(A/N: Yo! Chibi-sen1124, here! I apologize for not updating sooner. There was some personal problems I had to handle and I had no time to update. Thank you for the few reviews. I figured asking for ten was too much. Each one means a lot to me, though. I also have a lot of followers as well. I honestly didn't think I was going to continue this story after the second chapter but now I'm almost at the twentieth chapter! Thank you for every review and for every follower, new or old.
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"How the heck do we go from playing out in the snow this morning to taking care of a baby?" Ed asked in utter confusion. Al shrugged like what was happening was a normal thing. Ed looked back down at the little girl in his arms. She was playing with his golden hair, her face transfixed. Whenever she looked into Ed's eyes, she gave a bright smile and giggled. But Ed had to admit, she was cute. He felt like giggling with her.
"Anyway, I have to use the bathroom. Can you hold her for me?" Ed asked, handing her to Al.
"Ann!" Winry yelled. The baby cooed and she looked around for the person who had said that. Winry walked in, holding a letter. Ed did his best to ignore the fact that Winry was still wearing his shirt (obviously, she was wearing sweats underneath). She handed it to Ed. He opened it and read the letter.
"Pinako, thank you for offering to take care of our little Ann. She's not old enough to walk but she can crawl around the house, so it isn't necessary to carry her. She can't eat whole meals but she can eat the small snacks we have left for her in the baby bag. Everything else you need to know to take care of a baby is just common sense. Thank you so much for your help, Pinako! We'll be back in a week or so!" he finished reading it. They all looked at each other.
"I think we should leave Ann to Winry." Al said, as he handed her to Winry. Ann looked at Winry's blonde hair and took it in her hands. But instead of grasping it like she did with Ed's hair, she let go of it and looked for Ed.
"Why do I have to take care of her? Not that I don't mind, but isn't that sexist?" Winry said, trying to hold Ann in a more comfortable position.
"No, it's not that. We just lack the common sense to take care of a baby." Ed said and Al nodded. Winry sighed.
"You're going to have to learn then." Ann kept struggling in Winry's arms. Winry just decided to place her on the floor. Ann quickly crawled over to Ed. She grabbed Ed's automail leg and wrapped her arms around it. Ed stood there awkwardly, looking at Winry and Al. Winry gave him a smug look.
"So, it looks like she has chosen." Winry said, placing her arm on Al's shoulder. Al decided to play along.
"Well, we mustn't defy her. We all know, even those of us without common sense, that if we should go against what Ann wants, all hell will break loose." Al said, lowering his voice on the last word for effect. Ed sighed, bending down to pick up Ann.
"Why me?" Ed said to Ann. Ann just replied with a smile that would make even the baddest criminal's heart just melt. Ed walked over to the living room that was piled up with blankets. He carefully set her down. He slowly backed away and Ann immediately got on all fours and crawled to Ed. He waited for her to reach him to pick her up. Al and Winry, watching the entire thing, looked at him as if he had just said something stupid. Ed looked over at them.
"What?" he asked defensively, placing Ann back on the piles of blankets.
"What are you doing?" Al asked.
"Trying to get her tired so she won't follow me." Ed replied, backing away from Ann again. Ann crawled back to Ed and Ed picked her up. Al's palm connected to his forehead and Winry gave a loud sigh.
"You never cease to amaze me, Ed." Winry said. He looked at them in confusion.
"Anyway, time for bed." Al said, making his way to his room. They all said goodnight and went to their separate rooms.
LINE BREAK YO (BluezebraAFHS, this is your very own personal line break.)
