They only saw each other once every few years. Their fathers were best friends. They taught each other strengths, and knew the others weaknesses. He was her childhood best friend. And now, they were in the arena together. He is Cato. She is Katniss.

"T-t-tributes!due to unforeseen- unforeseen. Unanticipated trials. All cameras are down. Until further notice all communication is down. The Dark Days have returned! Hunger Games on hiatus!" Multiple pairings.

"You can't fix something you broke, Cato." - Crack!Katniss/Cato, rating has gone up

"You have an answer for me?" he says, and he gives me that intense look again, as if he's trying to read my mind. "Yes," I say, and I don't know why this feels so terribly wrong, but it does. "My answer is yes." / UPDATED 5/5/13.

A moment of defying the Capitol. A moment that perplexed all of Panem. A moment that altered their lives forever. They could have done what everybody expected, but they weren't sure what to expect themselves.

You thought the only game they played in the Arena was life and death? Well you're wrong.Cato becomes fixated on Katniss and her spitfire attitude,but who wouldnt?Its a game of Cat and mouse between the two as the number of tributes in the arena go down

This is an idea that wouldn't leave me alone. What if Katniss never loved Peeta? And what if she met another tribute during The Games, and fell in love? What if that other tribute was Cato? how would the story be different then? Rated T, for now