anemoia || a maze runner fanfiction (Newt x reader // Minho x reader)

chapter three | ??????? ?????

You let your gaze dance with the flames of the bonfire and followed them to look at the night sky. The sky was beautiful and you felt like you could see every, even so distant star. You smiled to yourself, maybe the Glade wasn't so bad. You remembered a saying which went by the words 'look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious." Or something like that.

Of course you didn't remember who made that quote or where you've heard it, but you planned to follow its appeal to be curious. Suddenly you felt someone's heat beside you and turned your head to see the person, who just sat down besides you. It was the boy who smiled at you earlier and now you were able to see that it also was the same boy who came inside the Glade with Minho. He smelled like dirt, but with a hint of cinnamon, his brown locks seemed even more messy, than they were when he arrived back at the Glade.

"Hey, I'm Hank" he said with a big smile, "I'm Y/n" you smiled back. "I know-" he started, but then quickly noticed your confused look, had he been asking other boys for your name? "no no, I'm not a weird stalker! It's just that everybody here talks about you. So it is hard to miss your name" Hank explained with a nervous laughter. That made sense, you were relieved that he hadn't been asking around, but slightly uncomfortable that everybody seemed to talk about you, "Don't worry Hank, I believe you" you started to laugh, he really seemed to be embarrassed of his choice of words, even if there was no need to be "It's just slightly strange to know everyone is talking about you"

"mhm" he hummed, "but what can I say, you're the only girl here and not bad looking, so it is preprogrammed, that everyone of these shanks will be talking about you. You must feel like an animal in a zoo" Hank said with an understanding look on his face "Yeah, that describes it pretty precisely..." after you've said that, you realized: Had he just called you pretty? You felt yourself slightly blushing - luckily the light of the fire seemed to hide it pretty well, as Hank just moved on: "and how do you like the Glade so far? Besides of the talking of course". "It's not that bad, I was surprised how well the life here is structured. Of course it is strange to not remember anything, but still knowing things... it's so messed up in some kind of way, but I still think that I'll like it here, it could have been worse" you said and looked up to Hank.

"I agree. I felt exactly the same... we all did. But it can be fun to get to know yourself and after you get your priorities straight, it is pretty fun to live in the Glade" he tried to cheer you up. "Well, then I am pretty excited to get to know myself" you grinned at him "Me too..." he chuckled "well to get to know you. What is your favourite color?". You looked at him with furrowed brows, to show your confusion "My favourite color? What a funny thing to ask as your first question", you relaxed your brows and laughed to yourself. "Well my first thing to ask was how you'd like the Glade!" Hank started "so, what's your favourite color?", "I don't know..." you slowly said and let your view wander around the fireplace. All of the sudden your eyes hit the T-shirt of a boy with red hair and freckles. His T-shirt was f/c and you felt really drawn to it, "I think it's f/c" you smiled at Hank, proud of your achievement to identify your favourite color "What about you?". Hank looked at you and slowly lifted a strand of your hair and played with it between his fingers.

"I think it's h/c"

Your jaw dropped and you looked at him in shock. You barely knew that guy and he already tried to hit on you! You were about to stand up, but Hank bursted out in loud laughter. "You-" he tried to catch his breath "You shou-", tears of laughter began to form in his eyes "You should have seen your face", he managed to say and shortly after bursted out into laughter once again. You were slightly embarrassed, but Hank's laughter was just too genuine, so that you also started to burst out into your own laughter. Both of you laughed so loud, that the other boys started to look at you with a worried look. You laughed until your stomachs began to hurt.