Caroline smiled in contentment as a hand smoothed her hair back, muttering. "Feeling better?"

The hybrid chuckled lightly, leaning down and pressing a kiss to her temple, telling her. "Much better love."

She smiled a little more at that, and Klaus cocked his head, groaning lightly as he swung a leg over her, sitting on her hips.

"Someone's playful." Caroline laughed, reaching a hand up to cup his cheek. Klaus closed his eyes at her touch for a moment, but then leaned down, pressing his lips to her own gently, muttering against them. "You bring the good side in me out love."

Caroline raised her hands and slid them down his back, resting at his hips, kissing him back with a light smile.

A giggle slipped past her lips as he kissed her passionately, one of her hands now going up his back and winding into his hair, content to stay like this forever.

Suddenly, music filled the air and Caroline sighed, leaning over to the table, chuckling as the hybrid kissed her neck hungrily, unlocking the phone and staring at the text.

"Oh." Caroline just went, feeling Klaus say against her neck. "Something wrong love?"

The girl just stared at the message-

You're dead bitch.

Caroline closed her eyes, muttering. "Damon."

The hybrid pecked her neck and sighed. "I'm going to say death threats?"

"You got that right." Caroline groaned, sliding her hand from his hair down his back again, closing her eyes tighter.

"He's dead. By the end of the day, I'll have him torn apart."

Caroline scowled at that, snapping her eyes open, hissing. "No!"

"He threatened you." Klaus hissed in a deadly voice, meeting Carolines aqua eyes with his own that were narrowing, making her tell him.

"Were you expecting them all to be happy that I stole you from them? I mean… all they're doing is protecting Elena!"

Klaus truly snarled at that, shaking his head. "That doppelganger is becoming quite the nuisance now."

The girl scowled, shoving him off her, sitting up and snarling. "And that doppelganger happens to be my friend!"

"So?"

Caroline snarled, slapping him, taking him aback for a moment, but then a gasp escaped her and he slammed her onto her back, pinning her down by her wrist, snarling into her face.

"Try that again, I dare you-!"

Her eyes narrowed, snapping at him. "I must have been a fool to think a monster like you was ever capable of love."

Klaus next to glowered into her eyes, and after a moment, he let her go, getting to his feet, stalking over to the bathroom door, slamming it shut behind him, Caroline hearing him no doubt hit the wall in his fury.

She sat up now, looking down with a sigh, closing her eyes while tears sparkled there-

If this was a fairytale, she wasn't a princess.

And he wasn't Prince Charming.

Caroline checked the other messages now, ones from Elena.

None at all from Bonnie.

Elena was hurt by the betrayal, wanting to know why she did it…

If Klaus had compelled her.

But she just wanted her friend back.

Caroline looked up as the door opened, staring at the hybrid as he stood there, just watching the girl for a moment before muttering. "Just… go home.'

"Klaus-?"

"Just go!" He yelled at her, eyes flashing golden for a moment. "Say I'm dead, whatever! I don't care!"

Caroline wondered why she had tears in her eyes, getting to her feet, walking over and not caring about the danger as she slid her hands into his own, cocking her head and muttering.

"Are you scared of being alone again?"

Klaus refused to meet her eyes after that, so Caroline leaned up to press a kiss to his lips, but he pulled away a little, making her stop dead.

She let her hands fall from his as he met her eyes at last, saying quietly. "Just go home. Get in your car, go home. Forget about me. Tell them I'm dead and gone. I won't bother you all again."

"Klaus-"

"Go." He sighed, shaking his head and turning away back into the room.

Caroline was silent, tears running down her face at his words-

Just… forget about him-?

That was next to impossible.

He was a scared little boy under everything, she knew that. Hiding behind his hybrid army, not knowing who to trust. Or if he could trust or even love at all.

Loving someone meant caring. Emotions.

Something she knew he was scared of.

He just didn't think anyone would ever care about him, this monster.

She felt pity for him.

He'd lived a thousand years of no love, hating it instead.

Caroline sighed lightly, turning away, picking up her coat, slipping on her shoes, opening the front door, calling-

"Just so you know… I did, I do love you. If you want to throw that away, keep hold of the past… you deserve to be alone for another thousand years."

Caroline slammed the door shut behind her, sniffing back tears and heading to her car, glancing back at the motels window, pretty sure that she'd spied eyes watching her.

But she still didn't look back as she drove off-

Love, no matter who it was with, hurt.

-Marked-

Caroline practiced her poker face the whole way back to Mystic Falls, knowing that she couldn't lie for shit, and she had to make up this thing where she'd dumped Klaus in the ocean after all the car crashy-body snatcher Barbie shit.

When she got back, she parked outside her house, looking up at it, sighing heavily-

If she wasn't dead by the end of the day…

It would be by some miracle.

She got out, closing the door behind her, eyes glancing over the damage to the front where she'd rammed Damons car.

Inside, her mother wasn't home, so she grabbed a bath, scared that if she did see Stefan or Damon later, they'd pick up the scent of the hybrid on her.

She had spent the night in his arms after all.

Afterwards, her phone rang, and before she answered it, she stared at the I.D, sighing as she answered it.

"Elena."

"Caroline… please, come home. Don't do this."

"I am home."

"Just, I- wait, what?"

"I'm home Elena."

"What? When! Where's Klaus?"

Here went nothing.

"Klaus is gone. I just… I was an idiot Elena."

"You didn't wake him up?"

"No, I dumped him where Damon and Stefan planned to."

