Sacrifice [Edward Elric x Reader]

chapter 49

"Hey! Where'd you say your gifts were again?"

You straighten up from your hunched position, pausing your work of eating a wonderful dinner of (F/F) and look towards the Christmas tree.

"It's under the tree." You say back, whispering as loud as you can.

The girl emerges from your room, confused. Her gaze floats to the tree, and under, and she spots your gifts. She breaks into a grin.

"Ooooh! I see! What did you get me??" She asks, rushing to the tree and picking out the box that wasn't labeled Ed or Al. She holds up her box and shakes it. You smile but don't reply to her question.

You stand up, leaving your mess on the table, hoping the room attendance would fix that for you. You make your way around the table and sofas to the Christmas tree.

There are a total of nine whole gifts under the tree, shaped different shapes and sizes, each wrapped in a festively colored and patterned wrapping-paper. There is one from you to Al, another from you to Ed, and another one from you to the girl. The girl had also gotten one gift for the each of you, the one labeled "(Y/N)" extra big. Ed had gotten one each, one (to the girl's dismay) for you and one for Al. Lastly, there is a small, petite box wrapped in sparkly silver wrapping paper, labeled: "From: the Hotel Team."

You suddenly wonder how you're going to get all these gifts to the hospital.

"How're we going to get these to the hospital?" The girl asks, echoing your thoughts. "I mean, look at this one!"

She attempts to heave Al's gift from you onto her leg, but fails miserably. You snort.

"What?" She complains, "it's not like you can do it."

You agree silently, aka don't reply.

You think the only way is probably to carry it all to the hospital.

"Hey, go grab one of those paper bags I got." You order the girl. She gets up and walks off to the kitchen.

Meanwhile, you are picking up the gift boxes one by one, testing the weight of each box and deducing which ones could be put in the bag and which ones wouldn't fit or would be too heavy.

The girl returns shortly. She's holding a big paper bag. You immediately start stuffing the smaller gifts inside, arranging and rearranging the order of the wrapped boxes.

When you finish, seven of the nine gifts are stuffed into the box, and the last two include the book you got Al, which was way too heavy to fit in, and the Hotel Team's gift, which was too wide and fat to fit.

"Okay," you grunt, stacking the two wrapped gifts in your arms, "I'll get these two fat and heavy ones, and you get the bag. Don't rip it."

The girl nods in agreement and proceeds to pick up the heavy bag. You smile, shifting the bulky boxes and making your way towards the door.

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You finally make it to Ed's hospital room door, sweating and out of breath, arms hurting from carrying such a heavy load.

"(Y/N)!" Ed greets you enthusiastically. He's sitting up, a nurse behind him. She's glaring at you suspiciously but when the girl explains (lies) that you're "family," she softens her gaze.

"I'll leave it to you guys, alright? Just know that visiting hours close at 11. Since it's Christmas." She winks at the bunch of you and bustles for the door, closing it behind her.

"What was that about?" You raise your eyebrow, and Ed laughs.

"I think the visiting hours usually end at 8."