CHAPTER 4

KATNISS' POV

He kissed me.

That's all I can think of for now, and to think …. I kissed him back. What was I thinking?! He's a friend .

*Flashback*

"CATO ! STOP! PLEASE!" I begged through laughs.

Then he leans to close the gap between us. After about 5 seconds, he pulls away .

*awkward silence*

"Sorry…..we should head back now" I nodded still trying to process the events. He offered me his hand , so I took it and got up.

*End of Flashback*

I sighed and suddenly heard a knock on my door. "Who is it ?" I asked. "It's me , Cato" . Should I let him in ? Maybe I should …. To get answers out of him … Oh well.

"Hey … what are you doing here at this time of the night? We have training ya know ! " I asked him as if nothing has happened.

"I know , but I want to talk to you about …. Ya know …..earlier" I nodded as I heard this .

"Why'd you do it ?" I asked

"Katniss….. all those years of not talking to you I sorta … ummm…..have feelings for you ." My eyes widened in shock and I can see him sweating buckets!

"How ? … Why ?... When ?" I asked again. Gosh ! I better speak up !

"I don't know… I've been feeling like this ever since I was 12. When they announced that your country will be participating in the games I ….I was worried sick thinking that maybe you got reaped."

"Well it wasn't me who got reaped …. It was Prim. I volunteered for her ."

"Ohh so that explains it… I'm really sorry about earlier ." He says.

"It's okay" I smiled .

"So, how's Prim and Gale ?" he suddenly changed the subject.

"Prim's the same bubbly , innocent girl. While Gale…. he went through puberty and got as cocky as ever" I said as I remembered how small Gale's voice when we were kids and how cocky he was.

"Hahaha at least he got manlier " He says with a light laugh.

We talked for what seemed like hours and he finally fell asleep on my bed so I just let him stay there on his side while I get to mine.

…..

CATO'S POV

I fell asleep on Katniss' bed last night and Effie freaked out like a woman getting raped and started to shower me and Katniss questions on why was I on her bed last night and Haymitch was just there laughing like a mad man with a flask in one hand.

"What did you do last night ? Why were you on her bed?" she actually screamed in my ear .

"We were talking last night and I fell asleep on her bed!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah and besides it's not like you saw us naked or something ! " Katniss added.

Then Effie started to rant about respect towards women and boundaries and all that shitty things that a Capitol woman could scold us about.

….

Breakfast was amazing. We had a choice of high class bacon with garlic rice and egg or French toast and omelette . Both served with hot chocolate and churros.

I chose bacon of course, so did Katniss and she told me that the dish is called 'Baconsilog' in her country.

"Ohh is that so?"

"Yeah we always have it on Friday mornings before school."

"That's cool . Tell me more about the Philippines." I smiled.

"Well their language has a few Spanish like words since they were colonized by the Spaniards for about 400 years until they got defeated by the Americans ." She explained .

"They also have delicacies that looks gross but are really good. Like that egg there . That's called a 'Ballut'." She continued.

Then she tells me everything . The culture , people, school life …. Everything . But she said that all changed until the WPO included them in the games . Everything started to sound like Panem but with a bit of freedom.

…..

After breakfast we changed into our training attires and headed towards the elevator with a frantic Effie mumbling about how late we were. We reached the Training Center and realized that we were the last to arrive and the head Instructor ,Atala , began her speech about the Training Center and a bit of survival . During her talk ,Glimmer kept looking and winking at me and Clove is glaring at me probably thinking what weapon am I good at and then Atala sends us off to the stations. I kept on walking until I hear;

"Hey Cato ! Wait up !" I turn around to see Clove, Glimmer, Marvel , Peeta , and that tribute from China.

"This is Lei ." Marvel says. "She's in our pack."

AN : Hi Do you guys like it ? Please review Ohh and by the way I've been bothered by this question lately : Why do Americans call red heads gingers? Yeah I've been really curious on that Thank you to Everyone who reviewed , favorite and followed my story :DDD It means so much to me Love you all ! Ohh and btw those who are curious about the info I gave about the Philippines …..All of those are true