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CHAPTER 9
Cato's eyes flickered to where his arm was clung onto by Katniss. He used his other hand and gently caressed her cheek, "I'll be back ok? Just rest till then." Katniss slightly frowned, she didn't know why but she didn't want him to go.
"I'll be fine." Katniss let go of his arm.
"Mum will be back soon, I think she's going to give you the layout of her next fashion collection party," Cato said. Katniss went back to laying down, pulling the covers over her head. She suddenly didn't feel so well.
Cato looked down at her, was she just ignoring him?
"Are you all right with the theme being fire?" Cato questioned. Why does he even care about her? God, Cato still didn't understand even half of the stuff going on between them.
Katniss slightly pulled the covers down, "I'm not scared of fire."
"You'll be ok right?" He leaned down and brushed her bangs.
Katniss liked his touch, it felt nice, "Yes."
Cato still hesitated whether or not to go find idiot Marvel. Marvel was always there for him so Cato did owe him that much.
"Oh, by the way mum was the one that changed you out of your clothes," Cato remembered. Katniss just realized that she was wearing her usual pajamas. She blushed at the thought of Cato changing her clothes.
Cato couldn't help but notice the blush tinted on her cheeks. A playful smirk formed on his lips and he couldn't help it but think how Katniss looked cute like that.
It sucked he couldn't stay longer. Stupid Marvel.
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"So the reason you called me was because Clove is here?" Cato said in irritation.
"That is a big problem you know," Marvel claimed, "Why? Did I interrupt something important?" he smirked.
"Matter of fact you did," Cato spat.
"Oolala!" Marvel laughed, "You've got one interesting girl."
"Do you want your arm to break?"
"No."
"Ok then shut up." Cato really shouldn't have come.
"Seriously Cato, help me out," Marvel sighed.
"Well why is Clove here?" Cato asked.
"To practice probably."
"Well since you're an instructor here at the Academy why don't you ask how she's doing?"
Marvel snorted, "I did. She threw a f**king knife at me."
"Well did it hit you?" Cato sat onto a nearby chair.
"No." The knife wasn't aimed exactly for Marvel, maybe something near him? He did catch a blush on Clove's face. Oh boy, Marvel now had a n uncontrollable heartbeat.
"Go ask her to be your date for Mum's upcoming fashion collection party," Cato suggested. Marvel was always invited those parties.
Marvel thought for a moment, "If she says no, I will kill you."
"Not if I kill you first," Cato joked, "But I still hate that you called me for this kind of shit."
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~2 days later, 1:00PM
Eric was curious to why Cato always seemed to be going to Katniss's room, so today he decided to follow him. Regina was taking care of business outside of the house, so she wasn't watching.
Once Eric heard Cato go up the stairs, he slowly went out of his playroom and watched from the corner as Cato finished walking up the stairs. As soon as Cato turned the corner Eric tiptoed up the stairs, making sure he didn't make any noise. When he reached the top he slowly made his way to Katniss's room. He stopped at the door and was about to open the door but stopped when he heard an unfamiliar voice talking.
"Are you sure it's ok to leave Eric in the playroom?" the unknown voice said. Hmm… sound like a girl…
"He'll be fine, plus I see your not eating again." That voice Eric recognized. It was his big brother's voice.
"I'm not hungry." The unknown voice responded. Eric wanted to know who this unknown voice belonged to. There was only Cato and Katniss in that room. Can that be possible Katniss? If it was Eric would be overjoyed. He could tell Momma and all his friends about Katniss; that she can actually talk!
"It has been two days since you fainted. Why have you gotten worse?" Cato asked. Eric reached for the doorknob once again.
"I think you should go check on him," the voice said. Cato sighed and went to the door; Eric however didn't know and tiptoed higher to the doorknob. Once Eric had touched the doorknob, Cato had opened the door.
"Big Brotha!?" Eric yelped in surprise.
Cato looked down at him, 'How long has he been here?' He thought.
"Why are you here?" Cato questioned.
"Umm… spying?" Eric said sheepishly, "Who was talking in Kat's room?" he got to the point.
"No one," Cato coolly responded.
"I heard two voices," Eric put up two fingers, "One was you and the other was… umm… I don't know…so that's why I'm asking you…"
"I was the only one talking," Cato lied. Damn Eric was a sharp kid.
"Huh? No, no! I heard two people talking!" Eric exclaimed.
"It was only me Eric."
"How!?"
"I was talking in two voices to cheer Katniss up. You know she's not feeling too well right?" Cato just purely lied.
"OH! I see!" Eric smiled. Oh how glad Cato was for Eric being 5 years old. He was easily persuaded and didn't go into depths of any matter.
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~5:00PM~
"You should seriously eat."
"Don't tell me what to do," Katniss whispered. Food wouldn't go past her throat, it didn't give any flavor to her mouth. Maybe it was because of telling her past and all those memories hidden somewhere in box were now stuck in her head. She remembered when she was taken away by Peacekeepers, Prim's death had caused her to go into a very deep depression. Katniss couldn't eat at all and when she fixed that problem her father showed up but Snow killed him in front of her eyes. After that Katniss's appetite was small and she didn't eat much. She soon rebuilt her strength and put her painful past to the side and just focused on what was happening then. Now that her past was retold her appetite perished and she often felt weak.
Regina was kind enough to let her rest till she felt better, so that meant she had no work to do. Katniss didn't know when she was going to feel better, she felt horrible currently and only found things comfortable with Cato.
"You should listen to what I say." Cato crossed his arms. He didn't know why he was doing this in the first place. Perhaps… Katniss was becoming a matter of interest for him. A very alarming interest.
"I'm not hungry…" Katniss said.
"You've told me that thousands of times of already. I'm not believing that bullshit because you look like a living corpse. Your pale and can barely get out of your bed."
"So what?" Katniss just wanted to deal with this herself.
"So you should at least eat something."
"I can't."
"And why not?"
"Because…" Cato waited for her to continue.
"I… just can't…" Katniss mumbled.
Cato knew this conversation was getting no where so he just decided to drop it. Katniss wasn't going to answer him anyways.
"Never mind ok?" Cato said. He began walking to the door and went out, not giving a glance back to Katniss.
Katniss was use to being alone but Cato by her side felt natural and nice. She didn't know why but she felt loner than she ever had been. Possibly the sudden loneliness that entered her heart was by the reason of a certain boy named, Cato Smith.
There isn't too much of Cato/Katniss moments in this chapter but I hope it is enough! I was going to put the fashion party... well it's more of a banquet in this chapter but I didn't know how to fit it in so that didn't happen. Oh the ending, I guess Cato is more of a man than a boy?
I kind of realized how OoC the characters... but I think that's just how this story goes... or may be just me.
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