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It's been five years since the maze, four years since the scorch, and four years since Newt died…
It's been almost four years since Minho and the other gladers have settled into the haven. And, man, was it hard, settling into a new place they've never seen before, but here they are, alive.
Minho was sitting down on the beach, thinking, looking out onto the vast ocean, and the smooth summer breeze was hitting his face.
The sun still hadn't come up, so the stars continued to shine in the dark, cloudy sky.
The beach reminded Minho that he was free, free from wicked grasp, and that he and his friends weren't test subjects anymore; they were free! They were people again.
Minho looked down at his hand, admiring the silver ring on his finger. A ring that Gally gave to him.
A ring that brought Minho happiness, this beach gave him happiness because it was the very place Gally had proposed to Minho a few years ago. It brought Minho joy and comfort, since he now had a life and...and a husband…something he never thought he ever have in his lifetime.
He and Gally have been married for almost 3 years.
But before they'd married, before they were even together, things were rough; after all, they'd been through a lot.
But look where they are now!
Gally was the best partner Minho could ever ask for; he was loving, caring, affectionate, and understanding.
Minho trusted Gally since he was the person who discovered that he wasn't a man,.at least not biologically…
See, Minho wasn't born a man..He was born a woman..
Minho doesn't fully remember why he became a man..since wicked erased him and his friends of their memories.
The only thing he really remembers is that it was for his safety…but from what?
“Safety…” Minho murmured
Minho placed his hand on his chest. It was flat, he had his binder on, wearing it brought Minho a sense of joy. Minho has heard about top surgery before, but the haven wasn't enhanced enough yet to accomplish that, so this was the closest he got to having a flat chest.
Minho stared off into the sunrise, with the ocean reflecting the warm golden yellow of the sun. Until he was interrupted by thoughts with a voice.
“Minho?” someone called out.
The voice caught Minho off guard, he looked over to see who was calling him out.
It was Gally.
“There you are, I've been looking for you all morning, Min,” Gally muttered.
Gally walked over to where Minho was and sat beside him, shifting his head onto Minho's shoulder.
“Why'd you wake up so early?” Gally asked, kissing Minho's cheek.
Minho just sat there, trying to think of a response. His mouth kept shifting to open and close, until he came up with something.
“I don't know, really, old habits, I guess,” Minho answered. Putting his hand on his neck
Gally just hummed in response, gently grabbing Minho's hand to hold it. They sat there together on the beach, watching the sunrise…together.
A few minutes passed, and the sun had fully risen, and the faint sounds of the people in the haven waking up could be heard, which prompted Gally to get up and start the day.
“Come on, let's head back, Frypan is about to make breakfast, and I'm starving” Gally stated, standing up and stretching out his whole body. He reaches his hand out for Minho, gesturing to him to grab it.
Minho didn't move; he just sat there looking blankly at Gally.
“Gal, I’m not hungry, you go on headed I'll catch up sooner or later.”
Minho said, sounding so casual, as if rejecting the most important meal of the day was something normal. Gally on the other hand was far from casual, he grew tense, he grew worried.
“Minho..Ugh, you can't keep doing this, you need to eat something, you know that!”
Minho had a bad habit of regularly skipping meals, not enough to where it becomes a medical emergency, but just enough where he loses weight and grows more tired due to his malnutrition.
“Gally, seriously I'm telling yo-”
“No, Minho, you can't keep doing this! You're going to eat, and that's final!
Minho froze in place looking at Gally in shock. Gally had rarely yelled at anyone in the haven, since he was trying to leave his old self behind.
Gally looked at Minho looking guilty, he screamed at the person he loved the most.
“Minho, I'm so sorry I shouldn't have yelled at you…”
Minho looked up at Gally and saw that his lips were quivering and his eyes were ready to start dropping puddles of tears. Minho knew that Gally meant well, after all he's just trying to look out for him.
Minho stood up slowly, and gently grabbed one of Gally's hands.
“No it's okay, really, you're only looking out for me. Plus I should be the one apologizing, not you.”
Gally rubbed his eyes and looked at Minho, not looking so convinced.
“You..Sure Min?”
Minho reached closer to Gally's face and gave him a small surprise kiss on the lips.
“Positive, love.”
Gally's face turned into bright red, laying his face down onto Minho's shoulder. Minho held Gally close, his hands were wrapped around Gally's back, while Gally had his hands around Minho's waist.
“Come on let's go, didn't you say you were hungry?”
Gally looked up at Minho looking like an annoyed cat, his semi-long black messy hair covering half of his face, but his green eyes stood out. Minho giggled, moving a strand of hair out of Gally's face. That was something Minho had always loved about Gally, his eyes.
When Gally first arrived into the glade, he looked like an ordinary greenie except he didn't his eyes made him stand out from the rest. The way they'd shine when the sun of the glade hit him just right.
Gally was the only one with green eyes, both in the glade and in the haven, it made him unique for everyone else.
Minho grabbed Gally's hand and started walking up the path that led up to the haven.
To get to the beach there was a small slope, getting down was the easy part however going back up was tricky.
When the beach gets crowded Minho finds it amusing seeing people trip and fall face first into the ground.
Lucky Minho and Gally didn't have to worry about that since they come to the beach almost everyday.
The trip to the beach was interesting to say the least, first, you'd have to walk through the haven, then go into one of the many small forests that the haven had, lastly you walk down the slope and boom you reach the beach.
And it just depended on which one you went to since the haven has two beaches. South beach and North beach.
Minho and Gally lived in the North beach; their house sat on land where it perfectly shifted from dirt into sand.
So they really never had to worry about taking a whole adventure just to get to the beach since it was at their front door, literally.
“I'm starving”
Gally's stomach was now roaring in hunger, he had a look of discomfort plastered on his face.
“You can eat me if you like~”
Gally whipped his head around staring at Minho in shock, Minho just winked at. His face was bright red again and his mouth was open but no words came out.
“I ha-at-e y-ou”
Was all Gally could utter, he was clearly flustered at Minho's cheeky response.
“I love you too, gal