Break or Bind | TMR | The Maze Runner

7

Strange events have begun to appear in the Glade since Thomas' arrival. For example, even though today is not delivery day, sirens can be heard throughout the Glade, and we can't ignore it.

I felt great anxiety when we found a woman, lying in the metal box, almost looking like she was dead. And a letter was found clutched in her hand. When Newt jumped down and read the contents, the entire Glader fell silent.

"She's the last one," Newt read the letter, "What's the bloody meaning of this?" he continued. None of the Gladers dared to answer, until suddenly the girl sat up and called out Thomas' name, then fell back unconscious, making Glader's entire attention focus on the owner of that name.

Bad dream, my mind whispered again. This is clearly no coincidence. After what happened to Alby, who was stung in the Maze, and Thomas emerged as a hero, he is now gaining support for being a runner, although some still disagree.

Night fell, and I slipped into the bathroom at the Homestead after making sure there were no more people waiting in line. It's been a tiring week. After I finished stripping off all my clothes, I turned on the faucet and stood in the cold shower.

'When are they going to add a hot water feature here?' I thought, pouring shampoo over my head.

Either because of the loud sound of the shower so I couldn't hear the sound of footsteps outside or indeed they were good at tiptoeing silently, until a touch of hot skin slipped across my waist, making me want to scream, but another palm rushed to silence me.

"Mmmrrrhhh!!!" My only protest is my voice.

But the owner of this hand immediately tried to calm me down, "Shh... it's me, Maeve. Calm down."

My eyes suddenly opened wide. This man turned my body to face him. He also released his grip on me and let him imitate his other hand, gripping my waist tightly.

"Minho! What the heck are you doing here?!" I asked angrily in a whisper.

But his face remained calm as he answered my question as his hand moved up again to brush a strand of hair from above my cheek, "Our conversation the other day wasn't over, you know that."

His lowered tone reminded me of the brief night that had occurred a few weeks ago.

"But you didn't come back to me." My reply started to lose the anger that had appeared just a moment ago.

Minho nodded, "Yes I know, I'm sorry. But I did it because Alby was aware of my lateness that day. He told me I should watch my behavior and pay close attention before doing anything reckless."

"But you can ignore his advice, what we do is based on the agreement of both parties." My protest again.

"Shh, I understand, but I'm a Keeper. You have no idea how much I try to control myself and keep my distance from you. With Thomas coming, at least all the Glader's attention is on him, so no one will notice about us."

I furrowed my brows hearing Thomas' name being mentioned, "I can't believe you asked Thomas to be a runner. He can't be trusted."

Now it was Minho's turn to frown, "He? Can't be trusted? Oh come on. You can't judge someone you just met so cruelly. True, that shank act like he wasn't an idiot, and sometimes his words are beyond common sense. But I can feel that a good change is about to happen. You don't see him in there, in the maze like I do."

"Good change!" I sneered, while releasing Minho's grip on my waist, and stood back under the shower to rinse the shampoo that was still stuck to my head.

"Maeve.." Minho whispered softly into my ear, which made my whole body tremble. I forgot the whispering voice he spoke every second he pulled and pushed his body parts from inside me. "You don't have to like Thomas, but I want you to believe me."

Now his hands are wrapped around my waist and moving up to caress my breasts. "For now, this is what matters. I've been waiting for it for a long time. You won't believe how many times I imagined this would happen in just one day. I've memorized your regular bathing hours, and made sure no one was around to catch us red-handed."

His lips lightly kiss my shoulder, moving sideways until it reaches the side of my neck. A moan escaped my mouth.

It only took a few seconds before I heard the zip of his pants being unzipped, and he started rubbing his hard body between my cleavage.

Ahh, I can't pretend like I didn't want it. So when he pushed in, I was already wet and ready.

"Damn.. this feels so good." Minho said in between his own moans.

We were enjoying the moment so much that we heard a knock on the other side of the window.

Minho immediately covered my mouth and slowly pulled us both closer to the wall, away from the curtains covering the window. If our shadow is seen then it's over.

When Minho felt that we were in a safe place, he started asking loudly, "Who's there?!"

There was silence for a while before Chuck's disappointed voice came from behind the window, "Ah, what the hell, it's you Minho. I thought it was Maeve's bath time."

"Well, how would I know. What are you planning anyway?"

"You know, I was planning to scare her. Because if you think about it she's the only one who hasn't caught my prank yet, haha." Chuck replied in an innocent but mischievous tone.

Minho moved his waist again.

"Are you mad?!" I whisper softly, feeling humiliated. Chuck is still a kid!

"Are you crazy?" Minho asked ignoring the protests I made. "Maeve is a girl, treat her like a girl. Don't play games with her. Remember that Gally is on her side, unless you're really looking for trouble then I won't mind passing that message on to him." he continued.

"He-Hey! Stop it! I, I was just kidding! Don't tell the shank, okay?" Chuck replied who seemed to be turning deathly pale just by hearing his voice.

"Go back to your bed then, before I change my mind." Minho's order was short which Chuck didn't answer, now we could hear his little running steps away from the bathroom.

"Phew.. almost huh?" Minho asked calmly. It irritated me and so I tried to hit him, but couldn't reach him because right now I was staring at the wall. "You're going too far, we could be caught." My protest.

Minho laughed softly, "But it makes you tighten, it must be very thrilling, isn't it?"

"Oh shut up." I answered short. Making Minho turn my body and kiss my lips before putting his body back into me. "Oh Maeve, I love you so much.." he said in between our kisses, which actually made my heart skip a beat.

Did Minho just confess his feelings to me?