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Post by Fateful on Aug 3, 2010 4:34:15 GMT -5
Edward felt around and found a table. He clapped his hands and transmuted the four legged table into a three legged one before turning the removed leg into a torch and lit it on fire with alchemy. After, he held it up. "I feel like i'm inside gluttony again. All I need is Ling bitching about how hungry he is and collapsing." He sighed, looking around. "Is there a breaker box? Maybe you like blew a fuse, or Den tripped something." He said, taking her hand and bringing her close to him.
Ran Fan looked up at him. "I... meant kissing me." She whispered, looking down at her legs. Her automail hands closed against her baggy black pants. "I don't want to get you in trouble." Was her quiet response. "But.. I do like your hair." When he moved his hand through her bangs, her eyes widened and her blush darkened. "I d-don't... mean to b-be... nervous, b-but..." Looking away from him, her blush only darkened. Damn it... Why did he do this to her? HOW did he do this to her? She felt so stupid whenever he spoke about her.
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Post by belated valentine on Aug 3, 2010 5:07:20 GMT -5
Winry couldn't help but giggle, covering her mouth when he made the comment about Ling. She let him take her hand, leading him down the hallway and to the stairs. "We can check the basement for the box. It might have just been the wind that knocked it out. Rush Valley gets strong ones sometimes." She said, making her way down the stairs, still holding onto his hand. It was warm and strong and made her fingers tingle. Biting her lip, she let out a sigh. She really wanted to bring up earlier, to apologize and let him know that she loved him and didn't want to break up but she knew that it wasn't a good time. They couldn't start fighting again, they needed to figure out how to get the lights back on and then they could discuss their relationship. She didn't realize she was absentmindedly stroking her thumb over the back of his hand, something she did whenever they held hands.
Ling laughed, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. He watched her get flustered and stutter, blushing so red that she matched the scarlet color on his robe. She really was amazing and so beautiful, even when she was nervous. "Thanks, I like your hair too, especially when it's down and I can touch it." He smiled and picked up another kabob, pulling a piece of meat off the stick. "I know you don't, but it's still cute and it makes me feel good because I know I'm doing something right." He smirked at her, leaning forward on the table so that he was closer to her.
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Post by Fateful on Aug 3, 2010 18:41:12 GMT -5
As soon as he was holding her hand, the Fullmetal Alchemist felt better about what happened earlier. He didn't want to mention it, for her to be upset, storming off, screaming at him, then end up hurting herself for his own idiocies. But, he wanted to say something, he should have run after her and made her listen to him. He hurt her, even without meaning to, but he had no way to explain what happened and how it got there. He was the jealous type, and so was Winry. Since he was a child, even though he'd denied it, he wanted to be with her. It's why he called her ugly, why he made fun of her... He just liked fighting with her sometimes. It gave them both something to do. His first transmutation was something he made for her, rather than their mother. Something that made a strange feeling flutter through his heart, and for once, a memory of his mother didn't bring pain, but the hope that he could protect Winry, better than his father had protected his mother and have a life with her. "I don't want to break up." He whispered before pulling open the basement door, accidentally hitting his automail leg before moving a little faster down the stairs then he meant to, bringing her with him. He wanted to say it, but didn't want to talk about it. He had needed and relied on her for so long. A world without her would be as devastating as a world without Al.
Ran Fan stared at him when he mentioned he liked her hair down, which it almost never was. Watching him, her eyes widened at the realization that her hair was down the first time he kissed her, she always assumed it'd because of the way she was dressed. A warm smile met her lips and she looked down at the table, she suddenly felt better about everything that happened. "You can do everything right, Emperor-sama." Looking up at him, she shook her head. "Y-Yes, Master, but I'm not supposed to show any emotion at all, so the fact that I'm so easily embarrassed isn't a good thing! It means that my training has failed and I'm not the ideal guard..." She looked down at her lap, messing with her fingers nervously.
