Author's Note: Hello Guys, I'm sorry for taking so long to update, I'm still trying to recover from SAT. So this story will take a little break, so no action, Katniss needs to heal and Peeta needs to understand the whole situation. I have some ideas on what I want to happen next but It would be amazing if my readers would tell me their ideas.

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Chapter 15

Peeta's POV

I caress Katniss's hair until she falls asleep. I wait until her breathing is even and slow to finally let myself go. With her head resting on my chest, I fall asleep. When I finally wake up I can see the sunset through Haymitch's window. I remember during the war when Katniss told me the sunset orange was my favorite color. It was the first time since the hijacking that I felt like myself again. Now I look down at Katniss's beautiful face, the sunlight shining on her face and making her olive skin glow. She looks so peaceful, so relaxed. Suddenly I feel my stomach rumbling, me and Katniss haven't eaten anything today. I should bake her something special.

"Hey sunshine, wake up." I whisper in her ear. I feel so bad for waking her up but she needs to eat something before she starves to death. "Come on darling." I start kissing her softly, her cheeks, her eyelids, her lips. She stirs but doesn't open her eyes. "Katniss come on,"

"Peeta…" she whines, I'm not sure if she is awake or still sleeping. "I'm right here, you better wake up young lady.." She slowly opens her eyes, those silver eyes that remind me of the moon. "Evening my little Mockingjay" "Don't call me that" she says while trying to hit my arm, it feels like she is caressing me since she needs to gain her strength back. "It feels like someone is finally feeling a little better" I say while caressing her hair. Before she can say anything else I stand up and run to Haymitch's bathroom, I really need to pee.

I do my business, wash my hands and go back to Haymitch's bedroom. The scene in front of me brings tears to my eyes, Katniss is shaking and curled in a ball on the bed. She looks scared to death. "Katniss, what happened?" I hug her to me, she is cold and pale like she just saw a ghost. "Baby what happened?" Slowly she opens her eyes and looks at me, the expression in her face shows pure relief.

"I-I-I thought you were having another episode, like you did this morning" she whispers, her voice is shaking and her eyes are full of tears. How could I be so stupid? I completely forgot the way I reacted this morning when I felt a flashback coming. "It's okay, I'm fine I just needed to go to the bathroom, I'm so sorry." I hold her until I feel her body relaxing, which doesn't take as long as I thought. "Let's go to my house, I will make you something to eat." She gives me a small smile. I put me shoes on and get up. Katniss looks up at me, helpless. "Can you walk?" She shakes her head, looking down ashamed. I lean down to caress her cheek "Don't worry, you will be okay soon." I pick her up bridal style and start making my way down the stairs.

"Haymitch?" I yell, I wanted to let him know that we are leaving but I don't see him anywhere. "I don't think he is home, can we just go, I'm hungry" Katniss says. I feel so relieved that she feels like eating and even talking. "Of course." I make my way to the front door and to my house, which is a few houses down from Haymitch's and opposite from Katniss's.

I carry her inside and to the kitchen. "Why don't you sit on this chair while I bake some cheese buns and cupcakes?" she nods and smiles, it's been so long since I saw my Katniss smile, it makes my heart skip a beat. "Thank you Peeta" she says while I help her to sit on the chair. "You are welcome love, it won't take long.." she interrupts me "No, I'm not talking about the food. I mean that too but…Thank you for everything. Thank you for taking care of me and not giving up on me even when I gave up on myself." I'm so taken back that I don't know what to say, usually Katniss is not the person who express her feeling out loud. I want to show her how thankful I'm for her words, so I do the thing I know how to do the best. I lean in and capture her lips with my own. This is not the kind of kiss we usually share, this is more passionate, demanding, sensual. I slowly bite her lower lip making her mouth open. I don't want to go to fast and scare her but I want to show her how much she means to me, how much I love kissing her, how much I love her. I touch her tongue with my own, giving her enough time to pull away if she feels like it. But she doesn't, she kisses me back with equal favor.

