Subject B3 (newt x reader)

Chapter 48

Caution: this chapter contains mention of suicide. Please proceed with caution.

"Course not." I smile at him, indicating to the second stool next to mine. He returns the smile and takes a seat next to me, shifting his intense eyes to Newt on the bed on front of us.

"I can't believe he's actually here with us." The boy says quietly, exhaling softly. "I genuinely thought... that he wasn't going to make it. I've never seen him in a worse state in my life. Not even after..."

"He told me about that." I mumble, and Minho snaps his head to look at me, eyes widening.

"He told you about his jump?" He asks, astonished.

"Yeah, he did."

"Wow. He must really love you then." Minho sighs, and my ears immediately perk up.

"What? What do you mean?"

"He never ever tells anyone about what happened." Minho explains to me. "He was so reluctant for everyone to know back when it happened. He would cry and cry and sit in the corner of the Homestead, begging me not to tell anyone. And if he was conscious right now then he wouldn't be letting me tell you this. But if he told you less than a year into knowing you, then he must really really love you enough to trust you."

"Love me?" I ask, "he doesn't love me, does he?"

Minho scoffs and raises his eyebrow at me. "Is it not shucking obvious?"

"Um, not really." I shrug, trying to keep myself from smiling as the giddiness rises inside of me.

"Ok, well you must be blind then." Minho says, "Y/N, he's never been like this around anyone before. I see the way he looks at you, granted I wasn't here for six months, but before that I mean. And you two barely knew each other, and I could already tell he was starting to fall. And just a couple of hours ago, when we were running through the city and he was holding on for dear life, I still saw him looking at you with nothing but love. But it was a different kind of love. It was like.... 'I love you so much and I don't want to hurt you by leaving you' you know?"

I nod in response, rubbing my eyes as I feel exhaustion starting to creep up on me.

I don't think I've had a proper nights sleep in about a month.

"But do you love him?" Minho asks, staring at me with his dark brown, intense eyes.

I scoff lightly. "Of course I do."

"You do?" The boy exclaims, astounded, which only causes me to scoff again.

"Minho, I think you might be the blind one here." I smirk, causing the boy to laugh lightly. "Of course I love him. And I should have told him back when he made me leave with you to get the Serum, because I couldn't bear the thought of him... dying without knowing."

"And he couldn't bear the thought of him dying without you knowing." Minho sighs, resting his elbows on his knees and clasping his hands together.

"Well, at least he's here now." I say quietly, reaching out and gently brushing Newt's matted hair out of his face.

"Are you going to tell him when he wakes up?" Minho says, and I withdraw my hand from the boy and slump down in my chair slightly.

"I will. I don't know when the right time will come around, but I definitely will." I sigh.

Before Minho has the chance to respond, Brenda bursts through the door, causing me to jump.

"Sorry to interrupt, but I think you two may want to look out the window." She grins, before quickly disappearing out into the main room again.

Me and Minho exchange a confused look before getting up and running out to join the rest of the group.