It only takes a second for Kai to realize that Damon isn't coming back. That he has just left Bonnie there, on the ground, sacrificing her for Elena Gilbert. He doesn't know what to do, but whatever it is, he has to do it fast. She's dying, bleeding out right in front of him.

"That's it? He just left you?" he asks quizzically, and he is already moving forward, moving toward her limp body. He pulls down his sleeve, readying his fangs to rip into the delicate skin of his wrist when he feels it: the stake in his heart.

Kai screams out, agony and rage in his tone as he desperately tries to turn and see who it is trying to kill him. Trying, of course, and failing, because he is Kai Parker, and he doesn't die that easily.

It feels like slow motion, the way he falls next to her.

Kai thinks it's okay now. He got everything, really - everything he ever wanted. He had become the leader of his Coven, exacted revenge on his father. There is only one thing missing, one final moment of closure that he needs.

"Bonnie, Bonnie, listen to me," he croaks out. "I was - going to - save you. Bonnie."

He desperately reaches out, slashes at his skin with his teeth, and presses it to her mouth. She doesn't respond, or maybe he misses the small gasp that she elicits. Damon is already gone. The bastard. He didn't even try to save her.

"You." Kai coughs. "You were the only one I ever loved. Bonnie Bennett."

He can feel his veins already hardening, like sandpaper under skin. And no, what is he doing? Because Kai Parker doesn't die this easily. But he is already gone.

Bonnie rights herself and can't help the lone tear sliding down her left cheek. She tells herself that she is crying because it hurts, but it's a lie. She cries for the beautiful mess of a man that loved her, that apologized to her - the man she secretly forgave in his last minute of life.


A/N: Title: Sober, P!nk

Just something I wrote right after watching 6x22, but I forgot to post it here, oops. Somebody cry with me.