Hi there,
Thanks again for your support, I am happy every time a new reader starts to follow this story, and I sincerely hope you will keep liking it! I will try my best to keep it interesting!
About this chapter: Again I googled every cultural references or watched a documentary on TV, so if I got something wrong then please don't feel offended for that was not my intention at all. I have never been to China myself, so I have no idea (besides from pictures) of what it really looks like there.
I hope you enjoy this rather long chapter which is rated M for a reason guys. Just warning you. So don't make me tell you I told you so.=)
Title reference: Heart to Heart - James Blunt (such a sweet song!)
The private jet was very comfortable, with white leather seats and a lot of space inside. Caroline had never thought that there could be so much space on a single plane, but then again she had no comparison and yet again she wanted to squeal when it reminded her once again that this was her first flight. She looked out of one of the tiny windows and all she saw was a white fluffy layer of clouds. They looked so soft and feathery that she simply wished she could jump right into them. The idea that they wouldn't hold her and that she would simply drop through them seemed somehow ridiculous.
No, looking at the sun that shone right there up above the clouds she felt as feathery as the clouds looked like. As soon as the plane had broken through the surface of the white fluff the plane had been embraced by the bright sunlight and Caroline's eyes had lit up at the sight of the ocean of clouds. It looked endlessly.
The sky was a light blue and everything was fine. Almost.
There was this dark cloud looming above her head that tried to sneak back into her thoughts now and then. Tapping carefully at the door before it burst right in taking her breath away.
This morning she had said her goodbyes to her friends and family.
Stefan had looked at her with determination in his eyes before he had hugged her tightly. "I'll see you in a few days." He had told her which had made her smile. This was no farewell after all. "Make sure that you scare the hell out of them." Caroline had nodded against his shoulder before it was Rebekah who embraced her quickly and Caroline had to admit that she had to gulp when she saw Rebekah's eyes.
They hadn't been as determined as Stefan's, but rather full of pity. She had been there and knew what Caroline was about to discover. She had opened her mouth to say something but Rebekah had cut her short.
"If you dare not to come back then I swear I will find a way to bring you back and kill you all over again myself!" She had withdrawn and looked sternly at Caroline. "Do you understand me?" Her voice had been low and threatening, so much like her brother, Caroline had thought. "I mean it, Caroline, no funny things! You get in and get out without any trouble, okay?"
Caroline had nodded. "Yes, Ma'am."
The original sister had shaken her head and Elena had stepped up to Caroline. She had smiled encouragingly. They would all stay behind along with Damon to protect Bonnie and have an eye on the city while Caroline, Klaus, Elijah and Kol would be gone. They had settled for the fewer people to go the better. They didn't want to raise any suspicion because attention was the last thing they could need.
"Take care! I know you'll be fine!" Caroline had hugged her friend back and chuckled when Elena had pulled back. "And if you don't bring me something from China than I will be really pissed!"
"All right." The blond vampire had answered with the realization that those were all unspoken promises that everyone wanted her to keep and she also wanted to keep. The promise that she would come back safe and sound. Everyone looked ahead into the future for when she would hopefully return. The fact that they as vampires couldn't control her fate didn't suit them.
Klaus hadn't been present when they had said their goodbyes. He hadn't wanted to hear it. None of it.
"Ey, Blondie, you sure you don't want to die your hair and wear a kimono?"
"Yes, Damon, I am pretty sure that I don't want to look like a Geisha who are still part of the Japanese culture!" She had retorted. Damon had kept bothering her the whole morning how she would blend in perfectly with the people and doing so he had revealed that he had no real clue about the Chinese culture since he had mixed it up with various other ones.
"However, remember that talk active women aren't appreciated much."
Caroline had muttered under her breath but actually she had been glad about Damon's idiotic ramblings, because he had distracted her the whole morning with it.
"Damon, would you please finally admit that you love her, so we can get this over with?" Kol had snarled when he had entered the room and Caroline giggled remembering the look Damon had given him.
"I actually feel sorry for her because she has to spend the flight with a dick like you."
Another banter between them had started at the end of which they had both gotten their heads smacked by Elijah.
Fine snow crystals were appearing at Caroline's window and she stretched out her fingers to touch them. The windowpane was cold. Each ice crystal had a different form she had been told once. Each of them was said to be unique and no one equalled the other. However no ugly crystal existed. No one would call them ugly, but rather beautiful.
