"Mama, what else do you put in coffee?" Lily Mellark's soft little voice resonated in the kitchen.
Katniss appeared beside her, looking at the cup of coffee her daughter was making.
"Why are you making coffee, Lily? It's a drink for adults only," said Katniss softly as she pried the cup from her daughter's fingers.
"No! It's for Haymitch." Lily clung to it. "Sshh, it's a present."
Katniss broke into a grin. It still fascinated her how much Lily loved Haymitch, but she figured that it was almost like having grandparents. In some of the movies Katniss watched, grandchildren always loved their grandparents more openly. She thought it might have been like that, although not entirely because Haymitch and Lily aren't blood-related at all and also; Haymitch was just in his late forties. Old as he was, he's still not entirely old like grandparents ought to be.
Haymitch would never admit it out loud but he was less grumpy around Lily than with anyone else. This was the main reason why Katniss herself became more affectionate towards the man, no one would have thought it possible seeing as they nearly despised each other in the war.
"What else do you put in coffee, mama?"
Katniss grabbed the nearest jar she was sure was sugar and handed it to her child. "Make it special then, got that?"
"I will!" Lily beamed as she opened the jar and put two teaspoons into the cup.
If only Katniss looked at the jar more closely and if only Lily knew how to read, then they would have noticed the small paper taped on the front of the jar that spelled, S-A-L-T.
AN: Now with salt in the coffee, I don't think it would turn out to be a very good morning for Haymitch - as usual.
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