Adorable Bedtime Habits [Closed]

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It was a well known fact that Negi couldn't sleep well without sleeping near anyone. Even when he was tempered by experiences, he was still ten, and prone to nightmares. As such, the young boy had sleepwalked through the rooms of the dorm and his internal Girl Senses had located someone. Tall, soft, smelled like machine oil and soap.

Perfect.

Still nearly 100% asleep, Negi crawled into bed alongside the form and curled up, sleeping until morning when he stirred and sleepily muttered, "Morning Oneechan..."

And planted a soft kiss on the person's lips.

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And that person was Winry Rockbell.

Her eyes snapped open, she realized someone was kissing her and her hand promptly went under her pillow, from which she retrieved a wrench (?!) and then used it to hit the someone over the head.

She didn't quite realize it was a little boy.

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"OUCH!" proclaimed Negi, grabbing his head and opening his eyes. "Asu... oh."

He flushed a brilliant red as he squeaked out, "I'm terribly sorry, my bad habits acted up again!"

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Winry had sat up, the wrench raised high for another strike. "You bet it's a bad habit ki-- oh."

She blinked. A little boy? Well. That completely took the strength out of her swing. She let the wrench drop to her side.

"Kissing people in their sleep... What the hell..."

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Negi was blushing red as he sat up as well. "I'm sorry I... Winry? Oh bollucks."

He was so doomed. So very doomed. Doomed beyond belief.

"I'm doomed," Negi doomed.

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She hadn't even the mind to blush, since this kid was so young.

But wait.

"...Another person who knows me...?" She stared at him in confusion.

This one actually did look familiar, though.

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"I um... that is to say..." stammered Negi.

What could he say? Hi, I saw you naked while I was a teenager?

He blushed and stammered, "You know that teenager that you saw... in the pods? I'm... that guy..."

He ducked his head. "You can hit me now."

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This took longer for her to process than it should have.

"...But. You're. Not tall."

Yes, Winry, that's very intelligent.

She shook her head and clarified, "You're just a kid! You can't be a teenager!"

Even better. Though the more she looked at him, the more she had to admit, the resemblance was striking.

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"It's um... magic. I can change my physical age. It's how I was taken mostly." admitted Negi.

He held up his arm and showed off the long line around it. "I don't know if you remember seeing this but I have all the same scars as my adult self."

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It was the same guy!

"So you've seen me naked. And you've kissed me."

Oh dear.

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Negi whimpered and held his head for the impending wrenching. He hoped Stacy could stop this madness but all he got for his trouble was a light giggle in his head. Clearly the ship was having fun at his expense.

"You can hit me now..."

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And that she did.

Sorry, Negi.

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Dizzy, Negi fell over with little birds spinning around his head. That hurt just as much as one of Asuna's punches!

"Owwwwwwww," whimpered Negi, holding his head.

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Winry looked at Negi, a disapproving smile, and then, finally...

"So what are you supposed to be, anyway? A kid or a teenager?"

A few wrench hits and it's bygones?

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"I'm ten," assured Negi, rubbing his head and wincing slightly at the bump forming from the impact. "The other form was mostly for getting around places I couldn't go as my normal self."

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"And you go around kissing sleeping girls?"

She wasn't prepared to feel sorry for him yet.

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Negi blushed even harder. "I um... well you see, I can't sleep well alone and sometimes I sleepwalk into people's beds and um... kissing, I suppose... it's happened once in a while?"

He felt so pathetic having done this again. If Yue found out, she'd probably line-face at him forever.

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Winry huffed. "Well...stay out of my bed next time. I'm not opposed to hitting people."

With wrenches.

Was she trying to warn him somehow?

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Negi nodded, a little too quickly. "Yes oneechan!" he proclaimed, and then blushed again.

"S-sorry...!"

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Winry blinked and then shook her head. "Oh, no, you don't need to call me that. Just Winry is fine."

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"Winry," said Negi. "Is that German?"

He had yet to actually get OUT of bed, and was playing with the sheets idly.

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"Uh. I'm not sure. I'm from Amestris."

That didn't quite answer the question.

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"Sounds interesting," admitted Negi. "I'm from Wales, in England. It's a nice place, lots of trees and animals."

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"I've never heard of it," Winry replied with a nervous laugh. "But there's a lot I've never heard of here."

How were they having a normal conversation now?

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"It's an island nation, just off the coast actually," said Negi in his best teacher voice. "There's several islands put together, into a fairly sizable patch of land."

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Was this kid talking down to her...? No, she was imagining it.

"Amestris is a nice sized nation. I like in the country. We don't have any oceans near us, but it's really...beautiful."

She was talking in first person because she hadn't accepted that Resembool was gone.

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Negi nodded, thinking of his own homeland and the places he had seen. "It must be very nice, very peaceful I take it?"

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Now Winry's lips twitched, almost into a half-smile, though it died very quickly.

"Usually. Not much is peaceful right now, but...usually."

Considering she was on the run from the military? Peace was a relative term.

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Negi nodded, feeling a little strained tone in Winry's voice. "I see. Well, I suppose now we can sort of let that rest. For now at least."

He patted her hand and smiled a little. "I guess we're in this together?"

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"...I guess so." She returned the smile. A kid in a place like this... Yeah. She could invest herself a little, if it meant helping him out. "We'll explore this ship together."

She paused. "Just as long as the pervert ermine can keep his paws to himself."

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"Done and done," assured Negi. "I won't let Chamo-kun get anywhere near you."