Eddsworld Future AU

Chapter 12

 "Sorry about that, Tom.. But there are more important things to worry about than me crying. Things like, what happened yesterday?"

Tom noticed Edd's sobbing grow quiet, so he reacted by slowing down his gestures and speaking softly. "It's really alright, Edd, I didn't mind.. We both need our own times to let go and feel somewhat better afterward.. However, what do you mean by.. 'Yesterday' "?

"Why were you limping, for one, and two, what was wrong with your chest?" Edd's characteristically cheerfully curious tone came with an undertone, telling Tom he'd better answer.

Tom sighed and glared into space, growling to himself. He was slightly annoyed by how he was obliged to answer the questions. "I was limping due to the fact that I was tired from my monster form.. and two, I shall not answer that."

"Yes, you shall." Edd's tone became slightly more forceful as he pressed on. He was a lot more worried about Tom then he cared to let on. After all, he had just lost one of his best friends. He wanted to make sure that the one he did have left was perfectly fine, humanly perfect.

The blue male groaned in response, growling at Edd's strong desire to know. He turned his head away from Edd, looking to the side to avoid the green male's gaze. "If it makes you feel better, it wasn't a physical wound.. Now would you please, for God's sake, get off me."

"No, that does not make me feel better, because you're hurting where I can't see it. I'm not getting off until you tell me, Tom. You know how stubborn I can get until I get what I want." Edd looks pointedly at Tom, although he knows that he couldn't see him. The eyeless male huffs, grunting at the cola lover's remarks, feeling his sharp glare. "Yeah.. and if I can recall correctly, either way I can get you off of me, whether you like it or not." "Well..." Edd struggles to find something to say back to Tom, and ends up saying something childish. "You're stupid!" He crosses his arms the way he used to before, pouting.

It was clear Tom was budging with his decision to not tell Edd anything, so the green-clad male resorted to the oldest trick in the book. Poking Tom repeatedly on his cheek, the cola lover repeats the same phrase over and over. "Tell me."

Tom growled, gritting his teeth as he grew more annoyed the other's actions but tried to stay calm. "Edd. Stop."

"Nope." Edd continued his poking, determined.

"Edd...." Tom grumbles out in vexation.

"What?" Edd smiles innocently, still poking Tom incessantly. He increased the speed of his pokes, poking Tom's face arms and stomach. Tom bites his tongue and the inner flesh of his cheek, turning away from the male on top of him, successfully giving no reaction as Edd continued.

Noticing the lack of reaction, Edd increases his efforts, now trying to tickle Tom into submission. Tom groaned, but maintained his expression, offering no sign that Edd's work was having any progress.

"Toooommm!!! Do something!" Edd pokes Tom at an almost inhuman pace, laughing and grinning. Tom sighs, keeping on his emotionless expression. "I could do this all day..."

Pouting slightly, Edd ceases his poking. Clearly, he wasn't getting anywhere. "Alright, alright, you win. I give up." Climbing off of Tom, he throws his hands up in the meaning of surrender.

Tom lets out a deep breath, grunting when he stands up. "Thank you. All of this way early in the morning? God.."

"Morning is the best time for it!" Throwing his empty cola can in the trash, Edd takes another one out of the cabinet before putting them all in the fridge.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever.."

Tom yawned and walked back to what seemed like a chair as he touched it and discovered what it was. He sat down and leaned back into the furniture.

"Did you sleep okay?" Edd also settles himself in a chair, relaxing his injuries. Tickling Tom wore him out, and now he was aching horribly.

"I guess? I mean one minute I was laying on the couch, pitch black, the next the lights turned on, so... What about you?"

"Kind of.. I kept dreaming of Matt, and Tord, and that cell.. Otherwise, I slept fine!"

Knowing that Tom was blind, Edd was able to hide the bags under his eyes that told him he didn't sleep well at all. In contrast to his appearance, Edd's voice was chirpy and cheerful, hoping Tom would believe his lie.

Tom frowned a bit at hearing the news of Edd's slumber, knowing by what Edd said his own was much better than his best friend's. He didn't want to question it, but decided to anyway. "You didn't sleep that well, did you?"

"Wh-What? Of course, I did! I slept fine!" Edd tried to maintain his lie, even though he knew that Tom had seen straight through it. How, he didn't know, but that was Tom for you.

"Sure you did Edd." Tom drawls, slight sarcasm tainted his voice. Flinching at the distant beep that marked the finishing of warming up his food, Tom pushed his chair back and escaped his seating to the counter. Placing his hand against the microwave, he then lowered it down to a large rectangular button and pressed it, opening the oven.

"Oooh, what's that?" Edd closely follows Tom to the kitchen, curiosity sparking once again. Peering over Tom's shoulder, Edd grins. "It's spaghetti!"

"Oh?" Tom smiles a little, chuckling. "You want to share it with me?"

"Yeah, or I could get my own. I don't want to steal your food." Peering into the fridge, Edd spots another microwavable spaghetti container and pops it in the microwave. "There!"

"Well, you wouldn't be stealing it if I'm offering it to you and I'm eating part of it."

Tom takes the bowl and carefully walks back to the table, setting it down in front of his seat.

"Well, it would be to me. You need to eat. But in the meantime..." Edd plops down across from Tom, sipping his cola. Tom sighed and picked up a fork, dipping it into the bowl. "Where are we?" Edd asks, a serious tone to his voice.

"We're in my confidential shelter. I hadn't told anyone till recently, which is only you and I only use it when I absolutely need it." Tom places a forkful of food inside of his mouth.

"Tor- The Red Leader doesn't know about it either, right?" Edd was thinking hard, gears turning in his head. If this place was unknown to anyone, then it could be of some serious use.

"Yeah, like I said, NO ONE knows, so of course the infamous Red Leader or Commie doesn't know either." Tom growled, tightening his grip on his fork as he spoke about him.

"Okaaay.. The first thing we need to do is find some way to deal with your blindness. You seemed to be able to see with that visor before, but you broke it turning into the monster.." Edd rests his hand on his chin, perplexed with the dilemma.

Tom loosened his grip on the fork, the change of topic changed his mood with it. Tom takes a bite of his food, nodding in response. "Mhm.. And while I was in that form, I was also able to see, so that's a plus."

"But you can't stay in it forever! While you're still in a human form you need some way to see, and while I hate to admit it, Tord had the best solution. We don't have the materials to recreate it, and even if we did, Matt was the one who did all the inventing, can you believe that?" Edd gestures as he talks, using his hands to animate some parts of his speech.

"Heh.. well he did fix his own jaw so, yeah, I could believe it... I could do something else to help my vision."

"What?" Edd leans forward a bit, caught in the conversation.

"I'll show you.. ready?"

"Yep!" Edd's eyes glisten with excitement.

"Alright..."