INTERTWINED
Before leaving the mansion, I ventured upon the room of undesirables again for the last time. I lay in the same porcelain bathtub that I did before, enjoying the silence. Some time later, it was broken.
"Katniss." Someone had called my name. I didn't answer because I wanted him to say it once more.
"Katniss, I don't know what to say."
"This is enough Peeta," I whispered. I felt him move forward from behind me; he crouched down and put his hands on my shoulders. His smooth, warm hands. "You know you don't have to do this Peeta. If it hurts you." His response wasn't with words, but with actions. He came into my view, and sat down across from me in the tub. Our legs touched each other's.
"I'm going crazy thinking about us and what we should have been," He started.
"It doesn't matter. Don't beat yourself up about what you could have never controlled."
"But I love you." I looked at him; he was smiling. A kind warm smile I haven't seen for the longest time.
"I love you too." I whispered back. He approached me slowly: he crouched forward, his hands gently gripping the sides of the tub; his broad shoulders relaxed and down. As he came forward, his eyes searched my body the way I searched his. Soon enough, he was inches away, his legs intertwined with mine. Then, he kissed me. It was a small kiss, but a kiss that was way over due.
"Is that alright?" He asked, his head resting on my shoulder. But I didn't need to respond. He started to kiss my shoulder and then my neck and soon enough I was kissing back. This time it was deep and intense and lovely and grand. We stared to laugh and forget as we kissed each other. I felt as if time had stopped and another life had begun. A life of passion and wonder and magic. This was how it was supposed to be, even if only for a few minutes.
I remember every second in that room, Peeta and I. We danced and kissed and made love to each other. When we got tired we feel asleep together. My head on resting on his chest; his powerful, strong chest. Our hands and feet were interwoven together, as if one. I listened to the perpetual undulations of Peeta's chest. Those waves took me to an endless beach of happiness. The inhabitants just Peeta and I. That was the first night I dreamed. I dreamed of a world Peeta and I would become one.