I own absolutely nothing. But if I owned Klaroline it would have happened already.

Caroline's eyes blinked open, slowly, drinking in the form sleeping beside her.

"Klaus." she whispered, lifting a hand to gently trace his lips. His lips curved into a smile at her touch, and she withdrew her hand quickly.

"Good morning, love." His eyes didn't open, but his arms around her tightened. She suddenly noticed that they were both very naked, and her mind flashed back to the night before.

How embarrassing. "Klaus, last night...I'm so humiliated. You must think I'm ridiculous."

"Ridiculously gorgeous." Klaus's eyes snapped open, searching her own.

"Klaus, please, it was awful. I had a total high school breakdown."

"You're in high school. I assume that makes it totally normal, my love."

Caroline's stomach tightened at the addition of "my". It tightened even more when she felt his hand beginning to trace lazy circles on her upper thigh. She grabbed his hand and held it, stilling it.

"Klaus! Can we just talk about what happened last night, just for a moment?"

"We had sex."

"Before that!"

"You mean when you accused me of playing mind games because that's what every other male in your life has done? When you barged in here saying that Damon used you to get to Elena, Matt couldn't focus on you because he couldn't let go of Elena, and Tyler betrayed you with Hayley? When you told me that you are always second best, vampire or not, that you have never been special to anyone, and that is how you know I'm playing games with you? If I remember correctly your exact turn of phrase was 'I can't be worth anything to you, because I was worth nothing to them.'"

Caroline hadn't been expecting a regurgitation of her word vomit from the night before, and she stared at him for a moment before mumbling "Yeah, that."

"Allow me to analyze for a moment. You appear to hold me in very high esteem, and for that I thank you, love. You believe me to be too high and mighty to accept the trash that others have disposed of -uh-uh I'm not finished- the Original vampire, the ultimate alpha male, I can have any one I want, right? So, why should I want Caroline Forbes, who is always the odd man out, the last picked, the consolation prize? Why Caroline, when Elena yet lives? And Katherine could return at any moment? Why Caroline, when Hayley is ripe for the picking, and offering to anyone who will try?"

Caroline sat up, tucking the sheet around her chest, shaking with rage. Klaus reclined, smirking as the sheet trailed off of his naked body.

"Are you done?" She choked on tears as she spoke, and he instantly sat up, wrapping a protective arm around her.

"No. Let me tell you why." He reclined again, pulling her with him. She tensed up her body, trying not to touch him. Klaus turned her on her side to face him, lifting her chin so her eyes met his.

"First, your worth is not determined by the foolish boys who were stupid enough to let you slip through your fingers. I would never judge you based on that. Second, you are, quite simply, the most beautiful person I have ever laid eyes on, inside and out. A thousand years, and you are the first to brighten a room for me, just by being in it. I would spend the rest of my eternal life in podunk Mystic Falls, just to be near you, even if you had never let me touch you. Caroline, I have loved you for so long, and I will never stop."

Caroline didn't realize she had been holding her breath, and she exhaled with a squeak. Klaus smiled and leaned down to kiss her softly.

"Now, can we go back to being lazy in bed all morning?"

"I think that sounds like a good idea."

-The End-

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