Winry opened her eyes slightly. The window beside her bed was covered entirely of frost from the outside. From what she could tell, it was still snowing but not as bad as the night before. The night before? Winry suddenly remembered the sudden surprise Granny had brought home. She fought with the blankets on top of her as she struggled to get out of bed. Finally, free from all the warmth and softness, she stood up. She raised her arms over her head, stretching her back. She looked down and noticed that she was wearing Ed's shirt. She deflated back onto her bed, covering her face. Without a second thought, Winry had taken Ed's clean shirt from his room and had put it on after her bath yesterday. It was a hell of a bold move. But Winry couldn't help herself. It was fun getting Ed all flustered. She had noticed he didn't say anything to her, but she did catch him looking a little bit longer than usual. Winry giggled into her hands. She exhaled loudly, trying to relax her heart. She stood up again, and headed to the bathroom to brush her teeth. When she was done, she carefully tip-toed into Ed's room to see if Ann was still with him. But she noticed that he wasn't even in his room. Winry frowned in confusion and walked downstairs. Maybe he's still trying to get her tired with that stupid idea of his she thought. Winry saw Ed sleeping on the blankets. She quielty got closer to him. What she saw almost made her squeal. If she was a man, she would have punched a wall to regain the manliness she would have lost. Ed was sleeping with Ann. Ann's head was resting on Ed's arm and his face looked the softest it ever could. He looked so relaxed and peaceful. Winry couldn't help but imagine if he would look like this when they had kids. Wait, what?! Winry felt her entire face burning up. Everyone knew that a baby doesn't just randomly appear. You have to...you have to…
"Morning, Winry." Ed said. She gasped. Winry didn't even notice that Ed had woken up and was looking at her.
"Hey, are you okay? You're really red." Ed said to her. She nodded slowly, her face still as red as it could possibly go. Next to Ed, Ann began to stir. He looked back at Ann. Ann opened her eyes. Then, she began to cry.
"No, please. Not again." Ed pleaded, sitting up. He rocked Ann in his arms.
"Winry, can you check to see if there's food for her in her bag?" Ed asked. Winry didn't bother to reply. She just walked over to Ann's baby bag. She went through the bag, hoping to find the snacks or baby formula. She found the small snacks but she knew what Ann needed was milk. Which there wasn't any of. Crap.
"Umm, Ed. There isn't any food." Ed quickly turned around to face Winry.
"What do you mean there isn't any food?" he said.
"It means there's no food for Ann. I think her parent's might have forgotten to pack that in her baby bag." she said, looking through the bag again.
"Looks like we're going to have to feed her the snacks then." Ed said, still rocking Ann.
"For now. We have to go out to buy milk for her." Winry told him. He tilted his head.
"But we have milk here." She sighed.
"You're right. You have no common sense at all." she said. He stood up and carried Ann over to Winry. She sat down at the kitchen table, holding Ann.
"Want me to make breakfast?" Ed asked. She nodded. Ed made coffee and some toast while Winry fed Ann the small snacks. Ed looked over at Winry. She was making baby noises at Ann, trying to get her to laugh. Ann stopped crying and looked at Winry. She grabbed Winry's hair again and this time, she didn't let go. Winry's face lit up.
"Look, Ed! I think she finally likes me!" Winry said. Ann cooed and Winry smiled. She took a strand of Ann's hair and played with it. Ann leaned her head back into Winry's hand. Ed could feel it. It was his manliness slipping away. What he was witnessing had to be the cutest thing he had ever seen.
"Ed, can you take her? I'm going to go change so we can leave. Oh! And can you please change Ann into some warmer clothes as well?" she asked. Ed set their breakfast on the table and walked over to Winry to grab Ann.
"Wait. We're not going to leave Ann here?" he asked. She shook her head.
"No. I feel like if we leave Ann here with Al, he wouldn't know what do when she starts crying." she admitted. He nodded in agreement.
"You know, Ann's parent's didn't leave us a baby carriage." Ed said. Winry smiled.
"No, but they left something even better than that." Winry pulled out a baby carrier from inside the bag.
"Don't tell me…" Ed said. She smiled evilly.
"Try not to wear a really thick jacket." she told him. He looked down at Ann. She grinned at him with her toothless gums.
