Oddly for all the stories I have on the go, this is the one that keeps coming into my head and wanting to be written, I hope they are not too out of character, but I figured that Bonnie would warm to Kai a bit, if she spent time with him at her own control.
Thank you for the lovely comments its so encouraging to know people read and enjoy this
Bonnie looked at her phone. Waiting for it to buzz into life, delivering a text or a phone call any form of communication. She had been like this for about 30 minutes now. There was a sense of dread and uncertainty in her stomach. She was not really sure she wanted the outcome either way.
It had been a week, well 10 days since she kissed Kai. She was still conflicted about how she felt about it. How she felt about him, complicated wasn't even the words for it. When away from him she only felt resentment for his cruelty. Then she saw him. The shudder of electricity pulsed through her. His touch was addictive. The energy in the air between them pulsated and drew them together.
If he felt the same he did a much better job, than she, of resisting. His look had changed since they first met. He aged and looked kinder, more thoughtful. It was easy to forget what a monster he really was. Yet the same criteria would go for most of her friends. As vampires they killed to survive. At the least they sucked the life from people, to ensure their own existence continued, just as humans slaughtered animals for food. Did vampires consider people just food, she often wondered.
Kai however had only killed for fun, boredom and spite. Revenge on his family, for not trusting him to lead the coven. That was probably the most relatable of his crimes, yet the least forgivable.
She unlocked her phone and it opened on his Twitter feed, CobraKai1972. She smiled at his most recent tweet, mocking boy bands hair styles, missing the early 1990's. She clicked to his media to look at his new found love of selfies. There were many selfies. There were also a lot of likes from each picture. He had a fair number of followers, just over 4000, compared to her 20. Selfies gained about a five hundred likes, he was a good looking guy Bonnie admitted.
She wasn't sure if he was interested or not in women. Maybe the merge with Luke had affected him. Her mind flicked to her kissing him, the passion wasn't just one sided of that she was very sure. There was more there than she wanted to admit. Maybe he didn't realise he was attractive, he had spent 18 years alone. He had nothing to compare to, and no reason to consider his looks. Too many other changes to deal with since his release. 18 years of change in society, she didn't envy him.
Suddenly a message flashed across the phone, her heart skipped a beat. A million feelings flooded through her including panic, excitement, doubt and hope. She couldn't access her messages quick enough. Once they opened, it was from a number that wasn't saved to her contacts. Pressing read, she took a deep breath.
"Hi Bon-Bon, now you can stop twitter stalking me. ;-) XOXO"
She smiled, it was friendlier that she expected. She clicked on the number and saved to contacts. Saving it as Malachai knowing most of her friends wouldn't connect Kai to his full name, as he was never called that even by his family.
"One DM isn't stalking"
She typed smiling as she did. She had sent him her number via a direct message. She wasn't sure what she expected or wanted from him, but she was having an uncontrollable urge to see him again.
"Wishful thinking, I was hoping you fancied popping over, watching TV, sharing a takeaway, making out again"
Yes she didn't know what she wanted. All options sounded good, until she remembered this was Kai, as deadly as he was handsome.
"And be alone with you with no magic? Not a good plan, fancy a coffee? My treat?"
"Sure, little coffee shop near my place? See you in half an hour"
"See you there"
Then she realised that she had agreed to meet him in public. At least he suggested somewhere her friends were not likely to go. It was a 15 minute walk, so that gave her 15 minutes to get ready. She swapped her faded jeans and vest top for a pretty sun dress and half pinned her hair up so curls tumbled down her back. It's just Kai, just Kai. She muttered to herself. Oh this was not a good idea
Kai arrived before Bonnie. It was a quaint little coffee shop, mostly used by arty types who liked to sit around and talk rubbish pretending they were gifted. All the art they had with them looked the same as the last ones who was there, and the ones before them. He like this shop. No one took much notice of him, too interested in themselves. He studied their interaction, trying to learn about how people acted. Emotions were very confusing and google was often confusing. Social media too full of cats, or porn or people's opinions on why their opinion was more important than everyone else's. Those opinions were often written in acronyms, so he had to google those to establish what the point they were failing to make was. He missed 1994, before all the constant demand for self-validation. Before all the change. Before skinny jeans. The strange new fashions.
Bonnie's message surprised him, he had been certain she wanted nothing to do with him. Then she started following him around, and kissed him, then the message. He felt unsettled, well he assumed that was what he felt. He was drawn to her in a way he had never been before, this had begun before he had emotions. There was a slight hope that maybe she had feelings for him, also a fear that this was some trap, revenge, for what he had done in the past.
