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devinescribe · 8 months ago

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Quick Thinking

Ch.10 of “My Sunshine” [TreechxReader]

Warnings: Cursing, mentions of death and blood

When the peacekeepers came in and rounded them up in the morning, he noticed the eerie silence that fell over everything. The peacekeepers didn't push or shove. They didn't yell and put them down.

They were quiet, even going so far as to help Wovey and some of the others into the van.

Their hypocrisy made him want to scream. Yell out. But he didn't.

No one talked on the way there. He was sick. He was sure he was going to throw up and start crying in front of everyone.

But he didn't. He grabbed the necklace and held the ring tightly as they got to the arena.

_-_-_-_

You have a shaky wave to Coryo and Sejanus as they walked into the giant auditorium.

Coryo walked over, whispering into your ear, "Does he know about our deal?"

You nodded.

~~~~~

"(Y/N)... tell him not to go after Lucy Gray."

"Coryo I can't possibly-"

"Tell him not to go after her, and I'll tell her not to after him. It's not an alliance, just mutual agreement to not kill each other. Please."

"Alright."

~~~

"That was one hell of a goodbye... last night I mean," he smirked, a teasing glint in his eyes.

He saw. Your eyes widened in shock. Blonde bastard. He was probably going to see Lucy Gray and saw you two.

"Are you really one to talk? This mornin'?" You teased back, making him blush slightly. "You best not tell... please?"

The tone in the room was... taken back down. You looked to Sejanus.

Sejanus was pale. He looked grimly at the screen. Although his tribute-... Marcus. Although Marcus had not been found, he was expected to stay with you all.

You gave him a tight hug that he immediately reciprocated, hiding his face into the crook of your neck. You ran a hand through his thick curls and tried to comfort him.

"It's gonna be alright Sej... I'm sure he's found some way out... something..." you mumbled into his ear.

"Aright everyone sit, we are about to get started!" Cesar's voice came loudly from the front of the room.

You three sat together and you gave both a reassuring smile. Internally, your stomach was twisting and tying itself into knots.

You didn't listen to anything Flickerman told the audience, loosing a bit of your sanity anytime he made a joke.

"Alright well the games are about to start, so I'll let you all focus," he said, as the screen turned on.

You gasped and covered your mouth, bile building in the back of your throat, your stomach turning itself inside out.

On the screen, they showed Marcus. He was tied up on a beam, his body beaten and bloody. You couldn't look.

Sejanus stood up and you grabbed his arm, you didn’t want him to get in trouble.

"Sej please-"

He ripped his arm away from you, throwing his desk and yelling, "You're monsters! All of you!" Making eye contact with you, shaking his head, and running out of the room.

You ran to the corner of the room, throwing up in a trash can.

You felt a hand on your shoulder, and turned, seeing Coryo.

"You've shown me kindness. I will show you respect."

You stood up shakily, someone offering you a water bottle, you tried to turn to the door and run after your friend, but Coryo stopped you. You knew it would be no good to find him. If he wanted to hide, he would hide. You took the water bottle, taking a small sip, and Coriolanus took you back to your seats just as the game began.

When you sat down, you felt a cold something touch your leg. You looked down to see a trash can by you and looked to the blonde next to you.

“Just in case.”

The arena was completely different now. They had not even bother to clean it up. There were holes leading to the underground. The tunnel system.

The horn blew, signifying the start of the 10th annual Hunger Games.

You watched as the group Treech was with ran to the middle grabbing weapons.

You saw him, rather his hat, and focused on him. He grabbed an axe and slid down one side, swinging at Lucy Gray.

He seemed to notice who it was and bit his lip, running from her.

He remembered what you asked

You heard her screaming for Jessup.

Jessup, her district partner. He was quiet, never saying anything to you when you were there. You saw him just standing.

The camera went to other things. The utter violence. The girl from district two sobbing at Marcus's body on display. Someone killed her soon after.

Lucy Gray found Jessup, dragging him into the tunnels. The cameras switched as you watched Lucy Gray and Jessup go under a door and hide.

