Note: I thought of this chapter in the middle of the night – it's a little weird but whatever - it's still kinda cute XD
It's right after the last chapter, the same night. Enjoy! :D

Rustle….

Tink!

Rustle….

Tink!

Alphonse groaned and shifted in his sleep. There is was, that feeling he got almost every night. The feeling of someone fiddling under his pillow, very slightly but noticeable nonetheless. Al closed his eyes and attempted to fall back asleep. He knew very well who those fingers fiddling under his head belonged too; he just wished she'd fiddle with him somewhere other than under his noggin.

Tink!

The tiny sound of steel hitting steel. Al heard her frustration as she tried to pull a bigger object out from under his pillow.

"Sigh…. I love you to death, Al-sama, but why must your head be so heavy..?" he heard her grumble quietly to herself. He fought down a smile and continued to "sleep", waiting for her to finish and be on her way.

Tink!

Alphonse could only wonder how much she had hid under his pillow this time.

They're first night together was defiantly an eventful one. Al remembered waking up late that cool summer morning; the sun beaming down through the open window of his bedroom, warming the two naked bodies that were snuggled peacefully together after a long night. He had been stroking her fair black hair as she slept, thinking about a possible future together, when his hand slipped under her pillow and touched something cold and metallic. What the heck…? He had though, rising up a bit and lifting the pillow, careful not to wake the sleeping girl. What he found was much worse than the assorted tools his brother claimed Winry kept under her pillow.

She had woken up to find him staring in horror under her pillow; and it took all her power and energy to convince him that, no, the 20-pounds of shurikan's, kunai's and other assorted Xingenese hand-weapons were not because he wasn't any good last night. Xingenese royalty must always carry weapons with them no matter where they are, she had said, you never know how or when someone might try to assassinate you.

Even when said royalty is enjoying a moment alone with their boyfriend..? Al had asked nervously, making her laugh. After that Mei promised that she'd let him keep the instruments under his pillow, just to assure him that he wasn't in any danger of getting a knife in the stomach during one of their "moments" together.

He soon noticed another reason why she kept an arsenal under her pillow at night. Around 2:30 every night, she would start getting fidgety and twitchy in her sleep. She would kick out a bit and make little squeaking noises, rolling this way and that across the mattress. By 3 she was out of bed, hastily grabbing her shurikans and a robe and bolting out onto the patio for a private training session. Al would watch her from the bed, amazed that she could become that active so early in the morning. The first couple weeks he would try to keep her in bed, sleeping comfortably on her chest or wrapping his arm tightly around her waist, anything to keep her at his side, but she was always able to squeeze her small frame out from under his grasp and practice her forms and attacks out on the balcony. After a couple weeks Alphonse gave up, and decided to settle with watching Mei though the balcony window instead, her petite but beautiful body performing intricate patterns and forms along with the glisten of the kunai's against the moonlight.

Tonight, though, he was feeling stubborn.

Mei had finally picked out all of her blades and was starting to get out of bed when Al lazily threw an arm over her waist, pretending to still be asleep. He hugged her tightly against his body and sighed into her leg. Mei smiled and brushed his hair lightly, trying not to wake him up. Al buried his head into her hip, praying that she'd reconsider and stay with him this one night. It was their honeymoon after all.

She leaned over carefully and kissed him on the cheek, brushing his hair a bit before getting up. Oh no you don't, thought Al, hugging her closer. He held on tighter, earning a slight gasp from his wife. Mei giggled and tried to get up again, only to be held down again.

She sighed and leaned back, practically lying on top of him. "You're not actually asleep, are you Al-sama?" she whispered, twirling a strand of his hair in her fingers. Mei chucked when he hugged her tighter, brushing his nose across her hip. She leaned back even more, and Al felt his heartbeat speed up. Maybe she'll stay after all? I mean I have her trapped…. He loosened his grip a bit and cuddled into her stomach, her hand gently caressing his hair.

Then before he could register it, she grabbed the blades from their place on the pillow and leaped nimbly out of his grasp. Al looked up, eye wide in surprise, and saw that she was already at the door, playfully twirling a shrunken around her fingers. She laughed at his baffled expression.

"I'll be back, Alphonse-sama, I just need to go get some fresh air, you should know that by now." She winked his way and headed out the bedroom door, grabbing his trench coat on the way out. Al groaned and leaned back, covering his eyes with his arm and staring up at the ceiling. Of course… he couldn't keep his little butterfly down even if he tried. He smiled, then got up and walked over to the nearest window. His eye's scanned the castle grounds until he saw her; a tiny figure in a brown coat throwing little darts at a nearby dummy, stomping her foot in frustration if she missed. Al pulled the chair out from under the vanity and sat by the window, watching his little princess. He couldn't believe that despite their midnight walk through the woods followed by her "fight" with her sisters, she still had the energy to practice in the dark, during the latest hours of the night. She really did have a lot of energy; great things come from small packages.

He watched her for a bit longer, then retired after his eyelids started to protest. He crawled under the covers, snuggling beside her pillow and waited for her return, think about where to hide her weapons in the morning. About an hour later he heard light footsteps down the hall, and the thin shadow of his wife came into view. He watched from under the covers as she hung his coat on the chair, then snuggled under the thick blankets beside him. She lay on her side facing him, and lightly brushed his nose with her finger.

"Sorry, Al-sama…" she whispered under her breath, cuddling up close to his chest. He smiled lightly and pecked her on the nose, wrapping his arms around her small waist.

"Don't be, I understand…" he chucked softly, pressing his forehead against hers. "Brother and I always used to wake up in the middle of the night to study alchemy, remember?"

"But you weren't married to one another, unless there's something between you two I don't know about." Mei laughed quietly, closing her eyes. She sighed softly and snuggled into his chest. "I promise I'll put them away tomorrow night; I shouldn't abandon you like that during our honeymoon, should I?" She raised an eyebrow thoughtfully. "Now that I think about it; I doubt hotels allow weapons in the rooms anyway…." Al kissed her nose and started to drift off to sleep as well.

"It's ok, Mei, I like watching you practice at night…"

Mei looked up at him in surprise. "Wait, you what?" a small blush crept over her cheeks. "How long have you been watching me practice? I always thought you were asleep…."

Alphonse chucked and kissed her on the nose again, before closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep. She stared embarrassingly at him for a moment, then yawned and followed his lead, burying her head into his chest and falling asleep.

This chapter is a little short, sorry about that... o_o"
The next chapter will probably be a sunnier one, with Mei's family in it - I think I forgot about them in this chapter ^_^"
Reviews and appreciated! Thanks for reading :D

(BTW just warning you all, there's a very strong chance that I won't be writing a detailed lemon scene for this story, since I... well... I'm not that experienced with that sort of field... o_o"
But we'll see, I might just end up writing one - I just don't want to make it sounding fake or anything, that's all ^_^")
So at the moment the story shall stay rated T! :D