The Only Hope For Me Is You: A Klaroline Fanfiction

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Klaus waited for her to say something as Katherine turned, and that was when he got a full look at her face. It was then he saw that he was wrong; it wasn't his sister in law. "Tatia…"

"That's not happiness to see me Niklaus." Tatia acknowledged a smile on her face as she started to walk towards him.

"Happiness? Not quite the emotion I would go with at the sight of you; anger, disgust, hatred perhaps not to mention astonishment that you would get within a mile of me let alone appear in my office but nothing remotely close to happiness." Klaus declared. As she drew nearer, he found it difficult not to lash out at her, and his harsh tone knocked the smile off of her face.

"Well I'm pleased to see you, even if you don't return the sentiment." She replied as her lips turned into a pout. "But I guess my appearance would be a bit surprising, considering I've been a way for a while…"

"Try eight years." Klaus snapped the anger that had mulled while he had watched her coming back with full force.

Tatia's eyebrow raised in question at his statement. "Has it been eight years? It doesn't seem like it."

Klaus' anger spiked at the nonchalance in her voice. "Believe me; I remember the day you left quite vividly."

"I'm touched that you mourned my departure." She commented as she continued to move towards him until she was only an arm's length away from him.

"It was the day I thought you had stolen the twins from me, the memory of the terror I felt that day has never gone away." He declared. With her so close, he couldn't help but focus on her face, easily seeing the differences that had appeared since the last time he had seen her.

Though they were identical twins, Klaus had always been able to tell them apart. Both moved with grace but while Katherine looked like a lion, powerful, and the aura of being above everyone around her while making sure she was noticed while Tatia moved more like a leopard, sleek and cautious, taking in what was around her. Katherine was always dressed in too high of heels and tasteful yet snug fitting clothes in bold shades with her long hair in large curls while Tatia had been more refined in her wardrobe, soft colors in flowing fabrics. She wore her hair in a more low maintenance style, either straight and around her shoulders or something like the thick braid it was in now.

There were differences in their faces and eyes as well for those who knew them both well, which was how he was able to tell just by her looking at him that she wasn't Katherine like he had assumed and now those differences stood out more to him. Tatia appeared to have prematurely aged a bit during her absence, now looking to be a few years older than Katherine rather the same age. She was still as attractive as she'd always been, but now she had a few more creases and wrinkles around her eyes and mouth and Klaus couldn't help but be curious as to why, not that he really cared. "What the bloody hell are you doing here?"

"I came to see you, as well as the children." Tatia informed him.

"Somehow I highly doubt that seeing as you have not once reached out to us since you disappeared." Klaus reminded her. "Why would you now?"

Tatia smiled at him again, this time he could tell she was trying to act as if she was embarrassed to have been caught in a lie.

"Okay, you caught me. I saw the announcement about your recent engagement and it made me realize how much I missed you."

Klaus scoffed at her words. "Again, doubtful."

"It's true! I had been thinking for quite some time what a mistake it was to leave but it wasn't until I saw the announcement that I realized that I might have waited too long." Tatia explained, again moving a little closer to him so that her face was only inches away. Klaus watched as she brought her hands up as if to cup his face but he quickly intercepted her, his own hands wrapping around her wrists. "What are you doing Tatia?"