Title: Because… I love her.
Rating: T
Characters: Petta Mellark, Katniss Everdeen
Disclaimer: Nope, characters and quotes belong to Suzanne Collins, the author of the awesome hunger games trilogy.
Summary: We do everything for people we love. Sometimes it just hurts us more.
A/N: May the odds be ever in your favor. May this fic be ever in your favor too. Just some idea about Peeta's POV when he got chosen, written on hindsight.
"Haymitch said you would need a lot of convincing."
She really is dense about my feelings for her.
When I confirmed my suspicions about her, the real reason for her actions in the arena…
I wasn't just hurt.
Something was torn inside me.
You don't give up your life for someone you just like.
I loved her. I love her.
I blocked Cato for her.
I tried anything to keep her safe in the arena.
Was that not enough? Did she not get my point? My love?
. . . . . .
I love designing cakes at the bakery.
But I hate it there.
I hate my mum, the practical shit. Only my brothers. She only bothers herself with them.
I feel for my dad. I'm like him.
We both love for the lost cause.
But I will fight for my love. That even for me to die, so she will live.
That's why I train.
I throw those fifty kilo bags. For strength. To protect her.
I repeatedly ram a wood block with a knife every night at the backyard. For close-combat. To protect her.
One on the heart, one through the skull, one life is saved. Katniss'.
I prepared, since I was eleven, that one day if she's going for the games, I'll be there.
I'll get picked, or I will volunteer.
Because… I want to see her live on happily.
Because… I love her.
. . . . . .
Damn right why now when I know that she'd never loved me, I'm broken inside.
I was a goner. I still am.
But I never regretted, not once, that I've thrown my life away to save her.
Because… I love her.