Another tribute tried to do the same, but was grabbed and killed by the group.

"Hey lumberjack, get in there and get her out," Coral hissed.

Your blood boiled at her using the nickname again. That was your thing.

"Oh god I'm a jealous bitch" you thought to yourself.

"I'm not sticking my head in there she could be waiting with a brick!" He said back.

The group went back to look for others and you saw Treech look up at the camera before following.

"Is that it? Oh alright, well-"

The day went on with not much going on.

Until you saw Lamina start to climb the beam.

Your eyes widened, as Marcus looked up at her, begging for her to kill him.

"Please," he cried.

Lamina looked conflicted, but with tears in her eyes, she killed him.

She used the axe to cut the rope, his body falling to the floor with a sickening thump. She cried. And you felt tears stream down your face as well.

You knew the cameras were on you in this moment.

You watched as she tied the ropes, fashioning a swing of sorts. You recognized it.

"What the hell is she doing?" Pup whispered.

"It's a harness... keeps the lumberjacks secured up in the trees for certain things..." you explained.

Pup sent her a bottle of water for killing Marcus. You doubted that Lamina thought she warranted any prize of sorts.

The drone went to her slowly before crashing making people murmur.

"Now this is new experimental technology, we reprogrammed old bombing drones to bring them any of the things you see on the screen. They have face recognition technology so it's delivered to the right tribute. This number here... is how much some of our lovely viewers have given to the tribute," Flickerman explained.

Another drone soon came in again, this time getting to her. She drank some of it, before saving the rest.

Who knew when Pup would send her something else?

It was a while before anything happened. Nothing was really going on. It was much too hot out for any of them. Even here in the auditorium, everyone could feel the heat.

You saw people strip off their blazers and decided to take off your own, placing it softly behind you.

Most people got bored watching the stillness of the arena and left.

By night time, there was only you and Coryo watching the screen obsessively. The crowd had gone home and Flickerman decided to go as well.

"Do you think she's alright?" He mumbled to you, his eyes scanning all of the screens with all of the camera angles.

You nodded.

"She's tough. She's alright," you whispered.

Suddenly you saw a figure sneak towards the middle. Lamina was sound asleep and you tried to focus on who it was.

"Is that-"

"Mr. Snow, Ms. (L/N). Dr. Gaul needs you immediately."

—

You both rushed to where she was in a van outside the arena.

"That Plinth boy is in there and you need to bring him out."

"What? You can't be serious why not send in peacekeepers?" Coriolanus protested.

"Because they'll make too much noise. His mother is here, but sending her in would make it worse. You two are his best friends. Bring him out. The peacekeepers will be right outside the gate, ready to cover for you."

You and Coriolanus stepped quietly through the gate. You slid under the turning gate, careful for it to not make a sound.

You both walked quickly to the center, the sound of Coryo's shoes making him turn.

"I thought they would have sent Ma in..." he mumbled, continuing to sprinkle breadcrumbs over Marcus's body.

"She's here but they thought it would be better to send us in..." Coryo whispered.

You got closer, kneeling next to him and putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Sej... I know you're upset. I am too. Trust me when I say that if that were Treech I would not have been able to breathe. I'd be burnin' buildings and doing anything to forget I'm upset. I know that it's hard... I know darlin', but comin' in here? You're gonna get yourself killed," you comforted.

"Let that happen. Then maybe they'll see-"

"Right now no one is seeing shit Sejanus. They have the broadcast paused. You think they'd show you? They'd come in and retrieve your body saying you died from a bad cold. You can... leave this place, and- and... make a difference. Use your dad's money to try and help, but you can't do that if you die in here," Coryo said. That was the first time you heard him curse and it sound like he cursed. Angry, upset.

You heard something and turned around, noticing the pack creeping up to you three.

"Sejanus Aurelius Plinth if you don't get your ass up right now, I will never ever forgive you, I will kill you myself, bring you back to life, and kill you again. And you can kiss my ass," you hissed, your fear turning your words into anger.

