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CHAPTER 7
Cato and Katniss have gotten closer. Quite closer. They still argued and such, but emotionally they understood each other. They knew what was going on each other's mind. Well Cato could see through Katniss better, than Katniss could see through Cato. To Cato, Katniss was like glass. Transparent and crystal-clear. Though to Katniss, Cato at times was clear as water, but most times he was like a boulder. A blank face and opaque. She had a hard time trying to figure him out. Katniss caught herself once again staring at Cato. "Fire Girl, you finding something you like?" Cato smirked and Kantiss blushed a deep pink.
"Shut up." Katniss muttered, "I hate you, know."
"Yeah, Yeah," Cato smirked once again, "Hey is having one side of my waist completely fine and the other side feeling limp and sore, a good sign?" He changed the subject.
Rue found them as great entertainment. She was glad that they've gotten closer, but it felt as if she was missing something important. Rue was missing the little dialogue Cato and Katniss had while she was sleeping, but of course Rue didn't know that. Despite that conversation Cato and Katniss they had, they pretended like nothing had happened. Like that conversation didn't even existed.
"Rue can you grab me that cloth," Katniss asked.
"Sure!" Rue got up, grabbed the cloth, and handed it to Katniss.
"Why do you need it?" Rue questioned and sat by Katniss.
"… I'm damping away the water…" Katniss replied as she was carefully damping Cato's waist.
"So…did I miss something…?" Rue got the courage to ask this.
"Miss what?" Cato commented.
"Umm… well between you two…" Rue kind of faded away with her words.
"What do you mean?" Katniss's heart skipped a beat, as she remembered all the things that happened between her and Cato.
"Umm… uhh…well…like…ummm…Never mind…" Rue gave up on that subject. Katniss let out a small sigh in relief.
"Wait… what was your name again?" Cato asked bluntly, "I know it starts with a 'R'…"
Rue blinked at him, 'How does he not know my name? I mean we've been in the same room… cave whatever… for like a week or so…' Rue thought.
"It's Rue," Katniss replied for her, "Can't believe you didn't know that…"
"I don't remember every single fucking name that I hear," Cato retorted, and Katniss glared at him.
"Try not to remember all those 'bad' words that he says." Katniss turned to Rue.
"Umm… I'll try?" Rue responded, but her answer came out like a question. "Uhh… I'm going to get some fresh air…" She said and went out of the cave.
"Oh! Be save!" Katniss called after Rue.
"You should watch what you say, Cato," Katniss glared at him again, after she felt as if Rue was completely out of reach.
"I don't have to listen to you, Fire Girl." Cato sneered.
"Can't you be nice once in a while?" Katniss asked.
"Nice as in?" Cato pressed.
"Physically and mentally," Katniss answered.
"Mmm… I'll think about it…" Cato teased.
"Well think fast because there might not be enough time for you to think," Katniss said breezily-
"Don't be so full of yourself Fire Girl," Cato's eye narrowed, "Who knows what the outcome is. Maybe we'll both die."
"I doubt you'll let that happen." Katniss murmured, "You wouldn't give up a fight that easily…"
"And you know this how?" Cato asked, "You don't stalk me do you?" Katniss blushed.
"Hell no!" Katniss's voice was a bit too high, "How can I stalk you! We like sleep under the same roof… You just seem like that sort of guy… Everyone thinks of you as the brutal and bloody Career of District 2… You're considered the most dangerous person in this year's game… and even I'm at moments scared of you…" Katniss confessed.
"Since did you ever think so highly of me." Cato broke in, "Speak for yourself Fire Girl. You're from District 12… no offense not such a great district, but you can use a bow and arrow perfectly fine. You even got the highest training score, a damn 11. I hate you for that."
"Just that?" Katniss said, "Just because I got an 11 in my training score…" she whispered.
"You also killed two people from the Career pack, Glimmer and Marvel… but I could care less. They both annoyed me." He said bitterly.
"You and Glimmer seemed quite close…" Katniss cocked her head.
"Don't get the wrong idea, we weren't." Cato corrected.
"How about Clove? Are you guys somewhat close?" Katniss asked.
"Mmm… well we knew each other before the games. We talked a few times before and I don't really have reason to hate her…" Cato was in deep thought. 'Why am I telling her this?'
"Can we talk about something else?" Cato sighed. "Or better yet why not ta-" He was cut off by Katniss's sneeze.
"Ahh… sorry… continue…." She was embarrassed. Cato watched her; she was rubbing her arms and shivering.
"Get next to me." Cato ordered.
"What?" Katniss looked at him in shock.
"You're cold aren't you?" Cato said in a softer voice, "Are you sitting next to me or not," He was commanding again. Katniss unsteadily go up and slowly sat next to him.
"You know you can sit a bit closer. You're shivering." Cato was irritated. Katniss inched a bit closer until their shoulders slightly touched.
"Loosen up, you're all tense. It's not like I'm going kill you…" Cato reassured. Katniss relaxed a bit and turned so she was facing him. 'He's not all that bad… maybe even handsome…' Katniss thought.
"Handsome hmm…" Cato smirked. Katniss could feel her cheeks heating up.
"Did I say something out loud I shouldn't have…" Katniss mumbled.
"No you didn't say anything at all. Your face shows everything." Cato clarified.
"Ugh… Cato… you annoying me." Katniss glare at him, "Rich people…" She muttered.
"There's nothing I can do about that." Cato said.
"Besides me being rich, doesn't mean all rich people are mean. I don't get rats like you." Cato responded.
"Did you just called me a rat? Or do you mean my whole district?" Katniss spat.
"And if I did? What would you do?" He retorted.
"I really want to punch you." She gritted teeth.
"Try it." Cato dared.
