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A Fight Between Idiots

"Winry…go back inside, you'll get a damn heat stroke out here," Ed grumbled as he took the wooden plank she offered to him and nailed it to the roof.

A nasty storm passed over Resembool the night before and destroyed most of the fragile planks that had been previously covering the roof of the Rockbell home.

Since Winry and Pinako had been living alone while Ed and Al had been journeying, they were unable to replace the old wooden planks with newer, sturdier ones. Ed had heard from Pinako that Winry had wanted to do it countless of times, but she once nearly broke her arm for it and Pinako had forbidden her to do it ever since.

"I'm fine Ed. I can't believe yesterday it was raining buckets and now we are all sweating buckets!" she wiped her sweaty forehead with her forearm, wearing her overalls, wrapped around her waist with her black top with the white stripe in the middle where her zipper was.

As Ed got older he detested that top with all his being, especially when she wore it in the presence of other men.

"Hey Ed, pass me the nail over there please!" a lighter, male voice called out to Ed from somewhere above him.

Ed growled under his breath and passed a nail to a guy he prayed he would never meet again.

Robert Windmill.

Yeah, his last name was Windmill. Ed may not have lived for very long in Resembool but ever since he was forced to go to Resembool for maintenance checks, he saw him, in the Rockbell home, in Winry's workshop…with her…talking to her occasionally and then more often.

At first Ed thought nothing of it, but then he recognized the signs.

The signs that Robert had a crush on Winry.

It started out innocently enough, Robert bringing flowers to Winry, Robert helping out Winry in her workshop even if he didn't have a sliver of an idea of what the heck he was doing, Robert making Winry laugh and looking at her dreamily…yeah…

As Ed got older, he felt...weird seeing Winry and him together, not that Winry was encouraging his affections, at least it didn't look like that to Ed.

But it sure looked like she didn't mind his company, the way she was smiling at him, and bringing him lemonade…alright, he got lemonade as well but that just wasn't the point.

"You sure do look hot Winry huh?" the words made Ed clench his teeth and his tighten his fists.

"Yeah, I know I'm pretty sweaty, it's pretty hot isn't it?" Winry again wiped her sweaty forehead, laughing along with Robert. Ed climbed down the roof with a menacing glare.

"Ed, where are you going?" Winry called out to him.

"Oh don't worry, I'm just going for little alchemists…" he called back, a dark frown on his face as he shoved his hands in his pockets.

He hated Robert like the plague. Why didn't Winry throw wrenches at him?

"Oh Winry, would you like me to massage your shoulders? You look tense," Robert offered with a kind smile.

What Ed hated even more about Robert? He was nearly everything Ed wasn't.

While Ed did grow after the whole ordeal of gaining his and Al's bodies back and was considered tall, being taller than Winry and a few inches taller than Al and Greed, Robert was a few centimeters taller than Ed but just a few, barely noticeable, good-looking (as said by many women), had a farm, was buff how Greed once described himself as, had those innocent-blue-eyes, that charm (Ed didn't know what charm), he was good with people and he was very helpful and friendly enough.

Ed wasn't good with people, at least not so much with his peers, he usually had that problem when he was younger but he found it to be slightly difficult interacting with people his age from the village. They were just so boring.

Who cared if their crops were growing well? Who cared that their cows were the fattest ones among all? Who cared if some hag had eight kids with the same man? Not Edward Elric.

Whenever he tried to talk about Alchemy, while they, at least most, have heard of it, they had no idea what it was. Ed had long ago dropped bothering to explain the mechanics behind Alchemy, hah, mechanics.

Ed was buff, a word Greed frequently uses to describe himself, and essentially Ling as, if he did say so himself…he worked out damn it. He was friendly, just not with people who insulted his family or alchemy with no idea what they were talking about. And he certainly was good-looking, he may not hear it so often but he knew he wasn't ugly...right?

"Brother, why aren't you with Winry and Robert?" Ed's skin prickled and his blood boiled at the vile name.

"I was thirsty Al," a little white lie could never hurt right?

"But Winry just brought you lemonade," Al titled his head, perplexed.

"I wanted to drink more," Ed grit his teeth.

"Then where is your drink?" Al had the possibly smuggest look on his face with his arms crossed and his smile almost cat like in nature.

"I ate it," well…Ed never said he was the best liar out there…now did he?

"Oh brother…when will you just tell her? I told Mei as well," his brother's eyes softened but Ed was still was as stubborn as ever.

"Tch, tell her what? I don't need to tell her anything Al," Ed crossed his arms, discreetly watching as Winry laughed at something Robert said.

"Look at him, acting so cocky," Ed snorted and Al just sighed, shaking his head.

