Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Locket ❯ He Loves Me? ( Chapter 2 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Chapter Two

The vivacious sunlight bloomed from the horizon to awake all of Resembol: much to Winry's dismay. She meekly opened one eye only to shut it again. Groaning in annoyance, she picked up her pillow and slammed it over her head.

“Winry! We have a customer!”

The blondes face distorted underneath the pillow, she wanted to complain. “Granny! It's only…!” She yelled once she lifted her head, finding her vision on a clock. “Nine o' clock!” Before Pinako could even yell back, Winry's footsteps sounded down the staircase. Her smile was evident as she puffed at her pipe.

“Yes, and the customer expects it done by tomorrow.” Oh, yeah, Pinako was taking a break today due to doctor's recommendations; Winry remembered this so she didn't complain. The blonde, as always, is wide-awake with adrenaline in her blood. She was ready to kick start the new day, but it wasn't going to be easy considering time doesn't exactly fly in Resembol. In Rush Valley, however, things never dulled.

“Anything else?” She asked, grabbing a mug from the kitchen cupboard and walking to the fridge.

“Take Den out for a walk later on, now that you mention it.” Pinako told her with an inward smirk.

Winry had a feeling that she was taking this `time-off' for granted. And quite frankly, it was exasperating. “Fine,” She mumbled, pouring lemonade into the mug, she turned around to stare at the window. Taking a sip from her cup, she forgot to lower it as she thought about her last conversation with Al (before he went to the other side).

Flashback

“We'll be back before you know it,” The youngest brother had a sure tone in his voice that made Winry want to hug him. He's always the innocent one, and that hasn't changed over the years.

“You guys always take forever, so I won't count on soon,” Winry remarked, with a shake of her sunflower yellow strands. “Do what I told your brother, keep out of trouble!” She warned, and the mechanic duly noted the alarmed face of Alphonse and she couldn't prevent that soft smile on her lips.

“Winry… We can't promise anything, but we'll try okay?” He placed a hand on her shoulder, with a smile that would warm up winter, or sock him in the face for being smiling in a situation like this one. Tears worked their way up, but they didn't release. “Don't cry! Of course we'll be okay! We've made it this far right?” His eagerness to keep her from crying was amusing enough to make her laugh.

”Better…” She said after her laughter had died, and she looked to the side, “You better go Edward left not even four minutes ago.” Her tone was somewhat uncertain. She didn't want Al to go, if she couldn't have Edward around why couldn't she have Al around to keep her company? He was like the younger brother she never had.

“Winry?”

“Yeah, Al?”

“Brother loves you, and I do too… You know that right?”

“I love you both too …”

“But you love Brother more right?”

“Al!”

“Leaving!” Alphonse was the next one to vanish just like Edward, but he yelled out something to her before he reached out of hearing range. “We'll be back before you know it!”

Winry couldn't help but laugh; it was the same old Al, though he seemed a lot more energetic now that Edward was within sight. She knew that if she kept on hoping they'd come back soon. Though she wasn't going to lie to herself either of the possibilities.

End of Flashback

“Jerk,” She mumbled, turning away from the window, “He just had to take Al too.” Winry glanced down at her collarbone to see a locket hanging gracefully around her neck. “Come to think of it, I never opened it. I wonder if anything's inside it.” She mumbled to herself while walking in the direction of the garage, but was sure to set down the mug she had in her hand.

Unhooking the silver jewelry, she lined it along the middle of the table before trying to open the heart locket, but it wouldn't open. “He alchemified it, “ She said with utmost disbelief, “So whatever he has in here: he doesn't want me to see it.” Winry concluded safely, taking out her tools and started working at it. It took a good ten minutes before she could even pop it open without breaking it. She squinted her eyes to see three engraved words in the silver.

`I love you'.

Her eyes widened at the passionate statement inside the locket. She found herself staring at it with a dazed expression. “… He loves me?” Those were the only words that could be mustered from her lips.