!editing! MY LOVE ( k mikaelson )

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elle takes a deep breath before bringing her fist up and knocking on the door.  she still couldn't believe she'd convinced herself to do this. there was a brief silence before the door was swung open, revealing katherine pierce. it had been a few days since she'd been freed from the dagger and she'd been laying low. elle was still oblivious as to who saved her.

"well, klaus will be suprised." she smirks at elle before she is suddenly pushed aside, revealing him. his eyes widen at the sight of her at his door, though the look on his face is soon replaced by an arrogant smirk. if only elle knew that this was a mask, to hide how happy he was to see her.

"oh darling, i've only been in town a few days and you are already running into my arms." he smirks at her, to which elle returns with an intense glare.

"in your dreams, nik." she scoffs, leaning on the door frame. "are you going to invite me in or not?" elle raises her eyebrows at him.

"of course, how rude of me." he rolls his eyes, "please, come in." elle steps through the door into the apartment, immediately taking in the surroundings. she saw alaric's body in the corner, nik had probably only just stopped using his body. poor guy.

"so you're back in your body then?" she questions, not that she really cared.

"recently, yes." he said, turning to katherine, who had been watching the two's exchange with an amused look. this was the most entertainment she'd had the whole time she'd been stuck in that apartment. "leave elle and i alone and take the history teacher with you." he compelled her and she immediately obliged, leaving the room with alaric, who was just coming to. nik turned to elle then, raising his eyebrows. "so, why are you here, love?" klaus reaches up and runs his hands through her perfect blonde hair, memories of how he used to be around her came rushing back.

she rolls her beautiful blue eyes at him and shrugs him away, standing back. "Because I don't want to spend my eternal life running from you, and I happen to like this town." She says. "also, since the scooby gang daggered me, i've been more and more inclined to form alliances and we were quite the team. speaking of daggers, you wouldn't happen to know how they had mine, would you?"

"well after you left, i threw your dagger away from me. i don't remember where, i just remember not wanting it anywhere near me." klaus sighs, recalling how even looking at the weapon made a pang of guilt and sadness rush through his body. "i suppose it just fell into the wrong hands."

"but it wasn't the dagger that made me run, nik, it was you." elle says solemnly.

"love, i know, okay?" he sounds angry, but elle knows it wasn't directed at her, it was the guilt and anger he had against himself being expressed in his tone of voice. "it's just looking at that damned thing made me so upset and frustrated about everything that i knew i'd lost as soon as you went away.it drove me insane." nik finished his little speech with a shaky voice and tears in his eyes as he looked at the love of his life.

"quite right."

niklaus and elle then turned away from each other, not wanting to look into the other's eyes for fear of reading too much into what they're thinking. 

"i've had men searching for you all around the world for a century." klaus mumbles at an almost inaudible volume.

"yes, I'm quite aware." elle says shortly.