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Post by belated valentine on Aug 3, 2010 23:03:35 GMT -5
Winry stopped in her tracks when he mentioned not wanting to break up, causing him to stop as well. She quickly continued moving, biting her lip. "Ed..." She whispered, nearly losing her voice in the dark. "I don't want to break up either.." Tugging on his hand, she rested her other one on the banister, slowly descending the stairs to make sure they didn't fall. When they reached the bottom, she sighed, turning around to face him. "I believe you, Ed. I believe that you didn't cheat. And even if you did, I forgive you. You do a lot for me, you saved me so many times in the past and I was stupid and ungrateful for getting angry at yo and not giving you a chance to explain. I'm so sorry, just...thinking that someone else got to touch you the way I do made me angry."
Ling chuckled, shaking his head. "No, you're wrong. Your training didn't fail. I want you to show emotion when you're with me. I want to see you get happy, and smile. I want to know when you're upset, or angry or when you don't like something. I want you to tell me everything." He said, resting his hand over hers on the table for a moment. He smiled. "And you're a great guard, you saved my life countless times. None of the royal families have a guard like you to keep them safe. You know, I hear them talk about you all the time, how we're lucky to have such a strong family on our side. You're amazing Ran Fan, I'm lucky to have you."
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Post by Fateful on Aug 3, 2010 23:12:44 GMT -5
Edward pulled her over to him, making her chest crash against his. "No! Winry I didn't cheat on you! I swear, I don't like lipstick... I think it's tacky. No one I know even wears it besides that stupid flaming Garfie---" He stopped, suddenly understanding how his clothes ended up in her room when she didn't put them there and he wasn't sucking another girl's tonsils. "UGH!" He slapped his face with his hand, "I'm such an idiot! How did I not realize he had..." He pulled her over to him and crashed his lips against her. "Winry..." He whispered when the kiss broke. "Do... me a favor..? If, I ever hurt you, or do anything to you, like cheat... Don't forgive me, okay? I want you to be upset with me, and I want to know it. You've been beating me with a wrench for years. Don't stop now. I like that you fight for what you believe in, don't ever change for me or anyone else."
Looking up at him, Ran Fan showed a face that conveyed her confusion. She wasn't supposed to show emotion at all. Before Amestris, she'd blush a little now and then when they were together, but her mask always hid it. Since the trip their, she slowly assimilated into the country's culture and was having a hard time adjusting to her own. The countries were different, but she felt like the monogamous marriages that took place there were a much better route then Xing's extensive polygamous practices. "You had to save me once, Master. I did fail." She whispered softly, looking down at the table, jumping when he took her hand. Her eyes wandered back to his and she smiled at him. "I..." Her voice was soft, and had he been further away, he wouldn't be able to hear her. "I'm glad I serve you, Master." She smiled at him happily. "But I'm the only one of my family left... When I die, my line of protecting your family will end."
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Post by belated valentine on Aug 4, 2010 0:25:37 GMT -5
Winry widened her eyes, realizing just as he did. The lipstick, it belonged to Garfield! Ugh, she couldn't believe she hadn't figured it out sooner! To think she blamed Ed for something he didn't do, she felt so stupid now! "I can't believe I misse - " She stopped talking, smiling into the kiss. She placed a hand on either side of his face, pulling him down further, not wanting to let go. Her heart pounded with joy knowing that things were going to be okay, they were going to be okay. When the kiss finished, she molded herself against him, her cheek resting on his chest. She smiled. "Thanks, Ed...But looking at this situation now, I feel stupid for thinking you would do something like that. You're not that type of guy, you're committed. You're sweet, even though sometimes you really know how to tick me off." She teased, letting him go and smiling. She took him by the hand again, leading them toward the box. "And for the record, when I said I didn't want to 'fuck' with you, I didn't mean it that way.." She said, blushing.
Ling smiled and gave a shrug. "Think of all the times you saved me. And you think that you failed, but in reality you did it to save me. Ran Fan, you lost your arm for me. I have no idea what I can do to repay you, my entire family is greatful. My mother, she's so happy that you're with me because she trusts you with my life. Despite the fact that guards are trained to risk their lives for the ones they are assigned to protect, most will never do what you did. I'm so grateful, Ran Fan. And if I could turn the clock back, I would have put myself out there to make sure that your arm stuck with you. I know that it's my fault you lost it, and I would do anything for you to have it back." He said.
