Loras Tyrell (age 16), District 3

Day 1

When I wake up, the Cornucopia is deserted except for corpses. I hurriedly sit up, my head pounding. Something soft is under me and I shoot up from my spot on the frozen ground.

"R-Ren," I whisper, and shake his shoulder. He groans softly. I wince. "Are you okay? I-I fell on--"

It comes rushing back to me and I struggle not to wretch. That fucking bastard killed her. He killed Jeyne. In front of me! And I couldn't do anything... I watched her die... Oh Gods, I'm gonna be sick--

"Loras? Love--are you all right?" Gentle hands take my face and Renly turns me to look at him, his eyebrows creased slightly in worry. I lean my forehead against his and force myself to take deep breaths. She's dead--I can't do anything about it.

"I'm...fine." I say softly. "Are you all right? You're not hurt, are you?" Oh Gods, I can't lose him too! I grab him and pat him down, searching for a wound.

He grabs my hands. "Loras, look at me. Calm down. I'm fine. Other than having you fall on me..."

"Sorry." I blush a little. Renly grins.

"It's okay. I kind of liked it." My head's still fuzzy, but he leans in and presses his lips against mine in a slow, soothing kiss. After a moment I kiss him back.

"...Loras?" he pulls away and frowns a little. "Where are the others?"

My mouth goes dry. How will he react to Jeyne's death? "Ren--"

"The careers. Jaime and Cersei."

I pause for real this time. I was so caught up in Jeyne and the guy from Twelve that I forgot about them. They're threats too. "I have no idea. They took supplies and left, I guess."

I offer him a hand and he stands slowly. "We need to get to the Castle. We need supplies too."

I pick up a very small bag I managed to save. "Um...I have this. Should we open it now?"

He leans against me. "Yeah, we better. If there's a water bottle in it, we should fill it with snow."

"Okay." I open the bag and take out a container. "Um, there's this. We could fill it with water, I guess." Renly smiles and takes it from me. I keep going. I have my sword, but there's another smaller sword thing too. It can be his. I hand it to him, and he attaches it at his belt. I feel better now that he's at least armed.

"Oh, look. We have a little food too.." Renly says, and takes the food after he's set the container down. It's some beef jerky and nuts. I make a face.

"Ren, I'm a vegetarian."

He gives me a look. "It's either this, or starving. And I am not letting you starve." I blink.

"Okay then." I take out the last thing and smile. "Look what we have here, Ren."

His beautiful blue eyes light up and he smiles widely. "Yes! I don't have to be useless!"

"You're not useless." I say. "And I love you."

He takes the medicine box and smiles sort of sadly. "It's okay, love. I know I suck at fighting, and I'm okay with it. At least I can make sure we stay alive and well. Is that all in the bag?"

I feel around in it once more before nodding. "Yeah. It should be enough to keep us alive for now."

"Okay." He kisses my cheek and we put everything back in the bag again. I take his hand and lace my fingers through it.

"We should try and get to the Castle by nightfall." I say. "It'll be even colder then."

To prove my point, he shivers violently, even in his thick clothes. "O-okay. Sounds g-good."

I can't help it--I smile. He's adorable. "If I had a blanket, Ren..."

"I'll be okay~" He kisses me again happily. "Wait, Loras?"

I'm putting the bag on my arm--it has a strap--and when I'm done, I look at him. "Yeah?"

"Where's Jeyne?" he looks around, his eyebrows creased again. I swear my heart stops beating then. "I didn't realize... She-she's okay, right?"

"She's fine. She ran away when the fighting." The lie falls away from my lips before I can stop it, and I feel terrible, guilty all over again. But he relaxes and smiles .

"Thank the Gods." he murmurs. "We should go now, love."

I nod shakily and silently take his hand. He says nothing else.

We leave with our weapons and our small amount of supplies. I will myself not to look at the dead on the ground. I can't bring myself to, in case I recognize their faces...