Clove loved pain.
Loved the sound of people's screams when they were in pain.
Especially when the screams were her own.
Cato and Clove slashed each other in training both loving the pain but also wanting more.
But Cato was unleashing a different kind of pain onto Clove, and she didn't like it.
This pain was like no other. It made her feel heavy like she ate a ton of bricks but it also made her feel empty.
It wasn't the kind of pain that made her scream, or even bleed.
It was the kind of pain that made her want to cry.
Whenever she saw Cato snuggling up beside Glimmer, she held back the tears that threatened to spill out. You're such a weakling she told herself Careers don't cry
Every time she saw them flirting or kissing, she silently kept cursing herself.
But one night, Glimmer and Cato looked at each other. Didn't kiss, didn't cuddle, just stared at each other as if no-one else existed.
That's when Clove broke.
She fled the camp, and stumbled her way through the forest while silently chanting Careers don't cry
Only when she was safe inside a cave did she let the tears ecape.
"But this one does" she whispered hoarsely into the darkness