As far as I could tell, Peeta woke up with a headache the next day. It was kind of satisfying, but I still felt a tiny bit bad, so I sent Buttercup over with a hangover cure.
I might have just done it to freak him out with my creepy talking cat showing up at his house. When I'd reanimated Buttercup for the ninth time, something went wrong and he ended up being able to talk. He generally chooses not to, since most of the time I know what he means anyway, but he can. It's a fun party trick to throw out, it's just too bad I'm never at parties.
Buttercup comes back to me cackling, and tells me what happened.
XxxxX
"Whoah- what the-" Peeta jumped as he caught sight of Buttercup sitting in the kitchen sink. "That is not my cat. I do not own a cat, what the hell happened last night?"
"Hello, Peeta Mellark." Buttercup said seriously, making Peeta scream and then wince immediately and the noise.
"The cat talks, what the hell is going on, the cat is talking."
"I've heard you have a hangover, so I was sent to deliver this to you." Buttercup dropped a vial onto the counter and nudged it closer to the cup sitting there.
"And why should I take that? Will it turn me into a frog?" Peeta asked, dubious.
"You don't have to drink it. You could just sit through your hangover until it goes away. And why does everyone assume you're turned into a frog? The default is a mule or sometimes just a rock." He explained, before jumping down from the counter and running back out the door.
"Mule? Why the hell was the door open? What the..." Peeta closed the door after Buttercup left.
XxxxX
I too was laughing as Buttercup finished the story.
"That was so worth it. He was an asshole last night." I told my cat. "Kept talking about beating me and then lost badly."
"I thought you were going to have a good time with him, it started off so nicely. He was being nice."
"Yeah, he was. But then he started getting drunk. Drunk Peeta is an asshole. I don't know if I like him or if I want to punch him in the throat." I admitted.
"Well you can't like him, liking him leads to loving him, and you can't fall in love with him or you'll lose."
"I know, Buttercup. And I don't lose. But maybe... maybe this was a bad idea."
"Remember what Primrose said. It doesn't matter, bad ideas always bring life lessons. You'll come away from this a smarter person. Plus you'll finally be able to use that love potion recipe." He says, stalking up the stairs to take a nap in my turret bedroom.
"You're right. I just need to get through this. He's a simple guy, he'll fall in love on accident just like every other simple guy." I tell myself.
XxxxX
Peeta: hey beautiful
Katniss: good morning asshole :)
Peeta: :( wow hurtful
Peeta: and i'm just over here trying to be nice
Katniss: gonna need an apology for your behavior last night then
Peeta: oh god what did i do
Katniss: u were an ass
Peeta: yeah i gathered that. what did i do tho
Katniss: u were being an ass about the pool game
Katniss: almost had me thinking u were a decent human being before that too
Peeta: fuck i screwed up. sorry:(
Peeta: do u forgive me
Katniss: maybe
Katniss: prove you're sorry first
Peeta: [image attached] :((((
Katniss: is that seriously your puppy dog face
Peeta: no obv not
Peeta: my puppy dog face is irresistable.
Peeta: [image attached]
Katniss: oh my god that is cute
Peeta: *irrisistable
Katniss: don't push it
Katniss: its cute tho
Peeta: :)))
Peeta: am i forgiven then
Katniss: sigh.
Katniss: i guess.
Katniss: u owe me dinner tho
Peeta: fair enough
Peeta: tomorrow night?
Katniss: sure. same place? the waitress kinda hated us
Katniss: i could put a spell on her
Katniss: put a wart on her nose
Katniss: give her cloven feet
Katniss: make her fall in love with the bartender
Peeta: woah woah woah
Peeta: maybe let's not go back there
Peeta: isn't there some kind of witch code anyway
Peeta: like u cant use stuff on civilians or no love potions or anything
Katniss: witches aren't really in contact with each other. Most of them choose to remain unknown and have normal lives so i don't actually know any witches
Peeta: bummer
Peeta: so anything's fair game then?
Katniss: aside from elicit murder, kinda
Peeta: dang
Peeta: so if u hate me at the end of this, i'm basically screwed
Katniss: yeah basically
Katniss: incentive for u to not be an ass ;)
Peeta: hold up
Peeta: have u tried using a love potion on me
Katniss: no it requires diamonds and u haven't proposed yet
Peeta: ?
Peeta: how the hell do you put diamonds in a love potion
Katniss: grind them up
Katniss: duh
Peeta: ?
Peeta: that leaves me with more questions
Katniss: mhmmm ;)
Peeta: love potion is cheating tho btw
Katniss: i know
Katniss: u think i wouldn't have used it by now if it wasn't
Peeta: should i be scared of dating u
Katniss: probably
Katniss: 50% bc im a witch
Katniss: 50% bc im just a really weird person
Peeta: noted
Peeta: gtg, my bro just got here
Katniss: okay bye asshole
Peeta: Talk to you later, princess