Advice from a friend

Gale sat hunched against a tree, his arm lying out lazily and his bow and arrow lying on the ground next to him.

He had already caught a squirrel today and no other animals seemed to be emerging, the hunter sighed and decided to lay for a few seconds and close his eyes.

He could feel himself slowly drifting off to sleep but don't nothing to prevent it, Gale allowed his head to drop to the ground, the man's body slowly drifted off into a deep sleep.

The smell of freshly baked bread danced along Gale's nostrils causing him to jolt awake, Gale quickly jumped awake and inspected the room around him.

He seemed to be surrounded by shelves with loaves of bread on them and the place was kept fairly clean, he was lying on a freshly cleaned sofa.

Gale looked directly in front of him and saw Peeta staring at him, "What the hell Peeta?" Gale growled.

"You fell asleep in the forest, and it started raining so I brought you here" Peeta frowned.

"Oh, how did you know where I was?" Gale questioned.

"I was coming to find you anyway to give you some bread, sorry for making sure you don't get ill" Peeta turned away from the hunter and continued working with the dough on the table.

Gale watched for a moment the way he moved his hands, kneading the dough and squeezing it with his fingers.

"So where is this bread, I'm starving" Gale grinned.

Peeta returned the smile and pointed to half a loaf of bread sitting on the table in front of Gale, the hunter picked up the loaf and slowly inspected it before taking the first bite.

"Like it?" Peeta asked with a large smile across his face.

Gale smiled a few bits of the bread showing through his teeth and nodded.

"Oh god drink some water and clean your teeth" Peeta chuckled while pulling a glass out of a cupboard; Gale snatched the glass and walked over to the sink and began filling the container with water.

"Careful we only have so much" Peeta twisted off the tap and frowned.

For a moment Peeta stared at Gale's face, he wanted to lean closer but mentally slapped himself for thinking so, a light blush spread across his face and he made his way over to the bread dough.

Gale walked over to the man kneading the bread dough, he once again watched the bakers hands move through out the contents. "What time is it?" Gale asked.

"About six" Peeta shrugged.

"Crap I got to get home" Gale panicked.

"Don't worry, they already know you're here" Peeta smiled at the taller male.

"Oh" Gale stood still and nervously scratched his head. "Had the impression you hated me" Gale shrugged.

"I do" Peeta teased.

Gale chuckled and took one more smell of the freshly baked bread; it was like heaven to his nose. The smell encouraged Gale to wolf down the remaining bread he still held clutched in his hands, "Hungry?" Peeta smirked.

Gale shot him a look that screamed "What do you think?"

"Well I got to give some to the pigs, even though Ive just fed one" Peeta once again teased Gale causing the hunter to step forward and playfully punch him in the shoulder.

"Can I help you with that?" Gale sighed.

Peeta was shocked, "I thought you were a hunter?"

"Yeah, but I'm gonna be staying here so I should help" Gale smiled at Peeta.

Peeta couldn't help return the smile at such a charming face, "OK"