Hey
I wrote an Everlark fanfiction. Peeta sees Gale and Katniss kissing. Katniss’ POV
Word count: 1300
English is not my first language, sorry if there are any mistakes<3
It was about 7 pm when Gale visited me. We didn't really talk after he found out about the engagement.
"Hi", he said, walking in my room. I was surprised to see him.
"Hi", I smile back, hoping he'd get over whatever it is between us so we can go on and be friends, "How's work?"
"Good. How's your leg?"
"Terrible. Mom doesn't even let me move, it gets boring sometimes."
"That sounds bad. And what do you do all day?"
I try not to mention that Peeta's coming by everyday to help me with the family book. I don't want to hurt Gale's feelings, since he'd interpret it as something more. Is it something more? I definitely seem to always end up with the boy with the bread, one way or another, but I'm not sure he even likes me anymore.
"Not much", I say and then there's silence.
"Katniss...", his tone gives me anxiety; i know he's about to bring something awkward up and I don't know how to deal with it, "I love you."
My eyes widen. We never really talked about this, but I assumed he had a crush on me. That's it. A crush. Not that he loves me.
"You don't have to answer now, but...", and then he kisses me. I pull back in shock.
"I had to do it once. Hello, Peeta", Gale smirks and I notice the blonde boy sitting in the doorway. I immediately panic. Did he see us kissing? I've been a bitch to him until I realized how I felt about our engagement. Truth is, I loved being able to call him my fiancé. Peeta was popular before, but after the Games, every girl was head over heels, I'd hear them talk about his muscles, his pretty smile. But no one had the chance to kiss his pink lips or to observe his long eyelashes. He was mine, in a way.
"Hi", he greets back, obviously a little sad. Did Gale do that on purpose? "I can come back later if..."
"No, Peeta, stay", I interrupt him. I don't want him to leave here upset. As his figure approaches my bed, I grab his hand. I don't even realize I do until he looks down at it and carefully slides his hand away.
"You don't have to do that. We're not really engaged."
This makes my heart break. I didn't really realize it till now, I thought this meant something for him as well.
"Oh.."
After talking for a while, he tells me his father needs help at the bakery. I put on a fake smile and wish him luck, but I can't sleep that night. Or the other day when he doesn't visit me. He used to come by everyday. I can't keep going on like this. Instead, Gale visits me.
"Did you do that on purpose", I cut him short, not even saying hi.
"What?"
"The kiss. So that Peeta can see it."
I don't have time to play his games, I don't want other people to get hurt because Gale is selfish. Peeta would've never done that to him, even if they hate each other.
"You told me there's nothing going on between you two, Katniss. I-"
"I lied", I say before I can stop myself.
Gale looks hurt. Maybe he's done a shitty thing, but I know he cares about me. In fact, he loves me.
"Look, you're the only person I trust besides mom and Prim”- and Peeta, I add in my head, but choose to omit the detail-“You're my best friend and you're really good looking, you have to know that, girls are always talking about it"
Gale smiles so I take it as a clue to continue:
"But I can't see you that way, Gale. I'm sorry."
"It's alright. I don't really have a say in it, do I?”He sighs before adding: “I'm sorry for what I did, Katniss.”
“So… friends”, I ask awkwardly and Gale nodds.
I can see him struggling with the conclusion, but I know our friendship can get past this, right?
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It's been 3 days since I last saw Peeta. He still brings me cheese buns, but never comes to my room. Prim told me he always asks mom how I'm feeling. I decide to go to the bakery, even though my foot is far from well. I can manage, I'll just get a cane.
I wait for mom to leave for work. After what seems like forever, I finally hear the door close.
I literally crawl down the stairs. The cane is downstairs and there's no way I could step on my foot. Finally, I reach it, but I can’t get up. I didn’t really think this through…
"Katniss? What are you doing", I turn around to see Prim, confused.
"I'm fine, Prim. A little help?"
She helps me get up and now I'm using the cane to get to the door.
"Where are you going? Does mom know-"
"I have to see Peeta", I sigh and she smiles, putting her hands on her hips.
“Will you finally confess your true love for him”
I just roll my eyes, but I can feel my cheeks getting flushed:
"Don't tell mom! I'll be right back."
"If you're not back in two hours, I'm coming after you."
"Give me three? I have to use a cane!"
Prim giggles, murmuring a "fine" and I walk out the door.
The road is not easy and as expected, it took me almost an hour. I'm nervous when I knock on the back door and I'm greeted by Rye, one of Peeta's older brothers.
He rolls his eyes, yelling:
"Peeta, your wife is here."
"Very funny", I hear another voice screaming back. Peeta's.
"I'm serious, loser.”
I blush at the word wife. 10 seconds later, I see Peeta. His eyes widen:
"Katniss? What are you doing here? Did you come all this way by yourself? You're supposed to be resting! Why-"
"Shut up", I interrupt him, "Peeta, we have to talk."
Before he can say something, I continue: "What you saw 3 days ago... Gale and-" I swallow hard, looking at the frown on his face "yeah... he did that on purpose. So that you'd think we were together. But we're not, I clarified. I told him he's my best friend and that I could never see him any other way."
