The next month Kol felt as if he were in paradise. They spent so much time together as possible, which was not difficult because they were already used to spend all their time together. Therefore, no one wondered. Nor did anyone wondered about all the hugs and kisses exchanged between them over the day.
After Rebekah had caught him satisfying himself, she had forbidden him ever to do that again. Instead, she wanted him to come to her so she could help him.
He could not help smiling at the thought of how naughty she was and how many wild things she was up to. When they were on some of their trips far into the woods or to their cave, she could suddenly think of commanding him to take his trousers off and begin satisfying himself. The first time she had done that, he had lost his lower jaw. But she had insisted. And her words were his law. She could tell that he was not so comfortable with it, so she had begun to talk about things he could imagine that she did to him. So there he stood with his trousers down around his ankles and imagined what she could do to him as he had satisfied himself. To Rebekahs great pleasure. And soon she started touching herself.
That was just one of the many crazy things she had come up with during the first month.
There was only one thing that could make them both sad, so they tried to avoid talking about it. Kol knew how much his sister wanted a family and children. She had often talked about it in the past. And after they had found each other, she had confided to him that she had always imagined him to be the father of her children. One thing that Kol would gladly be. But they both knew well that it would never be possible. Cause it would mean that their relationship would be published. Kol could just imagine it for himself. And he could more than clearly see his own grave after that. No, it was anything but an opportunity.
But one day everything changed.
Kol stood as so often before and chopping woods when he heard the girls come out. He continued his work while he waited for Bekah to get past him and give him a kiss. And even if it was just a quick kiss on the cheek or mouth, it was a kiss that without exception got his manhood to grow. Therefore, they used to sneak away, far into the woods to solve that little problem.
But she did not come. After a while he looked over at the girls all laughed and amused, except Rebekah. She sat in the middle between them and looked sad. He tried in vain to make eye contact with her, but she just stared into the ground as if she was trying to avoid him.
Suddenly she got up and ran into the woods. Kol had been quite worried about her and decided to follow her, to hear what was wrong. Because something had to be wrong. Since she behaved so strangely. When he finally found her, she stood and threw up while she leaned against a tree. Kol hurried over to her, but she just pushed him away from her. When she was finished she turned to him. She still looked sad, but at the same time she also radiated determination. She said in the coldest voice Kol had ever heard. "If you tell someone that I have thrown up, I'll tell all about us ..." She let the threat hang in the air as she started to walk back to the village.
Kol stood paralyzed, staring back at her. He felt as if his heart stopped beating and that he no longer knew how to breathe. Slowly he was brought back to reality and he walked home with his shoulders hanging. His mood was totally destroyed and just having to complete the day's work seemed completely impossible.
How he managed to get through the rest of the days he did not know. He had been watching her from time to time. But she continued to act sad and pale. And he had seen her run into the woods several times. But he had not had the courage to follow her. And she avoided him completely, just as she went to bed as soon as she got the chance.
The family had of course noticed Rebekahs odd behavior. And both their mother and Elijah had tried to talk to her. But with no luck. When she had gone to bed, Kol was asked what was wrong with her. But he could not help them, which gave Niklaus a smirk on his face. He did try to hide it, but Kol saw it. Kol had no doubt that Niklaus was brewed on something. He had never been a big fan of Kol and Rebekah being so close and it would not surprise Kol that he was planning to set in to separate them.
For Kol luck their mother asked him to go to Rebekah to try to get her in a better mood, which got Niklaus to grind his teeth of irritation.
Kol knocked quietly on the door, and although she did not answer, he went into her room. He was determined to talk to her. When he came into her room he found her lying on her bed with her face buried in the pillow to hide her sobs. But her whole body shook so Kol at first was quite frightened. He hurried to sit on the edge of her bed. He stroked her gently over her back, hoping to get her to calm down. But it seemed to have no effect on her, so he crawled into the bed with her. He wrapped his arm around her and held her close to him. She made no resistance. But she didn't snuggle into him as he had hoped. Instead of talking to her, ask her what was wrong, he began to sing the lullaby he had sung to her when she was little. And slowly she began to relax in his arms. And they ended up falling asleep like that.
The next morning Kol woke up when Rebekah pulled herself out of his embrace. He took a deep breath to talk to her. But she just turned toward him with an equally cold expression as she had had the day before. "Forget it, Kol. I will not talk about it. "And with that she walked out of the room. Again Kol felt as if he had gotten his heart torned out and it took him several minutes before he was able to get up. Everything was like the day before. Rebekah still looked sad and pale. And just like the day before she ignored him. Kol was heartbroken, but he had work to be done, otherwise his father would beat. So he tried in vain to think of something else while he worked.
