peeta's breath hitches once he hears footsteps, the snapping of branches making his skin crawl.

i'm spotted. there is no way they can't see me. he thinks to himself, fear stricken in his blue eyes.

once he sees that it's the girl from district 12, he lets out the breath he was holding in. with a slight limp, he walks over to her, his leg hurt from an earlier interaction with cato.