ᵒⁿᵉ 𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 ⁿᵉʷᵗᵐᵃˢ ᵃᵘ (ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡᵉᵗᵉᵈ)

i guess so

Later that day, Newt and Thomas do go outside. They find Minho by a tree. Newt drops Thomas's hand and runs over to him. 

"Hey," He says. "Sorry about earlier."

Minho looks at him. "Newt, I'm not an idiot."

"I didn't say you were." Newt says, kind of surprised by that reaction.

Minho rolls his eyes. "Okay, whatever."

"I'm sorry, Minho!" Newt says, kneeling next to him.

"Newt!" Minho says. "I said whatever!" 

Newt glances at Thomas. 

"Sorry." Thomas mumbles, sitting next to Newt. 

Minho looks between the two. "There's something going on with you two."

"No." Newt says. "Nothing. N-no thing is going on between us."

"No thing isn't a thing people say." Minho says. 

Newt blushes slightly. "I-er..."

Thomas puts a hand on Newt's shoulder. "What he's trying to say," Thomas says. "Is there's nothing going on. Newt's just weird."

Newt looks at him, unsure whether to thank him or scold him. 

Minho gives him a look. "I guess so..."

"So," Newt says. "Wanna hang out?"

"Nope," Minho says. "Now I've got things to do." 

Newt puts his hands up. "Okay, alright. We'll just go."

Newt grabs Thomas's hand and they walk away. 

"Hey, Tommy?" Newt says as they walk back to the room.

"Yeah?" Thomas says, turning to him.

"Are you going to die?" Newt whispers. 

Thomas looks at him. "Newt, I'm not dying. The worst that will happen is Janson will take my power."

"But what if you die?" Newt asks, sitting on the edge of the bed. 

"I won't." Thomas insists, sitting next to him.

Newt looks at him sadly. "You don't know that."

Thomas folds his hands in his lap. "I guess I don't." 

Then, as if on cue, Janson bursts into the room. "Okay." He says, clapping his hands. 

"Go away." Newt says cooly. 

"I'm afraid I can't do that." Janson says. "You, however, are free to stay."

Newt narrows his eyes but Thomas squeezes his hand. 

"I'm coming." Newt says, glaring at him. 

"Fine." Janson says. "But you won't like it."

Fear stabs both boys in the gut.

"What do you mean?" Newt asks. 

"Trust me." Is all Janson says. "Thomas."

Thomas stands and so does Newt, standing so close they're practically pressed against each other. 

Janson leads them to a room with a table just like in a doctors office. 

"Sit." Janson says. 

Thomas does.

"Newt, come with me." He says.

He takes Newt to a room with a huge window separating them from Thomas. Janson presses a button that turns on a mic.