He rested his hand on his elder brother's broad shoulder, "I'm going to go to town to buy some groceries alright? You try not to bite Rob's head off, please,"

"Rob? Since when do you call him Rob?" Ed narrowed his eyes," Whatever, you don't have to, Winry and I are going to town soon anyway, we will buy the groceries," Al rose an eyebrow but decided to leave it, handing Ed the grocery list.

With a irritated roll of his eyes, Ed picked out a clean button up shirt and draped it over his shoulder holding it with his finger as he walked toward the talking duo.

Oh yes, he hated Robert Windmill.

"Sorry Robert, do you think you can manage until Ed and I are back?" Winry asked nervously as she watched Robert nearly hit his finger with the hammer, again.

"Sure thing Winry, don't worry. Are you sure you don't want me to go to town with you? I'm not sure if Ed remembers the route so well since he hasn't been here in a pretty long time," something in Ed snapped suddenly, loudly.

"Well, Robert, since I'm back for months already I know where I'm going don't worry," Ed shot him a dangerous glare but Robert just smiled politely.

"Yeah and don't worry I live here too you know? I know the route as well," Winry sounded slightly offended and Robert immediately sprung into action to correct himself.

"N-No that's not what I meant! I know you know the way but I-I was just worried for your safety Winry!" he waved his arms frantically, chuckling in embarrassment.

"Loser," Ed thought with a crooked grin, turning his back to the awkward man as he and Winry walked along the dirt path toward town.

Both winced as they heard a pained yelp from Robert and then the distinctive voice of Al as he asked if he was alright and offered his help.

Ed sighed heavily in relief of being away from that man, he crossed his arms behind his head as he walked.

"Ed?" he opened an eye to look at Winry's questioning baby blues.

"Yeah?"

"What do you have against Robert?" she tilted her head to the side, blinking in confusion.

"Huh? Why do you think I have something against him?" Ed uncrossed his arms, turning his full attention to his far too perceptive childhood friend.

"Well, I noticed how you kept sending him dirty looks and you refused his help on fixing the roof until I persuaded you to accept," this time she crossed her arms, carrying a empty basket with her.

"Tch, I don't need help from someone who can't hit a nail straight, at least not after he nearly breaks his whole hand, it's a miracle how that guy has all his fingers," Ed scowled, trying to play it off as nothing serious, "It's no wonder the roof broke down if he fixed it before,"

Winry's eyes widened, "You're jealous aren't you?!" her eyes were wide, astonished.

Ed's golden eyes widened and he nearly tripped on a small pebble before quickly regaining his composure, "W-what?! W-why the hell should I be jealous of that milk drinker?!"

Winry sighed and stopped walking, "Ed, it's alright, I…well…the truth is I don't really like him either, that much…he's pretty clingy actually…too clingy…he once kept scaring nearly all my customers away because he didn't want me to get hurt by handling "such sharp and dangerous objects". Granny kicked him out soon after," Winry sighed in frustration as they continued as they continued walking.

"What? He was keeping you from working on automail? I was sure you would have thrown your wrench at him and told him off, what's wrong? Gotten soft Win?" Edward grinned as Winry shoved him playfully.

"Knock it off Ed, it wasn't like that. He's alright but…just not my type." Ed perked up at this, his brows raising in curiosity.

"Your type? What do you mean?" thousands of ideas and theories were running through Ed's head, none of them good, "Did he ask you out or what?" he couldn't – didn't want to – believe it.

Winry suddenly looked a bit uncomfortable, "Well…he did actually, multiple times. I used another excuse every time but I'm running out of excuses…"

Ed snorted, "He asked you out? Oh man, that guy must be desperate. Who could blame him, he does spend his days with cows after all…" Ed shoved his hands in his pockets, trying hard not to feel the telltale signs of jealousy nipping at his mind.

"Edward!" he didn't expect it, he thought Winry had lost her golden fist or wrench since they turned to young adults.

Oh how very wrong he was.

But unlike how he expected, she didn't punch him, rather, she slapped him. Hard.

"What do you mean by that? That no man could show interest in me without living with cows all day?! Am I that bad? You know what, maybe I should've accepted his offer instead of waiting for you, you idiot!" Winry ran off to town on her own and Edward saw her tears before she had turned away from him.

Ed rubbed the stinging spot where Winry hit him, he cursed under his breath, he messed up, big time. The former State Alchemist shook his head and started running after the woman.

"Great just what I need. What the hell was she thinking anyway? Damn it, I had no idea she would take it that way, that was supposed to be a compliment! Women…now I know why I had problems with them before…" Ed supposed this was different.

No, he knew this was different. Because it was Winry, because she wasn't like the other women he met on his journeys. Because this was Winry Rockbell, his childhood friend, the girl that saved his life along with Granny, the reason he could even go on his journey's thanks to her amazing skills as a mechanic and the first one ever to create prosthetic limbs.

