HEAVEN AND HIGH WATER ↠ the maze runner ／ minho¹

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GETTING DION DRUNK WAS DEFINITELY NOT A GOOD IDEA.

Alfred, who had been enjoying a conversation with Stan and Slicer named Alex was thankfully the one responsible—and terrified that Council member was going to die in front of his eyes—enough to run and find Nick who so happened to be lounging with Alby and Newt.

"Excuse me?" was his first and only capable response, the jar in hand left astray.

Alfred stood there with his tight lipped smile, arms awkwardly stiff by his sides, "Yep."

"I swear I had one drink—I must've heard you wrong." Alby, also wide-eyed, stared in disbelief.

"Are you sure?" it was Newt's turn to look at him weird now.

"Yes. I'm sure." the younger boy threw hiss hands in the air to iterate his message, "I'm very sure she lit Minho on fire! I saw it with my own eyes."

His reassurance kickstarted the two out of three boys intojumping to their feet.

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WHAT A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE IT WAS TO HIM, which is why we're fast forwarding to now; two idiots groaning in the Med Hut, one in physical pain externally, the other also in physical pain only internally.

The girl glared at the boy on the cot next to hers, "I hate you. This is all your fault." she grumbled lowly.

"Me?! You're the one who lit me on fire! Oh my beautiful face... my money maker!" long gone was his brooding Keeper of the Runners facade.

She rolled her eyes—to which she immediately regret when the searing pain came back, making her wince.

They went back to their (not so) quiet pains of their own, their respective headaches settling down slowly.

Until, the doors of the Hut slammed open and enter one angry Nick and a silent Alby—making the two recoveries groan in pain at the sudden boom.

"What the hell is wrong with you two!" the leader scolded loudly, not bothering to lower his voice for the only two patients in the Med Hut.

"Lower your damn voice, geez." complained the girl.

"No! I will not lower my 'damn voice'." he said louder, now simply to spite them both.

Minho sat up—despite what his body is telling him—and looked at the leader with half-lidded eyes, "Take it easy on her, s'not her fault." he defended, until he backtracked, "Well—not entirely her fault... she did almost burn half my face off." he glared at the girl who was barely paying attention.

Nick threw his hands in the air before looking at the Keeper disappointedly, "Did you forget about the Rules?"

"Huh?"

"The Rules."

"Emphasizing 'the' does not help." Minho said in an almost mocking tone for 'the'.

Nick sighed, "You know the chart!"

Minho tilted his head in confusion, opting Nick to roll his eyes and move his eyes to the girl next to him—who, now seemed very dissociate—then back to him until it clicked in his head.

"Oh." and without another thought, he accidentally let slip out; "The Dion Drinks Chart."

At the sound of her name, she was brought back to reality and looked up to give them a look.

"Excuse me?"

Still seventy-percent-drunk Minho winced, then looked towards Nick who had the almost same exact look on his face, then back to Dion, then back to Nick, until he eventually gave up and looked at Dion in the eyes, "We have a drunk chart of you."

"Minho!" scolded Nick.

He raised his hands in defense at the leader, now looking away from the girl next to him. "I'm intoxicated you know this! You left me to it on my own!"

Dion, still unanswered kept her glare towards the leader and the Keeper who was now arguing amongst themselves, jumping when she noticeed Alby who was now standing next to her.

"Five or below drinks you're just sad and... sadder." he started the explanation, "—More than that you get reckless and we're terrified of you."

A part of her started to get offended but hearing the truth from Alby dampened that offense—towards him anyway—"'Preciate the honesty, bud, could always count on you." she smiled, earning another smile her way too (the first time she ever seen him smile too!) until she felt a horrible sensation bubbled in her, reaching her throat. "Uh oh." Alby's smile dropped at her sudden change of demeanor.

"You good, Dee?"

She shook her head agressively before hunching over the prepared bucket on her left.

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i do not like this.. it was originally part of last chapt but i wanted to be more dramatic 😭