Sorry guys, I was too busy these days, I had a concert if you've red my AN on my other story ;) Anyways, chapter two up, enjoy&review!
-Love from Buttercup, who's currently exhausted from a late night concert yesterday
Shadow boy POV:)
I still feel guilty of letting Katniss know about me. What happens if the government actually does find out Peeta Mellark? I'm scared… Is that kind girl, Katniss actually trustworthy? I'm currently still in my room, staring at the clock. 3:30pm. Katniss should be here in any time soon.
Knock knock. A slight knock on the door. I moved carefully downstairs, avoiding the windows and the open areas. I got to the door and whispered,
"The door's not locked. Just open it, or else other people might see me."
"Alright." She whispered back.
I moved carefully behind the wall as she opens the door and came in. She giggles and said while still keeping her warm and dangerous smile,
"Not the first time I've ever been in here, Peeta the shadow boy."
"I could've guessed that, Katniss the kind girl." I giggled too. I gave her a quick glance, I'm pretty sure she just blushed, or am I feeling dizzy? I shook my head and returned back to the real world. I said,
"I'll lead you to my room. C'mon! Oh, and since you don't have the permission from my parents to come here, we can't let anyone see either one of us. We'll have to go upstairs carefully."
"Yeah, I'm cool with that. I'm a hunter, duh." Katniss rolled her eyes as we slowly creep upstairs.
Kind girl POV:)
Peeta's room is about two thirds of my whole house. His room is huge, he has his own bathroom, and this room is full of brightness and it's very neat and tidy. The only thing that I found is missing is what we know as 'sunlight'. Peeta moved over to his bed and sat down. I said slowly,
"I've never known there's a third floor at your house Peeta."
"The third floor's all mine, because… You know why." Peeta sighed. I understand why he's feeling like this. Just like the whole forest is Gale and mine, for a little while. There's at least one secret in every single human. I asked,
"So Peeta, how many people have you met before?"
"Let's see… My dad, my mom, my two brothers, and you. That's all." Peeta counted the people he met using one hand and five fingers. I asked,
"Are you joking, or no?"
"Not even trying to joke. A lonely life I have here, right?"
"Certainly lonely, but at least you're not suffering from food and money shortage."
"Being lonely is actually a very scary thing."
"How is it scary?"
"You're just… Being kept from everything, like, you're trapped in a space with invisible walls, where people can see you from the outside if you're not careful enough, and you can see people from the outside."
"I don't quite get it Peeta…"
"Like, you know what's happening outside, but there's just something that keeps you away from it. Am I still confusing you?"
"No. I get it now. Ok. I got a deal."
"Ok, what's the deal?"
"If we meet each other in the forest every morning and afternoon, will that work out your problem by thinking you're always alone?"
"Yeah, it certainly will. But won't Gale be in the forest too?"
"No, he goes at midnight."
"Alright. In return, what do you want?"
"If I ask you to share some of your food with me, will that work?"
"Yeah. That works fine." He promised me without even taking a moment to think about it. Lucky he doesn't have to worry about hunger or anything. Life is just… It's not fair. There was a moment of silence… Neither one of us are exactly sure about what to do I guess.
We stared at each other in silence.
~Moments later~
We're still staring at each other in silence.
What's wrong with us? It's not like I have a crush on him or something, I don't have anytime to think about interesting little subject, 'love'.
Or do I?
I'm still looking straight into Peeta's piercing blue eyes, making eye contact. I was still standing still by his closet, and he's still sitting on his bed, looking straight into my eyes. None of us moved. Neither one of us want to move anyways. Suddenly I burst out a loud noise of laughter. We were laughing, and I felt the heat of my face rising, so I lowered down my head, facing the ground still laughing. Peeta asked,
"What's so funny?"
"Peeta, you were laughing, in fact, you're still laughing." I tried finishing the sentence without laughing, but the attempt failed. Peeta asks,
"Alright, I think I better let you go. Mom will be coming back by anytime, same with Leeva. See you in the woods tomorrow morning?"
"I have to be at the woods anyways. Alright, I'll see you in the woods then, but I can't promise I'll be in the exact same spot as you saw me today though."
"It's fine with me. Wish you a safe trip home."
"You too. Don't get discovered."
"I hope not. You have to be careful by not letting them catch you in the woods. Promise me you'll be careful."
"I promise." I just made a promise. We walked over to each other and hugged each other tightly. He whispered in my ear softly,
"Just be careful."
"I promise I will." I whispered softly into his ear, let go of him, and left his room quietly.
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"Katniss! You're back!" Prim came to the door and hugged me tightly as I hugged her back. I asked warmly,
"You're feeling better aren't you little duck?"
"Certainly I am Katniss! Thanks to you! Come on, let's go and have our proper dinner! Mom's traded a loaf of bread with a pigeon today!" Prim said happily and led me towards our little dining table. We sat down at the table. Prim started eating, I looked at all the fancy food we have today. Mom spoke,
"Thank you Katniss."
"Thanks to dad that taught me all this." I muttered and started eating. Mom and me never speak to each other a lot. She blacked out of life and I had to do everything to support our family.
"Oh! I almost forgot! Look what Madge gave me today?" I remembered about Madge and took out the oranges. Prim gasped,
"Is that real oranges?"
"It's certainly real Prim. Let's say thank you to Madge." I saw Prim mouthing the word thank you. Mom doesn't really like us taking food from other people, but I mean, what could we do about hunger? Prim peeled the orange carefully, trying not to waste a bit that we could eat. I appreciate the fact she cares much about not wasting food. Hunting takes time. Suddenly Prim asked,
"Katniss, where did you get all those animals?"
