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He heard laughter as his dream state wore off realizing he was in fact alone in his bed no longer wrapped in the arms of his wife. He opened his eyes regretting it instantly he shut them again to the blinding light of the sun coming in through his window.

He noticed before he shut his eyes however that he had been moved from his other room into a different one before he could think more about it he heard that laugh again. The one belonging to Caroline Forbes who was supposed to be warming his bed and wasn't.

He shifted in his bed to lie on his back his head hurting as it hit the pillow again, he would need to discuss this with his doctor. Whoever that was. He counted to three taking a breath before opening his eyes again wishing he had kept them shut soon after.

They hadn't realized he was awake, he rationalized but it didn't quell his jealousy. His wife was too busy laughing at something Kol said shoving his shoulder playfully. He couldn't keep his eyes off of the pair watching their interaction he cleared his throat.

"Sorry to interrupt, but I'm awake," Klaus said his throat still sore and his stomach whining about the lack of food inside of him. Caroline instantly ran to his side reaching in to kiss his cheek before hesitating and stepping back. He looked over at his brother biting back a snarl and a triumphant glare in his direction.

She felt him tug at her hand as she pulled away bringing her closer to him the movement so quick she almost landed on him. She did however land on the bed beside him looking up at him from behind her left shoulder she didn't understand the look on his face. "Jealousy." Her mind screamed to her.

Her body moved to sit so she was facing him directly as Kol mumbled something about getting a doctor and food. Really it sounded like he wanted to get out of the way he had seen the look on his brother's face too and was leaving her to take care of it.

"Chicken," she thought aloud not meaning to as he looked at her his eyebrows doing that thing where they make a line in the middle of his forehead. She said nothing to follow up her little remark which only increased the look of worry on his face.

Klaus saw her attempt a smile in his direction his stomach and heart unable to keep still racing and flipping as her tongue dipped out of her mouth running across her lips innocently. He felt is fingers tense in her hand at the action but it wasn't the only place that tensed.

He searched for words to say because he didn't have it in him to bring his eyes away from her own not that he minded being her sole attention. Yet it was as if their eyes were the only ones doing the talking a silence filling the room as their eyes expressed their raw emotions.

Caroline felt a pull towards him as if they were the only ones in the world and the next words that slipped from her tongue were the only things that mattered to him. The look in his eyes made her feel exposed, like he could read her every secret and feel exactly how she was feeling.

"I.." she began to say before the door opened again revealing Kol once more Klaus' face turning to stone just like it was before he left earlier. She sighed annoyed that Kol had interrupted what she was barely having the gull to say to Klaus. "Think we should be friends," those words were lodged in her throat unsaid.

Kol walked into the room along with one of the nurses however she ignored the obvious tension going about her business in making sure Klaus' IV was in check and that he was fine before exiting. Klaus didn't like the look he was giving Caroline as Kol watched from the door leaning his back on the wall his arms crossed.

His smirk growing like the tension in the room as he watch his brother pull himself together just as he thought though Klaus was jealous of the relationship between Caroline and himself. No one had acknowledged him either which led him to believe he was right. He moved to stand in front of his brother's bed.

"Aren't you looking dashing," Kol remarked hands at his sides simultaneously looking at Caroline and Klaus the better part of him told him he was intruding. The other part of him that wasn't so nice thrived on the stressed look on his brother's face knowing it couldn't be good for his health.

Klaus growled at him deep in his throat the name "Kol," tumbling from his lips in a deathly manner making the man in question smirk. He felt Caroline's hand on his chest keeping him on the bed but her face was turned to Kol.

He enjoyed making his brother squirm but not at the expense of Caroline's evil stare in his direction, "Don't blame me for your sexual tension." Kol says waving a hand at them both before saying, "Got to run, I've got a pretty thing in bed waiting." his smile turning into a teasing smirk.

He winked when Caroline turned to look at him shaking her head. She knew he meant Bonnie. "I think I can say this without hesitation, your brother is being a dick," Caroline said to Klaus as soon as she heard the door not hit his behind on the way out.

"It's not always so nice to see that people never change," Klaus admits feeling the need to go to the bathroom the catheter will just not do today. He needed to get up so he tried and with Caroline's help he did before brushing her off and exiting the room.

Caroline sighed looking after her husband, he couldn't really be that moved by Kol's presence like he was. Earlier she had woken up to find Klaus' arms around her and Kol staring them down from the doorway making her jump from the bed.

By some miracle Klaus' hadn't woken, she went to smack him for scaring her and he ended up laughing at how funny she looked. He offered to call Rebekah to bring them something to change into and get cleaned up not knowing what would happen now that he was awake.

