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When he got back to his dorm, Thomas was still there, staring blankly at the wall as he sometimes did. Usually when he did it, it was calm, and Newt doubted he was thinking anything at all. This time though, he was clearly thinking, and, by his expression, it couldn’t be anything pretty.
“Did you find out anything?” The brunet asked suddenly, making Newt jump in startle next to the door, where he had been standing, lost in thought.
“What?” Was all he was able to let out, too dumbfounded by the sudden question.
“About the nightmares.” Thomas clarified, and the blond thought of lying for a second, but then Thomas turned to look at him, and there was this thing in his eyes, desperate, and almost pleading. And he couldn’t do it. He wasn’t able to lie. Not anymore.
“Not really.” He answered as sincerely as he could, going to sit beside Thomas, who sighed and looked down. “I mean, I found out there’s definitely something to find out, but I don’t know what it is.” He quickly added, trying to make the other boy feel a bit less bad.
“That’s okay.” Thomas said softly, trying to smile at Newt as convincingly as he could, but he failed and quickly added, “I just… I thought, maybe if I knew, then maybe I would be able to get better. To give closure, you know?” He said, looking at Newt and searching some kind of expression in his eyes.
Newt just nodded, somehow knowing how Thomas felt about this, and finding it impossible not to say something to try and make him feel better.
“I’ll do my best. I promise.” He said, taking the other’s hand in his and intertwining their fingers, giving him a soft smile and trying to transmit his support in any way he could. Thomas smiled back and squeezed his hand in silent gratefulness, letting himself fall back on the bed, dragging the blond with him with a chuckle.
“Hey! Rude.” Newt giggled a bit, breaking the momentary silence and making Thomas laugh slightly.
“If we burn, you burn with us.” He quoted, making Newt roll his eyes.
“You’re officially the ultimate dork for making that reference.” He said, and looked at the brunet with a raised eyebrow.
“You’re officially the co-ultimate dork for getting it.” He shot back with a smirk and making them both laugh stupidly like six-year olds who ate too much candy.
When they calmed down, they looked into each other’s eyes for a while, before Thomas’ voice broke the silence.
“What will you do when you get out?” He asked quietly, with a soft expression in his eyes. Newt thought for a few seconds, before he settled on an answer.
“Watch all the movies I missed. And then I would drink all the tea I have home and eat the biggest piece of cake I can get.” He said, changing his position slightly and moving his head to the side, slightly scrunching up his nose in amusement at his own priorities. “You?”
“I will…” Thomas began, raising up a hand and counting with his fingers. “Eat an entire box of cupcakes, and I will go to the animal shelter, and adopt a dog, and I will name it Raspberry.”
“Yeah?” Newt chuckled affectionately.
“Yeah. And it will be the cutest dog ever, you just wait and see. You will want to exchange dogs with me.” He answered playfully.
“I don’t think so. I love Sax too much to do that.”
“Seriously? Your dog’s name is Sax?” Thomas asked in disbelief.
“Shut up. You plan on calling yours like a berry.”
“Well, yeah. At least that’s cute.” He teased and Newt chuckled before he added.
“Maybe. But Aki would miss the dumb nerd, too. So no. I will not exchange dogs with you.” He said, starting to feel sleepy as he nuzzled a pillow.
“Who’s Aki?” Thomas asked, frowning slightly.
“My cat.” He answered, yawning and closing his eyes.
“Wha-? No! That isn’t fair, you can’t have both.” The brunet started complaining.
“Well, watch me.” Newt answered with a smirk.
“No. Now I just feel bad.” Thomas was pouting when the blond opened an eye to look at him.
“Just let me sleep. We’ll arrange the cat thing later.” He said, already half-asleep. Thomas stayed silent and they fell asleep together.
It was the first nightmare-less night they had had in a while.