Gale had done his best to avoid Katniss and Peeta since he arrived here, but how well it had gone was another question all together. How could he avoid the girl who had been his best friend for as long as he could remember? Of course, things had come between them that would be very hard to change, and there were some things from which a friendship could never recover. He wasn't sure if this would turn out to be one of them or not.
He was heading out to the woods, not necessarily to hunt, but just to have some time to think, when he happened to see Katniss, and he stopped and waved at her awkwardly, jogging a bit to catch up with her. He didn't notice that it brought them together right under a rather nice piece of mistletoe that he failed to see.
Still, when he reached her, he licked his lips and swallowed, unable to control himself as he drew her familiar body into his arms and kissed her deeply.