Here's an idea I had involving Lincoln and Lori.

In the infamous Loud House, 9 sisters sat on the couch watching their favorite show. But the opening of the front door got their attention.

They looked to see their only brother, Lincoln Loud coming inside, clutching his side.

"Bro, are you okay?" asked Luna

Lincoln nodded.

"Yeah, just got hit is all." he answered

This shocked the sisters.

"WHAT?!" the sisters shouted as they circled Lincoln.

Lynn jr noticed where her brother's hand was placed on his body. She moved his arm and lifted his shirt to see a fresh bruise on his side.

Lynn released Lincoln shirt and grabbed him by his shirt collar.

"Who did this to you, Lincoln? Tell me so I can pummel them!" Lynn threatened

Lisa pushed up her glasses.

"I would also like to know who caused you physical harm. I'm in need of a new test subject." said the child prodigy

"For once, I think we all agree with Lisa using a human for her experiments." said Lisa with a monotone voice

"So spill the beans, Linc! Who had the stones to do this to you?" asked Luan

Lincoln began to scratch the back of his head.

"It was Ronnie Anne." he answered

The sisters looked at him with a confused expression.

"Why would she do that?" asked Lana

Lincoln gulped.

This is the part he was afraid of.

"Because I broke up with her." he answered

Every one of the sister's jaw dropped.

Lincoln found this as the right moment to explain himself before things get ugly.

"Let me explain! Why I broke up with her was completely justified!" he said with shaking voice.

The girls wanted to hear Lincoln's explanation.

"Fine, tell us. But be quick!" growled Lola

Lincoln cleared his throat.

"Well, me and Ronnie Anne have been together for almost five months now. And when we first started, she wanted to keep pulling pranks on me so nobody would think that she's gone soft. I was fine with this at first. The first few weeks involved Ronnie Anne's classic "Shoving Sloppy Joe's down my pants" or "Filling my lockers with trash" pranks. But then it startwd to get worse when she's began to insult me in front of everyone. Usually, Ronnie would talk about my teeth or white hair but recently, she's been going down to personal levels. And just last week, she kept on hitting my arm every chance she got."

"So that explains why you jerk your arm when any of us touches it." said Leni

Lincoln nodded.

"It didn't bother me at first until my arm really began to hurt. Then Ronnie started to trip me in the hallway every chance she got. Soon, I got tired of it all so earlier, I asked Ronnie Anne if she can tone it down some on me but she disagreed saying that she needs to keep up her reputation. That's when I knew that Ronnie Anne wasn't going to stop even if I asked nicely. It was clear that she cared more about her social status than our relationship. So I found it best that we split up. Ronnie...didn't take it to well."

"What did she do?" asked Luan with concern.

"She punched my side and pushed me to the ground before running away. Luckily, Clyde was there to help me up." Lincoln answered

The sisters began to process this information.

Lincoln was beginning to believe that they would say that he was in the wrong and should buy Ronnie a gold ring with a large, shiny diamond on its tip as an apology.

But...

"You did the right thing." said Lola

Lincoln was shocked. He then turned to Lola.

"Really?" he asked

The princess nodded.

"You broke up with Ronnie Anne in a kind way. She is in the wrong for hurting you for speaking your heart." said Lucy

"You stood up for yourself, I'm proud!" said Lynn as she punched Lincoln's left arm, making him wince in pain.

"Sorry." said Lynn

"Your relationship was very one-sided. Those tend to not end well." said Lisa

Lincoln smiled at his sister's support.

"What about Lori? Bobby will just break up with her when Ronnie Anne tells her." said Lucy

The sister's cringed at the thought of what Lori would do to Lincoln.

"Don't worry, I took care of it. I called Bobby right after Ronnie Anne left. I explained everything that had happened and he actually agreed with my reasons and said that he won't break up with Lori." Lincoln explained

The sister's sighed with relief.

"I'll tell Lori the news later. Now if you'll excuse me, I would like to go in my room and read comics." said Lincoln as he walked up the stairs

The sister's made their way back to the couch.

Lincoln made it up the staircase and headed for his room until he heard the front door slam open.

"Where is that twerp?" Lori questioned in an angry voice

Lincoln's heart dropped, his legs frozen with fear.