When Caroline saw her hand resting against the windowpane she was reminded of yet another event that had happened that morning.
She had left the house and the morning was cold and grey and mirrored her inside quite well. She cast one look at the mansion and wondered if she would see it again. Quickly shaking her head and clearing it of those thoughts she eagerly made plans about maybe painting the porch when she got back. Yes, she could do that. The old paint was already full of gashes and started to fall off.
Some colour would be nice, she thought and looked up at the window to the room where Bonnie was currently staying in. The witch hadn't seen her off that morning and Caroline felt sad about it, but she hadn't dared to go to Bonnie and say goodbye. She could only guess that Bonnie didn't want to hear a thing about it, because she wasn't okay with the idea. She would never be okay with it.
When her eyes had wandered towards the window she had been surprised when she had seen Bonnie standing there. Her friend was watching her, but Caroline couldn't identify the look in her eyes. She couldn't have told Bonnie's feelings, but then the witch had raised her hand that she had then pressed against the glass of the window.
Caroline had wanted to tell her that she missed her but instead she had simply nodded at Bonnie who had answered with a shake of her head. They had stared at each other for another moment before Bonnie had turned around and disappeared into the confines of the room.
Caroline withdrew her hand and rubbed her cold finger tips against the palm of her hand.
She looked at Klaus who was focused on his sketchpad. The pencil in his hand danced swiftly over the paper and the white surface took a different design.
Hayley marched determinedly through the forest not caring how many branches were snapping underneath her feet. She knew that she was pretty loud instead of subtle, but she didn't care. They would notice her soon either way. She had a twig in her hand which she swooshed aimlessly through the air in front of her. The cutting sounds divided the air and cut it into invisible pieces.
If someone had asked Hayley where she was going then she couldn't have told the actual way for she hadn't paid any attention. Her mind was occupied with something else. Her instincts led the way through the forest while she repeated over and over again in her mind what she was about to say.
What do you actually want to tell him? She asked herself and tried to form coherent sentences in her head. Formulating and reformulating again and again until she didn't know anymore what she actually wanted. The twig cut the air in front of her again once more before she threw it angrily away.
The only hope she had was that Cortez would at least listen to her, because her chances to successfully persuade them to help her were small if not non-existent. Somehow it made her angry at the witches and the vampires and she could relate to Cortez and his pack. Of course none of them wanted to have anything to do with them. Arrogant and egoistical creatures, that's what they really were!
But there was no other way if she wanted to finally meet her family.
"You aren't really the saying goodbye kind of type, are you?" A voice suddenly asked to her right and when she turned around she saw Reese leaning casually against a tree, arms crossed over his chest.
Hayley pulled a face. "It's not like I was offered a choice at throwing a farewell party."
Reese laughed at her stepping closer. "Didn't want to insult you. I just thought…" But he didn't finish that sentence instead he formulated another one quickly."Well, you know that Cortez won't do backflips seeing you here."
"You don't say. Where is he? I need to talk to him?"
Reese raised his eyebrows at her. "And there I thought you missed me." He turned around calling out to her. "Come along, loner."
Hayley frowned at Reese and wondered if he was somehow pissed at her, but she quickly shrugged it off and followed him. She needed to see Cortez.
But the alpha wasn't exactly thrilled to see her. When Reese entered the clearing with Hayley Cortez looked sternly at the young wolf girl with a rather annoyed expression in his eyes. He stomped towards them. "What do you want?"
"I need to talk to you." Hayley answered and Cortez crossed his arms over his chest staring her down.
"About what?"
"I need your help." Hayley refused to feel inferior to his stare and back off. She would at least make him to hear her out, it was the least she could do. "I talked to Soph…"
Cortez interrupted her quickly. "I thought I'd made myself clear?"
Hayley desperately raised her voice. "She is going to lift the curse, when you help them with their…"
"…Vampire problem? Is that what you want to tell me? I shall put my whole pack into danger just because you want a witch to lift a curse?"
"We need to help the pack!"
"It's their own fault, not ours." He said coldly and shook his head at Hayley.
"Please, just think about it!"
Again the shake of the head. "No, I won't. Reese, take her back to the outer boundary."
Hayley balled her hands into angry fists when she watched Cortez turn around and leave her standing there. Her muscles trembled with tension.
The plane dropped through the cotton candy and the earth beneath became visible again. Everything looked so small, as if everything were simple toys. It looked so surreal as if Caroline could pick those tiny things up and put them somewhere else. The trees, the mountains and the cities between them.
