The Maze Runner - One Shots / AU

The Changing Kiss - Newt

It's my first day as a Runner. Somehow, I've proved Alby, our leader, that I could do it. But I'm not on my own yet; I have Thomas and Minho as my Running partners.

It's a few minutes before the Doors open, and we just finished warming up. 

"Come on, let's go," Minho says, taking the lead. "Thomas, you've been runnin' a few weeks now, so you'll be runnin' last in line so you can watch out for Grievers and stuff behind us, in case they show up. Y/N, you stay in the middle, so you stay safe - as much as possible, in this shuck Maze."

Thomas and I nod, and we run through the now open West Door. I take a quick look back at the Glade and see Newt standing there, looking quite concerned.

I wouldn't risk my life out there in the Maze if it weren't for a way out. 

Escape this place. 

Get out. 

Get them out.

But most of all, get Newt out.

My precious Newt. Yes, I'm in love with Newt. But he will probably never know - I just can't tell him. I won't. Because I know he would never feel the same way about me.

I look back and focus on Minho. Following him, I try to focus on everything around me as soon as we're around the first corner. Because that's what being a Runner is about - remember everything, so we can draw the maps and try to find a way out.

After a while, I start to get tired. But at the moment I want to say it and ask for a little break, Thomas starts screaming from behind me: "GRIEVER!"

"Keep running and follow me!" Minho shouts. "And don't look back!"

I can't help it but ignore what Mingo said and look behind me. That's when I lose my focus and trip over a small rock on the ground and fall.

"Y/N!" Thomas shouts.

"Get up and run, shuck-face! I told you not to look back!" Minho adds.

I try, but it's too late. I feel a sharp pain in my knee - I've been stung. Everything goes dark.

Pain. A lot of pain. It's the only think I feel.

It feels like my head explodes from all those memories. 

The Changing.

I see myself as a little girl, about ten years old. I'm talking to a woman, but I can't hear half of what she's saying. I hear something about sunflares, the Flare, the killzone, immunes, a cure and Variables.

Then I see myself again, a few years older this time, about fifteen years old. I see Newt, about the same age as me. We're talking and laughing.

Then he has to go. "See you in the Maze," he says. Then he disappears.

Next I see myself a few moments before I'm about to enter the 'Maze'. The same woman as before is talking to me. "Good luck, Y/N. And remember: WICKED is good," she says.

Then it's over.

I wake up. I try to open my eyes, but I can't. Still, I can hear everything around me.

"She broke her leg when she fell over that rock, plus that she got stung in her knee of that same leg. I don't think it'll ever heal completely," I hear someone, probably a Med-jack, saying.

"Will she be able to walk?" Thomas asks.

"Yes, she will. She'll just have a limp.

That's when I hear someone start sobbing. Newt?

"I told her not to look back. Shuck-face," I hear Minho mumble.

"Minho, slim it now!" Thomas says, a bit of anger in his voice. But then his voice softens, "Newt, are you alright?"

"I- I don't know, Tommy," he answers, crying. "I just.. Care so much about her.. I bloody love her! It was her first day as a Runner and now.. she already has a limp because of that bloody Griever!"

"I'm so sorry, Newt," Minho apologizes.

"It's just.. I've never felt like this before.. Even with my memories wiped, I can't imagine feeling anything like this for someone before. She means the world to me.."

Then he stands up, sits down next to me and takes my hand in his.

"Y/N, please wake up. Please, Y/N. Please.."

Focussing on Newt's voice and the feel of his hands holding mine, I collect all my energy and manage to open my eyes.

"Y/N!" Newt gasps.

"Newt," I say. "Don't cry, please. I'm alright."

"But.. You'll have to walk with a bloody limp for the rest of your life!" Newt says, tears still running down his face.

"I know," I say.

"You.. You.. Did you hear everything?"

I nod. "Every single word."

Newt's face starts turning red. "Oh."

"It's okay, Newt," I whisper. "Never thought I would ever admit this to you, but.. I.. I love you too."

"Really?"

I nod again, smiling.

A smile appears on his face. "I love you so much, Y/N. So bloody much," he whispers and kisses me - making thousands of butterflies fly around in my stomach.

"I saw you in the Changing," I say when we stop kissing, resting my forehead against Newt's.

"Oh?"

I nod. "We were about fifteen years old, talking, laughing.. Then you had to go, saying that you would see me again in the Maze." Then I remember something. Something I saw in the Changing, but it went too fast to remember at that moment, but I see it now. "You kissed me on the cheek, then walked away," I finish my story.

"Aww," he says, and kisses me again.