Always

Chapter 22: Your All I Want

I feel arms slip around my waist, waking me out of my thoughts. "Peeta." I whisper.

It's been two weeks since we talked to Finnick and Delly. Life has been pretty good on me, so far. I know at any moment it will come back around, and my world will be flipped around.

But for now, I'm in Peeta's warm embrace in front of the lake me and my father used to go too. Before he passed away.

I look at the lake, remembering all the good times me and my father had. Like when he taught me to sing.

"Daddy!" His grey eyes met mine, his face breaking out into a huge smile. "Teach me to sing, daddy!" My grey eyes pleading him to teach me.

He looks out into the lake. "Alright, sweetie. Sit down." I sit down beside him on a rock.

"I love when you sing, daddy." I whisper, looking towards the lake. He looks at me. "Thank you. But I'm not that good." He wraps his arms around me, kissing my head.

"Sing." I whisper.

He starts singing, I close my eyes and smile. It's an old lullaby he knew when he was little, which he sings it all the time so that's how I know it.

Before I know it, I sing with him. I look at my daddy, singing proudly. Then he stops, it's only me singing. "Keep going." He whispers. So I do, I keep going.

When I finish, I look up at the trees and notice all the birds stopped to listen. My eyes tears up. "That was beautiful." He kisses my forehead, setting me in his lap.

I wrap my tiny arms around his waist and smile up at him. "I love you, daddy. So much." He smiles down at me, hugging me closer.

"I love you too, so much my little song bird."

I relies after my flashback, I'm singing. My hands fly to my mouth, stopping my singing. I only sing to Prim. Only Prim. But I rarely see her now. She's probably all grown up now.

Tears stream down my face. "Katniss?" Peeta spins me around, making me face him. "Hey." He whispers softly, wiping my tears away.

"What's wrong?" I look down. I guess I should tell him.

"I was thinking of my d-dad. Since m-me and him used to come here a lot, he taught me how to s-sing. So I thought of when he did and I started singing. Then I thought of P-Prim and I couldn't handle i-it." He kisses my forehead.

"It's okay. Let it out." He whispers, kissing my cheek, jaw, nose, neck, lastly landing a soft kiss on my lips.

So that's what I do. I let it all out, we end up on the forest floor. I'm shaking and sobbing, but he only cares for me. Whispering calming words in my ear.

When I finally get under control, I look up at him. "Y-you didn't h-have to do t-that." He shakes his head.

"I wanted too. I can't stand to see you in pain." I kiss his lips softly.

My world did turn upside down, multiple times. But the worst was when my father died. It was the most heartbreaking moment of my life.

I feel new tears stream down my face. "Katniss. I'm going to be with you every step of the way. No matter how bad things get, I will be here every step of the way. When you need a shoulder to lean on, I'll be here. When you need someone to protect you, I'll be here. When you need someone to be there for you, I'll most defiantly be here. You don't have to worry, because I'm here for you." He pauses, kissing me softly.

"I love you, Katniss Everdeen. Your all I want in my life. I'm eternally gratefully for every moment I have with you." Peeta has tears streaming down his face.

I wipe his tears away, he wipes mine away. "I mean every word I just said. You are my everything, Katniss. I've lost your many times, but I'll make sure that never happens again."

Then I kiss him, letting him know how I feel. He knows I'm not good with words. Peeta has always been good with words.

I pull away from him. "I love you so much, it hurts. Your my everything." I whisper, bringing his lips back down to mine.

I'll be lucky if I get to spend the rest of my life with Peeta Mellark. Because we all know, I don't deserve him. But he somehow keeps coming back to me, no matter what comes at us.