Tord found himself in a dark abyss. He wasn't falling, at least, he didn't think so.

He looked around. nothing.

nothing but darkness.

he felt something in his throat. something that needed to come out.

the word forced its way onto his lips.

The word.
The name.

"Thomas!" he called, to the darkness.

he felt fear. Where was Tom?

"Thomas!" he called again.

but nobody came.

he began to panic, he scurried around, in search of something, his legs were moving but was he getting anywhere?

he ran into himself.

He looked at this clone.
he saw him smile.

Tord was...confused.
"who are you?" he demanded.

no response.
he tried to run to the figure but he could not move, his legs stuck in place.

To his left he saw...
"Thomas!" he screamed .

"Tom! Where are we?" he called out to his friend. His arm out, waiting for tom to pull him out of this mess.

But tom didnt.
tom didn't save him

he didnt even see him.

Tord lowered his arm.

"Tom?" he said, in a low worried tone .

he saw a bridge appear behind Tom.

he said nothing.

a figure began to appear to walk on the bridge.

"Thomas behind you!" he warned. he tried to run, but once again, could not, as the figure approached , Tord tried to pull out his leg with his arm.

Then his wrists where chained to the ground.

His heart pumped.

"tom run!" he yelled.

nothing.

" Run! fucking go dammit! " he screamed at the unresponsive boy.

as the tears began to rise the bridge began to fall.

and he saw a glimpse of his clone cutting down the bridge while the figure was on it.

Tord didnt understand.

"Whats going on here?"

he felt a hand grab his shoulder and force him to look behind him.

It was Tom.

"Thomas-"

"How could you?" Tom pointed a finger

" What? "

"How could you do that?"

Tord didnt understand.

he didnt understand
he didnt know
he didnt know

he wouldn't know...

not
yet.

Tord reached for Tom.

"Stay away from me!" Tom shoved him

Tord didnt understand
he didn't know
he didn't know
he didnt know

she...
she knows.

he looked behind him

there she is.

she knows Tord.

She Knows.

And he watched "The incident." replay infront of his eyes.

he watched.
he watched.
he watched.

until.

he saw.

~

He woke up sweating. His heart raced.

He felt the massive headache.He reached to hold his head as the tears fell.

when did?
when did he start crying?

His wrists felt fuzzy

he shook away the fuzzies.

he looked at his hands.
And thats what he saw.

his hands.

No big deal.

he was on his bed, laying down, letting his tears drown the covers.Soak them. Wash them.

What started this?

He pulled up the covers. hid under them.
cried under them.

is he okay?

after recollection and 5 minutes to force himself up, his legs rubbery from being asleep and having thought he was paralyzed in a dream.

it,it was a dream right?

he walked to the bathroom. He put the plug in the sink and turned on the cold water.

His face felt hot. He saw his tired eyes in the mirror. He saw those grey eyes. He saw a mistake.

His eyes stung a bit, something flashed in them for a split second, thats when the stinging got worse.

he rubbed his eyes.

he stopped the faucet.

He tied back his hair and

stuck his face in the water.

'what.'
'wha-'
'what are you doing.' he questioned himself

he didn't even remember.
he took his face out of the water and went on a involuntary coughing spree. choking on water he accidentally let in his mouth.

he didnt mind his clogged windpipe.

he hoped it killed him.

for a few moments he sat laying on the carpet, curling up and hugging himself.

He hated the dream.
what did it mean?
he didn't know.
he didn't care.
he just wanted to forget.
forget 'the incident'

forget himself.

He sniffed and rubbed his eyes. He felt empty.

He slowly got up to go to the fridge, where he took the carton of milk and grabbed a random box of cereal.

after "making " breakfast he walked in his room. He figured he would stay home and rest. He checked his phone

Notifications

Thomas sent a video

He blinked, and slowly went to see the video.

Recording 314_20XX_213764

"Shhhh"

"Big brother is tired."

Tord recognized the voice as Asha.

"Tordy look." she giggled . "Tommy likes the bear."

muffles from tom erupted in a small complaining tone.

"Turn off the lightsss" he whined, snuggling into his pillow.

"Okay Tommy. Say goodbye to Tordy."

" Goodbye---"
"wait.... "
" 'Tordy?' "

Asha squealed and ran off down the hall, the camera showing her barefoot and running across the hardwood floor.

"Asha what did you doooooo????" Tom called, still in bed.

Asha smiled. "Nothing."

tom didnt argue. He went back to bed.

Asha sighed. "Bye Bye Tordy."

