After having trouble sleeping, Thomas finds Minho watching the ocean waves and goes to join him.
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For as long as Thomas remembers sleeping has never been easy for him. But to be fair he can only honestly remember his life when he enters the Maze, everything before that is fuzzy at best. And while the safe haven was truly wonderful, and they are making more progress to make it even better, it did little for his sleep schedule.
It also didn't help that the full moon illuminated all around him. Thomas tosses on his little hammock to try and find a more comfortable position, not that there was much room to do so. He now has a clear view of the ocean, being only several hundreds of yards away. He saw a figure sitting on the beach, close to the wave that calmly crashed on the beach.
Thomas slowly got up, he knew that odds where it was one of the other 300 or so people that made the journey to this island with him. However, one can never be too sure. He turned to see of Minho was sleeping beside him. An empty hammock greeted him.
Thomas got off his hammock and walked toward the beach.
Even though the day was nice, the night air was still slightly chilled, and the wet sand made it feel slightly colder. Thomas breathed in the slat from the ocean and looked out to see the stars. It truly was beautiful.
"Couldn't sleep?" He asked softly as he made his way behind Minho and plopping down beside him. Minho flinched slightly not expecting anyone to be up in the middle of the night.
"I am not used to sleeping for more than a few hours at a time," Minho responded, eyes never leaving the ocean.
They both sat there in silence, only listening and feeling the waves as they hit the shore and the water hit their ankles.
Thomas wanted to say so much to Minho at that moment. That he was sorry. That he wished thing turned out differently. A thousand thoughts flew around in his head while his tongue refused to work.
"I miss him," Minho whispered, barely even audible over the waves.
All the thoughts in Thomas' head stopped in their tracks. He looked at
Minho for the first time, even with him being bathed in moonlight, he could tell he had been crying.
Thomas often wonders about Newt and Minho's relationship. They had known each other for years longer then Thomas knew either one of them. When he first got to the Maze, he could tell that Alby, Minho, and Newt were the leaders of the Glades. He saw the look of panic when both Alby and Minho were hours late, and the look of pure terror as the gates started to close. The look of absolute relief when Newt looked down at both of them.
Even after they got out of the Maze, Minho and Newt were always together. They would always seem to be within five feet of each other. Until they weren't. When Minho got to capture, Newt was devastated, he heard him cry the whole night. Then the next day he looked at Thomas and said, 'Whatever it takes to bring him back.'
Even after Newt's death, he wonders what Minho and Newt were, but he doesn't have the nerve to ask Minho, he probably never will.
He wanted to say so much to Minho. Instead, he looks up at the stars, trying to blink the tears out of his eyes.
"Me too."
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