𝗧𝗪𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝝠𝗧𝗛𝗪𝝠𝗬𝗦-𝗠𝝠𝗭𝗘 𝝝𝗙 𝗪𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗗 ➳ TMR

Chapter 9- Gossiping at the end of the day

The hut from Newt wasn't very big, on the other hand pretty comfortable.

A scent of vanilla was in the air and the whole hut was organised, I could never. I mean I was never really good with tidying, though I was certainly never really in the hut I used to share with Mari and Harriet out of when I needed my, not very long, sleep.

I usually didn't sleep well or much but the nightmares were better since Mar and Ettie insisted on bunking with me in a bigger hut after everything with Anne...

What I meant by that my side always looked untouched.

I think I could live with this for a few days.

"Don't get too comfortable in here, Newt and Minho are good friends but not even Newt could survive 'non-stop-Minho' every night."

That's what she said.

Not the time, Diana. I warned myself.

"Diana, you have to wake up before the doors open and-"

I broke him off mid sentence. "Alby, I was the finchin' Jailor of it, I think I know the basics."  

"Alright, alright just checking." He shook his head. "Mari, I think Clint told me you would like to try out for Med-jacks and already set quite an impression."

That's what- okay, enough with that.

"Uh-huh, Clint told me to meet him at sunrise in the Medhut to teach me more basics. So we both should better get some sleep, thank you for all the effort you put into this." Mari answered him in her normal-soft voice.

I'm not even going to say it anymore. Can they just stop speaking like that?

"Yeah, we desperately need sleep." I added hinting him to get out.

Normally I would've said it into his face but Alby's got a lot going on probably. The arrival of Mari and me. And of the girl. Probably just as puzzled as I am.

"Well then sleep tight and don't let the Grievers get ya." He turned around on the sole of his shoe and rushed-walked out of Newt's- well for a few nights, our hut.

I let myself fall onto the bed.

"I could get used to this." I could see myself feeling comfortable in this hut. Which made me realise... "By that I mean in your Crush's hut and all that."

"He's not my crush."

"Don't even deny it, Buttercup." I smiled at the nickname I gave her back in the Spring 'cause that were her favourite flowers. Close followed by Baby's-breaths, Tulips and Daisies.

She mentioned them all the time when we arrived in the Spring, always dreamed of hope, summer, the green, she was the happiness I always needed when I felt down. Sadly she wasn't always around when I did needed it.

"I'm just saying that it's not true, I mean he is kind, a gorgeous-muted blonde as a hair colour, has beautiful eyes which are so deep you could practically-"

"Still denying?" I grinned looking at the ceiling but knowing Mari is blushing like crazy.

"I just like him as a friend, jeez is that so hard to understand?" I would accepted that as an answer if it weren't for the stutter in her voice.

"Sure, as a friend."

"You and that Minho guy seemed more than just friends." She shot back unexpectedly, laughing her head off with her angelic laugh.

"First of all, no he has a mouth of a Shadersface and a bigger ego than Luis' figure, which is still a way too kind name for such a grumpy-old cat. Second, he's a Stick."

"So you checking him out when he was soaked in water, was him being a Stick?" She continues laughing.

"I wasn't checking him out! I was just surprised by the sudden action." I defended myself, I really wasn't 'checking him out' or whatever Mari was saying I did.

"Or surprised by his bicep?" She sat herself down on the bed.

"Are you being serious we're in a maze, Mari. Even if I liked him, which I don't, we're looking for an exit or a way to go back to Spring." I was more hoping for the second, I want to get Harriet and Sonya out with us.

"Then why do you keep going back to Newt, and me apparently crushing on him?" She giggles as if I just stepped into my own trap, which might be the case or is it?

"That's different the two of you have time in here with no Shaders or Gravers-"

"Grievers, they call them Grievers. Big Spider. Jeff told me, they also have a window where you can look inside the Maze."

"Well, whatever Gravers, Grievers same thing. Where was I? Right, you two can make out in here, which I do not want to know but you do gotta tell me if it does happen. That's why I chose to be a Mappe-"

A cough from Mari interrupted me. "Runner still same thing."

She grabbed the blanket and pulled it over the two of us.

Lucky for her we took off our shoes. But you know who didn't?

"Did you notice? Alby didn't take his shoes off when we entered, That gives me the ick right now."

Mari shakes her head at the sudden change of subject probably.

"Maybe because he was just for a short time in here."

"Still not very reasonable."

"He wasn't on the bed with them, that would give me the jeebies."

"That's a walking red-flag if a man, no if anyone does that."

"I could imagine Beth doing that."

"Yeah, with her boots that are always covered in mud. Disgusting."

We laugh in disgust at that thought.

The two of us were now laying properly on the two pillows. But sleeping wasn't really a choice, in the Spring we used to do the same until I also took part time the job of the Jailor of the Map-makers.

The Map-makers were the ones who made out of the sketches from the Mappers a proper map.

Mari and I talked about everything, the differences mainly.

Mostly how weird the words are and how much they upset me.

Though after hours of talking we fell asleep.

If I had just known what confusion and anxiety the dreamland had in for me, I would've stayed awake.

A/N: Well this was just a chapter of Mari and Diana finally having a few moments together. I wanted to add them teasing each other about literally everything, I think that's just so cute in a bsf way. Hopefully it wasn't annoying or toxic. Oh and it was also about my ick that I hate when people don't take their shoes off in the house, like no sorry. That remains to be a walking red flag for me.

I also thought about adding a cast/face-claim but I then decided against it, you probably have already imagined or given Diana and Mari a face-claim. So in order to not destroy that (I personally hate it when you read a book and then see the movie and it's so different than you imagine) I didn't make a cast. However I think I already described Diana and Mari's looks a little in the prologue.

Sorry that was just me japping about not making a cast and all that.

Hope you have a amazing week
X Liz