·TomTord shorts·

°Broken Paradise°

He sighed heavily as he looked at the beautiful night view of all of the city lights from building windows, cars driving through, and people walking or skating around. He has a breath-taking view of the city that not just anyone has. The town is a wealthy and rich town.

Thomas Noel. The richest person in town. Everybody knows him. Such as what his job is, his buisness number, who his boss is, he's a nice guy, who he's dating-

Ah, yes. Tord Hope is a wonderful, kind and gentle person. Tom and Tord would do everything together, and soon enough they grew feelings. After admitting their love they started to date. Everything was going beautifully.

But the town didn't seem to like Tord. Since all of the girls had a 'thing' for Tom, they began to spread rumors, which ended up getting to the adults, then to the whole town, then to Tom's boss, who shared it with Tom.

Tord sleeps with other men.
Tord steals your money when your not looking.
Tord's using you for money.
Tord's using you for fame.

Now of course, Tom didn't believe it at first, until one of the best paparazzi's, Claire Henderson, showed Tom a fake picture of Tord kissing somebody else. In reality, she got paid four hundered eighty two dollars and seventy six cents for a new camera. Tom didn't want to believe it, but he became more quiet to Tord, which he caught onto pretty late.

Then, next thing you know, she gets paid eight hundred dollars to show Tom another fake picture of Tord taking money out of Tom's wallet while Tom was facing another direction. Now Tom was getting furious. After a few more fake photos of Tord sleeping around and stealing money, Tom was convinced and done with it.

Claire of course felt guilty. For lying to one of her close friends. She thought that Tord is a really lovely person. They even went to get their nails and toes done at the nail salon. Tord was very uncomfortable since he was the only dude getting his nails and toes done, but the fact that Tord got comfortable and loved his nails afterward made her happy that he tried something new with her and enjoyed it. Tom is her best friend, and Tord is like a little brother she always wanted. Being an only child got really lonely. Her parents said no to hvaing another kid.

That's why Tom believed her when she showed the photos. He was just in denial.

Now that you're all caught up, lets see what's happening with Thomas.

"Claire, what the actual FU-"
"I KNOW I KNOW I'M SORRY!!! I really needes the money! You know I can't keep relying on you to pay for my mothers medical bills! I thought that maybe if I do it for money, then I can finally stay at home without worrying about getting kicked out.." Claire said looking down in regret. "You know I can always help you! I have more money than I need I won't mind helping you out! But how could you LIE to me like that!?!? I love him! And I just dumped him and kicked him out of my house with no where to go. All because of YOU!" Tom yelled out, tears in his eyes.

"Don't you think I know what I did is bad!? If I didn't then I wouldn't have told you and we wouldn't be here right now!" She cried out. After a long time of arguing, 3 hours 48 minutes and 9 seconds, Claire finally left Tom alone.

Tom shut the door to his bedroom. With his back against the door, he slid down it and pulled his knees to his chest. He let his tears go and down they went like a waterfall. Claire told him everything. He thought everyone here was so kind and treated eachother like family. But he was wrong. How could the people come up with such lies? Why would they do that?

His tears continued to fall and he sobbed his heart out.

Was he not enough for Tom? Tord continued to sob as he thought over what just happened. 'Tom broke up with me because I was "sleeping with other men"!?' Tord thought. Tom told him how he knew that Tord was cheating and using him for money and fame, which he wasn't. He didn't know what he did wrong.

But what he did know was that Claire told him that.
That lying son of a-

"Tord? Are you okay!? I came as soon as I heard!" Tord lifted up his head from his arms to see the owner of the voice. His eyesight was blurry. He could only see a figure of a person.

Tord was embraced in the person's arms. Tord began to hiccup and stuffed his face in the person's shirt as he rubbed Tord's back. "Shhh, it's okay..." After a couple minutes of the guy comforting Tord, Tord stopped crying. "How did you know..?" Tord sniffled out before rubbing his eyes to make his eyesight better. "Word gets around pretty fast in this town." He chuckled. "I guess that's how Tom figured it out.."

"Yes." Tord said before wiping under his nose with his sleeve. "But it was also Claire's fault! The people said it but she SHOWED FAKE ones! Do they want us to not be together!? If yes, then WHY!?" The male gently placed Tord's face back to his shirt.

"Excuse me? She did WHAT!?"
"Faye! Calm down!"
"How am I supposed to "CaLm DoWn" when my best friend just got dumped like a PIECE OF ABSALOUTE SHI-"
"Faye! No cussing!" Taylor, the man that was comforting Tord, said. Tord's male roommate, Taylor, and female roommate, Faye, are his two best friends that let him stay with them to get away from any creepy paparazzis that will take photos of him weeping.

"Ugh." Faye said as she plotted down next to Taylor and Tord. "Hey, uhm.. What do you two say we go out to take  our minds off of this whole disaster?" Taylor asked. "But what about the creepy stalkers who take pictures of people while they're doing their own thing?" Faye asked with a hand on her head, trying to rub off her headache. "Paparazzis? C'mon, they shouldn't stop you from having fun!"

And so, after a lot of convinving, the three finally left. But what a coincidence that Tom went out for a walk to get his mind off as well. Once he sees Tord and some other man together, his mind goes somewhere different. He thinks they're more than friends, or at least attracted to eachother. The girl standing next to them gave Tom a death glare, making him scurry off.

How will he win Tord's heart back?

~1,144 words~