The star and Cleaner.

19

Tord
"Ugh I am so beat!" I whined as I sat next at the table with Tom, Edd and Matt.

"Working every night to the fullest will do that to you." Edd pointed out jabbing his meat.

"I was that exhausted, I almost faked sickness just so I didn't have to go on tonight."

"No one would know the difference. You were great as always." Matt comments. I smile at him.

"As were you."

I looked over at Tom only to see him looking deep in thought. He had barely taken a bite of his food and he was staring out of the window, his chin in his hand. Maybe it was just the angle I was looking at him in but he looked really upset. Like he was about to cry.

I decided it was best to just let him be for now, I'll ask him about it later.

"Right I'm going to bed. Matt you coming?" Edd announced after some time.

"Sure, lemme just get rid of the dishes. I'll meet you there?"

Edd smiled and nodded. Giving Matt a kiss on the chin before stalking off.

"You done with this?" I asked Tom, gesturing to his half eaten plate. He nodded and I took his plate.

"You have any idea what's wrong with Tom?" Matt asked me.

I shook my head "no I was hoping you'd know..."

He sighed and looked over at Tom who was still staring out of the window "He usually acts like this after going out. It might be that but he's not usually this...sad?"

Matt said his farewells and I went back over to Tom. I stood at the table without him realising I was there. I just stared at him until he finally acknowledged my presence. "Hey" he said weakly. He didn't even smile.

"You wanna go to the roof?" I asked, he looked like he was about to decline but I started to walk away.

I heard him catch up with me and to my surprise grab my hand. Interlocking our fingers. I looked down at our hands subtly but didn't make it obvious; scared it'll scare him off.

We stood on the rood looking over the town in silence. That is until I heard sniffling. I snapped my head to Tom to see tears streaming down his cheeks.

"Tom?" I asked as I gently placed a hand on my shoulder. Suddenly he wraps his arms around me in a hug. For a moment I'm stunned and just hold my hands out but then slowly wrap them around his back.

I stayed silent and just let him cry into my shoulder. Then when he calmed down I held him at arms width, I put my hands on his cheeks to wipe the tears away.

"What's wrong?" I asked softly.

He shook his head "I'm a mess." I didn't respond in order for him to continue. "I'm confused Tord. I don't want to like you anymore but I do." Tears formed again but didn't spill over.

I smiled sadly at him and once again embraced him. I didn't know what to say to that. Of course I really liked him still.

He looked up at me but this time he was smiling. Like he knew what I was thinking. It was pretty strange as his face was tear stained but he was smiling.

"I want to be your boyfriend again." He said after a minute.

"I would like you to be my boyfriend again." I said back.

He smiled and leaned up to place a soft, short kiss on my lips. It was sweet and I had missed it so much.

After that he laughed a bit "I have been a real idiot to you. I was so hung up on what happened with Colin that it just completely clouded my mind."

I shook my head and grabbed his hand "I don't blame you."

He walked over to the railings on the edge of the roof and stood with his arms crossed and leaning on them.

I walked up behind him and wrapped my arms around him as he leaned back into me. Almost as if he did that movement on purpose.

We stayed in silence as we looked over the dark town.

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I'm better now so I can actually make a somewhat decent chapter!

So I deleted one of my book Echos of youth as I didn't really know what to write for it so I'm writing another called Freak of the Cathedral. I got inspiration from the Hunchback of Notre Damn. It's a TomTord fanfic So hope you enjoy that.

Thanks for reading this chapter.

-LunaK