The ALCHEMY Between Them

ED:  "Winry...?"

WINRY:  "Ed?!  What are you doing here?!"  *glares menacingly*  "Did you break your automail again?!"

ED:  "No, no!  It's all fine, it's all in-tact, everything!  Geez, why do you always have to assume that's why I come to visit?!"

WINRY:  "Maybe because those are the only times you visit!!"  *looks around*  "Um...  Where's Al?"

ED:  "Ah...  He's going to visit our mother's grave for a bit...  I kinda wanted to talk to you alone..."

WINRY:  *blink blink*  "What happened?"

ED:  "Um...  Well...  You see..."  *chokes on words*

WINRY:  "Ed, are you okay?"

ED:  "Yes!  I'm fine!  Perfectly, absolutely, 100% fine!”

WINRY:  "Well, you were kinda having some trouble there..."

ED:  "I was doing just fine!  Jeez, if you could only let me finish my sentence--!"

WINRY:  "You were choking on your sentence!!"

ED:  "Well, you would be, too!"

WINRY:  "Well then, would you just get it over with if it's so hard for you to say it?!"

ED:  *deep breath in*  *deep breath out*  "Okay, well...  Just before I, you know, get started, I just want to let you know that...  well...  It's not like Ilike you or anything..."

WINRY:  "Like me?  What's not to like about me, Edward Elric?"

ED:  "No, no, that's not what I meant!  I mean, yeah, you're pushy and you throw wrenches at people and you're a complete automail-otaku--"

WINRY:  "Well you're a short little alchemy otaku!"

ED:  "WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT YOU WOULD NEED A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO SEE THEM BY?!"

WINRY:  "WELL, WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO PUSHY THAT SHE THROWS WRENCHES AT PEOPLE?!"

ED:  "AT LEAST YOURS IS TRUE!"

WINRY:  "IS NOT!!  I'M THE MOST LIKABLE PERSON IN THE WORLD!"

ED:  "AND THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO ASK YOU OUT!"

*chirp chirp chirp*

ED:  "...  Winry?"

WINRY:  "...  Edward?"

ED:  "...  Are you okay?"

WINRY:  "...  I don't know...  Did you just ask me out?"

ED:  "...  No."

WINRY:  "Yes, you did!"

ED:  "No I didn't!  I said I was trying to ask you out!"

WINRY:  "But that's as good as asking me out!"

ED:  "No it's not!  It's nothing like asking you out!"

WINRY:  "Well then ask me out, already!"

ED:  "Do you want to go out with me?!"

WINRY:  "I need to think about it!"

ED:  "WHAT?!"

WINRY:  "I said, I need to think about it!"

ED:  "What is there to think about?!"

AL:  "Nii-san, did you get rejected again?"

ED:  "AL!  You said you would wait for me to come get you!"

AL:  "But I didn't think it would take this long for you to get rejected...  Remember when we both confessed as kids, when she--?"

ED: "NO.  I DON’T.  AND NEITHER DO YOU."

AL:  "So what happened this time?"

ED:  *sighs grudgingly, looking away*  "I got rejected."

WINRY:  "I DID NOT REJECT YOU!  I SAID I NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT!"

ED:  "AND I ASKED WHAT THERE WAS TO THINK ABOUT!"

WINRY:  "I NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT NOT LIKING ME!"

ED:  "WHAT'S THAT GOT TO DO WITH ANYTHING?!"

WINRY:  "YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T LIKE ME AND THEN ASKED ME OUT!  WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO THINK?!"

ED: "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO THINK I WAS LYING BECAUSE NO IDIOT WOULD ASK OUT A GIRL HE DIDN'T LIKE!"

WINRY: "SO WERE YOU LYING?!"

ED:  "YES!"

WINRY: "THEN I REJECT!"

ED: "WHAT?!"

WINRY: "I CAN'T DATE A GUY WHO LIES TO ME!"

ED: "FINE!  I LIKE YOU!  A LOT!  AND I'VE LIKED YOU FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO ADMIT IT BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN LIKE A SISTER TO ME, AND THAT'S JUST GROSS!"

WINRY: "SO I'M GROSS?!"