But suddenly he heard her laughter. He immediately looked in the direction of where he heard it and got a shock. For the first time in over a day she stood and laughed while one of the boys from the village told her something.
Kol's heart began to throb and he could feel the rage rising in him. He had always been known as the charming boy that in just a few seconds could turn into the most feared boy in the village. A deep growl rumbled in his throat as he looked at them. Which made him chuckle to himself for a moment. He almost sounded like an animal. But the fun was soon over.
Fortunately he saw them go their separate ways after a short time and he was able to continue his work. When he later looked over at her again, she looked just as sad as she had done before she had talked with that boy. Just the thought of him made Kol fists his hands in rage.
He thought for a while whether he should confront her with what he had seen. But basically he was afraid to hear her answer. He was afraid she was finished with him. And right now he was afraid to hear the truth. Instead, he once again tried to concentrate on his work. But when he later that day again heard Bekahs laughter and again saw her with the boy, standing and goofing and giggle along with him, it was too much for Kol. Instead of making a huge scene and in this way make it clear to everyone what he felt for her, he ran into the woods. He just kept on running until he finally could stand no more. He sat on a fallen tree to breathe out, and only then it dawned on him that he still had the ax in his hand.
When he had caught his breath he stood up and fought against a tree with the ax. He was going on and on chopping into the tree. It was a big tree and they used to be at least three men to fell a tree at this size, not because it was too hard for one to fell it, but simply because it was too dangerous to do it alone. But he did not care. He chopped loose until the tree finally toppled with a big bang.
Kol raged out in the woods all day. He threw the ax against many of the trees he passed. Far into the night he turned his nose home. A while outside the village he met Niklaus who was carrying two bottles. Kol guessed they came from their father's stock. Niklaus stopped and looked judgmental at Kol. "Well, there you are. It must be nice to have time to drift around like that all day." He said with sarcasm in his voice. But Kol ignored it. He did not feel like arguing with Niklaus right now. Instead, he pointed to the bottles. "That, I should have thought of before I slipped. Then I could have held a massive party with the bears. Do you give a drink?" He asked with a smirk. He was really thirsty and actually he would much rather drink his brains out than go home.
Niklaus looked from Kol to the bottles and back to Kol before he nodded. "But not here, it's too close. Come on." He said and started to walk and Kol followed. Niklaus led them to a nearby cave, not Kol and Rebekahs cave, and went into it. He lit one of the torches in the cave before he sat down on a stone and handed Kol one of the bottles. "Here, I can always take more where they come from." And with that he opened his own bottle and put it to his mouth. Kol took the bottle and sat down before he opened his bottle. He looked at his brother and followed his example.
In the past, they had often taken some of their father's bottles and had sneaked out in the woods or in a cave to drink. Their relationship had always been very turbulent. Sometimes they were the best friends, sometimes they hated each other more than anything else. In fact, Kol always had the feeling that his closest brother never really had liked him. Which was probably why Kol had become so close with Rebekah instead. But it didn't prevented that they once in a while would make pranks together. And they had done that many times. In essence, they reminded a lot about each other. They were just as reckless and ruthless and they always had to prove that to each other. And because none of them would lose faces, the stuff they did was more and more dangerous. As the time Niklaus decided that they should sneak out at full moon to see the men turn into beasts. Kol had probably been about 16 years, but he could still remember how it had been to be out that night. And although he loved to do crazy things, he would never, ever sneak out at full moon again.
But their brotherly bonding never lasted for long. Because Niklaus had indeed a very dominant side which Kol could not abide. Niklaus should always be the one in command. And when he did not have his way, he was not happy and he would do anything to get what he wanted. No matter who he hurt. Kol could accept it for a short period, but he always ended up leaving his tyrannical brother. All in all Kol preferred to be his own master.
As they sat drinking and getting more and more drunk, Niklaus trusted his younger brother that he was planning a small test of manhood for their little brother Henrik. They would sneak out at the next full moon, which might come within a few days. Kol did not think it was a good idea and tried to talk Niklaus from it. But when he had made his mind, he could not be talked out of it again. And Kol was too drunk to bothered to go more into it.
When they had emptied their bottles they went back to the village and went to bed.
