ᵒⁿᵉ 𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄 ⁿᵉʷᵗᵐᵃˢ ᵃᵘ (ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡᵉᵗᵉᵈ)

Thirty Seven

Newt and Thomas stand by his locker. Newt leans against it, arms across his chest. He watches Teresa talk to Minho, eyes narrowed. 

"Newt," Thomas says. "Hey. Stop that."

"Stop what?" He says, not looking away from her.

"Stop staring at her." Thomas says. 

"Staring at who?" Newt says.

Thomas sighs, rolling his eyes. "Newt."

"What?" He says.

Thomas puts a hand on his cheek, making him look away from her. "Stop. That."

Newt scowls. "Why won't you just let me punch her?" He pouts. "Please?"

Thomas kisses him. "No." He says. "I'm sorry."

Newt sighs angrily. "I hate her." He says. "I bloody hate her."

"I know." Thomas says. He kisses him again.

"Tommy, quit it." Newt says. "I'm trying to be mad."

"I know." Thomas says. "But you don't need to be." Newt looks at him. "What?"

"I don't...I don't know." He says quietly. 

"Seriously," Thomas says. "What is it?"

Newt's eyes flicker to his lips. He blinks. "Uh...nothing. I...have to...go do something." He shakes his head. "Class. Yeah. Gotta go to to class."

"Yeah..." Thomas says, looking at him. "Bye?"

Newt nods and walks away, looking back at him. 

"I want to take a picture of her and light it on fire." Newt says, spinning around in the spinny chair, probably too fast. "Or better yet, really light her on fire."

"Okay, you have to let this go." Thomas says. 

"But she kissed you, Tommy." Newt says, slamming his hand on the desk. "And you punched Mark! I should get to punch her too!"

"Punch me instead." Thomas says.

"Tommy, don't be an idiot." Newt says. "I don't want to punch you. I want-" He shakes his head. "I don't want to punch you."

Thomas smirks. "Yeah, fair enough."

Newt stops spinning. "I just want her gone." He says, frowning. "I swear to god I'd kill her if I had the chance." 

"I'm just gonna take the scissors now..." Thomas says, looking around the room. 

Newt scoffs. "Shut up."

Thomas laughs. He gets up and kisses him. Newt stands up too and wraps his arms around his waist. Thomas puts his hands on his face. 

"Tommy," Newt says. "I was busy plotting murder."

"Well, now you're busy kissing me." Thomas says. Newt rolls his eyes. "What, are you complaining?"

"Definitely not." Newt says and he kisses him again. 

The next day, Newt walks into the school. Thomas isn't there yet so he waits by his locker. Then, he sees Teresa. He knows he probably shouldn't go over there but he also really wants to. He leans against the locker, thinking. Maybe there's a non-murderous way to get back at her...

He feels Thomas wrap his arms around him. 

"Oh, hi, Tommy." He says. "I was just...not at all thinking about murder."

Thomas laughs, shaking his head. "Of course you were."

"But look at her, Tommy!" Newt says. "She looks so fucking smug. She knows how much I hate her."

"Yeah, I think she does." Thomas says. He kisses him. "I love you. You're so cute."

"I love you too." He says and he kisses him again. 

Then, Brenda walks over. "Alright, get a room."

"Gladly." Thomas says.

"Tommy, shut up." Newt says. "Actually, both of you shut up. Everyone just shut up."

"Stop telling people to shut up." Brenda says. "It's rude."

"You're rude." Newt says, glaring at her. 

Brenda sighs. "You guys are exhausting."

Thomas takes his hand. "Let's go. Brenda, you have to go to class too." 

Brenda makes a face but walks away.

After school, Newt and Thomas sit on his bed. 

"I have decided not to kill Teresa anymore." Newt says. "I still hate her with my entire soul, but you know." 

Thomas kisses him softly. "Good."

Newt moves closer to him. He rests his head on his shoulder. He sighs. "I'm tired."

"Did you sleep?" Thomas asks. "You don't usually sleep."

"Hmm," Newt says. "Maybe I should try that sometime."

Thomas sighs. "Of course you didn't."

"It's a waste of time." Newt defends. "I could be doing better things."

"Such as?" Thomas says. 

"Kissing you." Newt says. 

"I would be asleep." Thomas says. "Like you should be."

Newt looks at him. "No fair."

"Oh well." Thomas says. "Maybe you should sleep." 

Newt frowns. "Do I have to?"

"Yes." Thomas says. "Yes, you do. Not now, though. Now you can kiss me." 

"Okay, sounds good." Newt says and he kisses him.

A/N: I got my last shot for my vaccine! I'm vaccinated now! I got two huge things of gatorade and a milkshake and i combined the two gatorades. the blue one and lemon lime. It was tasty and a disturbing color.

Anyway, thanks for reading! Love you guys! <3.