Sugar Cube?

A loud buzzing of an alarm clock went off, waking up the exhausted blonde. The almost-adult sat up in his bed, rubbing his eyes and running his hands through his ashy blonde hair. The first day of senior year was upon Peeta Mellark. Peeta got up off his bed and walked out his room then entering the bathroom and looking at himself in the mirror. He looked at his reflection and just felt his own face, he sighed once more before undressing and setting the shower on warm. He stepped in and stayed quiet, still being tired and having nothing to say to himself, he started to wash and rinse thoroughly for about five minutes until he stopped before he wasted anymore time. After drying completely he wrapped the towel around his waist and picked up his pajamas and threw them in the basket in the bathroom. He went back to his room to finish getting ready, putting on some black Calvin Klein underwear, black skinny jeans with a white belt. Peeta looked through his closet for a nice shirt and found the black short sleeve button up, after putting on a muscle shirt he put the shirt on and tucked it in his jeans.



Peeta then went into the bathroom once again to do his hair, took about five minutes easy. The long period of silence was broken as soon as he heard his mother yell from the kitchen. "Peeta! Breakfast! Hurry, you'll be late for the bus!" Peeta sighed largely this time, he did not want to return to school, it was a battle of life and death there. Peeta just went to the kitchen and ate then shortly grabbed his backpack and headed to the bus stop down the street. While walking on the edge of the street he spotted someone walking towards them, not surprisingly it was just Katniss Everdeen, the neighbor girl that he is really close to.



They met each other half way and then Katniss joined him on the walk. "Do you ever feel like you're wasting your life?" Katniss questioned out of the blue. Peeta responded, "Only when I'm awake." On that note the two didn't continue talking until the bus arrived. Katniss got on first and Peeta was going to follow behind until he saw a person running in the distance. Peeta made sure the bus didnt go anywhere as the person got closer, as soon as Peeta realized who it was he wished he didn't stop the bus. The bronze haired boy stopped as soon as he reached Peeta, as soon as they made eye contact Finnick Odair spoke. "Thanks so much." The assumed swim team captain panted and smiled, giving Peeta a playful punch on the shoulder. "You're name's Peeta right? I woke up late, but really thanks though. Talk to me later 'kay?" Finnick said as he got on the bus, Peeta didnt have time to respond, all he thought about is how Finnick wasn't like the rest of team from just a short moment of speaking, most of them are just douche bags from the first time you talk to them but the captain wasnt rude at all.



Peeta just got on the bus and took a seat with Katniss who was talking to a friend of theirs, Gale Hawthorne. Peeta just looked at the back of the bus where Finnick was sitting, he looked at Finnick for a couple of seconds until he noticed and smiled but then the small eye contact was broken as soon as Gale got Peeta's attention. "We heading to the cafe when we get to school? All I need right now is a cup of coffee." "Coffee is everything." Katniss said as they got closer to their school. "Yea yea." Peeta said as he looked back to see if Finnick was still looking but sadly not. Katniss and Gale caught on sooner or later, the two knew Peeta was gay but it was a tight secret between the three, Katniss and Peeta set up a fake relationship when others started to suspect Peeta was gay. At first Katniss didn't like the idea but she didnt want Peeta to get bullied so she went along with it.



"So Finnick huh? Wouldn't think you would want a guy like that." Gale claimed, Peeta scoffed at him. "He is cute I guess, but he is a jock and as straight as a freeway so what's the point?" Katniss joined in on this conversation, "That's not what we heard, me and Gale got invited to a party over the summer and Finnick was caught kissing a track runner." "In his defense he was pretty drunk." Gale stated. "Whatever, he wouldnt want a guy like me so it doesnt matter." The three rode the rest of the way in small talk, they spent most of the summer together so they didnt really talk about it. Once the bus arrived they waited for everyone to get off before they did, Finnick did a small wave to Peeta as he got off, not saying a word.



The three got off and instead of walking to their class they just walked out the gates of the school to a local cafe that they usually hang out at. The three sat there for a while, Katniss and Gale drank their coffee and Peeta just drank some hot chocolate since coffee wasnt his thing, it woke him up as much as coffee would. The three got their same drinks to-go and left, heading back to school, it was around the beginning of third period. They already got their schedules so they didnt need to talk to the office and get in even more trouble by Principle Snow. Katniss and Gale had the same third period, Advance Biology while Peeta had English 101, he always did good in english and he made it to college level, not like he didnt get bullied enough by being an A student. They parted their ways and Peeta got to his classroom. He knocked and once someone opened the door for he walked in, all eyes were on him, all except the teacher's who was face down on the desk, Haymitch Abernathy. He looked up and glared at Peeta, "You're late, detention, go find a seat." Peeta wasn't shocked, he looked for a seat and found one next to someone who actually surprised him, Finnick.



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I know I havent finished my Sawler fanfic, shush. I just got a huge muse for Pinnick after the Catching Fire movie, didnt realized I shipped these guys when I read the book back in 5th grade. Hope you enjoy.