les sequelles - Eric Coulter 1

36. Comforting Eric After A Fight

Imagine: Being an initiate in Eric's group of transfers and comforting him after he loses his fight against Four. 

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Eric has yet to lose a single fight with any of the other initiates. Along with Four he is the only undefeated one, and today is the day, he fights with Four. You transferred to Dauntless with Eric from Erudite, the two of you have been friends for as long as you can remember, and you've had a crush on him for years, but of course, he remains clueless. After transferring here, you became fast friends with Four, Shauna, and Zeke, all of whom hate Eric; he feels the same way about them, which constantly leaves you stuck in the middle of the conflict.

So far, you have you have only lost two fights in your initiation, the one against Eric and the one against Four, so in all honesty you are worried for Eric today. He is an amazing fighter, and he is very cunning as well, but you are scared that he is going to let his pride and ego get the best of him against Four.

You sit on your cot, which is next to Eric's, and tie up your shoelaces, you see Eric perched on the edge of his cot, turned away from you and towards Four, he looks at Four and says, "You look like hell."

He's right, Four has dark circles around his eyes, and they are bright red. By the looks of it, he was probably drinking last night.

"I hope that when you lose, you don't use it as an excuse," Eric says, sneering a little, "Because I would have you beat anyway."

You were right; Eric was going to let his ego take over today. Eric finally gets up and stretches before turning to face me, "You coming?"

I nod and we walk out of the dormitory and towards the cafeteria. After a quick and silent breakfast, we make our way to the training room. Eric chuckles next to me, "Four sure is in for a good beating today."

I sigh deeply, and he raises his eyebrows at me in question, "I just don't think you should underestimate Four. He's a lot stronger than you think, and I'm speaking from experience."

You still remember how he flipped you over his shoulder and onto the ground, punching you in the side. The bruises from the fight still haven't faded.

Eric narrows his eyes, "I can't believe you Y/N! Of course, you would favour your newfound friend. Are you sure, you and the Stiff are just friends? You seem like a lot more than that to me, or do you just act like a complete tool around every guy?"

You can't believe he just said that, "What the hell Eric?! I was just looking out for you! And don't you fucking dare call me that again you asshole!"

You turn to walk away, and he grabs your arm, "Hey, I didn't mean it Y/N! I just hate that you hang around that Stiff so much."

"Are you jealous Eric?" You tease raising your eyebrows, your anger dissolving.

"Of the Stiff?!" He scoffs, "Ha. I have nothing to be jealous about!"

He flexes his muscles and nods at you, you roll your eyes, and Amar interrupts you just before you respond, "We were gonna have another fight today, but since Four hasn't shown up yet, we'll start training by throwing knifes."

Eric smirks, "Your little friend is too scared to even show up, so I think I've already won."

Once again you roll your eyes and pick up your knifes, you find the last target on the wall, so that you're all alone in your own corner, and Eric decides to stand at the target right next to you. You throw your first knife and it just misses the target. Eric looks around quickly then steps towards you, putting his hands on your hips, and adjusting your stance slightly, "Remember what I told you about angling your hips correctly."