She is so far beneath him in the food chain, the fact that they're of the same species hardly matters. She laughs when he tells her this. A wonderful, carefree laugh.
He spends the next minuet studying her, trying to understand why she isn't afraid of him like she should be.
"Why are you staring at me?" she asks hesitantly after a moment.
"I tried to kill you," he replies, thinking aloud—not answering her question.
"So…that gives you the right to stare at me like that?"
"You're interesting, Caroline."
-x-
He learns, once they get to Russia, that she doesn't appreciate being 'dragged half-way across the world by a psycho and then locked in a room.'
She throws a lamp at his head. Or, tries to. He catches it before it does any real damage.
Klaus just looks at her, then the lamp, and asks, "Have you done that before?"
She screams in frustration and turns around, refusing to look at him.
He laughs as he locks her back in the room.
-x-
Four days later and he's finally managed to calm her down enough that she is able to go out in public with him.
He takes her out to dinner.
"Why did you bring me with you?" she asks mid-bite.
"I had the desire to eat, and I thought you would want to get out of the compound for awhile."
She glares at him. He wants to tell her that he thinks it's cute, but knows she'll stop glaring if he actually says it. "I was curious about you."
She raises an eyebrow and stares at him in disbelief. "You kidnapped me because you were curious about me?"
"Yes, although I wouldn't use the work 'kidnap.'"
He notices that she doesn't even bother to ask what he would call it.
-x-
When they're on the plane out of Russia, he glances at her. "Do you want to go home?" he asks.
Caroline shakes her head. "I was thinking…Paris—I've never been there before."
He laughs. She looks like a Paris girl. "You'll have to be more…happy."
She looks at him with a serious expression on her face. "You never look happy."
"No," he answers, "but I am interesting."
She gives a slight nod. "Then, I'll be interesting as well."
He doesn't tell her she already is.