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Chapter 12 – Peeta's POV

I heated up Katniss's bowl first. When I gave it to her, she stared at it. "What are you doing?"

"It smells so good. I want to taste it, but you have to have yours too." She waited until I set my bowl down next to hers. She started as soon as I picked up my fork. "This is amazing, Peeta! Who made it?"

"I did, actually. I was going to have it for dinner last night, but I slept over at your house." That seems like it happened so long ago. I took a bite and chewed. It was good. I took another and scarfed it down, but there was still long noodle left on my fork. Katniss leaned over and slurped it into her mouth.

"Katniss, that's mine!" I laughed.

"Here," She did the same thing to hers. "Take one of mine." I did exactly as she did, except there was some sauce at the end and it splashed onto her cheek.

"I'm sorry, let me clean that up for you." I grabbed a napkin and put it towards her face. But she took a handful of noodles and threw them at my face. "Hey!" I couldn't help but do the same to her.

"Peeta! You started it!" She used the fork as a slingshot and flung some tomato at me. It barely missed my eyes and hit me square in between them. She lost it. I grabbed her by the waist and swung her over my shoulder. "Where are you taking me?"

"We're going to get cleaned up."

"Put me down!" I walked upstairs with her.

"Not until you get into the shower!" I set her down in the bathroom down the hall and closed the door behind me. She tried to escape but I blocked her. "Do you know how to start the water, or do I have to?"

"Peeta, I'm not that poor." I kept my foot in front of the door and turned the shower on. I took my shirt off. "Peeta, I thought I was taking a shower."

"You are." I smiled.

"Oh! Okay then." The room began to fill with steam from the hot water. Katniss came close to me and reached into my pant pocket. There was a strip of condoms. "You did that on purpose didn't you?"

"What? Flinging spaghetti sauce at you? No, but I was going to throw some at you eventually." She was so close to me. I was already getting hard. I leaned in and kissed her on her forehead. She held out the condoms and I ripped one off. "When we need that, it will be there for us." I set it on the counter by the sink.

"Peeta, you still have your pants on."

"And you still have everything on. Let's change that." I took my shirt off of her and then she slipped out of my gym pants.

"Now you." She unzipped my jeans and took them off along with my boxers. I took her underwear off. She wasn't wearing her bra. I only noticed before because it was on the floor of my room. I pictured when she had taken it off earlier today then I quickly zoned out. "Peeta!"

"What?" Katniss was standing behind the shower curtain, gesturing for me to join her. "Oh, sorry."

"You're making me wait, never make a woman wait, Peeta."

"I won't." Katniss laughed because my voice cracked there.

"If you voice is still cracking, you're a little young to be seeing a naked girl."

I sighed. "You're right. Bye Katniss, I'll wait for you to finish. Then I'll call your mom to come pick you up." I began to walk out. She grabbed me and pulled me in the shower. The water was hot.

She put me under the water and water ran down my back. "Ah, that feels good!"

"I haven't even touched you yet!"

"No, here, you'll see." I switched spots with her.

"That does feel good." She closed her eyes. I put my hands around her waist and leaned in for a kiss, but she dodged it by sinking to the bottom of the shower. Before I could ask her what she was doing, she was behind me giving my back a massage. "How's that?"

"Good." This came out as a moan.

"Peeta, you're so tense." She continued by rubbing my neck. "What did my mom say to you?"

"She told me to keep you safe and always protect you. Then she told me to sleep with you, but not the sex part, just in the same bed. Which we will do eventually." I turned around, stopping her from rubbing my back to give her a long, hard kiss. She ran her fingers through my hair.

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"Hon, what time is it?"

"I don't know, you have to stop kissing me if you want to know."

"I'm not too sure then." But she pulled back and I looked at my alarm clock.

"Oh my, babe, It's almost two. We should get to sleep." I get up to put on my boxers, but she pulls me back.

"We'll just sleep like this." I nod. I spoon her and before I know it, we are both asleep.