"truth or dare, minho?" 

thomas was currently sat in the middle of minho and newt's dorm, with a bunch of people he can talk to but wouldn't class as friends. 

who did he even class as friends at the dorm?

probably teresa, minho, newt, brenda, aris and chuck. possibly frypan or alby. 

not gally. 

he always hated thomas for no apparent reason, but he didn't really care because he doesn't talk to him. 

thomas wasn't really sociable, the only reason why he knew these people was because of chuck. well, other than teresa and brenda. they had been inseparable since the trio were younger. he specifically loved those 3. 

aris he knew from brenda, as he became her friend a while back. 

minho? from track - chuck forced thomas to speak to him and have a full conversation, and damn was he glad he did. 

newt. god, newt. thomas had a tiny winy crush on newt, but it was stupid so he'd never admit it. plus, it'd blow over soon enough. hopefully. 

but anyway, minho had forced everyone to come to his dorm on a saturday evening to play truth or dare. why? because he was bored. he's an idiot, but it's fine. thomas wasn't even listening and was zoned out, but decided to zone back in when he felt like it. 

"truth or dare, newt?" minho had a hint of amusement in his eyes which anyone could see. newt simply rolled his eyes.

ok, maybe he decided to zone in when he heard newt's name. 

 "dare." he never backed down in a dare, thomas realised, when playing truth or dare. especially when it was from minho. the two had a thing where they just fought eachother with dares until one of them backed down. 

"i dare you to kiss the hottest person in the room." he smiled overly falsely, getting a fake smile in return from the brit. 

"fine." he flipped minho off, shuffling himself over. 

fuckhelp if he kisses someone else im gonna actually have a breakdown and run off like cinderella oh my god i'm so stupid help he doesn't even like me and i'm having an internal crisis right now  was basically thomas' brain at that moment.

"teresa?" he glanced at the girl. a few whistles were made in the background, causing him to snort. "bug off." 

"yeah?" she blinked a few times, not knowing what to think.

of course he likes my stupid best friend. he took a sip of the water from the glass he was holding, trying not to look too bothered. 

"can you move so i can get to tommy?" 

his eyes widened, causing him to choke on the water he was about to drink. 

"bloody hell, don't need to get so excited." newt smirked, flashing him a quick wink.

teresa visibly relaxed, earning a laugh from the people in the room. "god, you don't know how much i panicked there." 

"you don't know how much i am panicking." thomas let out a shaky laugh, wanting to curl up and die.

"i think i do." she grinned. 

"die." he averted his gaze to the ground as he realised the blonde was making his way over to him after being allowed past by teresa. 

"hi."

"hey, tommy. fancy seeing you there," newt snorted. 

"fancy that." he felt his face heat up, and wished for it to just not. 

"well," he positioned himself onto thomas' lap, quite awkwardly. "how's the weather down there?" he was taller than the brunette normally, so straddled on his lap he was quite noticeably  taller. 

"sitting like that means he can see a bit more of your dick, newt." minho teased, causing their friends to laugh. 

"why do you think i sat like this?" he turned around, joining in with the laughter. "alright, tommy boy, do you mind if i kiss you to make these shanks happy?" 

"you act like neither of you are gonna enjoy it." teresa chirped. 

"yeah because it'd be very awkward if tommy here doesn't want me to kiss him and i do." 

"take my word for it, i'm sure he wants it." 

"teresa!" 

newt spun his head around, grabbing thomas' chin and lifting it upwards. he kissed him on the lips, earning a surprised noise from the boy below him. he smirked into the kiss, pulling away slightly to lick his lower lip, earning a gap in the mouth to slip his tongue into his mouth. he pulled away, a string of saliva between them, and earning an unhappy noise from thomas. he leant forwards to his ear, whispering.

"glad to know you enjoyed it, tommy." 

newt stood up, going back to where he sat. thomas shook himself alert, feeling his face heat up. 

"you're so gay." a snicker was heard from beside him, where teresa sat. 

"says you! you and br-"

"shut up, tom! you literally called me saying you jacked off to-" snorts were heard around the room as everyone assumed who that person was.

"that was once!"  

"you said it was like five times!" 

"i lied???" 

"no, i think you're lying now! the pain i go through, having to deal with you whining like a little school girl!" 

"i do not whine like a little school girl! it's not my fault men are hot!" 

"and it's not mine that women are hot!"

"men are hotter."

"no."

"yes."

"look at jennifer lawrence and tell me that newt is hotter." 

"look at newt and tell me that brenda is hotter." thomas smirked when he realised he named the girl, even though it was obvious.

"brenda is hotter- wait. thomas edison! you absolute dimwit. i hate you." 

