you turned around to get a good look at minho.
whoa.
he was tall and muscular.
a handsome face with a sharp jaw with dark eyes.
he had an olive complexion and dark hair that was soaked with sweat.
"what are we eating tonight?" he said slowly, still catching his breath.
"frypan's fish!" newt said.
minho took a piece of the fish frypan gave to me. you scoffed and looked up at him as he popped it into his mouth and smiled.
"im yn. that was my fish." you joked.
"im minho. it is now my fish." he joked back as he took another piece.
"yn here is interested in becoming a runner." thomas added.
minho laughed. "yn, nobody-"
"nobody wants to be a runner" you interrupted him in a mocking voice.
he looked at you up and down and smirked.
"you really wanna be a runner?" he asked
you nodded confidently.
"okay then. meet me tomorrow when im back on my run. i'll try to finish extra early so we can meet. you'll know where to find me." he said as he nodded towards the northern maze entrance.
the rest of the dinner was filled with friendly banter and jokes. you really liked your new friends. you caught minho staring at you occasionally, but just brushed it off.
thomas handed you a jar with weird smelling liquid.
"it's gally's drink," he explained. "try it, it'll drive you crazy!"
you took a swig. it tasted sweet like honey, but sour like a lime. it was bitter and hot, and burned like a fire as it went down your throat. you chugged the rest.
"damn!" newt laughed. "let's see how much you can take!"
four glasses later, you couldn't feel a thing.
"keep em comin'" you yelled as frypan brought two more.
they went down your through smoothly and effortlessly.
"ahh! how refreshing!" you joked.
"you've had six glasses. how are you not drunk as hell yet?" minho remarked, astonished.
you shrugged as you bit off another piece of bread.
gally tapped you on the shoulder and smirked at you.
"yn, it is a tradition that the new greenie fights me on their first night. are you up for the challenge?"
"aww no!" someone remarked
"don't fight the girl gally!' another said.
"you're gonna mess up that pretty face!" another complained. many boys nodded in agreement.
you rolled your eyes and smirked at gally. "lets do this."
you and gally stepped into the ring in unison.
"don't go easy on me now." you warned.
"wasn't planning on it. you seem like you can hold your own. " he replied.
he sprinted and lunged at you. you dodged him effortlessly as tripped his leg from behind. he fell to the ground with a grunt as you crawled on top of him to hold him down. he flipped over and pushed you off. he was now on top of you trying to pin you to the ground, but you quickly sat up and shoved him back down, holding his legs to keep him from getting back up.
"3, 2, 1! yn wins!" everyone cheered.
you got up and dusted yourself off as you helped gally up.
he scoffed in disbelief. "i'll be back for a rematch." he blushed in embarrassment and walked away.
you overheard alby talking to minho. "oh, she can definitely handle being a runner."
minho looked at you with a slight smile. "we'll see."
