Always

2. Her.

Peeta's POV

All I can think about is her. Her beautiful face with her long brown hair, grey eyes and her cute little button nose. How she wears her hair in her braid. How she chews on her nails when she gets nervous. When she starts to stutter when she gets embarrassed. 

I'm lying in my hotel room and stare at the ceiling. All I want is for her to come into this room and lay next to me and say, "Stay with me Peeta."

I would reply with my one favorite word I use for her. Always. 

I remember a lot of things about Katniss, and I always have to ask myself. Real or not real. I know what's real and what's not. She is the girl on fire. Real. She is the one I'm utterly in love with. Real. Shes a mutt, not real, she's a liar, not real. Shes dead. Not real. Oh, how I pray that, that isn't real. 

I sit up from the bed and walk over to the dresser in the hotel room. I opened the drawer and took out a picture of Katniss. She was smiling, she was happy. She was standing in the meadow in district 12, with the beautiful sunset behind her. She was so beautiful. She was so happy this day. I remember this day. This was real. 

After the first games, her and I went back home. she wanted to show me a spot where she felt free. I will never forget that moment. 

*FLASHBACK*

Katniss and I were walking back towards our homes. I watched her as she walked, she looked like she was going to break. Her heart was hurting, I could see it in her body language. I grabbed her hand, and she turned around and gave me a small smile. When I grabbed her hand all I felt was a wave of shock through me. 

"I want to take you somewhere." I say with a small smile.

She smiles. "Where?"

I look away while rubbing my thumb on her hand. "Follow me."

We started walking towards my bakery. She didn't let go of my hand the whole way there. I looked down at our hands a couple of times and it felt like my heart was going to jump out of my chest. When we arrived at the bakery she started smiling. We walked inside and I let go of her hand and walk to the back of the bakery. I went inside the cabinet and pulled out 4 cheese buns. I went over to the oven and put them in for 5 minuets. I peeked my head around the corner and saw her looking at the display case of all the desserts. I smiled and looked back at the oven and saw that the cheese buns were done. I grabbed them and wrapped in foil and put them in a bag. 

I walked back to the front, and she stood and looked at me.

"Look what I got." I said smiling and shaking the bag. 

She walked over to me and grabbed the bag. She looked inside and grabbed one the cheese Buns wrapped in foil. She looked up at me and smirked. She opened the foil and started jumping and down.

"OH MY GOSH, I LOVE CHEESE BUNS!!"

She opened the foil really fast and shoved a cheese bun in her mouth. I chuckled and watched her eat 2 In a blink of an eye. 

She finished her cheese buns and licked her lips and looked at me. She jumped on me and threw her arms around me. She nuzzled into my neck. 

"How did you know I love cheese buns?"

I smiled. "When we were on the train to the hunger games, they made cheese buns and i saw the twinkle in yours. Your face lit up with happiness, you scarfed down three of them. I never seen you so happy."

She smiled. "You remember every little detail, you're amazing Peeta."

She hugged me tighter. I just smiled. I never wanted to let her go. She pulled away and looked at me. I gave her a concerning look and she smiled.