~Red Army Base~

Pat carefully walked up to the leaders quarters. Two stand by guards simply nodded at him, knowing his position he was a trusted soldier with access to rooms and files no one else was.

He walked down the hallway and knocked at the tall double doors.

Tori stood by a drawer, examining a small scrap of paper, when she heard the knock. she quickly dropped it into the opened drawer and closed it.

"Enter." She said, now looking at a frame on top of the drawer.

Pat entered slowly, and quietly.

"Permission to speak Miss?" he asked, hands behind his back.

she looked at him, he noticed a dent in her usual straight, determined persona.

  She walked over to her desk, leaving the frame in perfect view.

It was a small picture of her, looking peaceful. There were red roses all over. in her hair to growing over her shoulders, she was looking down at something. A fond look plastered on her face. The picture looked incomplete, not just because there was a frayed corner that revealed it was torn, but because of the overall stance she had.

"Granted. "

pat blinked back into reality, he scratched his wrist.

"I wanted to ask you about what happened earlier..."

The woman in uniform tensed.

"What about it?" she growled.

pat immediately looked up, his eyes showed fear and concern.

"Did I do something to displease you?" he asked, a hint of sadness .

Tori frowned, she looked pat in the eye.

she smiled.

"You could never displease me."

" then what-"

"dismissed."

pat dropped his gaze, low and disappointed

"Yes ma'am." He whispered .

and he walked out the door, unable to see the hole Tori punched into the wall.

~Toms house ~

Tord woke up from his spot on the floor, He panicked as to why he couldn't seem to open his eyes, and that's when he remembered his problem.

'blind...Right.'

He sat up, yawned. He felt around his left, it was empty, so he guessed Soke was up. Which ment Asha could be aswell. An empty-feeling bed gave him confirmation.

He had gone to bed with the usual knee shorts and whatever shirt he had on. But he instantly regretted pulling off the blanket because damn this room was cold.

Ashas room, to be precise.

He remembered Soke and Asha taking off the hoodies, they said it would get too hot if they slept with it on, the temperatures of this house made no sense, but that was above Tords concern. He was cold as shit. and didn't want to become a popsicle.

He felt around until he felt the familiar fabric of a hoodie, when he pulled it on, something about it seemed different.

Tord sniffed.

the smell

Well, that made sense, considering Asha wore it.

when no one paid attention, out of boredom, Tord had made up a game for himself to know everyone's scent, it was weird, even for him. But it was a nice advantage. Plus, he's bored.

Ashas scent was gentle and sweet, very cheerful.
Sokes was strong, sweet. And for some reason, minty.
Namki smelled of lilacs and cinnamon.

and Tom...
He hasn't gotten the hang of Tom.
He would only get scents when he was close.
standing by Namkis side yesterday, he got hers, it was hard considering a bunch of other smells where going on, so he'd have to confirm hers.
And sleeping by soke, he got his.
He got Ashas because he was in her room.

and He still hasn't gotten by Tom without being preoccupied with other matters, such as a phone call.

Tord coughed, and stood up carefully.

He walked over slowly to the doorway, he thought of his mental map of the house he had been building for the few hours he's been here. He paid closer attention to everything's place more than he would if he had his sight. Tom had joked about moving furniture to bother him, but Tord promised him a push in the garden if he ever did.

Tord slowly made his way down the hallway to his right, behind him was Toms room, to his left, bathroom, and a few steps behind him to his right, Ashas room.

Sokes was on the other side of the house, with the kids play room and another bathroom, upstairs, he only knew of an open space and Namkis room, and of course, her bathroom.

this house was abnormally large, Edd and Matt lived in a townhouse, himself, a slightly budgeted complex with decent space. But he's never been in something like this.

He heard a small giggle far in front of him, he guessed the kitchen island or the dinner table. something smelled like bananas. He could hear faint sizzles, Namki is cooking.

But what he couldn't see, was Tom blushing while looking in his direction from the couch.

"Tord must I say you look stunning in blue." Namki teased.

'blue?'

"I'm not wearing- "

click.

"Oh." Tord mumbled .

He shrugged and walked off to where he heard the giggling.

"and your just gonna walk around with it on?" Tom called, flustered.

  Tord tilted his head. "I don't see why not."

" You don't see at all. " Tom frowned.

Tord stuck his tounge out. "stop making blind jokes."

"mere truth."

Tord groaned. "Time?"

" Too early for bickering. Tom come eat breakfast. " Namki said, placing two plates down next to each other by Asha and Soke on the kitchen island.

"Help Tord eat his while your at it."

Tord pouted. "I am blind, not a baby."

  Tom chuckled." your a blind baby that's what. "

Namki sighed and took her car keys, the jingle of them alerted Tord.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

Namki paused. "it's 8:30, I've got a shop to run."

" Tom you'll go out to get the prescription medicine at 3 right? " she continued.

Tom nodded "Right, would do earlier if the pharmacy opened at 12." he scoffed, remembering how Soke had gotten terribly sick once and they couldn't get the medicine until 2.