He got up quickly, whether it was from your words or seeing the tributes get closer, you didn’t know or care. You just wanted to get out. You heard Lamina stir above you. Her eyes met yours as she mumbled your name questioningly.

"Run."

The three of you started running to the entrance as the pack closed in.

Out of nowhere, Bobbin jumped out, going to stab one of you. He got Coryo in the shoulder and you watched as he grabbed something near by and hit the boy.

Once.

Twice.

And one third time.

The sound of his skull crushing made you want to throw up again.

You felt some of the blood get on your face. You wanted to cry, to scream and do something... but couldn't.

"Coryo, stop it! That's enough!" Sejanus called out.

The pack got closer and you slid under the entrance gates, then heard Sejanus curse as he fell. You went back to grab him, but Coryo beat you to it, running and helping the injured boy. They got to the gate and out. You went to run again, but were grabbed.

"Capitol gem~ come on you must be smarter than that," the voice taunted.

Coral.

There was a knife pressed against your throat. You thought she only had the trident. But you were obviously proven wrong.

"Coral let her go," you heard someone say.

Your someone.

"Aww worried about your little girlfriend-"

"I said let her go!" He spat, the anger evident in his tone.

"Coral if you kill me right now they will shoot you. I don't want you to die. Please," you said, watching the guards point their guns. They wanted that as a last resort.

"Kill her and you lose an ally and make an enemy," you heard a young boy say.

Mizzen? Yes that was his name. Coral's district partner.

She groaned letting you go, but not before using the knife to cut your arm. The searing hot pain blistering inside you as she dragged it down.

You bit your lip to not cry out in pain as you ran out the gate.

"Next time you come in here... you won't be so lucky... and your songbird is at the top of my list," she spat walking away, the threat to Coryo lingering in the air.

Treech kept his eyes on you, walking over to the gate to talk to you, do something. His eyes fell on the crimson staining the blue undershirt of your uniform.

"Come on lumberjack. We've got things to do," Coral called out.

He looked to you with a worried glance before walking away.

"(Y/N) oh my god I'm so sorry," Sejanus cried, holding your hand, gingerly touching the wound, some of your blood dripping onto his hands.

"It's alright.. really it's alright..." you whispered.

Ma rushed over hugging him. He sobbed into her arms apologizing.

Dr. Gaul stepped forward.

"Good job you two... let's go to my lab and get you fixed up."

——

Your small hiccuping cries made the boy worry.

"Are you alright? What.... Oh..." he mused, seeing the blood on your leg. You must have tripped on the trail. He had warned you of the roots growing out of the ground.

"Hey, it's ok, come on, I can help with that," he mumbled helping you up.

He led you to the lake, and made you sit on a rock near the water. He softly took off your shoe and sock as to not get them wet before cupping some water in his hands and splashing it onto you leg.

He did this till the blood and dirt was washed off.

"There, good as new," he smiled.

You had really only scraped your knee, but you pouted, sniffling softly.

The young boy grabbed your hand and placed a chaste kiss on it a dopey grin following.

"You're gonna be a-okay sunshine, so come on. Mama said she'd have somethin' for us back home," the boy grinned.

"Thank you... you always take care of me Treech..." you whispered as he helped you slip your shoes back on.

He grinned, and you hugged him before beginning the trek back to the town.

_-_-_

He was royally pissed off. How could Coral even think of that. She threatened you, then hurt you.

"Hey, lumberjack, your turn to keep watch. She can't stay hidden forever," Coral ordered.

He glared at her.

"I told you I ain't hurtin' her," he replied, gripping the axe tightly.

"You don't have to hurt her... you just have to tell us if she comes out," she stated, walking closer. "Is that what your little girlfriend asked of you? Hm? To not kill the songbird?"

He bit his tongue. He couldn't risk making an enemy out of Coral right now.

So he stayed quiet.

"You know... your little birdie could've died tonight..."

He narrowed his eyes at her.

