Way too far (TomTord)

2. What is a friend?

PineappleBoi: Are you okay?

'How can I even answer to a question like that!?' Tord mentally panicked. He slowly started typing, his hands shaking.

N0RSK1: I'm sorry for being weird.

PineappleBoi: What are you talking about?

Tord screeched. "What's wrong with me!? I never panicked like this before!" He said to himself. He wanted to cry, but held it in.

N0RSK1: Sorry.

PineappleBoi: Why are you apologizing? You did nothing wrong

N0RSK1: I'm just..not used to people being nice to me so I panicked, I'm sorry

Tord placed the phone down and rested his head on his fluffy pillow, trying to calm down. Tom, on the other side, was confused. He didn't experience anyone acting like this ever before. He felt bad for the person.

He tried texting him again, but got no answer whatsoewer. Tom gave up and decided to do something else. Though, he couldn't get the person out of his mind. He didn't even know him! He didn't know his name, his appearance, his location. He only knew his age. But that couldn't help him find more about the person. And just texting him won't let him find more about him.

Or could it?

Tom's POV:

I tried to text him again after ten minutes. This time, I got an answer.

PineappleBoi: It's okay! Are you okay, though?          12 minutes ago

PineappleBoi: Hello??                                                            11 minutes ago

PineappleBoi: You still there?                                             10 minutes ago

PineappleBoi: Hey?

N0RSK1: Umm, hi.

PineappleBoi: Are you okay? Did I say someting wrong?

N0RSK1: No, you're fine. It's just me

I felt bad for the person. I decided to try and find out more about him. I was interested in them, for some reason. There was just something about them making me feel like...I wanted to know about them. There was something special.

PineappleBoi: Hey, what's your favourite colour?

I knew this was a really lame question, but I wasn't exactly good at striking up conversations and I thought it was a good start.

N0RSK1: I like pastel red..

PineappleBoi: Cool! I really like blue

N0RSK1: Now my turn to ask questions. Why do you wanna know?

I didn't expect that. And I was not ready for it either. 'Well sugar honey ice tea! What am I suppose to say to that?' I thought to myself.

PineappleBoi: I just want to get to know you better, I guess.

N0RSK1: Why? You should be glad you don't know me.

PineappleBoi: And why's that? You seem like a nice person.

N0RSK1: Says the one who compliments my story all the time and makes me feel like I actually do have a purpose in life!

This made me smile. I was happy that I made this person feel better about themselves. I almost instantly wanted to get to know them better!

PineappleBoi: Heh, I'm happy to hear that. You seem cool, wanna be friends?

Tord's POV:

...Friends?

I stared at the screen with disbelief. I couldn't believe my brown and blue eyes! I didn't even know what 'friends' really were. What was all that 'friendship stuff' about?

N0RSK1: Uhh, sure.?

PineappleBoi: You don't look so sure. It's okay if you say no

N0RSK1: Just that...... What is a friend, actually? I heard about it.

PineappleBoi: ...

I immediately regretted my question. I wanted to apologize when the reply appeared. I turned my attention to the words.

PineappleBoi: A friend is someone who cares about you, who is always there for you, somebody who listens to you when something's on your mind.

I stared at the text. But why? They don't even know me... Why would they care about me? And why would they listen to me ranting about how life can be unfair when all the cookies are gone? Why would someone want to be there for me?

N0RSK1: But why would you want to be friends?

PineappleBoi: Because you seem interesting and I want to know you more.

N0RSK1: ...Well, I guess? You seem interesting too.

PineappleBoi: So, friends?

I hesitated for a moment. Did I really want to do this? Did I really want to have a friend? What would my parents say? Would they be proud or mad? Do they know what a friend is?

...

N0RSK1: Sure.