She was just thanking him it was innocent, "What's got his knickers in a twist," Rebekah's voice resounds from behind Caroline making her turn around shrugging before she sits on the edge of Klaus' bed slouching one hand under her chin holding her head up at her knee.

She ignored the girls question her mind flashing back to the day after she came in to sit with him, waiting was the hardest part. Her mind thinking up first day she entered this hospital in her wedding dress of all things asking for her husband.

She remembered that it felt like the air had been pushed out of her lungs that her whole body was just running on autopilot trying to get from one point to the next until he was up again. He lay there still his chest the only indicator that he was still alive moving up and down as he slowly took a breath.

She sat with him in that dress the whole night wishing she could turn back time and just have it be them that morning waking up again in each other's arms. She shut her eyes thinking maybe but every time they opened she saw him looking gray as ever and the sobs began again.

By the next day her mother had talked her out of his side and out of her dress bringing her the clothes she had on now. She had quickly rushed back to his side after hearing the doctor come in to explain once more what was happening. She was at the bathroom door when he said, "All we can do is wait."

Her mother caught her before she hit the floor along with Elijah but it didn't help any, no one could make her feel better until Klaus was awake again. Until he was up and invincible as ever so she stayed by his side while her friends and family helped move her stuff into his home.

She didn't trust the machine's no matter how accurate they seemed and in the nights when she was here alone she would lie with him. Talk to him try and get him to come back she tried to limit her crying she didn't want him to hear that from her.

Some nights she couldn't help it anymore and broke down though no one knew just him and her and when morning came she was as cool as a cucumber. Death couldn't take him, he was indestructible he loved her and he was stronger than anything she had ever been up against.

He pulled her through. He was the only one she spoke to unless it was his doctor or Rebekah when she sat with her waiting for her favorite brother to wake. It seemed they were like a true family now and Caroline had never had that before.

Time was frozen waiting for him like he waited for her and now she would have to wait longer. He had been in there awhile now she figured staring down his bathroom door. She was such an eccedentesiast converting into her former cheerleader-self plastering on a smile for him when he woke.

Caroline sighs focusing her attention on her friend, "I know I should know this but do you think he's mad at me?" she asks finally as Rebekah drops two small bags on the foot of the bed. The blonde looks at Caroline with sympathy making her think that, "Yes he is, but he doesn't even know why either."

Her unsteady hand reaches to fix his rumpled blankets the memory of last night lying in each other's arms easing the pain in her heart. She begins pulling them over and smoothing them out before giving up on the wrinkles and sitting back down.

"Kol is an idiot," Rebekah explains as if it was obvious, "Klaus won't say a word but he'll feel insecure," she knew Kol's game when he called her earlier asking to set up some clothing for the couple but there was nothing she could do to stop his antics. "All you can do is assure him with actions."

If she had it would have egged him on leading to Kol having a bed next to Klaus' in this room. "I might pity my brothers if I wasn't busy imagining all the ways I could set them on fire," Rebekah said looking at her nails smirking at the silent blonde in front of her.

She grabbed the strap of the brown leather bag tossing it on Caroline's lap an evil look in her eye though not directed at Caroline, she was up to something. "That one's yours." She grabbed Klaus' black bag and placed it on Caroline's couch as she began talking.

"Ohmf! Seriously Bekah?" Caroline cried throwing the bag off of her on to the bed thankfully it wasn't that heavy but still it was unexpected. "It's not enough that my husband's memory is erased and I can't in fact act on my feelings for him right?"

"But now I have Kol upsetting him," she pointed at the bathroom door before standing up to face Rebekah dead on, "And I have you doing this," she rambled glaring at her. Trying and failing to keep her voice down considering Klaus is a good five feet away with only a wooden door separating them.

"Why do you care so much what Kol says or does?" Rebekah asks her sister-in-law genuinely stunned at this development. She ventures yet again whispering as she points to the bathroom where her brother currently resides, "Because it affects Nik?"

"Yes," Caroline whines exasperated throwing her hands in the air before straightening out her jacket and trying to physically and emotionally pull herself together. Become a bit self-conscious she removes her ponytail finger combing her hair and wishing she had some chapstick or something.

"But why," his sister continues oblivious to the problem Kol was an arse for doing what he did while his brother wasn't well. But beyond that Klaus could take care of himself and put Kol down for a while if need be.

"Cause when Nik," She hissed gesturing with her hands for Rebekah to keep it down, "Said he was my husband, those words were so small they fit into one of the many holes in my heart and filled it up." She felt tears stinging her eyes but she refused to let them out again.

"I don't need Kol or his shenanigans messing up what little steady ground I have with Nik." Caroline said tactfully or as tactfully as she could about her brother in law who was currently sleeping with one of her closest childhood friends. The thought made her shudder.