There was silence, then Elena sighed, going. "I'm coming over Care. We need to talk."

The call ended and Caroline just stared at the wall, feeling numb-

She'd pulled off the first part.

Just…

She felt so bad about it.

Caroline checked her messages again now, seeing nothing from the hybrid.

Had he deleted her number now he promised to leave her alone?

Deep down, she hoped he hadn't.

Against it all, under the beast that had terrified people for a thousand years, was a scared little boy that wanted to be loved, but was scared to be.

God what a messed up man he truly was.

And it was that messed up hybrid that she loved.

-Marked-

When Elena arrived, Caroline opened the door, smiling weakly at the girl who sighed, shaking her head a little.

"What did you do Care?"

Caroline looked down, sighing. "Something stupid."

She was genuinely shocked when the doppelganger hugged her, sighing into her shoulder. "Did you… love him?"

A silence.

"No."

Elena rolled her eyes, pulling back and shaking her head. "Why are you lying? We all knew he had feelings for you-"

"But it doesn't mean that I had feelings for him!" Caroline scowled, folding her arms. Elena cocked a brow and Caroline sighed in defeat. "So what if I did… it doesn't matter now. He's gone."

Elena sighed lightly, closing the door behind her and muttering. "I think we need a night to ourselves. No men, just us."

A smile tugged at Carolines mouth now as she nodded. "I like the sound of that."

The girls grabbed popcorn and ice cream, sitting down on the sofa and put a film on, talking about the most random of things.

Vampires, hybrids or werewolves… nothing supernatural came up, and it made them both feel normal for once, that monsters didn't exist.

When Elena was getting sleepy, Caroline shooed her home, collapsing onto the sofa and closing her eyes with a light groan, running a hand through her hair.

But a gasp escaped her as she opened them to find a figure stood before the TV, watching her.

Caroline scrambled to sit up straighter, hissing. "What are you doing here-!"

The hybrid watched her get to her feet, stepping forwards and going, eyes fixed on her own. "You were right."

Caroline was speechless, trying to think about what to say when she just went. "Which part?"

A smirk twitched onto Klaus' face as he grabbed her arms, yanking her to him, crashing her lips to his own for a moment, saying against them.

"Pretty much everything love."

There was a pause, and Caroline snarled at him before kissing him hungrily back-

"I fucking hate you."

"The feeling's mutual." He smirked against her lips, raking a hand down to the small of her back, pulling her closer, kissing her once more with a hungry passion.

Caroline let him push her across the room and into the wall, continuing the attack on her lips, light groans slipping past them as he kissed her harder, the girl smirking and switching them round in a flash, a hand winding into his hair and yanking on it, satisfied to hear the growls tear from his lips.

Neither were happy to be dominated, so the pair tugged and yanked at the other all the way up the stairs where Caroline got him pinned to the wall for a moment, biting at his bottom lip with growl, raking a hand down his chest, grabbing a handful of his shirt and yanking it hard so the buttons tore off, tinkling onto the floor as the shoved if off his shoulders and onto the floor, feeling him tear her vest off completely.

She kicked her bedroom door shut behind her, breaking Klaus' belt as she snapped it off, too impatient to unbuckle it, groaning against his lips as he popped the button on the front of her own jeans open, yanking the zip down and pushing her against the bedroom wall, stepping out his jeans and tearing her own down, heated lips at her neck as he grinded against her, ripping a moan from Carolines lips, hand tugging his boxers down while he just tore her own panties off.

"You bastard-" She breathed against his lips as he once more rammed into her, feeling him smirk, saying back. "Admit it, you love it."

"Not on your life."

Klaus cocked his head and slammed into her harder, crashing them against the wall, making a cry slip past her lips, hissing. "Bastard-!"

"At least you've stopped that God talk." He laughed, biting hungrily at her neck and thrusting her against the wall, the girls eyes closing, leaning her head back as he moved his lips up to under her jaw, gasping out. "Not so hard-"

The hybrid deliberately pounded into her extra hard to make a delicious moan tear it's way out, making Caroline snarl after, pushing him hard backwards onto the bed, straddling his hips.

"I said not so hard! Are you deaf asshole!"

Klaus' eyes were filled with mischief as he smirked up at her. "Oh I heard you love."

Caroline scoffed, ramming down hard onto him, a chuckle escaping his lips as he closed his eyes, saying mockingly. "What's wrong? Can't take it girl?"

Caroline snarled in annoyance as she dug her nails into his chest, breathing heavily, closing her eyes as felt him so deep inside her. God, it was positively sinful to love it this much, rocking herself ontop of him, muttering her response.

"Don't you dare call me weak."

Klaus cocked a brow and raised his hips, meeting each of her angry thrusts, saying teasingly. "Oh? What are you going to do?"

Now a dark, playful smirk graced her features, golden curls hanging either side of her face as she slammed down onto him with a force to match his own, a groan escaping his lips.

"That." Caroline smirked in satisfaction, leaning down and capturing hip lips with her own frantic and hot ones, breathing heavily as she kissed him with a fiery passion, not caring if her mother, Damon or fucking Santa came knocking at her door.

But now the game really began-

The others thought Klaus was dead, in the Arctic sleeping with the fishes…

But here he was flipping them back over, tired of being dominated, pinning the girls wrists above her head, making her toes curl in pleasure as he hit a deep and particularly sensitive spot of hers, a loud cry of lust tearing once more from her lips, a thought shooting through her mind-

Now came the lying game.

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