He's never really know what's good for him where Katniss Everdeen is concerned; the problem with being in love wtih the girl on fire is the danger of egetting burned, even if she barely smoulders now. There's still heat there. It's still danger than he ought to know how to walk away from.
He steps out of her way but he doesn't look away from her.
"No, I don't," he says, jaw tight. "Just like the other kids in District 12 never understood what it was like to be starving. And it's going to be like us and them forever, Katniss, only, now, it's going to be and you. We never forgave them for not knowing that kind of hungry and you are never, ever going to forgive me for not being there."
He sits down, abrubtly, before he knows that he's going to do it, back to the wall, head in his hands.
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He steps out of her way but he doesn't look away from her.
"No, I don't," he says, jaw tight. "Just like the other kids in District 12 never understood what it was like to be starving. And it's going to be like us and them forever, Katniss, only, now, it's going to be and you. We never forgave them for not knowing that kind of hungry and you are never, ever going to forgive me for not being there."
He sits down, abrubtly, before he knows that he's going to do it, back to the wall, head in his hands.
He's not going to watch her go this time.