DELICATE - TMR, Gally x OC

022: that's my Gally

-"Ari?"

Her lip curled into a smile at the familiar voice.

-"Gally?" She forced her eyes open and saw his face, he looked miserable.

-"Aria you slinthead why did you do this!"

He said hugging her so hard she couldn't breathe, -"You could've died!"

She rolled her eyes, -"Well I didn't."

She groaned as he let go off her, -"Now get Jeff."

He rushed away, he could be soft when you actually got close to him.

-"Aria?" Ben said as he came in to the room.

-"Ben!" She smiled and he sat down next to her on the bed.

-"How are you feeling?"

She sighed, -"Terrible."

He rose an eyebrow, -"What did you really see?"

-"Out of everyone I wouldn't think you would ask me, you know I can't speak about it?"

He sighed, -"Yes. But was Winston right?"

Her eyes met his, -"Did he tell you?"

Ben nodded.

-"He told everyone, he had too."

Aria furrowed her eyebrows. -"Why?"

Ben slapped her on the shoulder, -"You have been out for two weeks."

Aria sat up and he pushed her down again. -"Two?!"

He nodded, -"You woke up first, when Jeff gave you some sort of syringe in your back."

-"In my back..." she mumbled. -"Well what happened after that?"

-"You slept like a princess, had you been lacking sleep before?"

She shrugged, -"Can't be bothered to think right now."

Ben laughed, -"You should have seen the poor greenies face when I rushed out of the maze wuth you in my arms."

Aria rolled her eyes.

-"Carl saw you leave the blood-house earlier, go into your hut and then run into the maze."

Ben's face was back to serious, -"He also saw Winston leave the house after you."

She nodded, avoiding eye contact.

-"So Carl questioned it after you didn't wake up for a week. Winston's in the slammer, and Gally swore if you wouldn't wake up he would banish him."

Aria coughed,  -"That's my Gally."

When it was night and she had demanded Gally to leave the med hut, she felt her pocket.

Aria sighed when she found the paper, now after everything, she didn't want to escape.

Or did she?

It didn't feel like her emotions, she did want to escape, but something stopped her.

After all, the others had no idea how life was out there.

And what Aria had seen, wasn't so fun.

She had just told the others that she had dropped the note, which made like half of the gladers throw a tantrum.

But she didn't want to tell them yet.

Could she even ever tell them?

On weak legs she walked around in the room, searching for an empty jar.

When she found one with a lid she took it under her arm and hurried over to the forest.

There she buried down the map, next to the tree she had gotten bund up to by Carl and the others.

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-"Gally?" She whispered walking into his hut that never was locked.

He groaned and turned around in his bed to meet her eyes, -"Can't sleep?"

Aria nodded as she walked towards his bed, closing the wooden door behind her.

-"I'm nervous for the meeting tomorrow."

He grabbed her wrist, pulling her down next to him.

-"Well I know you're not getting banished, because I know you found a map."

She furrowed her eyebrows, -"No I didn't?"

-"Don't play with me, I knew all this would happened even before you came here. I saw it in my visions."

He said the last sentence more quiet, telling Aria that there was no questions to be asked about it.

-"Well don't tell anything atleast?"

Gally sighed, -"I guess I won't, unless it's tipping too you getting banished."

He pulled the covers over her as she removed her hoodie.

-"I love you Ari."

She gently played with his hair as he continued, -"It was empty without you here."

-"Ben told me what you had said to Winston." She said teasing him.

-"Oh did he?"

His cheeks were flushing red, he was grateful she couldn't see it in the dark.

-"May I?"

He asked as he came closer to her.

She nodded, -"You may."