Klaus woke up to streaming sunshine and the mistakable sound of twisting locks and muffled voices of the guards. In his morning daze he was startled to see unfamiliar surroundings but found himself recollecting the events from the night before which made him smile ever so slightly. When Caroline proposed they sleep in this spot, together and next to each other he was gob smacked to say the least. Here was a woman who had completely rejected him and insulted him at every turn and now here she was wanting to be inches away from each other willingly. Yes they had no choice but Klaus was sure despite the luxury she was usually used to, the princess wouldn't mind sleeping on the floor if such a situation as last night arose. He even thought she would demand he sleep on the floor but she had surprised him many times yesterday. Sure his limbs were sore and he thought he would have been cold considering they had no blankets or pillows but after they came to a truce last night he could care less where he slept. But the thing is not once had he felt cold last night nor did he have restless night, in fact he slept quite soundly and felt warm. And the source of that warmth and comfort was from the gentle weight on his chest which was none other than the infuriating blonde that had occupied his thoughts lately sticking to him with her head on his chest and her arm draped across his body. For all the fuss she made about no hanky panky here she was holding on to him like a child to a doll while she slept. The thought made him chuckle quietly.
Klaus also saw that he wasn't that innocent either to see his arm hugging her to his body as well as his head resting a top of hers. Their legs were all tangled up and to say Klaus was quite content would be wrong. He was ecstatic.
Klaus's thoughts had been all over the place lately. All his life he had been solely in control. He was the master of his fate. But suddenly here he was for the first time in his life with zero control over anything. Everything was driving him insane. He thought the responsibility of the country on his shoulders was driving him mad but at least on some level he was anticipating that. But the fact that Caroline Amelia Forbes had been forced on him as his bride to be, no questions asked, was completely out of left field and that made him feel as if he was on the brink of insanity. He had zero control over this and he knew for a fact that he would have no control over Caroline which truthfully scared him.
As if right on cue, the blonde began to shift and Klaus felt like a startled lamb at a hunting party and out of sheer panic shut his eyes quickly.
For a few minutes he felt her shift restlessly and even felt a loss of warmth as she lifted her head from his chest. She was awake but she didn't say anything for a few minutes nor did she get up from their spot. Just as Klaus was about to open his eyes out of curiosity he felt her breath near his cheek and he suddenly felt like he couldn't breathe.
He willed himself to stay motionless and maintain his composure but her warm breath hitting his cheek was hard to ignore and he was hoping she wouldn't even noti-
"I know you're awake Klaus."
Of course she would notice.
He opened his eyes with a smirk but that dropped right off his face when he saw her striking morning glory blue eyes sparkling with mischief peering over him. Heavens, she was breathtaking.
"Good morning to you too." She said with a smile as if she knew the effect she had on him,
It took Klaus a few moments to recover but his lazy smirk stretched on his face.
It was good morning indeed.
"Morning sunshine."
Her eyebrows raised, "Klaus your endearments are getting exhausting."
"You know you love it.
She rolled her eyes, "Oh yes Klaus you're my knight in shining armor." She fake moaned.
Klaus laughed his voice deep and rich from the early morning and Caroline felt warm seeing his smile.
"Stop that."
Wanting to see him smile more she decided to mess around with him more this time making sure to be more dramatic by twirling her hair and fanning herself, "Oh Klaus you're so handsome and smart."
She was rewarded with more laughter, "Stop that."
"Or what." She said daring him with her eyes flashing.
"Let's just say the consequences would not be pretty sweetheart so I suggest you stop." He said smiling.
She looked at him, her bright blues eyes sparkling accepting his challenge as she broke out into a loud moan.
"Oh Klaus you make me so weak in the knees and oh you're so- oomph."
Before she knew it Klaus had grabbed on to her hips and flipped her so she was on the bottom and he was on top straddling her as he began to tickle her.
Caroline began to laugh uncontrollably and she tried prying his hand away with her own but he was too quick as he pinned her arms above her with one hand and his other tickled her.
"Klaus sto-op ple-ase."
"Beg for mercy!" he said loudly between his laughs.
"MERCY."
"What was that hm?"
"MERCY YOU ASSHOLE NOW STOP."
"Alright alright." He chuckled.
Caroline puffed out, her eyes smiling and her cheeks red from laughing.
His hand was still pining hers above and his other hand was loosely on her waist and he was smiling down at her, his head just a few inches above hers.
And suddenly the air got too hot and they were fully aware of their proximity.
He saw a violent blush began to creep up her neck clearly not from laughing too hard and Klaus's eyes darkened as she bit her lip.
Klaus cleared his throat as he slowly released her hands and scrambled to get off her.
"We should go. Hunting starts soon."
She got up too smoothening the wrinkles on her dress and tucking her hair behind her ear as she nodded, looking anywhere but him.
"I'll see you at breakfast eh?", he said trying to catch her eyes but she wasn't having it as she turned around and began adjusting her hair.
"Sure." She mumbled more interested in making her hair look alright.
He decided he should leave the blonde to her own to process what had happened but the problem was, he was confused himself as to what had happened. As he made his way to his chamber he willed himself to focus on the bigger picture and scolded himself to not mess up things with Caroline before it even started.
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A/N
Happy Wednesday everyone! You're almost through the week, hang in there.
Here's another Klaroline centric chapter, I hope you enjoyed.
As always leave me a comment with your thoughts and thank you for reading!
-C