"oh come on, it was obvious." 

"not as obvious as your little crushie wushie on newtie wootie." she taunted, sticking her middle finger up.

"you said you listened to a whole playlist thinking of fake scenarios of yourself and brenda."

"you do the same."

"true."

"best fake scenario song has to be like, i dont know. there's too many."

"ugh, there are. we need to share playlists again." 

"i think we sort of forgot we're still, you know, playing truth or dare." 

"yep." he smiled, sticking his tongue out at teresa. "hey brenda, teresa simps over you if you didn't hear."

"hey tom?"

"what?"

"go fuck yourself." she playfully hit his head causing him to roll his eyes.

"i'm sure newt would be happy to fuck him instead??" someone spoke, causing thomas to blush. 

"bye."

"tom, go get us some snacks i'm hungry." teresa sent him a reassuring smile. as much as they loved to annoy eachother, they knew the other could only take a bit of the irritation, before snapping or completely breaking down. and thomas wanted to just cry from embarrassment. 

"alright." he mouted 'thanks' back to her, though, and walked to the kitchen. he looked in the cupboards, finding some crisps. he put them on the kitchen counter, before realising he wanted a drink and getting a glass and filling it up with water from the tap. he began to drink, before lowering the glass and yawning. he was exhausted, as he just found out. socialization was too tiring sometimes. 

"tired?" a voice from behind him spoke, causing thomas to jump and instinctively spin around and throw his water at whatever. 

"oh my god. sorry!" he snorted, laughing as he put the glass on the side. 

"tommy!" newt complained, his wet shirt now sticking to his stomach. "that's so rude." 

"you didn't have to make me jump." he smiled. "go change. but what did you want, anyway?"

"i will. i wanted to see if you were okay." 

the sentence and gesture caused thomas to feel butterflies in his stomach. "thank you." thomas smiled, blushing faintly. "i'm fine. just.. exhausted. i really can't be bothered to have a proper conversation with anyone anymore, if i'm honest."  

the blonde smiled back. "of course." he thought for a second. "hey, why don't we just, i don't know, watch netflix and ignore those shanks?" 

"i don't want to stop you from having fun, you can go back. i'll just go back to my dorm." 

newt shook his head. "the only reason why i was there was because you were, if i'm honest." 

thomas beamed, seeing the faint blush on the other boy's cheeks. "how cute." he teased.  

"oh shut up."

"but i mean, are you sure? i'd love to sit and watch netflix with you." 

"yeah. i'll go change and you give the food to everyone?" he smiled.

"alright." 

newt leant forward and pressed a small kiss on thomas' forehead, walking off quickly afterwards. the brunette looked pleased to himself and picked up the snacks and going to the main room. 

"eyy, thomas, where's newtie?" minho practically grabbed the food of thomas, eating a handful of crisps already.

"oi, min! you have to share."

"yeah, you're so rude." 

"calm down! i was going to but since you're all being bratty i think i've changed my mind." 

thomas leant down to teresa, privately handing her a bag of skittles. 

"how generous, tom." she smiled. "where's newt?" 

"i spilt water on him, he's changing."

"idiot. i'm gonna guess you two have had enough of socialisation so you're going to, ahem, 'watch netflix'?" she made air quotation marks around the "watch netflix". 

"oh, shut up. netflix and that's it."

"whatever you say. go now though. can't keep your man waiting, can we." she winked, nudging him gently.

"i hate you." he walked out of the room, rolling his eyes at everyone's bickering. 

thomas walked into newt's room after knocking, smiling at the blonde who was sat on the bed, tv remote in hand.

"any specific things you'd like to watch?" he patted the space on the bed next to him, telling thomas to sit there.

he sat down on the bed, bringing his knees up to his chest. "not that i know of. just put anything on, honestly." he was more than happy with just sitting there in newt's presence.

"alright then." he flicked through netflix, looking at random stuff.

"actually no i've changed my mind. can we watch lion king?" 

"are you serious, tommy?" he rolled his eyes, but switched to disney plus and found lion kink.

"what? it's a good film!" 

"whatever you say."

he rested his head on newt's shoulder, smiling softly when a kiss was pressed to his forehead. he lifted his head up as the film started playing.

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about halfway through, thomas found newt glancing at him a few times.

"am i just that attractive to look at?" he taunted. 

"i mean.. yeah?" he chuckled, before his face suddenly looked quite nervous.

"what is it, newt?"

"hey, tommy?" 

thomas sat up a bit, facing newt.

"yeah?"

"can i kiss you?"

the brunette's face expression softened as he moved the other's face towards him and kissed him.

"i thought you'd never ask."