I hummed quietly to myself as I cautiously walked along the trees close to Leo and I's hideout.

We've been allies now for about four days.

It's also been four days of guilty kisses, which I never seemed to stop.

I sighed, moving to a bush littered with vibrant red berries I recognized to be okay to eat, which I quickly began picking.

Why should I feel guilty anyway, I thought, popping a berry into my mouth, the juice exploding as the skin broke. I mean, it's not like Peeta and I are in a relationship.

Then again, I did kiss him.

But that was just because I knew I was coming here. Because I knew I would most likely die in a matter of weeks.

Right?

I shook my head lightly, trying to extinguish the oncoming migraine from my battling emotions.

I continued to pick more and more berries, thoughts of Peeta still clouding my mind, until I heard the sound of footsteps.

I turned around just in time to see an arrow go whizzing by my face, one of the two remaining female tributes running full speed at me, a bow poised in her hand as she reached for another arrow.

I panicked, desperately looking around for a weapon of some sort as she shot another arrow at me, this one narrowly missing my abdomen, instead landing in the trunk of the tree behind me.

The girl lunged at me, sending my makeshift bag of berries scattering onto the ground.

I desperately reached around for something to hit her with; a branch, a rock, anything.

But there wasn't. There wasn't anything as her hand reached back, grabbing another arrow to shoot at me.

I glanced around desperately, my eyes landing on my one chance.

Her arrow. I thought, diving for it, her shooting an arrow that grazed my calf.

I yelped, clutching it on instinct, some blood seeping into my hand. She laughed a cold laugh, saying " Pathetic. Barely a scratch and your already down for the count. "

I stared at her cold eyes. The stony stare with the wicked smile.

How could someone get so much satisfaction in killing someone?

She took a step closer as I scotched back towards the tree trunk, my hand searching the ground for what I so desperately needed.

Her arrow.

" Any last words?" She asked, that wicked grin still on her face as she readied another arrow, aiming it at my chest.

" Yeah. " I replied, my fingers finally feeling the cool arrow beneath my fingers. I gripped it tightly as I looked up at her again, saying " How about a taste of your own medicine?"

She looked baffled for a moment as I lunged forward, narrowly missing the arrow she let go on instinct as I plunged the very arrow she shot at me through her heart, blood spurting out onto me.

She collapsed to the ground, dying instantly.

I panted, backing up to the tree behind me, resting against it for a second, unable to tear my eyes away from her limp body.

You killed her. You ended her life.

You are just like him.

My mind shouted at me, my hands shaking as I brought them to my face, letting out a shakey breath.

I pulled them away, twisting Peeta's bracelet around my wrist as I slowly began to make my way back to the cave, my calf throbbing with each step.

"Leo?" I said tentatively, glancing around for him by the stream.

You murdered her. You're just like him.

"Leo!" I said a bit more loudly, the tears beginning to build in my eyes, the throbbing in my leg getting worse from the weight I had on it.

His head poked out from the cave, landing on me. His eyes widened slightly as he quickly hopped out, jogging towards me. " What happened Ellis?" He asked, grossing the stream.

I glanced down at myself, covered in a mix of red berry juice and blood, my hair sticky from the mixture.

"Ellis?" Leo said softly, placing a hand on my shoulder as I looked up at him.

You're just like him.

Something in me snapped, as I collapsed into his arms, the tears streaming down my face like a flood.

Leo pulled me closer, his hand stroking the back of my hair, walking me back to the cave, his arms around me the entire time.

He set me gently against the cave wall, his hand grasping mine as he stared at my face, wiping away a tear. " What happened?"

I took in a shaky breath, the tears still falling as I spoke. " I killed her." I said, Leo sighing, pulling me closer, gently wrapping his arms around my body as he let me cry into his shirt.

And I knew I should be grateful. I should be happy I had found someone in the arena nice enough to care about my emotions.

But I wasn't. All I could think of was Peeta.

I wish I were at Peeta's family's bakery in twelve right now.

I wish I were with Peeta.

I wish Peeta were holding me right now.

I wish Peeta was the one who kissed me the other night.

I need Peeta.

And that's when it clicked for me. I didn't just need Peeta.

I loved him.

I loved Peeta.

And to me, that was even scarier than the very games I was in.

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