"The animals? Oh, I just, get them. I bought them with some of my money." I just had to lie. No one can know about me hunting. Except for Gale and Peeta who already knew that. I wiped my mouth and lied,
"Not very hungry anymore. I'm going to bed."
"Alright. You do whatever you want. Good night Katniss." Prim said as she continued her feast. It's already ten o'clock anyways. I took my clothes off, went to our big tank of cold water, and sort of showered myself. I put my fresh clothes on and went into bed. I lied in bed, covered myself with a blanket, and I thought about Peeta. What if Peeta got discovered one day, why would I think that would affect my life? Peeta's only a friend, he's not that special to me… He's just a normal kid but his a shadow child, it's not like it's my problem or anything. I rolled around in my bed, I checked my watch, something dad left me before he died. 12:10am, I'll be heading towards the woods in a few hours. I thought about my not exactly friends at school, Madge the mayor's daughter, Gale my hunting best friend that never goes into the woods in the morning again, and Delly the girl who's nice to everyone. Then I thought about Peeta again. The boy that lived without friends, that lived his whole life with hiding from everything. Just then, Prim walked in,
"Hey Katniss. I thought maybe I should check on you. You know, you never really ever slept during night."
"Thanks Prim, but I think it's pass your bed time already, we still have school tomorrow." I smiled, Prim smiles too and says,
"Ok, I'll go to sleep, but you need to sleep too."
"I'm fine Prim. I can survive without sleeping."
"Promise me you'll sleep for at least an hour, please."
"I'm fine Prim. Go back to bed, you're the one that needs to sleep."
"Alright, but are you leaving in the morning again?"
"Certainly, I need to go get our food right?"
"Yes I know that Katniss, but I'm just worried about you."
"No need to worry about me Prim. I'm fine."
"Just, try to sleep Katniss. You need to sleep."
"Just for a while though."
"Just for a while. I'm leaving now. Good night." Prim hugged me and left my room. I'm certainly considering about going to the woods earlier today. I need a place that I can calm down, and a place that I can be someone that shares my secret and who trusted me. Gale would be there at this time, but he's going to leave in any moment. I don't need to talk to Gale, but I want to talk to Peeta, and I want fresh air. I slowly closed my eyes and fell asleep.
~Page break~
I sneaked carefully outside, trying not to wake Prim up. I put on my boots, and my jacket as usual. I walked slowly down our porch, wooden plank creaking noise, the danger of waking Prim and mom up. It's currently 4:30am, I'm surprised that I slept for a few hours today. I ran to the cod-a-sac and ducked under the fence, and in the forest I am. For once I decided to walk to the secret place I hide my bow and arrows, usually I run because I'm in a hurry. But today I came earlier, so I don't see the need to run.
Shadow boy POV:)
I want to go to the woods, I want to see Katniss again. I hope she's fine. Hope she's not hurt. Hope she's still happy. It feels like she's part of me. I really like her as one of my only friends. She's a special girl. The only friend I've ever had outside of my family. I feel like I would be willing to risk my life to see her once again. What's wrong with me? Is it because she's the only friend I've ever had? I climbed out of bed, sneaked into my mom's work desk and asked again,
"Can I go into the woods? I need fresh air."
"Sure. Go now. Next time if you're going to go again, just leave me a note. I'm busy enough. You and Leeva know that already." Mom agreed to let me go to the forest. Yay. Why am I excited again? It's not like I'm that happy to see Katniss again. I can't love anyone, well, I don't love her anyways. I put on my runners and walked outdoors sneakily. I ran as fast as I can and went into the forest. I had to run, because I'm pretty sure I caught a glimpse of our head peacekeeper, Cray. Even though Cray visits my house often, still, he doesn't know about Peeta the shadow boy.
I got to the creek, jumped over it, and jumped over the fallen tree trunk. I saw a girl with dark hair and one braid, I called out happily,
"Katniss! Katniss!"
"Peeta!" She cried happily, ran over to me and hugged me tightly. She cried,
"I'm so happy we survived yesterday. You didn't get caught by any outsiders, or got caught about me at your house yesterday, right?"
"No. Did anything happened to you Katniss?" I asked softly, still hugging each other tightly. She answered,
"Nothing happened to me. It's fine Peeta. I'm all-good. Didn't get caught hunting, and I didn't get caught going to your house yesterday."
"Oh thank goodness you didn't get caught breaking laws!" Why am I so calm now that I know she's fine again? We broke apart, Katniss smiles and said,
"Thank goodness you didn't get caught too. Don't know what would happen to me if you got caught and got shot to death!" Did Katniss just said that? She just said if I left her, something's going to happen to her? That's sweet of her…
"Peeta? Hello?" She looks at me and asked, I said,
"Oh, sorry… I was thinking about something." Crap. Shouldn't have just told her I was thinking about something. She giggles and shook her head,
"Boys. Always thinking about something."
"Boys can't help it." I laughed helplessly, and it seemed to make sense since she's laughing too. Suddenly Katniss stopped laughing, she stood up and grabbed her bow and arrow, she smiles and said,
"Time to get down to business, or Prim's going to starve to death."
I can't let this happen, I can't let someone she loves die. I don't want to see her feeling sad. I'm going to help her, even though; I'm the Peeta that doesn't know anything about hunting, but I can't risk losing my only friend.
All I got so far, I might be updating the other story before I update this one again. Sorry! But please review :)