Hey everyone I'm back! I'm so sorry for the delays, I've been busy with holidays and clearing my assignments its been crazy! . (bows repeatedly) Please forgive me! I'll binge-write a few Christmas one shots! Pinky promise! ;)

ANSWERS TO REVIEWS:

OtakuGirl: Hey there! Thank you so much, yeah I've baked a lot and had fun too ^^ (well aside from writing notes for future exams but meh :3)

Anonymous J: Oh I can sing you a song about that (sweat drop) haha thanks friend :) I'm really glad when people enjoy my stories or can relate to some of them it always makes me happy and inspires me to write more. Thank you for the nice congrats I'm so glad I passed them! T_T haha Nah, I like reading longer reviews, makes me feel like all these 80+ chapters have been worth the effort! ;)

Daughterofapollo12345: Thanks a lot! :) That's okay, haha I just wanted to know if there was enough interest for me to consider writing smut separately, never really had the initiative before but I thought maybe to change my writing style a bit and try new ones for a change (except lemons...oh geez I think I would suck at those like a pro XD)

Cassey: Thanks buddy! I hope you had a merry Christmas too! Sorry for the late wishes! T.T

Panic: Thanks so much bud! ^^ I thought I messed up the chapter, since I wrote that at...1 in the morning? Something like that, couldn't really sleep (sweat drop) eheh... haha Yeah, I had that idea for a while and originally I thought to write it with Ed and Winry but then I thought Greed and Lena would fit the scene a bit more. Yeah, I just had to include Mustang in there lol. Aw yeah, I liked Mr. Cute too *,* haha I had intended for Greed to storm up to him and act all possessive but then I brushed off the idea and wrote it differently. Thanks! Merry Christmas to you too if you celebrate! :3 BTW: sorry for the long reply! Eheh (embarrassed giggle)

CrazyCat: No worries! :) Life tends to get in the way far too much ^^ ah Greedling and Lan Fan, sure thing! :D As soon as I write a couple of requests and some of my own ideas (which I've been dying for to write xd) I'll write a few Greeling X Lan Fan one shots. :)

GrumpyCatWriter101: Thank you sooo much! :3 (cyber hug) haha Nah it's not that I don't like to write them, I enjoy writing (or at least trying lol) a bit smutty/fluffy fics (that had been my first attempt at a bit of a smutty fic XD) but I think I would suck at smutty fics and lemons . I would like to try though if there is enough interest in the idea haha. Oh thank you again! But honestly, without you precious readers, I know I would have never gotten till 80 chapters that's for sure, which is why I cherish reviews far more than favorites or follows :) Merry Christmas! :3

My Gift to You - Part 1

"So, how do you play it?" Roy scratched his head, adjusting the red Santa hat on top of it.

Winry smiled and presented a bowl to her friends, "It's called Secret Santa. It's simple really, all we need to do is write our names on a piece of paper, we toss them in here and mix it up, then each of us has to take out a piece of paper. You have to gift the person you got something," she held the bowl out, throwing her own written name inside of it.

"Hm, interesting, I have never played it either," Riza commented, "I suppose we were too busy growing up too fast huh?" she smiled at her husband.

Roy chuckled, "Yeah, I guess so," he smiled tenderly at her, rubbing the back of his neck after he placed his own piece of paper inside the bowl.

"This is stupid," Greed muttered, arms crossed over his chest stubbornly, a scowl on his face with the white fluffy ball attached to his Christmas hat dangling in front of his face.

Lena giggled behind her hand, placing her name into the bowl, "C'mon you party pooper, cheer up. It's Christmas after all you know?" she smiled brightly at him, attempting to cheer her boyfriend up.

He clicked his tongue in annoyance, Lena rolled her eyes and quickly wrote his name on a piece of paper before putting it in the bowl Winry held out for her. The blonde mechanic smiled when she made sure she had all the names in it.

She placed one hand over the bowl to cover the entrance and keep the papers from spilling out as she shook it roughly a couple of times, everyone leaned in to watch in anticipation.

Winry decided to choose first, she didn't fish around much and quickly pulled out a name, briefly looking at it. She smirked, a mischievous twinkle in her eye. Ed rose an eyebrow, curious to whom she got.

Next came up Roy, who covered his face with one hand and blindly stretched his other out, Winry giggled, "You don't have to close your eyes," the General grinned sheepishly before he fished around for a brief moment.

Roy's eyes widened when he read the name on the paper, dramatically he covered his face with his arm and started sobbing hysterically, Riza comfortingly patted him on the back, "It's alright dear,"

"Somebody must hate me out there!" Roy sobbed like a child, devastated to whom he got.

