Black Eyes (TomTord Eddsworld Fic)

Ch. 21 Dating Back

(Happy Valentine's Day everyone!! At top is the picture I drew for my personal Valentine ❤️
Hope yours was swell, if your single or not!
Also, I've noticed no ones tried piecing together something, so I'm going to give you a small hint.
Hint: "Keep an eye on the ???'s POV and try and figure out who it is. Sometimes it's different then other ??? POV's. Especially the POV on Ch.16")

//???'s POV// <Speaking of which

Everything hurts... Everything's ringing...
I couldn't open my eyes at the moment, but I could breathe. A lot of things hurt and I couldn't pinpoint where it hurt..
It hurt my chest, my heart almost...
Almost...
I let out a shaky breath, whimpering as a cold hand pressed to my cheek.
"You can do that for me, can't you?"

//Tom's POV//
I looked up to him, scowling. I couldn't do anything much.
I was scared and vulnerable, something I thought I'd never show to Tord. He played with my hurt heart strings, my chest filled with pain like a water glass filled with too much water.
My everything hurt, like said my chest specifically.

He played me like stupid piano keys in the worlds worst song. The broken tune of a bass to go along from a bass with a snapped neck. "Tord..." I mumbled, watching his eyes flicker on my face in curiosity.
"...I'm not going to.."
"Why not, Thomas?" He asked, patience evident in his voice. It was smooth as the silkiest red velvet cake. I shivered, looking up to him. My heart was having a war, but I knew that I'd win. Fear is greater than love.

It's like getting abused by your partner for years and when you get a new one (if you do) your terrified as hell.
"I can't.. Why do you think I'm cheating on Edd?" My voice cracked and I inwardly cringed at it. Vulnerability made me want to puke.
"It's obvious. The bathroom talk, fleeing before you got caught by me. You constantly wanting to talk to Edd.. You tricked me, Thomas.."

It took me a few seconds, and I still didn't get it. "Bathroom incident? I was never with Edd in the bathroom, that's gross.." I mumbled. "But even if I was talking to him in there it wouldn't be for anything too important. He would probably just catch me brushing my teeth before he talks of grocery plans... But that happened once like before you came back. We never did any of that.
The only reason why I wanted to talk to Edd is to discuss that man that acted like he was in the army and I was his practice shot before Edd.."
I took a small breath, this amount of talking was paining me more than what I needed to be in.

"If anything- you tricked me! Making me get all lovey dovey before pulling shit like this! My arms broken, I'm in pain, I can barley see shit... I don't know what I did, but you sure as hell either overreacted, got the wrong idea, wanted to fuck shit up, or all of the above." I huffed and laid my head down on the dirt. "Personally, it wasn't my fault.. Whatever you tried gaining out of this whole robot thing was nothing but theories made in your head. When you came back I could tell something wasn't right..."

By now he was staring at me with intense eyes. They were dilated and almost had rings around them. He looked insane, more than before. I had to get all of my explaining out, he needed to know.

"It was as if something hit you in the head wrong, or im taking my best guess.. What happened all those years, Tord?"