❛ 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬- 𝘵𝘩𝘨

CHAPTER 7

The next morning, Arya woke up to Johanna knocking on her door, already dressed for training. She had her hair pulled up in a casual pony-tail, dark mascara, and wore the expected training uniform.

Johanna and Arya walked to the training room after Arya got changed into a tight fitting-turtleneck gray sweater, and plaid pants with combat boots.

Not many people were in there, so Arya nudged Johanna'a arm.

"D'you wanna go over to the axe station and show me what you got with good axes?"

Johanna smiled at Arya, and strode over to the axe station. She grabbed one, but before she could start showing off, she saw Gloss staring at her, almost like how a hungry wolf stared at its next meal.

The blonde, muscly man leaned against the wall, scraping two knives as he smirked. His sister, Cashmere was also there, glaring at her brother, who was still infatuated with Johanna.

Katniss was also watching, but more in a curious way, almost innocently.

Johanna walked to the center, then started swinging it around murderously. Arya could feel a smile creeping across her face.

Johanna finished, and put the axe back, walking back to Arya. Arya slightly smiled at her, and left her to continue training. For the rest of the morning, more tributes came, but Blight never showed up.

Arya wasn't allowed in the room after most of the tributes got there, however she watched from the door frame.

Johanna spent most of the time wrestling Brutus, Chaff, and the guy from district 8. The only catch that made it something only Johanna would do- was that she wrestled naked. Arya tried not to watch as Johanna strutted over to her once she was finished and lunch was called.

Arya bit her lip to stop her from blushing, as she grabbed a fresh pile of clothing that she got for Johanna and tossed them at her.

"Get some clothes on weirdo!"

Johanna let out a bubbly laugh, now that everyone else had left.

Arya left the room to give Johanna some privacy to get dressed. She walked down the empty corridor to the lunch room, where the tables were all pushed together with the victors sitting together. She took a deep breath before walking over to one of the ends of the table where Cashmere was sitting, listening to the chatter. Arya would've sat somewhere else, but it was the only open seat.

"This seat taken?" Arya asked her.

The look Cashmere gave her was enough for an answer that she walked into the hallway and sat against the wall until it was time to go back and watch Johanna train.

For the rest of the day, Arya watched Johanna closely. Her skill with an axe and hand-to-hand combat had not diminished as it had with some of the other victors.

Finally, training was over. Arya headed back to her room, planning out strategies for Johanna to win for most of the night.