Those Days [Newtina]

Chapter 24: Oscausi

A few moments after, Newt wheeled round again to face her.

"Thank you for telling me about your nightmare. I know how hard it can be. Thank you for not locking it away."

Tina didn't look back at him.

"It's okay. I-"

Something he had said snagged her attention. Now she looked at him.

"Do you get nightmares too?"

A silence.

Newt opened, then closed his mouth, realised he might have made a mistake, then blushed and nodded gently.

"Ever since I got expelled from school," he breathed, sliding his hands into his pockets.

Both of them contemplated him for a second.

"I'm sorry," she offered.

Newt smiled sadly and shook his head.

"It was a long time ago... the nightmares don't matter anymore."

"Yes they do," she replied immediately, almost stubbornly. "People don't get them for no reason."

He looked thoughtful for a moment, almost as if he'd been cast out of his skin and into some kind of memory.

"Well it happens... from time to time," he answered finally, slightly rebuffed.

"But they've gotten better since-"

Newt came to his senses and cut himself off suddenly. Tina didn't miss a beat, though she waited a couple seconds before saying something else.

"Since what?" She whispered, watching him shifting his weight from side to side nervously. Newt bowed his head and let his red-brown hair fall over his eyes.

"Teeenaaah!"

She flinched slightly, and Newt made a sound somewhere in between a choke and a scream as Queenie's voice echoed through the suitcase.

"You went down there ten minutes ago! I'm only checking that you aren't dead at the bottom of the Kelpie enclosure," she protested against Tina's glare as she exited the case, Newt in tow.

"And I called you several times already. Couldn't you hear?"

Tina blushed and stared at her socks. She couldn't hear. She was too busy talking with Newt.

"Well, never mind," Queenie smiled softly.

"Let's have some breakfast!"

And she pranced into the kitchen, in search of the fruit bowl. Newt swept past Tina, rolling his sleeves back down and heading for the table.

Tina opened her mouth, then closed it again.

Jacob was tucking into a pastry of some sort when she took at seat next to Queenie, across from Newt, who was pushing around some scrambled eggs on his plate. Eventually he succumbed to Queenie's skillful cooking and took a bite. Tina smiled and spooned some eggs into her own plate.

Then she found herself pondering over the question that had been tucked into the back of her head since she exited the case.

What was Newt going to say?

Comment what you think Newt was going to say... "But they've gotten better since-"

It's not hard ;) but it won't be answered in this fanfic so you'll have to guess yourselves and if you're lucky, I might comment what it was (but it's so easy lol)

Sorry for not posting in a while- I have oodles of homework qwq but I got another chapter done! It's called Oscausi because it's a spell used in the Crimes of Grindelwald (by young Leta) that seals someone's mouth shut. I think that, since Newt didn't watch what he was saying (twice XD), this spell implies that he need to SeaL hiS moUtH sHuT

Also I had Newt make a sound "between a choke and a scream" because I imagined it for some reason and I wanted to include it.

I said earlier that I've already written most of the fanfiction; I'm just copying and pasting the chapters from the notes section on my phone to here. Yesterday, I finished writing the fluffiest chapter yet >v< it beautiful. It's chapter 37 or something idk but it's really cute and I hope to post it soon.

I made both of them get nightmares to make this story iNteReStiNG... but I feel like I'm going through too many ideas and elements too fast. If you have any advice, please let me know :)

I need it this story is a little pathetic