𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 | 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧

CHAPTER NINETEEN

The sounds of Kai chewing on his pork rinds went on for a minute before Damon spoke up, "That is gonna have to stop."

"Oh, you think this is annoying? Hmm. Try listening to you and Bonnie bicker every 5 minutes. You two are insufferable."

"So you've been following us."

"Of course I have. You four are the closest thing I have to a TV. I mean, you're no "Baywatch," but– remember "Baywatch"?" Kai asked with a smile.

"No, I do not."

"Oh. Oh, man, you got to watch it. You like lifeguards, like... hot ones?"

Damon sighed as he got a sense of deja-vu. Whoever this Kai person was, he was incredibly similar to Margot. He remembered when she gave him the same rant not even three years ago.

"This has been a monumentally bad day in a sea of bad days, so I'm gonna need to know who you are, what you're doing here, and how it relates to me, or I'm gonna rip your throat out."

"Temper's gonna get you in trouble, Damon. It's already driven Bonnie away how many times? Oh, oh, oh, wait. I know. Thirteen. Same with Margot, she's good though, she's only left five."

"You think my temper's bad with them? I like them. You not so much," Damon used his speed to grab onto Kai before holding him up by his jacket.

Kai looked down at him nervously, "Ok. Ok. Sorry. Seriously. I'm just kind of rusty on the face-to-face type human interactions."

"Answers now," Damon demanded as he let the boy go before glancing at the liquor bottles.

"Maybe you should have a drink. That usually calms you down," Kai awkwardly suggested as he caught his breath.

Damon rolled his eyes, "Thanks."

"And makes you angry, then sad, then calm again. It's a weird cycle, and look. If you really want to know the reason I'm following you, it's because..." Damon grabbed a bottle before taking a sip only to spit it out as vervain burned his throat.

"I want to kill you," Kai said with a smirk as he watched the vampire writhe in pain on the floor.

"Vervain in your bourbon. Who didn't see that one coming?..." He paused as he glanced around before picking up an umbrella and snapping it in half, "Who buys patio furniture from a grocery store? I mean, somebody must. Otherwise, it– it wouldn't be here, but now I'm a little unfamiliar with vampires, but from what I've gathered, a stake in the heart should do it, right?"

Damon screamed loudly as Kai stabbed the wooden pole into his hand.

Kai grinned as he twisted the wood eliciting a stream of grunts from Damon, "You always fight dirty, Damon. Like that time you and Bonnie played Monopoly and you stole from the bank. Not cool."

Damon grunted, "I'm gonna rip your head off."

The boy only smiled "No. You're not..." He paused as he pulled the umbrella out of Damon's hand before smashing the bottles of bourbon earning a pained scream from the vampire, "I didn't know which bottle you'd take, so I vervained them all."

Just then, Bonnie ran in, "Stay away from him."

"Ahh the useless one is here. Thank god. I've watched you try to do magic for months now. What are you gonna do, fail at me? It's embarrassing. I'm embarrassed for you. You should've brought Margot, she seems to be the only smart one."

Bonnie glanced down at Damon earning a nod before she stared at a candle. Flames slowly appeared at the wick earning a nervous look from Kai.

Seconds later, Margot ran in, Nik following behind her.