ED: "NO!  YOU'RE NOT GROSS!  THE IDEA OF LIKING A GIRL WHO I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF AS A SISTER IS GROSS!"

WINRY: "WELL THEN, WHAT AM I?!"

ED: "YOU'RE WINRY!"

WINRY: "I'VE ALWAYS BEEN WINRY; WHAT MAKES ME SO DIFFERENT NOW?!"

ED: "WELL, YOU'RE SCARIER, FOR ONE!"

WINRY:  "SO YOU WANT TO DATE ME BECAUSE I'M SCARY?!"

ED:  "NO!  AND...  YES..."  *sighs*  "I want to date you because you take care of me, whether it's by fitting me with new automail or by smacking me with a wrench  -- FOR NOT APPARENT REASON, I might a--"

AL:  "Nii-san!"

ED: "Erm, I mean, yeah, you take care of me in any way you can.  And I like that, which means I must like you, because you're always doing it, so...  I like you, and I want you to go out with me."  *looks grudgingly to the side and blushes*  "...  Well?"

WINRY:  "Well, what?"

ED:  "Well, will you go out with me or not?"

WINRY: *pause*  *laughs*

ED:  "HEY!  You think this is funny?!"

WINRY: "Of course I think this is funny!"

ED: "It is not!"

WINRY: "You're only saying that because you don't know the answer yet!"

ED: "THEN TELL ME THE GODDAMN ANSWER!"

WINRY: "Well, if you're going to talk like that, then I guess my only choice is to reject you..."

ED: "NO!  I mean..."  *quick sigh, blushes again, looking down at the floor*  "Please say you'll go out with me?"

WINRY:  *pause, then sigh*  "I guess so."

ED: "...  You guess so?"

WINRY: "Well, yeah...  I mean, what other girl—what other self-respecting automail mechanic in the country would put up with you breaking their masterworks so often??  You may not like it when I beat you with a wrench, BUT THAT’S THE LEAST OF WHAT I WANT TO DO TO YOU!!"  

ED: "Okay, I get it, all you had to say is 'yes'!"

WINRY: "Fine, then, YES!"

ED: "YES?!"

WINRY: "YES!!"

ED: "SO WE'RE GOING OUT NOW?!"

WINRY:  "I SAID YES, DIDN'T I?!"

ED: "SO THEN WHAT NOW?!"

WINRY:  "I DON'T KNOW, I THOUGHT YOU KNEW!!"

AL: "Ano...  Nii-san, I think you're supposed to actually take her out if she accepts..."

ED: "Where am I gonna take her out to, though?  This is Risenbool, not Central.  There's not exactly a lot of places to go."

WINRY: "...  You could take me to your mother's grave.  I haven't been there since her funeral, and it would be nice to go with you..."

ED:  "Why do you want to go to such a depressing place for our first date?"

WINRY: "I haven't heard you coming up with anything!"

ED: "I've been traveling all over Amestris for the past several years!  How am I supposed to know everything there is to do around here?!"

WINRY:  "Well you could ask me!"

ED: "But you just said you wanted to go see my mom's grave!"

WINRY: "So then take me there!"

ED: "But that's not fun!  That's downright depressing!"

WINRY: "Well then, I'll pack a picnic!"

ED: "Fine!  Go do that, then!"

WINRY: "Fine!"  *stomps off*

AL: "...  Nii-san...  Is that how it always goes when guys as girls out?"

ED: "I don't think so...  I've never seen that bastard colonel have this much trouble..."

AL: "Yeah...  I think I'll stay away from girls...  At least, until I think I'm brave enough to face that sort of thing...  You're my hero, Nii-san..."

ED:  "I think you're good as long as you stay away from girls like Winry..."

WINRY:  "I HEARD THAT!"

ED: "Girls like Winry, who are beautiful and caring and absolute treasures..."

AL:  "Nii-san!!  What type of girl do you want me to date?!"

ED: "I don't know, Al...  Whatever type of girl you end up liking."  *looks up at Winry with a really cheesy cliche sort of half-smile*  "I'm sure that, no matter how much trouble you go through for her, it will end up worth it in the end."  *grimaces*  "At least, I hope so..."