End of Recording 314_20XX_213764

Tord smiled at the recording. He could tell Asha sent it and Tom hasnt found out.

It made him feel all warm and fuzzy to know Tom liked the bear so much he slept with it.

Tom was cute when he slept. Tord had to admit. Cuter when he was tired.

Tord felt happier. The nightmare behind him, almost.

He didn't know what brought it.
he didnt know.

but he knew Tom would never say such things to him.

He knew Tom cared about him.

if only he could care for himself.

~with Tom.~

He woke up and with sluggish attitude, walked to the kitchen.

Asha was already awake, she passed a container of food to him.

"so are you gonna go to school on a Saturday to give this to Tord." she smiled .

Tom huffed. "I forgot it was a Friday." he stuck his tounge out.

" I know why you forgot. "

"Why?" Tom began to heat up some food from last nights dinner.

"You were too focused on Tordddyyyy." she teased.

" Shut up Ashes. " he spat.

She shrugged and walked off, not retaliating because she already got him with that recording she sent to Tord.

Ringo is cute

members: MattTheMagnificent, EddHead, DevilBoi, BlueBird

DevilBoi: when did you change the gc name

EddHead: Right now.

MattTheMagnificent sent a photo.

The photo was a selfie of him with a purple mug captioned: "You wouldn't like me before my coffee. "

DevilBoi: Thats so weird. because I dont like you at any time.

EddHead: Tord be nice. Plus, Matt  you dont even know how to make coffee.

MattTheMagnificent: Its milk :(

BlueBird: How does Laddi feel about the honey

MattTheMagnificent Sent a photo

The photo was of Laddi eating toast with honey spread on it. To her left, a mug with a yellow heart, Laddi giving a thumbs up.

BlueBird: Nice to know shes using it.

Tord sat on the floor of his room, cereal finished, mind fucked.

'Am I happy or am I having a crisis.' he thought.

EddHead: what are you guys doing for the weekend.

DevilBoi: Staying in my house.

EddHead: Come visit Ringo. Maybe watch a movie too.

DevilBoi: Im too tired. Im staying home.

EddHead: Fine. Matt?

MattTheMagnificent: Sure!

BlueBird: have a fun time.

EddHead: Where are you going Tom?

BlueBird: Back to my room.Asha did something and I don't know what.

Tord smiled, but he secretly hoped Tom wouldn't try to send his contact a message.

He jinxed it.

Thomas: Tord Ashas been giggling this whole morning and I-

Tom looked at the sent file.
He watched it.

Thomas: brb.

"ASHA YOU RAT."  he screamed as he dropped his phone on his bed and ran.

Asha was watching tv with Soke when Tom pounced on her and slung her over his shoulder.

several screeches and complaints as Tom held her still.Asha reached out a hand.

"Sokeeeee helppp me." she whined .

Soke did nothing.

"You said my nose was stubby."

Asha glared at him. "Are you kidding -"

" No talking. " Tom patted her back.

"I bite too." she hissed.

" I know. "

Tom placed her in her room. Put a sign that said. "I did bad." on her door.

Tom walked off to go deal with Tord.

Thomas: Back.

Tord: K.

Thomas: Sorry about that. Asha is a brat.

Tord: It was funny though.

Thomas: Uh huh.

Tord was bored. 1 PM and he was at home.
and he was gonna be there for the whole day.

he tried to mess with his robots, he did for most of the time, like when he made the crank lamp power the coin picking up robot by connecting similar cables to the same port.

but it wasn't fun.

Then his phone buzzed.

he looked at it. smiled.

he  got up to get a sweater.

~ with Tom~

he had released Asha from her den. She had immediately ran to the bathroom.

'Opps' Tom chuckled.

Now she seemed impatient, she walked around the living room against sokes comments for her to sit down.

it was2:11PM and Tom watched tv from behind the couch until a knock on the door disrupted him and Ashas train of thought.

he went to answer and right when he opened the door he saw Tord.

Asha hid behind the opened door.

"Tord?" Tom gave a puzzled look. " What are you doing here? "

Tord held up his phone screen.

Thomas: Tor this ss Ashaaa im board. come overrr 🐢☺

Tom winced at the spelling.

"Thats definitely Asha."

Tord nodded.

"Im a better texter than that." Tom sighed as he let Tord in.

Asha stood in astonishment.
Tom went and sat on the couch with Soke
"I seriously need to put a password on that phone-" he muttered .

"so your just gonna let me in like that?" Tord gave an amused look.

" Your not a stranger so sure. and im still tired so I dont care right now. " Tom did have little lines under his eyes.

