I do not in any way own any of the characters of the Hunger Games trilogy. Feedback is strongly encouraged. The only way to get better is realize and accept your mistakes. This is my first piece of work in a long time, and I know that I am definitely out of practice. I hope you enjoy. Thank you.
Chapter 1
Her prep team had just arrived in Victor's Village, eager to have the opportunity to once again be in the presence of one of the winners of the 74th Hunger Games, the Capital's darling girl, Katniss Everdeen. Katniss, on the other hand, was less than thrilled at the meaning of their visit. The Victor's Tour. The spotlight would be back on Katniss and Peeta and their epic love story. A story of two young people, willing to pay the ultimate price to be with each other for all of eternity. Such a load of crap, Katniss thought to herself as her entire body was stripped, waxed, and polished.
Finally, after the initial torture was finished, Katniss was drawn a luxurious bath, where she was allotted a whopping twenty minutes to collect her thoughts before the big moment. Before I will once again be plucked out of my home, and thrown on the stage like some prized hog. She let herself sink deeper into the perfumed water, toying with one of the hundred rose petals that had been hastily tossed into the tub. The petals were as soft as silk, and let off the scent of one million roses. They mimicked the exact petals that Katniss had seen Peeta create on a special cake he had been working on. He would never tell Katniss what or who the cake was for. She had only known it to be the most beautiful icing job that Peeta had ever done.
Peeta kept a lot of things from Katniss after the games. She felt as if he thought she had died in the arena, along with their innocence. If it hadn't been for him sneaking into her room nearly every single night, Katniss would have believed he truly did forget all about her. At first, they would just sit up and talk about their shared hatred of what the games had done to them, and wondering who, out of District 12, would be chosen to perform in the 75th Hunger Games. Then, as the reaping for the games drew closer, both the victors would get bone-chilling nightmares, which would turn into the pair comforting each other, and finally, sex.
Things had changed for Katniss after the games. She saw Peeta in a different light. She no longer saw the terrified boy standing next to her at their reaping. She saw a man. A sad, but perfect man. They confided in each other. They shared a connection that Katniss would never be able to have with anyone else, and Katniss truly loved him for it. But that wasn't the only reason she had feelings for him. He was selfless, and effortlessly so. So much that it annoyed Katniss. He would hand out cookies to kids after they would get out of school. He slipped their drunken mentor Haymitch booze when everyone else refused to, due to alcohol becoming nearly as precious and elusive as a diamond.
He's perfect. And there is no way he will ever actually want to be with me. Not after he saw how I acted during the games. And definitely not after I broke his heart after he confessed he had feelings for me in the cave. Katniss' thoughts were interrupted by the bathroom door being thrust open.
"Cinna has arrived, darling!"
