The Traitor and The Communist

Two Bros Being Akward

Song- Rockin the suburbs By: Ben Folds

Tord waved bye to Tom, he watched Tom disappear around the corner of the hall, most likely off to the elevators. He took a deep breath then knocked on Edd's door, Edd opened it with Ringo in his arms. Ringo was a grey tabby with black stripes down her back and a black underbelly, her whiskers where mostly white with one or two odd black ones.

"Hey Tord," Edd greeted, Ringo mewed a hello at Tord,
"Hey Edd, Hey Ringo." Edd moved aside so Tord could get into the flat. He walked Tord over to the couch and they both sat down, Ringo walked out of Edd's arms and over to Tord. Edd and Tord watched as she started sniffing Tord's arm, he out stretched his arm so she could gauge which arm was better.

Ringo rubbed her face on his arm, then she walked across Tord's thighs and laid down in his left arm. Rubbing her face on Tord's right arm at the joint where it connected to his body. Tord's arm made a few odd clicking noises and popped off with a hiss, Ringo watched it fall beside her. Edd jumped back a little startled, Tord just sighed and reached around Ringo to grab it. He picked it up by the elbow, then reattached it to himself, it made a louder click when it locked back into place. Ringo pawed at his metal arm as if she was testing it, she turned around in Tord's arm, resting her head on Tord's left arm before she started purring.

Edd looked up from Ringo, to stare at Tord,
"I, uh, I didn't realize that your arm could do, that." Edd gestured at the arm in question. Tord shrugged,
"It's mostly for repairing it and stuff." Edd moved closer to Tord to get a better look at his arm, Edd let out an intrigued hum as he looked at Tord's arm. He used his own hands and turned it over to look at both sides.

Satisfied with his minimal once over, Edd moved back to the other side of the couch giving Tord some space. Tord began petting Ringo with his free arm, she continued to purr as he did so. He focused on Ringo, feeling awkward around Edd. They weren't on necessarily bad terms, but they weren't all buddy, buddy like they used to be. At least Ringo was okay with him.

He pulled his left arm out from under Ringo, so she was just sitting in his lap. Tord wiggled some of his fingers in front of her face attempting to play with her. Ringo reached up and batted at one of his fingers. Tord looked around to see if any cat toys were near him, there was a fake grey mouse on the floor attached to a pink string.

Tord leaned over the edge of the couch careful to not move Ringo, he grabbed the string and dangled the mouse in front of her face. She batted at the mouse with more energy then his fingers, Ringo grabbed the bouncing mouse with her claws and pulled it to her face, she sniffed it then chomped down on the toy.

She ripped it from Tord's hand as she flipped onto her back, Ringo used her hind legs to kick at the toy as she chewed it. Tord chuckles at Ringo and ruffles her head as she continued to chew away at the toy. Edd just sat and watched Tord calmly play with Ringo, he decided to let them do that and he'd catch up on some sketching. He grabbed a sketchbook from his end table and a pencil then began doodling.

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Edd groaned in frustration at his sketchbook, he just couldn't get the other hand right. It just looked a little off, it was so close. He looked up from the paper at Tord, who was still playing with Ringo.
"Tord?" Said Norwegian looked up from the grey tabby, "can you help me for a second? I just need you to pose your hand."

He nodded, "Sure, how do you want it?" Edd turned his half finished sketch towards Tord,
"Kind of like this." He nodded again and pulled his left hand away from Ringo to pose. Edd turned towards Tord then started drawing. Tord held his hand as still a possible, his other hand was petting Ringo's back.

Edd clicked his tounge ageist the roof of his mouth in approval, as he finished his sketch.
"Thanks." Edd smiled at Tord as he thanked him,
"No problem." Tord shrugged as he scratched Ringo behind the ear. Edd picked up his phone to check the time,
"Do you want some lunch?" Tord nodded and got up placing Ringo gently on the couch, she immediately hopped down and ran towards Edd's bedroom. Edd chuckled, "You might want to wash your hands first though."

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For lunch Edd made them some fish and chips, they had light conversation about random things as they ate. Tord took his meds as Edd started cleaning up. Edd and Tord went back to the living room, Edd had a console so they just ended up playing a racing game.

"Ah! Come on!" Tord threw this hands up in the air in frustration, his controller falling onto his lap as he did so. "How are you so good at this?" Edd laughed,
"I've played this a bunch of times, it's not like it's a new game or anything." Tord let out a childish huff of air at Edd's response as he picked his controller back up. Edd smiled and shook his head as he picked the next course.

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After a few more races of Edd coming in first and Tord landing anywhere between last and fourth, there was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it," Tord got off the couch and walked over to the door, "oh, hey Tom." Tord greeted, Edd twisted to look at the door from his couch, with his controller in his hand he waved at Tom before turning back to the game.
"You ready to go?" Tom asks, Tord nods and says bye to Edd closing the door behind himself.

Tord sits down on Tom's couch as he lets out a tiny sigh of relief. He pulled his sweater off and set it beside himself, then he rolled his shoulders. They let out a satisfying crick. Tord groaned he felt like he needed a shower, he slouched down on Tom's couch. He looked over at Tom who was just scrolling through something on his phone.
"Tom?" Tord began, Tom looked up from his phone to look at Tord. "Can I borrow a change of clothes?"