Tord came because his mind kept going to the stupid dream from earlier and he wanted to get occupied with something else.

also because Asha sent him that recording. he had to repay her.

he looked at her. She was starring at him up and down.

"Your taller than Tom!" she screeched.

" Of course im taller than Tom." Tord chuckled with a proud smile.

Tom stuck his tounge out at Tord.

"Hes probably taller than Namki." Tom called.

Soke took no notice of Tord sitting infront of the couch with socks. Asha sat behind him and messed with the hair horns.

"No matter how hard you try, they wont stay down Ash. " Tord had been sitting there still as Asha kept trying to push down his horns.

"Then im not trying hard enough." she grunted . Holding down the horns. But her hand slipped and they went back up. She groaned and fell back into the couch.

Tom watched the whole thing seeing it more interesting than whatever was on TV.

"I wish you worked this hard on your homework." Tom sighed

"I do!"

" Uh huh, and im the President. Go get your folder. " Tom looked at her unamused.

Asha whined. Tom just looked at her with a  blank expression. she went to her room and returned with a purple folder.

Tord put his hand out, her eyes widened in surprise. she silently gave him the folder.

"Ew fractions."  Tord stuck his tounge out at the worksheet before him.

"See! Tord doesn't even like them!" Asha whined.

" Your a terrible influence. " Tom sighed.

Tord got up and and waved Asha to follow him, Tom watched from the couch.

He went to the kitchen island and sat down, He noticed Ashas struggling to get on a stool, she wasn't used to doing it, plus they were high. So Tord hopped off to help her up.

The kitchen wasn't walled off, it was open and diagonal to the living room, so Tom had a perfect view of everything, he smiled.

"Okay." Tord grabbed an apple.

" Thomas where are the knives? " Tord called.

"Fifth drawer to the stove." Tom pointed with a lazy finger.

Tord reached and grabbed the smallest one. He went back to his seat.

"Okay, what is this?" Tord asked.

"an apple." Asha gave a questioning , unamused look.

"Duh." Tord smiled. " did I cut the apple yet? "

"No."

" so its a what? "

"A whole." Asha sat up straighter. Appearing interested and finally ready to take in some information .

"Right." Tord took the knife and cut the apple in half. Both sides fell down and rocked back and forth.

"What is it now?"

"A sliced apple."

" Very funny, its half. " Tord rolled his eyes.

Tord cut one of the halves into half again. He held up one of the small wedges.

"This is one fourth, or, a quarter."

" four quarters make a dollar, like four slices make that apple? "

Tord beamed "Yes yes yes!" He startled Asha as she backed up in her chair. Both starred at each other until they broke out laughing .

Tom loved it.
he didnt know what about it.
but he loved it.

from the redness of Ashas cheeks from laughing

To the laugh of a genuinely happy Tord.

Tom took a nap on the couch, when he woke up, Asha was walking away with her folder, she seemed content. Tord with a proud look as he went over to Soke and ruffled his hair. Soke appreciated the action and began to tug on Tord's black sweater non-stop. Tord thought he acted like a cat kneeding into a carpet.

around 6PM, after watching home alone 2 Tord got up and decided he'd leave.Asha gave him the container from yesterday.

"What are you gonna do tomorrow Tord?" she asked.

he shrugged " Stay home, I have nothing to do. "

"namki wants to meet you."

" Whos Namki? "

Asha hesitated a response. "she takes care of us." She seemed distant.

Tord thought thats what parents do, but he supposed she was an aunt and their parents were away so he didnt push for an explanation.

Asha's face brightened. "You could help Tommy and Namki in her shop!" she smiled .

"She has a shop?" Tord was impressed.

" Tea shack. " Tom called. He got up from the couch and walked over. "Its pretty small. She sells plants and tea bags. Also brewed tea or sweets. all that Nature-Plants-Herbs stuff."

Tom sighed. "You can come help out if you want, you dont have to-"

"Gladly."  Tord looked Tom in the ' eye'. He really didnt want to be left alone with his own thoughts.

"If you say so." Tom yawned. "I usually go at 8AM but Ill ask Nams to let me go at 9  for you." Tom thought of how Namki would bug him about bringing up Tord again, but he figured she might be distracted by the fact that shes gonna meet him.

"Cool." Tord went for the door handle . Asha ran to his leg and hugged it.

"come back later for my multiplication homework." she begged

Tord smiled. "I dont play with satanic teachings." He patted her head and left.

Asha whined, obviously upset.

Tom sighed "Ill text Laddi to come watch you tomorrow."

He gave a small smile as Asha and soke cheered.

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