A/N: 06/29/2017 This idea just kind of hit me at the most random time, don't really have an explanation for it. I just thought it would be kinda cute.

Also, fun fact: I had originally planned for Kai to call Caroline Carebear as a nickname, so every time you see Clarice that's where Carebear was originally supposed to be. But I remembered that's what Damon calls her, and then I saw the scene where Kai was all, "Hello, Clarice." and thought it was adorable so I went with that.

Thank you CandyJMF and HCookie once again for your reviews! Damon is indeed a pain in the butt, lol. Even I don't know what was in those porkrinds... O_O

Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries.


Chapter seven: The Headache


Caroline groaned, pouting as she closed her eyes and rubbed at her temple.

She had woken up with a headache, and a bad one, at that. In fact, it was more like a super-charged migraine with her vampiric sensitivities. It was so bad that she hadn't even gotten up, just laid in bed until Bonnie found her. The Bennett witch had asked her what was wrong, and when Caroline had told her, she immediately tried every spell she could think of that would take it away. Because apparently vampires having headaches was not normal.

This, of course, freaked out Caroline, because she didn't know how she had gotten it or why, and if Bonnie-freaking-Bennett couldn't fix it, there was hardly a being in the world that could.

"I can think of one person, one, who might be able to help," she'd said.

And so Caroline waited, alone and miserable in her bed, while Bonnie went to get help.

"Uhhhhhhghh..."

She scrunched her eyebrows together and shut her eyes, covering her face with her hand. Man, this headache was even starting to make her sensitive to light. Er, more sensitive. Whatever. She contemplated going over to shut the blinds, but any thoughts of doing so were cut off as a figure entered the room.

"Clariiice!" Kai chimed excitedly, strutting in past the doorway with an annoyed Bonnie trailing behind. "Long time, no see! How's it goin'?"

Caroline blinked, eyebrows pinching even further together (if that were possible). "What is he doing here?!"

"He's the other option," Bonnie explained, crossing her arms. "Sorry, Care. He was the only solution I could think of."

"And I am flattered," Kai said with false sincerity, placing a hand on his chest. "Especially since this little side gig gets me inside Caroline Forbes's room! I always wondered what it looked like in here...ooh, is that a diary?"

He reached towards a book lying on her bedside table, and she immediately slapped his hand away.

"Ow!"

"Don't touch!"

Kai cradled his stinging hand, pouting a moment before returning to normal.

"Well, anyway, back to business. What's the emergency?"

"Caroline has a headache," Bonnie said simply.

He blinked several times in succession. "Ooookay. What does that have to do with me?"

"I think it's a supernatural headache. Something magic-related. And...I figured that since you're a witch siphon, you'd be able to take it away. Or at least take the edge off." She explained.

Kai sighed and shook his head, as though all of this new information had thrown him for a loop. "Well, that's not a lot of pressure."

Clearing his throat and tugging at his collar, he moved to sit on the edge of the bed next to Caroline, twisting around to face her. They stared at each other for what felt like an eternity, before Kai opened his mouth to break the awkwardness.

"Soooo what am I doing, exactly?"

Frustrated, Caroline burst, "I don't know! Just do your witch-y thing and siphon it off!"

"You do realize that headaches are normal, right?" He said.

"And you realize that being a vampire isn't, right?" She shot back. "I haven't had a single headache since I turned. So for me, this is not normal."

His eyebrows jumped, clearly keeping his next thoughts to himself. "Well, okay..."

He threw his arms out and fluffed his hands like a magician, bringing them up to either side of Caroline's head.

"Now keep in mind, this miiiight hurt a little."

"It can't possibly hurt any more than this headache, now please, just, go."

He gave her a look that said 'well, alright', and proceeded with what he was about to do next. Closing his eyes and concentrating, he began to slowly siphon the magic from her mysterious headache. Caroline made a quiet sound, like a wince, but he paid it no mind as he continued on. He wasn't quite sure how it felt on her end, but the whole thing felt strangely intimate to him. Like he was sharing something that wasn't meant to be shared with just anyone. Which was strange, considering he'd siphoned countless other magical beings and never felt the same effect, but he decided to let the notion slide and concentrate on what he was doing.

After a few minutes, he felt the magic from whatever was ailing her fade, and he let go before he started siphoning off her vampiric magic and Bonnie decided to end him then and there.

"Okay," he said, eyes darting a bit uncomfortably. "Is it gone now?"

Caroline rubbed her temple. "...Yeah. Yeah, actually. It's...it's gone! My headache, it's gone!"

She smiled and looked to Bonnie, who returned her happiness and went in for a hug (which Kai was deliberately left out of). Blinking a few times to clear the awkwardness for himself, he cleared his throat and stood up from the bed, swinging his arms about in a bored manner.

"Well, there ya go. Thank you for choosing Kai Medical! Side effects may include sneezing, twitching, internal itching, bloodlust, spontaneous combustion, and an uncontrollable need to thank me."

The two friends broke apart and he winked at Caroline, which brought him an eye roll.

"Ugh. Thank you, Kai."

"My God, the side effects are already setting in."

"Shut up. I said thank you."

"Anytime, Clarice," he said, smiling and winking again.

This time he got a half-smile from her.

Which, in his book, was as good as he could hope for.