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A poke was on her shoulder, swaying her arm to push whoever this person is she turned around with a groan.

Another poke.

Asterin got up from her bed, her fist ready to punch whoever woke her from the beautiful sleep, glaring at the person she punched Minho in the stomach who towered over her, grunting in pain, "ow, god damn, I'm starting to regret for giving you a chance-" he exclaimed in annoyance at the girl who turned away from Minho, "well, who told you to wake me up‐ hold the fuck up." She jolted from her bed and stood in front of Minho who crossed his arms.

"A chance? To what?" She asked him while making her way towards the bathroom holding a towel, washing her face and teeth she listened to his words carefully, "you're coming with me, inside the maze today, now get ready." With that he left closing the door behind her listening to the girl squealing in happiness inside the bathroom.

Rolling his eyes with a small grin he walked out of the room.

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Asterin was ready, she wore a black long sleeve shirt, brown harness Minho gave her (as a welcoming gift), black cargo pants, boots and the bag Newt prepares for her, making her way towards the two boys who were chatting about something she stood beside them, she could see how worried Newt was.

"You sure?" Newt asked the girl while handing her a sandwich Frypan specifically made for her, With her backpack slung over her shoulder she placed her hand on his shoulder with a small grin, "yes I'm very sure, besides I won't cook everyday for my whole life." She said, a loud sigh left Newt's lips as he nodded at the girl, "fine. But who's gonna cook that delicious meal you cooked for me yesterday?" He asked her, a wide grin was on her lips as she gestured towards the kitchen, "I gave Fry the ingredients and showed him how to do it."

The doors started opening and the next thing she knew was Minho running inside leaving her alone behind, rolling her eyes at the boy she smiled one last time at Newt before running inside, the same suffocating feeling came back, in just a matter of seconds as she ran beside Minho with the same speed.

Was he surprised at how fast the girl was and how it only took her just matter of seconds to reach up to him?

Yes. So surprised.

Asterin did as told, she followed him in every path he went through, left and right. Memorized every path and later drew them (bunch of sticks that formed a maze), drawing was never her thing and that was why she sucked at it, sliding down the wall she pulled out a bottle of water shugging it in one go.

"Holy shit, at least give me one." He muttered under his breath while sitting beside Asterin who rolled her eyes in respond and only threw her bag at him, "so? Do you still want to be a runner?" He asked the girl scoffing slightly, Asterin turned to look at him with annoyance in her eyes.

"Yes. Do you have problem with that?" She asked the boy who slightly glared back at her, "yes. I do actually, I don't want to look after you everyday when we go in!" His voice raised a bit, Asterin scoffed as she stood up straight, "yeah, well I don't want you to look after me either, I didn't ask you to!"

Grabbing her bag she stuffed the now empty bottle inside before walking away in annoyance, peering from the wall her eyes widened as she grabbed Minho's wrist and pulled him towards her between the walls, her hand was on his chest as her other hand pressed in his mouth to keep him quiet, Minho wiggled against her hold shooting her the 'let go off me!' Glare, "shut up!" She whispered harshly but stood in silence once the sound of a griever not far from them screeched.

Her eyes widened as she could feel Minho's hand on her waist pulling her closer towards him, between the walls, in his arms as they both stood silent, Asterin looked up with wide eyes as her eyes trailed from Minho's flaming eyes onto her hand pressing tightly against his mouth, Minho on the other hand looked back down at the girl in annoyance waiting for her to take off her hand from his mouth.

She finally did with a smirk.

"You're annoying." He said glaring at the girl, he could feel her staring in his soul, but he didn't see any anger nor annoyance but her eyes were soft and a smirk was on the corner of her lip as she playfully leaned towards him "you're attractive when you're silent." She spoke watching as he rolled his eyes at the girl, "and you're hotter when you're mad." He said watching as her confident grin vanished and was placed with a dead expression, he was taller than her and had to lean down to look at her—especially when it was dark.

She could suddenly feel his cool breath fanning her lips as she looked up, her nose accidentally bumping with his as her eyes widened once she met the familiar beautiful eyes of no other than Minho, backing away slowly, her hand left his chest as she reached for the bag on the ground trying to hide her red cheeks.

"It's getting dark." She whispered after clearing her throat to look over at the keeper of the runners only to see him leaning against the wall with a raised eyebrow and cocky smile placed in his face, "what are you waiting for asshole? Me to carry you?" She snapped turning around and make her way down the corridor and back towards the glade.

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"So? How was it?" Newt and Frypan appeared out of no where scaring the girl who stared at them weirdly blinking, "where you waiting here all day?" She asked the boys while walking away towards her room to take a shower, stealing a piece of bread from Winston's plate who only blinked in confusion.

"Yeah, duh~" replied Frypan handing the girl a towel with a proud smile, thanking him she walked inside the room, "I'll take a shower than tell you how it was." With that she closed the door and made her way towards the bathroom letting out a sigh, she tried so hard to forget what happened back in the maze.

But it didn't want to disappear out of her mind.

The warm water ran down her back as a sigh of relief escaped her lips, a shower after a whole day of running was one of the best and calming feelings she ever had especially when Minho was being an asshole the whole day, her nerves were calming, grabbing the bottle of shampoo she washed her black hair.

Stepping out of the shower with the towel wrapped around her body she stared at herself in the mirror, thank god she brought the box with her or else she will have to go out and grab it,  and then Minho will be there, wearing a navy blue sport bra and grey sweatpants she made her way out of the bathroom drying her hair with the towel, her eyes landed on Minho who was standing in front of the mirror flexing.

Her eyes landed on his naked torso especially his back, "are you checking yourself out?" She asked bursting out, her laughter echoed around the room as she threw her head back, Minho didn't know what to do except nod and grab his shirt, "yes. To see if my hot self is still shining, I still am." He said grabbing the towel she threw to him with a chuckle, "yeah, yeah, you're attractive...but still an asshole."

Playfully rolling her eyes she walked out of the room laughing, Minho grabbed a shirt from the closet and called out for the girl who turned around, the shirt was thrown straight into her face as she grabbed it glaring at the keeper of the runners who was now laughing instead of her, "wear it." He said walking inside the bathroom.