Maze Runner One Shots (Requests Open)

Why I Love You (Aris)

"This place is terrible,"I mumbled to myself. For once, it was getting almost impossible to see any bright side to this. The Scorch has monsters, enough sun to give you heatstroke, and terror. While the Spring may have had freezing snow it was comforting. Besides, the weather didn't change the way it does here. It was safe and familiar. This place was the furthest thing from that.

So as everyone else was asleep I was tossing and turning. I don't know how anyone else even shut their eyes. From paranoia, fear, and memories, it doesn't make sense that they felt this kind of comfortable here. While it's good for them, it's unfathomable to me. To my messed up mind, people sleeping shouldn't be possible. Yet everyone was.

Shutting my eyes and turning over I realized that apparently, that wasn't exactly true. Aris gently shook my shoulder. Giving in to whatever he wanted, both from curiosity and my love for him, I sat up and looked at him through tired eyes. Even if I had to squint he was all that really mattered right now because he was all I had. Everyone else from the Spring was gone.

"Are you okay?"I whispered.

'I am, but are you?"He whispered back, catching me off guard.

"Of course, I am. Everything will be fine soon anyway,"I lied. He sighed before sitting right next to me.

"It's okay not to be okay. You don't always have to smile,"He said softly. I just stared at the ground and shrugged. Pulling my knees to my chest, I held back tears that I couldn't quite explain.

"I just want to make what's happening a bit easier on anyone. If I'm complaining then I can't do that,"I admitted.

"I know you want to look out for everyone, but that's not your job. You don't have to bottle up everything. I'm always here,"He comforted. His kindness never failed to make me smile. To be more specific he never failed to make me smile.

"This is why I love you,"I absentmindedly confessed. By the time I realized what I had done it was too late. The air was completely silent as he took in my words. I knew I had just ruined the pure, sweet friendship I do desperately clung to.

"You love me?"He asked, his voice barely above a whisper. While lying seemed like a good idea or making up an excuse about it being a platonic, keeping it inside was starting to hurt more than I'd like to admit.

"Yes. I do,"I breathed out, refusing to look him in the eyes.

"So it would be okay if I kissed you?"He asked, causing me to snap my head up and meet his gaze. Seeing him look back at me made my heart flutter. While this wasn't what I thought he's say, but it was exactly what I dreamed about. He was exactly what I had dreamed about.

"That would be more than okay with me,"I mumbled.

He cupped my cheeks before brushing his lips against mine. It was so slow, so gentle, so perfect. It was everything I could ask for, and while it didn't last long it seemed like a lifetime before we pulled away.

"I love you too,"He whispered, keeping his forehead against mine.

"I would sure hope so,"I teased. With both of us grinning like idiots, with my arms still around his shoulders, we kissed one last time.