Riza smiled and rolled her eyes at her husband's antics before she chose next, when she saw whom she got, she chuckled and tucked it safely into her pocket.

Next came up Ed, who sighed and shoved his hand into the bowl, messily moving his hand and hoping he wouldn't get Ling, or worse Roy. If he did get Ling, he would buy the man a book on how to use doors. And if he did get that flamethrower, he would buy him fireproof Hello Kitty themed underwear in case he decided to get adventurous in the bedroom. Maybe he should buy a fireproof suit for Riza to wear as protection...

Finally, after Winry's heated glare, Ed triumphantly held out the folded piece of paper in the air, laughing, "Ha! Gotcha! Now let's see whom I-" when he unfolded it, shying away from curious eyes, his own golden gaze widened in surprise.

He resisted the urge to look in her direction, pocketing his chosen safely and whistling innocently. In his mind, he was carefully calculating on what to get her, he compared his ideas to what she liked and was interested in but came up empty handed. He could get her alchemy books but...he shook his head, he would think about that later.

Mei seemed especially excited, nearly bouncing up and down on the spot as she eagerly dug her hand into the bowl, when she unfolded the letter her eyes sparkled in excitement and joy, "OH MY LOVELY ALPHONSE!" she wrapped arms and legs around him, hugging the blushing man close to her. What a surprise, she got her boyfriend.

Winry suspiciously looked at Mei, wondering if she used some type of secret ninja art to fish out her boyfriend's name from the crowd.

She shook her head and moved the bowl over to the blushing Al, who smiled nervously at his sister-in-law and plucked a name from the decreasing pile of letters. When he looked at the name he grinned widely and Mei pecked his cheeks.

Ed scrutinized his brother, "So, you wanna tell me you "accidentally" picked her-other?" he snorted in disbelief.

The pathetic heap on the floor that was Roy Mustang waved his glove like a white flag in the air, "Can we trade?"

Alphonse chuckled and wrapped an arm around Mei's shoulders, "Well, what can I say brother..." he scratched the back of his neck, embarrassed but overjoyed. Mei giggled, snuggling herself into her beloved. Ed just shook his head at the couple.

The next one to choose was Lan Fan, timidly she grabbed the nearest folded piece of paper, slowly opening it close to her face like a guarded secret and blushed slightly when she saw the name written in Xingese. Winry smirked, already guessing who she got judging by the blush on her face.

Ling narrowed his eyes, rubbing his chin as he carefully thought over which one to choose, there were only three left after all, "Hmmm..." his gaze moved back and forth between the piece, contemplating on how to find out whose name was on whose without being noticed by Winry's watchful gaze.

"Just choose already ya damn idiot!" Greed growled at him, stomping his foot.

Ling jumped, startled out of his reverie, "I need to think!" Greed sent him a dirty look, "You can think when you're in hell! Now choose!"

With a bit of eagerness, coupled with Greed's persuasion, Ling grinned as he finally grabbed a name. His eyes nearly bulged out of his head when he read who the hell he got, he fell to the floor dramatically, clutching Lan Fan's leg, "Ohhhhh the horror! Please no! Someone trade with me! Nooo!" Ling sobbed his heart out on Lan Fan's pants leg, who patted her husband and Emperor on the head softly.

Greed rolled his eyes, unimpressed, "Stupid piss-ant," Lena sharply elbowed her boyfriend, who coughed and frowningly grabbed a name.

"Oh..." Greed calmly rubbed his chin, blinking rapidly to see if his eyes played tricks on him, "Fucking hell no," he rubbed his eyes furiously, when the name remained the same, Greed started crying.

"G-Greed what is it?!" Greed leaned on Lena for support, sobbing into her shoulder.

"I...I...I c-can't talk about it...it's too...it's too traumatic..." Greed fell to the floor and sucked on his thumb, rolling back and forth, "No, no, no, no, no..." he suddenly shot straight up like a candle, "Wait a damn second! I gotta buy him clothes..can't have him parading around like a damn fashion disaster... I need to book a operation...he needs to look handsome...shit that will cost me," Lena blinked, looking weirdly at her boyfriend who seemingly talked to himself, she had a hunch on who he might have got and she bet it would be hilarious once they would open presents.

Winry smiled at Lena who returned her smile and finally grabbed the last name, she smiled brightly, brown eyes twinkling in mischief and Winry wondered whom she got.

Then, chaos ensued.

"Why did I get him?!"

"I wanna trade?! Anyone open for negotiations! I'll give you my position as General please!"

"Uh, hey, does anyone know where I can find a guide to "8 Steps to Recovering from Doorphobia?"

"I don't have doorphobia!"

"Whipped cream! I need whipped cream!"

