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Her steps are so light that I can't even hear her, Katniss always catches me off guard. Tonight she slides into my bed, and even though she tries to be so careful, her touch startles me. She whispers apologies, It's okay, it's so easy to get me scared these days. I give her space to lie down next to me, Katniss gets under the blanket. Protecting us from everything around us, she covers both of us with the blanket. I breathe her hot breath.
"I have something for you." Katniss whispers. She reaches into her pocket and pulls out a small candy wrapped in gold metallic paper. The shine captures my gaze. She hands me the candy and I gently take it with my fingertips. I inspect carefully, the paper sparkles when it moves. It stand out from all the gray drabness of District Thirteen. It's so beautiful.
“how did you get this?" I ask.
“Gale." Katniss says. "You know... soldiers around here have privileges.”
I unwrap it and reveal a small chocolate bonbon. I lift it to my nose and take a sniff, it smells faintly of liquor. It seems like something quite fancy. I bite into half. The chocolate is crunchy, but melts in my mouth. The middle is sticky, is filled with salted caramel. It's the realest thing I've eaten in days.
The other half of the bonbon I directed into Katniss' mouth, waiting for her to eat. She sighs, Katniss is reluctant to bite the candy. I know what she thinks: it's too little for both of us. Katniss wants me to have it all to myself. I know it's not much, but there's nothing I want to do alone these days.
Katniss doesn't seem to want to upset me. So, between my fingers, she bites off half of the candy, leaving me with a quarter of the bonbon in my hands. She chews for a while and say. "Oh damn. The caramel is all stuck on my teeth." she says. I can't resist giving a smile. Her eyes shine over me and then she just kisses me. It's a strange sensation. It feels good to kiss her, nothing has been as better then her kisses for weeks, but my body tenses as her soft mouth touch mine.
She rubs her lips gently, but gradually loses her composure. Sometimes it's like she's desperate to kiss me. Her hands go to the back of my neck and she pulls me closer every time she moves. The candy was so small that it didn't even leave the taste in her mouth. Katniss runs her hand across my cheek and sighs before running her tongue over mine. When the kiss is over the chocolate is all melted on my fingertips. I put it in my mouth and lick my fingers so I don't lose a single drop of the sweet. I try to enjoy the bit of chocolate in my mouth, but I'm distracted by Katniss' expression on me. Her pink, moist lips, her eyes looking into mine, I would even say that she seems to be asking for one more kiss.
“I'm so happy you're back." Katniss says softly.