𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 | 𝙚𝙙𝙙𝙨𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨

“you can’t leave! i-i-i had plans for us today! just us, tord..” edd says, as he approaches his best friend. tord scoffed, and edd’s eyes went wide with sadness. “you’re nothing but a slowdown for me, edd. being friends with you will only keep my away from my bigger picture..” tord said, as his words stung not only edd’s heart, but his own, too.

tom and matt, who had already said their goodbyes, stood behind edd at a distance and watched the horror of edd’s pent up anger unfold. the distraught boy in the center of the living room let out shaken sobs, clenching his fists so hard that his fingernails dug into the soft skin of his hands. “look, edd.. i should really go wait outside-“

“YOU PROMISED YOU WOULDN’T LEAVE AGAIN!” edd yelled suddenly, punching tord in the arm harshly. the brunette puffed air heavily as he continued to punch the man in front of him. tord felt a hot tear roll down his cheek, as he brought out his arms and engulfed edd in a hug that brought the arms of an aggressive boy down to his sides.

edd continued to yell, matt trying to reach out to edd as he screamed bloody murder. the brunette boy brought his arms up the best he could and knocked the breath out of tord, clenching the red hoodie while trying to scratch the person underneath it as well.

“LET! ME! GO!” edd screamed. he only cried harder when he heard the sound of a taxi horn honking outside of the home. tord let go, and edd collapsed to the floor. matt and tom immediately rushed over to edd. it was like a mother seeing a wounded child.

“goodbye friends…” tord said, as he closed the door shut. edd tried to helplessly crawl to the front door, but was dragged back by a motherly voice. it was matt, hushing edd so that he wouldn’t hurt his throat.

the rest of the week, matt and tom monitored edd. they made sure he ate, drank something other than cola, and he certainly wasn’t going to be left out of their sight. tom watched in horror as edd tried to pack his own bags to go find tord. tom had to listen to his best friend cry and wail because, “tord needs me!”

…

during breakfast one day, matt was setting edd’s plate of breakfast down on the table. it was matt’s famous pancakes, some bacon, and a glass of milk. edd immediately put his head down on the table, and matt frowned. then the phone rang. matt went to go pick it up.

the ginger’s face went a pale white when he heard who picked up the phone. his nimble fingers held the house phone close to edd, and said “edd.. it’s for you…” the brunette sighed softly and his nose started to burn like he was going to cry.

“gold residence.. who am i speaking-“ edd said, before he was cut short from tears. matt heard the tiny plop of the tear hitting edd’s plate from how silent the room was. tom watched from the doorway, frowning at his friend, crying over a pathetic whelp.

a voice rang in edd’s ears as the crying stopped. the poor boy in a kitchen chair let out a breathy laugh.

“edd.. it’s me… tord.”