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She lay there silently watching him leaning against the wall with his arms crossed tightly against his chest. The only reason why she was here was because she was trusting Tyler. He had been adamant that Klaus wouldn't let her die because; as much as he hated to admit it, he truly believed that Klaus was in love with her. When he told her about his plan of taking her back to the Gilbert house, she had thought he was crazy and now,watching Klaus standing there ignoring her as if she were non-existent, she truly believed she was about to die.

Although she didn't think he would save her, she needed to try and at least save herself. Caroline Forbes was, of course, a fighter. Breathing was becoming increasingly difficult but she needed to speak to him anyway.

"If you don't feed me your blood, I'll die." She hoped that he still felt something for her, enough for him to save her.

"Then you'll die. And Tyler will have learnt his lesson the hard way." This set a spark off inside her. She was not going to allow him to torture Tyler in that way without having a few words to say about it herself.

"How could you do this to him? To his mom? To Me?" Although she would never admit it, she was truly hurt by his actions when he impaled her with a lamp and then bit her. She never really thought that he would ever try and hurt her despite all the evil things he had done to her friends.

"I'm a thousand years old. Call it boredom."

"I don't believe you." He had once thanked her for her honesty so she thought she may as well be honest with him asshe was about to die.

"Fine. Then maybe it's because I'm pure evil and I can't help myself." There was a tone of resentment in his voice. Even as her senses were steadily weakening, she could hear it in his voice. He knew the things he had done were evil and many do think he is evil but in his heart, he didn't want to be called the devil. He resented the fact that, somehow, his actions were unforgiveable and yet, the likes of Damon Salvatore could be forgiven.

"No." Even with her weakened state, she managed to make her voice firm and clear. "It's because you're hurt." He turned to look at her more clearly and saw that her eyes were on him.
"…Which means there is a part of you that is human." She had always had a knack for surprising him but still her honesty managed to, even on her makeshift death bed. He made his way towards her and sat down on the coffee table to face her watching her intently all the while.

"How could you possibly think that?" She drew a deep breath before answering questioning whether she should really tell him the truth. Although this was all supposed to have been a plan for Klaus to save her, she felt as though she needed to tell him the truth if she truly was going to die.

"Because I've seen it." She looked at him closely, debating whether she should tell him more. His intent gaze bore into her waiting, with bated breath, for her reply.
"Because I've caught myself wishing that I could forget all the horrible things that you've done."

"But you can't. Can you?" His heart ached at her response. He thought back to the conversation he had previously had with the elder Salvatore brother and he was right. He was afraid that she would never forgive him for, not only the death of Carol, but the deaths of many other residents in Mystic Falls. A pained expression masked his face while she thought of a reply. In all honesty, she didn't know whether she could forgive him.

"I know you're in love with me. And anyone who is capable of love is capable of being saved."

The words came out of her mouth before she even realise. She didn't know whether to believe what even she had just said and didn't particularly know why she even said it. She supposed that it was just the effect of the venom running through her veins then. The tears welling in his eyes were clearly visible for her to witness while he took in what those words she had just said.

"You're hallucinating." Although the words had been spoken, the emotion painted on his face had already told her that what she had just said was true. A strangled laugh escaped her lips briefly from his comment.

"I guess I'll never know." Truth be told, she did wonder whether this was all a hallucination. In what world would the almighty Klaus Mikaelson be caught with tears in his eyes from a few little words that she said? He didn't know what to say but her sudden whimper in pain send him into a frenzy of panic.

"Caroline?" He watched her splutter again before calling her name again with a harder tone in his voice as the reality of the situation began to sink in. Was he really about to let her die at his own hands? Her words were spinning around his head on replay.

He knew the best thing to do was to let her die. After all, Love is a Vampire's Greatest Weakness and he was not weak. He could not afford for her to live on any longer and most certainly, he could not allow her to hold onto his heart any longer. But he saw her last few breaths and realised that he couldn't let her die. He remembered a time when he longed to feel loved by someone; to have his family around him and to have someone to share the rest of his eternity with. In all honesty, he knew that Caroline was his only chance at redemption. If she died, the tiny fragment of his humanity still clinging onto his impure soul would die along with her.

His body swiftly moved towards her before his mind was even able to fully make the decision to save her, but as he bit into his wrist and pushed it towards her lips, he realised that he was incapable of letting her die. She was the only light in his dark, cruel world and without her, he would be lost to the depths of his loneliness forever. His undead heart felt sudden relief as he felt her strength regaining in his arms while her elongated fangs pierced into his skin.

She felt the blood rushing into her mouth and as her eyes opened, confusion washed over her. She never truly believed that he would save her. Maybe he truly was in love with her? She knew the thought should have never even crossed her mind but still, she thought of how life would actually be like with Klaus. She thought of what she would actually do if Klaus really did love her. For now, at least, she knew it couldn't happen but tonight seemed to change things between them and as much as she hated to admit it, she felt a connection with him that was so much different to her connection to Tyler.

It was his fault that she had been dying in the first place but he wanted to pretend for just a little while that he was her knight in shining armour coming to save her so he let her drink from his for as long as she wanted while he gently stroked her hair. He was in love with her and no matter what he could do, he couldn't change that. He knew that his love for her couldn't be returned and yet, he still felt a glimmer of hope within him and right now, hope was all he needed to make the emptiness within him, feel whole once again.