"Are we landing?"
She asked Klaus who sat next to her engulfed in a book. He finished reading the sentence before he turned to her and nodded. "Yes, we will be there shortly."
Caroline turned back to the window and watched how the earth grew slowly back to its usual size. She didn't know if she was glad that they had reached their destination. Somehow she wished that they could just keep flying. She was nervous, but Klaus noticed it and took her hand. He leaned over to her and said in a low voice.
"I have a surprise for you."
Caroline frowned. "Now?"
Klaus sniggered and nodded. "You know since we still have an entire day and I promised showing you the world some time ago, I thought this might be as good a day to start as any other." Or even the most perfect one, Klaus added in his mind with a sweetbitter after taste.
Caroline's mouth dropped and her eyes widened. "What? But…where are we going?"
A bright grin spread on his lips and he nodded towards the small window. Caroline quickly went back to it and saw a big grey square growing closer and closer. She soon figured that it was the airport they were landing on. It was surrounded by water and almost looked like an island.
The plane got closer and closer to the ground and Caroline tried to make out any sign of where they were, but the Chinese signs she wasn't able to decipher only told her that they were somewhere in Asia.
With a thud the plan caught ground and slowly came to a stop on the runway and Caroline looked questioningly at Klaus who was still grinning.
"Welcome to Hong Kong, sweetheart."
Even when they left the plane Caroline still couldn't fathom it. She was in Hong Kong!
She turned and twirled around to see everything, to catch every detail and take it all in.
"I can't believe that you are showing me Hong Kong!" She said yet again for the umpteenth time and Kol already started to get bored.
He had been here before and Hong Kong wasn't his favourite city. "Yes, yes we got it, you love the airport, now can we please actually go into town?"
Elijah nudged his little brother who rolled his eyes.
"Oh, Kol, don't be mad, come on, you can show me your favourite places later." Caroline told him taking his arm and dragging him away towards the exit. Elijah and Klaus followed them and the hybrid drew a deep breath, because today would be the first time in thousand years that he wouldn't think about tomorrow. Today he would only live for the moment.
The three of them slipped into a black limousine that waited for them in front of the airport. Elijah told the driver the direction and the car pulled out of the airport.
Caroline watched the buildings and people fly by. There were so many people and one skyscraper next to the other and she tried to see how high they were, but she couldn't. The sky was blocked out by them and somehow the feeling of suffocation hit her, but despite that she was eager to discover everything.
Klaus watched her amused. The way she got slightly frustrated because she couldn't really see anything from out of the car was endearing but he refrained from making fun of her as well as from kissing her unhappy lips. He leaned back into his seat and tried to enjoy the ride. Elijah peeked a him from time to time out of the corners of his eyes.
Soon the car parked out front of a tall building and Kol huffed. "Finally." He seemed to be in a very bad mood and jumped quickly out of the confines of the limousine. Caroline frowned for a second but then opted for ignoring him.
Standing in front of the tall building she felt very insignificant and wondered if it could actually really touch the sky or at least the clouds that they had just passed with the plane.
"Come on, love." Klaus said and put his hand onto her waist.
The building was very modern and looked surely expensive. Caroline admired the marble interior that was perfectly illuminated by a dim yellow light. There were expensive leather chairs in the entry hall and the walls were covered in paintings of modern art. Even though everything looked very expensive there were surprisingly a lot of people around. She didn't understand a word of the language they were speaking in.
While she still wasn't yet over her first impressions Kol had already gotten their keys and handed each of them one. He was obviously very eager to get away from them for the day.
Klaus smiled at her while they walked over to the elevator and Caroline's mouth dropped at the amount of floors there were. 70!
She watched the number of floors tick by while she wondered how far up they actually were. Every time they had reached another floor she thought the door would open, but it didn't.
"How far up are we?" She asked and wasn't sure how nervous she should be when they had already reached number 50. Klaus grinned at Elijah who also had a small smile on his lips and answered.
"65. We haven't been in Hong Kong that often but when we were than we have always stayed in this apartment." He explained and the door finally opened with the number 65 blinking above it.
There were only two doors in front of them and Elijah went for the one on the right.
The apartment was huge. There was a big living room with four doors on each side of it probably leading to the bedrooms. But the most significant thing was the view.
"Oh my god, have you looked at this!?" She asked and stepped over to the window while the men went for the rooms with the small bags they were carrying.
