Minho Love Story (Maze Runner fan fic)

Twelve

My night was a peaceful sleep up to a certain point where I experience a nightmare. It was one of those nightmares that you act out. Thrashing and screaming. The whole show. For me it was a nightmare. 

Me and Minho running the maze where a griever suddenly appears and begins chasing us. We run, trying to lose it but as we lose ground, it gains it. I look behind me to shout to Minho to run faster but my warning is too slow- I cant finish the dream as someone shakes me awake. I gasp and fight the arms that are trying to hold me down until I realise who it is. Minho. I sit up and hug him while he rubs my back. I look to the doorway and see Newt and Alby standing at the doorway and it seems they too, had run a mile to reach me. Probably just up the stairs. They both looked worried.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you. Nightmare." I inform them.

"Must've been one hell of a nightmare." Newt exclaims and I laugh, giving a light nod.

"Yeah." I answer and Minho continues to look down at me, still holding me. Newt and Alby leave to go back to bed but Minho stays. 

"You OK? Do you want me to stay?" Minho asks me. I go to say no, that it's OK but the dream felt so real. I nod my head and he crawls into bed with me. We spoon and I allow myself to drift back to sleep, experiencing no other dreams until morning. 

"Aww." I hear a group of gladers coo and I wake up, still in Minho's arms and a group of boys standing at my bedroom door. On the floor next to me was a pillow that gets thrown in their direction which they all feel the impact of.

"Go on you lot." I demand and gradually they disperse, leaving me to wake up Minho. Somehow he slept through it. At least I thought he did. I roll over and look up at him where his eyes are closed but a smile is on his face.

"Open your eyes." I tell him and he opens one. I could tell it was an effort for him. Especially after last night.

"Gladers saw us together didn't they?" He asks and I nod my head before he gets up to get ready for the maze today. Knowing that he wouldn't leave immediately, I walk over to my bedroom door and point out the hallway, of which he sulks to and I close the door to get ready. When I walk out I see that Minho is already ready and standing back at my bedroom, almost as if he was picking me up for a date and he was five minutes early. After breakfast, we walk out and go to the doors of the maze waiting for them to open.  

Gradually, we see the rest of the runners coming before the doors open and we sprint away with them following. We go our separate ways so it is just me and Minho. When it gets to about midday we stop for a lunch break. Today we are in section 2 as that section is open. 

"This seems like a beautiful day doesn't it Minho?" I ask and he looks up with a smirk on his face. I just knew he was about cheesy and I was right. 

"Not as beautiful as you." I blush at this comment but it is acquainted with a light wack on his arm and a laugh, which only makes him chuckle. "So what was the dream you had last night? I have never seen you that scared." He questions, concerned. I laugh, realising how stupid it really was. Because it was ever going to happen. Not. 

"Oh it was nothing really. I dreamt that me and you were being chased by grievers and it almost got you." He looked at me sympathetically and hugged me followed by a kiss on the head. I hugged him back.

"Trust me, that will never happen to me." He tells me and I look up at him.

"Famous last words shuckface." I tell him and he laughs as we got up to start running. 

As we reach the glade we are greeted by a sorrowful looking Alby and we slow down to a job to meet up with him as he was making it clear that we were the ones he wanted to talk to.

"What's up Alby? Everything OK?" I ask him and Minho looks at him, also a little concerned.

"No, not really. It's Ben. He's been stung." I stop in my tracks and look at him, wide eyed and concerned.

"What? How?" I ask him and Alby shrugs.

"I don't know but these things are upping their game. Making their presence known is one thing but stinging is a whole 'nother level. I'm sorry Katie but he has to be banished. He attacked Thomas." He tells me and again, I am shocked. 

"Katie it's OK. I can do it, you don't have to." Minho assures me and I nod my head in agreement. "Is Thomas OK?" Minho inquires and Alby nods.

"Yeah he's fine. Just a little shaken." We nod then remember what we saw in section two today which may help explain what happened today.

"Alby we gotta tell you something." I announce and we make our way to the map room.  

"Wait. A dead one? That can't be. One can't just die on the spot." Alby exclaims.

"Well apparently they can." I say sarcastically and Alby chuckles. 

"So tell me more." Alby says and I continue to tell him. 

"It may also mean that Ben ran through section two to get to his section of the maze for the day. Maybe it wasn't dead, just sleeping." I ponder and Alby and Minho agree.

"Closest theory I can think of." Alby states and we nod. Then we make an action plan. 

"I will go out with Minho tomorrow. Katie, you can go out to the maze for half the day then come back and help Newt." Alby says and I nod my head, agreeing with the plan for tomorrow. 

"Sounds good." I say and walk off, enjoying the rest of the night. 

As we walk the deadheads we hear sobbing. We look at each other in confusion then we saw him. Newt. Crying in the corner. Minho walks off and I walk toward Newt, careful not to startle him.

"Newt. What's wrong?" I ask him and he looks up, wiping the tears from his eyes. 

"Hmmm oh nothing. I'm being stupid."

"No you're not." I say. "What's up?" I ask him and he looks around to make sure no-one else is around then he looks at me after taking a deep breath. 

"I'm having... thoughts again. I just feel like we aren't ever going to leave this place and I don't really want to spend the rest of my life in a place surrounded by an impossible maze full of grievers." I sigh and look at him with sympathetic eyes then embrace him in a hug.

"Newt don't think like that. We are going to get you out of here. I promise. Yes it's taking a while I'll give you that but, we will get out of here. I know we will." I assure him before I pull him into my chest, allowing him to cry all he wants, not needing to be afraid of expressing his emotions to another person. 

Later on in the night, Minho and I prepare to banish one of our runners to the maze due to his attack on Thomas. It's not because he got stung but the fact that he tried to kill another glader is something we can't have. In other words, it's basically a death penalty. And we all hated it. The aftermath is worse, the moment the doors slam closed and we can no longer save them and they can't save themselves. No-one has ever survived a night in the maze. 

After the banishing, the poles leaning against the dull maze walls we disperse, leaving the greenie to ponder what may happen to him throughout the night. But Ben's screams echoed throughout the maze and we did our best to ignore it. We had to in order to keep fighting.