Vampire Diaries Imagines

Being Blind - Klaus Mikaelson

He was holding on to her as if he was to let go, she would have disappeared. I watched as the two graced the floor of the compound from my spot on the terrace just above them. Hiding just within the shadows enough for the sophisticated Mikaelson brother to be unaware of my presence within the walls of the place he and his siblings called home. To be honest with no one else but myself, I would have still been happily residing at Balmoral with the Queen of England if a certain hybrid hadn't been so keen on having me come back to New Orleans for his birthday present. There are a lot of people in this world I have absolutely no problem disappointing but my best friend of over seven hundred years is not one of them.

If Niklaus Mikaelson is to call, I will always come running. Even if it's at the expense of my heart shattering into a million more pieces than it already had before. Just as it was now watching the man I had fallen in love with hundreds of years ago dance with a woman that once again, like many other times, wasn't me.

"You don't honestly plan on hiding from my brother forever now, do you?" said the raspy voice of the man of the hour, himself. "I seem to find that hiding away is never the way to getting what you want."

A smile involuntarily appeared on my face as Niklaus walked up beside me. I turned to hug the hybrid and said, "Nik, it has truly been too long." Kissing his cheek before pulling away.

He replied with a smile of his own. "You know it wouldn't be every fifty or so years between our meetings if you would have accepted my invitation to travel with me?"

I giggled slightly. "This is very true. Though I must admit as thrilling as it most likely would have been, running from your father at every turn we were to make was not appealing to a girl that just wanted to live her eternity in peace." I admitted as I took a hold of his comforting hand and turned back to watch the party as it continued.

Nik let out a small chuckle as he turned with me to face the crowd below. "You do have a good point. Though you are neglecting to answer my first question," he states as he turns his head to look at me. "Why do you continue to hide from Elijah? You're only hurting yourself more by doing that, love."

I sighed slightly. "It hurts more being close to him especially knowing that he would never feel the same for me as I do for him. If showing me time and time again that he'll fall in love with someone he had just met wasn't enough, the last time I saw him, I poured everything out onto the table and all he could say was he was sorry. So, I continue to keep my distance which, sadly enough to admit, puts distance between the two of us as well. Which, to be frank, is torture in and of itself."

My best friend now was looking at me with eyes that poured disbelief. "Why have you never said anything before?"

"Because your brother not returning my feelings is not a good enough reason for you to go dagger him and place him in a coffin for gods know how long," I say and turn to look at him. "To which I am in great knowledge that you would have done just that."

"I'll have you know that I have done just that to all my siblings for far less, my dear," he said with a slight chuckle which in turn made me let out a small giggle of my own.

"I'm well aware of this, Niklaus. But I wouldn't have felt right knowing I was the cause of it." I admit as I looked down at my feet.

The two of us stood there in a comfortable silence for a moment before he turned to me. "Care to join me for a dance?" Niklaus asked. "I would hate to hide you away when you did come dressed for the occasion," he said as he looked over the dress he had sent to me for this very night.

"You always did have an impeccable sense of fashion, Nik" I stated as I looked down at the beautiful gown that I was wearing.

"YN, you look amazing in anything you are to wear. This one just seemed to me as if it was meant for you," he said as he spun me around with a smile plastered on his face. "It's time for you to show our dearest Elijah what he's truly missing. What do you say?" he asked as he held out his arm for me to take. I gave him a small smile of my own and interlocked my arm with his and let him lead me down the staircase back down to ground level.

All eyes were on us as we made our way across the floor. "You see that, love?" the blue-eyed man whispered in my ear. "Everyone is looking at you as if you were their queen."

"Only because I'm on your arm, Niklaus," I stated with a playful smile.

He returned the gesture and said, "I am in high doubt of that." He then turned to me as the musicians began to play one of my favorite songs.

I looked up at the hybrid as soon as the music registered. "Nik, you planned all of this, didn't you?" He only gave me a small smirk as the two of us danced in circles around the floor. "This is your night. This is supposed to be about you."

"I don't believe that this night has to be all about me, YNN," he said as he spun me around.

I shot him a confused look when I was back to face him. "Niklaus, you have confused me."

"My dear, I didn't just ask you here for the festivities of the night but to ask you a highly important question as well," he admitted.

I looked around the room for a moment and noticed Kol and Rebekah standing in the far corner. I gave them a questioning look in hopes that they could hint at me what their older brother could have been possibly talking about. Yet they were no help, both just shrugged and shook their heads not knowing much more than I did at that point in time. Elijah was on the other side of the room staring quite intently at his brother and me as we swayed back and forth to the music. Oh, how I wished I could have been able to read his mind at that very moment.

I looked back up at the sea-blue eyes before me that were not only a calming staple in my life but also my home and said, "What would be your question, Niklaus?"

He leaned down to where his lips just barely brushed up against my ear and whispered, "Stay with me?" I look at him stunned as he pulls away.

In the centuries I have known this man, he has never once asked me to stay, no matter what our trouble was to be. Never once has he compelled me to stay by his side or to do anything I unwillingly wanted to do. Not that he would have had to because I was more than willing to do whatever it would have been of him to ask of me. But why now was he asking me to stay?

"I have watched you leave time and time again for so many long years and I can't stand to do it again. Each time before, when you did, I knew you needed the space and the time and for you, I would do anything to give you just that," he confessed.

"So why ask this of me now?" I questioned.

Klaus looked away for a moment towards his brother then said, "Although my dear brother fails to see the beauty, grace, and pure love that makes you who you are, I can." At that moment I noticed how he looked over at Elijah as if he was throwing daggers with his eyes before he turned back to look at me. "I see you for everything you are worth and so much more. YNN, you have such a free spirit that is unmatched and a heart of pure gold that none of us could ever amount to. And while my brother has been a fool for not falling for you in every aspect of who you are, I can't say I have been as such. You, my dear, are as much of a majestic queen as they come. An iron grip but a kind and gentle soul that's hiding in the dark." His arm slowly raised and with a gentle hand, he pushed away a loose strand of hair out of my face.

"Though, I am not as such a gentle creature as yourself, with you I am a better man. You have this effect on me that I could never explain, not even to myself, if I were to be completely honest with you. I'm a beast, some would even say a monster, but with you, I'm just a man trying to rule his kingdom." Nik stopped our dance and took my hands in his as he spoke. "I could never imagine taking you away from your travels but this time when you go, I would like to join you. So, I ask, will you rule with me?"

How could I have been so foolish to overlook what had been in front of me the entire time? For his brother nonetheless. The man who had stood by me when no one else would without giving it a second thought. I always knew that for him I would do just the same. I gave my attention to someone who overlooked me just as I had done to Nik and for that, I feel ashamed. But now, here he is, allowing me to right my wrongs towards him even though I most definitely did not deserve it.

A smile placed itself on my face as I looked into those blue eyes. "You truly are too good to me, Niklaus."

"Is that a yes?" he asked with a smile of his own.

"More than. Until now I was too blind to see all that was right in front of me. Too blind to see that who I loved most of all, and will always be mine, was never too far away to begin with." I finally admit out loud, not only to him but to myself as well.