Hey Guys! Wow, in less than a week a new chapter! Maybe this'll happen on a regualar basis? You never know, but I'll try to upload chapters as much as possible! Anyway, I figured I should make a little EdWin Valentine's Day story! So, here it is! A lot of my useless rambling inside unfortunately! XD But enjoy!
WARNING! IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED BROTHERHOOD I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU DON'T READ THIS... YET. BUT WHO AM I TO STOP YOU? HAVE FUN!
(Note: Set after the events of Brotherhood. So don't be too confuddled...)
Edward was awoken by the bright daylight that shone through his bedroom window, he grumbled and rolled on his opposite side, reaching out his arm but then he paused. "W-Winry?" He strained his eyes open, grimacing in the harsh light as he looked for the blonde, only to find that she wasn't sleeping next to him. Edward shrugged this off as her being up early or looking after their children and he propped himself up, a loud yawn escaping his mouth as scratched his head.
He eventually worked up the energy to get up out of bed and walk over to the window.
He looked out of the window, out at the Resembool countryside he was so fond of. And, boy! Had he missed it during those long years before the 'Promised Day' when he worked under the military and during all the time he spent in the West, researching and gathering knowledge.
It was yet another beautiful day, one which the birds were chirping their morning songs and soaring through the sky. Edward sighed happily, feeling as content as ever but all that changed when he merely glanced towards the calendar. He noticed a date with a large heart circled around it. He walked over to the calendar and upon inspection… "It's the f-f-fourteenth of F-F-FEBRUARY?!" Edward shouted, now in a hysterical state.
It was Valentine's Day, and Edward had nothing planned for Winry!
He ran down the stairs and to the living room, luckily nobody was in there. In a hurry he picked up the house phone and rang his sibling; Alphonse.
Alphonse picked up straight away and greeted his brother in his usual cheery tone "Good morning Nii-San!"
"Al! No time for greetings! It's Valentine's Day and I completely forgot about getting anything for Winry!" Edward frantically whispered down the phone.
"Brother! She'll kill you!" He whispered back, in an appalled tone.
"Don't you think I know that, Al?!" Edward shouted. He flinched once realisation hit and he covered up the speaker as he looked around, from left to right, once confirming that no movement was being made by anyone else in the house he continued to speak. "Uh… Al?" He asked, checking if his younger brother was still there.
"Yeah, Ed, you shouted didn't you?" Alphonse asked both knowingly and sarcastically.
"Yeah… But Alphonse, whilst we're on the subject… What did you get for May~?" Edward asked, chuckling. His intentions were innocent enough… He was curious and maybe, just maybe he could get an idea or two from his more 'romantic' sibling.
"M-May?! W-Well, Brother… I… It's private!" Alphonse told him, flustered.
"Oh? I see how it is~! Got to 3rd base did we? You can tell your older brother these things you know~!" Edward teased, snickering every so often.
"BROTHER! I-I-IT'S NOT LIKE THAT, I SWEAR! AGGGH! FIND WINRY A PRESENT ON YOUR OWN!" Alphonse screamed down the phone, very embarrassed by this point, Edward however, was uncontrollably laughing. "N-No… Wait… Al!" Edward begged with his final breaths before he gasped for air.
By the time Edward had himself under control Alphonse had already hung up. Edward slumped down on one of the armchairs and mumbled to himself. "'Find a present on your own', huh Alphonse? Fine, challenge accepted, younger brother! How hard can it be?"
TWO MINUTES LATER.
"AGGGH! WHAT DO GIRLS EVEN LIKE ANYWAYS?! It's not like I can transmute her anything, anyway! Aww, man! I'm doomed; I'll be in the dog house with Den for the rest of my life!" He sighed heavily and ran his fingers through his bangs, trying to brainstorm gift ideas. "Alright, earrings… She has too many already, besides that's what I always give her… There's nowhere I can get metal for Auto-Mail parts from around here… Ah! That's it! I'll make her something out of Auto-Mail!" Edward grinned, having come up with the perfect idea.
He raised his head and looked around the room. "Where is everybody anyway?" Edward asked himself, standing up. He made his way to the children's room; he gently knocked on the door with the back of his hand and opened the door a crack to peer in.
Nobody.
"Huh? That's weird… Maybe they're all in Pinako's room then." He shut the door behind himself and soon opened another, this time upstairs. "Granny? …Huh? Empty too?!" He exclaimed, bewildered.
He quickly shut the door and ran back downstairs then outside, looking around frantically. "WINRY?!" He bawled his hands cupped around his mouth to further project his voice but he got no response.
Edward gulped nervously and ran back into the house and into the kitchen, he looked around the room and there, on the fridge he noticed a piece of paper stuck against the fridge by a magnet.
He approached the fridge and took down the note, unfolded it and read it out.
"Dear Edward,
Pinako and I have taken the kids out to visit the river for the day with Den. We didn't want to wake you; you were out like a light. We'll be back by sundown.
Love Winry."
Edward read, his mouth pulling into smile as the note came to an end.
"Heh, she even signed her name with a wrench that Auto-Mail Otaku." He spoke fondly as he walked out of the kitchen.
Edward walked into Winry's workshop and picked up various tools from screwdrivers to a blowtorch and he laid them out on the workbench. He then rummaged around in the scrap box beside the workbench choosing bits and pieces he thought would be helpful and placed them on the workbench alongside the tools.
He stood upright, hands on hips once he had finished and looked over the equipment laid out on the bench, in a state of accomplishment.
One that didn't last long.
Edward quickly picked up a spare blueprint sheet and brushed everything he had collected to the side to make room to lay out the sheet. He looked it over and picked up a worn down chalk stick beginning to sketch out his plans, something that came to him easily because of his experience designing the odd transmutation circle.
Within a quarter of an hour he had finished.
