Tobias leads me across the rubble, walking far enough ahead so I cannot see his face, but close enough to me to let me know that he is there to lead me and to guide me. He had pushed me away gently earlier, signalling an end to our kissing session. I wish I could see his face, know what he is thinking. But he's keeping his emotions concealed. Part of me is glad; I need to sort out my own emotions, keep them in check. But part of me never wants to find out what I really feel.
"Where are we going?" I finally ask after a few moments. The landscape hasn't changed at all, each derelict building morphing into the next. I wonder to myself if I care where we're going. I think I just spoke to break the unbearable barrier of silence between us.
Tobias looks back slightly and smiles, just a little, before turning back. My mind goes into overdrive, trying to decipher all the meanings that smile could hold. But I don't want to get ahead of myself, overthink things, so I begin to hum a tune.
I hum quietly at first, the noise of it blending into the wind that has gotten colder and stronger in a few moments. I'm not quite sure what I'm humming, exactly. Whatever notes come to mind trickle from my semi-closed lips. I don't notice how loud I've become until Tobias whips his head around and growls at me, uncharacteristically:
"Be quiet!" he hisses, and I am taken aback. My first guess is that my humming irritated him. I look around, and suddenly notice how much our surroundings have darkened. It is then I realise there is another reason for Tobias's behaviour. We're in a bad part of town. I realise too late.
A figure emerges behind Tobias.
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Divergent: Before We Chose
Fanfic"I realize that if we had both chosen differently, we might have ended up doing the same thing, in a safer place, in gray clothes instead of black ones." What if Tobias and Tris hadn't met each other in Dauntless? What if fate won over chance, and t...
