A/N: This chapter is late, sorry! I have no excuse. I just forgot. My sincerest apologies! Enjoy more EdxWin fluff.

Ed was woken up the next morning by someone tapping him. He opened his eyes and saw Winry sitting on the bed holding a tray.

"I made you some breakfast!" she said happily.

"Wow, thanks, Win!" Ed replied with a smile. He quickly devoured the meal. And then realized he was in Winry's room. The events of the previous day flooded back to him, and then so did the events of the night. He felt some discomfort again as he remembered his conversation with Al.

"What's wrong, Ed?" Winry asked worriedly.

"It's nothing, I'm fine," Ed said, he didn't want her to worry.

"Oh, Ed. What am I going to do with you?" Winry said fondly, "when are you going to learn that I'm here for you? I want to help you with your problems, I want you to feel good. Tell me what's wrong, because I bet I can help."

Ed smiled, "Yeah, you probably can."

Ed explained the situation.

"I probably shouldn't be feeling like this, right?" Ed asked, "I'm just being weird..."

"No, Ed. I think it's normal. I don't have any siblings, so I couldn't say for certain, but it sounds like you're feeling nostalgic for the times when Al was little and you had to look out for him," Winry told him as she put an arm around him.

"But why?"

"Well, Ed. You're the only one that can answer that for sure, but if I had to guess, it's because you like protecting people you care about. You're a protective person, Ed. You never want the people you care about to be in pain. And when Al was little, you got to protect him more. Now that he doesn't need you as much, you feel insecure because you don't have anyone to protect," Winry explained.

"How come you can read me like a book?" Ed sighed.

"Because I've known you for so long," Winry answered.

There was a pause.

"Don't worry, Ed. You and Al will always be brothers, and friends. He'll never go away. You also have me. Don't be afraid to talk to me, okay?"

Ed let out a long sigh and hugged Winry.

"Win?"

"Yeah?"

"I... Well, I..."

"What is it, Ed?"

"I... I love you, Winry, more than anything-"

Suddenly a loud knock at the door interrupted them.

"If you think you can stay in there forever, you are mistaken! I will not have a former pupil of mine sleeping all day! There are things to be done, you know! I expect you to help do them!" Izumi shouted through the wood.

Ed stared blankly at the door, "Oh yeah, right. Teacher's here. I kind of forgot.

Winry smiled at him, "Come on then! Let's rejoin society!"

She started for the door but Ed took her hand.

"Win, before we go out there, I..."

"Huh? What's up?" Winry asked, confused.

Ed pulled her to him and kissed her. They stood there in silence for a moment.

"I just wanted to do that," Ed murmured.

They both blushed.

"Oh... I, uh, okay then," Winry stammered.

"Well!" Ed exclaimed, his regular grin back in its place, "Let's go rejoin the others."

Ed walked towards the door. As he put his hand on the knob, Winry started to say something and he turned around.

"That felt good, you know. The kiss, I mean..." Winry said as she looked at the floor.

"Yeah. It did, didn't it. I don't want to be alone anymore. The kiss makes it official. I am yours, and you are mine, right?"

Winry looked at him and smiled, "Right!"

With that, Ed took her hand and together they walked back into the world.

Ed figured that he probably had some tough times ahead, he was starting his adult life. But he also knew it would be made easier because he had Winry by his side.

Winry had a feeling that getting started and learning to look out for herself would be hard, but she felt that she could do anything, as long as she had Ed.

There was something about the way they walked into the room that made Al take notice. Maybe it was because they were holding hands, maybe it was because they were both smiling so much, but whatever it was, it made Al think that the two of them looked a lot more confident and a lot stronger than they had been before. He smiled to himself, he always knew they would be strong together.

A/N: Yeah, sorry for beating in the symbolism. I was a little stretched for ideas this week. Anyways, thanks for reading! There's more to come, so stay tuned! Oh god, I sound like such a moron. Review and all that! And thanks to all of you who have favorited or followed or reviewed up to this point! *Salutes*