Too little, too late

Too little, too late

Katniss P.O.V.

"I'm serious, go", I say. "Just because I'm sick doesn't mean you have to stay in with me and be bored".

"But I want to", Peeta says, taking my hand. "So I can take care of you".

"It's just a cough Peeta", I giggle. "So I can take care of myself".

"Katniss..." Peeta starts but I put two fingers over his lips, silencing him.

"No, I want you to go and have fun", I say. "I'm gonna have lots of fun, eat Ben&Jerry, have an Indiana Jones marathon in my bed in my pajamas and drink Coke".

Peeta starts laughing, shaking his head.

"You and your Indiana Jones", he chuckles.

"What? They're goooooood!" I say but starts coughing real bad.

Peeta puts a hand into my back, looking worried at me.

"I don't know Katniss", he says. "It feels like I really should stay here".

I continue coughing until it stops. I shake my head, looking up at him.

"No it's not that bad, it sounds worse than it actually is", I say and put my hand on his cheek. "Just go, have fun and then come back and sleep beside me".

Peeta looks at me for a long time before he sighs and nods his head.

"Okay fine", he says. "But I'll only go for a while".

"Great", I say happily. "Just don't drink too much".

"I won't", he says.

He doesn't drink that often, but when he does I know that he can't feel his own limit. Like he has a hard time to stop drinking. I've been there now for about six months to tell him when it's enough and he's always listened to me. I hope that Finnick can do that for me tonight, when I can't be there.

"Good", I say and kiss his cheek. "I really don't want to make you sick, that's why I won't kiss you right now even though I want to".

"Oh I can't become sick", Peeta says and capture my lips with his. I put my hand onto his neck, and slide it up into his hair, disappearing into kiss completely.

When I finally pull away, I breathe out deeply, taking air into my lungs.

"Yeah well there's definitely nothing wrong with your confident", I say. "If you become sick now after this, it's on you".

"I highly doubt I will, and yeah, you've got to be confident", Peeta says and stands up. "Are you sure you want me to go?"

"I guess", I say and take his hand. "And yes I do".

"I'll be back in a few hours", he says and I nod my head.

He walks towards the front door and I watch him leave, smiling to myself.

It's a mystery to me how I, this shy little girl, could get Peeta. It came as a complete shock for me when he told me that he was falling in love with me.

We met through my best friend Annie. She had a thing with Peeta's best friend Finnick. And when Finnick came over to mine and Annie's apartment he told me that he had a friend. And yeah, a few days after we met and the four of us started to hang out. Now six months later he's my little Peeta Bear, and I love him so much it hurts to think about.