Aris Jones X Reader One Shots

Pretty Things (Part 3)

Seeing Aris with Sonya and Harriet killed Y/N, but she didn't say anything. She sat on the mountain top with her friends while she focused on him laughing and telling stories about his escape. Of course, there was one part he didn't mention. The club that ruined it all.

Harriet was naturally observant though. He could make vague statements about being forced to drink. He could say that was why his eyes were red and he looked like a train wreck.

He couldn't brush off the faint bruises on his lips though. He couldn't brush off the glitter on his cheek from how close he had been to Y/N. Harriet was more than aware there was more to the story he was telling them.

"Who'd you kiss?"She asked bluntly. Aris went silent as he glared at the ground with his arms crossed. Lost in thought about how he was supposed to be her pretty thing but messed it up, he was only pulled back to earth when Frypan called his name. Still not acknowledging anything, he stood up and walked to somewhere, pushing past people. His friends stared at him as a thousand questions of what just happened circled their heads.

One other person who saw had a good feeling she knew the reason though. Y/N was more than aware that her goal of upsetting him had worked. The problem was that it didn't give her the satisfaction she hoped. It only left her confused on why this hurt in the first place when he thought that she was Rachel.

Without a word she stood up and walked somewhere, ignoring her friends. She just needed to be alone. Hopefully, forever. She couldn't do this right now. She just couldn't deal with it.

Storming down the mountain with her hands in her pockets, she walked to the edge of the Safe Haven. Assuming that she was alone she glared at absolutely nothing before kicking the stone wall.

Assumptions are never good though. Because Aris saw, and even with her back turned her rage was obvious.

"He has no shucking right to be mad. No right. He called me Rachel. I just got back at him. It shouldn't even matter because he obviously doesn't see me that way,"She ranted.

Aris knew her hatred should be what he focused on, but hearing her say that she was getting back at him left him curious. What did she mean by that?

"Shucking hypocritical, scumbag. Gullible, jerk. Cold-hearted, cruel, foul, human,"She listed. Her words cut deep as tears filled his eyes. Walking away, he didn't hear her say what could have helped fix this.

"You're an idiot, Y/N. An idiot,"She mumbled.

Assumptions really are bad, but clearly they have that in common. Just like they have the way they're confused, hurt, and need someone to lean on.

♡ Time Skip♡

With everyone on their knees, Y/N stayed next to Aris as WCKD guards remained behind them. Feeling one close enough that his boot was on her back, she couldn't help but flinch. With his first instinct being to comfort her, Aris grabbed her hand. Knowing who it was, she held his as tight as she could while shaking in fear.

Holding her breath, everything in her mind started spinning as Thomas voluntarily stepped forward. In her head she called him an idiot.

When he pulled out the grenade though, those thoughts intensified. She understood that WCKD was bad but didn't want to die. If they took her that would happen. If Thomas went though with this that would happen. There was no winning.

Everyone knew that though, including Thomas.

His goal was to save his friends, and as much as he despised WCKD he couldn't let everyone die. Standing there and frozen he did as he they said while trying to plan our what to do.

There wasn't time for that though, and he was never good at making plans anyway. Before anyone could blink several people were pulled up. With survival skills kicking in Y/N elbowed the guard behind her, resulting in her letting go of Aris's hand. Realizing this a second too late, she felt frozen as he was dragged while she watched. It seemed like she was outside her own body, seeing things through someone else's eyes.

With chaos around her, she didn't know what to do. She didn't know how to handle it. So her body decided for her and collapsed.