Lisa Feury didn't expect being dragged along by law around the world with her schoolmate's idol, Edward Elric. Neither did she expect that said idol would actually be as wild and cocky as he is. She expected a gentleman, a strong and willful gentleman. Much like what Marjorie had described.

Instead, she found such a man inside a suit of armor.

"Alphonse? You're not going to eat?" Winry chokes and Edward panics. There was no plate laid out for him and it caused Lisa to worry. Unaware of Alphonse's situation, she pushes her plate away. "I won't either." A sigh of relief escapes Ed. She can play the not-eating game as long as she doesn't find anything suspicious. Not yet. Alphonse didn't feel so ready to tell her the truth either.

"You just got out of a fever, Lisa. Please eat. I promise one day I'll take you out to lunch but right now I'm not hungry." Al lies. He lies to Lisa and the way she smiled, completely trusting his words, made him feel guilty.

"Anyways, aren't your parents worried about you traveling with two weirdoes?" Winry asks as she sips her orange juice. Without Granny Pinako (who was tending to her yard), Winry and Ed bickered louder than they should about how Edward felt they were not weirdoes.

"My parents don't know, actually." Lisa confesses. The three childhood friends look at her and tilt their heads at the same time. Lisa found this cute, and stared at Edward's golden eyes. A question, once more, popped in her head. I've never seen anyone with gold eyes before…

"Your parents might kill me, Lisa." Edward said bluntly. "They might think I'm putting you in serious danger and stuff."

"They won't care. They left for Xing the same day we left Central. Uncle knows, that's all that matters." Lisa finished her plate and placed it into the sink, washing it without looking at the bewildered faces of the three.

Edward began to wonder even more. "When will they be back? For sure when they get back they'll be curious as to where you are…"

"They'll be back for two to seven years. I think a 5-month long trip won't be a big deal." She explains it to him like it's the most trivial thing in the world. Like it's some sort of normalcy to be traveling with two boys to who knows were. This infuriates Edward, who was she to forget her parents? The very people who take care of her?

She sat back down in front of Edward, who's mouth tilted upside down. He looked at her intently while Lisa's eye twitched. "E-edward..don't worry…Uncle is okay with us."

The way she said it sound differently to Edward. As if she was saying that Feury trusts him with his niece with something other than protecting her. That's a lie. He snorted loudly and turned his head.

"Tell your parents. They must be worried."

Lisa knew what to expect the moment she'd call the number given to her by her father when they left for Xing. She felt guilty with Edward's stern face, knowing he didn't understand why she treated her parents as if they were merely nobody to her.

When she called them, she explained everything. After transmuting the phone to create a loud speaker, Edward froze at her father's words.

"Oh? The full metal alchemist? A military lapdog? How ridiculous. You should have said no. What is Kain doing? Such a stupid man, always getting you into trouble. I'm telling you, if it hadn't been for that discount for your education in Bradley Academy, I would never have bothered to talk to him." Lisa shut the phone down. Gripping tightly onto the handle.

"They don't care." She tells Edward flatly. Edward tries to muster up the words to say something. Anything. It's only last week that he had made her cry, and today they would be leaving Resembool to go to Liore. Edward felt the cold aura surrounding her.

"You burned your house right? I never had the courage to leave my parents. Even when all they've done for me is to give me life. Uncle takes care of me. He brought me to Bradley Academy. A school for students who's relatives are of the military. He checks up on me daily. He calls me every night. He's not my biological father, but he's the only one I have left."

Edward suddenly recalls how he screamed a similar thing while trying desperately to recover his brother, Alphonse. That night with the human transmutation circle. The taboo that cost Alphonse his entire body and him, his leg. To retrieve his brother's soul it cost him his arm.

He just wanted to see his mother once again. Unfortunately, maybe for Lisa who's father and mother are both alive, having them around was just a lot more painful.

"I'm cold." She tells him flatly. Edward removes his red coat and drips it onto her shoulders. They wait for Alphonse as they all bid goodbye to the Rockbells and head out for Liore.

"Are you alright, Lisa?" Asked Alphonse as they boarded the train that would take them the farthest in the desert. Seeing as Liore is a desert oasis, they had no choice but to cross the blazing desert. "I'm fine." She says as her mouth drifts off into the midnight sky.

Al could feel himself getting worried. She seemed silent. Had the call buried her in her thoughts more than he thought? She was still wearing Edward's red coat. It seemed funny to Al. It looked like they were a couple.

Lisa sat by the window, watching the visibly beautiful stars. Edward sat beside her, looking at the food cart passing by them. Their hands, was what bothered him. Their hands, folded together, without either of them looking at it as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

That night by the river, all that Lisa could say was how it hurt to see Edward. All she talked about was Edward. Could he blame her? How could Lisa look at her any differently than a little brother? He is younger anyway.

Thinking deeply as he watched Lisa's eyes follow the stars, her dried lips, closed and her messy hair slightly pulled back by the wind. He realized he didn't care if she loved him back. He didn't care at all. The sight of Lisa reminded him of himself. Even the way she stalked off to sit by the river was like him.

"A glass of water, please." Al asked. His older brother looked up at him, curious as to why Al would ask for water. When passed onto him, Al gently took Lisa's other hand and placed the glass of water in it. Lisa looked at it curiously and looked at Al.

He smiled. Although he wasn't sure if she knew he was smiling. "You're lips are dry. You're dehydrated." Lisa blushed and it felt good for Al to see her blush because of him. She drank the water and returned the glass.

"It's funny, I swear I thought I saw you smile behind your suit of armor." Lisa joked. To Al, it was no joke. Edward looks at his brother with a grin and Al nods back.

In the minds of these three companions, that night just felt right.