Stealing Al's Helmet - Alphonse Elric
There you were, sitting upstairs in Winry's room while you were stared at by all the girls. Why were they all staring at you? Let us go back a few minutes in time and watch what happens. *Time skip back in time* You and all the girls are sitting upstairs, while the guys, which included all the people the Elric brothers knew from the military, were downstairs were doing the same thing. The dreaded game of truth or dare. The game that ruins friendships. "All right, let's make some rules!" Winry practically shouted. The thought of, 'Oh no, Winry always makes weird rules,' crossed your mind. Just as the thought occured, sure enough, Winry pulled out a maid's outfit. "If you don't want to answer the truth or do the dare, then you have to put this on and go downstairs to the guys for 10 minutes." At this, your favorite book-worm raised her hand. "Yes, Sheska?" "Why do you even have that?" Sheska inquired. You were wondering this as well. WInry's face started to blush red at this. "W-well, um." She was flustered, and it was quite funny to watch. "You're just gonna have to ask me that if I say truth." She regained her composure and continued with the rules. "You can't pick the same thing twice in a row." At this there were several audible groans.Nobody liked this rule, but before anyone could voice their disagreement futher, Winry quickly added in, "If anyone disagrees, I'll beat them with my wrench." "And lastly, no super inappropriate dares. Got it?" Everyone nodded in agreement at this, but you were a bit worried what Winry's standard of "super inappropriate" was. "And now to get started, (y/n), truth or dare?" Winry glanced in your direction and gave you an evil grin. You knew exactly why she was giving you that look. 'She knows!' You had a huge crush on Al, even if he didn't have a body. His personality was amazing and you thought he was adorable. You'd never told anyone, but Winry must have guessed, and was probably trying to get confirmation. Your mind started racing to weigh the pros and cons of each choice. She would probably choose you again next time if she couldn't get the answer out of you if you picked dare this time, so in the end you decide to just get it over with. "Truth," you say in as flat a tone as you can muster. "Who do you like?" Winry practically shouted the question at you. 'SHE KNOWS!' You felt your face go red as everyone in the room stared at you. And this is where the story started. 'Welp, I'm as ready as I'll ever be,' You thought. You quietly mumbled "Al." "Who did you say?" Winry asked with that grin still on her face. "Al." You said a little more clearly. "Al?" Winry asked with a smirk clearly present on her face. You nodded your head slowly. "I see." Winry calmly stated."Now it's you turn." 'She's planning something.' You knew her to well to think she was just going to let this drop. Slowly, you turned to Sheska, "Truth or dare Sheska." "Dare!" Sheska eagerly shouted. She trusted you enough to not give her an embarrasing dare. "I dare you to go downstairs and shout 'BOOKS FOR DAYS!' as loud as you can at the guys." What followed was the sound of stomping down the staircase, some confused questions from the guys that could only just be heard, and a sudden "BOOKS FOR DAYS!", then Sheska sprinting back upstairs. *Time skip brought to you by a flying blue police box that took you to the future* Winry was just asked "Do you have a crush on Ed?", and was now blushing profusely. "W-why would you think that!?" Winry asked a bit too quickly. "Because it's obvious." You stated bluntly, before you added, "and you two would make a cute couple." "Okay, maybe I do have a crush on him!" She shouted, and you suddenly wondered just how soundproof this room was. With this, Winry turned to you and smirked. "Oh, (y/n)." There was no way out of this due to her rules, so you thought, what the heck. "Hit me with your best shot, Winry." "I dare you," Suddenly you regreted your exact choice of words. "To go downstairs," Oh no no no no no. "And steal Al's Helmet." CCCCRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP! You took a decisive glance at the maid outfit before deciding against it. There was no way you were wearing THAT. "I hate you Winry." And with that you got up and trudged to the bedroom door, down the hall way, and to the stairs. Here, you activated your 'ninja' mode, or tried to, as you crept carefully down the stairs as quietly as you could. Upon reaching the bottom, you opened the door and peaked out. Alphonse was sitting facing away from the stairs, to your luck. You silently opened the door and Put a finger to your lips. Everybody seemed to get the message, because no one said a thing and continued with their game. As they did this, you slowly crept behind Al. Ed gave you a quick glance, before continuing, "Al, truth or dare." You felt yourself give him a worried glance. 'Did Winry and him plan this or something?' Hesitantly, Alphonse replied,"Um, truth." He seemed nervous, but with a mind like Edward's making up the questions, who wouldn't be? As the game continued, you slowly crept up closer and closer to Al. But the question Ed asked made you freeze in your spot. "Who do you have a crush on?" Ed questioned, his smirk growing. "Brother! You already know who I like!" Al's armor clinked a bit as he shuffled uncomfortably in his seat. "But I think all the guys should know, just so they don't try to hit on her or anything." 'Dang it, Ed. What are you doing?' You felt your face continue to grow darker and darker shades of red as you stood there. It also didn't help that everyone but Al was staring at you. As you stood behind him. Silently. 'It couldn't be possible.' You mentally scolded yourself, 'There's no way he likes me.' Al sighed after a brief moment of total silence before stuttering out, "(y-y/n)" And with that you grabbed Al's helmet and sprinted upstairs as fast as your legs would carry you. As you ran, you heard Al stutter out "W-what!?" Winry looked down the hall and opened the door to let you pass before slamming it before the guys came sprinting up the stairs as well. You hugged Al's helmet protectively against yourself. Irritated, you turned to Winry and in a sarcastic tone, asked, "Happy?" Winry smiled, "Very." About half a second later there were several loud thuds on the door as Ed shouted "GIVE AL BACK HIS HEAD!" Al's voice on the other hand was calm as he tried to calm his brother down. "Brother, please calm down. It was probably just a dare." "AL! (Y/N) STOLE YOUR HELMET!" This stopped Al from trying to calm down Ed. In a soft voice, Al asked, "(Y/n) was the one who stole it?" "Yeah, she snuck up behind you right before I asked you truth or dare." At least Ed seemed to have calmed down a bit when he realized he had made his brother unknowingly admit his feelings to the girl he liked. Winry looked at you, and you tried to hide your face behind Al's helmet to hide your ever increasing blush and allow her to guess the truth Al had been forced to answer. "So, she heard that she's the one I like?" Al's voice was even softer than before, and sounded slightly hurt. At this Winry opened the door to let the brothers in. Ed glared angrily at you, before Winry interrupted his death glare. "It was me who dared her to steal Al's helmet." "Why?" The brothers said in sink. "Because she's too shy to tell you that she likes you." At Winry's remark you became extremely flustered and hid under a blanket in the room. From under the blanket your voice could barely be heard when you said, "I-I told her that I had a crush on Al. I don't care if he doesn't have a body, he's the kindest and sweetest person I know, a-and I think I've felt like this for a long time." The more you said, the more your words faded. Everyone stared at where you hid under the blanket, still hugging Al's helmet to your chest. You slowly took the blanket off you to reveal to everyone that your face was a very dark red as you got up and put Al's head back on his body. When he had his head securely back on, he pulled you into a tight hug. You quickly hugged him back, much to both of your delights. "I like you, too." Al quietly said as your smile grew wider. Winry's high pitched squeal interrupted you moment of hugs. "EEEEEEE! You guys make such a cute couple!" And with that everyone laughed out loud at Winry's hyper fangirling over the two of you.
