Arrival Answers
Tom kicked down the door, not giving a shit about the hospital rules, if they wanted to try and kick him out they could fucking try to lay a finger on him.
The first thing he noticed was Edd looking at him, wide eyed, followed by a startled Namki, Matt and his kids surprised, and worst of all,
A blind Tord who looked his way innocently.
"Tom?"
As painful as it was, He didn't let his anger fall. He stomped over to Tord, practically shoving Edd out of the way, and
He hugged him.
It didn't really catch anyone off guard, the way he acted before the hug was confusing, but it wasn't a big surprise to see Tom hug Tord.
Everyone was already catching on to a special bond the two had.
Edd regained his balance from being pushed away, The kids wanted to go over to Tom, but Matt held them back seeing as now was not the time, and Namki sat back down slowly.
Tord had hesitantly hugged back, having his sight disabled made him more cautious.
Edd went to get another chair, He placed it right behind the left side bed gating, when the two parted, Tom felt the chair and scooted it closer as he sat down. Tord crossed his arms, not in anger but more like needing something to grab onto. The warmth of the hug still lingered all over the two.
Tom earned some looks from Namki and Edd, one from Asha too, all directed at the bandage wrapped around Tom's get upper arm.
Tom sighed.
"What did you do."
Tom looked up to Tord, it was a statement. Not a question.
Tom coughed out a '"What? "
Tord groaned. "Thomas why did you kick a nurse?"
Tom gave a guilty chuckle. "So you heard about that..."
" I saw it too. "
"didn't think you would."
" almost didnt. "
it was silent.
Edd patted Tom's shoulder. "Don't mind him. He can barely remember anything and he wants an explanation." He whispered.
Tom looked back to Tord, who started to run a finger on his wrist in a circular motion. How could he not want answers? one minute your normal and the next there's a bandage covering half your face.
"He remembers how he got here, but his memory started to fuz towards the end, that's what he wants to know."
Tom sucked in a breath.
"Okay." He patted his hands on his lap.
" Let me fill you in. "
~Earlier~
Tom sat against the wall of the bathroom, full of panic as there was whimpers and sounds of pain from Tord's end.
He couldn't think of what else to do, He didn't want to leave Tord alone to go call a staff member, so he had to just, sit there.
but then again, the state Tord was in was just shattering his heart to pieces. He didn't deserve this. He didn't deserve any of this!
He tried to calm him down with reassuring words, but it appeared Tord couldn't even hear him.
couldn't see, couldn't hear.
He was really stuck with how to console him.
so he just ran his fingers through Tord's hair. Moving strands from his face or behind his ear. He guessed he liked it, Tord had quieted down.
It was nice at the moment, if you considered affectionate actions to someone who is in severe pain, 'nice.'
The moment was ruined the second the nurse walked in.
Tom looked up, To where he was greeted by Mr.Towe, the nurse. He was kind most of the time.
now was not one of those times.
"What are you doing?!" He screamed
Tom frowned, and opened his mouth to respond.
"Get him up! He needs to stay awake! Stop making him sleep!"
He tried to reach for Tord, but Tom took a defensive action and attempted to kick him, He missed.
"You make him stand and he'll faint!" Tom hissed at him, He placed his arms around Tord in a protective way to keep anyone from grabbing him.
another staff member walked in, and said something to Mr.Towe
"This bathroom is full of bacteria we have to get him out!" The nurse tugged on Tords arm. which let Tom know of his death wish.
" Touch him again and I'll put you out of your misery! "
Tom, who couldn't really attack due to Tord being too close, resorted to screaming profanities to warn the nurse of what he was doing.
Mr.Towe eventually pushed Tord forcefully into laying upright, and that's when he blacked out.
the sudden weight that dropped on Tom sent shivers down his spine. Terrified at what just happened, Tom froze, and the nurse took the opportunity to pull Tord to stand.
apparently, Tord had not fully blacked out, because he kept himself up for while, though Tom had snapped out of his trance and noticed how weak the boy was.
Tord mumbled something and then he immediately fell down, his lower arms laid across the floor, his upper arms struggling to keep his head from hitting the floor, his eyes could open but they couldn't focus and he was just mumbling things in a foreign language under his breath.
