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[So while a shared room would have been a good idea financially, they both agreed that it was better to have rooms of their own. Ed had to wonder if they'd share a room if Winry knew... about the future. Most likely not. Not in that early phase.

Though he had been thinking of actually talking with her about the future. His feelings for here were stronger than ever. After spending time with her like this, they could only grow even more. And Winry didn't know about them. She didn't know about the confession. How on earth was he going to deal with that?

Well, the only logical way out would be telling her. Which is why he was standing behind her door. He hadn't knocked, not yet. He needed to calm his mind and heart first. He had been calm when he decided to talk with her, but now he had lost all his composure.

It would be fine. He'd tell her and... well, he had no idea what would happen, but at least she'd know.

With that in mind, he knocked on the door.]

[Sometimes they had shared a room, usually that had been the times when Al was around too -- but even then the brothers had usually had their own room for most nights. Winry didn't mind it. As long as they stayed in the same world, she was fine with whatever room arrangements.

Besides it would have been weird to share a room with just Ed, because he was Ed and right now he was ... older, than she had ever seen him back home. Even if Winry was the same age here, it was just because she had been here for two years after coming home from Briggs and other places back in Amestris.

Argentum the Poochyena informed her about Ed's arrival before he knocked by walking to the door and growling like she was about to bite his legs through the door. Winry sighed. Would that puppy just quit acting like the boy was some bad company? She waited for his knock before she stood up leaving some papers and a notebook to the bed. The Poochyena ran to the other side of the room as soon as Winry walked to the door. Winry shook her head at the puppy, kind of amused by her behavior. Well, Argentum was still very good at informing her about all visitors.

She opened the door soon after his knock. Looking at him, she noticed, that he probably had something to talk about. ...What now? Even if he was older than her, she was still good at reading his gesture despite him being good at hiding most things behind that serious face.

Winry stepped aside, giving him space to walk in to the room because that what she thought he'd want to do anyway.]

Come in. [See, you're always welcome - so no need to sneak into a girl's room to eat when no one's home.]

[Even though he had been waiting for the door to open, it still surprised him a little. He tried his best to not let it show, but Winry was probably one step ahead of him as usual. She knew him too well, no matter what their difference in history would be.

Still, he had come this far already. There was no turning back now - even if part of him just wanted to casually talk about Pokémon and stuff like that. This would not happen. He would tell her what he had in his mind (well except for all the contents of a periodic table).

So he walked in after smiling at Winry for letting him in.]

Do you mind if we talk? I've got something I want to say to you.

[He did promise he would talk about some of the future things with Winry so... here he was. Are you ready now?]

[Yes, he can try to hide the surprise all he wants but she can see through him that much. What's wrong now? Waiting for the door to open, but then being surprised as soon as it opens. She'll never understand this guy's logic...

DO YOU HAVE TO SMILE AT HER LIKE THAT? Nothing wrong with that, except it seems to make Winry's legs feel a bit like jelly. That's okay. It's her turn to try to hide any surprise from her face and try to be like she's not leaning to the door in case her legs fully turn into jelly. It helps that she can lean her back on it with the excuse of closing the door once he's in the room with her.

... The question surprises her and she's not even trying to hide the reaction at all.

Look, Ed, there are probably ways to sound much less suspicious about -- anything. Can he talk to her? What was she waiting for years back home? For the brothers to let her into their life by talking to her, telling what they're even doing and not just letting her find out in the worst possible ways.]

Yes? ... [No wait, that's not what she means!! See, your weird question is making her blush, don't just say weird stuff out of nowhere, dummy!] Umm, I mean no, I don't mind at all. You can tell me anything anytime.

[Did he forget that? No, since when does Ed ever forget anything.]

[Of course he didn't forget. He just wanted to make sure Winry would be ready now. She had been waiting for quite long to hear Ed's stories... but would she be prepared was an entirely different thing. So he had to make sure.

He guided Winry to sit down with him on the bed, because it was much more comfortable to sit there than talk while standing. Besides, some of the things he'd tell might make him so nervous his legs would shake so it was better for that too.]

Well, you know how I'm from your future. Before I came here I left on a new journey and you were there to say goodbye to me.

[He's said that before, sure. It's just to make clear what he's talking about now.]

The thing is... we had a certain conversation at the train station, I'd like to tell you about now.

[Stop beating so fast you stupid heart.]

