Dauntless Brothers

[Chapter 25] Messed up thoughts.

As soon as the first day of Simulations end, all the Initiates go back to their dorm. Not some, all of them. They must be seriously shaken but I'm shaken more than anyone else.

No one could've ever guessed that Kate was Gay!

I make my way to the Chasm, lost in my own thoughts. I sit near the edge with my legs crossed and try to sort things out.

Someone touches my shoulder. Tris.

"Hey." She says, sitting down next to me. I don't reply and keep staring at the ground.

"Are you okay?" She asks, concerned.

This makes me snap out of my revery and I reply. "Yeah."

"You're thinking about something? What is it?" She asks.

"It's nothing." I say and draw her to me to kiss her. But she stops me.

"Not until you tell me what you're worried about." She says.

I sigh. "Fine. It's someone's fear. And I wasn't expecting it to be there in the fear landscape."

"What fear and who's is it?" She insists.

There's something that Tris has given me which I never had before her. Love and the feeling of being cared. She doesn't want to know all this because she's curious. She just wants to help me out.

I can tell that from the concerned look in her eyes.

I give in and tell her all that happened and tell her all the details too. When I'm finished she looks lost for words. Her mouth's hanging open and she's staring at me.

"Uh...Tris?" I ask after a few seconds.

"Kate is gay." She says in a monotone. It seems as if she's stopped processing things. Her reaction is nothing compared to mine.

"Yep." I say.

"But that's not what concerns me." She says.

"Then what does?" I ask, confused.

"You said that she went red when I came over. That means..." She trails off. But I understand.

This means that the whole time I had a crush on her, she had a crush on Tris. WTF?!

"Oh boy." I say.

Suddenly there's a scared look in Tris's eyes. I frown at this and ask. "Hey. What's wrong?"

"If Kate is gay and has a crush on me. You don't believe that I too am..." Gay. I stop her from saying more because she's started crying.

I pull her into a hug and kiss her head, saying. "Don't you dare even think that. I would never believe that. Never in a million years."

She pulls away and looks at me. Her face is tear stained and her eyes are puffy. "Really?"she asks.

I nod and kiss her. This time she lets me.

She pulls away and presses her forehead to mine.

"I love you." I tell her.

She smiles at me and replies. "I love you too."