Seeing Tord like this?
Tom snapped.
The nurse had been distracted, and stupidly, yet fortunately let his guard down. Tom had gotten up, with a small running start, sent a large kick into the nurses thigh. so really, Tord didn't see the kick.
He scrambled on the floor before another nurse, seemingly more official with a hospital badge on, grabbed Tom by the arm and shoved him out of the way into the sharp end of a railing that went along the side of a ramp for disabled students.
Mr.Knox had to hold Tom back while another official nurse, with more kindness than the other two, bandaged the large cut that ran along and a bit deep into Tom's arm.
They pulled him away before he could see Tord again.
Everything was dead quiet.
Even the kids had been listening in.
No one said anything.
Tord seemed frustrated, Edd? annoyed. Tom looked at his hands, Matt remained confused,
and Namki?
she smiled.
"I'll be back after I have a little chat with the doctor." she chimed , in a happy tune that masked thousands of ways she could ultimately demolish someone's life.
Tord secretly wished she would hit the person who injured Tom hard enough to have them land in the same hospital they work at.
The door quietly closed behind Namki, though everyone still felt tense.
"That's interesting." Tom looked at Tord, who looked up, confused.
"You wanted to know what happened, now that you do, your really quiet."
Tord frowned.
"Those nurses suck."
Tom nodded. "They do."
" They hurt you. "
"they did."
" they were stupid. "
"they still are."
The kids had continued with their glove people, however, Asha seemed distant after hearing some of what led Tord here.
she learned something at that moment.
she learned to mask her worry with a smile
"What took you so long to get here? Actually- How did you get here?" Edd had slipped on his hoodie, Matt already had his, and after Tord had spent Tom's whole explanation feeling the bandage on his arm, Tom put his hoodie on aswell.
They tried to get as close as possible to a proper Friends Friday, but due to the tube on Tords arm and another contraption wrapped around his other hands wrist like an ankle bracelet, Tord couldn't have his on.
Tom hummed. "Mr.Knox's conversation with me was taking up a lot of time. I had gone home first, left my stuff, found a note from Namki that she was here , and just took a bus."
"What did you guys talk about?" Edd asked.
Tom chuckled. "Id rather not talk about it." He said, recalling how Mr.Towe had the guts to interrupt their conversation to insult Tom, who then flung a stapler his way in response.
Namki returned, seemingly happier in a normal sense, opening the door, allowing everyone in the room to see a fresh red hand print on a nurses face.
Tom widened his void eyes as he recognized the nurse as the one who pushed him. Edd frowned at the man. The two children growled like animals, and Matt stuck his tounge out.
Tord looked to the spot where he heard the door creak open. lucky for the nurse, Tord couldn't see him or identify him as the one who hurt Tom.
if he could he'd be dead.
Namki let him leave after his current state was showcased to everyone in the room, she patted her hands together as if she just did cleanup.
"Alright, I'm hungry,I'm going to go out and bring some food okay?"
Tord nodded slowly, still confused about what just happened.
"I wanna go!" Edd called, the kids had already put on their sweaters, which they had left on a chair, Matt followed .
Namki stood there as she had four kids following after her.
"Your all just dying to get out of this hospital room aren't you?" Namki laughed. Everyone knew she was right.
eventually, she walked out, her little train of ducks following behind her, giddy to have a mini adventure.
Tom sighed and took off his sweater. it was getting uncomfortably hot. He balled it up and tossed it onto the ac.
Tord had began to fiddle around with the weird bracelet on his left wrist, it was a little too tight and prevented rotation of his hand. He Hated the darn thing and couldn't wait to get out of the hospital.
wait.
how long would it be until he could leave?
This question turned into the gateway of panic.
He thought about how this incident could cause a lot of damage to his overall life.
this could be it.
he could be blind.
he could lose the ability to see his friends
his dads.
Namki, Asha, Soke.
He wouldn't see colors.
wouldn't be able to see the beauty of plants and the sky and it's many colors that dance over the atmosphere to the songs he would sing.
he would lose so much.
he wouldn't be able to see Tom.
or his smiles.
the way he pulls on his hair when he's tired or excited.
How he nuzzles Soke when the little boy was upset
How he messes with Asha by sticking his tounge out at her.