"Oi, anyone know where I can buy a dog collar with the name "piss-ant"? Do they sell that stuff?"

"Some fireproof kitty boxers anyone?"

"Why you-!"

"SHUT UP YOU BRATS!" Granny Pinako's loud voice boomed through the area and shook the whole house, causing every person in the room to shiver in fear and immediate obedience, even Greed resisted to rebel against that sassy old woman, that woman knew her shit.

"Anyone up for some Christmas stew?" she smiled.

"I take firsts!" Winry called, rushing into the kitchen.

"I take seconds!" Ling jumped over Mustang's pathetic form on the ground, who was clutching the piece of paper and crying.

"I take hundreds!" Greed shoved Ling out of the way and the two males fought for a good seat at the table to get their hands on the food easily.

Lena sighed softly, smiling after her aloof boyfriend and shaking her head.

"Everything alright?" Lena felt someone nudge her shoulder when she looked to her side she saw Edward, much to her surprise.

"Yeah," she smiled softly, "Say what are you doing here? I thought you would be first to try and get Pinako's stew," Lena laughed softly and Ed chuckled.

He shook his head, hands in his pockets, "Nah, I don't feel hungry," he said nonchalantly, whistling a tune.

Lena's eyes widened and she playfully shoved him, "Oh, the great Edward Elric not having an appetite? Are you sick Ed?" she giggled when he chuckled and shoved her back gently.

"Hey, I'm not a bottomless pit I'll let you know," he grinned at her his typical Elric smile and she just laughed.

"Say, whose Secret Santa are you?" he rose a fair eyebrow, leaning over her slightly, curiously.

Lena crossed her arms with a small smirk, "I'm not telling," she opened one eye and whispered, "...Whose are you?"

Ed adjusted his collar and winked, "I'm not telling," Lena giggled.

"Oh come on Ed, pretty please?" she blinked rapidly, giving him her puppy eyes not even the iron headed Greed could resist.

The blonde grinned like the devil, "HA! That won't work on me! Not even Winry's puppy eyes work on me!" Ed had his eyes firmly shut, face directed toward the ceiling.

Lena grabbed his cheeks, pinching them, "Come on Elric! You know I'll win!" Lena messed with his face, pulling one cheek then the other, ruffling his hair, trying to grab his attention.

Ed opened one eye and simply said, "Nope," emphasizing on the "o" and popping the "p" at the end.

Lena pouted, crossing her arms, Ed opened both his eyes and grinned, ruffling her hair playfully, "Better luck next time!" he rushed toward the kitchen, followed closely by Lena.

"Hey! Come back here blondie!" Lena laughed as she gave chase.

The following days...

"Would you be able to get it done by tomorrow?" Roy pressed the metal object toward the man at the counter, the man looked at it closely and looked up at Roy, saluting briefly.

"I'll do my best General Mustang, sir. What would you like for me to do with it?" he asked politely and Roy smiled.

"Are you able to engrave something into the side when you open it?" he placed a slip of paper on top of the glass counter, "Engrave this onto it please," the salesman looked at the paper and nodded, pocketing it and the metallic object.

"I'll be done by tomorrow morning," Roy smirked, "Perfect,"

They shook hands and Roy waved as he left the shop.

As he strolled through the streets, pulling his scarf closer around his neck and blowing warm puffs of air into the crisp winter afternoon, he looked up at the foggy sky.

Lan Fan looked at the various necklaces brought on display, observing each and every one carefully.

"May I help you miss?" a woman working at the shop asked her politely with a smile and Lan Fan got startled by the sudden disturbance of silence.

"Um, I'm searching for a necklace, do you have anything with a leather cord?" the shop assistant smiled and nodded, leading Lan Fan to the front of the counter, she briefly bent down to retrieve something from the lower cabinet, bringing forth a small, neatly organized case full of various types of leather cords meant for necklaces.

"Which one would you like?" warm honey eyes observed Lan Fan as she scrutinized her options.

Her gaze fell on a black and brown leather cord, the two leather string entwined in each-other like a braid, "That one please," Lan Fan pointed to the wished cord and the woman picked it out of the case.

"And what would you like for the cord to be attached to?"

Lan Fan bit her lip, thinking.

"...Do you perhaps have something of Xingese origin?"

Greed snickered when he found what he was looking for, "Hey lady!" he waved over a shop assistant, who came over to Greed to see if she could help, "Can you engrave this for me?" he held up a dog collar, black with small spikes around the collar.

The woman took the dog collar and nodded, "Sure, what's the name of your dog?"

Greed grinned, "Piss-ant,"

Hihi hey there! Yeah I know it's pretty short buuuut I intend for Part 2 to be much longer! :3 So, any ideas on who got whom as their Secret Santa? ;)