"She's lucky I left her with just a scratch."

"How do you hurt someone who helped you?"

He didn't think about what he said until after it came out of his mouth

"What?"

"How do you hurt someone who helped you? She brought all of us food and water... brought blankets because some complained about the cold at night... she got Dill some medicine to help with her cough... how do you hurt someone who helped you?" His words were coming out of his mouth faster than his mind was comprehending them.

They hung in the night air, the air between the two teens.

Coral just walked off to the rest of the pack to sleep as he kept watch.

_-_-_-_

Dr. Gauls lab was sterile white. There were jars and cases of things you had never seen before.

You peeled the shirt off at her request and she let out a dark chuckle behind you.

"That's quite the nasty cut there..."

Coryo looked away out of respect for you, but you grabbed his arm.

You hated needles.

He turned and kept his eyes on yours. There was a lot you could say about Coriolanus Snow. Your younger self would call him a selfish stuck up arrogant Capitol prick. You would now describe him as intelligent, sneaky, and confusing.

But one think he most definitely was, at least to you, was respectful.

As Dr. Gaul started her stitches your eyes welled up with tears.

"Isn't it funny how people turn on each other? Your paper... it was good. But you witnessed the utter madness inside the zoo... and still felt empathy?" She questioned.

Your eyes widened.

"Well.. I of course mean no disrespect to you... but... it's just... it's cruel. They should be fed and of course I never wish death on anyone, but Arachne knew better than to tease Brandy... and having a knife in grabbing distance?" You whispered. You were terrified that in this moment you would die for speaking your mind.

"Hm... and did feeding the tributes help you any? Look at where you ended up. Begging a lowly district girl to spare your life. Her knife cutting deep into you. So tell me how showing them sympathy and humanity would help?" She questioned.

You realized that Dr. Gaul wasn't looking for a specific answer. This wasn't class. You couldn't speak freely, but she found it amusing.

You stayed quiet, and hissed softly, tears rolling down your cheeks as she continued the stitches.

"I... I... I don't know," you whispered finally.

You heard her laugh softly.

"You'll know soon enough."

—

When the two of you were done you were sent on your way with a warning to not say what happened tonight.

"Why do you let me call you Coryo?" You asked, wanting to break the silence.

"I-... you..." he sighed. "You remind me of Tigress in a sense... kind. Always thinking of others before yourself. It's stupid. And dangerous."

You looked down.

"I don't mean that you're stupid. I'm saying that the way you care for others is going to get you hurt. Look at what happened tonight ask because you turned to get Sejanus," he explained. "I was behind you, I would have helped him."

You hummed. It was something new to hear him care.

"I heard what you told him. You wanting to go back to seven with him," Coryo started. "You... shouldn't do that..."

"Coryo, please don't tell no one... please. I have nothin' here for me. Nothing at all. You and Sejanus are my only friends in the Capitol... I'm homesick. I always have been but after being... back to it in a way... it's gotten so much worse," you pleaded. “I’ve never been happy in the Capitol. Never… please don’t tell…”

The blonde nodded softly.

"I won't tell a soul."

The rest of the walk was filled with silence.

He dropped you off at your house and you asked if he wanted to join you.

"It's late... you could take a hot shower... sleep here. My parents don't mind. Ma is basically mute and like a ghost... and father left this morning for a business trip," you explained.

"I couldn't... I have to get home or Tigress will be worrying all night. Thank you though," he said, looking to the side.

After some slight back and forth, he convinced you he would be safe walking home himself.

You went upstairs, running a hot bath for yourself.

You sat in there after scrubbing yourself for what you thought was hours. Thinking about everything that has happened in the past two weeks alone. It made you dizzy to think about...

"I best get out of here before I fall asleep and drown," you mumbled to yourself.

—-

Laying in bed and thinking of it was a lot safer. Your eyes started to shut softly, a smile spreading on your lips as you thought of the one thing that was keeping you hopeful.

"Yeah... I'm gettin out of there because I have years of kisses to catch up on..."

SIMP

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