How he gives Namki hugs and taps on the nose to get her attention
or how beautiful his eyes were.
how they were so devoid of color
yet Tord could see so much more than any artist could paint with their brush.
the idea of Toms eyes were so complicated
but Toms eyes themselves were just so,
simple.
They differed from the darkness Tord could be confined to seeing.
just dark and empty.
empty of life
empty of happiness
yet so full of...
hatred.
hatred for himself and his eyes.
his useless eyes.
what's the point of them now?
he'd have to rely on memories for happiness
he feared of forgetting how people looked.
yes.
he could already feel Tom's beautiful eyes and his happy smile fading away.
fading away
fading away
He didn't want to wake up to another day.
Tom noticed Tord was deep in thought. The fiddling had stopped and now his hands trembled in their place. Tords breathing became less obvious. A cotton ball could fall right now and you could hear it.
Tom placed his right hand over Tord's trembling left.
Tord was startled and immediately, his head shot up to face where he guessed Tom was.
"I thought you left with Namki." He said, softly in a sense that he was afraid.
Tom noticed that.
"I've been angry and throwing fits to see you. Why would I leave?" he chuckled .
Tord softened. Nodded. Didn't appear to be in the mood for conversation, despite having so much to say.
so much to lose
Tom felt how cold Tords hand was under his. Still. no movement. He couldn't imagine what Tord could be feeling right now.
Pain?Panic? Fear? Regret? Hell, it could be all four and right now their possibly hitting him at the same time before he can understand the damage of each one.
It was horrible to see Tord like this.
so horrible.
Tord coughed. He picked at the hospital bracelet again.
"This is so damn annoying." He mumbled . trying to get his mind off his troubles.
"What's it for anyway?" he asked, not expecting an answer , though he received one.
"Its usually placed on babies so no one tries to kidnap them. A alarm goes off once they pass the radius of the hospital." Tom looked at the thing, very simple design . A light tan shade with a red light and a green one. A tiny yet complicated little lock on the side. and a set of numbers on it aswell.
"I guess they put one on you since you could be manipulated and or tricked because your, um... " Tom cut himself off. not wanting to really continue. Though he didn't need to. Tord knew what he ment.
Really.
just proved he was useless.
A tiny bracelet could do a better job at keeping someone safe than he could.
Avery would get to Tom in a month. Tops.
He'd lose his sight and his love.
Life itself seemed to be useless.
"your valuable"
Tord looked back up to Tom.
"Your valuable. That's why it's on you."
Tord didn't move.
"Yeah. Everybody would try to steal you. Your just worth so much."
Tom looked to Tord, who's head slightly lowered again, But he knew he was listening.
"So what if you can't see?" Tom protested, fighting against Tords unannounced self doubt.
" You can talk. You can hear. You can move. You can smile. You can sing. "
Tord sucked in a small breath through his nose. Such a small amount of air, but due to the silence, one could hear the small swift of it.
"You're you."
"Just, you."
" and you're.. "
Tom paused, looking for the correct word.
"You're enough."
Tord thought about it.
he was enough.
'I am enough. '
He could feel the tears form and erupt under the bandages.
They pricked and felt uncomfortable, immediately seeping into the bandages themselves.
Those three words never entered his mind.
Never had someone say them to him.
his hands moved to the bandages, attempting to rub through them. Attempting to dry the tears that began to spill.
Tom could see his struggle, he wasn't sure if this was allowed or not, but he felt like Tord deserved a break from the bandages.
so he slowly found the beginning of the strip and slowly unwrapped it from around Tords head.
Tord didn't protest. Didn't move. Didn't open his eyes either. something inside told him not to.
so he just kept his eyes closed. Still, the tears came and fell, slowly. one by one. Tom had put the bandages aside, he examined Tord's face.the Slightly red skin that laid like a blanket on the bridge of his nose and under his closed eyes. His mouth was sealed shut as he held back hiccups from the tears.
Sad or happy ones?
Tom couldn't tell.
he simply placed his left hand to cup the left side of Tords face. He had kind of leaned into Toms hand. Letting himself softly cry into it as Toms thumb rubbed away some tears.
