(MOVED TO AO3) Time Travel Trouble - An Eddsworld Fanfic

23 - Out-MATT-ch-EDD

Back in present day...

The door to Tord's apartment opens with a creak, and Tom's head pokes out. He steps through the doorway and breathes a sigh of relief.

"Ugh, thank god I'm done looking in there. I'm gonna need eye bleach for all the hentai comics I had to walk past." He mutters, shivering in disgust.

Yesterday Tom didn't get much of a chance to explore Tord's apartment as Edd messaged him saying he got themselves tangled in tinsel trying to untangle Matt, then after freeing them they needed to do grocery shopping.

He was exhausted by the time he was home, so he saved snooping around in Tord's apartment until the next day.

"At least I have this though."

He holds up a used brown book, which on closer inspection looked like a diary. A diary belonging to Tord, seeing his name written on the front. He also happens to have the norski's phone in his jean's pocket.

"Tch, I bet this is just filled with petty insults about me and bitching about losing his robot to me and my awesome harpoon gun." He assumes.

Tom leans against the wall and opens it up, skipping through some early pages. He starts on one dated the day before he left the group.

"Septembury 12th 20XX - Showing off the robot.

Welp, I finally decided to show her. I allowed Soph access to see my side project, my giant robot. I don't plan on finishing it or taking it with me, but I thought I'd show it to her anyway.

I told her it's just a little fun thing I'd work on when I had free time, and I'm not going to do something stupid with it. I'm not gonna take over the world with it or something.

(it's not even built for that kind of thing XD)

She's already promised to not say anything about my lab to the guys, and I know she won't say anything about this either.

She's such a nice friend."

Tom's 'eyes' widen a little, clenching the diary.

"Soph KNEW about the lab and robot the WHOLE time?!" He whisper-shouts. "Why didn't she speak up about it?"

He turns to the next page, a majority of text scribbled out.

"Add-on to previous entry.

I changed my mind. As much as I trust Soph to not say anything about the robot, I think the knowledge of the robot should stay with me.

Perhaps Edd and the others will find the lab by themselves one day and Soph can show off everything. But I want the robot to stay hidden. I don't want it falling into someone else's hands or it getting broken or something.

Let's hope the..."

The rest of the text is ineligible, frustrating Tom. He scrolls through more pages, most either being in norwegian or empty. After a couple of minutes, he finds one written at the beginning of the current year.

"Jantober 3rd 20XX - Going home?

New year, new start! Woo! I managed to get ahold of Edd and talk to him! I've been feeling homesick lately and I think I want to come back to England, move back in with the others and see Soph again.

It'll be nice to see them again. Heck, It'll be nice to see Tom too (though I bet he's gonna be so disappointed to see me XD)

I told Edd I'm not sure when exactly I'll be back (Soph's birthday would be nice since it's in 5 days but I doubt it), but when I know I'll get back to him.