All good! I was able to make it work.
<?php
$subpages = page('home')->children()->visible();
if($page->hasNextVisible() || $page->hasPrevVisible()): ?>
<nav class="pagination wrap cf">
<?php if($page->hasPrevVisible()): ?>
<a class="pagination-item nav prev" href="<?= $page->prevVisible()->uid() ?>" rel="prev">›</a>
<?php else: ?>
<a class="pagination-item nav prev" href="<?= $subpages->last()->uid() ?>" rel="prev">›</a>
<?php endif ?>
<?php if($page->hasNextVisible()): ?>
<a class="pagination-item nav next" href="<?= $page->nextVisible()->uid() ?>" rel="next">‹</a>
<?php else: ?>
<a class="pagination-item nav next" href="<?= $subpages->first()->uid() ?>" rel="next">‹</a>
<?php endif ?>
</nav>
<?php endif ?>
Then I used this plugin from this thread to get the homepage to redirect to the first article.