They kind of ignored it and she heard Klaus answering: "This is nothing compared to the view I will show you later."
For a second Caroline wondered about the sexual innuendo but the view kept her distracted. She couldn't help but marvel at it. The tall buildings and the ocean in the distance at the horizon. Again she thought that it looked surreal and that she couldn't actually be here.
"Are you hungry?" Klaus asked when he came up behind her. He pulled her hair away from her neck and pressed a tender kiss against her soft flesh. Caroline spun around and her eyes were practically glowing.
"Can we just get going? I want to see as much as possible today!" She seemed to be so excited that no one dared to deny her any wish.
"All right then." Klaus replied.
"I'll catch up with you tonight when all the fun people come out to play." Kol said and dropped onto the big white couch in the room. Elijah declined as well and Klaus and Caroline made their way alone downstairs. Elijah thought that Klaus would need the time alone with her.
They enjoyed the tour through the city together and Caroline was ecstatic about everything. Her ears were practically glued to Klaus' lips and she made sure that not one word he used escaped her. He showed her every fascinating place that he knew of. There were the typical tourist attractions, but also the corners only the townsfolk knew of and Klaus could tell her stories and facts about simply everything. Caroline loved to listen to him, to the sound of his voice.
"So, this is the longest escalator of the world?"
"That it is." Klaus nodded.
Caroline looked around and discovered so many new things. So many things she had never been aware of. The habits and demeanour of the people around here were so different from everyone at home, but she was so thirsty for everything new and unfamiliar that she practically absorbed it all.
She figured that she loved to travel. Everything was new and different and all the colours seemed to shine even brighter than before. She figured that she finally understood what Klaus meant when he had offered her to show her the world.
Klaus was distinctly quiet that day. He let Caroline discover everything on her own and wanted her to make her own memories and opinions about the unfamiliar culture and he figured that he enjoyed simply watching her excitement. It was refreshing and the city looked suddenly different.
He had never seen it like this, never watched it through someone else's eyes and Caroline had this ability to let everything look brighter than it actually was, but then again he couldn't focus as much as he would want to. There was always this dark cloud fogging any silver lining for tomorrow.
"Come on, we are going to buy you something nice for tonight." Klaus offered taking her hand when they stepped off the escalator.
"What's going on tonight?" She asked.
"Well, I figured you might want to go dancing tonight."
He pulled her along towards an expensive store in front of which was a long queue of customer's waiting for entrance, but Klaus ignored the line and walked directly up to the bouncer. Before Caroline could say something Klaus was already compelling him to let them in. "Klaus Mikaelson, I believe you are expecting us."
The bouncer nodded with a smile. "Of course Mr Mikaelson, please come in."
Caroline had expected to hear a lot of people complaining but no one said a word and she shook her head because in America this wouldn't have gone without a complaint from someone.
While she made her way through the stalls of clothes, looking at a price tag here and there she chuckled delighted. "I do have the feeling that if I ask about whether or not you have seen the prices you will be insulted, right?"
Klaus smiled amused. "Love, you might have already noticed that money is no problem at all, with or without compulsion money should be the least of all your worries."
Caroline laughed. "I figured." She grabbed a dress and let her hands run over the soft fabric, but she bit her lip and turned to Klaus. "Are you sure that you want to spend your money on me? I mean even though if it is not bothering you I feel somehow strange, because this is an awful lot of money!" She made her point showing him the price tag, but Klaus wouldn't even look at it.
He rolled his eyes at her. "Caroline, just try the dress on, will you?"
Caroline hesitated but finally smiled. Well, if he insisted…
When she stepped out of the dressing room some seconds later she twirled in front of Klaus and posed with her hands on her hips. "And?"
Klaus smiled standing up from a plush chair. "Beautiful." He said and wrapped his arms around her.
Caroline squealed and laughed when he suddenly dipped her backwards and pressed a kiss onto her lips. She wrapped her hands around his neck and returned the kiss. His tongue begged for entrance which she allowed with a low sigh. They kissed teasingly at first, tongues carefully meeting each other until the kiss deepened. Klaus pressed her body closer to his and dipped his tongue deeper into her mouth.
Caroline held on to him and her tongue danced along with his picking up on the pace that he dictated. Luckily there was currently no one around who would interrupt their heated kiss. Caroline's cheeks were slightly flushed when Klaus slowed down. He licked her lips for one last time before he looked at her.
