Tris and Tobias

Tobias POV

I've come to realization that I am scared of her. Terrified. But I want to be with her. I want to be with her for as long as I can. I want her. And maybe, I need her. She helped me go through my own fear landscape, something that is almost impossible for me to do on my own.

I wake up and realize that she is in bed with me. We didn't do anything, I'm sure of it. She wouldn't want to anyway, she's scared of me. But that makes the two of us.

"Tris," I whisper into her ear, my voice a little shaky. "Tris," I say again. She opens her eyes, looking confused.

"Wait, what-"she says, quietly. I smile.

"It's okay. Nothing happened, we just fell asleep," I say.

"I should get going, breakfast is going to start soon," she says, getting up. I don't want her to leave.

"No, wait," I say, taking her wrist and colliding my lips against hers. She gets on top of me, her hand on my chest. We get deeper in the kiss. I feel her giggle into me and I pull away. "What is it?" I say, smiling. How can a girl make me this happy?

"I don't know," she says, putting her head in the crook of my neck. "I didn't expect to come here and get in a relationship, or whatever this is," She giggles, again. "I'm just… happy, I guess," She lifts her head, and kisses me.

"Well, I didn't expect to train a bunch of initiates and actually like one of them," I say, my lips brushing against hers.

"Tobias, I have a problem, though," She says, a little more serious though. She looks deep into my eyes. "I came here to become Dauntless. I came here to throw my cowardice away. I came here to become brave. To not be selfless. But I didn't expect to…" She trails off. I stroke her hair.

"Didn't expect what, Tris?" I ask. She gives me a small smile.

"I didn't expect to come here and fall in love with someone I'm scared of. Tobias, I love you," She sheds a tear. "I don't expect you to say it back," she says, quietly.

"Tris," I can't believe she said that to me. "I never thought I would fall in love," But I did. "But, here in Dauntless we learn how to be brave and face our fears. You taught me that. I fell in love with a girl I'm terrified of, and I don't want to let her go. Tris, I love you," I kiss her before she can say anything. I wrap my arms around her, and she wraps her arms around my neck. I can sense her smiling. We part away. We just stare into each other's eyes, smiling.

"I love you," we both say at the same time, and we both resume kissing.