Buttercup lived for another eight years after Prim's death. One day he was sleeping when he heard her voice, his Primrose's voice. She was calling for him "Buttercup, Buttercup." He got up slowly and followed the sound of her voice, the voice he hadn't heard in eight long years. He came to the meadow and that's where he saw her. Primrose. She smiled at him and he then began to walk towards her. As soon as he got close, she scooped him up in her arms.
Katniss came home from hunting and realised that Buttercup wasn't on his rug near the fireplace. "Buttercup." she called as she looked around the house for him. When she couldn't find him, she began to panic. Even though in the past they hadn't got along, in the years since Prim's death they had grown closer and in time began to love and trust one another. Katniss wondered if he had left the house so she extended her search outside. When she came to the meadow, she stopped. Lying on top of Prim's memorial stone and surrounded by the primrose's they had planted, was Buttercup. He wasn't moving and when she got closer, Katniss realised why. Stifling back tears she left him where he was and went to go grab a shovel. Katniss decided that he should be buried next to where he was found so that way he and Prim could be together forever