Again |1| Niklaus Mikaelson

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True Love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

- La Rochefoucaud

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"I thought you were dead. I saw....I saw Mikeal kill you, Niklaus." Marcella cried into his shirt. "Marcella," Klaus sighed and pulled her at arms width. "What I am...What I have become, does not beseech a person like you." Klaus begins to explain only to be interrupted. "And what about me, Klaus! I am a monster. The same kind of monster that killed Henrik." Marcella cried. "You are no monster Marcella!" Klaus yelled over her crying. "What you are is special. But I am something that should stay hidden from the world. I can not control what I am." Klaus said, tears forming in his eyes. Marcella placed a fragile hand on his cheek. "Whatever it is you are, I know you are still you." Marcella spoke quietly, making a sob come out of Niklaus's mouth.

"What if I hurt you? What will I do with myself than?" Klaus asked. "When and if it happens than there is no changing the events." Klaus stood back and looked at Marcella shocked. "How can you say such a thing! Marcella if I was to hurt you or worse, kill you, how can you let yourself be happy with what I did!?" He questioned. "Do you love me?" Marcella asked. Klaus was taken aback with her question. "More than anything, Marcella. The day you doubt my love for you is the day I have died." Klaus answered truthfully. "That is all I need to know in life. Niklaus to hear you say you love me is more than enough for me to enjoy my life. Even if you say you think you will hurt, I know you won't," Marcella said and took Niklaus's hand.

"Because in the moment you would look at me, I would know you didn't do it intentionally. Whatever demon you have inside yourself may take control, but I would always know it would never be you who does it." She added and pressed herself to Niklaus. "I have no control over it. My urges are more powerful than my will. The things going through my head are stronger than myself." Klaus said and placed his head in the crook of Marcella's neck. He inhaled and his eyes turned red. His gums hurt as well as his head. Letting out a scream, Niklaus let go and clutched his head.

"Niklaus!" Marcella shouted. Turning around, Niklaus hissed at Marcella causing an anger inside to grow bigger. Her eyes quickly burned amber and she snarled her teeth louder than Niklaus's hiss. The growl broke Klaus inside. His eyes turned to normal and he was back in control. He doesn't know how, but deep down he felt ashamed and upset that she had growled at him. His breathing was hard and Marcella took cautious steps towards him. "Please show me you are OK?" Marcella whispered. Klaus slowly looked up and Marcella let out a breath before falling down and hugging him to her. She cried with him, both scared and not entirely sure what was to come to the both of them.

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Louis had been eating a small snack when he noticed Niklaus walk out of Marcella's small room. "Well, it's been a while since I've seen you Klaus." Louis said and went to give him a hand shake. "Quiet, mother had been sick so we had to take care of her." Klaus answered. "All 4 of you?" Louis said, mentioning the 4 living Mikealson siblings. "Yes, Finn and Rebekah had gotten sick as well. Couldn't have any of us dying, now could we?" Klaus laughed and Marcella's hand tighten around his hand as he mentioned dying. "I see your point. Well I truly hope that your family gets better. Now, if I may." Louis answered and walked out the shack to attend to his business. Marcella looked up at Niklaus and he looked down at her.

"I will come by later this evening to talk with you. About everything. I better be on my way, before father finds out I am with you." Klaus says and places a chaste kiss on her lips. "Are you not allowed to see me now?" Marcella asked, making Klaus sigh. "I was never allowed to be with you in the first place. Father said I shouldn't be bothered with you. He used to tell me I shouldn't see you but that never stopped me. And now, with this, he has prohibited it." Klaus says, looking down at Marcella who had a spark in her eye now. "Why should you listen to that horrid man? He treats you as if you were a disgrace."