Discoveries ✔ (Divergent Fourtris Fanfiction)

Chapter 28

Just a little warning before you start reading this chapter: It contains Tris and Tobias drawing blood and mentions of violence and abuse, so if you're uncomfortable with any of that I suggest you skip (parts of) it.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tris

I pack some clothes to take with me to Tobias, so I will no longer wake up without having anything clean to wear. I also take the packet of chocolate I bought for him. Maybe I can't help him solving his problems, but I'll try my best to ease his pain a little. It's an old Abnegation habit to bring food over to neighbors or friends whenever they're going through tough times. Clearly, most of the time you wouldn't notice because they wouldn't say anything themselves, but sometimes it's obvious, for example when a family member gets sick or dies or transfers into another faction. I wonder briefly if anyone visited my parents on Choosing Day to show them their compassion by delivering food after both of their children had left their origins behind.

I shake off the thought, take both mine and Tobias' key and walk over the short distance to his apartment. But neither do I need to knock nor do I have to use the key. His door swings open when I'm just a few steps away, and my eyes go wide when I see who comes out — Uriah.

He freezes at seeing me.

"Uhm, Tris, hi. What are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same."

"I was visiting Four, obviously. I, uhm, needed some advice for initiation, you know?"

How strange, I can't remember a situation in which he has ever seemed so uncomfortable.

Then Tobias appears at the doorstep. "Tris, you're early."

"Sorry, I didn't know this was a problem."

"It's not. I just offered Uriah my help with his fear simulations."

"Yeah, thanks again for the favor, Four," Uriah says before he turns and walks away.

I slip in behind Tobias and try to shake off the feeling that I'm missing something here. He'll tell me later if it's important. After all, he asked me to come over to talk to me.

"So how was your day, apart from training? Did you get a chance to talk to Eric?" I begin.

We sit down on his sofa together and Tobias fills me in on the status of his request to use peace serum and shortly tells me everything worked out fine in the infirmary.

"So I suppose we have to draw each other's blood tonight?" I ask.

"Yes, but we could also keep that for tomorrow if you're too exhausted from training. I don't want you to pass out by taking too much blood."

"No, I prefer doing it tonight. I'm not exactly fond of that, so I'd rather get it done sooner than later."

"Okay, then I'll get the equipment ready."

He gets up and tenderly kisses my forehead before going over to the kitchen counter where he rummages in a white paper bag. I swallow while I watch him prepare the needed items on his sofa table. I'm not exactly afraid of this, but nervous. We're both amateurs.

"Have you ever done this before?" I ask while Tobias goes over to the bathroom to wash his hands.

"Just once, today. Shauna briefed me on how to do it. Sorry I can't offer you more experience." He shrugs apologetically. "I think it's best if I start on you and explain the necessary steps, and then we switch positions."