[July 18] [Fullmetal Alchemist] Benefit of the Doubt

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Title: Benefit of the Doubt
Day/Theme: July 18/the profession of my fingers floating over you
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Characters/Pairing: Sig, Izumi
Rating: G

Fullmetal Alchemist © Arakawa Hiromu, et al.


Her lifeblood was not in danger of draining away, any time soon or in a foreseeable future - to Izumi, such a situation sounded like a plot device in a lazily written melodrama. Instead, she chose to believe that her insides were constantly in the process of self-recovery, and they were working on it as well as they could. "Since we don't know what's really happening down there, we shouldn't think of the worst."

"We don't know what's going to happen, period. And I'm afraid your system might grow immune to medication - that it might stop being of any help someday." Sig paused. "I didn't know you read melodramas."

"One can never read too much, I've only sampled two books or three, and don't change the subject." She dried her hands on the dishtowel, surveyed the freshly washed dinnerware, and stretched. "I don't feel like doing anything else right now, so I'll just brush my teeth and turn myself in."

Sig watched her as she strolled away from the sink. "Tired?"

"No, I just feel like going to bed early, that's all. I thank you for the concern, I honestly do, but I'm fine."

"Will you let me know if you're not?"

Her snort was part amusement and part fondness. "Like I need to."