Klaus set her back onto her feet and his eyes were never leaving her face. His hand pulled her hair out of her face dancing gently over her cheek. He kissed her lips again before he said quietly. "Come one, there is another thing I want to show you."
When they made their way out of the shop and down the street Klaus put his arm around Caroline's shoulder and she leaned into this touch. Oh, how much she loved when he did this!
Sometimes she couldn't get enough of him.
"You know that you should actually try the traditional dish."
"What is that?" She asked intrigued and Klaus grinned.
"Snake soup."
Caroline pulled a face. "What? Ew."
"No, seriously."
"Have you tried it?"
"Once or twice."
Caroline raised her eyebrows at him and Klaus laughed. "Admittedly, it's not my favourite dish."
Caroline cocked her eyebrows. Snake soup…well, not really something she had ever thought about trying. They passed one of the many jewellery stores and Klaus stopped her pointing at a necklace that showed a phoenix and a dragon intertwined with each other.
"This is usually worn at a wedding. The phoenix represents the woman and the dragon represents the man." She found the thought lovely and smiled. Klaus returned it and pulled her along again.
They made their way to an old tram and Klaus motioned for her to hop on.
Her smile seemed to be glued to her face while the tram made its way higher and higher up the mountain. "Where are we going?" Caroline wanted to know, but Klaus simply answered with a smirk.
"You'll see."
She leaned against him and watched the light slowly fading away on the horizon. She couldn't believe that the day was already almost over. There were so many beautiful things that she had seen today and that she would carry with her everywhere she went and if she would die tomorrow, then, well then she had had the best last day ever.
Klaus noticed how a sad streak ghosted over her eyes. He quickly grabbed her chin and kissed her, aiming at kissing the gloomy thoughts away that invaded her mind.
With a jerk the old vehicle halted and Klaus jumped off his seat grabbing her hand. "Come along."
They got off and the sun tinted the sky into a warm orange glow. Yellow, orange and a faint hint of red. Klaus pulled her along and over to the edge of a banister.
Caroline gasped. The view in front of her was more beautiful than the one she had seen from the hotel earlier. The city lay at her feet in all its glory. The lights illuminated the windows in every colour. The skyscrapers stretched and struggled to reach the sky. The faint noises of the city caught her vampire hearing. The sun seemed to sink quickly now although Caroline had wanted her to stay for another while, but she just seemed to be in a hurry to lay itself to rest and give the reins over to the moon for the time of night.
"This mountain is called Victoria Peak. It is the highest point in the whole city." Klaus stood a step behind of her, wanting to let her take in the sight on her own without him tainting her memories of the city, but Caroline reached her hand out to him with a smile in her eyes. She didn't want to live this moment alone, but wanted to have the full experience with Klaus at her side. He embraced her and Caroline leaned back against his chest. They gazed in silence at the city in front of them.
They met Kol and Elijah again later that night.
"Did you enjoy your day?" Elijah asked her politely and Caroline nodded.
"Yes, it was brilliant! This is the most exciting thing I have ever done!"
"Poor you." Kol mocked and Elijah threw him a scolding glance.
"However, I believe you are going to enjoy the night even more!" He grinned at her naughtily.
"I received an invitation to the opening of a new art exhibition." Elijah started. "And I would be delighted if you accompanied me. I am sure Niklaus has reason to want to see the exhibition himself as well, will you not, brother?"
Klaus smirked. "I sure do."
Trying to understand the smirk she looked from Klaus to Elijah before Kol told her in a bored voice. "One of Nik's paintings is going to be displayed."
"What!?" She squealed but Klaus simply shrugged, although he felt pretty proud at Caroline's reaction. After a thousand years no one who actually meant something to him had shown him this admiration. "So, what are we waiting for?"
Elijah handed the security guard his invitation and the man with the black hair nodded and waved them through. They stepped into a building that had a very modern architecture, but the contrast form the inside couldn't be more different. The ceiling was very high and huge golden chandeliers were dangling down from it casting a bright light on the whole interior.
The people were dressed in suits and elegant dresses and Caroline noticed that each of them carried a glass of champagne and just in that moment a waiter came up to them extending a tray. Klaus picked up two glasses and handed her one. Elijah looked around the big hall and he looked like always very worldly. If she hadn't know better than she would have thought Elijah to be either the owner or at least the head of the exhibition.
"If you'll excuse me, I'll be at the bar. Nik, you won't mind me ignoring your finger-painting, right?" Kol said and walked off towards the bar.