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Post by Fateful on Aug 4, 2010 1:57:43 GMT -5
Edward actually laughed a little. "Yeah... I am all those things, but you're way more perfect than I am Winry.. It's why I'm so worried that you'll meet someone better, who likes automail more and understands it better than me. Someone who will be around more and give you everything that I can't. Someone like Alphonse who understands woman and knows what they like... and... everything. I'm jealous of him! All the time. Girls just love him, and I hate it." He sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. "I don't know what to do sometimes." he stumbled suddenly when he walked into something. "Ow... Fucking..."
He stood up and fell over again. "My... my leg is broken!" he touched his automail leg and felt sharp steel and cut his hand. "I hate my life..."
Alphonse bit his lip. "I... didn't mean to break that much of it. Oh well!"
Blushing, Ran Fan smiled at him,, nodding. He was right. "No, Master... don't misunderstand anything. I don't want anything in payment for my arm. My father died to protect yours, and my grandfather died fighting beside you. I don't care about my arm. I was weak, that's why I lost it. This arm, even if I can't feel with it." She looked down at it, closing her hand. "It works much better than my original one, and serves as a much better tool to protect you with. My arm is what pulled Wrath away from us. Cutting it off was the only way we survived, even if I'd have gotten it back, it never would have worked again. I removed it because I couldn't feel it anymore. I couldn't move it. It was useless to me and to you. Even though I didn't like being away from you to get it, I like the idea of having a limb as a functional weapon." She touched his hand with her automail, despite the season it was cold and she couldn't feel the warmth of his body, but she didn't care. Her existence and her body was a tool for her to serve him, and she'd do anything to protect him, at any cost to herself. "Don't feel guilty."
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Post by belated valentine on Aug 4, 2010 2:24:22 GMT -5
Winry frowned, looking up at him. "Ed, shut up...I don't want someone else. I don't want someone who knows automail, that's annoying, especially because we'll become competitive. I want my alchemist, I want to listen to you speak your stupid alchemy language and not understand anything. I love you, Ed and I don't want anyone else. You're sweet and funny and stubborn and you're all that I want. I'm an idiot if I ever let you go." She smiled and reached up to kiss him.
Listening to him fall and curse, she made her way over to him, kneeling down next to him. "Are you okay? I don't know why it acted up, I looked at it yesterday!" She took his injured hand, pressing down on the spot where it had started to bleed. Taking off her jacket, she ripped part of it off and started wrapping it around his hand.
Ling sighed. "Still...He would have never cut it had I been fast enough and stopped him. Sure, you're a guard and your duty is to protect me, but my duty is to protect YOU as well. It's the same principle as the one of a king and his people. Without the king, the people are doomed, but without the people the king cannot succeed." He looked down at his empty plate and then back at her. "I don't think anything will ever change the fact that I do feel guilty. It's just one of those things..." He wrapped his fingers around her automail hand, looking down at it. He honestly didn't mind if she had automail or not, she was still beautiful to him no matter what. He just wished he hadn't taken something so important from her.
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Post by Fateful on Aug 4, 2010 5:27:13 GMT -5
Edward smiled at her uncomfortably. "S-Sorry... Winry." He whispered, looking over at her. "I love it when you speak automail to me. It's sexy." he whispered, looking away, blushing, glad for the sudden darkness that overtook them, despite it breaking his leg. "I'm a bigger idiot for letting you go... and after we fix my leg, could we um..." he rubbed the back of his blond head, feeling his silky strands move through his fingers.
When he tried to stand again, he stumbled dumbly. "W-Winry... I think my leg is literally broken. Like in two pieces. I can't stand up." He muttered, looking down, letting her wrap his hand. "We need... like light. Fucking power."
"But if you would have been injured for my sake, I never would have forgiven myself. I'd have much rather been burn then letting you get hurt. You mean so much to me, master. I protected my king, and my king saved my life, it's why I still owe you mine. You're the one true king, and no one else can ever surpass you. I will do anything you keep you emperor, and you shouldn't feel guilty for what happened. It was my choice to sever my arm! And I was too slow to stop him!" She closed her hand tightly around his, holding him, looking up into his eyes to make sure she didn't hold him too hard. "Let's talk about something else, I don't think this is something we will ever agree on. I want you to be happy, Master. I have automail, and even without my arm, I'm fine this way." She flexed her arm. "Unless... it bothers you." She flinched and her automail moved away from him.
