Chapter 8 is Great!

You run into the doors, trying to break your way through, even though you know it won't work. You begin to pound your fists into the doors as you sob.

"(Y/n)!" You hear Minho cry out from the other side. You can hear him pounding on the doors as well."Minho!" You yell. You begin to slouch down the doors, crying even harder. If the grievers don't kill you, you'll die from being dehydrated. You pull your knees into your chest and bury your face in your hands. "(Y/n), you can make it. I know you can" you hear Minho tell you through the walls. "Minho?""Yeah?""I love you." Right after you say it, you know you have to live. You have to make it through the night. You get up and run, you don't know where to, but you run.

Click, click, click.

You swear under your breath as you keep running, away from the sound. You turn corners, trying to remember which way you turn, so if you actually do manage to live, you can find your way back.

Click, click, click.

The sound comes out of nowhere and it soon engulfs you. You reach a T shaped intersection, and stop when grievers surround you on two sides. You turn around to run back, when you hear the Click, click, click of more grievers rolling up on that side.

Well (y/n), I guess this is where it all ends, You tell yourself. You stand in the center of the three groups of grievers, waiting for them to make a move.

----- Minho's PoV-----

Minho slouches down against the doors, crying. She's gone. He tells himself. She saved me. He feels someone come up and touch him on the shoulder. He looks up to see Thomas there.

"This is how she would have wanted it." He says, trying to comfort Minho."It should have been me." He whispers back."She's a fighter, she could make it through." Chuck speaks up this time."Make it through the maze?! No way. I've been out there at night Chuck and it ain't pretty. If she acts anything like I did when it was me and Thomas out there, she's already dead." He cries."Way to think high hopes." Thomas says under his breath, walking away.

"(Y/n)!!" Minho shouts, getting no response. He starts to pound at the doors again, crying harder than ever.

-----Your PoV-----

One group of grievers comes rolling towards you. You brace yourself to fight for your life. But the grievers just roll right past you and join the group on your other side. The third group of grievers rolls past you and joins the other two groups.

This is some sort of trick, you think. Why would they just go past me? You again brace yourself for an attack, knowing that it has to come soon. Fear and panic shoot through you, but is soon replaced by relief and confusion as the grievers turn away from you and roll away.

Without thinking about it, you run back where you came from, heading straight for the doors.

-----Minho's PoV-----

Newt comes and replaces Thomas' place at Minho's side. He crouches down next to him and says "Do you really wanna be here when the doors open?" Minho turned to him and nodded yes, as much as it would hurt to see (y/n) dead, he wanted to see her again. Newt sighed, "I know you really liked her dude, and we are all going to miss her." So now everyone had just given up? Minho had given up when you didn't respond to him calling you, but what happened to the bit of hope the others had? Their attitudes didn't help Minho at all.

A few minutes go by before the doors start to open. Minho backs away and stares helplessly as the doors begin to open. He stares at the ground, expecting your body to be there, but when it isn't, he looks up.

He instantly sees you running towards him.

"Minho!" You shout.

"(Y/n)!" He shouts back. You run and throw yourself into his arms. He engulfs you in a warm, strong hug.

-----Your PoV-----

You hug Minho so hard it hurts. You can't help it, his strong arms make you feel so safe, like nothing in the world could ever hurt you.

"You're alive" he whispers in your ear. You aren't entirely sure that it was meant for you to hear, but you respond anyway.

"Yeah.. I made it.." You whisper back.He pulls away from the hug and kisses you. His lips are so soft, and you can tell he's been crying because when you touch his cheek, it's wet. You know everyone is watching you, but it doesn't bother you a bit. You have Minho and that's all you need.

He pulls you out of the kiss, and you look to see his big puffy eyes staring right back at you. Even when he's crying, he looks so strong. As soon as you pull away from Minho, you get bombarded with questions.

"How did you do it?""Are you hurt?""Was it scary?""Will you marry me?""You and Minho are a thing?"

"EVERYBODY SHUT UP" Newt shouts. Everyone instantly goes silent. "Let the woman speak for herself!" he turns to you "explain yourself"

You begin to explain everything that happened to you when you were in the maze, and you specifically emphasize the part about the grievers ignoring you. You leave out the part where you cried for Minho and told him you love him, nobody needs to know about that besides you and him. When you finish talking, everyone just stares at you, their mouths forming an 'o' shape.

"Welcome to the club" Thomas comes and pats you on the back."What club?" You ask."The one of people who have survived the maze." He says, expecting you to know."Who else has survived the maze?" You look to Minho."Nobody told you?" Thomas asks, seemingly shocked."Told me what?" "Thomas and I survived a night in the maze too." Minho says.