Since I’ve got now three stories to update every day, I may sometimes make the chapters smaller and maybe only update every 2 or three days. Sorryyyyyyy~
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The next morning, I woke up to find myself snuggled into Minho’s chest, his arm draped over my waist. I regained my memories from last night, and immediately shivered at the remembrance of the thought of being raped. I wrapped my arms around Minho’s middle and buried my face back into his chest, feeling much safer there.
“You okay?”, I heard Minho say. I looked up from his chest and saw he was looking down at me with tired eyes.
“Yeah. Did I wake you? I’m sorry”, I said before sitting up in bed.
“No don’t worry”, Minho replied before sitting up as well, running a hand through his tussled black hair. “I gotta get into the Maze”.
“Okay, sorry about last night.... I shouldn’t have made you stay with me”, I said while getting out of bed.
“Stop apologising so much. You nearly got shuckin’ raped by some sick slinthead who deserves to die”, Minho said bitterly while swinging his legs around so they were on the ground.
I didn’t say anything as I felt myself slowly agreeing with his harsh words. I know that it sounds bad, but I really wanted the guy to be punished. No girl wants to get sexually harassed by some creep.
“I can.... take a day off if you don’t want to be alone”, I heard Minho say, making me turn around and look at him strangely.
“No don’t take time off for me. I’m fine, really”, I encouraged.
“You sure?”.
“Yes, now go get dressed”, I said while pushing him out the door. He chuckled while letting me push him out, before he turned around once he was past the doorframe.
“Okay then”, he said before patting my head, treating me like he always did.
Minho then left, leaving me to get dressed and get prepared for my first day with Frypan.
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When I saw Minho off into the Maze, he explained to me that the reason he needed to speak with Alby and Newt in private yesterday, was because he found a dead Griever in the Maze. Apparently it was just lying there, looking dead and ugly. Minho said that Alby was going to go with him to go check it out. So Newt was going to be in charge for today.
I went to Frypan and started my work, preparing Lunch for all the Gladers. We were making burgers today, so I started with chopping up the lettuce and tomatoes. I seemed to be pretty skilled with a knife, so I finished it quickly before moving on to the patties.
After a long time of chopping, cooking and preparing, we had finished the Glader’s lunch. Just in time too, because it just stroke Lunch time. Gladers started lining up for their lunches, which I had the job at handing them out. They gave me smiles while taking their plates, some knowing about the incident last night. Some of them asked me if I was okay, which I replied with a nod and a thank you. To be honest, most of these boys were really sweet. They may still be smelly boys that have major hormonal problems, but they do have soft hearts. Even Gally was partly nice to me today. He actually cracked what looked like a smile with a whisper of a thank you. I mean he was one of the people who dragged the Glader away.
I soon grabbed my own plate and sat down at one of the tables, which I was soon joined by Newt and Chuck. They greeted me which I returned, then dug into my meal. It actually tasted pretty good, so I was proud with myself.
After Lunch, we started up on Dinner but something caught my attention near the end of the day. The Runners had come back, but I saw no sign of Minho or Alby. I became worried and distracted from my work. I nearly chopped one of my fingers of multiple times. Luckily Frypan snapped me out of it before I did.
Once we had finished Dinner and everyone had eaten, the Gladers gathered in front of the Maze entrance. I stood in-between Newt and Thomas, as everyone waited patiently. I couldn’t help but chew on my thumb nail, feeling myself get more and more worried by the minute.
“How long till the doors close?”, I asked for the fifth time today.
“Two minutes....”, Thomas answered, staring out into the empty corridor.
The seconds passed by, and still no sign of the two. It was quiet as everyone waited, feeling anxious and worried. Everyone knew Minho and Alby. And everyone couldn’t help but feel even the slightest bit worried.
Soon enough, the dreading sound of the walls started to move across the cement. I looked side to side, feeling my heart pumping even more than before. The wind that flowed out from the Maze, whipped my hair back and caused me to squint as it dried out my eyes.
“There!”, Chuck yelled while pointing. I looked up and saw that Minho and Alby were indeed at the end of the corridor, but something was wrong.
Minho was dragging Alby, his arm around his shoulder and Alby unconscious. Minho was struggling to help his friend across the corridor, sweating and wincing in pain of how heavy he must be.
“COME ON MINHO!”, Thomas yelled out, before other Gladers started to do the same, yelling out words of encouragement to keep moving.
“MINHO HURRY!”, I shouted out, making him snap his head up and meet eyes with me. I felt my eyes water once the doors soon were only five metres apart.
I couldn’t control my actions. I barely knew what I was doing. I ran forward and slipped through the closing walls. I felt hands try to grab my shirt to pull me back, but I ignored them and kept running through, feeling the walls press against me sides making me start to shuffle sidewards. I could hear the Gladers start to shout for me to keep going so I wouldn’t be squashed against the walls.
I was just able to slip through between the two slabs of concrete and make it into the corridor of the Maze. The sound of the booming doors brought me back to my body and made me widen my eyes at what I just did.
“Good job”, Minho said while panting. “You just killed yourself”.
I looked around and saw that the Maze walls reached high into the sky, showing the tinting sky above. Ivy covered parts of the walls, making it look less boring but still horrid to look at. I turned back to Minho and saw he had dropped Alby to the floor, who was still unconscious.
“Why the shuck did you do that Floral?!”, Minho yelled while walking forward and grabbing my shoulders. “Now both of us are goin’ to be dead! You shuckface!”.
I stayed silent as Minho angrily grabbed a hold of my shirt, curling it into his fists. His eyes were burning with fear, anger and worry. I stared at him, my eyes probably wide with fear. He seemed to realise what he was doing and dropped his angry expression, and let go of my shirt.
“I’m sorry.... I’m so sorry Floral”, he said before squeezing me into his chest. I slowly wrapped my arms around his middle and closed my eyes, while Minho muzzled his face into my hair.
“I’m so shuckin’ scared.... I’m sorry”, I heard him say, before we pulled away and he looked down at me. “But why did you do that? Why didn’t you just stay where you were?”.
“I’d rather die in here with you.... than live without you”, I stated, meaning every word. Minho was about to reply, when a horrifying shriek was heard from just a few corridors away from us in the Maze.
“Grievers.... they’re comin’...”, Minho stated while looking down the empty corridor. “We need to go.... now”.
“Wait what about Alby? We can’t just leave him here!”, I said while stopping Minho from starting to run.
“He’s gonna die anyway! He was stung and it’s too late to get the Serum. We’re gonna have to leave him”, Minho fought back, before looking down the corridor again. “We’re gonna have to split up. It’s our only chance”.
“Minho-“, before I quick reply, he pressed his lips against mine.
I realised that it was the first kiss we shared. We hadn’t kissed on the lips yet. But now seemed like the only time to. I closed my eyes and kissed him back, putting on hand on the side of his neck while one of his hands was on my waist. Our lips moved in sync, before we pulled away and looked into each other’s eyes.
“I love you...”, he stated.
“I love you too....”, I replied.
“Now we gotta go!”, Minho said before pulling away and running down the corridor. “I’ll try and find you if I’m still alive!”.
“Wait Minho!”, but he was already gone and disappeared down behind one of the walls. I sighed and looked over at Alby.
I have to help....