The One 【Tordtom/Tomtord】

Drunken Night

Love is a scary thing.

It was late in the afternoon, Tom and Tord were yelling at eachother. Nothing new, so what does it matter that it happens now if it's so normal?

"WHY DO YOU CARE?!? YOU'RE JUST GONNA LEAVE US AGAIN, AREN'T YOU?!!" Tom yelled at Tord- pushing him to a wall out of anger. "YOU ALWAYS BRING THAT UP TOM!! IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE I MOVED BACK IN, GET OVER IT!!" Tord screamed back.

"HOW??!! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT FUCKING HURT, TORD!!? WHY ARE YOU SO FUCKING STUPID?!!?" Tom lifted Tord off the ground, holding onto his red hoodie tightly.

"GET OFF ME YOU SLUT!" The Norwegian said while trying his best to breathe, he clenched his left hand into a fist and punched the guy in blue. Tom let Tord drop to the floor as he held his bleeding nose, the blood went down his arm; staining his hoodie, dripping from his hand to the floor.

"What the HELL is going on here!!?" Edd yelled, he was standing in front of the stairs so he was able to see Tord against the wall, trying to catch his breath, and Tom on the opposite side, trying to stop the blood.

Matt came rushing down the stairs, and looked over Edd's shoulder. "TIM!! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE?" He screamed in terror, he didn't like the look of blood. Not that he was scared, it just disgusted him when he saw it, the red liquid reminded him of zombies and his arm, but he didn't know why.

"THE BITCH PUNCHED ME!!" Tom said, somehow being able to scream it with his bleeding nose, Tom winced and leaned against the wall behind him. "I- I didn't mean to, it just happened" Tord said looking down at the floor, at his hands.
"Why were you two fighting.. again?" Edd asked sounding like a mother about to ground her kids.

Matt pushed past Edd and went over to Tom. "Tim, are you okay?" He asked, he was worried for his friend. "No? I'm fucking bleeding, Matt, do I look okay?" Tom responded sarcastically, trying not to yell at the only person asking if he was alright.

"C'mon, let me fix your face" the ginger looking boy said, leading Tom to the bathroom. In there, Matt grabbed a first aid kit from under the sink. "Uhh, how do I fix you?" He asked and chuckled shyly. Tom groaned and proceeded to tell Matt what to do.

"So, care to explain what happened?" Edd asked walking in front of Tord while crossing his arms. "Nothing, it was my fault..." Tord said looking up to face Edd, but his eyes drifted from place to place. "That doesn't help, Tord, why do you guys keep fighting? There's nothing to fight about, yet you two just- I don't know, you guys need to stop it though"

Edd waited for Tord to say something but instead Tord just nodded and walked into his room. Edd walked over to the kitchen and went to the fridge, he grabbed one of the cola cans he left in there earlier that day.

After a while, Matt and Tom got out of the bathroom. Matt was proud for being able to help someone, even if he himself needed help with instructions. Tom just thanked him and walked to the front door.

"Where to?" Edd asked and took a sip from his drink. "Bar" Tom said nonchalantly and walked out without saying anything else.

Edd looked at Matt with a questioning look on his face, Matt just shrugged and sat on the sofa in front of the TV to watch 'The Children'

- with Tom -

Tom walked down the sidewalk and looked down at his feet, the sun was setting and a few street lights were starting to shine their yellow light. Making his shadow move as he walked under them.

Sometimes it felt like the only person who cared in that fucking house was Matt, mostly because he worried about his face and novelty toy collection.

Sometimes he cared about others, which was becoming more and more often ever since Tord came out clean, admitting plans to use his robot and his own army against the world, against them..

Tord didn't end up doing it of course; and still, Tom felt like that man was about to pull the trigger to a gun that was pointed at his head.

Eventually, Tom made it to his favorite bar. They served the best drinks there, not just the best smirnoff.

He walked in, most people in there were recognizable, he's seen them here multiple times. He walked to the bartender and sat down on a wooden stool.

"The usual, Tom?" The bartender asks raising a brow. "You know it" Tom said smiling. The bartender here was a nice guy. To Tom, It was nice knowing he could trust the bartender with his drunk self.

"If you don't mind me asking.." The bartender says while getting a smirnoff bottle and opening it. The guy had black hair, his skin was like a nice coffee color, he had pretty light brown eyes- almost like honey. "What happened to your nose?" He asked handing the drink to Tom.

"The fucking communist" Tom said and chugged half of the drink in one go. It burned at the back of his throat but the pain was relieving, he craved it. "Oh! The- the Tord guy..?" The bartender said, resting his chin on his left palm. "Yeah.. him" Tom said squinting his eyes and drank some more.

- back with Tord -

Tord got out of his room, he went into the kitchen and grabbed a bowl of blueberries from the fridge.

Blueberries...

He turned to the sofa where Edd and Matt were sitting, Edd was drinking his third cola and Matt was with his knees to his chest, his hoodie was covering his knees- making him look like a kid.

"Where's Tom?" He asked while tossing some blueberries into his mouth. Edd turned to his problematic friend, a bit surprised that Tord was asking where Tom was, of all people "Oh, he went to the bar again, just let him.." he said sounding disappointed, going quieter as his sentence went on.

Though Edd didn't agree with Tom going to the bar every time he was upset, he didn't do much to change it- it was normal now.

"Oh.." Tord said putting the bowl on the counter. He suddenly lost his appetite. "It's kinda late... I'm gonna go get him" Tord said waiting for Edd to protest but instead he agreed with Tord

"Yeah, it's been a while.." Edd replied looking at the clock in the living room. "Want me to come with?" Edd asked getting up from the couch, the sudden action made Matt look at him for a while, but then he returned his attention to the TV.

"No, it's fine, I'll go alone" Tord insisted, and with that Edd shrugged and sat back down on the couch. Tord sighed and walked to the front door, then he left the house.

Something about Edd not trying to come with him and just giving up bothered him.

He began to walk to Tom's favorite bar, guessing that's where the brit would be.
The sky was dark now, there were some owls hooting outside and the street lights were very bright.

The stars were visible tonight, which made Tord smile. Remembering all the times him and Tom would get out late at night and star gaze in secondary school, he missed those times, he wished he told Tom how he felt...

When Tord arrived at the bar the smell of alcoholic drinks filled his lungs. It smelled somewhat strong.

He looked around the bar for Tom, the bar was filled with unfamiliar faces. Some were young and probably not old enough to drink, some were old and others passed out on tables.

Then when he saw Tom, his heart beat quickened, he wasn't alone... he was with a girl...