Tom knocked on the door where he was greeted by a slightly upset Soke,Namki and Asha by the stove, and his plate of sandwiches intact.

He gave each kid their cotton candy, to which they accepted happily

'dont give them candy'
'its like drugs for them.'

He shook his head. 'How Ironic. "

He hugged Namki and gave her the cookies, which she took and ate one on the spot.

"How was it?"

"Nice."

Namki pointed at something in his arms.
"Where'd you get that bear?" she asked  innocently.

"oh,uh, a friend."

" Is it Tord? " Asha commented.

"Huh?"

"The red one."

" Yes, I know who Tord is but-" Tom huffed, forgetting what he was gonna say. "Yes. From Tord." he sighed.

namki smiled and nodded as she returned to cook, Tom peered over.  "Mash potatoes and Turkey slices?"

she turned off the stove . "and gravy, Asha made the mashed potatoes."

Tom gave a dramatic amazed look towards Asha. "Woooaaaaahhhhh." he held a hand to his mouth to add effect .

Asha giggled. "Its easy Tommy."

" Sure Ashes. " he smiled and went to go drop off the bear and small photos on the living room table.

as he returned to the kitchen to grab a plate, soke tugged on his sweater.

"Where'd you get thisss???" he asked, his eyes narrowed, and a detective aura around him.

" A Friend. " Tom sighed.

"A Tord." Asha giggled .

Tom rolled his 'eyes' as he felt a faint blush.
wait
why did he-

"Dinners ready. " Namki called, handing out plates.

A few minutes in, Namki broke the silence, she intertwined her hands and rested her chin on them. she looked at Tom.

"so uh, whos this Tord fellow Tommy." she smiled, already in giggly mood due to watching Soke eat a slice of ham like a ravid animal, Asha watched him in fear.

Tom thought for a moment. "Hes a friend at school, he showed me to a few other people, hes pretty cool." Tom shrugged.

Asha chimed in, dropping her fork and pressing her hands on the table. "Hes got cool hair too!"

" Cooler than Toms? " Namki gasped.

Asha went into thinking, her eyes focusing on something on the table. tom glared at her.

"Yeah Asha? Cooler than mine?" He smiled, but so help him if she said yes-

" Yep. " She smirked teasingly.
"Tords got hair horns."

Tom sighed, closed his eyes, and raised his hands in defeat. "Cant beat hair horns."

Asha smiled and Namki gave a small laugh.

" Tor's hair is kind of long. " Soke added.

" 'Tor' ?" Tom gave a questioning look.

" Yes, Tor. his hair is long. He keeps it in a ponytail. " Soke replied, not realizing what tom meant.

"But its short and stubby." Asha giggled . "Like Sokey's nose."

Soke giggled back and stuck his tounge out.

Namki smiled. "when can I meet him?"

Tom choked. "huh?"

" Tord! " she gave a look of awh. "I wanna see this hair horn boy who gives Tommy stuffed animals."  she ended with a mischievous teasing smile.

Tom groaned and burried his 'eyes' in his hands. "this is why i dont tell you guys anything."

namki got up and laughed off toms little remark. "Theres extra food here for breakfast, by the way."

Tom got an idea.

"Hey...Nam?" He yawned.

" Yes Tommy? " she smiled as soke helped her wash the dishes on his green stepping stool. Asha tiredly dried them off and put them away.

"could you put some in a container that i can bring to school tomorrow?" He got up to wipe the table from little bits of food and Soke's mass murder of turkey slices.

Namki nodded. "Your gonna eat it for lunch?"

Tom threw the small waste away in the trash bin. "No its for-"

"Tord." Namki, Soke, and Asha said in unison, they all looked at him

Tom pouted and walked away with his redden, annoyed face.

as Namki picked a container and walked to the covered pot and pan, Asha went over, rubbing her eyes.

"Give Tord the good pieces." she yawned.

" I like Tord.Hes nice, Plus he gives Tom presents. " Asha gave a tired smile.

Namki smiled back. "He is pretty cool."

Soke giggled. "Cooler than Tom-"

"TRAITORS." Tom screeched from the bathroom, causing the three to break into a laughing fit, Soke slipping off his stool until Namki caught him and gave him a high five.

Tom stepped out of the bathroom,picked up his stuff and walked to his room, still upset over the betrayal of his family members over him and someone they've never had a full-blown conversation with.

As he neared the his room, he noticed colorful and white rectangles on the hallway. 

"What in the-" he started, looking up and down, all of these pieces of paper stuck to the wall with cutesy stickers.