"What is going on with him?" Caroline asked annoyed when she watched him walking away. She wanted to take a step after him, but Elijah quickly caught her elbow shaking his head.
"No Caroline. Let him be. He seeks the solitude." Elijah looked into the direction in which Kol had disappeared. The look in his eyes was somehow heavy and Caroline wondered if he actually knew what was going on with Kol. The whole day he had behaved somehow strange, distant, and almost indifferent. Klaus cleared his throat and hooked his arm through hers quickly distracting her, before she would figure out what was really going on.
"Come on, love, I'll let you guess which is my work."
Before she could figure out that Kol was detaching himself from Caroline. Klaus wanted to dagger Kol for the fact that he was taking precautionary steps for the possibility that he had to say goodbye, then again he could understand him, because the two of them had never been good at dealing with emotions, especially with loss.
The two of them entered a room where no other visitors were around and Caroline felt somehow relieved to be able to admire the art on her own without any disturbances. "I like this one." Caroline pointed at a painting and Klaus smiled.
"Now the story of this particular work is quite interesting…"
"But it is not yours, I see." Caroline chuckled and looked back at the picture. "Taking her time to admire the details and the colour. "I still like it. It is somehow…hopeful." She answered seeking comfort in the painting for a second before she swiftly moved on.
Klaus took another minute before he moved on from the painting as well taking a deep breath. He saw how Caroline moved towards a door and suddenly everything happened pretty fast.
A waiter was hurried towards the door from the other side. He had only eyes for his tray that was full of empty glasses of champagne. He juggled it on one hand and swayed dangerously. He didn't see the blond woman who entered from the other side and when he did, it was too late. He tried to stop, but the weight of the glasses was too heavy and he tripped under it.
Caroline saw crystal coloured glasses raining down at her and was too surprised to react at vampire speed, because she had been distracted by another painting. The wave made her tumble over onto the floor. The loud cracking of the numerous glasses echoed through the whole room and it sounded as if one of the chandeliers had fallen off the ceiling. The waiter paled and looked shocked at the woman at his feet.
"Oh, so sorry!" He said in a heavy accent. "No, no, no, no." He chanted shaking his head panicking.
Caroline tried to soothe him immediately. "It's okay, nothing happened!"
But the waiter kept shaking his head and raised his hand to point at something. "No, no, no, no."
Caroline was still at the floor and her eyes moved towards her arm and she gasped. The was a very long and deep gash on the inside of her arm that looked pretty mean and the shards inside the wound made it look like material for a horror movie. She gasped and stared and suddenly the pain finally set in. Her face contorted and the waiter quickly pulled out his phone.
"I call ambulance." He said and Caroline shook her head and tried to protest but the man was already speaking excitedly some unfamiliar words into the phone. Caroline was still shaking her head with a streak of panic in her eyes, but the blood kept seeping out of the wound.
The glass must have cut an artery. The red liquid stained the floor and her dress. The waiter looked so pale that Caroline felt almost sorry for causing him such a shock.
"Stay down, don't move!" He said and it was obvious that he didn't have a clue about what to do. Caroline clasped her arm covering the wound whose edges were already starting to heal.
"Can you get me a glass of water?" Reacting at the first idea that came to her mind in order to get rid of the human. He nodded quickly and practically sprinted out of the room obviously glad at getting away from all the blood.
Caroline sighed looking after him before she looked at Klaus and her face fell. He was grinning! Why the hell was he grinning? Did he think this was funny?
"This is not funny!" She complained and Klaus suddenly burst out laughing. It was a sound that she had fallen in love with when he had first taken her away to one of his estates a year ago when she had lost her humanity. And even though she heard it too rarely it was more than inappropriate for him to laugh now, but maybe that's why it was so beautiful, because he let go on an occasion so absurd in which someone would have usually ended up daggered. They were lucky that there were currently no visitors in this room.
"Niklaus!" She said but he was still laughing.
"I know, I know." Caroline had a hard time not to laugh along with him.
"Stop laughing!" She tried so hard to suppress her grin.
His laughter finally died down and Kol stuck his head around the door and into the room. He had sensed the blood immediately and came to inquire what had happened. He frowned when he saw Caroline sitting in a puddle of glass and blood while his brother stood next to her and laughed his ass off. He groaned and went back to his drinking and Caroline heard him telling Elijah something along the lines of: "Don't worry, the kids discovered that the fine art of cutting their wrists was what would finally drive them mad!"
