Disclaimer: I do not own Dead Poets Society. Otherwise I wouldn't be writing fanfiction.
INT. TODD AND NEIL'S ROOM-MORNING
Todd and Neil are curled up in Todd's bed. Both of them are awake, but they sit in a content silence.
NEIL
Do...do you ever want to tell people about us?
TODD
I think Mr. Keating already knows.
NEIL
Well, of course he does. Doesn't miss a thing, does he?
TODD
No, not really.
NEIL
But...but other people? The other Dead Poets?
TODD
I...I don't know. I mean, I've thought about it, but...I'm scared of how people will react.
NEIL
I know. It's just...sometimes I wish we didn't have to keep it a secret, you know?
TODD
I do. And I don't like keeping it a secret any more than you do, but I-I'm just not ready to face telling people yet. I've had enough stress in my life recently, thank you very much.
NEIL
A secret it stays.
There are a few moments of content silence.
NEIL
So...Valentine's Day is coming up.
TODD
We should do something special.
NEIL
Oh, wait...you don't know about the dance, do you?
TODD
No...?
NEIL
Every year Welton hosts a Valentine's Day dance and invites the girls from Henley Hall.
TODD
Well, that sounds...awful.
NEIL
Oh, come on, it'll be fun!
TODD
No, it sounds like a horrendous waste of time.
NEIL
I won't let it be a waste of time.
TODD
Promise?
NEIL
From the bottom of my heart.
TODD
Love you.
NEIL
Love you too.
They kiss.
INT. TODD AND NEIL'S ROOM-AFTERNOON
Neil is sitting on his bed, concentrating on his homework. Todd walks into the room, and sits down on his own bed, unnoticed by Neil. They both work for a while before Neil looks up, finally noticing that Todd is in the room.
NEIL
Todd! When did you get here?
TODD
Twenty minutes ago?
NEIL
Damn...you are a ninja, aren't you?
TODD
I suppose?
NEIL
Come here, my ninja Walt Whitman, I want to kiss you.
Todd laughs as he moves across the room. He sits down next to Neil and the two kiss.
TODD
Is that my nickname now? Ninja Walt Whitman?
NEIL
Do you want it to be?
TODD
I wouldn't mind, as long as you're the only one who gets to call me it.