DEFENCE SYSTEM | NEWT; THE MAZE RUNNER

chapter nine | feelings

THE NEXT DAY

i was in the map room with minho collecting all of the stuff we need to run. that was until thomas came in...

"hey guys," thomas said, while walking in. me and minho looked at each other. minho with realisation and me with rage filling up.
"what's wrong?" thomas asked, stepping closer to minho and i.

"um, sorry man i forgot to tell you that just me and y/n are runnin' today, you're gonna help newt in the gardens," minho said, looking down. thomas looked hurt. i wanted to feel bad for him, but at the same time, the reason why he ain't runnin' was because of what he said and did.

"okay..." thomas said sad, and walked out of the hut. minho looked at me with 'the' look.

"don't look at me like that," i said to him and continued to pack my belongings.

"you saw that look on his face y/n, he looked hurt," minho said back.

"since when did you ever care about other people's feelings, min?" i asked him, putting my bag on my shoulder. he looked offended but, of course, since he's minho, he has to make a massive drama out of it. he melo-dramatically smacked his hand to his chest and took a big inhale.

"how dare you say that to your sass bestie!" he said, i just chuckled.

"c'mon don't wanna be late bestie!" i said, running along outside of the hut with him following behind me.

me and minho were walking to the hole beside each other; i can feel thomas' eyes on me. obviously i did feel bad because he is a runner but he's also my brother and brothers and sisters fight all the time! but this time, it felt like i was crushed. that night at the treehouse i said to not loose hope and he agreed with me, but then he just gave up in the hole? i didn't really feel like talking to him to be honest, neither newt. newt made me feel like i never really will belong here. maybe i wasn't meant to be put here? i just feel like whatever comes out of newt's mouth matters and what he said, made me loose even more hope than i already lost when i came up in this place.

while me and minho were walking towards the hole, thomas' eyes didn't come off me, i wanted them too, it made me feel unsure about running and you cannot be distracted while running, it's one of the rules:

don't stop. don't get distracted. if one person is in trouble, think about yourself first.

i never really agreed with the last rule, if either thomas or minho were stuck in the maze or hole, i would never leave them behind, but the both of them are very serious about the rules to do with anything so that makes me wonder if any of them would leave me if i was in a sticky situation. i blocked off all my thoughts and began to walk again.

"hurry up slow poke," minho said, now jogging.

"yeah, yeah," i said, trying my best to not kick his shin.

we finally made it to the hole and who was there? newt.

'ugh' i thought, not giving any sort of eye contact.

"hi guys!" newt said happily.

'has he forgotten what he said to me? if he has i actually swear-' i was cut out of my thoughts by minho nudging my arm.

"what?" i asked bitterly towards minho.

"aren't you gonna say bye?" he said to me.

:shit' i thought. 'i forgot to tell minho what newt said'.

"bye," i said sassily, not giving eye contact to newt and began slowly walking in the hole.

"what was that about?" minho asked newt, oblivious to the situation.