What if Cato and clove met before the games? What if they were enemies? Turned friends, turned to something else... What if Katniss and Peeta weren't the only star crossed lovers?
Cloves POV It's one week til the reaping and me and Cato have been spending every moment we could together. One day he picked me up and started driving but took the wrong way "hey what are you doing? The training center is that way." He looks at me and says "I asked farina and Collin to excuse us from training today i wanna show you something" he takes us to the woods and asks me to walk with him "Cato your scaring me where are we going" "just wait you'll love it"
When we near the place Cato covers my eyes "I swear if I see a dead body-." I say with a chuckle "and there" he says before letting me see. It was a beautiful small lake...it was so peaceful and surrounded by trees it looked deserted and quite I love these kind of places..
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Me and Cato sat on the ground and talked for what felt like forever until I realized that after the arena we wouldn't see each other ever again...and start crying "clover what's wrong??" He asks concerned "I don't want to go into the games with you!" "Clover...you know I wouldn't hurt you right?" "I know! That's the thing! I don't want me OR you to die I don't wanna have to kill you I don't want you to die at all!!" As I was ranting suddenly I felt warmth on my lips. Cato was kissing me...it was a soft and gentle kiss and I kissed back. Then I pull away "Cato..." I don't know what to say and I get up and try to run that's what I do with everything I can't handle but he grabs my arm "clove please I love you!" "No Cato! I-I love you too! But I can't kill you I won't!" I scream as if he's miles away from me "clover please...i-I won't volunteer that way you can win and we'd be together when you come back home" "no Cato! You've trained to hard...plus this is your last year I should be the one who doesn't volunteer I'll do it next year if I have to" I give him a small smile and we kiss again and we cuddle on the grass when I turn to him "Cato-please please don't die in there" "I won't clover I'll come back home to you and we'll live in victors village" I smile at him knowing farina and Collin are gonna be pissed when they don't see me volunteer but I don't care as long as me and Cato can be together
Cato drops me home when I get inside I'm so happy from today that I forgot to run upstairs but it was too late my dad had already caught me. He pulled me by the hair and started punching the living shit out of me but this time he didn't stop he just went ballistic he started screaming "why can't you be like Clara!! Why can't you be like Clara!!" And after a few minutes when I am on the floor I feel like passing out due to pain when I hear "get away from her!!" Then fighting eventually I lift my head and see my dad on the floor and I feel myself being lifted up by muscular arms "Cato..." "shh your okay..you'll be okay" that's the last thing I hear before passing out