Caroline shook the glass shards of herself and stood up. "Shit, he called an ambulance. What are we going to do now!?" She asked distraught looking at the floor that looked as if a crime had happened. Klaus grinned.
"Don't worry, we'll compel them."
Caroline snorted. "You just stood there and laughed!" She said reproachful. "You could have done that so much earlier, you idiot!" She spat.
The human suddenly returned with the glass of water in his hand. His eyes were fixed on the water and so he didn't even realise that Caroline was standing on her feet until he was directly in front of her. His eyes widened when he looked at her arm that showed no wound.
There was a bang and the man fell to the ground. Caroline gasped. "Niklaus!"
He put the heavy candleholder back onto the small table next to the wall. "Don't worry, love, he'll be fine. Simple concussion, that's all." He stated matter of factly and looked satisfied, but Caroline scowled.
"You are impossible!" She wanted to leave the room but she staggered and her hand flew up to her head. Klaus immediately grabbed her shoulders.
"Easy there, love, you did lose quite a lot of blood and knowing you it was probably hours since you have fed."
Caroline scowled at him and waited for the room to stop spinning. Klaus sighed and rolled up his sleeve. He bit into his wrist and held it out to her. "Here you go."
Caroline wrinkled her nose at the beckoning smell that made her mouth watering.
"Come on, love, you need some blood. I am not going to stop you if you decided to demolish those people out there because you can't control your hunger." She saw that he meant was he was saying and her eyes went back to his wrist while her throat burned by now. "I know for a fact that you wouldn't want to bite him." He tilted his head at the unconscious waiter and Caroline hated that he was right.
The wound was slowly closing again but she could still smell the blood. The veins under her eyes started to pulsate and her fangs dropped. Klaus smirked at her loving the sight of it. Her wild side always intrigued him when she allowed him to see it. "Come on, don't be stupid about this."
He moved closer and held his wrist in front of her nose. The feelings of restraint he had once felt about blood sharing had simply vanished in front of Caroline. Whenever she needed his blood there was no holding back for him anymore.
Finally she took his hand and bit down into it without any warning. Klaus set his jaw at the slight pain when her fangs pierced his skin. He twirled her into his arm and stroked her hair with his free hand. A possessive feeling washed through him when she sucked his blood and the feeling took a strong hold of him. She would always belong to him.
Caroline withdrew her fangs what seemed to be far too early for Klaus. She licked the last drops of blood of his skin. "Thank you." She whispered against his skin pressing an open mouthed kiss to it.
"Anytime, my love."
She looked at his face but turned her head when she heard the faint noise of sirens. Her eyes wandered to the ground onto the unconscious waiter and she scowled at Klaus. "I love you, but I don't have to like you right now!" She said determinedly and crossed her arms.
Klaus grinned and shook his head.
They had called it a night after that incident. Klaus had given Caroline his jacket so she could cover her blood stained dress. He had left her with Elijah and snuck back to the waiter to prepare his body in order to make it look as if he had been the one falling into the glasses and cutting his arm.
"What a disaster!" Caroline said when she shrugged out of the ruined dress. "And I didn't even see your painting."
"Oh, but that was the most hilarious part of the evening." Klaus answered and winked at her. Caroline frowned not understanding what he meant.
"You couldn't take your eyes of it, right before you got buried under expensive champagne flutes, if I remember correctly."
Caroline opened her mouth. "Oh…" She huffed and threw a pillow at him. "You could have told me!"
Klaus chuckled. "Now, where would be the fun in that?"
Caroline couldn't help it but she chuckled as well.
Klaus stepped closer to her and pushed her hair out of her face before he cupped it in his hands staring at it. There was a sad streak in his eyes and Caroline started to feel uneasy.
"I want to give you something." He almost whispered and turned around to retrieve something out of his bag. Caroline smirked at his backside and grinned at herself. She turned towards the nightstand at the side of the bed where his sketchpad was lying.
She quickly cast a glance over her shoulder, but Klaus was still rummaging through the bag. She opened the pad and was granted another peek into his world. Her own face stared back at her. He had drawn her during the flight as if he had wanted to capture her forever on paper and in his mind.
"Do you like them?"
Caroline turned towards him and nodded although her bright smile was missing. Klaus took her hand and gently placed a ring on her finger. Caroline's jaw dropped. "Where did you…what…"
Klaus chuckled. "So I assume that you like it?" The sparkle in her eyes told him everything he needed to know.
