Alcohol Cures Cigar Burns (TomEdd FanFiction)

Choice

The pizza did eventually come. Edd did not have any. He was in his room, working on the next animation for the channel. He did this whenever he couldn't decide on something. He needed to calm down someway by not binge eating. He needed to stop thinking about both of them.

He needed to just animate.

A knock at his door didn't stop him from continuing the motion tweening he did on his character in the program. The louder knock didn't stop him from figuring out how the overlap worked from one layer with one character to another layer with the background worked.

However, Matt's call did stop him.

" Edd? I wanna talk, come on, let me in. " Matt simply said.

Edd sighed, deciding that this had gone on long enough. He trudged from his working desk to the door, opening it to see the darkness around Matt's figure.

Ah, must be night time already.

" Edd, you didn't come to eat - what's going on? "

" Nothing, just a stupid decision that I can't make. "

" Decisions aren't stupid, Edd. C'mon, you can tell me! "

Matt strolled into Edd's room, looking around at the air mattress and with no Tom to be seen.

" Where's Tom? " Edd asked, trying to avoid the question.

" Watching TV. He didn't feel like disrupting you. "

Matt sat down on Edd's bed, patting at the spot next to him so Edd could sit there. The cartoonist tentatively sat next to him, swinging his feet as they hovered over the carpeted floor.

" Now, Edd, just tell me already. " Matt pleaded.

" I can't choose. " Edd mumbled.

Matt raised a brow. " Can't choose? Between what? "

Edd fell silent. He continued to look down at his feet as they swung over the carpet.

Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right,,,,

The ginger snapped his fingers, making the brunette look up at him. " Between what? Edd, you know I hate it when you don't tell me anything. I really do want to help. "

As much as Matt made it seem he was dumb, he was actually pretty good at telling if someone had a problem.

" ,,, It's Tom and Tord. " Edd finally said.

Matt's blue eyes widened, starting to clap like a school girl. " D'aww, it's like love!! "

Edd playfully punched Matt's arm, making him calm down. " Quiet, quiet!! Okay, okay, I like them both - can you quit fanboying already? "

Matt composed himself, nodding. " Okay, okay - so, you can't choose either to date? "

Edd nodded.

Matt hummed to himself. " Well, if I were you, I'd go with Tom. "

" Exactly! Tord talked to me about it today and I told him that Tom was actually pretty nice. "

" I'd say that Tord is too mysterious, to say the least. You don't know what's going on inside his head. " Matt crossed his arms, raising a brow.

Edd held at his arm, looking down. " Yeah, but the younger me did kind of like the mysterious kind, so I think that's where it came from. "

" Edd, I'd keep an eye on Tord. Tom is a good package deal for you, but if you feel so inclined to be with Tord, know what he does and make sure you're okay with it. "

Edd snorted, but smiled. " Thanks Ginger Mom. "

Matt rolled his eyes, standing up and ruffling Edd's coffee brown hair. " No problem! "

As Matt left the room, Edd thought over what to do. It would be nice to go somewhere with Tord to see how he acts, and even then, he could ask him questions. He doesn't even know if Tord has a job or not! That's completely necessary to know!

Alright, Edd thought to himself, a walk in the park with Tord it is!