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Why? The word she wanted to ask but every time she tried it wouldn't come out of her mouth.
Was this a new form of bullying from him? It couldn't be...even for a leader there has to be a line that can't be crossed, surely?!
Why would he do this to her?! Was it some sort of test in order to humiliate her further?
A blind man could see how much he loathed her so...why would he KISS her?
Her brain was suddenly working overtime as she tried to conjure up some type of rational explanation for it and as she did he closed the short distance that was now between them and placed both of his hands on her face, she gasped when he started to lean his head towards her.
She couldn't believe it...he was going to do it again!
Rather than being afraid of his actions and the reason for them she was now angry and made a heat of the moment decision to vent that anger, she leaned back and slapped him across the face...right as his lips were about to touch hers.
She stared at his face which was now turned to the side, she didn't hit him that hard, even though, she did attempt to.
No, his head only moved due to the surprise of it, she knew he was surprised because a very brief sinister grin had appeared after her palm had connected with his cheek...a cheek that was now beginning to redden.
A long silent moment passed by after that, his head still turned to the side the entire time before he then gradually straightened up to his full height.
She swallowed when his head slowly turned back to face her and as it did there was a glare on it.
"That serves you right." she said after a beat, trying to make it sound like a threat but despite being angry, she was nervous about how he would react.
He didn't react, he continued to glare at her where he stood.
Feeling more uneasy than before she took another step backwards towards the door and then said in a hesitant voice, "I'm leaving."
When he didn't react or respond to her in any way she turned her back to him and began to head towards the door but before she could even begin to properly move he appeared infront of her and blocked her path.
She gasped at the fact she hadn't even heard him move and at how fast he did it, she then started to step back but he wrapped an arm around her body and pulled her towards him, when she was pressed against his front his other arm then wrapped around her shoulders.
He didn't say anything, he just shook his head then pressed his lips against hers again, the second his mouth was on hers she began to push against him to get free, however, this time he was prepared for it rather than caught off guard and he used his taller and heavier frame as an advantage.
With each passing second she was becoming more and more furious and she refused to stop protesting his advances.
"Dammit! Will you stop fighting me?!" he said against her mouth.
His words only made her more mad at him, since the first day she'd met him he'd been practically fighting her, that thought and the fact that he'd kissed her not once...but TWICE now irritated her, not only was it totally inappropriate of him to do so but he'd also way overstepped his bounds as her instructor and leader.
How would she be able to interact with him again? With the memory of this situation hanging over her it would make it impossible!
She balled one of her hands into a fist and raised it to his exposed flank, she then used it to hit him in the side.
She would have attempted to hit him in the chest but it was impossible due to the way he had a hold of her, she pulled her hand back then hit him in the side again but it was harder than the previous attempt, despite this though she was pretty sure it would only tickle him rather than hurt.
When she tried to hit him again he shook his head and spun them both around, he began to back her towards the door and in a desperate attempt to stop him she hit him again.
"Stop that Nix." he removed his lips from hers long enough to say before they were once more attached to her mouth, she did try to avoid it but he seamed to know what she was thinking.
When she felt her back touch the door a beat later she tried again to pull her mouth away but the arm he had around her shoulders moved so he could curl his hand around the back of her neck and it held her head firmly in place so she could no longer move it.
No matter how hard she struggled in his hold she found it was impossible to escape from, so, she tried the only thing she hadn't yet...she pressed her teeth down hard and bit his lip.
Whilst cursing he swiftly released her and she waisted no time in turning to make her escape but as soon as she had moved his large arms trapped her in his hold once more, with her back against his chest and her arms pinned at her sides she immediately started to thrash around but when his lips were suddenly against her ear...she froze.
His voice was a whisper...a pleading whisper, "Don't walk away from me...I don't have it in me to resist you anymore."
Shocked at his words and what her implication of what he meant by them, she gasped and spun around to face him, "Are you accusing me of-"
He cut off her words when he grabbed her under the arms then all but flung her upwards, a noise of disbelief and fright left her mouth before he wrapped his arms tightly around her body followed by crushing his lips hard against hers.
She got a taste of the metallic tang of blood from where she had bitten him before she tried to push herself back from him but any attempt she made was thwarted by the strength he had against her, one of his hands then grabbed her behind the knee and he yanked her leg up so it was hooked around his hip.
She gasped in surprise at the sudden movement and he took advantage of her open mouth to deepen the kiss and as soon as he did she suddenly became aware of how warm his mouth was and although they had initially felt rough...all she could think of now was how soft the caress of his lips against her own were.
