*Peeta POV*
Johanna stood beside me and was going on about something I wasn't particularly worried about what it was. She was a great girl and an excellent fighter but she had a tendency to bitch about the stupidest things. My focus was on Katniss, I just wanted to know that she was going to be ok. I watched her torment, though witnessed none of it myself. I flinched slightly at the thought of her on the ground, hands pressed tight to her ears, I couldn't hear her but I knew she was screaming, Tears erupting from her eyes. For an hour I watched her, helpless. Unable to comfort her or take her away from that hell. As soon as the hour was up she had walked right past me as though I didn't exist. Finnick had done the same thing.
Katniss took post in the sand and Finnick the water. Not looking at anything not speaking to anyone and probably not hearing us either.
"Are you even listening to me?" Johanna said looking annoyed.
"I'm sorry," I said looking at my hands, "what were you saying?"
"Beetie has an idea for getting rid of the careers, but..." she paused looking over at Finnick and Katniss, who were now in the water together, "We need them to be highly functioning for it to work."
"Give them some time; they have been through something that the two of us may never understand." I say looking at her.
"Your right," she said, looking upset "there is no one left that I love." And with that she walked away the hint of tears in her eyes.
I watched as she went to the edge of the forest, crouching in the shade, a couple yards from Beetie. I looked over to Katniss and I felt my heart sink. They were sitting beside each other, she had her head on his shoulder and he had his arm around her. I looked away quickly, grabbing the spiel from the sand and looking for a tree.
I kept the edge of the forest in my sight I wanted nothing less than to be trapped in an unknown circle of hell for an hour. I found the broken shell of what I assume is a giant nut of some kind; it looked like it would make a nice enough cup. I banged the spiel into a tree and waited. When the water began to flow I placed my mouth beneath it gulping down the sweet liquid. I then filled the shell to the top. Removing the spiel and heading back to the beach.
When I returned the four of them were sitting in a circle in the shade of the trees, they are all silent. I walk over to Katniss and hand her the shell.
"Thank you," she says and I place a light kiss on the top of her head. "Beetie was just telling us his plan for getting rid of the careers." She continued.
Then Beetie began explaining his plan again and I was only half listening, I was more focused on Katniss, she was still upset but for the sake of the group she pushed past it. I stiffened slightly as she handed the shell to Finnick after taking a few sips herself.
I took a deep breath 'we are all on the same side; it is the friendly thing to do.'
"Did I explain that well enough?" Beetie asked looking at me expectantly.
"Yeah, so we are basically going to electrocute them." I replied
"Prosaically."
"We will get started first thing tomorrow. Who wants to take first watch?" To my surprise it was Johanna who spoke, "we already decided it would be Finn and Katniss. You and I will be taking second watch."
"Fine," I said getting up and walking to the water's edge. I looked over at the sunset, just as someone's arms twisted around me, "they make the most beautiful sunsets."
"That they do," Katniss replied placing a soft kiss on my neck before resting her chin on my shoulder. "The sky is never that orange."
"It's one of the nice things about being here."
"How can anything here be nice, Peeta, we are fighting for our lives, killing people." There is silence for a moment.
I turn to face her wrapping my arms around her waist, "I get to be with you, this place would be hell without you. Every day I see your face and it gives me the strength to keep going, to keep fighting. For you, for us."
She smiled, kissed me passionately, and then said "you should get some rest."
"Your right," and with that we walked back over to the others and I left here by the fire with Finnick.