Head or Heart [Minho x Reader x Thomas]

Chapter 19 | I Sensed A Little Bit Of Jealousy

After a few hours of just walking in the Scorch, Minho and I finally decided to take a little break for a while.

We all stopped sat in the middle of the desert, some even lied on the ground.

Minho offered me a his bottle of water, which I refused, "I have mine."

"Then why aren't you drinking?" he asked.

"Gotta save some for later." I simply said, even though my throat is dry as hell.

"Babe, you said the same thing earlier. When's that "later" going to happen?" Minho said.

"I dunno." I said.

Minho just stared at me after I said that two words. "Fine, okay." I took my bottle of water then drank some. "Happy?"

"Yeah." he replied then looked from afar, probably calculating how much further we need to go. "We're still far."

"Thanks for stating the obvious, shuck-face." I said.

"We'll just rest for a minute then we should keep moving." he said, caressing my hands, I nodded.

"I wonder what WICKED's up to now." I said, looking at the ground.

"Probably making a shuck experiment again, that's what." Minho replied sternly.

"I hate them."

"What? How can you hate them, Y/N? They're so kind and sweet! I like those people." Minho said, his voice full of sarcasm.

I chuckled.

"How long do you think we could reach the buildings?" I asked.

"I don't know, maybe a week or less." he replied, taking a sip of his water bottle. "I think we should go."

"Okay." I said, packing up my things again.

"Shanks! Time's up, let's go." Minho announced. All the Gladers followed and continued our seems like endless trip across the Scorch.

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Finally, when every last trance of dusk had gone, full darkness settled on the land like a black fog.

Soon after dark, I heard a girl screaming, like she's been choked to death.

I stopped in my tracks, concentrating on the noise that was ahead of us.

The others must have noticed too, because that also stopped running.

"You know what that reminds me of?" Minho asked, his voice a whisper with an edge of fear.

"Ben, Alby, Me?" Screaming after the Griever sting?" Thomas replied.

"You got it." Minho answered.

"Somebody should go. The building looks like it's not that far anymore. I'll go." Thomas said.

"Whoa, dude, what if it's some other trap again, you gonna scream for help and pee your pants for mommy?" Minho said.

"No, I see a girl inside, it might be Teresa." Thomas said, looking at the building.

"What kind of idiot are you, Thomas?" Minho protested.