Ed frowned, there were so many things he never got around to tell her. How amazing she was, how brave she was, boarding a train and going to Central just to fix his automail…damn it all to hell, sometimes, he wanted to hit himself with a wrench, as crazy as that sounded.

"Winry!" he shouted out to her loud and clear but she ignored him, continuing to run ahead.

Edward grit his teeth and sped up his pace, finally catching up to her and grabbing her wrist, leading her to a more quiet part of the street so they didn't have an audience.

"Ed, let me go!" Winry growled, trying to free her wrist from his grip.

"Would you just shut up and listen to me for once?!" he suddenly shouted at her, which caused her to stop talking and look up at him in surprise.

Ed suddenly froze, not knowing how to react with her being so quiet all so suddenly, he had expected one hell of a fight. He cleared his throat, suddenly feeling awkward and nervous, the effects that woman had on him, "I'm sorry,"

"W-what?" Winry blinked, not believing what she just heard. She definitely heard wrong, there was no way Ed could have said-

"I'm sorry, Winry," Ed repeated his earlier words, looking on the ground in shame, "I…shouldn't have said that…"

"You shouldn't have Edward…" Winry wrapped her arms around herself, looking at her shoes.

"Just, just listen to me for once alright?" he reprimanded softly, "You…you got it wrong…I didn't mean that you weren't worth it…I…" Edward bit his lip before he suddenly shouted it out, "What I meant was that he isn't good enough for you!"

He snapped his mouth shut, freezing like solid ice on the spot. Damn…he let too much spill…now he's seriously a goner…Oh Al…his beloved brother, and Den…and Granny…may they overcome his death easier…

"Ed…" Winry couldn't believe it, she didn't know Edward Elric for so long and not know how to decipher "Edward-talk". Sometimes she also prided herself in being a pro, but now she felt embarrassed to say the least.

"I'm sorry Winry, it's um…it's just the heat huh? Phew, looks like I got heat stroke already, I don't even know what I'm talking about anymore," Edward tried to play it cool and casually walk pass her but Winry stopped him with a hand on his forearm.

Her lips were trembling, "Why…why didn't you tell me this before?" Blue eyes clashed with gold.

Ed swallowed hard, averting her gaze, "I don't know what you mean Win,"

"Edward," she tightened her grip on his bicep, "Look at me," Ed looked down at Winry and was mildly surprised to see the intense emotions in her eyes.

He heard a couple of times that the eyes were the windows to one's soul. Ed snorted.

"Come on, let's go Winry, let's not worry Granny by being gone for too long," Edward grasped her hand in his larger one and led her to the marketplace.

"Edward-" Winry was about to stop him,

"I know," he suddenly said, still leading her by her hand and she noticed for the first time how big his hand was, enveloping her own nearly completely, and how warm it was. Ed turned his head slightly so his golden eyes met her blue ones, "I know Winry," he smiled, a genuine, soft smile.

Winry gasped soundlessly, feeling her heart accelerate as she deciphered his behavior and words.

A warm smile grazed her lips in the next minute, her eyes softening as she grasped Edward's hand in turn and tightened her hold.

Ed had stopped for half a second, barely noticeable, but he did. He looked over his shoulder at her again and saw her smiling up at him.

He had no chance of stopping the happy grin from forming on his handsome face.

Ed and Winry were already walking home with groceries in tow when they heard the pained scream. Both shared a look and sped up towards home, seeing Al, Robert and Pinako at the porch in the distance.

"We heard someone scream. What happened? Did Rina come here or what?" Ed asked, looking all around for the woman but he didn't find her anywhere.

Rina was the neighbor three houses down, Ed heard that Rina used to visit Winry a couple of times to see how she was fairing also Winry had to design a automail leg for one of her cows so she also came for regular check-ups.

Winry looked around too, "Weird...I could have sworn I heard Rina shouting..."

Pinako smoked her pipe with a grin, "Actually, it was this young man here, it seemed like he slipped off the roof and hit his thumb again with the hammer," Winry and Ed looked down at Robert, whose lips were trembling and his thumb was wrapped up in a band aid.

Winry looked like she would run inside the house, grab her wrench and hit Robert upside the head with it. Ed looked like he would die of laughter as he covered his mouth to muffle his chuckles.

"I'm sorry Winry...I...sort of slipped and...and...w-well..." he miserably pointed up at the roof.

Winry and Ed's eyes widened in shock at the roof before them, it...it...

IT LOOKED EVEN WORSE THAN BEFORE!

