrows in mild worry, "I told you to take it easy, it's not like you're fat or anything,"

A very wicked and teasing smile suddenly grew on Ed's face, "Oh? So you wanna say I'm 'buff'?" he wiggled his eyebrows.

"Stop using Greed's vocabulary! And no that's not what I meant! I just stated a fact; you aren't fat. That's it. Stop thinking Edward," she rolled her eyes, her cheeks a light pink.

Ed smirked and then as he eyed her earrings, he remembered he bought her that ring at the store earlier.

He gently grabbed her hands and removed them from his arm, "Wait here," Ed turned around and moved to his pants, fishing in the pockets for the little black box.

Winry tried to look passed Edward to see what he was doing but he turned around before she could, forcing her to straighten again as he approached her with a embarrassed expression.

His bangs covered his eyes as he presented her with the box and whispered, "Here, it's for you,"

Winry looked at his embarrassed, suddenly shy face then at the box he was holding in his hand. She tentavly took the box into her hands, examining the outside before she slowly, carefully, opened it.

Blue eyes widened in astonishment, "E-Ed…" she covered her mouth, a smile automatically growing on her face as she happily took in the simple yet beautiful silver ring cushioned in the neat little box.

He scratched his head, not knowing what else to do, "Um…I…I saw you looking at it earlier in town…I didn't buy you anything when Al and I returned home so…yeah…"

He stopped talking, and thinking, when he felt Winry slam her body against his, hugging him tightly with her face buried in his bare chest. His amber eyes widened to the size of saucers, not quite believing that his stubborn, dangerous and headstrong childhood friend was hugging him now.

"Thank you Ed," she whispered, nuzzling his chest and hugging him tighter.

Various thoughts were running through his mind right now and his expression softened, he rested his hand over her head and leaned his forehead against the top of her head, his other arm was wrapped around her waist affectionately.

Pinako grinned from hiding behind the door, "Finally, I thought I would have to lock them up in a room together, kids these days," she shook her head and happily moved away, granting the youngsters some privacy.

Ed sighed deeply and just enjoyed the moment, remembering fond memories with Winry when they were younger.

He had been a very closed off kid, always keeping his pain and most of his thoughts to himself, he hated it when Winry caught wind of his troubled emotions and then cried over him or felt guilty. Then there were times when he allowed her in.

Ed remember one particular evening, when he and Al had come back so Winry could make him a new arm. It had been a few weeks before the face-off with Father.

Winry had found him, deep in thought, sitting on the bed in her room. She had closed the door and sat beside him on the bed, waiting patiently for him to tell her what was wrong, if he wouldn't then that was fine too, she knew she was a support by just being there for him.

"I get these nightmares…" she had looked at him then, curious and worried, "I see the faces of the people I had killed…there weren't many, but they were still lives, human lives I've stolen Winry…" then he had lifted his head to look at her, his amber eyes had been glistening with unshed tears, "I never wanted to sacrifice anybody in my journey to getting our bodies back! It should have never happened! And when that sick bastard did that to Nina…I was helpless Winry…I couldn't do anything to stop him…I couldn't reverse it…"

Winry had wrapped her arms around him, hugging him to her, like she was now, offering him comfort. Ed had wrapped his arms around her, sobbing into her shoulder.

"Ed…you said that man had been an alchemist right?" Ed nodded, still holding her tightly, "Edward, people like you are there to teach people like him what they are here for and for what they are fighting. He had never had people to protect, his family's life had been trivial for him that's why he did those things to Nina and his wife. You did all you could, it wasn't in your power, it had been his fault alone and he had to live with the burden, not you Ed."

There was a long silence, nothing but Ed's occasional subs could be heard. The soft glow of the lamp bathing the room in a warm, orange hue.

"I know I can't save everyone, but…a little girl had nothing to do with State Alchemists or the military! She should never have been involved or subjected to that madman's disgusting experiments! She was innocent…" Ed's grip tightened.

