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Thomas:
"What the SHUCK are you doing?"
Thomas broke away from Newt and stared at Minho. Shuck, shuck, shuck, shuck, shuck. "Um- we- it's- Minho-just listen" he rambled, no real intentions behind his words. This was NOT how he wanted Minho to find out.
Minho just stared, his expression showed extreme confusion. He shook his head and took a step back. "I was just going to get Harriet some candy" he said. "I couldn't find you guys so I came looking for you."
Thomas tried to form words, but his mouth forgot how to function. Newt spoke up instead. "Well you bloody found us."
Minho looked like he hadn't heard Newt. Thomas would sell his soul to know what Minho was thinking right now, but his expression revealed nothing. The tension in the air made Thomas want to dissolve into nothingness.
"I should get back to Harriet" Minho finally mumbled as he turned and left.
Thomas turned to Newt, who looked as upset as Thomas. "Tommy- I'm sorry. I know you didn't want to tell him yet."
Suddenly anger filled Thomas, why should he have to hide the from Minho? What kind of reaction was that? He turned and punched the wall. He was breathing hard and he thought about punching it again, but then he felt Newt's hands on his shoulders. "Tommy, calm down" he said kindly.
Thomas took a deep breath and told himself to calm down. "Lets get back to the movie" he said, and he walked back to the theater.
Newt:
The rest of the movie was, needless to say, the single most awkward experience in the history of the earth. As soon as it was over Teresa pulled Newt aside and whispered. "What the shuck is going on? Minho and Thomas look like they're guna kill each other" she said.
He sighed and whispered "Minho saw me and Thomas making out in the hallway."
Teresa's made an unpleasant face and said "you shouldn't have been making out in the hallway."
"Well gee Teresa, that thought has never occurred to me" he said. They walked out of the theater, Minho and Thomas silent and the other girls whispering, clearly annoyed by the boys behavior.
They stood there awkwardly in the parking lot, with nothing much to do other than say see ya, sorry for this awkward date now please don't kill each other.
"Well that was... fun" Jane said. "We'll see you later" and her and the other girls walked off to their car.
Newt glanced between Thomas and Minho, who were avoiding each other's eyes. "Well are we going to bloody stand here all day?" Newt said.
With out saying a word they all got into Minho's car. Silence filled the air and Newt wanted nothing more than to break it and say something, anything, that would make this better for Thomas, but he had no idea what to say. Silence was a really weird reaction to seeing your best friend making out with a guy.
Eventually, Thomas seemed to explode. He let out a strangled yell and smacked the dash board. "Shuck Minho! Would you just say something!" he yelled.
Minho just stared at the road and kept driving, but Thomas didn't stop. "You're supposed to be my best friend!"
"Really?" Minho said, his voice calm, but anger was fueling it. "Because you didn't feel the need to tell me you're gay."
"I'm not gay! Shuck, why does everyone assume that? And I didn't tell you about Newt because I knew you'd react like this!" he said. Newt felt incredibly out of place right now, he wanted to sink back into his seat and disappear, this should have been a private conversation between friends.
"React like what? Has it occurred to you I'm more pissed you didn't think you could tell me than I am that you're dating a guy?" Minho said. "I mean shuck Thomas, I was surprised to see you sucking face with Newt, but come on you're my friend." Minho sighed dramatically before continuing. "I just wish you thought you could trust me" he mumbled.
Newt glanced at Thomas, his expression was filled with guilt. "I'm sorry" Thomas mumbled.
Silence filled the car once again, and Newt took the opportunity to speak up. "Look Minho, Tommy was just nervous. You can't be mad at him for that, it's hard for people to come out to their friends. So you two need to get the bloody hell over it, right now" he announced, but then he thought he might have over stepped so he added "uh... good that?"
There was yet another awkward silence, but eventually they both mumbled "good that."
They pulled into Newt's driveway and Newt said something that was probably stupid. "Do you guys wanna come in and hang out?"
Surprisingly, Minho said "yea, sounds good."
So they went inside and sat on the couch to watch the game, Thomas holding Newt's hand and Minho and Thomas commenting each and every play of the game. It was awkward at first, and a little forced, but eventually they fell into something that was almost normal.
Towards the end of the game, Thomas leaned over and whispered into Newt's ear "Thank you."
Thomas:
Thomas sat on the couch, Newt's head resting on his shoulder. He glanced down at their interlaced finger and rubbed his thumb back and forth on the back of Newt's hand. It was getting kind of late, so Minho had already left and Newt had fallen asleep. Thomas couldn't help but stare at Newt, he looked ridiculously adorable. He took in Newt's every feature. The slope of his nose, his beautiful eyelashes, the way his chest rose and fell with every breath. He leaned over and kissed Newt lightly on the forehead.
"So you are Newtie's boyfriend" a small voice said from behind Thomas. He turned to see Newt's sister standing there clutching a teddy-bear.
Thomas smiled. "Yea, I am" he said.
She smiled and hugged her teddy. "Good" she said "I like you."
"I like you too" Thomas said. He checked his watch, "it's kind of late, shouldn't you be asleep?"
"Newt normally reads me a story before bed" she said.
Thomas glanced at Newt, he looked way too peaceful to wake up and he slipped his hand from Newt's and lied his head down on the couch. "I'll do" Thomas said as he grabbed Sally's hand and lead her to her bedroom. "So what are we reading?" he asked as she crawled into bed. She patted the spot next to her and he sat down. She curled up next to him and handed Thomas Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
"Newt reads me a chapter every night" she said.
Thomas smiled, not that he would ever admit it to anyone, he'd read the Harry Potter books at least 7 times. He opened the book and started to read.
About ten minutes later, Newt stepped into the room. His hair was standing up in weird directions and he had the cute look about him that he got after he'd just woken up. Newt took in the scene and smiled.
"Newt! There's a troll in the school!" Sally cheered.
Newt smirked, "no way" he said.
"It's true!" she said "come read with us!"
Newt went over and set on the other side of Sally. He looked over at Thomas and said "I can take over if you wanna get going home."
Thomas looked into Newt's eyes and smiled. He felt so happy in that moment, he didn't even consider leaving. "I'm good right here" he said.
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