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

Chapter 30

~Minho's POV~

I run back to The Glade with Y/N at my side. She's barely breathing hard even after a full day of Running and I'm impressed, "Usually new Runners are passed out on the ground as soon as we get through the Doors" I say, and she smiles, "Well I'm not like most people", No, you're definitely not I agree.

I lead her through the Homestead and to the Map Room, a small room with one dusty lightbulb, a rickety wooden table, and a lot of boxes. She looks around curiously, "So this is where you disappear to every time you get back".

"Yep, only the Runners and Alby are allowed in here, and we don't advertise where it is either" I gesture around the room at all the boxes arranged neatly in rows. "All the Maps are kept here, and we compare each section everyday" I sketch out the part of Maze we ran today and search through the section three box for a minute.

Then I find what I'm looking for and hold up a thin piece of parchment triumphantly, "Aha! See here? today's layout matches with a few days ago" I point out what I'm talking about, and she nods, looking intently at the paper. "So you have maps of every section of the Maze for every day you've been here? she asks, sounding awed and I nod, "Three years of maps, and we still aren't out of here", I say, and she laughs.

We stay in the Map Room for a few more minutes as I show her around and teach her what she needs to know about map making, then she straightens up and rubs at her aching back, "I don't know about you" she says, "But I need a good long drink".

I laugh and lead the way out of the Map Room, we walk across The Glade towards the Kitchen and I put my arm around her shoulders. She looks at me and I smile, "Don't worry, I'm not 'trying anything' as Newt put it" I say, barely keeping the anger out of my voice, "But I can still be your friend cant I?"

She smiles, "Of course, I don't want to lose you completely". I turn to her and hold her forearms gently, looking into her y/e/c eyes, "Y/N, I still love you, and those feelings won't ever go away; but I will always be here for you, no matter what happens; and if you ever decide that you want me instead of Newt, then I'll be ready and waiting for you" I say earnestly, and she nods, hugging me tightly.

"Thanks, Min", she says, her voice slightly muffled by my shirt and I put my head on top of hers, then I stiffen.

Newt just ran into The Glade.

The anger that has been bubbling under the surface ever since Y/N told me what he did to her flares to life again, and I gently pull away from her. She glances around, and her eyes fall on Newt, then she looks back into my eyes and sees the anger there.

She takes a deep breath, closing her eyes, then opens them, "Don't go too hard on him" she says, and stands on tiptoes to kiss my cheek; then she turns away and walks to the Kitchens.

I stare after her for a second, then fix my eyes on Newt only to find his deep brown gaze already on me. I see guilt there, but also acceptance, He knows what's coming, I think as I advance on him.

I stop not two meters away from him, and he looks back at me. I hear the murmured buzz of conversation around us as the other boys realise what's happening and start to drift closer, eager to see how events play out.

We stare at each other, the tension between us so thick you could cut it with a knife. "Minho-" Newt begins, but I cut him off, the anger boiling just under the surface suddenly bursting free, "DON'T YOU TALK YOU SHANK!!" I yell at him and step forward, jabbing a finger into his chest.

"YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN SHOW YOUR FACE TO ME AFTER WHAT YOU DID TO Y/N!! YOU DON'T DESERVE HER, YOU NEVER COULD!! NO ONE COULD EVER DESERVE TO HAVE HER LOVE, BUT YOU TOOK IT AND THREW IT BACK IN HER FACE YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE KLUNK!!"

He stands there, not meeting my gaze as I rage at him, "LOOK AT ME!!" I scream in his face, and finally, he does, and I see the pain that he hides so well, the potency of it taking me slightly by surprise, but only for a second.

Blood roars in my ears, and my face is flushed from anger, and suddenly words aren't enough. I lunge at him, tackling him to the ground and throwing punch after punch at his face, my knees either side of his chest so he couldn't escape the hail of blows I rain down on him even if he tried.

But he doesn't.

He just lies on the ground, taking every blow and not making an attempt to protect himself, and for some reason this makes me even angrier. "FIGHT ME YOU COWARD!!" I roar at him, but he shakes his head, "No" he croaks, "I won't, I deserve everything you do to me and more".

"YOU'RE SHUCKING RIGHT YOU DO!!" I yell and bring my fist back to hit him again, but I feel a pair of arms go around me and pull me away from the smaller boy. I fight them off angrily and turn to see who it is, Alby stands there, glaring at me and breathing hard after running to reach me.

"WHAT THE SHUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" he yells, and I bristle, "I'M TEACHING THIS KLUNKHEAD A LESSON AFTER WHAT HE DID TO Y/N!!"

"AND YOU'RE VERY NEARLY EARNING YOURSELF A BANISHMENT!!"

The words cut through the fog of anger that clouds my mind, and I turn and stalk away into the trees.

~Y/N's POV~

I watch the one-sided fight from the Kitchen, tears in my eyes and Fry's hand on my shoulder. He rubs in slow, soothing circles as Minho beats the klunk out of Newt, then storms away when Alby intervenes.

As Clint and Jeff run to Newt, I turn and wrap my arms around Frypan, sniffling quietly as he holds me. Yes I had given Minho my permission for him to hit Newt, but only because I know I couldn't stop him, and that he would do it anyway. But I hadn't enjoyed it; because I still love him.

And I know its the truth. Even if he did hurt me, those feelings don't go away and its extremely hard to watch someone you love being beaten up, especially by another person you love. But still, "I can't face him, Fry" I mumble, and he squeezes me.

"I don't know the full details Sis, but I can tell he hurt you and that's not ok. If you don't want to talk to him then don't, but keep this in mind, the longer you go avoiding him and not talking to him the longer this bad blood between you will stick around".

I nod, his familiar smell of grease and spices calming me, "I know Fry, but the things he said-" "You can't let go of easily" he finishes, and I nod again.

"Y/N?" I hear Chuck's voice and turn around to see him in the doorway, looking at me in concern. "Is it true that Newt hurt you?" he asks seriously, and I nod, wiping at my eyes with the heel of my hand, "He did that Chucky, but not physically, just emotionally and mentally".

He glowers, the expression so comical on his young, round face that I have to stifle a laugh, "I'll hit him I will! I'll hit him so hard for hurting you!" he says, smacking his fist into the palm of his hand. I laugh and hug him, ruffling his curly hair in the way he only tolerates, "Oh little brother, he's already had a good whack from Minho, but you can go talk his ear off about how terrible he is if you want" I say, and he grins.

"I might just do that you know", he says, and I laugh, "Well I don't envy him".