Those Days [Newtina]

Chapter 14: Obliviate

"We'll wait until she's awake, then we can show Queenie," said Newt quietly as he followed Tina into the living room.

"Good idea," breathed Tina, still avoiding eye contact with him.

Tina wandered into the kitchen to help with brunch and Newt, deciding that it was too crowded in there, headed off into his room to check on his animals. As soon as he climbed down the ladder, he reached for his new pet, whose cage was still on a shelf, hidden from view. Newt made sure he had fed and taken care of him, then placed him gently on the desk. Newt would be needing him soon.

He went over to the Mooncalves enclosure and picked up a bucket sitting just near the entrance. Newt fed all of his creatures, one by one, then wandered around, tending to any wounds, colds or injuries.

He was wrapping his Niffler's leg in a fresh bandage when Tina appeared at the top of the ladder.

"Newt? Lunch is ready."

Newt finished taking care of the Niffler and cleared away the old bandages.

Tina's voice echoed throughout the case again, but quieter, this time. Hushed.

"And Artemis is awake."

Newt shoved the rest of his equipment back into his shed and climbed out of his suitcase.

Tina had left the room.

He gently closed the lid and ambled down the corridor, hands in pockets.

Queenie placed lasagna in a tray on the table as he entered the dining room. Tina was distributing cutlery and Jacob was tucking in his napkin, ready to eat. Newt took a seat at the table next to him. A moment later, the Goldstein sisters sat down on the opposite side of the table.

Food starting spooning themselves into their plates on cue.

Queenie propped her head on a hand.

"Anyone have any plans for the rest of today? I can't believe we haven't discussed it yet!"

Silence reverberated around the table.

Tina spoke up for the sake of her sister.

"Well, there's always the fun, festive tradition of Christmas Games..."

Jacob perked up at the sound of games.

"Has anyone ever heard of Conversation Cards?"

"Tina and I used to play that all the time!" Said Queenie.

"We have it somewhere in our room. Let's play it after lunch."

Another beat of silence echoed around the table.

"Hey Newt?"

Newt had taken food on his plate, but hadn't touched anything yet. He was contemplating whether he should go for the peas or carrots first when Jacob said his name.

He looked up.

"What happened to your face?"

Newt went still. Tina tensed across the table. They met each other's eyes, panicked.

"There," added Jacob, reaching across to trace a finger down his scar from Artemis.

Queenie leaned forward and squinted at him in the warm light.

"It was my Niffler," responded Newt, thinking on his feet.

He could have sworn he saw Tina breath a sigh of relief.

"He's still a little skittish while trying to get back onto his feet."

"At least it looks like it's healed well," Queenie said, smiling kindly at him.

He glanced at Tina again, reminded that it, technically, hadn't healed, but she was blushing slightly and clearly trying to avoid eye contact with him.

Queenie leaned back and pulled out her wand. She pointed it at something sitting inside the oven, and the knobs switched to 'Off'.

Queenie flicked her wand and the oven door opened to make way for a small tray of some kind of meat, which floated onto the table and landed swiftly on a heat mat.

Newt and Queenie both liked the look of it and took a couple pieces each.

"Did you make this, Jacob?" She asked between mouthfuls. Jacob nodded proudly, serving himself.

"It's delicious!"

Newt held up a piece on his fork and didn't hesitate for a moment before popping it into his mouth.

Queenie was right.

"What exactly is it, Jacob?" He asked, reaching for another piece.

"Occamy meat."

Newt stopped cold, dropping his fork, still with the meat on the end, and his left eye twitched slightly.

"Only kidding, Newt. It's chicken," said Jacob, holding back giggles.

But the look on Newt's face was too much to take, and all three of them erupted into laughter.

Newt chuckled weakly, but didn't take any morechicken that meal.

🦎🎉 {:- SEVEN DAYS UNTIL NEWT SCAMANDER'S BIRTHDAY! -:} 🎉🦎

This is a bit of a useless chapter, but I had the 'Occamy meat' idea a couple months ago and I thought it would be funny.

This one is called Obliviate because Newt and Tina had (probably) forgotten that Newt's scar was still visible, and therefore initiated suspicion from Queenie and Jacob. That sounded fAnCY  lol.

Hmm... do you guys think that Newt would be vegetarian? iNTereStinG...

This is a rly short chapter but i don't have anything else TwT im sowwy

I'm thinking of posting some tags/otp questions, but I'm still new to all this stuff and I'm not really sure how it works XD I might just wait until I'm tagged so I know what to do...

I don't even know what I'm saying anymore.

Brace yourselves for more chapters...