Human Again (FMA: Alphonse Elric X Reader)

Chapter Eight

(Y/N)'s POV:

I have no idea why I asked Al to go outside with me... I'm such a moron... Whatever... We walked totally away from the house. I don't even know where we were going, we were just walking along this dusty dirt trail. There was this silence between us that was really bothering me. Maybe I should speak up? I glance up at the sky and notice that a giant dark cloud was near.

"Hopefully it doesn't storm to bad..." I pointed out. Al looked up too, a small smile appeared on his face.

"Yeah but I do hope for rain though. I love the rain... When I was just a suit of armor, I missed the feeling of the rain. Each time it did, all I could hear was it splash against the metal and never once could I feel it.... But now I can... I tend to enjoy when it rains, it relaxes me." He said, his smile getting bigger. I smiled too... That was so sweet... However, I wasn't a big fan of storms... Rain was fine but the thought of lighting and thunder scares me so much!

"Yeah..." Was all I could say to Al's statement. I couldn't really think of anything else to say. I just want to enjoy this moment, with him... Alphonse randomly stops dead in his tracks. I stop too. I turn around and look at him.

"What's wrong?" I ask tilting my head. He got closer to me. Without looking at me he takes hold of my hands. I blush.

"(Y/N) I-" Al was interrupted by a loud clap of thunder. This caused me to jump. It then started to rain. My eyes widened. No...

"Oh no..." I murmur. Al looks down at me worryingly.

"What's wrong (Y/N). Cramps?" He asked.

"No! It's just that thunder and lighting aren't my best friends..." I mumbled. A bolt of lighting lite up the sky followed by a rumble of thunder. I got closer to Al. I hesitantly wrap my arms around him. He puts his arms around my waist and pulls me closer to him. As it rained harder, the thunder got louder. A tear escaped out of my eye.

"It's okay (Y/N)... Do you want to leave?" He asked. Before I could answer, a lighting bolt loudly hit a tree, making it burst into flames. All I felt was fear. Even from the fire despite being an alchemist who deals with flames. I release Al from the hug and I cover my eyes.

"Al... I-I'm scared..." I shout, tears were streaming down my face. I feel my feet being lifted off the ground. I look up and see Alphonse's face. He picked me up bridal style and carried me away from the tree.

"We have to get you home..." He said to himself. He held on to me tightly as he ran in the rain. I closed my eyes and pretended it wasn't storming. The rain falls on my face so it was hard to pretend... It took forever but Al and I finally made it home. He put me down when we got to the door. He opens it really quietly. When we walked in, both Winry and Ed were in the living room with a candle dimly lighting the room. The power must of went out....

"Where have you guys been?! It's been storming bad!" Winry scolded.

"Yeah we know..." Al replied with a tone in his voice. The thunder kept rumbling. I cover my ears to try to block it out.

"Are you alright (Y/N)?" Edward asked concern in his voice. I ignored him. I quickly run upstairs to my room. I hear Al follow. I sat down on the floor in the corner. Al quickly walked in my room. I shivered from our previous walk in the rain. My clothes were soaked. He went to my bed and pulled off a blanket. He came up to me and put it on me. He sat down beside me, he put his arm around me and pulled me in close to him. (A/N: Kinda like that scene form Ouran Highschool Host Club where Hikaru does something like this to Haruhi. Awe, that scene was so cute!)

"(Y/N), you'll be okay..." He calmly says. I snuggled next to him, a small blush on my face.

"O-okay..." I murmured... I know it'll be okay but I'm still scared. I quickly glance at the window and see that it's still raining.