"Many innocents die in war Ed…children are also unfortunately among them…remember what Colonel Mustang said? He had done many questionable actions in the Ishval war as well, including killing people he didn't want to, children as well. Despite carrying scars and images with them, him and Riza support each-other as good as they can to overcome their demons. So…let me help you too Ed, don't close me off anymore, alright?" Ed lifted his head to look at her, he didn't shed any tears but he also didn't look as if he would cry either.

He had a look of awe on his face, a look of absolute thankfulness for the young woman before him.

Wordlessly, he had embraced her, enclosing her in his larger frame and just sitting like that on the bed, drawing comfort from her as Winry in turn let herself be comforted by him.

They had shared many things that night, their fears and innermost thoughts about the war and the upcoming fight with Father, the consequences and everything in-between. It had strengthened their bond and trust in each-other.

Ed ran his hand down Winry's blonde hair and back, resting it against her waist as he whispered in her ear:" Winry, thank you,"

Winry opened her eyes, slowly breaking away from Edward to look up at him in mild confusion, "For what?"

He smiled warmly, "For always being there for me and Al, if not for you and Granny we would have died in the military a long time ago," Winry blushed lightly, but sensed Ed's serious nature and smiled, nodding.

"Um…do you…do you like it?" Ed said somewhat embarrassingly, motioning to the ring Winry cradled in her hand so protectively.

Winry looked down at the ring and smiled, immediately putting it on her ring finger, "Y-yes…I love it Ed, it's beautiful. Thanks again," she smiled up at him and Ed thought it was one of the most beautiful smiles she ever bestowed him with.

His heart was thumping rapidly now, it was now or never.

"Winry I-"

"Brother! Winry! There you are! I was searching for you every-" Al froze, his eyes wide and his jaw nearly reaching the floor as he saw his brother half naked and in very close to proximity with Winry, who had her overalls wrapped around her waist and was wearing that top.

"-where?" Al almost jumped five foot in the air when suddenly Greed and Ling shoved him aside, Greed whistled lowly.

"Hoho, is there room for me? Looks interesting enough, should I take my shirt off too huh? Who knew you guys were so kinky, hell I was betting you would go for the old marriage sex any day, Ling we gotta install some cameras in their bedroom!" Greed grinned like the devil, fist bumping Ling.

"Greed, be a little more considerate. I don't think Ed would appreciate threesomes, you know he has that thing with his height and-"

"I'M AS TALL AS YOU GOD DAMN IT STOP TALKINGABOUT MY HEIGHT! AND GET OUT!" Ed hurled a freaking anvil at the unsuspecting duo, hitting Ling squarely in the face while Greed ducked just in time. Greed looked behind himself, whistling lowly when he saw Ling K.O-ed on the floor.

"Damn, I knew the girl had a thing for automail and metal but no need to get so rough, I thought we are getting warmed up before-" a wrench was hurled with impressive speed and strength at Greed's unprotected head, sending him flying on top of Ling, out for the count.

"W-Winry…c-calm down now…" Al begged as he shielded his head with his arms, shivering in a corner. Ed sighed heavily, shaking his head.

"Well, now that the trash is out, what did you want to say earlier?" Winry turned to Ed again, smiling now.

He suddenly felt lightheaded, his heart was thumping so fast he thought it would make a hole through his chest and run away on its automail legs.

"Uhm….that I…well….I-I….uhh…."

"Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon…!" Ed rapidly recited the periodic table in rapid succession as Winry sighed in exasperation.

After Ed calmed down, he looked at his little brother with a murderous gaze, before he could do anything, Al had sprinted out of the room with lighting speed.

Despite all the commotion Ed saw Winry smiling and that brought a bright, warm smile to his own face.

The following days everything had been more or less normal, Ed and Winry still bickered like an old married couple and Greed would still try to look cool whenever a woman half his age, also known as Winry, threw him out of the room or house for his…inappropriate comments.

Winry never took off the ring.

What do you think about this? Should I write more scenes where adult Winry works on adult Ed's automail leg? I don't know, I'm in a EdWin mood lately :P