Game boy -TW x TMR -

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TW BEFORE YOU READ THIS CHAPTER, FROM THIS CHAPTER THOMAS IS IN A MAJOR MENTAL DECLINE (more than before he moved to Dereks) AND THERE WILL BE MENTIONS OF SEWERSLIDE, SH, AND SCHIZOPHRENIA DUE TO NOGI. IF YOUD LIKE TO STOP READING THATS OKAY BECAUSE HEALTH IS IMPORTANT AND I DONT WANNA BECOME A TRIGGER FOR SOMEONE BUT THIS WILL BE THE MAIN THEMES OF THE STORY SO IM SORRY IF YOUR ENJOYING THIS AND NOW CANT READ BUT I DID DISCLOSE THIS INFO IN THE DESC IF YOU READ IT. AGAIN, YOUVE BEEN WARNED.

Thomas showered and got ready for a run. He knew what was happening to him, something that had happened before. He was back.. And if he was back then that meant he would want control.

Thomas quietly walk down the hall towards the stairs, he needed to run to clear his mind.

"Tommy? what're you doing?" A faint voice whispered, Thomas turned his head only to meet the deep brown gaze of Newt.

"I'm just going for a run. Go back to sleep." Thomas whispered back, his heart fluttering at the sleepy boys physique.

"Well i can't run that good but do you mind if i join you?" Newt said while shifting his weight between legs.

Thomas contemplated it for a moment before nodding "If you wanna go get changed i'll wait." he whispered, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall watching as the blonde nodded and tiptoed back to the room. While waiting for the blonde boy to come back Thomas kept hearing a buzzing noise as if a bug was flying around, his face scrunched in annoyance and he swatted the air around him to try and stop it but it wouldn't, so, he stopped what he was doing and let the buzz continue.

Thomas glanced down at his watch, 4:42am,
When he looked up again Newt was stood in front of him. And so Newtmas quietly walked out of the loft and towards the woods in a comfortable silence.  Yet for Thomas it wasn't silence at all, it was that buzzing sound, although, his thoughts and the buzzing started to drown everything out.

If the Nogitsune was back what would he do? Would he hurt people again?

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Would people die again because of him?

T—mybzzzzzz

If he killed himself would it stop?

—mmyBzzzzzzzbzzzz

But what if killing himself didn't work and it would just go torment someone else?

bzzzzzTo—mybbzzzz

Would he be willing to put up with the torture in order to protect everyone?

TOMMY! bzzzzz

And there he was, broken out his thoughts by the worried yell of his gorgeous friend.

"Hm?" Was all Thomas could get out at the moment,

"Are you alright? You went all catatonic on me all of a sudden." Newt said, his hands holding the taller brunette's shoulders as if he were about to shake him back to his senses.

"Im-... Im fine." Thomas said softly as if he didn't believe it himself.

"You sure?" Newt asked skeptically to which he earned a quick nod from Thomas.

Time skip: After Thomas' episode Newt decided it was best to take Thomas back to the loft.

5:27 am

By the time Newt and Thomas got back the others were all up but slumped on the couches with mugs of black coffee in hand (Except gally he had a coffee with milk, and 4tsp of sugar because believe it or not he had an insane sweet tooth.)

Derek immediately got up and basically launched himself onto Thomas.

"Jeez Tom, Newt, you both scared us all to death!" Derek said.

"Well not me, you almost killed me for the second time." Peter chimed which earned confused looks from the gladers.

"Oh shut it Uncle." Thomas frowned

The gladers chose not to ask at the moment, thinking it would be better to ask some other time rather than 5:31am

bzzzz

"Anyways. you kids go start getting ready or hangout like teenagers do, before school starts."  Derek shooed them off, which Thomas complied obviously and the gladers too since it was Dereks home they were staying in.

They all walked upstairs together, in twos since the stairs were only big enough for two side by side. it went;

Alby and fry,
Gally and Minho,
and lastly trailing behind them was Thomas and Newt.

"Hey Tommy?" Newt asked him gently, ensuring that no one but the two of them could hear their conversation. Those hummed back in response to show his attention

"You sure you're alright? you've been quiet and distant since you woke up this morning." Said Newt. Thomas only nodded, the lump in his throat made from his lie to Newt obstructed his will to verbally lie.

"Alright mate.. y'know i'm here for you, we all are.." said Newt, who placed his small, smooth hand on Thomas's veiny forearm.

The corners of  Thomas' lips curled into a small grateful smile. That was until he looked ahead at the others only to find another figure staring down at him, old withered bandages covering the whole of its body, shiny and sharp metallic fangs protruded from said bandages in a creepy smile.

"It won't be long until we hurt them Stiles.."

then, with a blink of an eye it was gone so he kept walking.