Ed grabbed the collar of Robert's shirt tightly and lifted him up at eye level, barking at his face like a angry dog, "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO THE ROOF?! EVERYTHING I DID UNTIL NOW IS GONE?! DID YOU LOSE YOUR BRAIN ALONG WITH THE PLANKS UP THERE OR WHAT?!" Ed shook him violently as he spoke.

"Um...b-brother, please calm down I don't think-" Al stood up and tried to help Robert and prevent Ed from killing the poor fool.

"CALM DOWN?! CALM DOWN?! HOW CAN I CALM DOWN WHEN I HAVE TO FIX THE ROOF ALL OVER AGAIN?! LOOK AT THIS AL! THIS IS EVEN WORSE THAN WHAT THE STORM DID TO IT! IT LOOKS LIKE ARMSTRONG CAME FLYING FROM THE SKY AND CRASH LANDED THERE!" steam was coming out of Ed's nose like a raging bull, giving poor Robert the evil eye.

"Ed..." Winry suddenly hit the back of his head with her wrench, causing Ed to drop Robert and automatically yelp in pain.

"Ow! Winry! What the hell?!" Ed growled at her, glaring at her wrench. Why did she hit him now? He didn't demolish the whole roof in the span of half an hour!

Winry stood in front of Robert, who hastily straightened up and fixed his collar properly.

"Ugh, let me get the tools, Al and I will go and fix the roof," Ed grabbed Al by the scruff of his shirt at the back of his neck.

"W-wait! Brother! Didn't you say I was too weak to do any labor?" Al panicked, profusely sweating.

"Don't be such a lazy bum Al, come on now," Ed sighed heavily, dragging his younger brother with him.

Then Robert suddenly called after the Elric brothers, rather smugly, "Sorry Ed, but I've fixed the Rockbell roof a couple of times before so I know my way around," he sounded confident, too confident. Ed twitched.

Ed chuckled humorlessly, "Yeah I can see that, no wonder nearly the entire roof breaks apart after the wind picks up a bit. Sorry Robert, but I won't be going anywhere for some time which means I will be the one to fix the roof," Al just kept staring back and forth between the two men, wishing he had his suit of armor to protect him from stray projectiles and flying fists.

"Thanks for the help Robert, but Ed's here now so you can go home now," Winry was standing beside Ed, wearing a carefully concealed smile on her face, trying to hide her immense annoyance, "And he will stay for a pretty long time," she looked up at Ed, who smiled affectionately down at her and nodded.

Robert blinked rapidly, "W-what? B-but I thought-"

"You heard the lady, get off our lawn," Ed crossed his arms, purposely flexing his muscles slightly to try and intimidate the man even more.

Robert looked like he wanted to fight but at Pinako's very terrifying, very obvious glare aimed his way, he thought better of it.

"R-right, sorry! Have a nice day!" Ed had never seen anyone run as fast as Robert had that day.

Ed grinned in triumph, discreetly bumping fists with Al behind his back.

Then he met a very old friend of his, ladies and gentleman, meet Winry's wrench.

He rubbed his aching head, "What the hell is your problem woman?!" he had no idea why he was hit with that wretched thing again.

Winry snorted and grabbed Ed's arm, "Well? What are you waiting for? Let's go and fix the roof, I'll help," his anger forgotten, Ed blinked in surprise, looked at the back of Winry's blond head as her pony tail swished from side to side.

He looked back at Al and granny Pinako, wearing cat-like grins on their faces as they waved.

Edward sighed, shaking his head with a fond smile as he followed Winry toward the shed to retrieve their tools and finally fix the poor, abused roof.

Bonus scene:

"This is nice, isn't it Edward?" Winry asked sleepily, nearly falling asleep with her head resting against Edward's chest.

"Mhm," he mumbled, nearly asleep himself. He tightened his grip around Winry's waist, cuddling her closer to him. Yeah, life was sweet.

Then there was a knock on the door and that certain somebody opened it.

"Oh Winry, Edward! Hello! Long time no see! Listen Winry, I saw Robert earlier today and he looked beaten up, do you have any idea why-" the door was slammed shut with a precise and strong aim of a wrench hurled at it.

Rina was knocking on the door and after a few minutes mumbling something about coming back tomorrow.

Winry smiled wider, "Nice aim," she nuzzled his chest like a cat.

"Thanks," Ed grinned too, holding her close, "I learned from the best," he pecked Winry on the top of her head.

"Touché," Winry fired back, smiling happily as they both fell asleep after some time.

"Hm...interesting," Pinako whispered to Al from the kitchen, watching Ed and Winry sleeping.

Al sighed in relief, "I'm glad it's over, I was sure brother would throw him off the roof,"

"I never liked him anyway," Pinako admitted with a secretive smile, smoking her ever present pipe.

Al sweat dropped.

The end for this one shot! Thanks for reading everyone!