Wow! What a response! Heh, I think that this one might be an instant hit, for some reason, hehe. I only uploaded the first chapter not an hour ago, and I already have three reviews? Unreal! Hehe...Well, I hope that I continue getting that kind of response for the whole story. ((Well, more of a response if there's a greater span of time between when the chapters are uploaded, but yeah, you get the idea, hehe.)) I just wanted to upload the second one quickly, so...here it is. Enjoy!
Um...this is some...sort of...disclaimer thingy...not sure what to do with it...but it's here.
Ed walked over into the living room and sat down in a chair that allowed him to look out the window. He felt a sense of longing as he gazed out the window, though he wasn't quite sure why, but something about the outdoors seemed really appealing to him right then. He would've jumped up and run outside right then if he weren't waiting for breakfast.
Ed sighed and slumped in his chair. There would be enough time to run around in the outdoors later, he supposed. With a yawn, he brought a hand up and unconsciously rubbed his chest, causing him to feel the small pendant through his shirt. He smiled. His mother had given him that necklace just before she had died, so he wore it everywhere he went. It was a little awkward though to have people see him clinging to a memory, so he always kept it hidden under his shirt.
He dropped his hand and leaned his head back, closing his eyes. A slight breeze blew in from the window, and he basked in the feeling. Ed felt the warmth rise up in his chest until he started humming a melody that always seemed to make him feel good whenever he'd hum it.
Al unexpectedly walked into the room right then. "What's that that you're singing, Brother?"
Ed jumped at the sudden intrusion, but relaxed when he realized who it was. "Oh hi, Al. I don't really know...it's just...some song I'm always singing."
Al smiled and sat down on a nearby couch. He knew that Ed seemed to always be singing behind people's backs, when he thought they weren't listening. Al knew better than to make a fuss about it, since his brother always seemed to be self-conscious about expressing emotions in such gentle ways as singing, but he did enjoy listening to Ed sing whenever he could catch him in the act.
Ed had stopped singing and was just staring out the window. Al was about to open his mouth and comment on this to try and get his brother to relax, but he was interrupted by Pinako calling both of the boys to the kitchen to get their breakfast. Defeated in his mission, Al just shrugged and stood up to head to the kitchen.
The rest of the day, Ed pretty much distanced himself from everyone else, and spent most of his time wandering the open countryside. He stayed out so late that Winry even had to pull the flashing the light from the balcony trick to make him come back home.
Finally, at the conclusion of the day, everyone reluctantly said their good nights and went to bed. Ed was still a bit tired from his episode that morning, so even though he fought to keep his eyes open to continue reading the book he had picked up, his eyelids eventually grew heavy and shut.
Upon awakening the next morning, he moved to sit up, only to be overcome with dizziness and be forced to fall back into his bed. This was incredibly frustrating. He pushed himself up to a sitting position with his arm, still quite dizzy. He swung his feet over the side of the bed, and slowly pushed himself up.
Ed felt incredibly wobbly and weak as he tried to place one foot in front of the other. He was incredibly thirsty again, and this time, the thirst was accompanied by a pounding head and a throbbing throat. He had to get out to the kitchen as soon as possible.
He was carefully making his way along by resting his hand against the wall as he concentrated on putting one foot in front of the other. Things would going alright until Winry suddenly looked up and noticed his unusual way of walking and asked him what was wrong.
That broke his concentration. He jerked his head up in her direction, only to be met with the sight of two Winrys swirling around in front of him. He knew that he was really sick, but he didn't have time to react, so he just called out, "Winry..." and fell to the floor.
"Ed!" Winry screamed and ran over to the fallen boy, who turned out to be even hotter to the touch than he was the day before, and was again panting heavily. He had probably been trying to get to the sink like he had done yesterday so that he could quench his incredible thirst.
Winry turned to face the concerned onlookers in the room and said, "Al, Granny, get him some water, quick, and lots of it!"
No one argued, not with that serious look on Winry's face. They quickly moved to do as she said, and soon had the requested water, which Winry proceeded to hold to Ed's mouth and help him drink it like a helpless child.
The water ran down Ed's cheeks and all over his chest as he tried very hard to swallow the water as fast as he could. He soon finished that glass, and Winry reached for another glass, and then another, and another. He finally was satisfied after he had drunk about seven glasses of water.
Winry then grabbed Ed by both of his shoulders and forced him to look at her. "Now, Ed, something is definitely wrong here. Tell me, what is going on?"
Ed just returned a blank stare at her for a moment, before he responded that he hadn't a clue, though he tried to play it down as not being a big deal. Winry wasn't fooled, however. She turned to Pinako and said, "Granny, call the doctor, we need someone to look at Ed."
Pinako nodded in response and headed straight for the telephone. Ed squirmed under Winry's grasp and objected. "I don't need a doctor, I'm fine, really! Let me go!" Winry just responded by tightening her grip on the squirming boy and casting a glance at her grandmother to confirm that she was indeed using the telephone. They were going to get to the bottom of this.
Okay, this chapter was written up kind of quickly, I know, but I hope it's still good. Leave me some reviews, and I'll update really, really, really soon, okay? Thanks a bunch!