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19. Happiness

"Are you happy, Ed?" Al asks, choking through sips of his water, clearly unused to breathing. His voice is lower than she thought it'd be and there is no metallic edge to it. She moves her head from where she is drawing circles on his arms, feeling the warmth of his skin against hers, and pulls his chin from her chest to look at him properly.

"Of course I'm happy Al!" Ed says loudly. "I have you back, you have your body back, all that we've worked for the past four years; plus: Amestris is still here, we're not dead, Dad wasn't a complete arsehole and we can finally leave the military! How could I not be happy?"

"That's not what I meant, Brother." Al answers, amused, but then he does his best to correct himself. "Are you happy, Sister?"

Ed looks down, and hugs Alphonse closer to her. She sighs. Being a girl isn't as bad as she'd thought it'd be, and she's used to it now. Uncomfortable clothes and additional items of clothing she's become used to, and it's not like she can't wear male clothes if she wants to. A week per month is really uncomfortable, and makes her pissed off and aggressive (like that's new)- but it gives her the perfect excuse to commit any acts of violence she wishes and get people to buy her chocolate. She's swapped girls swooning over her for boys checking her out, which is less annoying, even though it's still a bit weird. She'd never thought about sex or love and shit like that, never had the time, so it's not as if she knows it's supposed to be any different for her (or the him that was). It's not that bad, and she's got used to it.

"Yeah, Al. I'm happy." She kisses his forehead, and holds him next to her. It's moments like this that she's glad she's female, because if she were male at this point, she'd get the mickey taken out of her for all eternity. As it is, no one bats and eyelid.

To be honest, this is amongst the very few times she's honestly been happy since her mother died. And she's looking forward to a lifetime of it.

A.N: A family drabble! C:

Content! Ed and Happy! Al because the gods know we all need more of that. C:

Nearly 1/5th of the way through, you guys. :D

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- Tom

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