Dauntless Blood

Eight

I sat with Will, Christina and Ryn, my shoulder in a sling to help it heal a little. I look at Eric's table and notice he's got bandages under his sleeveless shirt. I looked away when I felt Eric's eyes on me. I felt weird and I didn't know what to do, then again I was thinking about getting a tattoo on my thigh.

I shake my head and look down at my plate. Will poked my injured shoulder and I broke his finger. He didn't yelp and looked away. I got up and headed to the Pit. I sat in a chair at the tattoo and piercing shop, looking over my choices. I was also thankful I was wearing shorts.

"Cade, whatcha doing here," I heard Eryx and his twin brother Styx ask me.

"Want a tattoo, no three tattoos and a piercing," I say nonchalantly.

"Three," Styx mused.

"One on my right thigh first," I say, looking at a medium sized hibiscus flower.

"You got it," Styx said, grabbing the template, then he saw me looking at the template of the tattoo that Four had on his back.

He grabbed that template too, then he asked me, "Anymore?".

I shake my head, actually content with the two, but I had an idea for the back one.

"Anyway you can just tattoo the Dauntless symbol, Amity symbol and Abnegation symbol?".

Styx nodded and got everything ready, then he had me lay on my stomach with my back to him. I shivered a little at the lack of my t-shirt, but I had to take it off for the back tattoo.

Once that tattoo was done, Styx moved onto doing the hibiscus tattoo on my right thigh. He was polite and didn't ask too many questions.

"Done," Styx said after a couple minutes.

I took a deep breath and didn't feel any pain. I looked at Styx, then I smiled at him.

"You may wanna head to the dorms, Cade. I'll do your piercing in the morning," Eryx told me.

"You guys are the best," I tell them, hugging them after I got up.

How can this week get any better or worse?