*Short chapter sorry guys. Don't worry though, all the fun's coming up next!
Suddenly, Peeta opened his eyes, our lips detached, and I heard the crack of a tree branch close behind me. In the darkest corners of my heart, something I would never admit; the loss of contact disappointed me.
"Wha- What was that?" he asked the wind, paranoid and cautious.
Still unable to support himself fully, he grabbed an arrow from my sack in case and took stance by my side.
"Peeta. It's okay, look over there." I pointed up by the cave, where a parachute from out sponsors had fallen. And Haymitch saves the day again. I silently remarked. As the possibility of a threat had been defused, Peeta and I looked at each other and giggled. Always such a sweetheart, even when I was supposed to be taking care of him.
"Let's get over there and go inside," I motioned to the cave.
"Yeah, let's do it," Peeta croaked through the pain.
I picked up the package and we helped each other into the open mouth of the mountain. Peeta immediately sunk down and propped himself against the wall. I handed him the ointment, and he put it on his injuries.
"Ahhhh," he gasped in response to the relief of his pain.
Then it happened. Something about this involuntary sound, this moan of pleasure, hit me with a wave low in my gut. I don't know what I'd felt just then. It was something unusual, something primal. I walked over to him and planted another kiss on his sweet lips. I didn't know why, I just felt like I needed to, like there was a magnet and it was pulling me closer to him every time he was near. This time the kiss was so real, and I could tell that he knew. Because he always just knew. His eyes were gaping wide, and his mouth was open in shock. I joined him against the wall of the cave, above the woods and above the field - above the nucleus games. It was me and him and safety and paradise. I just wished there was a way to make it all last.
