stay together, down

Do dreams reflect reality.

Lin An fell into a dream and couldn't wake up. It was when they were in Mystic Falls Town.But she didn't know that she was in a dream, she woke up on the bed, opened her eyes, and the whole room was dark.Lin An stepped out of bed, her body seemed to have its own will, and she walked out of the house in a clear direction.

She walked out of the room, the world outside was replaced by dark night, but the moon was bright.With the light of the moon, Lin An recognized that the house in front of him was Klaus's house in Mystic Falls.She felt bewildered, and when she wanted to call out, she found that she couldn't make a sound. There seemed to be a voice in her mind, asking her: Who do you want to call?Him, or him?Lin An was even more confused, who is he?Who is he?

As if responding to her question, the door was pushed open at this moment, and a figure stepped out from the darkness, a little bit clearer under the moonlight.It's Cole.

Like a life-saving rope appearing in the void, Lin An ran towards him.But he stopped suddenly when he was only a short distance away - Lin An saw that his gray and bloodless face was covered with criss-crossing blue lines.Exclaiming that he was drowned in the throat, Lin An saw the person standing in front of him, a red flame suddenly ignited in his chest, and his eyes finally saw the white oak tree stump inserted across his chest from his face.

The flames swept quickly, and in the illusory red flames, Cole, who had always been expressionless, suddenly changed into another face, a face that Lin An had branded into his bones and blood.

Finally able to speak, the shout blurted out:

"Klaus!!! Klaus!!!"

Following Lin An's cry, the door was instantly pushed open.Klaus saw Lin An sitting on the bed with a dazed and terrified expression.He immediately understood that she had just experienced a nightmare, stepped forward to hold her in his arms, and patted her back with both hands to comfort her: "It's okay, it's just a nightmare."

Lin An curled up in his arms but couldn't dispel her fear. She understood that it was not just a nightmare, but something that was suppressed so hard was exposed to the light so easily.

Klaus heard her call his name, but he couldn't bear to ask anything. He still appeared in her dream, and that was enough to know.

Lin An looked up in his embrace.Cole stood outside the open door, the plausible smile hanging on the corner of his lips overlapped with the expressionless face in the dream, and then changed into another face.Lin An heard the roaring sound resounding in his heart, and it was like the surging waves in his heart, which only brought tinnitus and momentary deafness, without any meaning.

There are ripe and fallen fruits under the tree, and no one picks them up.Lin An sat quietly in front of the open window.After the rotten fruit decomposes and ferments, it will become the nutrient of the fruit tree, and after the seasons change, it will hang on the branches of the next fruiting period.The circulation of nature is mysterious and heart-wrenching.

It's still early, the morning fog has not completely dissipated, and there is a light fruity fragrance in the air.Lin An sat in front of the window, and the two ancestors of vampires sitting opposite each other at the dining table behind him became the background, and an old disc played soft and soothing background music that Lin An didn't know the name of.

Lin An suddenly spoke.She said, "When are we leaving, Cole."

The tone of the statement, the date of departure doesn't matter, she needs to make it clear to that person that she will leave and not stay.Tell yourself too.She sensed her lurking weakness and compromise. They all saw her weakness clearly, and she knew it, so she needed to swing the knife quickly.Emotions always need to be restrained, and when necessary, cut off the redundant tentacles that are not self-control, and each seek partial integrity with inevitable pain.Aren't we all like that?

She has a reason to leave—the incident that caused her to turn around has been resolved, and she doesn't need to waste time in this city she doesn't like.

Klaus was silent at the table for a long time, unable to respond and get up to approach.

Cole placed the fork evenly on the table.For the first time, facing Klaus's depressed and painful expression, he lost his interest in making fun of it.He knew that the kitten was afraid, but he could also clearly discern that the source of her fear and retreat was his failure and Klaus' victory.again.

Schopenhauer said that the standpoint of our existence is nothing other than the fading reality.Maybe this is just an illusory world where wild beasts run rampant. Some people's lives here have no end.But there is also its own truth here, and there are always some things that are hard to erase when they happen.These realities lie between Lin An and Klaus. If there is a rebirth of their relationship, it must be at the cost of Lin An's final compromise, but Lin An is already so tired of retreating and retreating.

If a relationship is dependent on one partner giving in repeatedly to survive, no one can accuse her of slacking off and being tired.

Neither can Klaus.

He accepted this war in the name of his father, and she could not dissuade him, nor did she have the ability and tolerance to help.And being dissatisfied only made her appear superficial and ruthless.

At least there is still the right to escape.

Lin An heard a slight sound behind her. It was Klaus who got up in silence, pushed the seat away, and walked to her side.In the cool morning, Lin An saw the hem of his dark clothes.She knew he never wore only dark clothes.Casual T, or a formal shirt suit, she is familiar with every form of his posture, and the seductive smile under this posture.She touched the corner of his clothes so many times and exclaimed: "It's so pretty."He showed a complacent and restrained smile, which was seductive and deep.

