Sacrifice [Edward Elric x Reader]

chapter 30

You wake up uncomfortably. Your neck is twisted sideways, as your head is leaning to the left. You would've moved, but there's a weight pressing down on your head. You suddenly realize: it's Ed.

Your automail hand is in his automail hand, and you wonder how that came to be. You remember that you fell asleep with your arm behind your back.

Your neck hurts, but you don't want to wake Ed from his sleep, so you just enjoy the moment instead.

You can feel something expand through your chest and spread warmly through you. Although you can't physically feel through your metal arm, you can still sense little sparks flowing through the automail. You smile a bit.

Above you, Ed takes in a deep breath and stirs. He picks his head off of yours, and you immediately roll your neck, a little pain spreading through your neck, but nevertheless, it felt good.

You look at Ed's sleepy face. His golden eyes are blurred over.

"Finally awake, sleepyhead?" You whisper, tightening your hand around his.

His eyes clear and he looks at you. His gaze slowly falls to your connected hands, and suddenly, he jumps away from you, pulling his hand away and turning a bright shade of red.

"W-What are you doing!? Why were you h-holding my hand..?!"

You shrug. "I should be asking you that."

Ed wipes pretend dust off of his metal hand and starts flailing his arms. "You were harassing me!"

You sigh and decide to lie. Just a bit. "You were the one who took my hand first."

"Did not! Why would I do that!? That's dumb!"

You show of flash of hurt on your face. "A-Alright then."

You get up. "I'm getting food at the buffet. See ya."

You do your morning honorifics and pull on a coat. It's 8:16 am.

When you step out, you glance to the right, which reminds you of the girl. This is her room.

Should I go see her?

Slowly, involuntarily, your legs carry you to the front door of the suite. You hesitate, although you don't know why.

I'm gonna figure it out.

You raise your hand and rap swiftly on the door before you can regret anything or change your mind.

There's no reply.

You stand there for at least a minute, quietly. When there's still no sign of the door opening, you knock again. This time, it down take long for the door to creak open. The girl peeks through the crack at you.

Then she opens the door wide. "Hey, Miss (L/N)!"

You smile, confused at her actions. She is a completely different person from yesterday night.

"Hi."

Se stares at you, smiling brightly for a moment, and you her. The silence grows awkward. Then, she scratches her head.

"So....?"

You stare at her. "Um... Do you... Want to have breakfast together...?"

She freezes. "Breakfast!? Me!? You!? Alone!!??!?? AHhhhHhH! Yes!"

You sigh.  "Okay. Let's go, then. I think the breakfast is on the second floor."