[Bed? It's okay to sit there, but is this really going to be one of those 'you better sit down while you hear this' situations? That's actually making her nervous, and if that's not enough, her heart beats are apparently trying to see how Extreme Speed works in a human body... Stupid human parts, there's nothing new about being alone in a room with Ed and nothing new about bed either since he's been usually laying in a bed while she's been fixing his automail! So there, heart, no reason to get all excited about this situation!!

Winry nods when Ed tells the same stuff, that she heard on the day he arrived. ... and probably asked about it again later. And he is definitely from the same Amestris as she is, so that will... actually... be her future back home too. Whenever she gets to experience it is an eternal mystery.

... Wait!1 This is about a situation, that happened there??!!!!!!!!!!?]

Hey, you didn't say there was something more to that... [You could have just told her earlier! Any day! ...uh. Okay, but if he's about to tell now, then that's fine too!] ...I'm listening.

[No, he couldn't have!! These kind of things take time and it took all the courage to say anything in their own world.

... great, now his mind is all blank about things he was supposed to say. He had it all nicely worked out even! Now he needed to improvise. That could end badly or pretty well. ]

W-Well... it was rather blunt and I could have probably found better words for it then, but.

[Oh freaking-- just say it, Edward Elric. Deep breath.]

I asked you to do an equivalent exchange with me: You'd give me half of your life and I'd give you half of mine!

[Well, that wasn't so hard was it.]

[IT'S NOT LIKE HER ANSWER IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE MUCH DIFFERENT HERE EITHER!]

Then just be rather blunt and don't word it in any better way here, or I might think you're someone else.

[Ed is Ed and being him often means being blunt in situations, where he certainly could -- usually even should -- find better wordings for stuff.]

[Winry sighs on the moment when he takes that deep breath, not really expecting Ed to say much after that right now.

Why did she have to fall in love with this idiot?]

[Oh, he continues? Okay, she's list--]

['Equivalent exchange' Winry looks confused. What ... does she have anything to do with Ed's alchemy logic? ...With Ed?]

[ . . . he wants half of her life . . .?]

[... and he... is offering half of his own life in return...?

Ed, what?]

[ . . . wait . . . ..... that......... does that mean what she thinks it could... mean?]

Edited 2014-08-25 21:49 (UTC)

[OH, LOOKS LIKE SHE REALLY GETS WHAT THAT MEANS!!]

[SHE SHOULD JUST LEAVE YOU SIT ALONE AND GO HIT HER HEAD INTO THE WALL.

She won't. But the sigh from her might sound extremely familiar anyway, while she's kind of sitting there face in hands instead of face on the wall.]

Oh geez, why do alchemists always have to be idiots like this?

[OH LOOK, YOU ARE IN THIS SITUATION AGAIN!]

Edited 2014-08-25 21:58 (UTC)

[... 3, 2, 1...]

Asking that nonsense from the same girl TWICE

[just a reminder, that you don't need: you're dealing with a just returned home from her adventures at briggs and other places, winry, not the same from your time back home...]

[... so yeah, that's a wrench coming towards your head. Where did the wrench come from? It's a mystery, maybe the room is full of hidden places for them.]

HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE?

...and why are you asking just for half of it anyway?

[at least it's just one hit??]

[now she's just glaring.] When you could just ask for -- well, I guess you couldn't since that doesn't work with your logic, but...

You want just half of mine?! I'll give you all of it, and you could have just asked for it too!

[ ... wait, stop. ... a very familiar stop to you maybe even if the situation is going a bit differently but...

apparently she's done with complaining about your stupid alchemist logic, and AGAIN realizing what you just said...

See her face? Yeah, you've probably seen this one before. Is it somehow difficult to breathe in this room for a moment, because Winry sure is holding her breath here for this moment...]

W-Wait, you're not getting all of it after all! I --

[A GIRL NEEDS TO HAVE OTHER THINGS IN HER LIFE TOO THAN JUST THIS DUMMY!!]

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usedwrench - 2014-08-25 22:16 (UTC) - Expand

[aaaaaaaand here we go, counting. again, in his point of view sure, but for the first time for her...

And she can't decide what she wants to say to this. Some numbers sound too small, but she's not going to give you like 95% of her time and life either...!

Help the girl, who is mumbling these numbers again?]

August 11th | Action at the inn they currently stay in

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