Okaayy... now here is the chapter where Katniss returns from the games. I have a good idea about the next chapter that i'm about to write so it should be up soon!

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It was about three weeks after she left for the games, and two days since she's been locked in a rehabilitation facility. He stood at the end of the hall on which her room was located, Haymitch and Effie stood with him while they explained the condition of the boy. Cinna tuned them out for the most part, all he could picture when anyone mentioned Peeta was the way Katniss had kissed him in the Cave. Something Cinna can't stand to think about.

So when they heard Katniss's voice yell out and turned to find the girl standing in the middle of the hall looking around frantically,

"Oh Katniss!" Effie trills and Katniss takes off in their direction, she surprises everyone when she launches into Haymitch's arms first. He mutters something to her as Effie strokes her hair, and eventually she pulls away and hugs Cinna, who returns the embrace immediately.

Cinna wonders if her feelings for him are lost after everything that happened with her and Peeta, but then she turns her head slightly to where her lips are closer to his ear and she says so quietly only the two of them could hear, "I missed you." Cinna swallows thickly and tightens his grip slightly but does not reply.

She pulls away and his arms reluctantly drop. She asks about Peeta, and his heart drops but he doesn't let it show. After being assured the boy is fine she is sent away with Cinna who takes the opportunity to wrap a protective arm around her shoulders. He leads her to the remake center and hands her off to her prep team.

When he sees her again, she's sitting at the Vanity on the far side of the room, taking in her appearance, she looks so innocent the way the prep team has done her make-up, Pale, light pink lips, tiny wings drawn in the corner of her eyes, soft pink blush, her hair down in curls which she reaches up to mess with.

"Don't!" He says suddenly, her hand freezes in midair,

"It's perfect." He says quieter, she drops her hand and stands up.

She takes her robe off and he feels the need to avert his eyes, not because there is anything wrong with the way she looks but because he feels the need to give her privacy, and after everything that happened before with them... He takes a deep breath and orders her to close her eyes and raise her arms.

He dresses her in a long yellow sparkly number, that floats just below her knees and fluffs out a little, she immediately notices the extra padding in the chest area and frowns,

"I know, but they wanted to alter you surgically, Haymitch had a huge fight with them about it, this was the compromise." He explains she nods and observes herself in the mirror;

"It's great Cinna, but I was expecting something a little more….Sophisticated?" she says, he shrugs;

"I thought Peeta would like this better." The words come out harsher than he intended and he notices something flash in her eyes… Anger, Hurt, Something along those lines. She shakes it off and starts towards the door, pausing in front of Cinna, she leans up and kisses his cheek, awfully close to the corner of his mouth.

"Thank you." She whispers before continuing on her way out the door.

He leads her to the cars and into the dome in which the interview will take place, he leaves her with Haymitch. Cinna knows that Snow isn't happy with the stunt she pulled with the berries. He knows that their only hope is to distract Panem with the star crossed lovers bit.

The talk with Haymitch must have gotten to her because when she walks on stage, as soon as she sees Peeta she runs into his arms kissing him. Cinna cringes, he's not going to deny that it hurts. Portia notices this and squeezes his hand comfortingly.

Cinna takes a deep breath, a large part of him hoping that Katniss's feelings are all for show.