Tom held grudges.

Tom cut and ate a piece of pancake, he held the fork up to his left for Tord to eat, while multitasking and cleaning up berry juice from Asha's mouth to his right. He frowned when Tord jerked the fork in his own hand to feed himself. "I'll call Laddi to come babysit these three while I'm out."

"I don't need a babysitter." Tord frowned.

"You aren't even capable of dressing yourself correctly."

with that, Tord kept to himself and Namki walked out.

after the kids washed their plates and ran off to play, Tord spoke up.

"Why are you being mean to me lately?" he whined.

Tom froze.

"Did I do something wrong Tom? Tord frowned.

Tom ruffled Tords hair. "I'm sorry, I've just been upset over something lately."

" I guess I paid less attention to what I said. "

Tord shook his head away from Toms hand.

"Over what?"

Tom hummed, remembering what happened in the bathroom, it made him jealous a bit. But he's lived with it for several years now, he had to stop giving out weak spots.

Tom took in a breath. "Tord, you see im-"

A basket of something fell in the playroom, the kids immediately screamed sorry and now seemed to be cleaning it up.

Tom sighed and just let it slide.

Tom placed a hand over Tords right.
"Do you want me to stop?"

dazed by the sudden contact. Tord didn't say anything, seemed deep in thought actually.

"I want to get even."

Tom have a confused look.
"How...?"

" Tord please don't, you know I care about you and your health-don't do this. "

Tord ignored Toms pleads as he wrapped an extra bandage around Toms eyes.

"Don't try to back me out of this."

Tom groaned in defeat.

"How long?"

Tord hummed, letting Tom stand up, now both of them were blind, and stupid.

"1 Hour."

" What?! "

Tord crossed his arms. "You heard me."

" But it's itchy! "

"Yeah."

" It feels uncomfortable!"

"totally."

"And you covered my ears! " Tom scratched where the bandage wrapped over his ears, pushing them to his head.

"You don't have yours covered!"

"No that's for eavesdropping on my singing."

Tom whined again.

"come on Torddd. What happened to the moment we had in the hospital?"

Tord scoffed. " what moment. "

Tom growled. "Oh don't you pull that shit on me-"

" language."

Tom groaned.

In an attempt to storm off, Tom tripped over the carpet and fell face first.

Tord slowly walked out from the bathroom by Toms room and leaned on the left side of the doorway, arms still crossed.

He heard the annoyed murmurs of pain from the ground.

"Damn I wish I could see this."

Tom mumbled something into the carpet.

"Don't be so mad. At least your eyes are protected." Tord chuckled.

Tom forced himself to sit on his knees and 'looked' back at Tord.

"I could take off these bandages and you wouldn't even know it." He hissed.

" uh-huh. Good luck finding where I tucked in the bandage. "

"you little-"

" Tom! " Asha whined, running over.
Soke came by as well, he sat next to Asha on the floor as she held Toms face between her hands.

"What happened to you??!"

Tord came over and sat himself down on Toms left side.

"Kids, Toms got a bad case of the meanies," Tord shook his head sadly.

" so that means he's being a real jerk and doesn't deserve help."

Tom frowned. " You dirty liar. "

Tord shook his head and directed his left hand to point at Tom.

"see what I mean?"

The kids nodded, but knowing no one could see it, they said yes and ignored Tom to go play.

Tom huffed and remained in his spot.

Tord sighed and patted Toms shoulder.

"You know I'm just kidding. I made it loose so you can skip it over your head." He said, in a soft tone.

Tom sighed and took off the thing, now looking at Tord sitting down in front of him.

"Come on, let's go out to the garden in the back. Maybe you could sniff the flowers."

Tord smiled. "Secret gardennnn~"

Tom shook his head playfully  and put his hand in front of him to get up, But Tord immediately pushed him back down with his hand.

"wait."

and Tom shivered as Tord sniffed his neck.

It lasted for a couple of seconds, with Toms mental state going haywire. And Tord baking up and saying one word.

"Roses."

Tom coughed out a quiet and flustered "what?"

Tord shrugged and stood up.

"You smell like Roses. "

Now walking away after his true revenge, Tord went over to where he believed the backyard door was.

"Hurry up. I want out."

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Notes
short chapter because I suck

have this as an apology:

i drew them as innocent children

also the music wouldn't match what comes after

also I might reuse this music.

Fridays special chapter will upload sometime in the afternoon, today I'm impatiently waiting for s7 of voltron, Whos staying up till 3AM with me?

I also have to collect the 20 old sketches today since I'm at home, and tomorrow/today I'll put together the special chapter

remember you can ask questions!
no one has tried to decipher the message on my hiatus notice, is it too confusing?

here's another hint:
every other is a mirrored switch.

ok

OH

here's a note
Tori here is not known as a genderbent.
neither is Ell.

both are older than Edd and Tord

That's it.
-Karen Smith

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