"Hey thanks for ditching me yesterday." Gally frowned as he sat down on his bed across from Newt.
"I didn't mean to ditch you!" Guilt instantly shot through Newt's stomach, he was too distracted with Thomas and completely forgot he came to the orientation with Gally.
Gally shrugged. "Nah it's cool. I could tell how uncomfortable you were at that orientation."
"I'm sorry." Newt sighed, feeling incredibly guilty.
Gally just smiled and shook his head. "I'm mostly messing with you, but hey pay me back by making me that good mac and cheese you bought for dinner."
Newt agreed and sat down on his bed. His exhaustion finally hit him as he let his body sink into his surprisingly comfortable mattress. He closed his eyes to just rest for a few moments but that was interrupted as his phone vibrated in his pocket.
Newt groaned as he pulled it out to check his notification.
It was a text from an unknown number which confused him.
999-9999: Hey
Newt: Who is this..?
999-9999: Thomas. I'm hurt that you didn't make a contact for me yet :((((
Newt shook his head, trying to keep the small smile from spreading across his face.
Newt: I'm sorry...I don't know a Thomas?
Thomas: wow even after all the manual labor I put in for you...this is the treatment I get
Newt: oh that Thomas? :) You should have been more specific...what's up?
Thomas: Minho's out somewhere so I'm very alone and very bored. U?
Newt: Same...I'm just in my dorm with Gally
Thomas: Roommate right?
Newt: yeah, he's pretty cool
Thomas: not as cool as me I bet
Newt: so you were saying you're not cocky?
Thomas: excuse you Newt, I am very humble
Newt: suree
Thomas: oh! I remember what I wanted to ask you...do you have psychology tomorrow? At 9?
Newt: yeah I do
Thomas: hey! I do too. I guess I'll see you then!
Newt grinned as he turned off his phone, he rested it on his chest and smiled up at the ceiling. This was bad, his crush was so bad, but he felt happy and giddy and good so he pushed the warning thoughts out of his brain for the time being.
"Who you texting?" Gally suddenly asked.
"No one...I was just on twitter," Newt lied, feeling a little embarrassed that his smitten expression was so noticeable.
"Oh no you we're definitely texting someone important, or you wouldn't have lied about it." Gally smirked.
"No...uh," Newt stammered.
"Who is she?"
"Huh?"
"The girl you like?" Gally prodded. We're all roommates this nosy?
"There is no girl." Newt rolled his eyes. Hey, it wasn't a lie.
"Whatever you say." Gally gave up when he realized Newt wasn't going to enlighten him and went back to his own phone.
Newt huffed and shut his eyes again. He let his mind wander to the events of the day...especially when he was riding on a certain someone's back. He loved the feeling of his body against the other boy's, it just felt right. He'd known Thomas for a day and he was already taking up his every waking thought. His mind drifted to imagining Thomas with him at that very moment. Newt betted he was warm. He probably looked even better with his hair all messed up, no shirt on and his voice groggy with sleep. Newt stuffed his face into a pillow, he had just met the boy, he shouldn't be thinking about him like that.
"There's not a girl, huh?" Gally snickered, making Newt groan loudly.
Gally just laughed and then got up and stretched. "Hey, I'll be back," he said before actually leaving.
Newt sat in silence for a few minutes until he started to doze off. He quickly sat up in his bed and lazily got up, heading to his dresser. He pulled out a pair of sweatpants and changed, discarding his shirt and jeans on the floor, he'd deal with them later. Turning off the light, he crawled back under his comforter and fell asleep almost instantly. The first day of social college may have been easy but classes started the next day and there was no way Newt was prepared for that. The last he could do was be well rested.

BEEP!BEEP!BEEP!
"Bloody hell," Newt groaned as he clamped his hands over his ears.
He heard a bang and Gally loudly swearing as the alarm finally stopped.
Newt blindly searched for his phone and checked the time, "Gally! It's already 8:15!"
Gally swore again, louder this time, and quickly got up. Their first classes started at 9. Gally only took one morning class, preferring to take ones at night while all Newt's were in the mornings. He was really envying his roommate's decisions as he tried to rub the sleep from his tired eyes.
Newt stretched and quickly got up. He grabbed his crinkled up schedule off the dresser and continued rubbing the sleep from his eyes. He tried to figure out where he was going but the map looked like it was written in some sort of secret code. His finally figured out he had to go to a building about 20 minutes walking distance away from his dorm. He let out a sigh of relief as he realized he could definitely make it.
He pulled a granola bar out of his backpack and quickly devoured it. His stomach was growling like a monster.
After he was done he grabbed a clean pair of jeans and a long sleeve dark green shirt out of his drawer. He changed quickly and put on his black high-tops. They provided some weird type of comfort to him that he really couldn't describe.
Grabbing his stuff, he headed down the hall to the bathroom where he brushed his teeth and hair.
Finally, after he was completely ready, it was 8:35 so he decided to start walking class. He should be able to make it in time but he put a little extra speed into his steps that day.
He took a deep breath and left the security of his dorm for his first official day of college classes.

Newt ended up walking in later then he hoped, but he was still on time. He liked being one of the first ones there so he could get first picks on seats. As he was scanning the room he heard someone call his name.
"Hey Newt!"
He looked over to see none other than Thomas.
He couldn't suppress his grin as he walked over to sit in the empty seat next to the brunette. He knew Thomas was going to be there from their conversation last night but it didn't stop the little jump his heart did at the sight of him.
"Hey." Thomas smiled as the British boy sat down.
"Hey, it's alright that I sit here?"
"Of course." Thomas laughed. "It's cool we have a class together,"
"Yeah, I'm glad." Newt met Thomas's gaze and tried his hardest not to choke up. He was just a boy...
"Yeah now you can let me copy your homework, right?" Thomas winked then laughed as if to let Newt know he was kidding.
"Very funny." Newt shook his head then thought for a moment. "We could study together though." Study, yeah let's start with your anatomy.
"Yeah!" Thomas's face lit up. "What do you have next?"
"I'm free till later, I only have 2 classes today actually."
"I'm free till 4! Wanna get lunch or something?" Thomas asked as he pushed his hair out of his eyes.
"Yeah!...I mean sure," Newt stammered, making Thomas laugh.
"Well now you're actually stuck with me," Thomas joked but in all honestly Newt had never gotten better news.
"Hello class, welcome to psychology..." The teacher suddenly entered the class, cutting off their conversation.
Newt couldn't wipe the small smile off his face, he may have been pretty distracted the whole class but he was genuinely happy. Plus, he discovered a newfound love for psychology.