When Three's Company

He told me...

Stiles walked into a silent house. Was Derek in bed already? Was he still out with Elijah? Stiles checked the clock. Nine pm. He should have been home by now. He felt worry creep up in his chest until he noticed the still open bottle of whisky and the two untouched drinks on the counter. He poured out the drinks being sure to rinse the glasses.

"Stiles."

Stiles jumped causing the kitchen light to blow.

"Oh, I apologize, I didn't intend to startle you." Elijah spoke. Stiles turned to see him wearing only his slacks.

"Did you...?" Elijah pointed looking up at the light.

"What? Oh, psh, no, that was just...coincidental." Stiles swallowed hard. Elijah knew Stiles was lying but he didn't push it.

"So I see Derek finally got you in his bed." Stiles gestured to Elijah's half naked body.

Elijah smirked dropping his head a bit.

"Congrats and thanks." Stiles grinned.

Elijah frowned slightly. "Thanks?"

"That's going to guarantee he'll be in a good mood tomorrow and I have a favor to ask of him." Stiles explained.

"I see, well in that case, any time." Elijah winked earning a laugh from Stiles.

"You know, Elijah, Derek really likes you." Stiles spoke taking a seat at the table.

"So he told me." Elijah grinned sitting across from Stiles.

"He told you?" Stiles asked putting emphasis on the word told. Derek didn't talk about his feelings much, at all.

"He told me he loved me tonight." Elijah smiled fondly at the memory.

"I'm sorry, he what?" Stiles blinked at Elijah. Surely he'd heard wrong.

"Earlier he admitted to being in love with me." Elijah repeated.

Stiles gaped at Elijah.

"Stiles, is something wrong?" Elijah frowned.

"Derek has only ever been in love once before and he doesn't talk about it. He always said falling in love hurts too much. His uncle ended up telling me about him. His name was Gage. Long story short Gage got the bite and it either turns you or kills you. It killed him." Stiles explained.

"Oh." Elijah felt regret, guilt and worry bubble inside him.

"I'm sorry, you probably didn't want to hear that." Stiles shook his head.

"No, I did. Stiles I have something I need to tell Derek but, I'm afraid it'll change how he feels about me." Elijah frowned deeply.

"He told you he loves you, I don't think there's anything that's gonna change his mind." Stiles smiled reassuringly.

"This would." Elijah nodded.

"You're not a werewolf hunter are you?" Stiles asked.

"Not exactly." Elijah shook his head.

"Are you an Oni hunter?" Stiles swallowed nervously.

"A what?" Elijah frowned again.

"Nothing, if you're not a hunter, he'll be fine. But definitely tell him sooner than later." Stiles stood yawning. He needed to go to bed before he said something that would give away his secret.

"Have a good night, Stiles." Elijah smiled up at the human.

"You too. Oh and if you leave, make sure to lock the door, Derek gets all weird about it."

Elijah nodded. He wouldn't be leaving, not tonight.

-

Derek woke to the laughter of Stiles.

"You're gonna cut yourself." Stiles' voice carried through the house.

"Well if this thing hadn't blown I could twist it out, but it's shattered to the base. I can't believe we didn't notice the glass last night."

Elijah. Derek smiled as he threw on a pair of sweatpants and out of his room.

Derek walked into the kitchen to see Elijah on a chair in the middle.

"What is going on?" Derek asked.

"Morning, Der." Stiles smiled.

"Good morning, my Derek." Elijah got off of the chair and placed a gentle kiss on Derek's cheek.

"Whoa, what are you wearing?" Derek chuckled as he inspected Elijah in a pair of his jeans and a white v neck with a faded gray button down that was left unbuttoned.

"Stiles, said you wouldn't mind if I borrowed an outfit. He picked it out for me." Elijah explained.

"He did a good job." Derek grinned inspecting Elijah thoroughly.

"What happened?" Derek asked looking up.

"Oh, the light blew. I'm trying to replace it but it's proving difficult.

"It blew?" Derek frowned narrowing his eyes at Stiles.

"Yeah, last night." Elijah nodded climbing back onto the chair.

Derek grabbed Stiles arm and pulled out of earshot of Elijah.

"What the hell, Stiles?" Derek snapped.

"It was an accident. He snuck up on me and bam it just blew." Stiles failed his arms for emphasis.

"You said you had better control over it." Derek growled.

"I do, but I was taken by surprise in my own kitchen. He doesn't suspect anything anyway." Stiles huffed.

"Ah, ha, I got it." Elijah smiled as he climbed off the chair.

Suddenly Stiles felt his phone vibrating in his pocket. He pulled it out to see Damon calling him.

"Well, I hate to run but I have a breakfast date with Caroline." Stiles lied grabbing his keys.

"Text you later, Der." Stiles rushed out of the house and quickly answered.

"Hey, hot stuff." Stiles grinned. He'd almost missed the call. He couldn't answer it in front of Elijah.

"Hey, babe, so I know we planned for me to stay over tonight but I won't be able to, Stefan has me doing a bunch of stuff I don't care about." Damon spoke into the phone.

"Oh, that's okay, I think Derek wants me to hang out with him tonight anyway." Stiles felt relieved. Caroline had asked Stiles not to mention the party to anyone. It was only going to be a select few. She claimed to be weeding out her friends list.

"But I'll make it up to you." Damon promised.

"It's okay, I understand, besides I saw you last night." Stiles smiled at the memory.

"And I miss you already." Damon sighed.

"I miss you too." Stiles chuckled. He really did, the only problem was he missed Klaus too.

*AN*
Okay, next chapter is going to be very drama filled, hope you're ready.
P.s. The pic at the top is the outfit Elijah borrowed.