And he, knowing every weakness of her, tried every step of the way to squeeze all the energy in her body.

The anger scattered in every cell of the body seemed to gather and explode instantly at this moment.Lin An closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he straightened his back and faced Klaus, "I know you won't leave with us, and you know it too. So..."

She said, you won't leave with us, not that you won't leave with me.Lin An likes the word "we", which makes her feel that she is not alone.

She saw that the clear water of the Mississippi River seemed to seep into Klaus' eyes, and there was a touch of light blue reflected in the river's surface deep in the eye sockets, making it almost impossible for her to look directly.She looked away and looked down at the ray of sunlight streaming in through the window at her feet.

"You should go," she said softly.

Klaus approached for a moment and lifted Lin An from the chair, but the arms that bound her body were extremely gentle.Lin An stared into his eyes in shock, and Klaus' fingers had already touched her hair, "I promise you, you can leave New Orleans with Cole now." His voice seemed to restrain some kind of rage. Critical emotion, "But you have to remember, honey, you are mine. When I win here, I will pick you up and be my queen!"

Lin An only felt that these words were grand but empty.

Before he could speak, Klaus stretched out his index finger and pressed her lips, "A dance before parting?" He raised the corners of his lips, showing Lin An's familiar smile, but the smile lines at the corners of his brows and eyes were filled with helpless pain.Lin An understands that this man is struggling like her. His strength may be able to control the life and death of others, but he can't grasp the time that can't stop passing like the wind between his fingers, let alone turn back time to correct their crookedness. Going astray.

She couldn't say no more.A dance before parting... Lin An never learned how to dance, nor did he teach her.The stark difference between them goes beyond that.

With a little effort, Lin An's bare sole stepped on his foot.He controls their dance moves and, of course, as always, everything.The gentle music seems to never stop, at least for this moment it looks like they can embrace and spin until the end of the world.

This short-lived warmth that floated on the surface was broken faster than expected.

"I finally understand why you are so weak! Look at the people around you, she is useless except to inspire more weakness in you!!"

A hoarse and low voice suddenly came from outside the door. Hearing his voice, Klaus instantly tensed up.Before Lin An realized it, he was already behind him.

"Cole!" Klaus yelled.If he was alone, he might have a chance to defeat his father again when both sides were hurt, but now that Lin An was here, he couldn't guarantee her safety while confronting her father.

But there is no sign of Cole in the empty living room, only soft music floating in all corners of the room.

Klaus finally looked at the man standing opposite, his father - Michael.

Michael tightened the stake in his hand, looking at Klaus with a fierce beast-like light in his eyes. "Hello... boy."

Klaus stared into Michael's eyes, but spoke to Lin An behind him. "Go upstairs, I won't tell you not to come down!"

Lin An turned around and ran upstairs stumblingly, the images from the nightmare flooded over like a tide, and Klaus' face in flames kept flashing in front of his eyes.

Michael didn't stop him, he didn't even move a step, but the curse-like words spread into Lin An's ears like a shadow. "Don't worry, I will send your little sweetheart to hell to accompany you. And I, for this moment, I was reborn from hell."

"Then I hate keeping you waiting!" Although he is weak, he is Klaus and never shows weakness!Instantly approached, and launched an attack first.

Lin An stopped at the stairs, the confrontation between the two downstairs was more like a fight between two ferocious beasts.Death here has always been like this, no swords or guns, more primitive hand-to-hand combat.So the death here is more naked/naked, more bloody and brutal.

She stood blankly outside the battle, he was going to be the king here, but how could she be his queen? !This is a naked power world, she can only stand outside the gate of his world, and once she steps in, she will only become his burden.

At this moment, Lin An instantly woke up, she was not just blaming him.Her subconscious realized earlier than herself that she had no qualifications to stand beside him.It's not just him who is forcing, she herself also has illusory delusions.If she compromises with this delusion, she will only be able to live forever under his protection and become his burden.

Even for his betrayal, which she has been criticizing all the time, isn't she herself responsible?Her weakness made her easily become a bargaining chip for others to restrain him, and she will always be like this.

The fighting downstairs is still going on, and the situation is like boiling water in a pot.Klaus was thrown to the ground vigorously by Michael, and then jumped on him. The sharpened white oak tree stump hung above his heart, like a sharp sword hanging above his head, and it would take away all life in the next moment.

Who said: Love is so pure and fierce, but it is the most useless, and it is finally broken and shattered in front of reality, which is irreparable.

Lin An walked down the stairs step by step, like a puppet that has been taken out of its mind.Nothing is indestructible like the bodies of his ancestors, and their love.This feeling that she had been pushing back, became piercing when she finally realized that it wasn't that she didn't want it, but that she couldn't get it.

Maybe stepping into hell together is the best fulfillment...

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