"That's nice, Katniss, but it's not really my business", Peeta replies coldly. It's not his usual warm, cozy tone that I love and I know what I said isn't enough. “Let’s get you home, alright”, I could see the worry in his blue eyes and it made my heart melt. The way he was still worried about me, after I led him on, hurt his feelings… no, we’ll talk about this now.
"If it wasn't your business, why did you stop visiting me?"
"I'm sorry, my dad needed help-"
"Bullshit."
"So why do you think I stopped visiting you, then", he asks, visibly irritated.
"Because you don't want me to be with anybody else. You want me to be yours", I snap back and Peeta blushes lightly. I know I've never really let him speak during this conversation and this time isn’t any different. I kiss him, cutting off whatever lie he'd come up with and for a moment everything felt fine. One of his hand plays with my hair, while the other one was pressed against my waist, closing the distance between our bodies. I knew he wanted me just as much as I wanted him.
We have to stop in order to breathe a little, foreheads still pressed against each other.
"Katniss..."
"Mhm?"
"I really hated seeing you with Gale."
"I know. I hated him kissing me", I scoff and Peeta smiles.
After a while, we break off, Peeta’s hand still holding me so I don’t fall. I forgot about my leg.
"I should go. If i'm not home in an hour, Prim will tell mom"
"There's no way I'm letting you walk", he says and picks me up, bridal style.
"You can't be serious", I laugh.
"Watch me."
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I'm not having a good day so neither will you, so please remember:
• there might still be people who used Finnick when he was 14 in The Capitol who went unpunished
• Gale's name doesn't make Katniss smile anymore
• Haymitch and Effie didn't actually end up together and he probably never saw her again
• Madge died and will never get her happy ending
• Gale will never go to the woods he used to hunt in
• Haymitch has no family and did not recover from alcoholism
• Johanna was alone when she got back to 7 and probably never got over her hydrophobia and will sink into deep depression and alcoholism and die alone
• Enobaria was also probably tortured like Peeta, Johanna and Annie but nobody ever mentions it just like they don't mention the fact that most/all of her friends and family are dead
• one day Katniss will have to explain to her kids where auntie Prim is
• Katniss and Peeta got a boring ending but were too exhausted to search for a better one
• Beetee had to watch Wiress, his wife, die and most likely will never recover
• Lavinia, the red haired Avox girl, had the most traumatizing life than any other character and yet still died with no one even knowing her name
• Haymitch lost Chaff, his best friend
• Finnick died not knowing Annie was pregnant
• Pollux heard Castor's screams as he was getting ripped apart and Annie heard the cries of other tributes as they were drowning around her
• Tigris saw Lucy Gray in every rainbow
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Hunger Games is a love letter.
Hunger Games is a love letter to Prim. A love letter to the gentle, to the healers, to the kindly headstrong, to the wise. A love letter to the defenceless and precious, to those who have seen too much too soon — a love letter to those we yearn to save and, often, can’t.
Hunger Games is a love letter to Madge. A love letter to those who love quietly, to those whose silent actions say a lot more than words ever could. A love letter to the companions whose acceptance and support warm our hearts and touch our souls, to those who stay with us forever — sometimes, regrettably, only in memory.
Hunger Games is a love letter to Johanna. A love letter to the wounded, to those made harsh by loss. A love letter to those who’d rather be loathed than deemed an inconvenience, to those who don’t know how to let people in anymore — a love letter to those who don’t remember what it is to be loved.
Hunger Games is a love letter to Rue. A love letter to the sweet and generous, to the brutally sacrificed, to the victims of injustice. A love letter to those who could have been saved but weren’t, to those who deserved better, to the innocent — a love letter to the children who will be forever mourned.
Hunger Games is a love letter to Finnick. A love letter to those whose pain was made to be spectacle, to the dehumanised and abused. A love letter to those who put up a wall and hide their pain, to the brave and broken, to the soulfully beautiful — to those who sometimes fall to pieces and can’t put them back together.
Hunger Games is a love letter to Haymitch. A love letter to those who never stopped hurting, to those who dismantle themselves to cope with what’s left, to those who’d rather forget. A love letter to those whose self-hatred struggles with all the good they desperately want to do, those who’d love to love, those who are afraid to fall asleep — those who are irreparably torn in the aftermath.
Hunger Games is a love letter to Katniss’ father, whose memory is the only survivor, and to Katniss’ mother, who is left to pick up the pieces.
Hunger Games is a love letter to Peeta, the dandelion in the spring. A love letter to rebirth and hope, to the growth of flowers among the ashes, to the promise of a better future. A love letter to love, the selfless, healing love, the one that breathes life back into starved lungs, the one that makes a home, the unconditional embrace that warms wintery hearts — a love letter to a sunset that calls for dawn.
Hunger Games is a love letter to Katniss, to the fire of a revolution that yearns for peace. A love letter to those who, surrounded by violence, choose compassion, a love letter for the inadequate and chosen, a love letter for those who are exhausted and forced to get up. A love letter for those who, after the fight, seek to rebuild, a love letter for those who are broken and selfless, a love letter for those who tried their hardest to save those they loved — a love letter to the survivors.
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