He took a seat at one of the more comfortable tables towards the back of the shop. Away from the strange arty band that randomly had positioned themselves around a table and were playing some depressing folk style music. Still it was better than the mime artists the week before, that was just creepy.
His phone buzzed, he half expected it to be Bonnie changing her mind about seeing him. It was Jo, thanking him for the cupcakes he had dropped in to the hospital for her and the other staff. He smiled, it was odd having a relationship with Jo finally. There were a few people he cared about since the merge, Jo was one of them. Most other people he was indifferent too, less inclined to kill them, but that didn't mean he cared for them. There was still a big part of him that was still the sociopath, just less likely to kill as the first option.
Bonnie walked in, she looked around. It was a quirky little place, not what she expected from him. Maybe Luke had changed him more than she realised. Yet this wasn't a very Luke place either. Luke liked money and expensive things. Kai liked his gadgets but didn't appear material. 18 years with no concept of money had made him less interested in material thing she assumed, not that they had chatted about it. They hadn't chatted about much she realised, and was concerned that she felt sad about it.
Suddenly she saw him and her stomach churned, excitement, fear, she wasn't sure. Putting on her game face she went to join him.
"Hi" he grinned, boyish and cute. The reason why he was so dangerous suddenly faced her, if you were looking for a deadly serial killing witch, an attractive young man in his early 20s was not top of the list. Horror films didn't prepare you for the Kai Parkers of this world.
She didn't respond, just sat down, game face, game face she mutter to herself internally.
"I ordered us coffee, and cake" he stated, "I hope you don't mind, I have to leave in 40 minutes have my psychotherapy sessions in an hour" his matter of fact tone hiding the clear discomfort of him admitting that he was seeking help.
"Thanks" she smiled at him, warming a little because of the openness, "How's therapy going?"
"Strange, how open can you be about, well everything? Can normal people really understand? Jo had Elena compel the therapist to not freak out about everything, but it's very hard for them to really understand. I'm not even sure TV shows would get away with telling my story"
"Yes, twin merges, magic, prison worlds, slaughtering most of your family, that's not normal" Bonnie smiled. His expression softened
"How are you doing Bon-Bon? Are you adjusting better?"
"I'm not really thinking about it to be honest" Which was a lot more honest than she expected to be. "Elena is having Damon problems, Caroline and Stefan are having problems, so it's all about them makes it easier when you can just forget, plus they can't understand, not likeā¦"
"Like me" they both looked at each other. The coffee arrived as well as two large slices of cake.
"I could kiss you" Bonnie declared looking at the cake and realising she hadn't eaten all day, it looked so tempting. She then realised what she said, and blushed. He smiled.
"You already did that" there was a soft teasing tone, "I mean we can return to that if you want, may be better somewhere less public" he chuckled softly.
"In your dreams" she scoffed and grabbing a fork started eating the cake, stifling a groan at how good it was.
They ate their cake and drank the coffee in a comfortable silence. Silence by its very nature was odd, Kai was very rarely not chatty.
"So what did you want to see me for? And if this is going to be a normal situation do I need protection spells each time?" His tone was business like, cold for him.
"Protection spell?" Bonnie was shocked why did he think he needed to be protected from her, he was the dangerous one, the killer.
"Yes Spell to protect me from anything you have planned! Don't forget you stabbed me, with a Pick Axe, it hurt, plus you had no idea that I was protected there. And your friends I have noticed they are not the safest people to be around."
"I don't want to hurt you Kai, I don't know why I just feel I need to see you" there was a rawness to her openness that made her vulnerable, rather than the strong focused witch she always was, "Plus I want to know why when we touch there is an electricity between us that I have never felt before"
His position stiffed, and his interest level increased, "That's not normal?" he questioned raising an eye brow.
"No" Bonnie shook her head, he shifted his focus studying her more, "Why did you think it was?"
"I'm a Siphoner, still am. I have always felt peoples magic, not just peoples, any magic in the air, or items, not as strongly. Now I can generate Magic and am coven leader, I assumed it was normal, just like the feelings something new to deal with" he shrugged.
"No I have never felt anything like that. I feel Magic slightly in the air like a soft breeze, in the background, but between us, it's like there are sparks, and it's intoxicating" she inched closer to him, feeling slightly hypnotised.
