The Beauty of Being Numb | Klaus Hargreeves x Reader

Wakey, Wakey

Klaus wakes her up the next day by giving quick pecks all over her face. (Y/N) giggles, and opens her eyes slowly.

-Good morning, Shätzen.

-Good morning, Klaus.

She snuggles against his chest, stretching and yawning.

-I didn't remember hitting rock-bottom was so painful- she grunts.

She can feel her entire body aching, and her head hurts like hell. It had definitely been a tough week for her.

-At least your face looks better- Klaus kisses the tip of her nose.

(Y/N) sits up and looks around the room, confused.

-Where's Allison?

-She probably slept on the couch again.

-Again?- (Y/N) hops out the bed-. Oh, dear, I didn't want to be a nuisance. Did she find her husband?

-Yeah- Klaus puts his shoes on-. But there are problems in paradise: He heard her doing The Rumor, and now believes she's a government agent or something.

-Poor Allison... I should make her breakfast to thank her, maybe we can cheer her up.

-Sure.

Both go downstairs, where they find Allison sleeping on the couch and Luther on the floor beside her, holding hands. There are whiskey and brandy bottles around them, empty, and some vinyl LP's scatter on the floor. Klaus laughs at the sight, his siblings waking up by the sound.

-Wakey, wakey, my friends!- he walks past them to the kitchen-. What a wonderful day, don't you think?

-What hour is it?- Allison asks, blushed.

-Nine fifteen- answers (Y/N), picking up the bottles-. Sorry about last night, by the way.

-Are you alright?- Luther stands up, rubbing his eyes-. You scared the living hell out of me yesterday.

-Yeah, I'm great. Thanks for helping me- she hugs him-. I'm so glad to see you again, by the way.

-Me too.

All of them sit at the table but (Y/N), who takes some things out of the fridge to make hotcakes.

-Anyone else feels like their brains were blown out?- Allison says as she lays her head on the table-. I'm never drinking again.

-Well, I broke my sobriety of three years yesterday, so I totally understand what you're saying.

-(Y/N), dear, can you pass me the aspirins? They're on the top shelf.

-Ja.

They all take an aspirin and then have breakfast in comfortable silence, soft music on the background.

"At last, my love has come along. My lonely days are over, and life is like a song".  

Allison and Luther give each other furtive looks, making Klaus smirk, the memory of similar childhood scenes coming to his mind.

"When you smiled, and then the spell was cast. And here we are in Heaven, I found my love at last."

(Y/N) is too lost looking at Klaus to notice the others. She can't be mad at him, not even after all he said and did, she just loves him too much to even care. "I love you so, so much", his words repeat in her head over and over again; it had taken all of her not to cry when he said it, knowing well he loves her, but he's not in love with her.

"And I found a dream that I could speak to. A dream to call my own, I found a thrill to press my cheek to a thrill I'd never know."

Klaus turns, and when he notices she's staring at him, he blinks an eye seductively, making her blush. As she looks away, someone knocks on the door.