Minho Love Story (Maze Runner fan fic)

Sixteen

I wake up and groan, not being bothered to run the maze and train up a new recruit, despite the new recruit being Thomas. Today was Thomas' first official day in the maze. First legal day I guess you could say. He spent the night in the pit and no food due to his ignorance of the maze rule but now he can be trained up. See the maze in it's scary glory and help in finding a way out of the damn place. Scary as it may turn out to be. 

I get up and realise that Minho is still asleep. I roll my eyes and grab my pillow, hitting him over the head with it but he continues to snore; loudly. I sneak out of our room and grab a glass of water, tipping it over his head. This results in an instant reaction as he jumps out of the bed, ready to fight, his hair drooping over his face. Anger is evident on his face as he sees me giggling like a maniac in the corner but it soon turns to mischief. He gives a small smirk before slinking over to me, arms out ready to hug me. 

"You think this is funny do you?" He asks while walking towards me. I laugh some more and nod, a grin on my face. "OK, you asked for it." He warns and my eyes widen before I dodge him, running out of the door and to the middle of the glade, where the keepers were already getting their 'stations' ready for today's work. They all look over confused, before they see Minho bolting out of the homestead and begin laughing, shaking their heads and continuing with their work. 

"No!" I yell and I know that I'm trapped because I know that no-one will help me. And he engulfs me in a hug, with me trying to escape his grasp. "Let go!" I shout.

"Not until you say that I'm the hottest and sassiest guy you have ever met." He retorts.

"Never!" I yell, laughing yet he keeps hugging me, my back getting wet from the water I spilt on him. Eventually, I give in.

"You are the sassiest guy I have ever met and one of the prettier ones." I say, hoping that my version of the sentence was enough. Apparently it was because he lets go. "Happy?" I ask. He pretends to think about it before nodding. After our little play fest, we make our way to the pit to get Thomas out and ready for his first official day in the maze. 

"Hey. Listen I just have to go see Newt about some things, will you be right with Thomas?" I ask him and he nods before walking off to get Thomas ready. "Minho!" I shout and he turns around. "I'll meet you at the doors!" I shout and he nods again before continuing his way to the pit. 

 I find Newt in the kitchen, helping Frypan with breakfast. I see a bowl of fresh apples sitting on the bench and I take a couple for the boys and I.

"New. Do you need me back at a certain time? Just while Alby is still unconscious." I ask Newt and he thinks before shaking his head.

"No. Take as long as you want. I'm sure we'll be fine." He answers and I nod, still hiding the apples that I managed to steal form Fry. I quickly run off to find Minho who is waiting with an eager and impatient Thomas. I throw the apples at them and they catch, munching on them. Minho is explaining the rules. I could see Thomas getting bored.

"let me guess, every second sentence is 'never stop running'." I ask him and he nods.

"Make him stop." He pleads and I laugh.

"Minho, he gets it. I think he proved everything the other night." I joke and he nods and we face the doors, bolting in when there's enough room.

"Lets go." Minho and I announce and Thomas follows suit. Something told me today is going to change something or everything drastically. 

For hours we run, making our way to section 7 but currently we were still in the passages and I'm in front of both the boys and I could feel a set of eyes resting on a place that isn't my back and something told me that it wasn't Thomas.

"Minho. My eyes are up here." I announce and I hear Thomas give a light chuckle.

What am I staring at then?" He asks sarcastically, obviously ignoring Thomas' comment. 

"You know." I answer with a slight laugh. He runs up next to me, leaving Thomas in the dust and  promising not to do it again. I tell him to run in front of me and he does but not before smacking my butt.

"Woah guys, seriously!" Thomas shouts and I laugh. 

"Minho, how 'bout lunch?" I ask him and he nods before basically collapsing against one of the walls of the maze. Thomas was very confused.

"The 'always keep running' rule is broken for hunger." I tell him before he has a chance to answer. He nods his head, and sits against the wall, taking out his lunch and eating it quickly, and taking a few swigs of water. It was obvious he wanted to continue but Minho and I were taking the break. It was only noon so we still had a few hours until we had to be back.

"Greenie, calm down. We've got time." Minho tells him and he nods, before resting against the wall again.

After another 20 minutes, we are already in section 6 and not too far from section 7. Which we could already tell was open, which shouldn't be the case. 

"This is weird." Minho states as we get closer. Thomas looks at us confused.

"What?"

"7 isn't supposed to open for another week." I state as we continue to walk through the section; gradually we reach the blades.

"What is this place?" Thomas wonders, looking around. This is one part of the maze he didn't get to see.

"We call 'em blades." Minho answers. As we get further into the section we hear a strange beeping noise, making the three of us stop in confusion. We all look at each other before Thomas looks at Minho's pack before forcing him to turn around and pulling out the thing we pulled out of the griever yesterday. 

"What is it?" I ask and Thomas walks back the way we came two steps and the beeper becomes more faint so he walks in the opposite direction with the beeping getting louder.

"I think it's showing us the way." So, we make our way, following the griever 'tracker' by the noise it makes. We go through twists and turns before we get to something Minho and I have never seen before.