I'm not sure how much time we spend in there, kissing each other, giving each other our love. When we have no air left we pull away, I instantly miss her soft lips. Katniss slowly opens her eyes and looks at me, her lips are swollen and her gray eyes are shining like the starts. "I'm going to start making dinner" I say. I completely lost my ability to think, the only thing I can think about is her. I'm consumed by her beauty, her strong personality, her soft spirit, her.

"I'm going to start with the cupcakes and then I will do some cheese buns." I say more to myself than her, I feel the need to refresh my brain, it's hard to remember what I was going to do. Suddenly I have an idea, "I will prepare some frosting and get some ingredients, do you want to help me decorate?" She looks shocked, "I don't know how to do those things Peeta." "I can help you, come on, please" I sound like a little kid begging for a candy but I don't care, I just want to have some fun with Katniss.

"Okay Peeta, you will need to be patient with me then" she says. I don't think my smile could get brighter. I start looking around for the some ingredients, I don't need a recipe since I've done this so many times. Katniss stares at me the whole time, If I didn't know her better I would say that she is fascinated by whatever I do. In no time I have the cupcakes ready to go in the oven. I clean everything up before I start the cheese buns. Katniss watches me carefully.

When the cupcakes are ready and the cheese buns are in the oven I finally start preparing everything we may need to decorate them. Fruits, sprinkles, little pieces of what my father used to call chocolate, basically whatever I can find in my kitchen. "Here, I will put everything in front of you so you don't have to stand up." Katniss looks at me and forces a smile, I can see through her eyes how much all of this bothers her. Katniss is such an independent person, she always takes care of herself and I know how much she hates not even being able to walk. I walk round the kitchen until I reach her chair. "I know that you hate being treated like a little girl, or not being able to go everywhere you want and do whenever you want. But remember this is just temporary, you will be okay soon and we will be running around." I whisper to her. I kiss her lips softly, I'm afraid that if we walk the same path from earlier we won't be able to stop. I collect as many things as I can before I find an apron for Katniss. Now I have everything we need.

Katniss's POV

I can't believe Peeta is making me do this. I've never come close to those goodies in the bakery, and now I'm able to help Peeta to make them. The only problem is, I have no idea what the ingredients he put on the table are for.

"Watch, you get some frosting put it on top of your cupcake and then you choose whatever you want and make whatever design you feel like." He starts making his own cupcake. I watch him and try to copy whatever he is doing. He looks so concentrate on his cupcake that he doesn't notice the mess I made of my own.

"Here, I made this for you." He hands me a cupcake covered with white frosting, sprinkles and a strawberry on the top forming a heart. This brings tears to my eyes, me and Prim would always go to the bakery and look through the window. I could see in her eyes how much she wanted a piece of those cakes, I would never let myself have the luxury of desiring one of those goodies, even thought they looked delicious. But look at me now, I'm here making cupcakes with the handsome banker's son. I try my best not to think about how luck I'm for having Peeta and how my little Prim will never experience this. I can't stop the small tears that stream down my face. I try to hide it by looking down at my cupcake. My vision is blurry and I can barely see what I'm doing.

"Katniss, are you okay?" I don't want to look at him, I don't want for Peeta to think that I don't enjoy every single second I spend with him. He brings his hand to my chin and tries to force me to look at him. I shake my head "I'm f-f-fine" I can't keep my voice from shaking. My sniffles were probably too loud for him not to notice.

"Are you crying?" Peeta asks, I don't need to look at his face to know that he is extremely worried about me. I try to shake my head but it is not convincing. "Come here" Peeta whispers softly. He says while walking towards my chair. I hug him as tight as I can. Two years ago I couldn't imagine losing Prim. My sister was everything to me. I volunteered as a tribute, I went through two Hunger Games and lead a rebellion, all of that not to lose my little duck. Even after all my effort I still lost her. I keep wondering what would happen to me if I lost Peeta. Prim was my sister, she was part of my family, I was responsible for her since my father's death. But Peeta is different, my feelings for him are not the same feelings I had for Prim. He became my everything, my rock, my world. Just the thought of living without Peeta makes me cry even harder, I can't lose him, I can't.

