Little lies - NEWT

{2.05}

 "STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT!" Eden laughed giddily finally breaking the intense eye contact that they had both shared for at least a few minutes. The laughter diffused the feelings blossoming between them to a level that they could handle easier.

"Like what?" Newt grinned in such a way that his face screwed up in that overly adorable way once again. He knew exactly what he was doing and how it affected her and found himself overjoyed by the light dusting of pink at the tops of her cheeks.

"Like that!" Eden exclaimed, gesturing to his face while she bit back a smile that showed the happiest of feelings within her stomach. Newt caught her chin with his finger and placed a brief kiss on her lips. They both pulled away, still grinning brightly, as the kiss lingered and sent fuzziness to their minds.

"I feel like I'm dreaming," Newt whispered, lacing their fingers together while he ran his thumb up and down hers.

The smallest of frowns pulled her smile away for a brief second, having once again been reminded of all the pain she had unknowingly put him through - and she didn't even know the full details. She covered up her concern with a joke, like usual, replying, "Well from the looks of things you haven't been getting much sleep so it could be possible." As if on cue, he yawned and lifted his spare hand (the one that wasn't intertwined with hers) to muffle it away as she laughed softly - once again, covering up her concern. She wanted to somehow coax him into taking a midday nap but that did not seem to be on the horizon, yet anyway.

"I just can't believe you're alive," he whispered, eyes tracing up and down her face and the pink within her cheeks as if he didn't believe blood could be pumping there. That there was even blood to pump in the first place. "And... Everything that just happened."

Eden smiled softly and took their joint hands and unwrapped hers, making it so she could put his hand at the very top of her chest where he could quite easily feel her heartbeat. " A factor pointing to me being alive and well," she whispered, vacantly hearing a commotion through the wall of the bathroom. That wasn't their problem though.

"Your hearts going so fast," he whispered, chuckling as an even deeper blush decorated her dimly freckled cheeks. Eden fought with her mind to try and come up with a plausible excuse, maybe a medical thing that he wouldn't fully get but it would make sense, anything to draw him away from the idea that he had had that effect on her.

"So...what have I missed?"

Newt laughed loudly, the sound echoing sound the room as he replied, "Smooth conversation subject change there Pepper."

Just as Eden was going to try and justify herself, probably digging herself into a deeper hole, a loud and rattling banging came from the bathroom door. "Newt!" a voice yelled through the door, repeatedly smashing their fists onto the wood and surprisingly it did not swing open.

Newt rolled his eyes and for once looked away from her and instead drew all his attention to the bathroom door. "What?" he yelled back, grin still plastered on his face as Eden laced their hands together again.

"You're needed!" Minho yelled, his voice clear in comparison to whoever had been yelling previously. The both of them sighed in realisation, knowing that their perfect moment was about to be ruined by whatever the guys wanted. From the sound of Minho's voice, it wasn't about to be an easy conversation and it most certainly wouldn't be one they could get over and done with so Newt could take a much-needed nap.

"Oh this is going to be fun," he whispered to her, turning his head toward her again as the grin returned to his face.

She raised a brow, "Fun? And how do you want to explain this?"