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Enjoy this last part, edited by leianaberrie!

By the time they got back to Mystic Falls, Bonnie was on the edge of a nervous breakdown. She left Damon to answer to all the gang's questions while she collapsed into the chair in front of the fireplace in the Salvatore house.

From the dining room she could hear her friend's voices, interrupted by Caroline's squeals threatening to decapitate Kai.

Bonnie smiled. She still liked the calm, despite all the time she spent alone in 1994 and knowing they were all there in the other room heartened her. She closed her eyes, watching the red light of the fire through her eyelids.

When she heard the steps on the carpet, she murmured a spell to make the intruder stumble.

He whispered "Holy shit" when he hit the floor.

Bonnie opened her eyes and looked at Kai, who sat on the floor smiling.

"What's up?" he asked.

"You're still here?" Bonnie asked in return.

"Caroline and I were bonding," he said, rising. He sat on the armrest of her chair. "You going home? I can walk with you," he proposed.

"No need. You're going to make the trip longer."

"I could sleep at your place," he proposed.

"I don't think that's a good idea," she declined. "Where are you sleeping at, anyway?" she asked, genuinely curious.

"I promised your blond friend that I'd clean the bar with magic if he lets me crash there."

Bonnie frowned. "You don't have anywhere to go?"

"Josette still doesn't trust me," he sighed, "and it seems that Hotel Salvatore is for intimate friends only."

"You really thought Damon would have let you stay?" she asked with a smile.

"Well, I wanted to stay near you but it seems you ran away too."

Bonnie looked down. "I didn't feel comfortable."

Kai shrugged and rose from the chair. "If you want company to walk home, my offer is still on the table."

Bonnie didn't answer and he headed to the front door. "Wait!" she stopped him. "I'll grab my jacket and we'll go."

On their way out, Damon's voice called out to them.

"Hey, Wizard of Oz! Where are you going with the Wicked Witch of the West?"

Bonnie rolled her eyes, but Kai smiled. "I always thought that the Wizard had an affair with the witches," he said, pleased. "I think I'm gonna write a fan fiction."

Bonnie smiled. "He's walking me home, Damon. Say hi to the others. See you tomorrow."

The vampire looked at them suspiciously but let them go. Kai waved him off as he closed the door behind them.

In the end, walking with Kai wasn't so bad. The hike was quite long and Bonnie had all the time to hear his repertory of bullshit.

"Have you ever been on YouPorn?" he asked. "When I was young you had to buy or steal some magazine and hide it under your mattres, but now all you have to do is click and you can watch all kind of perversions."

"Do I look like someone who goes on sites like YouPorn?" she asked rhetorically.

Kai smiled mischievous and Bonnie gave him a nudge.

"There's nothing wrong in it!" he reassured her. "You have the right to have fun, too."

Bonnie stopped, causing him to do the same. "We have to establish some rules. Every time we're together you can only talk when you have something serious to say."

"Serious like the war in Siria or is it ok if I just don't say profanities?"

Bonnie looked at him impatiently. "Just, don't be gross."

Kai took a few steps towards her. "So I can tell you that I love the way your nose is red from the cold?"

She looked away. "You can, but know that your flirting makes me uncomfortable."

She started to walk again. They were almost home and she couldn't wait to have a bath.

"Compliments make you uncomfortable?" he asked. "You know, my sexual life has been way more exciting than yours. And I've been in my prison world for almost two decades.

Bonnie glared at him.

"I wasn't gross," he defended himself.

They were quiet for a while, until Bonnie informed him she was home.

"I'll see you tomorrow, I guess," she said and she meant it.

Kai nodded. "See you tomorrow," he said. He bent to kiss her cheek, but Bonnie dodged.

"Bye" she said, smiling indulgently.

Kai turned to leave then turned back. "I'm sorry if I speak too much. I've got twenty years of conversations to catch up with, you know."

Bonnie nodded. She stared at his enormous smile, as enormous as his loneliness.

She bit her lip because she already knew that she was going to regret this. . "You want to come in to chatter a little more?".

Kai widened his eyes, surprised. "I would like to."

Bonnie signed. She went in and he followed. She showed him her couch and he sat down while she grabbed two Coke from her fridge.

"What did you do before you became a professional psychopath?" she asked from her kitchen.

"An amateur psychopath, I suppose," he said softly, but she was back with the Cokes and she heard him.

She gave him an icy look.

"Didn't you have friends?"

"Not out of my coven. And I wouldn't call those friends. Just like you shouldn't call the people that use you friends."

Bonnie snorted and kicked off her shoes to put her feet on the couch.

"My parents called me monster since I was five. That doesn't help to make friends. No mother would let her son play with a monster." He opened his can and took a sip. "This shit has the same addictive taste of twenty years ago."

