Here is Chapter 5, sorry it's so short. This just seemed like an appropriate place to end the chapter. I have at least two more in the works.

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Onward to Chapter 5!

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"Ed!" Al exclaimed as the blonde boy walked into their quarters. "Winry left. It's just you and me. Want to play cards or anything?"

Edward smiled softly at his brother's anxious attempts to make the older sibling feel welcome. "Thanks, Al, but I think I'm just going to head to bed."

"Oh," Al said, his face falling.

"Hey, don't worry. I'm not mad. I don't feel left out. I was just down at the river and now I'm tired."

"Did you see Colonel Mustang down there?"

Ed frowned. "Yeah. I saw him."

Al's grin spread wide across his face. He was damn near giddy. "Did you talk?"

Ed's eyebrows met in the middle of his forehead. "Why?"

Al shrunk back into his seat. "Well, I, er, just got the feeling that he wanted to talk to you."

"Yeah we talked. I told him I'll be going back to Risembol soon."

"Why!"

"Because I am. As soon as my commitment is up."

"But what about the colonel?"

"What about him? He's useless with me here and he'll be useless when I leave. No loss!"

Al frowned, but his eyes were determined. Ed had last seen that look when they insisted that their sensei take them in as pupils. "It's still not very nice."

"Why should I be nice to him? He sent us on worthless missions. He yelled at me. He made fun of my, well, my height. And then he hits on me and leaves!" Ed's eyes widened and he clamped a hand over his mouth. He wrinkled up his nose and he stared at his brother. "That never leaves this room. Understand?"

Al grinned and nearly danced. "I understand. But, Niisan, please talk to him. I thought it would be hard to talk to Winry, but it wasn't." He smiled again. "It wasn't hard. It was nice. The colonel's nice too. He'll understand."

Ed smiled, cynicism playing on his lips. "Maybe he's nice to you. You watch, I'll go in to talk to him and he will pretend he can't see me past his paperwork."

Al laughed and threw his arms around his brother and they fell into wrestling on the ground.