!!DISCONTINUED!! Into The Maze - The First Girl - Newt x Reader x Minho

Chapter 26

I wake up wrapped in Newts arms, and I relax, a happy sound escaping me. I roll over carefully in his embrace so I don't wake him and study his face; he looks so peaceful when he sleeps, and his silky blonde hair is fluffy, sticking up all over the place.

I kiss his face gently until he wakes up, "Mmmm, I could get used to this" he mutters, burying his face in my hair sleepily. I laugh softly, "Come on, Newtie; we have to get up", I say, running my fingers through his hair. He objects and snuggles closer to me, "Do we have to?" his voice is muffled by my -his- hoodie and thick with sleep.

My heart melts as I look at him, and I feel overwhelming love fill me from head to toe. I sit up and try to get out of bed, but Newt wraps himself around me like a possum and won't let go. "Neeewt" I laugh, "You've got to let me go, you need to go Running, and I need to help Fry get breakfast ready. You don't want to go Running with no breakfast, do you?"

Instantly he lets me go, a look of horror on his face, "No!" I laugh as he quickly climbs out of bed and grabs his now dry clothes from where he left them. I pull off his hoodie and the cold morning air hits me, I quickly dress -the same as yesterday but a blue shirt- and sling my bow and quiver over my shoulder, I rarely go anywhere without them.

I hold the jumper out to him, but he smiles, pushing it back towards me, "You keep it, love. I can request another one from the Box". I smile and put it on the bed, while Newt waits by the door and I walk over to him, taking his hand in mine and leaning my head on his shoulder as we walk.

Just before we leave the trees I stop, and Newt turns to me with a question in his eyes, "I don't know how to say this, but maybe we shouldn't be doing this" I gesture to our joined hands "Until I've talked to Minho. I don't want him to get hurt more than he has to and I think seeing us together before I explain it to him would just be rubbing it in his face".

Newt nods, "That's one reason why I love you, you care about others so much" and he kisses me once before walking out of the trees. He turns around and walks backwards so he can mouth at me 'Wait a few minutes' and I nod, then suppress my laughter as he trips and falls over backwards.

He jumps up and grins at me, showing he's ok and runs to the Mess Hall, I wait for five minutes then follow him, greeting the boys there and walking to the Runner's table. "Hey Y/N" Minho says, and I smile at him, "Hey Min, which section are you and Newt Running today?"

He shoots a sidelong glance at Ben, then turns to me fully, "We're not Running today, Alby's called a Gathering so it'll just be Dan, Ben and the other boys out there".

"What's the gathering for?"

"He says its time you and Newt told us what happened in the Maze", he says, then hesitates as if he has more to say, but he shuts his mouth and points towards Frypan who is gesturing wildly for me to join him in the Kitchens, "I think Fry wants you".

I turn and walk over to him, already knowing what he wants to talk about; I smile, excited to share what happened with someone who I know won't tell. As soon as I come in reach he grabs me and drags me inside "Well??" he demands, and I laugh.

"Don't laugh!! I'm on tenderhooks here! What happened??" he asks eagerly, and I relate what happened, leaving out the details of what we did in my hut and Fry just listens. "Oh man Sis, I'm tearing up a bit here, that's adorable", he says, completely dry-eyed, and I laugh.

"I didn't realise that word was even in your vocabulary, Fry" and he grins, "Don't tell anyone will you? Or that'll be the end of my tough-guy look".

"Like you ever had one".

He grins, "I'm totally a tough guy!"

"Sure sure, if you say so".

He punches my arm, and I laugh, then I grab him in a bear hug, "Thanks, Fry".

"What for?"

"For helping me choose".

He smiles, "Of course, Sis, I couldn't just leave you to do it on your own, or we'd be here all year". "Probably, is breakfast ready?"

"Yeah, take these trays", he says, handing me two large trays of muffins and pancakes. "Mmm, they might not make it there", I say, eyeing the food.

He shoots me a look, "If you eat them all.." he threatens jokingly, and I laugh. "Don't worry; I won't".

"They all say that".

I walk outside with a smile and carry the trays over to the mess hall, laying them carefully down on the table.

Someone wraps their arms around me, and I recognise Newt's scent, "Newt" I whisper "We talked about this". He releases me, but stays close to my side, "We just said no couple stuff, and only until you talked to Minho, you didn't say I couldn't hug you".

I smile, "True" and hug him; "Get a plate of food for me, will you? There's more to bring over" he nods, "Sure, love".

Once I've brought all the food over I go sit down with Newt and Minho, the other Runners left a while ago, and the two boys look a little lost. "Hi", I say, sitting down between them "Hello again", Minho says with a smile and Newt squeezes my hand under the table.

"Did you save me breakfast?" I ask him, and he smiles, "I did", and slides me a plate. "Want to eat outside?" I ask, and they smile, "That's a great idea, love" Newt says, and Minho agrees. We all walk outside and sit on the grass in the sun, enjoying our food and our friendship. 
"When's the Gathering?" I ask Minho.

"After lunch".

I nod, "Plenty of time then". We finish eating, and lie down on the grass, staring up at the sky; the dark clouds that had hung over us yesterday are gone, replaced by fluffy white ones that float lazily across the sky.

"Hey!" Minho suddenly cries "I can see Newt!" I squint and try to see what he's seeing, but I can't make it out, "Where?". He guides my hand and points out the cloud shapes, "There's the head, there's the body, there are the legs, and there's the tail".