"I thought you were drawn to my charming personality" he laughed
"Yes I find Sociopaths alluring" she laughed
"Damon, Stefan, Elena, Enzo, Caroline I would agree you do"
She chuckled slightly, to outsiders her friends could be considered sociopaths. Mostly they were self-interested and used people disposing of them when they were no longer useful. Most normal people didn't last long around the supernaturals either before something bad happened to them.
"You would know"
"I have never shied away from what I am" he smiled, "Its can you accept it that's always stood in the way of us working together. You were happy to release Damon back into the world, knowing he's a killer, yet me not so much."
"Damon felt guilt" she defended
"Did he really" Kai scoffed, "How could you know that, he cares about Elena and his brother, everyone else are collateral damage. He's as much a sociopath as I am. Maybe not as much, still is a sociopath, just had the affection of others to support him, whilst I was shunned."
"Damon cares about people" Bonnie started to defend him but deep down agreed Kai had a point.
"Does he? He considers people to be food, and mind controls them for his bidding, even Elena does, my therapist is controlled, it benefits me, but should we do that. He thinks he's better than everyone, anyway I'm not interested in Damon"
"I doubt he would be pleased if he knew I was with you" Bonnie replied
"Might need a cloaking spell" Kai smiled, his preferred party trick was being cloaked.
"Don't you dare" Bonnie demanded, and without thinking grabbed his wrist. The electricity pulsed through them again, both looked at each other understanding that this was something different that needed to be studied. It was no longer painful, just addictive, seductive and new.
"We need to work out why that keeps happening" he smiled, and glanced at his phone, "Sorry need to go, don't want to be late" he stood up, she decided to follow him.
"Can I walk with you, I assume you are going to the hospital. It's the same direction"
"Do I need to cloak us, in case your friends see" he joked,
"Don't be silly" she teased, resisting the urge to playfully slap him. As they walked, they chatted about a new show on the TV that Bonnie thought he may like, Explaining the plot, a zombie who ate people's brains so she could solve their murders. Kai agreed to try it, but Bonnie suspected he agreed to stop her explaining in more detail. The casual conversation felt natural and fun. Their uncomfortable beginnings were forgotten in those moments.
Bonnie was sad when they reached his destination, the hospital. He walked to go inside but she grabbed his arm. "Kai wait" there was an urgent pleading in her voice, which he found hard to resist. Adding to the fire pulsing between them, and her magic touching him resisting was difficult. There was another problem he also had forgotten as he fought the need to siphon this new magic.
Bonnie took a deep breath and carried on "I don't hate you anymore, and it scares me. I have hated you for so long, all I wanted was revenge. But now I'm here with you, and I don't have that. I feel so lost. Hating you was easy, simple, and constant in the prison world. I don't know what to feel now, what to do!" Her eyes filled with water, "Tell me how I should feel! Tell me how I move on, tell me something" she almost begged.
He paused for a few seconds it felt like a life time, "Maybe we both have a fresh start, we both get to know the new me. I don't know him either, we might hate him." He smiled with a cute shrug.
She nodded, "Pleased to meet you Malachai Parker" content that there was a way she could start to understand this connection to him.
"Pleased to meet you Bonnie Bennett" they both laughed.
Once they stopped they realised they were face to face. Breathing heavily, the unspoken air between them grew tense. Neither wanted to make the first move, neither wanted to break away. His grey eyes flickered from watching her green ones to looking at her lips, she reflected his actions, with an unwanted feeling of longing for his touch, his taste, starting to consume her. He smiled slightly, which she took as a cue. Releasing her grip on him for a second as she wrapped her arms around his neck. They swiftly met each other's lips, and deepened the kiss. His arms around her waist. Her fingers in his hair, as they sunk into the kiss, tasting each other. There was a urgency they both battled against, knowing they were in public. Knowing all people close to them with disapprove of their connection. Knowing they both battled each other and couldn't fully trust each other, yet couldn't resist the draw they each held.
Finally he broke the kiss, "I really have to go" he smiled, shaking his head sadly, and breathing heavily.
"Can I see you later?" asked Bonnie, to the surprise of the both of them.
"Text me" he smiled and kissed her cheek, turning quickly before he changed his mind, therapy was going to be interesting.
Bonnie stood watching him leave, shaken slightly. Kissing Kai Parker once was a mistake, but what would that make twice? Oh this was so far from smart.
She was about to walk home when she spotted Elena walking towards her and panicked about how much she had seem. Deep breaths Bonnie Deep breaths, she muttered.
