deercountry | ( CLOSED ) MY LONELINESS IS KILLING ME.

[ katherine holds out her glass for him to pour the wine in, but considering mr unfun wants to be a little fun and let her dictate how much wine she gets... she happily fills it up until the liquid is kissing the brim.

peering up at him innocently with the glass to her lips, she smiles. ]

Me? I moderate all the time, Stef.

[ she's going to guzzle it the fuck down the moment he turns his back. ]

( stefan shakes his head because of course. he heads into the kitchen and, as he's standing there, he notices a few more of the dark shadows pull into him until he suddenly can't see his hand.

it's right there in front of him but it's not. he flexes it and then presses his palm against the counter. )

What the hell?

( he laughs though because if katherine can get drunk, maybe this is something stefan can do. he almost walks out to tell katherine before he realizes that this could be fun to tease her with.

so, he stays where he is and he waits and waits to see how long it takes her to come find him. )

[ sipping the wine as slowly as possible, she almost forgets that stefan's meant to be coming back. but once she gets to the end of her glass, she furrows her brows and looks to where he had wandered off to. ]

Did you get lost in our kitchen, Stefan?

[ seems very typical for him. maybe he's out being a hero and protecting the wine from her. ]

( stefan doesn't answer. no, she's going to get irritated that he hasn't come back eventually and she'll come in there and he'll see just how much of a tolerance she has for shenanigans.

so, he doesn't say anything while making sure that he's still invisible. he doesn't know how this is happening but it's happening. )

[ narrowing her eyes, she listens as sharply as she can to ensure that he's still in the kitchen. it takes some effort since she's a little intoxicated, but she manages to locate that pesky heartbeat of his. he's not dead or kidnapped, even though he's going to be the former in a few minutes.

pushing herself off the couch, she's slow to walk from the living room to the kitchen. ]

You're not being cute, Stefan.

( stefan leaves everything as it is and steps off to the side. she can hear his heartbeat, he knows, but she can't see him. and that'll give him enough of an advantage.

so, he waits for her to step into the kitchen. )

[ she mutters, ] Seriously, not cute at all.

[ even if he is the cutest salvatore she's ever seen. he's lost the right to accept that title now that she's had to haul ass up and step into the kitchen herself.

narrowing her eyes, she stands at the doorframe. the thump of his heart is loud enough, but silly stefan is hiding. ]

( stefan laughs silently and moves in front of her so he can get close enough and he flicks her chin with a finger that she won't be able to see before he slips past her and behind her.

he waits for a few second to see if she'll turn but he can't stop himself from reaching for her hair and tugging on her on it like he's some kid on a playground. )

[ the flick to the chin catches her off guard, but katherine's quick to realise that heartbeat isn't coming from in front of her. it's behind her—and his hand's tugging on her hair in a childish fashion. ]

Good to see you haven't outgrown annoying schoolyard tactics.

[ she reaches around herself to slap at him blindly. ]

( stefan manages to dodge out of the way of the slap and moves a few steps back. he wonders if she can see him at all. there's nothing to be done about the heartbeat but he has an advantage on her in that it's going to take her some time to find that while she can't see him.

he wiggles his fingers in front of her face and then moves off to the side to see what she does then. )

[ while invisibility isn't something anyone's really discovered over the last few centuries, katherine's not stupid. she remembers being hunted in a similar fashion decades ago. all she has to do is listen—something a lot of the young ones can't do these days.

with her eyes narrowed, she looks to the left and then the right. she knows stefan's still in this room. not quite hiding inside the pantry… he's hiding somewhere near her. ]

( stefan guesses that because he's decided to tease her, she hasn't really thought of why he's invisible. honestly, he's not sure why either and he hasn't had time to worry that it might be something strange.

instead, he's too busy just having a dumb time with his drunk girlfriend. he waits a tic and then steps around her, taps her on the shoulder darts away again. )

[ katherine rolls her eyes. while she could stand here and be at the whims of stefan in the kitchen, she could easily get something that she wanted instead. ]

Guess I won't need to eat since no one's in the kitchen preparing any dinner.

