Her response does admittedly take Derek a little off guard and that's mostly because he's not sure if she's being literal or figurative with that statement. Derek feels like he has no home to go back to, but that's because even though Beacon Hills is still there, it isn't home anymore. Even though Brooklyn is still there, that isn't home anymore, either. Derek doesn't belong anywhere anymore. He refuses to call this place home because that's an especially pathetic way to admit defeat and Derek isn't willing to do that.

The irony in the fact that she says it burned to the ground because of her is so thick in the air that he's almost choking on it. Derek's still not sure if that's literal or figurative, but for him, to some degree, that statement would be very literal. Beacon Hills hasn't been home since the Hale House burned down and that was his fault.

"Katniss, you can list off reasons I shouldn't care about you until your face turns blue, but I can't just turn it off. Do you understand that? I'm in it now and I can't just turn it off," he says, frowning. If turning off emotion like that is something Katniss can do, Derek can't decide whether he feels pity or envy toward her.

His head lowers a little more, forehead meeting hers. "We both only ever get people killed. We're both homeless because we fucked up. I'm sorry that you know how it feels. I wish that you didn't."