Transmuting Love ~ (edXwinry FMAB fanfic)

Part 50 - Torn Between the Two People I Love Most

[Ed's pov]

We thanked Mustang and Hawkeye and started walking, the original trio.

We were all silent and Winry was clearly angry at me. She didn't talk to me, she didn't look at me, she didn't even walk near me.

"I'm going to get us some ice cream. What flavour do you want?" Al asked happily.

"Vanilla," me and Winry said in unison. I looked at her and smiled. She crossed her arms and turned away, her beautiful blonde hair swaying as she turned.

"Okay, be right back!" Alphonse said aloud. Then he whispered to me,

"Don't blow it," then he walked off.

"Winry, I'm really sorry," I said to her back. No reply.

I grabbed her hand, but she yanked it away then turned and faced me.

"Why did you leave?! You promised me you were here to stay? What a lie."

"I was planning on going back home after the mission. I had to leave. I can't live knowing that my brother doesn't have a body. He can't sleep, feel warmth or cold. He can't even walk through a town without getting stared at! How could I leave my younger brother like that?! Just because I love you, it doesn't mean that I love him any less,"

She looked at the ground. I think she felt guilty, or ashamed. Or both.

"You're right. I'm sorry..." Her voice trailed off.

I wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed her forehead. I sighed. I felt her muscles relax. Her soft breathing made her chest rise and fall against mine.

"I love you..." She whispered.

"Mm..." I nodded.

Not long after, Alphonse returned with the ice-creams.

"thanks!"

We walked back to the hotel while we ate. We went back home the next day.

. . .

I sat on the couch in the middle of the night, reading in the light of the lamp. Alphonse was sitting on the other couch, patting August. It was probably 10 pm, but I wasn't really keeping track of time.

"Brother?" Al broke the silence.

"Mmh?"

"Now that you and Winry are together... Do you need some space or something?" He asked. The question was so random, and delicate, that I didn't know how to respond.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well... It's just that... I don't want to be in between you and Winry. If you... I don't know... Want me to leave or some – "

"What? Of course not! If I wanted you gone then I wouldn't have gone on that trip to central. I went there to see if we could get your body back, you know,"

"I know... But that's the thing. You haven't focused on anything except that all these years. And now you and Winry are finally together... Don't you think that needs to come first?"

This made me think. The answer was yes and no. Yes because I am supposed to put our relationship first and that's what I want. But no, because Al needs his body back and I want that for him as well. I was kind of torn and I had no idea how to respond.

"Family comes first. You know that. You and Winry are both my family, so I have to put all of your needs first," I smiled at him, "whether that means making each need cooperate with one another or not."

Not too long after, I went to bed.

Winry was already asleep. I creeped into bed, being careful not to wake Sleeping Beauty. But beautiful she was indeed.

The moon light that peeped through the window just made it possible to see her. Her long, blonde hair fell on her body in a very sexy way. Her curves were seen clearly against the blanket. You could hear her breathing, if you stopped yours. I pulled her closer. I could smell the scent of her hair; fresh watermelon. She was beautiful, sexy, adorable and most of all: All mine.

I wrapped my arms around her and soon gave way to sleep.