Caroline Taking a deep breath she feels herself start to calm down now that she's relieved herself of her troubles looking shamefaced over at his sister. "Sorry I lost my junk," she apologized earning a bewildered look over her phrasing.

Rebekah acknowledges that she needed to vent but couldn't help her sass, "He's your husband and Kol is irrelevant." She feels the need to ease her, "Take what's yours and," the blonde implores Caroline taking strides towards her. "Take a shower." She says using her eyes to point at the door.

Klaus stepped out before Caroline could comment but she definitely felt Rebekah's implication behind her ears and down her neck when she blushed. "Hi," she muttered taking her bag in her hands and making her way to his shower brushing passed by him.

"Hi," Klaus replies as he looks behind him his eyes trailing after her form upset that he's upset her though he's not sure why or how he knows this. She shuts the door on his face before their conversation can continue any further a minute later they hear the shower running.

Turning his head he smiles at his baby sister finally having a chance alone. "Beks," he addresses her adjusting his hospital gown and walking to her. "Looking beautiful as ever," he says pulling her into an embrace and kissing her cheek.

She stares him down jutting her hip out and crossing her arms like she used to when she was younger and about to reprimand him for something like a spoilt child. The longer she stares the more he becomes defensive his right hand coming up to rub his neck.

"What do you remember?" she tests her brother uncrossing her arms looking him over as she steps into his side like he has something to hide. The breeze in his gown doesn't help the exposed feeling he gets in the pit of his stomach. "The doctors say you could remember at any moment or not at all."

"Does that concern you?" she asked walking around him smirking as he grasps at the back of his gown it has to be the first time in a long time that she's seen him squirm. He doesn't answer but that's typical for him so she just does what a little sister does and hugs him until he hugs back. "I missed you."

Klaus squeezes his little sister because a part of him missed her too and wants to know what she's gotten up to in the last few years. She's no longer the girl coming home from school rushing to his room to tell him every agonizing detail about her best friends and crushes.

"I hope to catch up," he mumbles shutting his eyes happy to see one of his siblings and glad Kol hasn't made a reappearence. He was still on edge about Elijah unsure of what his plan was in getting Caroline out of his home.

Whether he remembered her or not if she wanted to stay with him she was more than welcome he would make that clear to her. Now if only he could control his jealousy and those damn dark thoughts about his life and what was missing. His dreams left him unsettled to say the least and waking up to Kol comforting his wife was not his idea of a good time.

"You have to give it time," Rebekah said as she pulled back from her brother's embrace happy that she could at least have that moment. Just the two of the like when they were younger before so much bad took over their lives. "She needs you as much as you need her."

"Don't push her away, she's been through a lot the last few days with you." She pokes her brother in the chest earning a wince, her mouth twists as his face reveals his pain. "Sorry," she says. "But I mean it though, talk to her. Get to know her." Rebekah gives him one last hug before saying goodbye to him.

Klaus smirks thinking where has he been that his sister has gotten so smart shaking his head he knocked softly on the bathroom door. Upon getting no answer in reply and not being necessarily known for his patience he opens the door as slowly as he can coming into contact with the most glorious sight he's ever encountered.

His breath catches in his throat watching her as she washes out her hair humming to some unknown tune blissfully unaware of the lustful thoughts she's created in him. He thinks about pressing a kiss to the back over her shoulder and down her spine but that's not realistic is it?

She knew exactly when he opened the door the air shifting bringing a chill down her spine. Of course that could have just been the thrill of him looking but still Caroline smiles to herself when he doesn't immediately make himself known to her. Rebekah was on to something.

"Who gave you tickets to the show," Caroline asks feeling his eyes on her back through the clear plastic shower curtain in Klaus' private bathroom. The steam fog might have done nothing to cover her up as she shut the water off reaching outside to grab the scratchy hospital white towel wrapping the fabric over herself.

Klaus swallows hard his hand pressing into the metal door frame until his knuckles are white, "No one." He meets her eyes as she steps out walking towards him her towel covering almost nothing, "I bought them," he manages to sound more confident than he really is at the moment.

An image appears in his mind and she's center stage in it, he tried to a great extent to remember what exactly air as she stalks towards him in slow precise steps. "Must have cost a pretty penny," she jokes stopping two feet away from him.

He doesn't know what propels him into moving in those last two steps his skin barely touching her own skin. It was a delectable flower scent he couldn't quite pinpoint as he said, "Nonsense, I got them for being a good boy." Klaus continues playing her game.

She could feel the electricity between them although they weren't even touching. She felt like she needed another shower, she needed to bolt soon or put some clothes on. He needed to remember her so she could get laid. Where was her mind at in a time like this?