"That's what I went to retrieve that morning back in Mystic Falls. It's a promise." He said.
"Always and forever." Caroline reassured quickly.
Klaus swallowed heavily and stared at her almost as if he was shocked. When he recovered his mouth came down on hers and the kiss tasted almost desperate. His tongue scorched her lips and she started to burn under his touch. Without breaking the kiss he pushed her gently down onto the bed and buried her body underneath his.
Caroline felt his chest heavily against her own sensitive one and warmth started to spread inside of her. Klaus' hands ran through her hair and she mirrored his ministrations. A groan escaped his mouth and disappeared into the kiss. His lips kissed her with a force that gave her the impression that he was holding on for dear life. She moaned and Klaus felt the sound soaring right through his body and into his limbs where they left a tingling sensation. His soft lips wandered from her mouth down her jaw and to her neck.
Caroline closed her eyes and relaxed under his touch. His tongue licked a wet trail down to her breasts that were covered in a red lace bra. His hands ran shivers over her back before he unhooked the disturbing underwear and pulled it off her. For a moment he looked at her as if he wanted to admire as well as memorise the sight, but before the tears could form in her eyes his mouth was already back at the sensitive skin of her breast and clouded her mind. She opened herself up to him while his tongue circled her nipple making her writhe beneath him.
The tension in her stomach grew and travelled between her legs. Klaus groaned at her moves when he felt his trousers becoming too tight. He went over to the other breast and his hand replaced his tongue. Caroline ran one hand through his hair holding his head in place while the other travelled under his shirt and into his pants. Klaus groaned again and her core started to pulse. She wanted him and she needed him so much. Needed him to drown out tomorrow.
A guttural growl escaped his throat and within a second he had rid himself of his own clothes that became more and more disturbing to him. The need to feel her skin directly on his was too strong. In no time and before Caroline could miss his touch he was back on top of her. His tongue travelled down her body, from her breast over her stomach.
He pressed opened mouthed kisses onto it and took his time devouring her skin. His hands stroked her sides lewdly and Caroline sighed feeling the wetness between her legs.
"Niklaus." She whispered and goose bumps ran over his whole body when she used his full name. No one had ever used his name with as much love as she did. Desire and need filled his whole being for the woman in his bed.
He trailed further south and slowly pulled her panties down her legs. He would take his time tonight with her. A chill followed the fine lace that slid over the skin of her legs. Caroline's hands caressed his body with loving affection and even adoration. She shivered when she felt his lips at the insides of her thighs kissing their way up to her apex. The sounds that he pulled from her rang like bells in his ears and he swore that he would never forget that sound.
Her whole body was tensed and waited for him to finally release her but Klaus took his time. His gentle touches almost hurt and Caroline wondered how long she would still be able to take this sweet torture. At last she cried out when his tongue attacked her bundle of nerves. He pushed her legs further apart to get a better angle and Caroline tried to keep her body onto the mattress.
His breath against her drove her half mad and the anticipation almost hurt. There was so much love in his strokes that it drove tears into Caroline's eyes. Klaus slowly memorised every part of her, with his eyes, his tongue and his hands.
"Niklaus, please." With all her power she tried to sit up and pull his head up to her. "I need you." She locked her eyes to his and the desperate need in his strangled her. His mouth was back at hers, kissing her for all he was worth. She stroked the back of his leg with her foot while Klaus pressed her into the mattress.
When he filled her he did so excruciatingly slowly and he kept that pace with every trust, putting all of his feelings into his moves. Caroline felt her muscles closing around him, but he kept devouring her at his pace. She wondered how much of his love for her she could take, how much would be too much. Her guts tingled and she felt the explosion building up slowly.
He adjusted his angle and she cried out at the onslaught. Another thrust and she fell over the edge with Klaus right there with her. He kissed her again and she kept moaning into his mouth trembling with the aftershocks of the orgasm. Warmth spread through her and filled her whole being.
They held desperately on to each other, none of them ready to let go yet.
Klaus buried his face in her shoulder and Caroline's fingers caressed his back languidly. She felt his lips at her neck and wanted to stay forever in this moment without any tomorrow.
There you go! ...I told you so!=)
Klaus will be back to all his beautiful cruel demeanour soon enough, don't worry!;)
I hope you liked it, if so then let me know, if not that's okay as well.^^