Seconds ticked by and with them a warmth began to quickly spread through her body which, in that moment, was all she could focus on, she hadn't even noticed that she had lifted her other leg up so it too was now wrapped around his waist, she only became aware of it when his hold on her began to loosen.
One strong arm was wrapped around her lower back and the fingers of his other hand slowly ran up her spine to the back of her head.
'It's for support' were the words that were now repeating over and over in her head because she would never, NEVER, have blatantly just wrapped her leg around his waist...not anyone's waist for that matter and not even as a last resort if she had the choice would she have chosen HIS.
This man had since day one went out of his way to antagonise her, making it clear for all to see that he hated her, he was always cruel and unpleasant towards her.
Except for however, that time when he gave her half of his dessert in the dining hall or when he told her that he liked her haircut and unless she was mistaken...he had meant that compliment, not to forget either when he told her about the store that sold bathing suits so she could shower without having to be naked infront of everyone and that was after he reprimanded her for questioning it.
She suddenly became infuriated as the thoughts ran through her head, did he have some sort of split personality? She was beginning to believe it regarding all the mood swings he'd subjected her to.
How dare he do this to her!
A kiss was a lovely and intimate thing usually shared by two people that are fond of each other and Eric had made it clear to her and everyone else that he wasn't fond of her in the slightest.
"This damn haircut." he pulled his lips from hers to say with a voice that was laced with appreciation before his mouth was greedily attaching itself onto hers once more.
The way he had spoken seamed to stir something within her, her thoughts of the way he had acted with her since she'd arrived in the faction were no longer in her head, she was now only thinking about those words he'd just said and they made her feel...giddy, to hear him sound so breathless as he spoke before he then proceeded to what could only really be described as consuming her, the whole thing...especially the way he'd just spoken also made her feel self-centred but she didn't feel ashamed because of it, not like she would have done.
She was actually surprised to find that her self control had been gradually slipping away without her being aware of it, she had been too preoccupied with her thoughts to notice but she was aware of it now and what she was also aware of was that she was no longer fighting him...she was openly kissing him back.
As quick as the flick of a switch their lips moved in perfect sync, her hands then began to instinctively shift, one of them wrapped around the back of his neck and the other held onto his large biceps, the hand she held his neck with gradually moved up his shaved head until she had a tight grip of the hair that was on top of it.
He made a noise deep in his throat at her actions and then squeezed her in his arms towards him even though they were already as close as could be, he then deepened the kiss even more, so much so that she wasn't aware whose air she was actually breathing at that point.
She wasn't aware either that he had been moving with her until she was set down on something hard and he removed his lips from her, she noticed before he moved both his hands to the sides of her head to tilt her head back a little that he'd moved across the room from the front door.
She was happy to find that she could breathe again even though it was only slightly, he'd placed his mouth against her throat to pepper light and barely there kisses and the feel of it on her skin felt just as good if not better as it did against her own mouth.
She closed her eyes at the feeling then found herself breathing out his name and as she did a smile appeared on her face but it didn't linger long as the thought of her smiling just at the mention of his name flashed in her mind and it screamed 'abnormal' at her.
Her eyes suddenly popped open the more she thought about it and then her mouth was moving on it's own, "I shouldn't be here."
Eric's only response to that was a noise of amusement and he continued what he was doing.
"I'm supposed to be at training." she added after a beat.
"You walked out." he replied instantaneously with his mouth still kissing and nipping her neck.
"And you followed me...to bring me back." she said before she placed her hands on his face and gently pulled, he allowed her to lift his head and when their eyes met he frowned.
"I followed you to teach you a lesson." he replied as his mouth moved towards hers again but she dodged it.
"Teach me a lesson? How?" she asked nervously after swallowing and he shrugged.
"Thought about dangling you over the chasm." he said and she sat forward at his words and pressed her hands against his chest to prevent him from leaning in again.
"Over the chasm." she repeated in a shocked voice before anxiously asking, "You're not serious right? You wouldn't really do that...right?"
"I'm deadly serious." he replied and leaned in again but again she dodged him and shoved herself back on what she realised was a kitchen counter, "Where do you think you're going?"
His hands gripped her waist and he pulled her back towards him where he wedged himself between her legs, he then wrapped his arms around her body so they were literally nose to nose.
"You ignored that question before, don't do it again." he told her in a low voice and then he planted a long kiss on her lips and she was momentarily distracted by it but when she moved her hands to place them gently upon his face she was once again aware of where she was.
