A/N:Some things you need to know before reading this fanfic (oneshot): Kai is alive (and thus also Jo) and the story is more or less right after Bonnie came back from the Other side. Bonnie knows about the connection between Kai as the coven-leader and the rest of the coven. Hope you enjoy this random oneshot :)
She was just about to go in to deep sleep when her phone rings and destroys every plan she had on going back to sleep. The worst thing though is that she'd found the best position; the feeling that if she moved even an inch, she wouldn't be able to go back to that perfect position.
She sighs loudly, hoping that her eyelids will become heavy again, that her mind will become cloudy and her limbs start to relax, but it doesn't happen. Staring up at the ceiling is not very interesting nor is counting sheep. And that damn phone just keeps on ringing!
Ignoring the call would be the best thing to do, or at least it would be the best thing for her, but Bonnie is already awake and she would really like to talk to the person that disturbs her at 3 am. She would really enjoy having a good chat with whoever that is calling, a person that clearly is lacking in manners. You simply do not call after 1 am if you don't want to be yelled at.
The person should also consider the fact that Bonnie is not used to hearing sounds in the middle of the night, certainly not phone calls, and that it almost gave her a heart attack. Her heart is still beating in an abnormal pace and her eyes is wide open, showing the dark her forest green irises.
She picks up the phone with a shaking hand and grunts instead of saying her usual "Hey, this is Bonnie". She waits patiently at the person on the other end to say who it is, so she knows the name of the individual she's about to yell at.
"Bonnie?" whispers a weak voice from the other end. She turns into a statue, paralyzed by the voice that is owned by a loathsome human being. Even her shaking hands are still, gone cold and stiff.
"What do you want, Kai?" she mutters through gritted teeth.
"Can you come over?" Kai answers and then coughs like he's about to cough his lungs out. She can hear how he muffles his coughing with some kind of cloth, then breathes rapidly with ragging and scratchy breaths.
"Are you serious? Why would I, Kai?" Her voice getting higher for every word and by the end of it she's almost screaming at him. Her heartbeat is irregular and she breathes unevenly. How he can even think that she would voluntarily see him? She gets a bitter taste in her mouth – a bitter poison of hate and disgust is taking over her mouth and tongue.
"Please, Bon! I'm ill and- and I'm dying-" his words get cut off by the coughing again. Bonnie furrows her eyebrows and can feel the blood draining from her face. He's dying? What about Jo and her baby?"Kai? Kai?! What do you mean 'you're dying'?" When she doesn't get an answer she quickly jumps out of bed. She can't let innocent people die because of something Kai has done or because Kai is Kai.
The only things she takes with her is her phone and grimoire, not caring to change into something else than her pajama pants and tank top, and puts them in the cars glove compartment.
It's weird how a sentence can make you jump into your car and drive to someone you despise.
The feeling of knowing that if you don't go you may become the reason why someone is about to die. Do you ignore it? No. If you did you would have to live with the knowledge that you, in a way, killed someone.
"People do not regret what they did, they regret what they didn't do."When Bonnie steps out of the car she wipes off the sweat from her palms and with rushed steps she gets to the front door of a small cottage. With a heavy heart she knocks on the oak door, before realizing that Kai probably can't open it.
The handle is cold in her hand when she opens the door, thankful that it isn't locked. Though it's kind of weird of Kai not locking it, shouldn't you at least lock your door if you have so many enemies? Does it mean that he knew she would come, even though there was a big chance she wouldn't give a damn if he died, or does he think he can handle anyone if someone comes to visit? Foolishly meeting every threat without fear?
"Kai? Where are you?" No answer.
Her steps echoes in the hallway as she walks in the dark house.
"Kai?" She shouts, cupping her hands around her mouth. "Answer, you idiot!" Hair is prickling on the back of her neck when he still doesn't answer her. Is she too late? Is Kai already dead?
A small smile quickly fades away at the same speed it came when she remembers the other lives that are at stake.
Her legs start to shake when she notices all the shadows in the house, how it all looks like something is hiding in the dark. Noises are all around her, but when she turns around they disappear.
It's like being on the other side all over again. The loneliness. The paranoia.
"Answer me!" She cries with a shaking voice. Darkness is creeping in the edges of her vision and her head is spinning. Every heartbeat makes the darkness pulsate, making it harder and harder to focus on where she is going.
She is dangerously swaying back and forth when she walks up the stairs, her hand in a stiff grip of the railing.
