Heaven ✧ kol mikaelson [1] ✓

16. hunger

( s4, e2: memorial )

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KOL FUMBLED with his tie as he looked at the mirror. Ariel smiled and shook her head as she went to go fix his tie.

"Why do we have to go to this stupid funeral anyway? People died, so what, I don't know any of them," Kol argued.

"Because the whole town is going," The angel explained. "Angels have to mourn the dead even if we don't know them."

Kol groaned and turned around to kiss his beautiful girlfriend. "Your lucky I'm completely in love with you."

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The presence of death and sadness washed over Ariel as her and Kol entered the church. She was actually iffy on going today since death brought along the devil. The deal she had made with him was something she wasn't looking forward to.

"You alright, love?" Kol asked as Ariel hadn't moved a muscle for a couple seconds.

She turned back to Kol and nodded. "Yep, where's Matt–"

Ariel stopped when she saw Matt sitting next to Jeremy. She motioned Kol for them to sit many rows back from them. Kol tried to ask questions, but Ariel didn't answer as she sure as hell wasn't telling Kol about her vision a while ago.

Mayor Lockwood went up to the podium and began to talk about all the people who were lost in the blowing up of the house. Exactly twelve people were killed – including the pastor – yesterday.

Damon walked in and sat beside Ariel and Kol. "So many other seats and you just had to sit here?"

"I don't like your sass Ariel," Damon smirked as he glanced at Kol. "But I know if I insult you, you have your little original boyfriend with you so I'll shut up."

Kol broke his gaze away from Damon as he tightened his grip around Ariel. Elena went up to the stage, but Ariel noticed how awful she looked. Knowing the young Gilbert girl, Ariel knew she hadn't even drank human blood.

"I uh – when I talked to April earlier she was kind of nervous about coming up to speak. And now that I'm up here, I'm kind of nervous too," Elena gulped as she looked around at everyone. "The worst day of loving someone is the day that you lose them."

She was going to continue, but she stopped. Kol tensed up beside Ariel as he smelled the scent that was coming from upstairs. "I smell blood."

"It's a trap," Damon's eyes widened in realization as he warned everybody. "Listen, Kol don't move a muscle. Connor – aka a vampire hunter – is here looking for vampires. Ariel, keep your boyfriend under control before he exposes all of us."

Ariel placed a hand on Kol's hand and gripped it tightly. "Focus on me, alright?"

Elena was struggling on stage immensely now as the smell of blood traveled to her. Stefan luckily ran on stage and used he excuse of sadness for Elena's distraught personality.

Everyone stood back up for the service to continue, but Kol nudged Ariel softly and pointed to where Matt and Elena were. All the hope and respect Ariel held for the now vampire girl was completely gone. There, just a few feet away from her, Elena was drinking from Matt's blood.