Oh yeah on him, her husband. What kind of world do we live in where a girl can't even sleep with her drop dead gorgeous husband? A sick one. She knew he felt it to that electric pull or something along the lines of chemicals reacting to one another.

The sizzle and burn it happened whenever they were together and it never changed, it was always that much more charged. It was like they were caught in a spell of some kind, pulling them closer to each other until he asked, "What are you up to?" keenly observing her.

Caroline repressed a shudder no longer meeting his eyes. Did he always have to invade her personal space? Yes. "Who, me?" she asked lifting her shoulders as she pointed to herself felling her towel come loose, "Nothing," she said walking passed him to get her bag.

Klaus didn't buy it but he did like the view walking away and coming towards him he looked at her rummaging through her bag. His sister must have brought it because he hadn't noticed it earlier when he awoke. "Go with the dress," he suggested as he watched her debate another pair of jeans and shirt.

Caroline blushed looking behind her at Klaus as he licked his lips, "Thanks," she muttered turning back to fold the jeans back into place. She couldn't recall a moment before in her life that she was as excited or as fearful in her entire life. She was what? What was she doing? Seducing him? She had never done that before.

Klaus waited for her to ask him to leave so she could finish getting dressed but she continued going through the bag. He didn't want to go he wanted to stay and see where his limits with her would be considering he knew about five things about her.

He walked to her his fingers reaching out to catch the drops falling from her very wet hair he thought he might have heard her breath hitch. "Penny for your thoughts," he asked cleverly keeping in theme as his hand travelled to her shoulder and to the small of her back to turn her around.

Her breathing was considerably erratic as he placed a hand on her back she barely managed to stop herself from jumping at the tremor that shot through her. She turned, "I'm just thinking I should change 'cause it's cold." Her mouth quivered from the cold as his warm hands rested on her shoulders.

Klaus' eyes darkened as his fingers of their own volition began moving, rubbing her arms in an attempt to keep her warm. "I'm glad you picked the dress," he mumbled before pulling away without warning feeling as if he was about to kiss her and he shouldn't.

His body was doing all the talking at the moment caught up in his own game he had carried on for too long and now he was in need of a shower and not just for the smell. His indecent thoughts weren't helping the places that hurt on his body. "I'll leave you to change," he finally said.

"No wait," she said hooking her bra from over the towel before pulling it from under her bra and sliding it down her stomach so it only covered her lower-half. She turned away from him shaking out her floral red dress just in case of wrinkles before sliding on the straps.

Caroline let the towel fall to the ground, "Help me," she asked her voice shaky as she smoothed out the front of her dress. She shut her eyes when she sensed Klaus moving closer to her again, "Short arms," she said as a lame excuse but he didn't comment as his hands met her bare back.

Klaus smiled thinking this was innocent enough even if the black underthings declared otherwise. She hadn't even put on bottoms yet that alone made his fingers tremble. A thought struck him at what his sister said, "So you were up to something," he said matter of factly as he helped her zip up the dress.

Taking the opportunity to view her enticing backside taking notes of what he might do later Klaus zipped up the back of her dress making sure she could feel his breath across her skin. When he was finished he daringly placed a foot in between both of hers pressing his chest to her back slightly.

Before she could question him his lips pressed to the bottom of her neck in an endearing act of love or comfort making her sigh her thanks. She grabbed her underwear from the top of the back nervously sliding it on as fast as she could.

"Your sister left you a bag here." She pointed just outside the door had that been open the whole time? Her body was shaking and she couldn't help it. Why had they left her alone with him while she was trying to control her hormones? Her plan at wooing him was failing and succeeding all at once.

"Kol said," she heard Klaus growl from behind her, she felt her hand instinctually shoot out to his forearm to calm him. "The doctor would be in later to see when you would be discharged," she continued looking behind her. "You and I might be home tonight." She said hopefully.

A nurse knocks at the entrance seeing no one is actually in the room and is already annoyed that this room even ordered delivery in the first place. It was against policy but she had been tipped generously for her services so here she was.

"Hello," she called seeing the bathroom door open, a blonde woman steps out from the bathroom the actual patient following her moments later. "I've got a delivery from a Kol. It's food," she looks at the couple disapprovingly.

Caroline grabs the boxes of food taking them off of her hands. "Thank you," she says before checking out what's inside, "Soup, yum." She says looking at Klaus leaning against the door frame. He does that a lot. "Shower or food first?" she asked.

They both laughed when his stomach growled the aroma of the soup drawing him in, "Soup please," he answered. She giggled at him and he swore the earth stood still in that moment her hand covered her mouth. He wanted to make her do that again.

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