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Post by belated valentine on Aug 4, 2010 19:27:39 GMT -5
Winry looked up at him, watching him blush. She laughed slightly, her cheeks turning pink. "You think it's sexy?" She asked tapping his chin so he turned to look at her. Kissing him lightly, she smiled. When he continued talking, she blinked. "We could do what?" She asked, finishing wrapping his hand. Glancing at his leg, she furrowed her eyebrows. "What the hell...What could have done this?" She asked, feeling it through the dark. It felt mutilated, like someone had taken a chain saw to it. There was no way this could have happen with him just running into a wall. "We have to turn the lights back on, I can't do this in the dark...And I don't have my toolkit. But from the way it feels, I think you're going to need a completely new leg."
Ling shook his head, holding up his hands. "No, no! It doesn't bother me. I don't care if you have automail or not, I still think you're beautiful. I just thought that...you know, you missed it or something. I mean, I let him take your arm, I feel guilty. And you had to go through all that pain to get your new arm, and you got up and went to fight and protect me even before you were done recovering. I just feel like I caused you so much pain and I hate it." He looked over at her, reaching for her hand again. He kissed it this time, running his fingers over hers. "I think you're the most beautiful person ever Ran Fan, automail or not...I still love you the same."
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Post by Fateful on Aug 4, 2010 20:13:13 GMT -5
Edward nodded. "I love hearing about automail. It's a big part of your life, and if I want to be a big part of your life as well, then... I should know about it. Especially since you know." He tapped his knuckles against his leg. "I'm gonna need to know more about it."
The news of his needed a new leg made him groan. "Lemme try something." He clapped his hands and touched his leg with them, reforming some of the pieces so it supposed his weight, but had no nerve connections because he broke them all, not knowing what to do. "I can at least use it to hop around." He stood up, resting his hand on his leg and started to move slowly, towards the fuse box to check to make sure everything was still working. "Lead me there. Maybe as a mechanic you can use your skills to fix it. Or I can just alchemy jump the house and MAKE the lights come back on or something." he looked down at his leg, which was supporting his weight, but moved very little in terms of walking.
Looking up at him, she bit her lip. "I miss being able to feel..." She said, looking down at him. "Even though I have motor control, I have no sensory perception. That's what bothers me. I can't feel when you touch me, or when my arm gets caught on something. That's really the only problem with it, or the only thing I think is wrong. Besides the cold." His hand grabbed hers and it made her look at his hand and then back up at him. "I don't consider the pain I went through as a negative thing. I used to think I had a high pain tolerance, but when I couldn't even stand up when my arm was injured. I ignored your orders for me to get up, and I kept passing out when you ran with me. It was only after I severed my limb that I could run and fight for you again. I did suffer for what happened, but it's not your fault that I did. My duty is to protect you. I'd never been away from you for that long. All I wanted was to get back to you and be at your side. The suffering is in the past, you suffered while I was gone to." She touched the back of his hand were Greed's mark once inhabited. His kiss made her blush, but his mention of loving her just made her face darker than the belt that was drawn around his waist. "I'm not... as beautiful as some of Xing's other woman master." She whispered, but didn't retract her hand. "I will always protect you, with or without your affection. And, just in case you're in doubt, I would sacrifice more than just my other limbs for you. You'd risk your honor to me with me, I think my arm is insignificant compared to what you would sacrifice."
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Post by belated valentine on Aug 4, 2010 21:32:13 GMT -5
Winry stood up, grabbing his hand and helping him up, realizing exactly how heavy he was. With all the muscle and a metal limb it really wasn't a shock. 'You don't have to hop, you can use me for support." She said, smiling. She wrapped an arm around his waist and helped them get over to the box. She flipped it open, squinting her eyes to try and see all the different buttons and switches. "I can't see anything..." She muttered, touching the switches with her fingers. Messing around with a few of them, she sighed. "I think...something might have happened outside that cut the power out..." Biting her lip, she went to click one of the others but the lights flickered before she could, making her look up.