She pulled back from him and gasped quietly as their lips disconnected, she kept her eyes downcast and stayed that way until she felt him gently touch her forehead with his own.
When she glanced up at him she found he was watching her, she waited a beat then moved her head back and asked, "What's happening here?"
"I know you were born in abnegation but surely you don't need me to explain." he replied in a slightly teasing tone and that amused her...who knew Eric was capable of having a teasing side to him.
A brief moment passed before her head properly processed what he'd said to her and her amusement died away, she whispered a sad 'no' in response to his question which made him frown but she quickly continued, "What I meant was...look at us, US...that's me and YOU."
"I'm aware of what the word us means." he replied dryly.
"ME as in the stiff." She said, ignoring his response and she deliberately emphasised the word 'stiff', "You're my instructor and I'm your initiate...you're a dauntless leader!"
"Right now, none of that matters." he replied as he tenderly, a word that she would never have thought to associate with him, EVER, tucked a loose piece of hair behind her ear before he cupped the back of her neck in his bearlike hand and stared at her.
"You hate me." she eventually breathed out after what felt like a lifetime with her eyes downcast.
"No." his reply was so quiet that she was convinced he'd not actually said it, that it was her mind playing tricks on her but it wasn't, the word was genuine.
She glanced back up to find him staring intently at her and she suddenly felt a sense of relief as she replayed his statement in her head, she hadn't realised until now that the thought of him hating her mattered so much to her, she bit her lip to hide the smile that was now trying to form on her lips.
"Don't do that." he told her with a firm shake of his head and her brows pulled together slightly as her teeth released her lip, she was about to ask him what he meant when he continued, "I don't think I've ever seen you smile before...I like it."
At his words a blush started to form on her cheeks, she wasn't sure if it was because of the compliment or purely because she had finally done something that seamed to please him rather than disappoint.
He grinned at her reaction before he slowly ducked his head and captured her lips with his own...ever so gently.
They stayed that way for a moment with their lips pressed together and their hands holding one another, his on her lower back and the back of her neck, hers curled around the back of his neck and against his face.
When they parted, they parted together and she let out an almost inaudible sigh as he stared at her, she then said with a reluctant tone, "I can't stay here...I have to get back to the training room."
A very long moment of silence passed before he inhaled then exhaled a deep sigh and replied, "Yeah...I know."
She offered him a half hearted smile in response then began to move to the side of where she was sat, he stepped back so she could hop down from the counter and once she was on her feet she turned to look at him and saw that he had kept his back to her the whole time.
Being no longer attached to him made her suddenly feel very awkward, the fact that he wasn't even looking at her either made it worse, she tried a few times to speak but couldn't find the words to say.
"I thought you were leaving?" he asked her after a moment had passed, his back was still to her and she noticed that he'd spoken in a clipped tone.
"Yes." she replied quickly and made a move for the door but stopped before she reached it and looked back at him, he had turned his head to the side and was watching her, when they made eye contact though he faced forward again, she swallowed before she continued speaking, "What happened back there I...what I did...I'm sorry that I stormed off."
She saw him sigh then look down at the counter briefly before he then turned to look at her and when he did he stared at her for what felt like the longest time until he finally said, "I'm not."
She stared back at him and gasped silently when he turned and headed towards her but she held a palm up and he immediately halted in his tracks.
"This was a mistake." she blurted out and a brief frown appeared on his face before it turned into a glare, "I have to go."
"Go then." he replied in an abrupt tone, "Go on...git."
Her brows pulled together slightly at his words as she thought, why was he being like this? He had agreed himself she should leave only moments ago, "Eric I-"
"Get out!" he suddenly shouted at her and she gasped in fright, a beat then passed before she attempted to speak but before she could he shook his head then marched towards her, he grabbed her upper arm when he reached her and growled in her face, "Are you deaf?! I said, get the hell out!"
She barely managed to react before he began to shove her towards the door of his apartment, when he reached it he yanked it open so hard that she was surprised he didn't rip it off the hinges, he then literally...threw her out.
She had to put her hands out to break her fall and when she landed on the ground she let out a wince, a beat passed before she dared to look up at him and when she did she could have sworn that she saw him move to help her but stopped himself and instead glared down at her.
"You better be gone when I open this door again." he barked at her before he entered his apartment and slammed the door behind him.
She sat where she was and stared up at the now closed door with tears stinging her eyes thinking...what just happened?