"Sure, I would love to," Katniss cracked her knuckles. 'She's actually going to punch me.' Cato laughed in his head.
Katniss got ready and then 'SMACK!' Instead she had smacked Cato's bad side waist. He winced at the pain. Cato shot a look at her. "What the fuck was that for!" He yelled at her.
"I thought hitting you on the waist would hurt more than punching you." Katniss answered honestly.
"Damn that fucking hurt…" Cato touched his waist. "I think you damaged it much more that before…" Katniss eyes widened and for a moment regretted what she did.
"Umm… sorry Cato… I didn't think I hit that hard…" Katniss said meekly.
"It hurts... I might just die because of your smack..." Cato winced again, "Thanks a lot Katniss."
"I said I was sorry..." Her eyes casted down.
"It's fine." He sighed, "It hurts but I can survive." Katniss looked up with complete concern and sadness in her eyes. Cato never seen this side of Katniss. He's never seen her so sad and helpless.
"Don't say you're going to die then..." Katniss whispered and hugged her knees.
"Why are you letting something this small get to you?" Cato questioned.
"I don't want more important people to die," Katniss continued whispering. "My dad died and I had to go through so much… P-Peeta died and I couldn't do a thing. He was the one that helped me back up… Then there's you… I don't know… you're special to me… What kind of special? I have no clue… but you're special…" Katniss's voice faded away.
"Why do you to make this so much harder…" Cato ran a hand through his hair. There were couple minutes of silence.
"You should get some rest. You seem tired…" Cato broke the silence. Katniss simply nodded and closed her eyes. She fell asleep quite fast and her head fell lightly on top of Cato's arm.
"You're making this too hard…" Cato whispered, then he softly kissed Katniss's forehead.
'When the time comes, I hope I can kill her…'
Rue didn't think she would make it this far from Games. Of course she was swift and quick, making her hard to find. Rue had the alliance with Katniss and sort of Cato. To her those two seemed like the most dangerous people in the Games. She wanted to win and go back to District 11, but she wasn't the type to kill. Rue especially didn't want to kill Katniss. She was like an older sister that she will never have.
Rue was simply taking a stroll outside after an unseemly question. She was just a curious 12 year old girl. Rue may have been wrong but Cato and Katniss would make a perfect couple. If there was no Hunger Games and they somehow met, Rue wondered what will happened.
Her thoughts came to a halt when she heard rustling. Rue hid behind a tree and slightly peeked.
'It's either Thresh or Clove… but it could be something else that the Gamemakers decided to put in the arena.' Rue thought carefully. Her heart was pounding. She could run away… Before Rue could think of anything more the 'thing' came out of the bushes.
It was Thresh. He was panting, really hard.
Rue froze. Should she confront him or just run away. Thresh looked thinner since the last she saw him. Rue took a deep breath and slowly came out of the tree. "Thresh…?" Rue quietly said. He immediately turned around and went on offensive mode. As soon as Thresh saw it was Rue he calmed down.
"Rue? Why are you here?" Thresh finally spoke.
"I… I'm just walking around… looking for food…" Rue gulped.
"What happened to that Fire Girl?" Thresh got to the point.
"W-what are y-you… talking about…?" Rue stuttered, "I don't where she is." She straightened herself.
"I know you have an alliance with her." Thresh implied, "I stumbled on you two once…"
Rue blinked a few times at her. "Oh." Was all she could say.
"Umm… You've gotten skinnier since the last time I saw you." Rue tried to change the subject. Thresh just nodded. Then once again silence lingered in the air.
Rue couldn't stand it anymore. "Just kill me." She blurted out, "I mean I'm no match you at all… and I have a slim chance of winning this anyways. So just kill me." Thresh stared at her then let out an amused laugh.
"No. It doesn't work that way." Thresh responded. "Someone else will have to kill you, because I'm not killing you."
"Ahh…but…"Rue was speechless.
"Go. We'll pretend this never happened." Thresh commanded. Rue slowly backed away and ran. She stopped though, "Umm… Thresh thanks… by the way… I think you know this already but that red berry bush is edible." Rue turned back and ran. She remembered every single direction back to the cave. Rue stopped mid-way at the sound of a howl. Or was it a scream? Rue ignored it and continued running.
Thresh hadn't expect to meet Rue and when he did he tried to make the conversation quick. Why? Because a pack of wolves were hunting him down. It was a pack of six and he killed four already. Thresh said he wasn't going to kill Rue, but the wolves would. If they found her then the wolves wont hesitate to kill. One lunge of attack and Rue would be gone.
Thresh quickly ate some berries and continued to run in the opposite direction of Rue. He remembered. He forgot to ask why she decided to help out a snotty Career.
Rue finally got back to the cave without any other intrusions. She found Katniss asleep beside a wide awake, stressed out Cato. "Cato? You okay? You seem very… stressed…" Rue took sips of water.
"I am stressed." Cato answered. "But it doesn't concern you." Rue shrugged. She loved the fact that Katniss and Cato were closer, but it seemed like a bad and good thing for both of them. They had times when everything was just peachy. Then there were times where they both seemed sad and like nothing can possibly happen between those two, at all.
"Cato I think there is more to you then brutal and harshness," Rue spoke. "Much more." Cato didn't responded just had a completely blank face. Rue caught a glimpse of joy in his eyes, but as soon she blinked it was gone.
"Maybe… but nothing can happen in the Games. Only bloodshed." Cato said. "Even if I wished more can happen…" Cato mumbled the rest too quiet for anyone to hear. Rue just stared at he two of them.
Katniss and Cato. I hope they can kill each other, but it would best if it won't happen.
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I'm thinking maybe like 15 chapters then a sequel. So what do you think? I like my opinions.
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