"Aren't you going to help me!" yelled an irritated Theseus to a gleeful Pedro.
"And miss the show?" Said Pedro as Theseus and Pedro's tent fell again with a soft puff. "Come on Chauistle, Newt put up his in less than a minute." Theseus just growled at him.
"Let me help you." Said Newt eager to finally catch up with the rest that he had missed last night.
Tina had already slipped in the tent the moment that he had announced that it was ready, after a quick good night call to the other two men. Newt was grateful that she wasn't around for what he knew that would be a long string of puns and jokes.
"Eager to go to your tent?" whistled Pedro with a naughty look.
"What?" Said a perplexed Newt. "Last night I slept in the same room as Theseus and he has just worsened since the war." Newt defended himself as he methodically lifted his brother and friend tent, making quick adjustments to Theseus knots.
"So, that is how you call it nowadays?" Said Pedro with the same naughty smile as he made heart symbols with his fingers. "Hurry up Axolotl, or your girl may begin without you." Newt turned a deep shade of red at the nature of the comment provoking loud laughs from both men. "Ay, Dios mio. I can't believe that he still falls for this teasing."
"Good night" Said a very crossed Newt as he made his way to the tent that he is going to share with Tina.
"If you hear shots in the morning don't panic it is just a good morning salute." Said a very serious Pedro.
"You have to be joking." Said a gobsmacked Theseus.
"I am not. Some people tend to wake up a little bit euphoric." Said a still serious Pedro. "Good night Axolotl enjoy your shrag." Newt ignored the thunderous laughs of the men and made his way into the tent, muttering every profanity in his dictionary to their direction.
"It is time for step four brother" Yelled a still laughing Theseus.
Newt didn't respond he just kept walking until he found himself just a couple meters away from the free of magic tent. Yes, that tent was just as small inside as it was outside, the SEMAG at least took the statute of secrecy seriously. So, that is why in the middle of this muggle camp they were forbidden to use to much magic. Nevertheless, Theseus was right he had been all day with Tina and he still hadn't told her anything about his feelings. Still it is a good idea to tell her now. They are going to be sharing a close quartered tent for a while and he didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable with his maybe not appreciated feelings. Well, maybe he will just improvise and act according to the situation. Yeah that sounded like a good idea even if he could hear his brother mocking him about his lack of plans.
Newt took a big gulp of air and entered the tent that was way smaller inside than it seemed from outside, it was a small space of two for one meter. It was an incredibly reduced space for the two of them. He watched Tina that was already lying down in the small pad reading the information that Pedro gave her. But she put it aside when he entered, she watched him with avid eyes as he transfigured his clothes into normal pyjamas. In the low glow of the outside torches her eyes seemed ethereal he could feel how she made him orbit around her. He shrugs his head a little to escape the possible scenarios that his mind was beginning to evoke. His eyes travelled from her eyes to her neck and the little skin visible of her collarbones to the space next to her where he crawled to what he thought would be his side of the tent where his case was already next the tent entrance where he had left it when he had gone to help his brother with his tent. He finally settled next to her carefully trying to evade any type of physical contact. He didn't want here running up the hills when he had just found her again
"Why now?" She asked as her hands played with the cuticles of her fingers. "Why did you come now and not when your book was published?" she elaborated when he failed to answer.
"The Head of aurors banned my travel permit." He explained his gaze transfixed to her hands.
"And what made him lift it up?"
"Well, he didn't want me to travel because he thought that I was under Dumbledore's orders and that I was going to cause even more havoc, but then I received Queenie's howler. Well, Theseus received it he gave it to me in the MoM lift where Travers, the head of aurous was. He heard Queenie and at the beginning thought that she was talking about Theseus then he noticed that it was me and he kind of felt sorry, so he lifted the ban." Said Newt muttering in some parts.
"Why did you open it on the lift?"
"I didn't knew it was a howler" he said sheepishly, of course he had received tons of them in the past but all of them had been red or black. Not that lovely tone of blue.
"really?"
"it was blue! All the howlers that I had received were red or black." He said trying to defend himself.
"Another thing that America and England disagree on then." She said with a smile.
"I am sorry" Said an apprehensive Newt.
"What for?" she said confused.
Newt focused his stare on his case, the familiar brown leather seemed to relax his nerves.
"Well, for not being able to come to give you my book in person. I saw it on your living room yesterday. And for not asking what was going on. I just… I thought that you – that I annoyed you."
"you didn't, I loved our correspondence. Your letters were the best part of my day." She said with a soft smile that Newt captured with the corner of his eye.
"I enjoy them too, very much." He said looking directly at her eyes. As he slipped his hands to touch hers gently. "Tina I –."
"NEWT!" Yelled Theseus from somewhere near their tent.
"What!" Asked a very crossed Newt. He was going to finally tell her how much she means for him. He wanted to explain to her that he just wanted to know her better. Discover her passions, dislikes and even her past. Because, he already knew that he could fall in love with her. He may already be more than halfway there, but he didn't know enough of this amazing witch.
"Sorry to interrupt" He said opening the tent. "But there is something lurking around the camp. Teutle is with the scout that saw it. They are waiting for you in the command tent.