"The world can't run without Coke," she concurred, raising her can for a toast before she took a sip. Kai did the same.

"Why didn't you leave instead of insisting on the merge? You could have had a normal life."

Kai seemed to actually think about it. "Because it was the only life I knew."

"You should have spared your siblings," she whispered.

Kai didn't answer. From his expression, Bonnie could tell he was remembering something. It was one of the few times he looked older.

She kept quiet, playing with her can, to give him time to think.

"By the time I realized it wasn't their fault, it was too late," he whispered.

Bonnie put her legs down to approach him then checked herself. "You were all victims of the absurd rules of your coven."

"Yeah," he agreed. "But now that I'm the leader a lot of things will change."

"Only you've been hiding in Mystic Falls from months."

"I'm not hiding. I'm courting you. I hope to go back to Portland with a companion that could help me with my people."

Bonnie looked at him like he had just got even more insane than he already was. "And you want me to be that person? I'm sorry but I don't plan on giving birth to twelve babies."

"That would only happen if we don't get twins for the merge at the first try."

"Yeah, well, I'm not planning on making my children merge either!"

"Okay," he gave up, raising his hands. "That wasn't an official proposal."

Bonnie rose, shaking her head. She took her shoes from the floor and took the empty can from his hands.

"I'm going to sleep," she said. "You can stay here for tonight," she conceded and Kai smiled, "but if you get close to my room…" She was interrupted by someone knocking at the door.

"I can go," Kai offered and she let him.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

Damon's shocked question confirmed to her that letting Kai stay hadn't been the best idea.

"Oh, hey Damon. You already missed me?"

"What is he doing here?" he asked again, clearly to Bonnie and ignoring Kai.

Kai answered before Bonnie could open her mouth. "We were deciding how many children we will have. We thought we should start tonight."

Bonnie grasped his shirt and pulled him back. "I'm giving him hospitality for the night."

"Are you out of your mind?" Damon asked, stepping in. "You," he said to Kai, "get out of here."

Bonnie shut her door and leaned against it, she couldn't stand another fight between them. "I'm going to sleep. You can work this out between you two. Just… don't kill each other."

"What?" Damon asked. "How can you sleep with a psycho in the other room?"

"The same way I slept with a vampire in the other room."

"If he stays, I stay," he declared crossing his arms on his chest.

"What?" Bonnie shouted, turning back to look at him.

"You always have to be the third wheel, uh?" Kai asked.

"I'm not going to leave you here with him alone."

"If he wanted to kill me, he would have done so already," she pointed out. "This is my house and I can defend myself. Go back to Elena."

"Elena does not have a psychopath in her house."

"I'm a sociopath," Kai corrected him. "The psychosis was temporary."

No one answered him.

"Listen, Damon" Bonnie murmured, getting closer. "He doesn't have a place to go and I'm glad to have company – even if it's his."

"Ican stay with you."

"No, you can't Damon," Bonnie sighed. "Kai's right. This is getting ridiculous. It's okay. You don't have to stay with me all the time. And you're ignoring Elena."

"I missed you," he whispered. "I don't want to lose you from my sight."

Bonnie smiled and hugged him, recognizing the familiar grip of his arms around her and his scent of aftershave and bourbon. She smiled when he rubbed his nose in her hair.

Kai embraced them both in a bear hug and Bonnie laughed while Damon cursed him and tried to set himself free. Kai hugged them harder.

"I missed you so much!" he cried, tucking his head between theirs.

"Okay!" Bonnie said shrinking away. "That's enough!"

They pulled apart.

"Let's do this," she proposed, "Kai stays, if he swears to behave himself, or I won't let him… court me," she threatened.

Kai looked at her with resignation.

"Tomorrow morning you, Damon, can come by and check that I didn't kill him."

Damon didn't seem much convinced, but he nodded and looked threatening at Kai, who smiled innocently.

"Text me, so I'm sure you're okay," he made her promise. "See you tomorrow morning." He bent and kissed her on her cheek before leaving.

"So," Kai asked after Damon left, "you sleep on the right side or the left?"

"It doesn't matter, because you're sleeping on the couch."

"There are at least two more rooms!" he protested.

"Too close to mine" she explained. "Good night," she said, smiling.

"Good night" Kai murmured, but before she left, he called her back. "Do I get a kiss on the cheek?"

"You've maxed out your limit of kisses for one day. We can talk about it tomorrow."

Kai tilted his head to one side. "Does this mean that I can kiss you again?" he asked, but Bonnie was already gone.

He leaned on the couch, feeling the softness. All things considered,he thought, life in Mystic Falls isn't so bad.