| The Rejected | The Maze Runner; Gally Fic [x reader ver.]

|chapter•thirty•six|

"We got a Runner!"

The sound of Zart's voice caught his attention, snapping him out of his thoughts. He inched closer to the edge and looked down toward the Box.

Everyone was gathered around it, staring in a certain direction and cheering something on. He followed their line of sight and caught sight of the new greenie running in a random direction, he took notice of how fast he was, but the greenie was soon rolling on the grass as he tripped over his own two feet.

The cheering continued for a few seconds as the greenie began standing back up, "Take it all in!" Someone said, and (M/n) watched the moment the greenie realized where he was.

There was a momentary silence in the Glade, until Billy's voice was heard loud and clear, "To the pit, greenie!"

And like that, Billy, accompanied by Sean and Derek, grabbed the greenie and began dragging him to the pit, despite his best efforts to release himself from their hold. Well, now he could go back to enjoying the peace and quiet that was so weird around this place, sighing at the relaxing feeling of the breeze brushing against his skin.

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A while later, (M/n) closed his journal and put it back inside its bag, picking it up as well as his camera and he made his way down the Watchtower, lazily walking over to the Box, where Gally and Chuck were playing nearby.

Both of them had wide smiles on their faces and (M/n) instinctively raised the camera up to his face and made sure to capture the moment, chuckling to himself as he observed them having fun.

And he noticed that Chuck wasn't with the greenie.

(M/n) walked closer toward them and leaned his side against a tree, "Where's the greenie?" Gally stopped swinging Chuck side to side, and they stared at him, squinting because of the sun.

"Alby is giving him the tour," Chuck pointed somewhere behind (M/n), making him turn to check and indeed, Alby was showing him around the Glade.

The greenie looked around with curious and confused eyes, feeling a little disoriented at everything happening around him, "For a second I thought you had the chops to be a Runner... Till you face-planted, that was great," the blond chuckled and the greenie looked at him.

"Wait... Runner?" He noticed their facial expressions change.

"Newt, do me a favour? Go find Chuck," and like that, Newt began walking away.

The greenie turned around, his sight trailing on him, only to get distracted by someone else. "Who is he?"

Alby turned to the greenie and noticed he was staring at something- someone behind him, following his line of sight, and Alby realized he was looking at (M/n).

He sighed and put his hand on the greenie's shoulder, trying to get him to focus back on the tour, "Listen here, greenbean, if there's someone here you shouldn't mess with is him, so you better not try anything stupid, you hear me?" Slightly scared at the sudden change in Alby's voice, he nodded without a word, "(M/n)'s been through a lot of klunk since the day he arrived, and he doesn't need more on his plate."

The greenie nodded, understanding what Alby said, but for some reason, he didn't seem to be able to stop looking in his direction every few minutes. He wasn't sure why but... (M/n) brought him a sense of serenity and warmth which he couldn't understand.

Do they know each other? How could that be possible?

He felt the need to talk to him as soon as possible, feeling almost captivated by (M/n) in a way he couldn't comprehend.