"Woah, Lori. What are you doing?" asked Luna

Sounds of multiple footsteps raced up the stairs.

The first one to enter the hallway was the oldest sibling of the Loud crowd, Lori.

She turned her head to see Lincoln standing in the hallway like a deer in headlights.

Her face was red with anger a long with mascara running down her cheeks.

The rest of the sisters were close behind Lori.

Lori began to walk towards Lincoln with an angered expression on her face while her brother wore a face of fear.

Lori finally stopped right in front of Lincoln.

"Why did you break Ronnie Anne's heart?" she growled

Lincoln's scared expression changed into confusion.

"What? Who told you that?" he asked

Lori pulled out her phone and pulled up her text messages.

"Bobby told me right before he broke up with me!" Lori cried

Lincoln looked at the text to see that Bobby told Lori that he said some very mean things to Ronnie Anne and rudely broke up with her before saying that they were finished.

"T-that's not what happened." said Lincoln

Leni walked up behind Lori to try and calm her down.

"Lori, it's not what you..."

Lori turned around to face Leni.

"Stay out of it!"

Leni quickly backed up.

Lincoln began to speak once more.

"No...I broke up with Ronnie Anne because she kept abusing me and refused to stop." said Lincoln

"That's not what Bobby texted me so don't bother lying! I'm disappointed in you, twerp! I thought I made sure that you would be a gentleman towards girls but it seems that you're one of those no good heartbreakers who have no respect for anyone or anything!" said Lori

Lincoln grew annoyed by Lori's accusations.

"I'm not a liar! Clyde was there the whole time, he'll tell you what happened!" shouted Lincoln who shrunk by Lori's glare

"Please, your friend can't come an inch towards me without getting a bloody nose." she answered

Lincoln knew she had a point.

Lori inched closer towards Lincoln's face.

"You're going to apologize to Ronnie Anne when you go back to school tomorrow. And not only face to face, but you're going to write her a sweet and detailed letter about how sorry you are and make her a fine dinner. Or else, do help me that your punishment will be worse than a human pretzel! Now go iron your khakis to wear tomorrow!" Lori then turned around and headed her her room.

Lincoln just stood there with a shocked expression. Even though he told her what really happened, Lori didn't believe him? And why did Bobby break up with Lori? He understood the reason why he broke up with his sister. Of course Lori doesn't take his side, why would she ever do that? It would ruin her ego most likely!

"No!" said Lincoln

The sisters jumped at Lincoln's response.

Lori stopped in her tracks and slowly turned around.

"What did you say?" Lori growled

For once, Lincoln didn't fear his sisters glare. The only thing he felt was anger.

"I said no. I won't do anything for her!" Lincoln answered

Lori slowly walked back towards Lincoln.

Normally, Lincoln would either cower or listen to the tiny voice in his head that's telling him to run.

But not this time.

Lori was once again face to face with her brother.

"What I did was completely justified. I don't know why Bobby told you that I said those things to Ronnie Anne and broke up with you but I can assure you that I'm innocent. I'm sorry that you're too hardheaded to listen."

The sister's gasped.

Lori seemed offended.

"Excuse me?" she hissed

But Lincoln wasn't backing down.

"It's not surprising that you won't listen to my side of the story. I mean, I guess you just can't accept that I'm right for once. Or you just don't like the idea that you can be wrong for once." said Lincoln

"I do what's best for you!" yelled Lori

Lincoln struggled to not laugh.

"Since when have you ever cared about what's best for me? You think you know what's best for me but you really don't! You never cared about what I wanted only what you want. But I guess it makes since because you're the oldest, right? Like how you make us do stupid stuff for you just so you can drive us to places? We almost had Leni driving but you managed to mess that up big time!"

"Shut your mouth!" Lori hissed

"No, I will not shut my mouth. I'm tired of being your footstool, both literally and metaphorically! And it's not surprising that you automatically take Bobby's side all because I broke up with Ronnie Anne."

Lori grabbed Lincoln's shoulders.

"YOU BROKE HER HEART!" she screamed

"I WAS DEFENDING MYSELF! You would know that if you actually listened. But is that you would rather listen to some guy who you barley knew for only a few years instead of your only brother who you've known since he was born! It shows how much you really care about me and what I think. Oh, wait...you don't care about what I think or say because it's not unusual where you shoot down everything I say because you think that you know better!" Lincoln yelled

Lori just shook her head as she released her grip on the boy's shoulders.

