My sweetie (Eddsworld)

6. Not that bad

Tom's POV:

I woke up. It was dark and all I heard was soft snoring coming from beside me. Tord, of course. How did he het here? I didn't even notice him before. Whatever. I stood up, my head spinning. I sighed, slowly leaving the room.

I went downstairs, my vision a bit blurry. My 'eyes' hurt from waking up and immediately having to move. Yeah, it was always difficult to do this. I went to the kitchen and filled up a glass of water. I drank it, panting as if there was no oxygen.

I didn't really feel like going back upstairs and into my room to sleep so I just went to the living room and sat on the couch, pulling my knees up to my chest and looking down. I sighed. "I wonder when Tord's turning back to normal again... It's kinda bothering me." I asked myself. Yes, I talked to myself, but everyone did that at least once in their life! Right?

I couldn't answer my own question. And I was alone there. So nobody would answer me as well. I was here alone, all by myself. "Actually, will he ever turn back? Or do I have to keep acting nice towards him?" No answer from anybody. I rested my head on the back of the couch and took a breath.

"What do you mean by me turning back?" I heard a little kid's voice. I jumped from being suprised and looked at who said that who was nobody other than Tord. He was hugging my Tomee bear while looking at me, curiousity, confusion and sadness showing in his silver eyes.

We stared at each other for a while until he came closer to me. He tried to crawl on the couch, but failed multiple times. After he finally succeeded, he sat next to me and leaned closer to me. I groaned in annoyance.

"Something wrong, papa?" He asked, looking up at me with innocent eyes. "No, I'm fine. And stop calling me that, I'll repeat it again. I am not your father and you are not my son." I snapped. He sighed, looking away. "Sorry..." He apologized. Wow, I didn't expect that.

We stayed silent for a while, it was kinda awkward, even if he was just a kid. "Then what wrong?" He asked. I didn't answer. I couldn't answer when I didn't know the answer to that myself. He hugged me, I noticed he was shaking. Why? I didn't know. And I didn't care.

I didn't say anything. He was just a kid, he wouldn't understand. Kids were always stupid, loud and annoying. And Tord wasn't an exception. "I love you.." I heard him whisper. I wanted to tell him to shut his mouth and go away, but stopped myself before doing so.

Yeah, he was annoying. He smiled way too much and he had that innocent look in his eyes. But that idiot cared about me and that slightly warmed my heart. But only a little. Only a little. I sighed. "You wouldn't understand what's going on." I said.

He let go of me and stood up on the couch. He tried not to fall as I just looked at him with tired 'eyes' and raised my eyebrow. "What are you doing?" He wrapped his arms tightly around my neck and nuzzled his face into my hair. I just stared into space, thinking about if I should push him away and let him do what he wanted.

"I no want dad sad!" He said. I couldn't help but smile. Yeah, okay. Maybe he wasn't that bad after all. But that didn't mean I liked him! I decided to give him a chance though. I mean, he was trying to make me feel better. I hesitantly hugged him back, smiling softly.

I felt him freeze for a while, but then he relaxed and hugged me tighter. "Do papa mean he like Tord?" He asked after we seperated. I smiled at him. "I think I'm ready to give you a chance, okay?" He gasped and nodded. He looked really happy, I didn't know he wanted me to care about him back. 'Oh well. Maybe I'll even start liking him as time will go by.'

Tord's POV:

I jumped off the couch and grabbed Tom's hand. "What? Is something wrong?" "You tired... You sleep!" I said, giving him a confident smile. He chuckled. "Nah, I'm not tired." He replied. I crossed my arms and sticked his tongue out at him.

"Then let's go outside!" He suddenly said. "Huh?" He grabbed my arm and started dragging me to the front door, but he held my arm too tightly. "Ouch! That hurt!" He loosened his grip a little and unlocked the door. We went outside and I was greeted by cold breeze.

I didn't know, what time it was. Or why we were here. But I liked it! And that was when I heard a click sound from behind us. "What are you doing to him, Tom!?"

I'm sorry or the shorter chapter, guys, but I will seriously stop... Stop what, you ask? Stop uploading every day. It's getting harder and harder for me, causing me to stress out and making me worry if I will even have time to do it today. And besides, if I write every day, the book will end sooner. And that will cause me to leave Wattpad sooner, because I would be out of ideas for new books...

Of course, I will still be updating few times a week, yeah, but not everyday... Please, I need you to understand... It is hard! And my imagination and motivation is always slowly being taken away from me... I wanted to stop uploading every day until 31. January 2019 since that will be the day where I can finally say "I've been here for a year and didn't leave yet!" But...it's hard... And you knew it was going to come anyway... So please...

Understand... I have a life too, just like you! I'm a living creature. I think. And I love you all so much. So I hope that you'll understand. Much love, your friendo, Author-Chan.