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The letter that Alphonse sends back looks as though it's been erased and rewritten several times over.
Dear Ruby,
Okay Sure Of course we can. Where do you want to meet?
-Alphonse
Dear Ruby,
-Alphonse
Dear Al,
I was thinking maybe outside Ravenclaw's common room? I'm still learning my way around this place, and I don't want to get too lost trying to find you.
Ruby
I was thinking maybe outside Ravenclaw's common room? I'm still learning my way around this place, and I don't want to get too lost trying to find you.
Ruby
Ruby-
Sure, that sounds good. I can even let you into the common room.
-Alphonse
Sure, that sounds good. I can even let you into the common room.
-Alphonse
A bit later, Ruby was standing outside the Ravenclaw common room, waiting for Al. While she waited, she flicked her wand around a bit, practising.
Al peeked out of the common room door at Ruby, a shy grin on his face. "Er, hi," he said, pushing the door open farther, "You wanna come in?"
He had spent the better part of the morning preening in the mirror, making sure every strand of hair was in place and pissing off his brother by hogging the bathroom.
He had spent the better part of the morning preening in the mirror, making sure every strand of hair was in place and pissing off his brother by hogging the bathroom.
Well, wasn't Al going to be disappointed. Kind of, anyway. "Sure. Is it allowed?"
Al nodded and motioned for her to follow him. "Er, what is it that you wanted to clear up?"
Ruby followed, and looked around at the common room once they were in. "Nice place." Then she coughed slightly; "Well, you know how I said I, um, was your girlfriend?"
"O-oh, I know you- well, we're from different worlds- well, versions of our world, anyway," Al said, looking at her sheepishly, "I know that we couldn't have been... Yeah."
Couldn't have been what, she wondered. "Well, the thing is, that was kind of just a joke I pulled back home to annoy your brother. Didn't work so well here, unfortunately."
Al laughed at that. "Well, if we'd actually met before, it might have worked. He's pretty protective of me."
Ruby laughed, as well. That hadn't gone as awkwardly as she'd thought it would. "I noticed. Even when you were taller than him, he still acted like I was some horrible predator who was going to molest you. So I played it up."
Al blushed softly. "Well, I'll be taller than him before long," he said meekly.
"Yeah. He's still pretty short for his age."
"Well, he's twenty-one now," Al said, grinning mischeviously, "He's not going to get any taller."
"Exactly. He'll stay a midget forever~." The tilde was nearly audible.
Al looked around, half expecting his brother to come barrelling out of his room to yell at them. "Yep," he said nervously.
"Don't worry about Ed getting mad. I can handle him if he does." Well, she figured maybe she could. Assuming he hadn't gotten any better at fighting since he was fifteen.
"Oh, don't worry," Al said, "he's all bark and no bite these days. Winry's got him on a pretty tight leash."
"That's too funny." It was also hard to imagine.
Al nodded awkwardly and motioned for her to sit down with him on one of the nearby couches. "So- so, uh, you knew the other me when I was still in armor?"
She sat next to him, and nodded. "I'm glad to see you fixed whatever was wrong. I mean, I figured you would. You were both so determined."
Al blushed softly when she sat down next to him. "T-thanks," he stuttered.
Aw, did the widdle Al have a crush? Ruby chuckled to herself. "I know it's not any of my business, but... you really don't look like you're tall enough to fit into that armor."
"O-oh, well, I guess it's okay to tell you now- I was the suit of armor. There was nothing in there, it was just my soul bound to the armor," he said quietly.
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