The Beauty of Being Numb | Klaus Hargreeves x Reader

Klaus Does Something Stupid (and no one is surprised)

-Close your eyes, dummy!

-I can't! Every time I close my eyes, I see a diarrhetic hippo about to shit on my face. It's terrifying!

(Y/N) laugh can be heard all over the mansion.

-What is that even supposed to mean?

Klaus closes his eyes.

-No! No... It's awful!

-How am I supposed to make you sleep if you don't close your eyes?

-Will you take that terrific hippo out of my head?

-Yes.

-I trust you, girl- he points at her accusingly as she laughs again.

Klaus lies down on her bed, closing his eyes and covering with the knitted blanket. (Y/N) puts a hand on his forehead, her eyes glowing, trying to make him sleep... But Klaus starts making noises again.

-Nop, the hippo it's still there.

-Klaus, I can't concentrate, stop!- she laughs.

-Then sing to me- he opens one eye to look at her.

-I can't sing in English.

-I know... Sign me that german song you sang me at rehab, remember?

-And you'll stop mentioning the diarrheic hippo?

-Oh, sure.

-Okay.

He closes his eyes again, and she lays beside him, her right hand on his forehead.

-Guten Abend, gut' Nacht, mit Rosen bedacht, mit Näglein besteckt, schlupf' unter die Deck': Morgen früh, wenn das Universum will, wirst du wieder geweckt.

She stops singing, noticing Klaus is already snoring and that she feels uncomfortable and dipsy. She can't see the hippo, but can definitely sense how awkward it made Klaus feel.

-Goodnight, meine Liebe. (my love)

(Y/N) gives him a small kiss on the forehead and lays beside him, close to him, but not enough to touch him.

When her alarm goes off the next morning, she opens her eyes slowly, adjusting to the light, expecting to see Klaus on the other side. But to her surprise, his spot is empty and cold.

Still sleepy, the girl gets out of bed and goes to the bathroom, but he isn't there either. She peeks inside his room and Diego's, but he isn't anywhere to be seen.

Barefoot, she intends to go to the kitchen, but when she walks past the living room, she hears some grunting from the living room. She enters the room to discover a mess on the floor and Klaus sleeping on a couch with only his underwear on.

-No... No... No...- he was having a nightmare.

-Klaus- she kneels and shakes him a little-. Klaus, love, wake up.

-No!- he wakes up, sweating and hyperventilating.

-Hey, it's just me- she touches his arm, calming him down.

-Oh...

Without caring (Y/N) is there, he crawls through to floor to his coat, searching for drugs.

-Shut your piehole, Ben!- he says to the empty chair at his right.

-Is Ben here?- (T/N) looks around, as if she would be able to see him too.

-He's always up my ass... Said with love- he blows a kiss to the chair.

She watches as he stands up and lights a cigarette. For a moment, she can't look away, her gaze passing all over his body with admiration.