Tobias x Tris

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Tris POV

I sprint down the long hallway as my arm drips every second. The blood leaves a trail behind me and I try to stop it. Every footstep is becoming more and more difficult as my head feels lie it's spinning. Darkness crowds the back of my mind but not enough to affect me. I hear more footsteps as someone follows me. I try my hardest to take difficult twists and turns but the trail of blood isn't helping me. Eventually, pain shoots up my back and the darkness continues to flow from the back of my mind to the front. It doesn't feel like I'm being stabbed though, more like someone is whipping my back with a belt embedded with nails. Blood leaves my back and the darkness has almost consumed my head.

"Stop" I choke out with the little consciousness I have.

"You should be dead" The person grunts at me.

"I know" I slowly say and my eyes flip shut. I watch as red fills my vision and some yelling is the last thing I hear.

Tobias POV

I lye in my bed and connect my vision to the wall. I trace the words with my vision and feel the tiniest bit closer just by reading. Relief fills me as I read them because it shows me I haven't always been a horrible person. I stare at them a while longer and soon decide to pull out her diary.

I'm moving up the ranks slowly but there might be a chance of me making it into Dauntless. We played paintball today and it was such a thrill. We won and I got the flag!! Christina wanted to wave it and take credit and I was abnegation so of course, I let her do it. I need to break some of those bad habits. I also climbed the Ferris wheel with Four and I almost fell. I learned he was afraid of heights but he acted so fearlessly when I slipped. He also steadied me with his hand as we climbed and I could just feel the sparks underneath his touch. I hope he felt it too because I've already fallen too deep.

I smile at the writing. She never acted as she liked me that much, she sure was good at hiding it.

I hear a scream followed by a thump and rush out the door. Memories flood back as I canter down the halls fallowing every shriek. I Turn multiple corners until I find a hallway lined with a hot red liquid. I follow the trail which leads to the dark hallway where Tris had once left a suicide note. More memories flood my mind as I see Trixy lying in a pool of her blood. There are scars across her back and a blade next to her. Her arm is pale like the rest of her as I run her to my apartment. I sprawl her out on the couch and she comes quickly. She winces a little just as her eyes open.

"What, What happened," She says and her hand moves across her head. She recoils almost immediately.

"I don't know, you tell me. But how 'bout after we get you cleaned up" I tell her, my voice clouding with sympathy. She nods lightly and I go to turn on the shower.

"Go clean your wounds and when you turn the water off I'll come In and help you rap them," I say and she walks into the bathroom and shuts the door lightly.

Tris POV

I shut the door and stress a little. I mean this is where I meant to go but it's still a little weird being so close to him. I remove my contacts and leave them on the counter. I walk in the showers and I almost fall as the water hits my back. Every feeling of pain spreads across my back and arm. I let the water run and rinse my wounds. The water runs off my in a deep shade of red and I wait till the color fades back to clear or very light pink.

After a few minutes, the water clears and I get out and slip on the clothes he gave me. He gave me a sports bra and leggings. I smile as I put them on because they were mine. I can't believe he kept them all this time. I put my contacts on and shut the water off. The door opens and I turn around before he can see my front half.

"These are Tris' aren't they?" I blurt out and he looks confused.

"Yeah" He states calmly.

"I thought you guys got in a fight and that was why she killed herself" He looks hurt at my choice of words but I don't turn to look at him. He raps the gauze around my back after applying some cream.

"I loved her and the fight was stupid. I thought she cheated on me but she was forced and I was such a cocky, selfish teenager to realize. She told me what happened before her suicide and that's why I moved in here, I wanted to remember her." He says and I didn't even notice. This is my old apartment. I look out the bathroom door and everything is the way I left it, except my journal is sitting on the nightstand.

He turns to go to my arm and he raps it. I ram a towel around my neck to hide my tat and he allows me to sleep in the bed while he goes to the floor.

"Four, you don't have to sleep on the floor," I say and breath in the scent on the pillow. It smells like a combo of me and him. I hear him chuckle.

"Tris used to do that," He says and I smile.

"Are you gonna share the bed or not," I ask.

"No, I don't want to betray her" I almost aww at the statement. He doesn't want to betray me even though I left him.

"I know, but you wouldn't be" I blurt out. I bite my lip hoping he didn't just register what I said.

"What do you mean?" He says cluelessly. I throw my legs over the bed at stare to look at him.

I hear a gasp and the towel is next to me.