Tobias x Tris

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Tobias POV

She comes out of the shower with me to my room, I was hoping something would change, her style, her eyes, or maybe a tattoo might appear. I was hoping maybe the clothes would transform her or the tips of her hair would wash out, but the hope is slowly dying inside me, I know she's not coming back, and its my fault. We fight a bit about the sleeping situation like I did when Tris was attacked, except this time I didn't stop the attack, I just helped her recover. She throws her legs over the side of the bed to bicker a bit more. But something slips off in the process.

The towel slithers off her neck leaving ravens tatted on her. The weird thing is it's not Tris' though. It has Four birds with the factions tattooed around them. It looks almost identical to Tris' but little add-ons. It's not her.

"Get out" I grunt because she is trying to copy Tris.

"If I go back out there they will kill me" She stifles a little, but she doesn't act afraid to go out there, she acts afraid to leave.

"I said get out" I repeat more violently again.

"Four, stop" She says trying to get me to listen.

"No"

"Fou-"

"No"

"Tobias" She quickly spits out and I stare at her as my blood curdles with anger.

"what did you just say?" I almost scream at her.

"You think you know me but you don't, wow you know my name, that means nothing, there is only one person in this world who actually knew me, so don't even go there." I grunted indignantly.

"Do you even know who your talking to" She says softly.

"Stop acting like you know me, now get out before I call the guards" I glare into her eyes not even allowing my brain t think of backing down.

"I thought you would protect me" She says as her eyes become glass like.

"Why the heck would I protect you, ever" I continuously growl at her.

"You saw the tatt I thought you forgave me for him, I already told you it wasn't my fault" She cries lightly and get up and runs to the door. She stops right before exiting.

"Well I guess that's one more promise you broke" She pauses a second "Along with 'You die I die'" She chokes and removes the extensions and contacts. I can't believe what just happened.

It is Tris.

I run out of the room and speed up to her. I grab her wrist and spin her.

"How long were you gonna wait to come clean" I growl with softness in my tone. "Were you gonna wait till my suicide attempts worked, till I ended up in the hospital wit panic attacks, till you got revenge" I say with something warm roll down my cheek.

"Tobias, we both know I needed a break or I would have starved myself or worse. I love you and that never stopped and no matter how much I tried to avoid you, the gang would somehow torture me." She says and balls herself up and sobs. "I left because I thought you didn't love me" She cries more. I go down next to her.

"You know I didn't recognize you and that why I was being harsh" I whisper to her. I rub my fingers down her back as she tilts her head on my shoulder and releases her knees.

"Was it the altered tattoo" She whispers lightly.

"Yeah" I laugh a little.

"Well initiation ends tomorrow how 'bout we prank the gang" I say to her and she nods. I lift her up and throw her over my shoulder like old times.