Hello everyone! Well...school started today and tomorrow there is an exam that just waits to be written by me! (cries) Ahem...that means I'll be in a lot of stress, since my final exams for this year aren't even two weeks from now and I won't be able to really update any of my stories . My apologies (bows)
After the horror trip is over, namely in June, I can update regularly again, of course if I don't start a internship or summer job somewhere, but even then I'll update regularly! :=)
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Daughterofapollo12345: Huh? (looks back at fanfic) (scratches head in confusion) Huuuh? Wait a sec...I'm pretty sure I wrote "Envy killed Ed" "the shorty Envy killed Ed" (in FMA)...right? Am I seeing things? Sorry, maybe I read wrong (rubs chin)
Pouda-P: (smiles brightly) Aw thanks! :) haha sure thing thanks for the compliments! ^^
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Never Regretting
"Hm...it's odd," Winry while rummaging through tool box.
Ed, "What is?" he looked at her back facing him.
"You're in the exact same position where I was making a new arm for you, at the night before the Promised Day," she didn't turn around, instead trying to search for the screwdriver.
Ed released a thoughtful hum, "Hm...I guess," he lifted his hand to stare at human flesh instead of the automail arm he had been so used to seeing all these years.
Sometimes, it felt weird. It may sound stupid to people, but whenever Ed would see his real arm in place of his automail, he would feel...weird. He had gotten so used to doing things with automail and fighting with it, that he partly had relearn some things. Like testing out the limits of his strength, his stamina, the amount of damage his human hand could take. Metal would dent and bend, but it didn't hurt. But bending his wrist in a unnatural angle certainly did hurt.
"Hey, Winry?" Ed asked quietly, still looking at his flesh hand. She hummed in acknowledgment, listening, "Do you...sometimes miss me having an automail arm?"
There was silence for a moment before, just like the night before the Promised Day, Winry suddenly slammed her wrench on his head painfully hard, nearly giving him a concussion from the blow.
He yelped loudly, rubbing his head in pain, "OUCH! WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR YOU AUTOMAIL FREAK?!" he growled at her.
Winry shouted at his face, wrench at her hip, "FOR EVEN ASKING ME SUCH A STUPID QUESTION! YOU MORON!"
She calmed down slighty, but just so she wasn't in his face anymore, she was still partly shouting though, "Of course I don't miss you having an automail arm! It means less work for me and less risks of reattaching your nerves to it and adjusting its size and weight every time you miraculously manage to grow an inch or two!" Ed bristled at that, glaring at his childhood friend.
Winry looked at him before sighing heavily, "I'm really glad you managed to get your arm back and Alphonse too of course..." she almost lovingly caressed his leg, his automail leg, now the only part of him made from automail, "Besides...I still got this to tinker with," she lightly tapped it with her wrench.
Ed grew serious, thoughtful as he looked down at his leg, Winry noticed, "Where did the question suddenly come from? It's not like you're regretting anything, right?"
Ed quickly shook his head, "No, it's not that. It's just..." he swallowed, "I have to learn some things new. Like having to test out how much pain and weight I can handle on my other arm, I can't get into fights carelessly with guys having weapons without seriously injuring myself now,"
Winry rolled her eyes, "Like you haven't before," she deadpanned, Ed pointedly ignored it.
"...my automail had saved my ass a couple of times and now I just need to be more careful without it. Especially since I can't do any alchemy anymore either,"
Winry's face fell, her eyes held a sadness Edward hadn't seen before, her voice was soft and quiet when she spoke, "Do you...regret it?"
His answer was quick, "No,"
Surprised, she stared at him with wide blue eyes. Ed stared back, gold gaze resolute, "I don't regret it and I would never think of it either. Sacrificing my use of alchemy managed to save Al and everyone else. I could never regret something that saved the lives of my friends and family," he was so serious and so sincere that Winry briefly wondered if she was still talking to the same goofy dork she knew for so long.
Then again, she had to remind herself that he was a man now, an adult, and she was too. They've both grown and matured over time, past painful experiences and harsh lessons learned.
She smiled warmly and wiped a small tear away that had threatened to spill from the corner of her eye, Ed jumped, narrowing his eyes, voice whiny, "Aww no! You ain't gonna start crying again are ya?!"
Immediately, previously emotions and affections that had started brewing up within her for the man currently sitting on her bed, Winry tightened her grip on her wrench and whacked him upside the head, "GET OUT OF MY ROOM!"
Ed yelled out in pain.
Hihi, hope you enjoyed a little EdWin for a change! Next up is Greed X Lena! ;)