"You're writing that note. That's final." said Lori as she stormed off. But Lincoln wasn't finished yet.

"I feel sorry for Bobby." said Lincoln

Lori stopped in her tracks once more this time without turning her head.

"What?" she asked

"I said that I feel sorry for Bobby because he had to wasted his time with someone like you!" he said

The sister's in the stairs covered their mouths. Lynn managed to stop herself at the last second from yelling "Burn!".

Lori made her third trip back in front of her brother.

"Take that back!" said Lori

"I won't! Honestly, I'm surprised that Bobby never saw how you really are. Then he would've made the better choice of dating Caro..."

SLAP!

Lincoln fell to the ground with his hands on his face.

All the sister's on the stairs made a loud gasp.

Lori looked down to see her brother on the ground.

She began to wonder why he was suddenly on the ground. First he was standing up and then there was a flash of light and now he's like this.

Lori's confusion was interrupted by the stinging sensation on her right hand.

Lori looked to see that she had recently moved it without her knowledge.

She inspected her hand to see that it was red.

"What the?" Lori asked herself before looking at her sisters to see that each of them looked at Lori with shock.

The eldest sister looked back at her red, stinging hand hand her brother with his hands on one side of his face. Lori saw his body shaking.

She then placed two and two together.

"Oh, no!" said Lori

Lori realized that she just physically harmed one of her siblings. It shocked her because she has never struck any of her siblings with her fists(besides the Sister Fight Protocol but the Loud's no longer want to speak about that...and also that time she beat Lynn with a loaf of bread).

Lori Loud immediately felt guilt, she always promised herself that she would never in her life, ever strike any of her siblings but...

"Lincoln?" asked Lori

But Lincoln didn't hear Lori call his name because he was to distracted by the widespread pain on the side of his face. The Loud Brother had a mixture of shock and a new type of anger. Anger more extreme than the one he had a few minutes ago.

Lincoln felt hot tears forming under his eyelids. No! He wasn't going to cry. Not in front of her! He will not look weak.

"Linky, are you okay?" asked Lori as she reached out towards her brother.

Lincoln felt a hand touch his shoulder which he recognized to be Lori's.

In a fit of blind rage, Lincoln quickly slapped Lori's hand off of his shoulder and sat up in front of her. His eyes red and swollen with tears, the side of his face red from that slap.

Lincoln then yelled something that he thought that would never come out of his mouth when speaking to his any sister's.

"I HATE YOU!"

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Silence filled the hallway.

Lincoln quickly got up from the ground and ran into his room, slamming the door behind him.

The Loud sister's mouths hung open.

Sure, Lincoln and Lori had arguments in the past but none as ever ended with one of them speaking that dreaded "H" word.

They all looked towards Lori who was currently on her knees with her mouth also open in shock.

The sudden silence was broken by the sound of Luna's voice.

"Lori, are you okay dude?" the rocker asked

Without answering, Lori got up and ran to her room and slammed the door as well. Something inside of Lori felt like it broke into a million of pieces.

Lori clutched her chest as she landed on her bed. Fresh tears began to fall out of her eyes.

Lori got under her blanket and placed one of her pillows over her head.

"He...hates me?" Lori asked herself as she began to sob quietly.

Lincoln Loud stood in front of his bedroom door. His body still shaking and his face still in pain. But that's not what was bothering him. The words that came out of his mouth is the culprit. Lincoln has always said the same form of sentence to Lori except the word "Hate" is replaced by its opposite. A word that starts with a capital "L".

Lincoln leaned his back against the door and slid down to the floor.

He hugged his legs and began to cry quietly.

Lori and Lincoln Loud had their fair share of disagreements in the past but they all ended on a happy note. But for once, the two have something in common...

Both of their hearts are broken.

The rest of the Loud sister's stood in the hallway, still shocked at what just happened.

"Uh, oh." said Lily

So this is the first chapter of my new story called "Shattered Hearts".

And before anyone comments saying that Lori and Carol are now friends, I already know that. But this is an AU where "Selfie Improvement" either didn't happen yet or won't happen ever.