Disclamer: FMA and FMA: Brotherhood belongs to Hiromu Arakawa, this is a work of fiction.
Written under the request of 'The Flame Alchemist 13'. Thank you for the support and hope you will enjoy it :)!
I hope you will like it R&R!
Not beta'd.
When I Found You
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That day was supposed to be like any other; yet, it happened to be a day Edward Elric would remember forever.
He was walking carelessly on the pavement, reading a message his brother just sent him, 'I finally proposed, brother. She accepted! This is the best day of my life!' –Al.
The blond smiled genuinely; he was so happy his brother was finally going to settle down with the woman he loved. Thinking about it, he smirked and thought he should too; the problem is, he has an eye for no woman at the moment!
He was brought out of his reverie as he bumped into someone on the street,
"Oh I'm sorry! Are you okay?" he asked with a tone of concern, noticing it was a young woman.
"Yes I'm fine." As the maiden looked up, their eyes locked; his heart jumped for a moment.
Her beauty was mesmerizing. Her long light blonde hair shone brightly under the sun, and her blue eyes gleamed. She wore a simple pale pink dress, and high sandals which made her look like a model on the runway.
Finding nothing else to say, he smiled and left.
'Aaargh!' his inner self screamed.
For the first time in months he finally encountered a woman, who happened to be his type, and whom secretly made his heart jump; yet, he let her go just like that! Did his life have to be so fucked up? Thinking again, if he had made a move on her he would've passed for a flirt, right?
Rubbing his hair with both hands for a few seconds, he sighed and decided that karma was a bitch.
Crossing the road, he felt his smart phone vibrate in his pocket; looking at the ID caller he raised his brows in surprise,
"Hello, nii-san?" the caller spoke first.
"What the heck are you calling me for, Al? This is supposed to be your day; you should be partying with your fiancée." Ed emphasized the last word, knowing it would make his brother embarrassed.
"W-well, we decided to do a small party later this afternoon, with all our close friends; so I called to notify you." Alphonse responded.
"Ah, I see; you shouldn't have, though." He shrugged "It's your special day; you should've enjoyed it alone."
"Well, she said 'the more the merrier' so," he chuckled, "by the way nii-san did something happen? Your voice is kind of weird."
"W-w-what? No nothing happened! Nothing at all!" the older blond tried to deny, while remembering the young woman of earlier, "by the way, did you call Ling?"
"Well, she did since he is her cousin; then see you later, nii-san."
"Yeah, later." He sighed, hanging up.
Continuing his walk, he stopped in his track, 'maybe I should get them a present.' He thought.
It was his brother and his friend's cousin after all; smiling he changed direction and started walking to a store nearby to buy them something. And again, his phone vibrated,
'I hope you will be attending your brother's party, fullmetal.' –Roy Stupid Mustang. Ed frowned reading the message his boss-and-family-acquaintance sent him; as he was typing his response he tripped over something and fell.
'This is really my day!' he quipped; holding his head in pain he looked up at the 'thing' he tripped at, only to find the beautiful woman he bumped into earlier. As he started apologizing, his eyes fell on her ruined dress; the dress he just ruined.
"Oh my God I am so sorry, I didn't see you; I was running to catch up my brother and…" he didn't even know what he was blabbering until she cut him,
"No, it's okay; please don't bother!" she responded automatically.
"It can't be okay! I ruined you dress; which is a horrible disaster for women!" he blurted; he mentally face palmed at his own stupidity.
"Please there is definitely no need to worry!" she smiled.
That was the exact moment when he decided that this woman was odd. That smile, it wasn't a real one, nor was it a fake one; it was… 'No, maybe I'm just annoying her?'
"Okay, then, let me buy you something to wear; you definitely can't walk back in this state, right?" he stated, deciding it wasn't ethical to leave a woman walking around like… that.
"Um… isn't your brother waiting for you?" she asked, hesitantly.
"It's okay he can wait, I'll call him. Now, I can't let such a beautiful lady like this when it is my fault, can I?" he smiled brightly, blushing a little.
"O-okay…" she agreed after a moment.
"Great!" he exclaimed, "let's go, there's a shop down the street; by the way I'm Edward Elric, just call me Ed, pleased to meet you!"
"Winry Rockbell, the pleasure is all mine." She smiled.
"You're cute when you smile, you should do it often!" he complimented, making her blush.
"Thanks."
Because of nervousness, the blond couldn't stop talking, starting from his favorite bands to how he broke his arm when he first ridden a bicycle. Winry, on the other hand –he found her name very beautiful– wasn't a big talker; but he noticed that she was enjoying her time.
Arriving to the shop, Edward asked for 'nice dresses that would look good on this beautiful lady.' And he was served; after trying on many dresses, they ended up buying a midnight blue short dress imprinted with pink flowers.
He blushed even more after seeing her wearing it; her milky skin and blond hair sparkled in that dress.
"Thank you very much for the dress." He said stepping out of the shop.
And that was when she gave him her brightest smile, which caused him to laugh –and almost gave him a nosebleed.
"You are one of your kind, Winry!"
At such a moment, such a happy moment, they didn't notice a high speeding car drifting from the road, and getting on the pavement.
Edward looking horrified shouted her name… but she didn't respond.
She never responded.