Edward raised a hand and wiped his brow of invisible sweat. "There, that looks good enough… But how to…" He sighed and scratched his head once more, grumbling, his mouth now pulled into a slight frown and his eyebrows furrowed.
Edward picked up a few parts of metal and tried to fit them together side by side, he did this a few more times before picking up a small hammer, hammering some of the pieces, then he make holes in the sides of some small metal plates.
"Right, screws… Where are the screws…?" He muttered, looking around the workshop. He spotted a small tin and opened it. Inside were a few nails and bolts but no screws. "I guess this'll have to do..." He walked back to the workbench and emptied a few nails onto the metal; he picked up the hammer, inserting the nail into the hole and began hammering it in. He repeated his actions until there were no holes remaining, he took a step back and looked over the blueprints again.
It was starting to take shape; Edward felt pleased about this and he picked up the blowtorch, putting on a spare pair of gloves and he also picked up Winry's goggles. He put them on, though feeling pretty foolish wearing them. Edward turned his attention back to the blowtorch. "So, how does this…?" Edward fiddled around with the blowtorch and accidentally knocked it on, the flames quickly bursting out on the workbench, heating some of the weaker metals and making them stick together. He yelled in shock and turned it off. "Oh… That's how…" He stared at the rapidly melting metals, just glad that he didn't ruin his little 'masterpiece' of sorts.
He gulped and turned on the blowtorch, putting its setting on the lowest flame it could go and he carefully glazed over the metal, giving it a shiny finish.
(Okay, truth time, I know that blowtorches can't do both of these things in reason but I couldn't think of what else to use, so don't kill me for it! Besides, this is Amestris! ANYTHING is possible! ;D)
"There... I think that should do it." Edward said, turning off the blowtorch and removing the goggles. He looked at his finished gift… It didn't look exactly how he planned but he figured that it would have to do, it was already getting close to sundown.
Just then the house phone rang, its loud ring echoed throughout the empty house, Edward ran to the phone, desperately hoping that it was Alphonse ringing back to express how guilty he felt about not helping Edward earlier and that he wanted to give Edward a back-up idea. "H-Hello? Edward Elric speaking!" Edward greeted, trying to sound as professional as possible just in case it was a customer.
"Hey, Ed. It's Winry! I just called to tell you that you should hurry down to the river! Quick, it's an emergency!" She shouted before hastily hanging up. Edward stared at the phone for a moment before it sank in, maybe something bad happened! Edward, in a rush, picked up his gift for Winry and grabbed his brown overall coat, putting it on hurringly over his shorts as he hadn't changed out of his sleepwear yet.
He ran out of the door, stuffing the present into his pocket and he made his way down to the riverside.
Upon arriving he looked around for his family, panting slightly. Nobody once again. Suddenly Edward heard a faint barking sound coming from the forest on the other side of the river. "That's right, they brought Den!" He realised. Edward ran to the shallow part of the river where the water only reached his ankles and began wading through the water which had a surprisingly strong current.
He made it to the other side in a matter of seconds and, once he did he dashed into the forest, the yaps of Den leading his way. "Winry? Pinako? Kids?" Edward shouted, searching everywhere. Being so distracted by finding his family Edward didn't notice the small branch behind him, and once he stepped backwards, ever so slightly he tripped over the protruding stem and fell straight onto his back. "Oof…" Edward groaned, sitting up and rubbing his back.
Once again Edward's ears picked up another sound, the barking had ceased and it had been replaced by laughter… the laughter of children. "The kids!" Edward exclaimed, standing up quickly, his eyes darting left and right.
He heard rustling of a bush and he followed the sound. The sounds lead him out of the forest and into a clearing.
What he saw he couldn't comprehend. There standing, was Winry with the children, joined by Den and Pinako. They were stood by a large buffet table and hung above it from two tree branches was a large banner reading 'We love you Ed'.
He gawked at the sight, almost in tears. His children ran to him cheering "Daddy's here, Daddy's here!" and they welcomed him with a warm embrace. Edward bent down, hugging them both and he lifted them up on his shoulders with his strong arms, and the air was filled with their joyous laughter.
He walked over to Pinako and Winry, grinning as wide as ever. "What's all this?" He asked, his voice resembling one of an excited child who wasn't expecting any gifts on Christmas. He looked to Winry for an answer but received one from Pinako. "Well, Ed, we thought we'd repay you for everything you've done for us." Winry nodded and continued "You've done so much, Edward and we needed to show you how thankful we are." She told him, taking one of their children from his shoulder, kissing Edward's cheek causing him to blush.
"Oh, Winry! I made you something, wait there…" He announced, his speech becoming increasingly mumbled nearer the end of his sentence. He put their child down, Winry doing the same with the other as Edward reached into his coat pocket producing a slightly broken and falling apart, misshapen Auto-Mail... heart.
"Edward…Did you make this?" She asked, laughing softly, her azure eyes shining.
Edward felt his face become flushed with embarrassment and he shoved it at her, looking away and pouting. "Yeah, it took me most of the day to make and it's harder than it looks… So here."
"I-It's wonderful, Ed! Thank you!" She blissfully thanked, her eyes brimming with tears.
Edward looked back, beaming and pulled Winry into a hug, their children soon joined in, hugging their parent's legs. Pinako looked to Den and opened her arms with a grin. Den walked over and got up on his hind legs, putting his front legs on Pinako's shoulders.
Maybe this Valentine's Day wasn't such a disaster after all.
Thanks so much for reading! I hope it wasn't too long... and boring... and full on nonsense... Haha, I'm very low in confidence...
Cya next time then! Make sure to check out my other stories! Y'know... If you wanna.. BYE! *HARLEM SHAKES THE FCUK OUTTA HERE* (meant to be spelt like that btw)