[ she shrugs and starts to walk into the kitchen and to the fridge. ]

( stefan laughs but doesn't rise to the bait. she wants him to feel bad and come out from what he's doing and he's not going to do that.

he'll just stand nearby and wait, watch to see what kind of food she gets since she won't get something homecooked. )

Guess it's a good thing we went shopping, huh?

( it's weird to think that his voice still sounds the same despite being invisible like he is. )

Mhm.

[ she's too busy looking in the fridge to pay him any mind. while ignoring her is usually the easiest way to rile her up, she knows that sometimes it can work with stefan. she just needs to bide her time. ]

Hm.

[ closing the fridge, she opens the freezer on top. stealing his tub of ice-cream, she closes the door and walks over towards the drawer with the cutlery. ]

It's a good thing we stocked up on your ice-cream.

( laughing to himself, stefan knows that she's trying to rile him up as well. they're trying to play off each other and he knows that he's one of the few that can get under her skin.

so, he steps up behind her and smacks her on the ass before he moves out of the way in case she reacts with a backhanded slap or something. )

[ annoying. that's what he is. katherine turns her head to glare in the direction of where his heartbeat is coming from before she swipes up a spoon and closes the drawer angrily. ]

I'm going to go enjoy my ice cream. Buh bye.

[ and she's not going to leave a scoop of it left for him.

with a lift of her hand, she waves as she makes her way towards the kitchen door. ]

( he can get more ice cream. that's not that big a deal. katherine seems to want it to be but it's not.

still, he waits for her to leave before he starts following. she's forgotten about being drunk pretty quickly, hasn't she? maybe he's the best cure for her potential hangover. )

I can get more ice cream, you know. I could go right now and get some more.

Go.

[ she drops onto the couch and opens the tub of ice cream without glancing in his general direction. digging her spoon into it, she takes a big bite and sits back against the cushions. ]

I'm thinking of getting naked and having a bath. Guess you'll be too busy buying ice cream to ogle.

( that's her go to, isn't it? taunting him with nakedness. he shakes his head and then does actually dart out of the house and into the street. he tries to go just far enough that she won't be able to hear his heartbeat and then he waits.

it's not but five minutes later that he creeps back, though, wondering if she'll have eaten the ice cream or if she's in the bath now. )

[ although katherine considers simply staying where she's seated, the moment stefan clearly makes movement and is outside of the house, she gets up, takes her newly acquired ice cream, and begins to walk up the stairs and into their bedroom.

rather than take a bath, she pulls out one of the journals he's so kindly gifted her and flops onto the bed. with his journal laid out on her chest, she reads all of his secrets while she enjoys his ice cream. ]

You don't seem drunk anymore, Katherine.

( yes, he's back in the house and in the doorway, waiting for her to look up. he's still invisible but obviously he's there. )

Was it the ice cream or was it me? Maybe some potent combination of both?

Ice cream and location change.

[ nothing to do with him, you see. and as she says that, she scoops the spoon into the ice cream and pulls out a big chunk. plops it into her mouth and shivers from how cold it is. ]

It's sobering to know that my partner is apparently naked to my eye. I can do almost anything I want with his things.

[ case in point: she turns the page of his journal—which, technically, is hers. ]

It's a little sad for me to know that you just took me being invisible as something normal and ignorable.

( two can play that game. )

And you weren't' concerned at all.

I wasn't.

[ she wasn't concerned at all. it helps to be able to hear his heartbeat. it also helps to know who he is. katherine doesn't look up from her journal, making a show of turning a page.

then she does, it taking a moment for her to locate where he's standing via his heartbeat. she looks at him and gives him a small smile. ]

I knew you'd come back. You're not allowed to disappear unless I make you disappear. You know that.

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