Ice Cold (TomTord)

11. Tell us...

Tord's POV:

I was coughing the cold water mixed with some blood. My stomach, chest and lungs hurt like hell. I started crying from the pain and hiccuped. I was shaking violently. Everything I saw was blurry. But I could see some kind of blue colour. I didn't know, what was it.

I gasped for air making me to cough even more water. I was now sobbing on the cold snow, trying to get the water out. Suddenly someone hugged me. I tried my best to make my vision clear.

When it was clear, my eyes widened. The one hugging me was Tom. I could have sworn I heard him sob. He started patting my back to help me cough. I was glad for the help. I hugged him as well.

 After a few minutes of me coughing and him trying to calm me down, I stopped. We pulled away and I looked into his 'eyes'. He looked...worried.

"Tord..." He said in a soft voice. I looked away quickly. "Why did you run away from us?" He asked me. I didn't respond. "And what were you doing down there? You could die! Did you even think about how we would feel?" He said a bit louder.

I closed my eyes and sighed. I nodded simply. "Then why? Why did you do it?" He asked. I stayed silent and started to sob again quietly.

"Tord...please..." He said and took my hand. I opened my eyes and looked at him. "Tell me... Why?" I could feel my face heat up a little bit.

I shot my eyes and jumped on him making us both fall. I wrapped my arms around him and squeezed him tightly. I started crying in his chest, I couldn't stop it. He hugged me back. "Tord, tell me why?" He said.

"I-I just... I just thought..." I stuttered. I couldn't get it out of my mouth. "Hey, calm down. Let it all out. After you'll calm down, you'll explain, okay?" He said. I nodded in responce and we continued hugging. It felt nice and warm.

After I calmed down, we pulled away. We stayed silent for a bit until Tom broke it. "Tord, do you think you can explain now?" He asked me. "I...think yes, but I'll tell you when we're all here." I said.

"You're right. Come on, let's go home." He said and stood up. He offered me a hand and I accepted it.

I was still shaking from the cold. I mean, I was in a freezing water just now. Tom noticed and handed me his hoodie. I smiled at him weakly and put it on. We started walking back to their house.

My leg started to hurt after a while. But I tried to ignore it. Tom took out his phone and called someone who I guess was Edd.

"Hey Edd." He said. "Yeah. Yeah, I found Tord. We are walking back home, he'll explain everything." I sighed and looked down. 'How am I gonna explain that to them?' I thought and spaced out for a while.

"Hey, Tord." Tom said making me snap out. I looked at him. "What is it?" I said and coughed. It still hurt and burned my throat.

"Edd wants to talk to you. He is really worried about you when I told him about your...umm...incident. He wants to her you." He said. I nodded and he handed me the phone.

Tord: Ehh, h-hello E-
Edd: Tord! Oh thank cola, you're okay! Tom told me everything!
Tord: I-I'm sorry for making you worried, Edd...
Edd: It's fine, Tord. No harm done. But you need to explain once you get home, me and Matt are already here.
Tord: Okay. Bye, Edd.
Edd: Goodbye.

He hung up. I sighed and handed the phone back to Tom. He took it and I looked down. "Hey, it's okay. We're just glad you're okay." Tom said with a smile.

"That's the problem..." I mumbled under my breath. "What was that?" "Nothing..." We were silent for the rest of the walk, except for me sighing or making small whimpers of pain coming from my leg.

Tom's POV:

"We're here." I said when we finally reached our house. Tord didn't say anything. I opened the door and we walked in.

"We're ho-" I was cut off by Edd. He sprinted towards Tord while crying and pulled him into a tight hug. "Holy cola, Tord! I was so worried!" He said. Tord started coughing again. "E-Edd....please. Easy on the hug, will ya?" He said in a raspy and quiet voice.

"Oops, sorry." Edd said and pulled away. Tord rubbed his neck. "So, come on. You're shivering. Sit down, I made you some tea." Edd said. Tord sighed and nodded slowly.

He sat on the couch and so did I along with Matt. Tord kept looking down like he was ashamed. Edd bringed him some tea and joined us. Tord took it and took a sip from it. He put it on the table and coughed.

"So, explain, Tord." I said. He closed his eyes and stayed silent. "Tord..." Matt said. Tord was silent.

I scooted closer to him and put my had on his shoulder. He opened his eyes and looked at me. His eyes were watery. He started sobbing quietly.

"Tord. You know we care about you, right?" I asked him. "Yeah... But that's the question. Why?" He said. I raised my eyebrow. "What do you mean?" I asked him. "Just why? Why do you care about me?! Me?! A pathetic Commie?!" He yelled, tears now falling down my face.

That hit me. I used to call him that... "Tord..." Edd said. "No, Edd. Why? Just why do you care about the person who was leading an entire army? A person who killed his parents? A person who had to rule the WORLD!?" He shouted.

We all went silent. "W-what? What do you mean 'rule the world'?" I asked him. "I-I..." He sighed. "You maybe think that if I am the leader of the army that I can do what I want, but that's not true. There is one person that is giving me missions..." He paused and looked down.

"He's a really awful person. And he told me that I had to...rule the world. I had to be powerful... He even is the reason why I was in the army. But after my parents died because of one of the stupid mission, I left." He finished.

He started crying. "I-I'm such a monster..." He said between the sobs. We all pulled him into a hug.

"Tord. We all care about you. No matter how evil are you. You are our friend and we love you. So please..." Edd said. "Don't think that we hate you..." I finished. Tord hugged us back. "T-thank you guys...so much." He said.

"You are very welcome." Edd said. We sat like that on the couch for a while until we heard some quiet snoring coming from the little Norwegian.

We chuckled and I picked him up bridal style. I carried him into his room. I placed him on his bed and pulled the covers over him. He snggled in them and smiled. I smiled as well and left his room, quietly closing the door behind me.