Just Like Me (Ed Elric x Reader)

Chapter 23

Pain. That’s all you can feel. Just pain.

You open your eyes to see Edward starring at you. He looks really worried, and scared.

“Ed?” You manage to say.

“I’m here. You’re bleeding really badly,” He says.

You look to your arm, it’s gone. Nothing left of it, not a trace. Blood. Blood is everywhere. You’re bleeding horribly.

“Hold still. This is gonna hurt like hell,” Ed draws a small sign quickly on the floor and puts his hand on it.

It glows red, then there’s fire. He burns you. He burns your wound. It hurts, so badly. You start to cry, then scream as the pain gets too much.

The pain goes down a bit. You open your eyes and look to your wound. It’s not bleeding anymore, Ed burned it so it would scab over.

“Done, just hang on. I’m gonna get you help,” Ed says. You heard it in his voice. Genuine, real fear.

You’ve never heard him like this. Ed was scared because you could die here. You smile at him.

“I’ll make it. Promise,” You get out. Ed smiles weakly at you.

“I’m gonna call Winry. She’ll know what to do,” Ed says.

He slips his hands under you and picks you up, careful not to hurt you. He carries you up the steps.

You glance towards the circle. You almost throw up. There’s a pile of blood, and human organs. It’s scattered everywhere in the circle. You turn away quickly.

Ed takes you up the steps and into the kitchen. He lays you down on the kitchen table.

“Stay put. Just don’t die, please,” Ed says. He runs off to the phone. You hear him on the phone.

“Winry? Come home, now!.......(Y/N) tried human transmutation!....I know….she’s not bleeding anymore….just come home with Al!...Hurry please!” He comes into the room.

“I-I’m co-old,” You stutter. Ed comes back with a black blanket and covers you up.

“Winry’s coming home, she’s gonna help get you back to normal,” Ed says.

“I’ll never be normal again,” You glance at the empty space where your arm should be.

“We can fix you up, make you better than new.”

“No, but not like I was. I ruined my life by trying the impossible.”

There’s a long silence. Then Ed speaks.

“I thought I told you not to ruin my jacket,” Ed says, trying to cheer you up.

You notice that the sleeve of his jacket is gone with your arm. You smile weakly.

“Oh, oops,” You say to him.

You hear the door opening, “Ed?” Winry shouts.

“In here!” Ed yells. You see Winry and Al run into the kitchen. Winry’s face goes pale.

“Oh no. Not again,” Winry says.

“Alphose, you should leave. This could get really bad,” Winry says, opening the bag.

Al runs out of the room and into another. The door slams behind him.

“Ed, her clothes are really bloody. They need to be taken off so I can work,” Winry says, looking your wound over.

“Lean forward,” Winry tells you. You lean forward as much as you can. Winry helps you take your jacket off. That leaves your tank top. Winry helps you get it off. You’re left in your bra. Ed blushes a bit.

“Alright, you can lie down,” She tells you.

You lay yourself down again. Pain shoots through your shoulder and you grit your teeth.

“I’m gonna clean it out, this is going to sting. Ed, hold her down,” Winry tells you both.

Ed comes closer to the table and puts his arms on your shoulders. His automail is cold above your wound. You shiver as you feel cooler.

Winry takes a cloth covered in alcohol. She presses it against your wound. It stings like hell, but you grit your teeth and get through it. Then she wraps it up in sterile bandages.

“Can you move her to your bed. We can’t have her laying on the table all night,” Winry asks. Ed nods to her. Ed picks you up gently and carries you to his room.

He lies you down in his bed and covers you up with some blankets. He pulls a chair up next to you and he sits, holding your hand.

You feel really cold and tired from blood loss. You fall asleep holding Ed’s hand.