The Devil Wears Pink (Ben Hargreeves) [discontinued]

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: TOUCH STARVED

"klaus?" lilith calls out as she looks through the upstairs floor of the academy. she needed klaus at the moment, she needed to clear some air before you know

the end of the world and what not

klaus never told her he could see ben, he had never even mentioned it. so lilith was under the impression he never was able to, so she didn't pry any further

she also wasn't sure if she wanted him to see him or not. if he did, he'd be lying to her this entire time, and she hate nothing more

nothing would change if he didn't either, just that lilith could never get the closure she really needed

she feels herself stumble a little as her back becomes heavier. klaus had hugged her from behind, which explained the sudden gain of weight "right here, care bear"

lilith chuckles, even at the end of the world klaus couldn't waste a moment to make her laugh

"you wanna help?" he asks, jumping off of her back. lilith turns around and sees diego holding a bunch of rope, her eyes flicker over to klaus and then to diego

"do i wanna know...?" diego shakes his head but klaus seemed extremely eager to explain the out of context situation

"you know, last time i was sober was that roaring good time when those freaks had me tied up in the motel room" klaus says nonchalantly, lilith growls under her breath, remembering what happened to him, but klaus gives her a soft smile, telling her not to make a huge deal out of it

"wow...you are one twisted bonehead" diego mutters, lilith crosses her arms at diego's statement "weren't you the one asking him to clean up over and over again?" she asks

"well for your information, sis there better way to get clean" diego says, making sure not to leave out his sister, hinting that maybe she should get clean too

"not for me, no," klaus whispered
"i need someone to take away my options"

lilith flings her arm over klaus "yeah but this is a little bit much don't you think?" klaus shakes his head "too much? it's too little"

lilith sighs and shakes her head, realizing she couldn't get through him no matter how hard she's try "well...whatever floats your boat, crazy"

klaus grins and starts jumping up and down "thank you. thank you. thank you," he whispers, hugging her tightly

klaus seemed to snap out of whatever trance he had been in and pulled away with a smile, going back to the klaus that they knew. "now that's what real siblings do! take some notes diego and maybe you'll learn from her"

lilith laughs as she sees diego's sour expression and flicks klaus' forehead "hey, he's a good sibling"

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"yeah, yeah, yeah," klaus chants as diego walks around the chair he was in with the rope

lilith stands across from klaus, amused by how weird klaus' sober tactic was

"i hate this room," diego grimaces, looking around. "oh, it got me high enough," klaus says with a small smile

the trio was inside one of daddy deadest's rooms, this one had happened to be his office. taking a simple breath in the room was enough for lilith to feel shivers down her spine