♨ 1 Apple Pie + Two Apples and Cinnamon - Action ♨

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[Backdated to about four in the afternoon, a girl is returned from her kidnapping. She is returned during the heavy snow, and on the rim of the fountain. As she begins to realize she's back her balance wavers, and she falls backward.]

A-AH! [After a short descent into the fountain she breaks through the layer of ice and into the frigid water.

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[Action]

[returninghope]

[... Seriously? Someone was really dumb enough to get that close to the fountain in this weather? Tch. With a roll of his eyes, Zan'nen heads over to investigate. From the looks of it, it was a new face, so he supposed he couldn't blame him too much. Maybe his world didn't have fountains. Or water. Or cold.

Zan'nen grips the boy's arm, trying to pull him up to his feet.] ...Not exactly the warm welcome you were expecting, I take it.

[Action]

[automale]

D-d-d-d-don't get me started, Zan'nen. [Winry gladly accepts the help. It's cold and she wants out of the water.]

[Action]

[returninghope]

....

[Zan'nen's grip slips for a moment, nearly sending him sliding back into the fountain, and straight back into the icy water.

Luckily though, Zan'nen's quick enough to catch his arms again. This time however, his grip is a little too tight. That where his movement stops though, because a new paranoid edge slips into his thoughts. How the hell did this guy know his name? He knew he'd never seen his face before.]

....Do I know you?

[Action]

[automale]

Ah - Zan'nen you moron - It's me Winry! [And she tries to wriggle free. Your grip hurts!

[Action]

[returninghope]

[Annnd there goes that grip again.]

Winry?! [Another catch, although this time he actually works to get her/him out of the fountain. It sure sounds like Winry... His gaze immediately flickers down to an area on her body he would normally not pay such obvious attention to. (He's a gentleman after all!) Yep. Chest is definitely male. Just checking.] ... I didn't recognize you.

[Action]

[automale]

Stop trying to drop me!

[Action]

[returninghope]

Sorry! It's... slippery out here. [Not really. It's just... well, shocking. That's all. He'll be helping you up like a proper gentleman now, no arm squeezing either.]

[Action]

[automale]

[Once she's out of the fountain Winry stands close (like really close) to Zan'nen. She's shivering, and hell. He has body heat.]

I don't think I like winter anymore.

[Action]

[returninghope]

Hnn. I can't say I blame you. [That's... a bit too close for his own personal comfort Winry, but he see her shivering, and decides not to complain. It's a damn good thing he always has a coat with him. He slips out of it and drapes it over her shoulders.]

We're getting out of the cold. You need a change of clothes and something warm to eat too.

[Action]

[automale]

Wait, I can't soak your coat too. Let me take my shirt off first. [She hands him back his jacket, and begins to take off her shirt. Half way there, while the shirt is off her torso and over her head, she realizes something is terribly wrong. Winry stands there, shirt covering her face, frozen in shock.]

[Action]

[returninghope]

... [Y'know Winry, if you were still a girl, he would've been protesting about what an absolutely stupid thing that would be to do in public. Instead though, he's just kind of... watching you with a blank look on his face.] ... I take it you didn't notice before.

[He reaches forward and gently tugs the shirt off her head, just before throwing his jacket back over her again. Even if she was currently very much a male it probably didn't feel right exposing herself.]

[automale]

[Winry slips her arms in the jacket and holds it around her while she shivers violently. Her eyes are wide with horror.]

I - I'm a boy.

[returninghope]

[Zan'nen makes a pointed glance down towards her chest again.] Yeah... I noticed.

[Knowing she probably needed some time to process this, Zan'nen grabs her wrist and starts leading her towards C4. The quicker they got her out of the cold, the better.]

[automale]

[Winry will remain in silent shock on the way over there. Not only was this beyond weird, but she didn't even get the pleasure of thinking she was always a guy. Like Haruki thought he was Haruhi after the earthquake in the summer.]

[returninghope]

[The entire way there, Zan'nen kept throwing awkward glances to her over his shoulder. Perhaps it was because he hadn't known her very long, but he wasn't used to her being so quiet. It bothered him. Was being a guy that--okay. Stupid question.

They reach C4, only for Zan'nen to introduce her to seven flights of stairs. ... This probably wasn't the best place to drag her to, considering, but at least she wouldn't freeze now that they were inside.]

[automale]

[Community Building Four? Why here?]

Ah - Zan'nen? Is this where you live?