* and since gale thought things between them will change even more basically after the few weeks away katniss still goes back to gale but as soon as she's in his arms he relaxes catching fire cfedit even in the book she does everthorne gale hawthorne galeniss he didn't expect that katniss everdeen okay i'm gonna explain this cause it may be confusing she's scared and wants to protect him so basically i'm showing katniss never changes her mind in regards to gale the gale tag thgedit weeks later she goes back to him which is why he's first taken aback when he sees her