Fix You (A Clato FanFiction)

Chapter 4: The Reaping Part 2

C A T O

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I looked over at Clove who seemed to be in a state of shock. I don't know why she seemed to be in a state of shock because she told me she wanted it. Clove had told me that she wanted to win to prove her family wrong. To prove that girls can be strong no matter what. I watched as she walked to the stage and when I looked over at her brothers who all seemed to be smiling like idiots.

I watched as she had terror in her eyes and that's when Crystal walked over to the other bowl "Now for the boys" she said and put her hand in the bowl and pulled out the boy's name. "Blaze Sevina" she read aloud. I bit my lip harshly and watched as her older brother was walking to the stage. He would kill her in those games. He would kill her instantly. I can't let that happen at all. Even if that means I die while protecting her.

"I volunteer!" I yelled as I pushed people out of my way. I saw Clove gasp out of terror and I saw her brother, Blaze, looked back and glare at me. Nobody would mess with Blaze...except me. I pushed past him and walked to the stage. My heart shattered when I saw Clove like that. She looked like her whole world had been pulled away from her and thrown into the trash.

"Great! District 2's volunteer for the 74th Hunger Games. This is the first year that a female did not volunteer. Our first reaped tribute who will be going into The Hunger Games. Clove Sevina" Crystal said with a cheery tone. That tone could make me sick and it was making me sick. "Now come on you two, shake hands" Crystal said with an accent.

I licked my lips and took a look at the shaken Clove that was in front of me. She looked like a ghost right now. She looked so scared to be living and she looked so scared for the thought of dying. I do not know why she is like this. She has told me since the day us two met that she wanted to go into these games. I shook her soft, tiny, cold hand and walked back into the Justice Building to say goodbye.

I walked in there and sat down on the chair that they had in the room. I could hear Clove in the next room over and then I saw the light from outside and the door slam. My eyes looked over at the person who just came into the room to say goodbye to me and I stood up.

"Blaze, what the hell are you doing here? I volunteered to keep Clove safe, and you were not going into those games just to kill your little sister!" I snapped as Blaze and I looked eye to eye. "I came here to tell you that I wanted to be in those games! Everything I could do to come home, and you ruined it! You ruined my chances!" Blaze yelled and pushed me back. I stood back up on my feet and punched him in the nose.

"The only reason that you wanted to go into the games this year is because you knew that Clove was volunteering and you wanted to volunteer so you could kill her. She doesn't deserve to die! She has so much to live for, and if you really cared about going into the games you would wait until your 18. Your 17 and I am 18, so it is technically my year to volunteer!" I yelled as I looked at him. I was sick of him and Clove's other brothers pushing her around.

"Fine, but once you die out in that arena there is nothing you can do for Clove when she comes home. You can't stop her from hurting herself, you can't stop her from crying, you can't stop her from not liking herself, you can't keep her away from the bad things, and most of all you can't keep her away from us!" Blaze yelled at me as he held his nose and walked out.

I watched as my parents came into the room with my younger sister, twin brother, and my 3 younger brothers. We all said our goodbyes amd the goodbyes didn't take long. They all knew I was going to come home, but I never told them that I planned to keep Clove safe. That is why I gave them long hugs and said goodbye with some tears. My mother was crying because she knew how I loved Clove and how I would do anything to keep her safe.

I walked out of the room and we walked to the train. I kept my eyes on Clove the whole time because she didn't look right. She had kept her eyes straight, her body still and forward, and her head straight forward. I then walked onto the train and sat down at the table while Clove just ran to her room. I stood up to follow her, but Crystal came to me and put her delicate hands on my shoulders "Cato, just let her have some space. Let her think about what had just happened and let her be to herself right now. Trust me, she will need this alone time." Crystal said and I sat back down and nodded.

I looked at the table as I waited for our mentors to come into the room to talk to me. I would tell Clove all of the stuff that they would tell me later because right now, I don't think that Clove wants to be around people. My head then whipped around towards Clove's door once I heard a loud, shrieking scream and a cry that could make anyone sad and upset.

I couldn't go near her now though. If I go near her now she may hurt me or sasy things she never intends to say, but right now this is what she needs. She needs to get all of her anger, sadness, pain, guilt, regret and all of the emotions that have been built up and kept inside of her all these years and she needs to let them all out. This is her way of getting it all out. She needs this way more than anything right now. To let it all out.

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Sorry that this chapter has been taking me months to write but I had writers block for the longest time. I couldn't think of anything to do for this chapter but then it all clicked today. I know it's short but I promise that I will update soon!

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