LINE BREAK NUMERO DOS YO
After breakfast, Ed and Winry set out to get Ann her breakfast. As expected, Ed was the one carrying her inside the baby carrier which was wrapped around him. Luckily for Ed and Winry, Ann's parents had left them a small coat for Ann, a pair of winter gloves, and a small beanie. Winry had found a small scarf for her and after changing, she was set to go. Ed and Winry's wardrobe were almost the same, except she wasn't wearing gloves. Which was a horrible decision, really. As soon as she stepped outside, her hands were beginning to numb. She placed them inside her pockets but the pockets weren't deep enough.
"Dammit." she whispered. Ed shushed her, covering Ann's ears.
"No foul language, remember?" Ed told her. She imitated him and stuck her tongue. Afterwards, all that could be heard was the sound of their shoes crunching the snow beneath them. The snowing had stopped and everything was quiet. It wasn't an eerie quiet, just peaceful. Their breaths could be seen in the air. Ed noticed that Winry's nose was a bit pink from the cold. He also notice she wasn't wearing any gloves either.
"Did you forget that it's really cold outside or were you trying to freeze off your hands?" Ed said sarcastically. Winry narrowed her eyes at him.
"I obviously just wanted to freeze my hands off, Ed." she said, annoyed. He chucked.
"Do you want my mittens?" he asked. She shook her head. He shrugged at her.
"Alright. But if want them, you can ask for them, okay?" he told her. She just nodded, sticking her hands in the smallest pockets in the world . After a while, Ed started to get annoyed. He held out his hand to Winry. She looked at it, then looked back at Ed.
"What, did you catch a bug or something?" she said. He rolled his hands. And I'm the one without common sense.
He took her hand in his. Winry looked down at where their hands connected. She looked away. For a second, Ed thought maybe it wasn't a good idea anymore. But then Winry squeezed his hands with hers. He took as an this is okay and didn't let go of her. Ann giggled in the baby carrier. She clapped happily, making loud noises to show her joy. Up ahead, they saw the mailman.
"Good morning." he greeted.
"Good morning." Winry said to him.
"Morning. Do you have anything for the Rockbell's or for the Elric's?" Ed asked. The mailman looked inside his bag.
"Nothing for Rockbell but I do have a letter for an Alphonse Elric." he said.
"Al's my little brother. I don't mind taking the letter. That way you don't have to walk all the way to our house." Ed offered. The mailman smiled at him.
"Thank you." he gave the letter to Ed.
"By the way, if I may say, you are probably the cutest family I have ever seen." the mailman told them as he walked away. Winry and Ed just stared wide-eyed at each other. Looking at it now, they did look like a family. Although, Ann looked nothing like them, their aura just gave off couple with a baby. Even though 1) the baby wasn't theirs 2) They were a couple but they hadn't even gone out to one single date, let alone actually sleeping together and 3) Ed was holding Winry's hand because she wasn't wearing any mittens (Although, that wasn't his true intention.)
"You remember the game we used to play as kids, Winry?" Ed asked, who had begun to walk again. They still hadn't let go of each other's hand
"Which one out of all of them?" she asked. Ann let out a laugh and kicked her legs. Ed smiled at her and looked back at Winry.
"The game House?" he clarified.
"Ohh! Yeah, I remember! I was the mom, Al was the dad, and you were the son." she said.
"That was only because I was short." he said. She laughed.
"Anyway, my point is, let's just pretend we're playing the game again. It won't make everything so awkward." he told her. She raised her eyebrows at him.
"What's your real motive in this?" she asked suspiciously. He gave an unexpected toothy grin.
"I just don't want to let go of your hand.' he admitted. Winry tried her hardest to not blush. When did Ed start turning into such a...such a romantic?
"Fine. Only because you actually made my heart skip a beat for a second there." she said. He pulled her closer to him. Ann smiled as she saw small snowflakes slowly twirl and spin onto the ground.
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