Feta tries to reassure me as I have a panic attack/fit on the ground. And believe me, I am absolutely terrifying when I am angry, not as scary or as hilarious as Baito's, but still horrific.
"Fatniss, he was one of the strongest tributes, why does it make you upset that he's dead?" he says this without yelling, just very softly.
"HE LET ME GO! I WANTED HIM TO WIN IF WE DIDN'T! I DON'T WANT IT TO BE STUPID BAITO OR FOXFACE!"
"What do you mean, he let you go?"
I tell him everything, that I rushed off to the feast, was tortured by Glove, how Mesh killed her immediately and how he let me go with Feta's medicine.
"IF IT WEREN'T FOR HIM, WE'D BOTH BE DEAD!" I scream in his face.
"I know, Fatniss, he was a true hero. But if you don't want it to be, "stupid Baito or Foxface", " he even does air quotes on that bit, for effect, "then how about we win the Hunter Games! We can go home, help our families and love! We could have a future, Fatniss, we could live in the mansion in the Victor Village, where you go and live in if you win, and be in the District 12 section!"
This sounds okay, but then I remember one thing, "BUT THEN WE'D BE NEIGHBOURS WITH HEYBICH!"
"What did you just call me?" he says, imitating him. "You mess with the drink, you mess with me!"
"But, seriously, I think I accidentally pronounced it with a "t", sorry Hebich! Oh whoops! I did it again!"
This is too much, we fall to the floor and laugh until we are literally choking, and when I think I may have wet myself. Then I remember that we were "madly in love", and so I realise we need to have more kisses. I gotta milk all the kisses that he possibly has on him!
I turn to him and say, "but I'd be with you. We'd be together, nothing could take us apart." and then kiss him before he can so much reply, "yay!".
This was a good kiss. Our hands were clutching each others. In that moment we forgot that we were in the arena, we pictured ourselves alone in our own grand bedroom, with a huge four poster bed. We would never have to let go, we were truly free. We shut our eyes to make sure nothing could interrupt us, nothing could distract us. The audience will truly love this! We are so good at this act, we could be actors if we could only survive this dang arena, we could have a scene on Friends! Monica wouldn't stand a chance against me!
"Fatniss... that was wonderful!"
"I know... but we need food or else we won't have anymore! I'll go get some more!"
"Let me come with you! You can hunt, I can pick berries, we'll make an awesome team!"
He turns out to be hopeless at picking berries, and when he walks he is as loud as a depressed elephant. I catch two rabbits, a squirrel, and a turkey, and he has picked three berries.
"I thought you said you could pick berries!" I groan.
"You're just a quick hunter!"
"It's been three hours!"
"Well, berries camouflage into the wild. Animals come out immediately. Different talents are harder and easier to do for certain reasons."
"I wouldn't call it a talent." I sneer at him. "And I feel like I am talking to a ninety-year-old."
"Well, I'll just bring them back to the cave then!" he yells and stomps off.
"IF YOU CAN'T PICK BERRIES, YOU CAN AT LEAST MAKE LESS NOISE!"
However, I think I have caught enough meat to last for a week, so I follow him back to the cave. I cook the rabbit over a stove while Feta goes and picks more berries. He comes back later with a handful.
"Found a berry bush. Got a lot of these." he places them all down in front of me. "A side dish to go with the rabbit."
I stare at them and then shake my head, "those are poisonous, Feta, they are called Nightlock. They kill you before they even reach your stomach."
"WHY CAN'T I DO ANYTHING RIGHT?" he yells, drops the berries just outside of the cave, and stomps off to find berries which aren't poisonous.
"ONE THING YOU CAN GET RIGHT, IS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY WALK WITHOUT BAITO HEARING YOU!" I call after him.
About an hour later he returns empty-handed. I am about to scream at him but then realise that we are supposed to be in love, and we haven't really done that since the kiss, so I just sigh and split the rabbit with him. He eats it slowly, he is clearly disappointed with himself.
"Never mind, Feta, you're better at other things."
"Such as?"
"Tomato soup!"
Wrong response. He is now facepalming.
"There weren't many berry bushes out there," I say, though Coo showed me plenty just around here, "I'll show you what I mean."
I go outside and realise that all of the Nightlock berries are gone, Feta must have ate them!
"FETA! YOU IDIOT! YOU ATE THE NIGHTLOCK BERRIES EVEN THOUGH I SAID SO CLEARLY TO NOT!"
He stares at me, confused. "I didn't eat one of them, Fatniss, are they all gone?"
"YEP!" and then realise, someone else must have ate them, but who?
I go outside and see Foxface about ten inches away from the cave, she must have stolen them and ate them for herself. The Nightlock berries are eating her soul. She tries to get towards me, with a knife, but then collapses. I rush back to the cave.
"Feta! I'll tell you what you're good at!"
"Nothing," he sulks.
"Nah-uh," I grin, "YOU JUST KILLED FOXFACE!"