chapter Nine
Everyone was gathered around the fresh grave, Gracia and a few other people were crying, everyone else was silent, After Mustang had left and it came to Ed, Al, Winry and Mei's turn to pay their respects. They all said something except Mei who just sniffed, Winry began to cry and Mei comforted the girl while Ed said his part, and then Al who had a black lioncloth which Ed had transmuted and a black band around his left arm which was Winry's idea. It began to rain they all froze for a moment almost as if time itself had done so, before mutely walking back to the dorms where Ed had arranged another room now, one for the girls and one for the boys, however they all sat in one room together, Al was comforting Winry who was still whimpering a little, Ed was lying on one of the beds facing the wall and Mei was sat on the other looking at his back every now and then but mostly looking at the floor and spacing out.
It got dark outside and ran poured down streaming down the glass window in Central's library, where Ed read a book a huge pile in front of him which he was apparently also going to read, he couldn't figure it out, the only documents the Major had been recorded to be looking at where the ones about Mei's grandparents. He had been forced to work on a desk for a while because of Mei, the Colonel apparently thought she was invovled in Hughes death and wanted to make sure she wasn't. She couldn't be, Could she? He erased the doubt from his mind she wasn't, 'I was with her, awake, most of the time...' He shook his head, now he had started thinking about he couldn't stop, he closed the thick hard backed book he was reading and looked at the big clock on the wall, 'The library wil be closeing soon' he thought before laying the book heavily on the table and grabbing his coat, pulling the red material over his black jacket type thing and walked slowly out of the library.
Walking out of the building he saw the back of a familiar head and he gingerly tapped the black haired female on the shoulder, she almost jumped a mile in the air, smiling for the first time in days, Ed asked "How long you been out here for?" she loked at him there was something in her eyes he didn't like.
"Only a little while." she replyed almost shyly her hands were twisting over each other she looked, well nervous to say the least. He looked at her confused, noting how cute she looked when her wet hair was sticking to her face framing it rigidly, she was wearing a black waterproof jacket over tight jeans and a plain blue t-shirt. they stood for about five minates before deciding standing in the rain wasn't a good idea.
"Uhh... shall we?" invited Ed stepping the last three steps, Mei suddenly turned up to the sky.
"Raining." She stated, Ed looked even more confused,
"you didn't notice?" a shake of her head, he smiled and wiped a few stray strands out of her face, which led to him touching her cheek, she leant into the touch and he didn't seem to want to back away even though his entire consious mind was telling him it wasn't the right time to be fraternizing. He stepped closer looking directly at her soulful blue eyes, 'just like the sea..' and what was left of his consious thinking had disapated into the innocent touch of lips on lips. Mei was startled at first but leaned in and opened her mouth , permitting Ed permission to enter...