Eventually he couldn't take it. Tom had came closer for a hug, and despite the stupid gate being in the way Tord fell into it. His eyes remained shut. Not forcefully keeping closed but relaxed in a sense that he felt safe here in Toms arms as he ran his hands through Tords hair and cooed reassuring and affectionate words to him.
it was moments like these that made Tord think it Tom was worth it.
Tom, or, no one really knew this, besides himself, But Tord felt incomplete.
incomplete without knowing who his real parents were.
or why he was put up for adoption
or why his dads saw anything in him.
why anyone saw anything in him after the incident
why Edd and Matt trusted him.
maybe if he knew he'd believe compliments more often.
maybe he'd believe in himself more often.
but who was he kidding. He wants two people dead just because one is a threat and the other has the same love interest as him.
so really he was a horrible person.
but Tom made him think otherwise.
Tom made him feel love and happiness. Not the family of friend type,
but the sincere, tender type that let you know this person was ment for you.
Tord never found a person like that until now.
he longed to.
and now that he did.
he wasn't gonna let this Blue Bird fly away
or get taken away
he wasn't going to go down without a fight.
and if he did go down, he'd be sure to take whoever caused his downfall with him.
Tord doubted he had the ability to kill someone, though the thought of it still lingered in the back of his head.
of course, there was the consequences of the aftermath after you take away someone's life.
it would be a lot.
death.
haunting.
nightmares.
regret.
risks.
Tord knew he wouldn't go straight to murder, he wasn't heartless, it would all depend if all other plans backfire and the person truly deserved death.
and if Tord could bring himself to do it.
but if it came to murder being necessary to secure Tom in his heart,
would it be worth it?
yes.
it would be worth it.
it is worth it.
after all,
it was all,
For Him.
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Notes
exactly 2960 words yessss
here's some good news:
chapters will become longer, as I've realized thanks to a comment on something else that there is a 200 chapters limit
and uh
there's about 30 so far.
and I don't wanna have a "part 2 " thing
so
um
actually we're gonna compromise.
should I put smaller chapters, like the first few together
or just make longer chapters.
comment your thoughts on what I should do this is stressing me.
also, due to this. After 15K, special chapters will be mixed in with an already existing chapter. I hope that's ok.
ok
some interesting shit actually happened
so one I drew Torm again.
isn't he cute.
two, on my way to walmart, I saw this:
like
oh my god it's like 90 degrees out here and you wearing that how much are you being paid dude I spent an hour at Wal-Mart and your still here
there were arm holes and he/she (idk) didn't stick their arms through it.
like
the poor person was so tired they were walking slowly and only took about a meter walk back and forth, which is about 7-12 steps
this poor human
fanart YAY
my dumbass didnt scroll down but Tord had whispered "shut it Edd" after.
which is great
this lovely piece was done by our friend BBTheBird
I think it's funny.
isn't it funny?
so thanks BBTheBird
what the hell your name is saved in my keyboard
ThaNKs aUtOCorRecT
I've uploaded a picture of it before but it wasn't really much.
it's realll
I also have the purple sweater.
I have a kind of close cat shirt, but there's some weird tie dye thing with it.
the pants I could get anywhere and probably have.
the shoes however.
I do not have
uh
remember him?
yeah.
remember that red panel that made him appear like a demon because a cat asked what his name was?
yeah it's a riddle.
find out what he said.
I made it
here's a hint:
mirrored and otherswapped
you can find out the answer at 10k lol
remember! 15K won't be a usual special chapter in a way, it's gonna be a part 2 to 10K, which is part 1
let me explain
10k/part 1:
20 photos of me exploiting my old art
+The usual Q and A
+The usual bullshit talk I give
15k/part 2:
19 photos of me exploiting my old art
+ cover choice released. (needed that 20th photo for the big reveal wowowow)
+answer to the shitty riddle
+explanation of the shitty riddle
+The usual Q and A
+The usual bullshit talk I give.
I hope that answers any questions. feel free to ask anything about what I just said and I'll answer by replying to your comment, if you have a question for the Q and A you can ask here, or, more preferably, in "Makeshift Inbox" that I made.
shameless self promo I have an art book where I post random shit
check it out uhhh
it's pretty lame.
Thank you for reading and following the development of this Sotey!
cya next chapter!
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