He looked over each piece, he saw one of him, Asha,Soke, and Namki. He smiled. he reached for one of a yellow figure wirh curly brown hair and a smile. 'Laddi' written with random capitalizations, and a 'y' in place of the 'i' Tom chuckled. He turned and saw a red figure with horns drawn. Just as he was going to further inspect it, Namki beamed at the sight.

"so Pretty!" she wooed . looking at the art. She commented on the gold star stickers that were placed on the wall between the scattered pieces of art. She liked them.

"It'll be a pain to take off of we ever move though." she sighed.

tom felt a bit timid. "We wont move, will we?" He looked to her in worry, she happened to be slightly taller than him .

"Oh heavens no." she patted his shoulder . "You've made friends here, plus, the kids have found a babysitter they like, besides you" she sighed. "I wouldn't dream of leaving this lovely area."

Tom smiled after getting the confirmation of staying, he would be heartbroken if he had to leave.

He hugged her goodnight and she walked down to the stairway, her room was upstairs. tom  walked down the rest of the hallway where he stopped at his door.

He saw and took his keys on the doorknob. a small yellow square stuck out, he took the note and read it

dear Tom

Asha and Soke are cute, im stealing them.

beware.

-Laddi

P.S. Your welcome for the decor.

P.P.S. Leave my bee sticker alone.

Tom didnt recall seeing a bee sticker, he figured he'd ask about it later.

Nonetheless, he was happy they had fun,and that Laddi enjoyed her stay.

He opened the door into his light blue room. a similar color to his hoodie, just lighter. He placed the bear on his checkered bed. He smiled at it. He looked at the photos Edd gave him.

He picked out the one the photographer took of them at the entrance of the festival. He held back laughter when he really payed attention to Matts and Tords poses. Matts was funny enough, but he hadnt realized Tord flipped off the camera behind Tom.

He reached for another one, a sleeping Tord. he smiled. He looked so peaceful, contrasting from the other state hes seen him in.

He grabbed the last one, all of them being silly in the background as Tord slept. This one he had as a favorite, he placed it between his phone and its phone case to keep it hidden and secure. His finger rubbed the little moon charm he had, soke had given it to him.

He left the other two photos in a drawer in his desk.He took off his hoodie, a grey "stay safe." shirt left under it . He had gotten it to mock Soke from the time he fell from a slide by going on when a kid poured water down. Soke hated to bw reminded, but he allowed toms teasing.

He turned off his light and climbed onto his bed, it was low, but he just had the habit to latch on and crawl to the pillows.

he got comfy. Yet something felt to be missing.

He sat there,unsatisfied until he began to ruffle the sheets in search of something.When he felt a tiny fluffy limb, he pulled it to show himself he found it.

the bear plush.

He looked at it for a moment, his eyes straining a bit to see it in the dark, The opened window with moonlight pouring in being, ironically, no help at all.

He squeezed it in his hands as he began to drift a bit.

Hug it.
'No thats weird.'
Hug it.
'No thats weird.'
Hug it.
'No thats -'
Hug it.

He gave up his argument with himself.

He hugged the bear, he knew it was weird to hug a stuffed animal your friend gives you. But something inside was pushing him to.

and he was glad he did.

he sniffed it.
smells like...

he dared not finish that sentence.

'you weirdo.' he thought to himself.

and off into slumber.

~With Tord, Earlier.~

A very important discussion

members: EddHead,DevilBoi, MattTheMagnificent

EddHead: so do you guys think he liked it?

DevilBoi: Stupid Question.

MattTheMagnificent: I think he loved it!

EddHead: Well, I guess he did.

DevilBoi: he obviously did. Dont go all self conscious on us, he was laughing and smiling the whole time. Theres no need to fear he didnt enjoy F.F.

EddHead: Alright, alright.

EddHead: so what do you guys think?

DevilBoi: The fuck?

MattTheMagnificent: I think he means about Tom. I think hes cool.

DevilBoi: Yea But this isn't some cult where we vote out people. Or chat about what we hate about them.

EddHead: Damn Tord, im just curious.

DevilBoi: You phrased it weird.

EddHead: Whatever, goodnight guys :3

DevilBoi: Please never do that again.

EddHead: t('w' t)

DevilBoi: you have the weekend to prepare for Monday  : )

Edd dropped a bead of sweat as he turned off his phone. Matt had gotten distracted by his camera app and proceeded to take selfies. Tord put his phone up to charge and went to the fridge.

He took out two canned sprites and a bottle of cola.

he emptied the cola in the sink, which, on its own would've been painful for Edd, But Edd was at home with Ringo praying for his life.

Tord poured both cans in the cola bottle, one and a half filled it to a certain level, making it have that bit of air all bottled drinks have.

he searched for food coloring, Paul had bought some in an attempt to make cupcakes a few years ago.

Tord and his 'Mother.' came home to find the kitchen covered in colorful batter and frosting.

