Dishes
Title: Dishes
Author: miss_auto1621
Pairing: Edward E. & Winry R.
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Theme: 31: Bubbles/4: Sloth
Rating: K
Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist, the pairing, or this challenges.
Summary: He was going to wash the dishes one way or another. Post Manga.
Part of Livejournal's 101_kisses and 7_deadly_sins_ challenges!
Winry was very irritated. She was glad the boys were back, healthy and whole (except for Ed's leg), but she couldn't help feeling like they were useless when it came to house work. She had this perception of Edward that he would get uneasy if he didn't do something to keep him busy, but he had been resting up a lot.
She was bothered by a little chore that didn't seem to be so important, but when the pile started to grow, she felt the need to burry them somewhere: washing dishes.
She wasn't bothered by the plates, or the fact that she had to wash them. Ed and Al were grown boys, who were capable of washing their own dishes, but they always left them for Winry to take care of. With a little excuse at the end, too.
For example, Al, who was still a bit scrawny from all those years in the gate, gave her his plate and said that he had to go spar with Ed.
Ed, who had the courage to admit he had feelings for her (in an awkward way), told her that he had to do something with Al. And after he would finish, he'd give her a quick kiss on her cheek and run to the door and a 'Thanks!' afterwards.
Winry held the soap that had formed on the sponge she was using and blew it out of her hand in annoyance. She had to make them do something. She wasn't going to be the one doing the chores in the house, especially when she was so busy making automail orders.
One day, when she was in a hurry to finish her work, she left her dirty plate on the sink and rushed back to her shop. When she came back a few hours later, she discovered her plate had been washed. She smiled.
"Finally, somebody washed something," she mumbled as she went to one of the cupboards to get a glass.
Al came into the kitchen. "Hey, Winry, I washed your plate," he said.
"Aw, thank you, Al," she said as she filled her glass with water.
"Well, you always wash my plate, so it's only fair that I wash yours, too," he said as he retrieved an apple from the fruit basket.
'It's only fair,' Winry thought. Once Al had left the kitchen, Winry sprang up an idea. She already had one brother doing the chore, so it was time to get the other, stubborn one. Even if Ed had given up his ability to perform alchemy, he was still a strong believer of the principle.
She decided to turn the tables on him. When dinner time came and went that evening and the dishes began to pile up, she did not come close to the sink at all. She let Ed do the work and place all the plates on the sink while she cleaned up the table. Granny had already gone back to the shop because of so many automail orders coming in that week. Winry had her own excuse.
When Ed was ready to move away from the sink, Winry pushed him softly towards it and left the last plate on the sink.
"Ed, wash the dishes for me," she said as she pecked him on his cheek. "I gotta go work on my mail."
Ed's surprised expression was priceless. "Don't you usually take care of the dishes?"
Winry turned to look at him. "Yeah, but since I always wash your dishes, it's only fair you wash mine, too. Good luck!"
Ed turned to the sink once she was out of sight.
"It's only fair, huh?" he mumbled as he grabbed the sponge and squeezed the soap out of it.
Winry had no idea he was formulating a plan of his own, which included a water fight, with bubbles on the side, for later.