"I didn't think everyone would take it so seriously." And yet they had. Words, just flippant remarks that were meant to be forgotten. That Tris had certainly forgotten himself. Had he really been reading things so differently from everyone else?
So this was for his benefit? Then why did it feel like the exact opposite of that? "And how is leaving me to put things back together by myself better than that?" He wiped his eyes but it really didn't help. "You could have just said I was a liability, that I'd understand." Cian couldn't be a hound and be with someone like him, not if he wanted to hold that position or be liked by his peers.
"I guess Connie finally gets what he wants." The comment was sharp and bitter, but tears were still rolling down his cheeks. "But at least you won't have to be someone different to fuck him."