Four POV

I walked alongside Eric past the familiar walls of the Dauntless hallways. There seemed to be another issue with the computers, and somehow the idiot couldn't find anyone else to fix it.

"So," Eric started, striding closer towards me. I tried my best to ignore him, but his looming presence and the way his voice echoed through the empty halls didn't exactly help either. "What is going on between you and Pedrad?"

As we walked, a shudder ran through my body. I couldn't help but feel as if Eric and I were being watched, but everytime I glanced back, there was no one in sight.

"Uriah?"

"Don't be smart with me."

I shook my head, trying to avoid eye contact with him by focusing my gaze ahead. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Tris."

The way her name sounded between his lips left an unsettling feeling in my stomach. Nothing about Eric had ever sat right with me, but ever since our big fight, my resentment had only grown stronger. Even before we had started dating, I'd always wondered how Tris could stand the guy. She had reassured me before that they weren't close friends, but any type of friend for Eric is unusual, considering his personality.

When I don't reply after a few tense moments, Eric states bluntly, "So did you guys break-up or what?"

At that, my breath catches in my throat. I had given this question too much thought to be healthy, yet I'd never been able to come up with an answer. Obviously, we weren't together anymore, but I wasn't sure we were ever even officially dating before. Our "breakup" was so messy, I'd barely said anything to her in the past few weeks at all.

The funny thing is, the only person I wanted to talk to about this was her.

Eric was definitely the last person that I thought I'd be talking to about this, but I couldn't help the words that have been bouncing around in my head from coming out. "Honestly, it's been so long, I don't even know. It just-I don't know. It's complicated."

Eric sighed, stopping as we reached our destination. He wrapped his hand around the handle and swung the door open.

"It always is."

Tris POV

Following Four and Eric was easy. Convincing Uriah to leave me alone was not. I silently counted to a hundred in my head before briskly excusing myself from the table and exiting the cafeteria.

The second I stood up, Uriah did too, claiming that he wasn't hungry anymore either. I rolled my eyes, and tried my best to ignore him, but even without glancing back, I could feel his presence behind me.

As I paced down the hall, I could just barely see their two silhouettes, walking ahead.

Once Uriah caught up to me, he immediately whispered, "You're following Four aren't you?"

"What? No-" I turned my head slightly, but the second our eyes locked, Uriah knew. So, I crept on ahead, with Uriah still in tow.

Within a few minutes, we were able to get within earshots, and the empty cave walls allowed their voices to easily reach us with a safe distance. Four almost caught us a few times, due to Uriah's inability to control his footsteps, but we were always able to duck away just in time, without being caught.

Eric's voice drifted to us, "So did you guys break up-"

My eyes widened immediately, and when I locked eyes with Uriah, only to see that his expression mirrored my own.

Uriah nudged me in the side and flashed one of his signature smirks, the one that made me want to slap it right off his face. "I bet they're talking about you."

I shoved him not-too-gently, but the smirk still remained on his face. "Shut up," I muttered, "You don't know what you're talking about."

His expression hardened, "Yeah, I know. I used to, you used to tell me everything. When did everything have to become a secret? When did we have to start lying to each other?"

The look on my face must've been so ridden with guilt that Uriah's anger immediately fell away as he added on, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that."

"I know you didn't, I just- I'm not trying to lie to you. If I knew what was going on, I'd tell you, but I don't." That was the best that I was able to come up with for the time being, and Uriah seemed satisfied enough.

I tried to give him a reassuring smile, my thoughts travelling back to what we had just overheard Eric saying. I tried to force myself to realize that it was completely plausible for Four to have been dating someone else, but I couldn't help but hope that Uriah was right and that Eric was talking about me.

It was dumb, but it was hope.

There was a long pause before Four replied, "Honestly, it's been so long, I don't even know. It just-I don't know. It's complicated."

The two of them stopped abruptly, seeming to have reached a doorway. Uriah glanced at me, and I nodded, and the two of us turned around and began retreating back.

A whirlwind of emotions was running through my head. I had to admit I was disappointed that Four only thought of our relationship as complicated, but then again, I couldn't disagree. Part of me wanted to resent him for everything he had done. He had no right to say that, I tried to tell myself, he was the one who screwed everything up.

How could he complain about it being complicated when I was the one who was standing here clueless?

Suddenly, Uriah stopped in his tracks, turning to face me. He stared at me dead in the eyes, his gave unwavering on mine. When he spoke, his words hit me like a sharp, chunk of ice, but also with the cold realization of the truth. "You still have feelings for him don't you?"

I couldn't lie to him, so I nodded my head.

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