Hey guys, just to let you know, this story will be mostly in Cato and Clove's POV, however if I feel the need to change it, I will. You guys are awesome, seriously.
Cato's POV:
After talking about our abuse, we basically walked in silence the rest of the way. We found a banana tree a little farther away, so I climbed the tree to get a couple dozens of bananas. I found a vine on a nearby tree so I tied all the bananas to that and I just pulled the vine as I walked.
"Can I see you're scars?" I ask her while we're walking back. I had that question in my mind ever since I met her, but I felt that she could at least show me. She didn't answer, so I looked behind me to see her response. She was still walking, but she had a blank expression on her face. "Clove?" I ask.
"No," she says, getting back from her daydream. I stop walking and I turn around to face her.
"You've seen mine, so could I see your's?" I ask again.
"No," she curtly answers. I decide not to push it and I continue walking. I was just surprised to find out that Clove was abused too, which means that she knows what it feels like. And that means we have this connection that others can't understand. And with that connection, I want to know more about her. She just needs to let me in. I figure that she'll tell me about the scars when she feels a little bit more comfortable. We continue walking back to the beach silently the rest of the way. When we arrive back I see that Marvel, Mags, Finnick and Annie are there. We walk over to them and when they see us they seem to light up.
"You found bananas?" Marvel asked, even though it sounded more like a statement. Clove just nods. They all grab a banana and finish it in seconds, then go for another one.
"I was so hungry!" Annie exclaimed, finishing her second one. All of a sudden Gale and Katniss emerged from the dense forest and they seemed to be arguing, but when they saw the food they stopped and started eating. No one questioned the fighting, because no one really cared.
"We still need protein," Marvel says after finishing.
"And where will we get that?" Finnick asked, looking down at Annie resting in between his legs. It seemed as if he would do anything to get Annie out of this island, so I had to watch him.
"We can fish or we can hunt," he replies.
"We should hunt," Katniss says immediately.
"With what?" Marvel questions. Katniss just shrugged.
"Find the plane, be more supplies there, maybe a rescue team," Mags blabbers.
"That's a good idea, but we should get food first so we can have energy," Marvel says gently. The old woman nods her head.
"We should hunt with stones. There are plenty and they make for good weapons," I say, thinking about what me and Clove did.
"Okay, that settles it, we hunt," Marvel says with a smile on his face. We all decide to hunt together because it was getting darker out. We all armed ourselves with stones and we set out.
"Should we really go out here when it's getting dark?" Finnick asks.
"Stop being a pussy," Gale says.
"What are we even hunting for?" Katniss asks, she sounds excited.
"Bird. Bear. Whatever we find, really," Marvel answers. We continue walking until Katniss spots something.
"Look!" she whispers, pointing towards a creature hanging in the trees.
"What is it?" I ask, looking up at the brown shape.
"It looks like... a sloth," Finnick says.
"Yes, a sloth," Katniss says.
"Is it edible?" Annie questions.
"I don't see why not," Katniss shrugged.
"And we just throw rocks at it?" Clove asks, I hear the disgust in her voice.
"Do you want to starve?" Gale snaps at Clove. Clove doesn't answer, but I do.
"No, she was just asking," I snap back at him. He doesn't reply, just glares at me and I glare back.
"This is animal cruelty," Clove speaks up.
"So how else are we going to get our food?" Marvel asks.
"We can pick berries or something, but we shouldn't throw rocks at an animal," she says, putting her rocks down. I model her example and put my rocks down as well.
"It's dark now," Marvel says looking up at the sky, "we should all head back and just eat the bananas tonight." We all agree and start to walk back. When we arrive I can finally look up at the sky. It's clear and the moon is shining.
"We need a fire," I say. They all agree and we start to get wood. Once it is all pilled up, we just have to light it. After a half an hour of trying, it doesn't work so we all try to stay close to each other to stay warm. Clove is in between Marvel and I. I am on the outside as well as Gale. As Clove falls asleep she is turned towards me so I look at her face, using the moonlight. I memorize all the curves of her face and her freckles. When I'm sure she's asleep, I tuck a piece of hair behind her ear.
I know, lame ending and I'm sorry. I have all these ideas, I just can't sort through them right now. Sorry babes