Love That Doesn't Hurt

Chapter 17: Untrusting

Erix woke up and stretched his muscles. He glanced over to see he was alone in bed. Once he noticed he felt a bit sore, he triggered his healing factor, allowing him to get up. He picked his shirt up off the ground which still had blood on it.

"Erix?"

He looked up to see Elijah walking into the bedroom, wearing sweatpants. Erix gave a slight smile.

"Hello," Erix said, taking Elijah in.

It was sexier seeing him the morning after.

"Hungry," Elijah asked.

"Starving," Erix said.

Elijah took the bloody shirt and handed him a pair of his clothes. Erix stared at the clothes.

"I'm pretty sure those are worth more than my entire existence," Erix said, pointing at the clothes, "I rather not risk getting them dirty."

"Well, I'm going to have your clothes washed so either this or come downstairs to eat with my family naked," Elijah teased.

Erix took the clothes and put them on as Elijah began having his other clothes washed. He came back in and strolled over to Erix, fixing his collar. When his fingers grazed over his neck, Erix grabbed it forcing Elijah to smother a flinch. He turned his head and sucked on his middle finger, making Elijah swallow thickly. He kissed his lips gently before going downstairs. It took Elijah a minute to recover and follow him down. When he reached the kitchen Erix was happily talking with Kol, Klaus, Freya, and Rebekah. He stood by for a while and watched their joyful interaction. It was enough to bring a smile to his face. The way they acted made it seem as if Erix belonged in the Mikaelson household the whole time. When Erix met his eyes, he waved at him with a loving smile. Elijah waved back and nodded.

"Elijah, are you going to join us or keep staring," Kol asked, noticing Elijah as well.

He stepped forward and Erix instantly got up, pulling out a chair next to his. Then pushed it in once he was seated.

"What I miss..."

Elijah looked around the table as everyone stared at him with a knowing look.

"What?"

"You're glowing," Rebekah said.

"I don't know what you mean," Elijah said, grabbing a forkful of eggs.

"You got laid, didn't you," Kol asked.

Elijah dropped the fork and stared at Kol, who laughed.

"Why does it matter to any of you," Elijah asked.

"Because that means you'll be less of an asshole for about a week," Klaus said, "Which I will be forever grateful for Erix."

Erix winked at him while chewing on a piece of bacon.

"I refuse to answer such an absurd question nonetheless," Elijah said, turning back to his eggs.

"That usually means yes," Freya said.

Elijah was about to scold his older sister but Erix's cell phone began ringing. He reached in his pocket and grabbed it.

"I'm so sorry," Erix said, "I have to take this..."

"Please, take it here," Klaus said, giving an evil smile, "Put it on speaker while you're at it."

"Niklaus," Elijah scolded.

"What? Does he have something to hide," Klaus asked, tilting his head.

Erix narrowed his eyes and answered the phone on speaker.

"Hey, Isaac," Erix said.

"Hey, Uncle E," Isaac said, "Listen, you're going to find this hilarious, right? So it wasn't even my fault..."

"What did you do," Erix asked, knowing the tone used.

"It wasn't my fault, I swear," Isaac started.

"Isaac," Erix said, "Where are you?"

"At school," Isaac said, "I'm... Hiding."

"Why?"

"It was an accident, Uncle E," Isaac said, "They kept picking on me and wouldn't stop... I tried to ask for help but they kept going... So I defended myself. One of the bullies got scratched really bad because of me..."

"Listen to me carefully," Erix said, "Do you need to see the principal?"

"Not yet," Isaac said, "They ran away. So I'm thinking they're going to search for me soon... I don't want to get arrested..."

"Isaac, relax," Erix said, "I'll burn down the fucking school before anyone sends you anywhere, understand? Here's what's going to happen. They're going to go to the school principal. The principal is going to call your dad..."

"That's even worse..."

"Isaac," Erix said, "They're going to call your dad. Peter is going to end up picking up the phone because he's possessive of Chris. When he answers, I want you to tell him on the phone that I told you that it's okay to defend yourself against bullies. After he's gonna call me. I will take it from there. Don't worry about anything. You did the right thing in defending yourself, understand?"

"Yes..."

"Okay, pick your head up and go back to class," Erix said, "And walk in there like what?"

"Like I don't give a fuck who owns it," Isaac said, smiling softly.

"Damn right," Erix said.

"Thanks, Uncle E," Isaac said.

"Anytime."

"When are you coming back home by the way," Isaac asked, "I'm starting to miss having you around."

"I'll be back soon, kiddo," Erix said.

"Okay," Isaac said, "Later."

"Love ya, kid," Erix said, hanging up.

He turned to Klaus and leaned towards him.

"Don't ever think for one second that I'm so low that I'll ever fucking cheat on Elijah," Erix snapped, "I'm not heartless!"

Klaus stared at him as he wrote down something on a napkin. He handed it to Elijah.
"If you ever feel I have anything to hide, you can look through my stuff yourself," Erix said, "Here's my phone passwords."

Elijah took it slowly, allowing him a chance to rethink. He stared at him in shock.

"I despise being accused of something as sick as playing with someone's heart," Erix said, looking down, "So excuse me if my reaction was a bit aggressive towards your brother. However, I do have to get ready to go back home."

"I'll help you," Elijah said, standing up.

He walked over to Klaus and slammed his head against the table roughly. Klaus glared at him in irritation as the others smothered a laugh.