When her feet stand on the second floor she can finally breathe better, the darkness slowly vanishing. The key is breathing. Breathe. Breathe, Bonnie.It's hard to make out anything in the murky house but when Bonnie leans down, her nose almost touching the ground, she can see footsteps on the dusty floor. The footsteps are leading the way to a bedroom, and she quickly follows them into the room.
Standing in the doorway she takes the room in with darting eyes. It's lighter than the other parts of the cottage making it possible for Bonnie to see Kai lying in a big bed.
He's pale and his hair is a mess but at least he's breathing. His chest rises and falls in an even pace but the sound it makes is tortured and like he doesn't get enough air.
"Kai?" She rushes to his side, placing her hands on his shoulders and shakes him hard. "What the hell?" Bonnie exclaims in frustration when he doesn't respond.
She pauses and takes her hands off him and instead leans forward to take a closer look at his face.
He may be pale but besides that he doesn't look to bad; there's at least no signs of magic beside his own.
Bonnie touches his feverish cheek with her hand to feel his temperature, but quickly removes it when his eyes flutter open. Her hand is still hot from the sensation from his fever when she drops her hand to her side.
"Bonnie?" He whispers, barely loud enough to be heard. Sweat is covering his forehead and his breathing picks up pace when he fully understands that she is standing right there and is staring at him.
"What did you do now, Kai?" she sighs and carefully sits down on the edge of the bed. Malachai can see her anger; he sees how her eyes are darker than before and her beautiful hands are in fists. She would probably hit him, not that he would really mind though.
"The question is perhaps what I didn't do", a pale grin takes over his face but soon vanishes. Bonnie was not entertained. "Okay, okay, Bon, take it cool." Kai waves with his hand as he talks. "I really didn't do anything, I promise." To her big surprise he actually manages to look innocent.
"Then why are you calling me at 3 am saying, and I quote, 'I'm ill and I'm dying'?"
He blinks slowly. "Oh..."
"'Oh'?" she questions him and waves with a hand to make him continue.
"Well... I am ill and it felt like I was dying."
"Felt like dying? You said that you were dying." She squints her eyes with her pulse throbbing in her ears. Is this a trap? She thinks and quickly turns her head around to see if something unsuspected is waiting for her, but sees nothing. Her nails dig in to the flesh when her fists tighten. "You lured me here for nothing?" she yells.
"I wouldn't call a cold 'nothing', but yeah, I guess so." He shrugs.
Bonnie freezes. "You have a cold? You have a stupid cold?" She is so mad at him that she can't even look at him. A bitter laugh escapes her lips. "I came for a cold?" She's still shocked when she rises up from the bed to leave.
She came with the thought that he was dying, that Jo and the baby were dying, but it was only a cold? Bonnie shakes her head in disbelief. How could she think this was a good idea when she knows how Kai is? Nothing good comes from being with him or helping him.
"Would you stay if I'd said: 'I'm ill and I'm dying to meet you'?" Kai yells from the bed and she snorts as an answer.
She hears a thud and bare feet walking over the wooden floor. Bonnie makes an attempt to run away but doesn't even make it out the door before a warm hand grabs her wrist. With a small tug he makes her spin around and face him. Even if Kai is sick – pale and weak – he is still too strong for her to fight. Using her magic isn't in her mind when he makes her gaze up in his eyes; they captivate her. It's as if she has forgotten she even has magic. Forgotten that she is capable of hurting him.
"It's true you know, I have been dying to meet you", he whispers with fire dancing in his eyes.
"I am very mad at you, Kai, and I would like if you let me go", she breathes and feels quite dumbfounded by his words.
"I can make you a deal, Bon."
"I don't make deals with the devil", she argues. Her skin where his hand touches her seems to be ignited but she ignores the feeling knowing she shouldn't feel like that.
"Oh, please, I'm no devil-" he smiles at her. "I am a sick man without his sanity, there is a big difference."
Because of the trance he has her under – the spell he put on her– she doesn't notice when he drags her with him closer to the bed again.
"So, Bonnie, would you like to hear my proposal?" he chuckles with a smile. She wants to shake her head but still makes a slight nod. "I think you will like it, Bon."
She doubts it.
A/N: So here I am with a short fanfic while writing chapter 3 of "Arranged Marriage" (the chapter should be done soon. Even though I hate excuses I have to say why: Life came in the way. So I am sorry for the wait but I will probably see you soon with ch. 3)Is this fanfic something you would like to have a chapter 2? Would anyone want to read more?