Chapter 11

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"E-Edward," I sammered, caught off guard. "What...?"

     "Don't just run away anymore!" he said seriously, his arms tighter around me. "Just--Just don't sit there and suffer anymore. Do something!"

     "I don't know what to do, Edward..."

     "Then ask for help," he said, his voice not so loud anymore. "I'll help you, I promise."

     He let go and backed up a bit, putting his hands on my shoulders.

     "Remember what I told you two years ago? In Central Command?" he said. "You don't have to do everything yourself. You can lean on other people. You can ask for help."

     The memory played fresh in my mind. It was after I was back in Central Command, when Fuhrer Bradley took me out of the Homunculi's lair. Edward demanded why I left Resembool without him and Al in the middle of the night, and I lied to him.

     "I remember," I said. "You told me that I didn't have to depend only on myself. I completely forgot..."

     "You shouldn't have, stupid," he said, lightly "punching" me in the back of the head, like I did to him when he was being stupid. "It's common sense."

     "I suppose so," I said stupidly.

     "You're not in this alone," Edward said softly, hugging me again, but gentler than the first time. "You're not alone."

     "Edward..." I whispered, hugging him back. Since he was now a little taller than me, I laid my head on his shoulder, feeling the cold AutoMail from his arm on his shoulder.

     "I'm sorry I wasn't helping as much as I should've," he said, sounding truly sorry. "I promise, that's going to change."

     "You've made too many promises already, Edward," I said, trying to have a smile in my voice. "I think you're good."

     "No, I'm not," he said, arms still tightly around me. "There's so much I have to apologize for, and so much left to promise."

     "No, there isn't," I said with a laugh. "There's nothing else you have to apologize for. Now, stop acting like a p***y before I get annoyed."

     Edward pulled away with a smile on his face. I smiled, too. Then, both of us sort of leaned in and we kissed.

     My heart fluttered in my chest. I felt dizzy. Edward was so close to me...!

     He pulled away and--still smiling--said, "Oh, hey, forgot you were here."

     "Heh, sure you did, Fullmetal."

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I stayed in bed the next morning.

     My legs felt heavy as lead, and my stomach lurched every time I moved too much. I kept on resisting the urge to throw up.

     "Damn it, Edward," I mumbled at one point, rolling over so I could see the clock on the wall. Eleven in the morning. I closed my eyes, trying to ease the dizziness that tried to take over.

     A few minutes after that, there was a knock on my door.

     "Go away, Ed," I mumbled, pulling my blanket over my head.

     "Why?" he asked, sounding a little hurt. "Why do you want me to go away?"

     "I'm sick," I said, resisting--again--the urge to vomit.

     "You're sick?" Edward asked, sitting on the edge of my bed on the side I was laying on. "Well, then I guess it's not the best time to give you some news..."

     "What news?" I asked groggily. "That the Leiutenants killed my old man?"

     "Actually," Edward said with a sigh. "they didn't. He's nowhere in Resembool. He got away again."

     "Damn....." I grumbled. "Edward, go get me a bucket or something."

     "Why?"

     "I'm gonna puke, and I don't want to get it all over the floor..."

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I eventually gave in to sleep, but it didn't last long. My stomach just didn't want to keep all that puke.....

     I threw up three times in less than fourty five minutes. I was sick. I didn't even know why.

     "You know what's strange about this?" Edward asked as he came to clean the bowl again. "You get sick the dar after I kiss you!"

     "SHUT UP!" I said as loudly as I could while trying hard not to puke again.

     "B*****d," I mumbled as Edward left, laughing, with my puke bowl.

Author's Note

Edit: Koda, I added more descriptions for you for the kiss! HAPPY NOW!?

Reviews

[Anonymous]

GOOD GODDESS! YES! THEY'RE SO CLOSE TO THE REAL THING! GAAAAAAH!

[Emunah June.]

YES!!!!!! And no....she puked....does this mean the romance wont last?? :(