"A-are you sure this is a good idea?" Edmund whimpered, balking.

"Yeah, now go on!" he urged, pushing his twin along from behind. Edmund was digging his heels into the ground to try and remain still.

"But it's been so long! What if no one remembers me?"

"Come on, Eddie! No one'll have forgotten you!" Al told him, also pushing.

After Eddie had told them most of his past, everyone had agreed that it was time Edmund take a short trip home. They were in the Resembool train-station right now.

"Just... Get... Goin'!" he grunted, still pushing.

With a small whimper, Eddie caved and started walking. But he fell in behind them, trying to hide a bit.

People stopped and stared as they walked past, heading for the Rockbells'. Whispers and murmurs started.

"See? Nobody forgot you, even if you took our memories!" he smiled back at Eddie. He got a small nod and a smile in reply.

People started to smile and wave, calling Eddie's name, welcoming him back home. A few times they were stopped and had questions asked. But for the most part, they were unhindered. They wound their way up to the yellow house, coming clear of most everyone.

Den, who was out front, came running up, barking. He ran past them and pounced on Eddie. "Hey! Stop it, that tickles, Den!" Eddie laughed as Den started licking him.

"See, even Den remembers you!" Al laughed.

"Den, hush! Oh, hello, Edward, Alphonse. What brings you here this time?" Pinako was standing in the doorway of the house.

"We brought a visitor, that's what!" Al said cheerfully.

"Oh, really? And who would that be?"

They both stepped aside so Pinako could see Eddie. His twin was blushing as Den bounded around him in circles. "Hi... Granny..."

"Oh, my..."

"Granny, what's going on?" Winry was standing in the door too now. "Oh... Is that...?"

"Hi..." Eddie's blush deepened.

"Eddie, you idiot!"

Winry threw herself onto Edmund, bawling. "Why the hell did you run from us? We were all so upset and confused! And Ed and Al didn't remember you, and every time we brought you up, they thought you were someone we'd made up! Don't you ever run again, you idiot!" Eddie's face was bright crimson as Winry bawled in his ear about all that'd happened since he left and how bad he was for running away. It looked like she was half-strangling him, she was holding onto him so tightly. But he sat, enduring the anguished howling and tight embrace.

Ed couldn't help himself. He started chuckling. Edmund was just so red, and he looked so embarrassed!

Finally, Winry released his twin, and the two got up off the ground. Eddie was practically dragged into the house, where he was fawned over until nightfall.

That night, he saw Edmund staring out a window. A crafty grin on his face, he crept up on Edmund.

"Rawr!" he playfully roared, throwing his arms around his twin.

Eddie jumped, squealing. "Ed! You scared me!"

"That's kinda the idea!" he snickered. "So, whatcha lookin' at?"

"The stars. I've been in the cities for the most part since I left. The smog and bright lights block out the stars. I'd forgotten just how pretty the night-sky is out here."

"Yeah, the views are better out here, aren't they?" he agreed.

"Mm-hmm."

"But you aren't leaving ever again! I've got you now, and I'm never letting you go!"

"Really? Because it'd be hard to get around life like this!" Eddie chuckled.

They both laughed. Then they were silent for a minute, just staring out the window.

"We should really be in bed now." he said, breaking the silence.

"'Kay." Eddie nodded.

But neither one made a move to go upstairs.

"Mom missed you too. It wasn't just Dad she missed."

"I know."

Again, silence.

"You should really just tell her."

"Huh?" he asked, looking at Eddie in confusion.

"Winry. You should tell her you love her. Your emotions just then were just about the same as they generally are for her."

"I forgot how much I hate it when you do that." he growled.

"Yeah, but that's why you love me!" Edmund snickered.

Once more, they were silent, just staring out at the stars. But all of the sudden, they both yawned.

"Great... Now I'm too tired to go upstairs..." he grumbled, rubbing one of his eyes.

"Couch?" Eddie suggested.

"Couch." he agreed.

The two of them went to the couch. He grabbed an afghan from a near-by chair as they laid down together and used it as a blanket. They fell asleep quickly enough.

Next morning, Ed felt warm as he opened his eyes. Very warm.

Probably because he and Eddie were still curled up together, under the blanket, with the sun beating down on them from the window. He smiled, looking at his twin's serene sleeping face. Carefully, he tried to extract himself from Edmund's grip. "No..." Eddie murmured, tightening his grip.

Well, why not? He relaxed again, closing his eyes and basking in the familiar warmth of his twin's body.

"Aw, that's just a cute image, isn't it now?"

Both of them shot awake. Winry and Al stood over them, giggling.

"Hey, you guys...!" they both whined as they sat up...

... And neatly bonked their heads together. Alphonse and Winry burst out laughing.

"That hurt! It's not funny!" he snapped, feeling his face burn.

"You guys! That's not nice!" Edmund said with a hurt face. But his face was red as well.

"We're sorry! But we didn't find you upstairs this morning, so we panicked... and we come down here and you two are curled up like a couple of lovers!" Winry laughed, covering her mouth.

"Oh, shut up!" he snapped, standing up. "C'mon, let's go!"

Eddie got up and followed him to the kitchen. They had a quick breakfast and then went outside.

They laid side-by-side, staring up at the clouds. "Hey, Edward..."

"Huh?"

"Do you hate me?"

"I know I just said this, but huh?"

"Do you hate me for taking your memories and then running away? I mean... I took all you had of me and ran off. Don't you hate me?"

"You've got more guts than I do! It took me forever to ask Al that question!" he snickered.

"Well?"

"Hell, no! I could only just barely yell at you if you turned evil!" he laughed, rolling a few times so he was almost on top of Eddie.

"Okay..."

"Idiot, you already knew that, didn't you!" he accused cheerfully, rolling twice more so now he was on top of Edmund.

"Goof! Get offa me!" Eddie laughed, throwing his weight to the side so now they were both on their sides, face-to-face.

Both burst out laughing. It'd been an awful lot like that when they were little. And then...

"Do you remember that game?" he asked curiously.

"You kidding me?" Eddie laughed.

The game was something they'd made up when they were little. It was a little like tag... Only the tagger might possibly stay tagger, even if he caught another person! This was decided by a quick round of rock-paper-scissors. And they'd never named the game... It was just the game.

They both sat up. "One two three shoot!"

"Seeya!" he laughed, getting up and running as Edmund started to count to ten.

It wasn't long before he heard the pounding of Eddie's feet behind him. He laughed, putting on a spurt of speed. But nonetheless, he felt grasping fingers yank on his shirt.

"One two three shoot!"

"Ha!" He ran off again. But again, he was caught.

"One two three shoot!"

"Yay!"

"Hey!"

He'd been cheated on! He felt the slight nudge to pick rock instead of scissors, and Eddie had won! Without bothering to count, he took off after Edmund. Eddie squealed, running faster. However, it wasn't long before he caught his twin with a flying tackle.

Laughing, Eddie tried to throw him off. But he held on tight, and they went rolling down the hill.

The only reason they stopped was because they bumped into someone.

"Sorry!" they both gasped, sitting up quickly.

"No, don't let me interrupt your game."

"You...!"

"Dad...?"