"Shhh, it's okay. I'm sorry if It upset you, I didn't mean to make you sad." Peeta says while caressing my hair. I'm hugging him so tight that I wonder if I'm hurting him, or he is probably not even feeling it since I'm still really weak. "I-It's not your fault, I was just thinking about Prim and…Peeta I can't lose you. I already lost my sister, I can't lose you too." Breath Katniss, breath. I try my best to calm down, Peeta doesn't deserve to look after a crying baby. "You are never going to lose me, I will always be by your side. Well at least until you send me away." He laughs at this and I give him a sincere smile back. "Come on let's finish these cupcakes." He says and wipe my cheek before kissing them.

We spend the next hour or so finishing our cupcakes. Peeta's designs are flawless, I can't decide which one is the most creative. I try my best but my creations are…..let's just say I tried my best. "We are done, come on let's clean this mess and eat the cheese buns before we can eat the cupcakes." I help Peeta to organize the dishes on the table, he washes them and put everything away. Everything is calm and serene, at least until we get to the frosting. I get some frosting on my finger and touch Peeta's nose. I can't stop laughing at how ridiculous he looks. As an act of revenge Peeta gets some frosting on his own finger and touches my forehead. We start a frosting fight, or at least whatever is possible since I can't leave my chair, and I never had so much fun in my life. We get frosting all over each other. "Come here" Peeta says as he starts to lean in, his lips covered in frosting. I try to cover my face but there is no use. Peeta holds my wrists up and kisses me, getting white frosting all over my lips.

"You jerk, let me go." I yell while laughing. I didn't think that I could actually laugh like this. In this exact moment I forget about the war, about the new government, about Prim and even about Gale. I'm truly happy.

We laugh so much that we get completely breathless. "I will finish cleaning up and get the dinner ready, why don't I bring you to the bathroom so you can get yourself cleaned up and we can go to the living room in front of the fireplace to eat?" Peeta says while trying to catch his breath. I nod at this and wait for him to carry me to the bathroom. I may hate to be depending on someone but I can't complain right now. I love how Peeta holds me in his arms.

Peeta carries me upstairs to his bedroom and when we are only a few inches from the door he turns around and walks back downstairs "Peeta what the heck are you doing?" He smirks "I wanted to carry you around for a little bit longer." I can't stop the giggle that comes out of my mouth. Me, Katniss Everdeen giggling. That's new. When we finally reach the bathroom downstairs, Peeta sits me on the toilet and gets me a wet towel. "Here, I will be right back." He kisses my forehead and leaves.

I take my time to clean myself. I don't want to let my mind go to that place where I know bad memories will take away all the happiness I'm feeling right now, so instead I think about Peeta and how lucky I'm for having him. He is so wonderful and even after all the suffering we went through and the hijacking he still found his way back to me. I also want to give him some time to finish cleaning up and setting up dinner, I know how he likes to be a perfectionist.

"PEETAAA" I yell. No answer. "PEETAAAA" I try again. Still no answer. I can't help but think that something bad is happening. After so many times that I came so close to losing him I can't help myself. I try to stand up but the pain won't let me. I drag myself through the bathroom and out the door. "Katniss?" Peeta appears in the hallway. "Are you okay?" he asks, I can't help but smile, I must look like a fool. "I-I-I…..I thought something happened to you. I'm sorry." Peeta starts to laugh and I join in. Sometimes I can't control my stupid imagination. "Come here, I have a surprise for you." Peeta picks me up again and carries me to the living room.

Once I see what he did I'm left open mouthed. There is a blanket in front of the fireplace with cheese buns, two cups and a liquid I don't recognize filling them. There are also some candles around the place and the lights are off, leaving us surrounded my the light produced by the flames. "I though it would be nice to have a moment for ourselves. You don't have to call it a date if you don't want to. I just wanted to show you how special you are to me." I can't stop smiling, it's perfect. My Peeta is perfect.

We sit on the blanket in front of the fireplace. Our first date. I couldn't imagine a moment more perfect than this.

So here we are my tributes. I have no idea how many people are actually reading this story and how many actually like it. It would be nice for you guys to leave a review so I know what to change or what to leave the same. Your desire is an order. If you guys want me to pick up the pace just let me know, I just don't want to go too fast. Don't forget to review and see you next time.