Inferno: A Hunger Games Fanfic

Chapter 16

I'm almost at 1k!!! This chapter will probably get it there! So the next chapter (for 1k) will be some pictures of the concept art kinda stuff I've done and (if I get enough questions) a Q+ A thing. So please comment any questions below!! Feel free to comment mutiple questions!

"So, Meir, what's your strategy?"
"Well I'm a nice guy, I'll make friends,"
Meir is much more relaxed with the audience than I am. But it's obvious he's got an underlying plan that's trying to see the sun. His eyes flicker to me and I catch them. Caesar's son, Edanado - Meir greeted him as, clocks our gaze.

"Perhaps you'll make more than friends? " Edanado Flickerman says.
"Perhaps," Meir's not giving in without a direct question.

" I hope we won't have another case of star-crossed lovers?" He adresses the laughing audience "Am I right! "
" Well of course it's diffrent!?
"It is, is it? How?"

This time there is no mistaking it. Meir is looking into my eyes, as I expect, the entire Panem is judging by the flickering red light of a nearby camera. His eyes not leaving mine, he answers,
" Because she's already in love with me, too,"

I want to run up and hug him now. But I am paralysed by the shock, though I suppose I already knew it was true. So I just smile at Meir to confirm his statment.

I don't hear the gasp of the Capitol, they don't exist. It is just me and Meir in this universe. Just us. But eventually I have to slip back to the real world, where Meir is talking to Edanado.
" Don't you wish we could go talk to her?" Edanado asks the Capitol.
"Well you can ask her when she comes out of the arena," says Meir, with more than a little determination.

" If she-" Meir cuts over the presenter.
"She will. I will protect her as much as I can. More than I can if possible. I won't get out of that arena, but if she does, I can die happy. But I don't think she needs my help, she's easily the most talented tribute out there."
Edanado is unconvinced,
" She got the lowest score in training. How could she be the best?"
I see the camera shift to me, I can't help it. I pretend to look comically over-the-top offended. Meir is at my defence.
" I suspect foul play. But it dosen't matter if she is the worst, I'd love her the same." He smiles at me, and a wipe a year from my eye. It wasn't acctully there but it would have the best effect on the Capitol.
The buzzer sounds and, following my example, he does district 12's sign. But he does it towards me. So instead of it being a conspicous threat of rebellion, it's a sweet display of love.

As he passes me, I grab his hand, squeeze it and as the Capitol melts I let go.

Next chapter = hunger games/ first glimpses of the arena and everything! But it won't be posted until I get 1k!! So comment vote and enjoy this chapter to pass the time!!! Commenting idea - what will the arena look like?

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