Tris
I don't recognise him at first, his glasses change the appearance of his face and his hair is cut, plus I have never seen him in clothes that aren't black...he oddly suits blue.
"Hey baby cousin by two years, are you glad to see m-"
I punch Caleb in the nose - I seem to be doing that a lot lately - cutting him off mid-word.
"Okay, I deserved that." He grunts
I grab his pristine blue shirt by the shoulders and ram him into the wall, my extra two years of Dauntless paying off against him.
"I deserved that too," he wheezes and I can't help but agree.
"What the fuck, Caleb?" I ask, still pinning him to the wall, standing on my tiptoes so my face is almost lever with his. I slam him into the all again and his glasses - I doubt he needs them - slide to the floor and smash. "What. The. Actual. Fuck?" I slam him into the wall again and again with each word until I'm sure his back is bruised.
"If you'd stop beating the wall with my body I will tell you." I stares down into my eyes, just like he used to all those years ago when nothing was messed up, and the only thing wrong in our life would be when I pushed him down and he threatened to throw me into the Chasm, and then I'd start crying and we'd hug and make up, and then the whole cycle would start again the next day.
As I stare into those same eyes, my hands still gripping his shirt, I can't help it, I burst into tears, my anger forgotten, and crash into his chest, clinging to him like a monkey.
"Hey, hey. Shh, it's alright." He wraps his arms around my back and squeezes my tight before pulling me back. "It's okay."
I breathe deeply through my nose, nodding crazily like a mad man, trying to get my sobbing and breathing under control.
When I finally calm down enough from the shock of seeing him, he begins to tell me why exactly I am seeing him. "Look, I've known about what you are since forever. Even when we were young, I knew something was different. And at school I had heard the Erudite kids talking about Divergence, but none of them knew what exactly it was, but they knew Jeanine had something to do with it. So I did a bit of research, and I found things out, nothing important enough to tell you now, but you get the gist. So when I transferred to Erudite, one of the first things I did was hack into some files and delete all my connections with you, so when the time came, I could be here. If Jeanine had known I am your cousin she would never have let me work in here.
"Now, this 'friend' of yours-"
"What do you mean my 'friend'" I interrupt, adding quotation marks with my fingers around the word friend like he did.
"I mean Four, or Tobias, or whatever his name is. But hey, you don't pry into my love life, I won't pry into yours." I attempt to interrupt him but he cuts me off.
"Like I was saying," he continues. "This friend of yours comes to talk to me when you first get here, and he somehow knows I'm your cousin, I'm guessing you told him, and together we devised a plan to get you safely out. But of course, you being you, ruined that plan, so we had to take drastic action and improvise today after that little stunt you pulled."
I remain silent as I take all the information in but the only thing that comes to mind to say is, "Tobias and I are just friends." It feels stupid brining this up but I feel that it needs to be cleared in order for things to continue.
Caleb smirks. "Whatever you say, Tris, whatever you say. I won't tell my Dad."
I can't help but giggle. It's times like these - not that there have been others - that I only really realise how much I miss Caleb, he may as well be my big brother. I love him like one.
"But what now?" I ask, a sad smile on my lips, knowing that this moment won't be able to last. It'll either go one way or another, and no matter which, I probably won't see him again. The thought brings tears to my eyes and I angrily wipe one away as it falls down my cheek.
"Hey, don't cry." He brings me into a hug once more, resting his chin on top of my head. "Now's the fun part." He says as I pull away, a smile on his face. "You up for some running?"
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