Troubled Soul
Winry rubbed the tears for her eyes and Al let go of her.
"Thank you" she smiled.
"Oh, it was uh, nothing!" Al said, his metallic face was flushed, he was quite embarrassed. Winry giggled softly to her self before glancing up at the still flustering Al.
"W-what's so funny?" Al asked rubbing the back of his head and keeping his eyes to the sky.
"You really cheer me up, you're so funny sometimes!" Winry laughed.
Al watched as she smiled and laughed.
"I'm glad I make you laugh… I'm glad you're happy when you're with me." Al smiled.
Envy peered down from above watching this little "drama". He snickered to himself as he saw Ed stalk off back towards the house, and as Al slowly let go of Winry.
"A fight between brothers… how cliché…" he muttered smiling.
Winry walked into the house, she knew what she wanted to do, and she wanted to talk to Ed. She had to, she didn't know why exactly but she knew she had to.
"Ed I-" Winry stopped in the doorway to Ed's room; an open suitcase lay on the bed.
"Ed… are you going somewhere…?" Winry asked her voice started to shake.
"Yeah" was his cold dark reply.
"But…Ed…I… You just got back!" Winry protested.
"So? I can leave when I want!" Ed shot back.
Winry gripped her chest, her heart hurt violently "Where will you go…is Al going with you?" she asked.
"… No…I'm going alone…"
"Ed…Why? Why are you leaving? Now of all times? I… Al needs you he's been so worried about you and-" Winry started.
"Al will be fine without me! And I sure don't need him!" Ed snapped.
"Ed!"
"Get out of my way…" Ed said as he headed to the door, and Winry silently got out of the way, and Ed left.
"…" Winry slumped to the floor her face was flushed, she didn't know whether she wanted to cry of scream.
Pinako entered the room.
"It's good…that he's gone… now you can pay more attention to-" Pinako started but Winry got up and ran out of the room.
Tears streamed down her face as she ran she didn't know where she was going and soon had hit something.
"Whoa now what's the big hurry?"
Winry looked up to see Al's face looking down at her.
"Hey why are you crying! Did something happen!" Al asked.
Winry buried her face in Al's chest and sobbed.
"Are you okay now?" Al asked, they were now out by the big lake and Winry had washed her face in the lake water.
She nodded.
"You want to tell me what happened?" Al asked.
Winry looked like she was about to cry again but didn't.
"Ed…left…" Winry whispered.
"…" Al made no reply.
"…Ed…Al he's gone again he left!" Winry cried turning to him, but his face was not sad it was not anything Winry expected.
"Al…?"
"Winry you know… Maybe …Maybe it's for the best maybe…you could…I mean…" Al started.
"Al what are you saying!" Winry exclaimed.
Turning to Winry with the setting sun behind him he said
"I'm saying I love you!"