Peeta Mellark is ready to start a new life. Although 17, he isn't taking anyone's nonsense, he just wants to clear out his head and move on. Peeta has had enough of what's going on. His parents, Mr and Mrs Mellark had died in the bombing of District 12, their home. They held a bakery, which they baked bread and other goods in order to sell. Peeta also helped bake. It is recalled that whenever Peeta burns bread, his mother would hit him with a rolling pin. Peeta had siblings and they reportedly died in the bombing with their parents. It is also not known exactly whether they're alive or not because there's no proof of Peeta's siblings' death. Peeta holds a strong belief that they, his siblings, also died because they are nowhere to be located. In his moving, Peeta's love interest, Katniss Everdeen, has to stay behind in District 13. Peeta has been in love with Katniss since he was 5 years. He thought she was beautiful in every way. He had also thought that no one could beat Katniss's beauty and her wit. Then everything slipped away and Peeta lost everything he was grateful for. His parents, his siblings, and his love. Peeta in the inside feels sorrow but at last, he decides he will start a new life, in a city he had never been before.
Packing up his things and ready to leave, Peeta says to Katniss, "I'm sorry, Katniss." as he hugs her. "I will love you, always." He kissed her on the forehead of hers and tears ran down her cheek. "I will miss you, Peeta. I really dont' want you to leave and I..." her voice trailed off. She has to accept his decisions. She didn't wanna accept how he planned to move but once the time came, she learned to accepted it. "I hope we will be together one day..." she said again. Peeta wiped the tears off her face. "We will one day. I promise." He kissed her again. "I have to go now. I promise we'll be in touch somehow." He waved at her and walked to District 1 with his bags. Katniss was watching him out in District 13 as he walked further. What he was taking wasn't so much as his belongings were destroyed in the bombing of District 12, his home. He had grabbed the things he need and packed them up. It wasn't that long to walk from District 13 to District 1. It was normally a half an hour walk for some people like Peeta but with shortcuts through the woods, it was only a few minutes. The reason why Peeta took a shortcut is because he felt uneasiness entering the district in the opening where the residents could see him. He knew that District 1 would question why a District 12 resident would be out in their territory. He planned to go to a far away city, away from Panem. He could escape to a country close to his and become a citizen. First, he planned to go to District 1 and do some business there before he really heads off to another country.