Newt's head snaps up from where he was lying on the grass, and he glares at Minho, "Tail?? Did you just point out a lizard and say it was me??" he asks, his eyes betraying his mirth, "I'm offended Minho, I thought you liked me".

Minho chuckles, "Well you're a beautiful lizard, you even have blue spots", Newt lunges at him and Minho rolls to his feet, sprinting away howling with laughter and Newt in hot pursuit. I laugh as I stand up, "Boys"; I need to find Zart, it might be Minho and Newt's day off, but it wasn't mine.

~Time Skip~

We all file into the Gathering room and sit down, waiting for Alby; I sit down on one of the spare seats, and Newt sits beside me, Minho pulls his chair over to my other side, and I give him a quick smile.

Alby stands up and starts the Gathering, "Newt and Y/N, its been over a week since you two were stuck in the Maze and its high time you told us what happened out there", the rest of the room mutters in agreement and Alby gestures for us to start. "Newt can tell his perspective first, then me", I say, and Newt starts talking.

It's over an hour before Newt finishes his tale, and the rest of the room is staring open-mouthed at him, no one had made a sound the entire time. Then everyone starts talking at once, asking questions and calling congratulations, "Slim it!" Alby yells and instantly, silence reigns once more.

"Y/N, you tell us what happened to you, especially what you saw while you were unconscious". I nod and relate everything that happened to me, but once I got to the visions about Newt, I hesitated and tell it like we were just very close friends.

I finish my version of the story, ending where I blacked out after our fight with the Grievers, and once again, chaos breaks out as everyone talks at once. Alby sighs, "Oi! Slim it you klunkheads!" and once the room is silent, he points at Winston, "You start, ask one question and we'll go around the room. Only one question each, got it?".

~Time Skip~

It takes another hour and a half to get around the room, the Keepers all asking their various questions, then it gets to Alby, and he asks "Who's Wicked? And why are they good?".

I shrug, trying to keep up a confident act after reliving the terrors I saw, "Search me, but they were the ones who killed my parents, captured me and my brother, and I think we can assume they are the ones who tortured me and made me kill him".

My voice shakes slightly, and Newt looks at me before quickly taking over, "I think we can guess that they're the ones who captured and tortured me too; plus this Ava Paige sounds like she worked for them, and if that's true then Wicked are the ones who sent us here".

The boys growl in anger, talking among themselves, running this new information past each other and making guesses at to what Wickeds end goal could be.

"World In Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department".

The muttered words are quiet but are heard by everyone, and we turn to look at Minho whose face has gone an ashen grey. "What did you say?" I ask, but his eyes are unfocused, and he continues to mumble under his breath. "Minho, look at me", I say softly, dropping to my knees in front of him; he doesn't respond, the mumbled words tumbling out of his mouth in a constant stream.

I look up at Alby, then at the other boys who are staring at us "If this Gathering is finished, I think the rest of you should leave" I say firmly, and Alby nods, "She's right, Gathering's over shanks! Back to work!".

Newt lays a hand on my shoulder, and I look at him, "Do you want me to stay, love?" he asks, but I shake my head, "No, go with them, I'll be fine", he nods and leaves, looking back at me.

Then I'm alone with Minho who's leaning back against the wall, his eyes closed and his face paler than ever. "Minho" I call his name softly with no reaction; "Minho", I say again, and I continue this pattern, calling his name softly until my voice breaks through whatever fog is in his mind.

He looks at me blankly, his eyes still hazy, and I put my hands up to his face, holding him steady and staring into his eyes, "I'm here ok? Come back to me". Slowly his dark brown eyes focus on mine, and he blinks once, then twice; "Y/N..." he murmurs covering my hand with his own calloused one, and I smile gently, "I'm right here, it's just you and me, the others are gone".

"World In Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department. W, I, C, K, E, D. Wicked. They're the ones who built the Maze and the Grievers. They're the ones who killed Henry".

I pull him to me and hug him tightly, "I'm sorry Minho, I've lost people to them too".

"I'm sorry about your family", he says and I squeeze him, thanking him without words. He's silent for a minute, then asks "Why did you lie?"

"What do you mean?"

"When you were telling us about the visions you had of Newt, why did you lie and say he was your friend? I know you, Sophie, I can tell he was more to you".

I sigh, knowing now is probably the best time to tell him, "You're right we were together before the Maze, and I need to tell you-"

"-That you're together now" he finishes my sentence and looks sadly into my eyes.

"Yes", I say softly.

"When?"

"Yesterday when I asked to talk to him, and last night when he came to find me".

He nods and stands up, holding my hands in his and making me stand with him, he puts his hands on my waist and looks down into my eyes, "I love you Y/N" he says wistfully, and I look sadly at him, "I love you too Minho... but I love Newt more".

"I know" he breaths, and pulls me closer to him. "What are you doing?" I ask softly, already knowing the answer.

"What I should have had the courage to do long ago", he says and kisses me. It's soft, sad, and full of the longing and love that he's had for me for so long, and my heart breaks, knowing part of me always was, and will, be his.

He breaks off the kiss and steps away from me, "Don't worry, I won't interfere between you and Newt".

He walks to the door,  his posture sorrowful then he turns around, "Don't come after me, I need to be alone for a while".

I nod, and he leaves, then a few seconds later Newt slips through the door. "Hey love", he says, and as I wordlessly hold my arms out to him, he walks over and wraps me in a hug as I sob silently. "I'm sorry love, but It'll be better now that it's done" he murmurs and I nod, holding him tightly as he gently runs his hands through my hair, easing all the tangles out.

"Thank you, Newtie", I say quietly, and he smiles at me, "You're welcome, love".