Ling shook his head. "I don't think the other girls are prettier than you. They put on make up and fancy clothes and that's how they gain their beauty. You don't do any of that, you don't wear make up and you don't care for what you wear and you're STILL beautiful. You're naturally pretty, Ran Fan." He said, smiling at her, leaning out to brush a few strands of hair out of her face. "That's why I...why I don't want to marry anyone other than you...You're not snobby, you don't push yourself on me. You give me space but you're around me, if that makes sense. I don't know, I just don't see myself with anyone else." He said, picking a few pieces of what was left of the food and eating it. "I think it's because you've been with me my whole life."
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Post by Fateful on Aug 4, 2010 21:45:14 GMT -5
Edward groaned. "This is starting to seem more and more like someone meddling in our lives..." He muttered, shifting his arm around her shoulder, not wanting to rest too much weight on her. "Come on, bring me to the stairs again." He muttered to her, resting his weight on her and his automail leg which was moving very little. When they reached the stairs, he clapped his hands together and touched them. They immediately started to move, creating an escalator to bring them back up to the main level of the house. Limping back out into the house again, he sighed. "We should just go to bed and make out for the rest of the night. We can just take my leg off and bother with it later." He proclaimed, not wanting to deal with this. "When we have light."
Her blush only darkened as he spoke to her. "Master..." She said, sighing, looking up into his eyes. "I really wish you wouldn't say such things to me." Despite saying it, she loved hearing them, but sometimes she worried about what would happen if anyone found out. She'd never seen herself as beautiful, not that she worried much about it because she wasn't worthy of him, or equal to his status. "You're not snobby either, it just goes to show that I learned from you." Moving his bangs from his hair, she smiled at him happily. "I've been with you throughout your childhood and young adult life, you still have much of your life left to live, so I can only hope I can be a part of it as I have in the past."
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Post by belated valentine on Aug 4, 2010 22:22:28 GMT -5
Winry blushed, glancing up at him quickly. "Y-Yeah, I like that idea." She said, helping him up the second flight of stairs. She felt around for her room, pushing open the door and pushing back onto the bed. It didn't take much to knock him down considering his leg was broken. She climbed on top of him, straddling him at the hips before she pressed her lips to his, giggling. Her fingers worked to pull the hair tie out, freeing his hair. It was like they were picking up where they left off before their fight. "I love you.." She mumbled between one of the kisses, laying a few kisses on his jaw and neck before she smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck, resting her forehead against his.
Ling smiled. "Yeah, but you like it. I know you do because you blush." He teased, poking her cheek with his pointer finger and smirking. "You're going to be part of my future, I mean it. I won't let anything happen to you and I won't let anything happen to our relationship. No matter what, ever if something happens to our relationship, we'll always be friends." He said, running a hand through her hair. { and through his chest nuts } "We're going to have fun, sliding down the hallways of the palace, sneaking out for food like we are now." He laughed slightly before he looked up at her, his laugh dying down slowly and a serious face replacing it. "But I really want to thank you Ran Fan, for everything."
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Post by Fateful on Aug 4, 2010 22:45:08 GMT -5
Edward stumbled backwards onto the bed dumbly, his bad hitting the mattress hard. He laughed softly, feeling her move on top of him. Reaching down, he hit the button that effected his leg. It unclipped and fell onto the floor. Laying down, he grinned. "It means I can't run away from you." He teased, lacing his fingers upwards into her hair, pulling it softly, teasing her so he would respond. "I love you too." he whispered, his hands moving through her hair, then down her neck, pulling her closer to him so they could kiss more easily. "You mean everything to me, Winry.. Never forget that."
Ran Fan shook her head, taking both his hands into hers. "I do like it, but you shouldn't worry too much about making me blush. I want people to take me seriously as a guard, and I don't like being embarrassed, or blushing all the time." She whispered, turning her head to the side to look away from him. "I... don't think anything will happen to change this, Master. I love being around you and nothing will make me want less than what we have now. Unless you find someone whom you'd rather marry." Looking up at him, she smiled, leaning forward, kissing him softly on the cheek. "You don't need to thank me for anything Master, you became Emperor, that's all I could ever ask of you." She bowed her head in respect. "I think we should return to the palace, I don't wish to draw anymore attention to ourselves." When she realized she kissed him publicly, her blush just darkened.
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