Always and forever >> Klaus Mikaelson

FOUR

It had been a whole day since Ariana was bitten, and she was feeling like shit. the bite spreader all the way up her arm as she sweated profusely, a guilty Elena padding a cold towel against her head until she swatted it away. 

"Elena this isn't fucking helping so please just go and say happy birthday to Caroline! I cant listen to you talk about it any longer." Ariana snapped.  

"ari," Elena said, using her nickname for once. 

"can you just go, please?" with a small, frightened nod, Elena left the room. Ariana picked up her phone with her infected arm and dialled Klaus' number.

"hello, love." Klaus smirked through the phone. 

"hey dick. care to help me out here?" Ariana said, and was answered with silence. 

"no can do, sweetheart. you teaching everyone a lesson by being in pain so, keep up the act." she rolled her eyes

"after everything ive done Niklaus, I have to die?" she said weakly. not exactly afraid of the thought.

"on the contrary. id never let you die I saw the way you looked at me when my father said no one cared about me, this is simply keeping everyone one in tact until I get what I want." he spoke through the phone. 

"well don't let me die im give me your blood!" she said with all the energy she had left.

"its more complicated than that, love."

"it really isn't."

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she covered her arm in a leather jacket, sticking to the throbbing wound as she walked around the mansion. she couldn't see anyone in their casual outfits. it was all styles from 1864, and a happy Katherine with stefan, giggling in the corner. Ariana frowned and began to stumble to her visions. she began following the couple, watching them purposely guide her into their old home, entering a loud party. her shaking and cold body became engulfed in a warm pair of arms.

"what are you doing here?!" Klaus whisper shouted in her ear. her visions blurred, her eyes began to flatter shut and her body fell limp in his arms. 

"how did I get here?" she mumbled. he sighed and hauled her up in his arms, carrying her out of the house, using his speed so no one saw her state. she giggled a little at his actions.

"oh you look very handsome." she patted her hand against his cheek as he frowned down at her. 

"what's Wong with you?" he said lowly.

"well some dickhead bit me and I wasn't angry at it for a while because of reasons you don't need to know and then I started following Katherine and stefan because they seemed happy." she rambled on weakly. Klaus just smiled down at her and began to walk her home. 

the couple were disturbed by an overprotective Damon taking her from Klaus' arms.

"what you gonna come to the rescue?" Damon spat, holding his weak, and passing out sister. 

"well that's the point on saving her mate, yeah." Klaus smirked, watching Damons blood boil.

"just give me your blood ill give to her when I take her home."  Klaus just smiled not moving an inch. 

"take her home, ill come by later." he said simply.

"later? look at her!" Damon scoffed.

"is that Damon begging?" Klaus smirked.

"just get your ass to our house later." Damon said, defeated, speeding off into the distance. Klaus smile dropped the minute he left. why was he worrying for her?

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Klaus knocked politely on the door to the Salvatore's house, having it immediately be opened by matt.

"Damon told me to pop by and give Ariana a bite to eat. poor boy he seemed quite distressed." Klaus said with a small smirk but worry in his brain. 

"you did this to her." matt said angrily.

"oh no hard feelings, mate, im pretty sure she liked it." Klaus teased the human. "im here to help, matt. my blood will heal her now step aside." Klaus walked in, pushing the weak boy away from him as he ascended the stairs, and entered Ariana's room. he found her weak, sweaty yet shivering. his eyes fell into sorrow as he closed the door behind him. 

"you are, a dick." Ariana said through pain. he smiled lightly, and gently pulled out her arm, the whole thing was swarming in yellow liquid and moving veins surfacing. 

"oh, that looks bad. my apologies you're what's knows as collateral damage its nothing personal." he whispered, his arms reached up and toyed with the daylight ring against her finger. 

"I love birthdays." he whispered to her. 

"yeah, aren't you a billion, or something?" she said weakly. 

"we have to adjust your perception of time when you become a vampire, Ariana. celebrate the fact that you're no longer bound by human conventions. you're free." he spoke softly. 

"no. im dying. im also a lost cause. you know how many times Damon and stefan have had to bring me back from drug overdoses and shit like that? they've given up on me." she chuckled painfully. he placed himself gently against the bed close to her, and placed his hands in an orderly fashion. 

"and I could let you die. if that's what you want. if you really believe, you're existence has no meaning. ive thought about it myself. once or twice. over the centuries, truth be told. but ill let you in on a little secret. there's a whole, world out there, waiting for you. great cities and art and music. genuine, beauty. and you, can have all of it. you can have a thousand more birthdays. all you have to do is ask. truth be told, if you refuse the question. you'd not only be making your brothers lose you but you'd be making the big bad wolf lose you too. and he would he miss you, for the lonely centuries to come, alone in his reminisces."

"....I don't want you to be alone." she spoke softly. "I cant let my brothers be alone, they'll rip at each others throats." the tiredness was clear in her voice. and by her first words, Klaus' face softened even more. he pulled up his sleeve, and held her by the head gently. 

"there you go sweetheart. have at it." he whispered, watching her weakly bite down into his wrist, his blood filled her mouth and fell down her dry throat, her wounded arm slowly healing with her tired eyes closing, fang embedded in his skin. 

she finally pulled away, and Klaus pushed a strand piece of hair behind her ear. 

"Sweet dreams, love." he placed her gently in the sheets, pulling them over her, placing a kiss against her forehead. she so badly wanted to beg him to stay with her, in that moment of weakness, all she needed was his warmth. but before she could open her mouth, he was gone.