"Is this some 'coming out' surprise because its already obvious that  your gay." Tord had blandly commented .

He smiled at the memory, than went back to business as he mixed red,yellow, and blue to make brown.

he put a bit of the mixture into the bottle. he capped it off and shook the thing to mix it all. he would open the cap slowly, to release the fizz in a manageable amount, and repeat until it was the same shade of brown as Edds beloved drink.

Tord let the bubbles relax, cola wasnt this fizzy, plus, tricking Edd to drink sprite was too easy, hes done it millions of times with coke cans, and just swapping the liquid with anything else, the worse swap he did was with pepsi, he left Edd gagging.

Then it hit him. He walked to the medicine cabinet and took out two little packets of alka-seltzer.

It wouldn't kill him, it was for upset stomachs, Tord didnt plan on Edd drinking the 'cola.'

he planned on Edds attempt to open it.

So he snapped each tablet in half and dropped them in. He quickly capped it off and let the tension build in the bottle as he set it aside.

monday was gonna be a blast.

Tord walked off to a now ringing house phone.

"Mom or Dad?" he answered.

"Mom." The voice sighed.

" Oh, what's up. " Tord noted the sadness in pats voice.

"Good news and Bad news, which first."

Tord hummed. "Bad news, I want to end on a good note."

" Good choice, uh. " pat scratched his head.

"bad news is that the previous leader killed two soliders in a fit of ramage, dont worry, Paul is fine, he wasnt there when Red Leader went ballistic over realizing everyone was trying to replace him." pat sighed and looked towards his husband, who was plucking hair ties at a water bottle .

Tord was surprised. "Im glad you guys are okay, do you mind me asking what happened to him?"

Pat seemed happier. "His secretary got upset due to one of the killed soldiers being her friend, Norveen. So she imprisoned the Leader in his own cells and she took over the army."

Tord was now impressed. " 'Took over?' Damn. Thats pretty cool that a woman did it, how? " he asked, he felt like giving her an award.

"She drugged his coffee." Pat smiled and shook his head. " Shes really good for the spot too, since shes been his secretary, taking notes for him and following his schedule, she knows a lot, shes as good as a Leader as he is."

"Shes infiltrated a small rebellion camp by playing a damsel in distress. " He continued, remembering how she was still angry and commanded a plane to take her down into a semi-cooling war zone. People listened to her because she was their second in command, she was handed the clothes of a war survivor and she stepped out with pistols in her holster hidden under a reddened rag. As soon as she was allowed in, she took down one of the smaller leaders, stole a set of war data, and imprisoned nurses. She didnt kill any  wounded soldiers, she was a War Leader, not a monster.

"She had co piloted the plane back and arrived back to base where her soldiers saluted her as the new Red Leader. " Pat remembered how happy she was to know she was accepted. She was set on learning more about her soldiers.

"Ive showed her a picture of you." pat said in a warm tone. " she came over to them because they were one of the most trusted soldiers , and she knew they had a child.

"she has the same hair style as you! " Pat laughed on the other line.

Tord couldn't hold back a smile. "You'd think I was her son." he laughed. and he began to drift off into thought, his mind began to run and scramble.

Pats seemed to aswell. "She said she'd like to meet you. " he awkwardly laughed. "Her name is Tori."

Tord was intrigued, he felt like he knew this person. "That would be nice." he smiled.

Pat agreed. "Maybe over summer she can come visit for a while....anything else before I hang up?"

Tord then felt the need to ask a question .

"What color are her eyes?"

pat thought for a while.

  "their red." pat said causally .

Tord felt a loss of hope. "Okay." he sighed, a bit grumpy.

" Bye Tord. "

"Bye Mom."

Pat was a bit amused, he hung up. "He usually says bye with my real name." he told Paul.

Paul shrugged. "dont overthink it."

Tord angrily slumped onto his bed, Face first into the covers.

"Pssh." he mumbled.

'what color are her eyes? "
"their red."

Tord remembered his grey ones.

'she isnt my mother. " he thought.

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Notes
Boo!
I updated
wow
its late because artist block got me mad and writers block took half of my time.

Tori is badass

1.81K
what the fuck

More art because ya'll deserve it and like it
i guess.

Then I got bored and fused female Tord and Tom.
I got this:

Shes cute

Shout outs tooo

OofFutureTamara

oOF

Kunstner_
DoodleDragon1
Nikkilow
Anna9023
ElverGone1990
kchoy22
6CoffeeLIX
suchAJehovahswitness (tom would like u)
SunshineLolipops_

pls not that song it really is painful

*flashbacks to animating to it*

the pain

Anyways
Thank you for reading and following the development of this story!
cya next chapter!
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