"Hello? Fatniss, hello?"
My eyes drifted open, and my nose became aware of the delicious smell of soup. I was in the cave, tucked into my sleeping bag, and Feta had lit up a flame beside me, so I was very warm. He was staring down at me. I blushed, does he forget that it's rude to stare? He is standing too, he hasn't done that in a while. His smile is warmer than I am.
"Thank goodness, Fatniss, you're alive! I made some soup for you, as I'm feeling much better today, and was feeling in the mood to gather some vegetables!"
Soup, yum! Vegetables, not so yum! Ah well, he ate my pancake, I gotta handle this soup. I take a sip, and wow, it's truly delicious, it's not vegetable soup, it's tomato soup! I love tomato soup, I finish it in about five minutes. I smile. And almost want to kiss him, almost. But he looks at me longingly, I can tell he does. He is really good at this whole act that we're in love, he is a hot dude after all, all the girls must love him. But, a kiss? I have never kissed anyone before, not even Dim, let alone being kissed! I don't know how it works! He was the one who shoved me into a vase! I suddenly realise what Heybich meant when he said that we both had a severe disadvantage in the arena, he didn't mean our mild injuries, he meant that now we must act in love, no matter how much we hate each other. I try to forget it, but it just makes me angrier, and I can't be angry to him, not on the cameras.
Here it goes, then! The kiss! His lips go all weird and then they move towards me, oh gosh. I'm scared, what's he gonna do, bite me? I don't wanna do this, I really don't. There is a reason that I have never been kissed before! Aaaaahhh! Help! I need to know how to respond! Maybe if I just close my eyes, and open my mouth, he'll just do all the work. Lovely. I open my mouth wide, and his lips enter it.
He reacts quickly and pulls them out straight away, and there is a new awkward atmosphere to take over the warmth. He is looking down, trying to avoid my gaze, and we are silent for a bit. Great. I just had to mess everything up, didn't I? Typical, typical me. But a camera flies in and enters our cave, it is probably hard to catch us in the dark. He sighs in relief, we can redo it, we weren't featured. But what would have been more interesting in the arena than a failed kiss?
I hear a sudden shriek, it is clearly a male one. Feta's right beside me, Baito's scream is way more high-pitched and baby-like, so it must have been Mesh! I rush outside and hear another shriek, and it says, "You won't get away with this, Baito!"
No.
No no no no no.
Mesh is dead.