10 K-Romance

(A/N: Additional chapters are on patreon.com/TheGreatestHunter)

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"Did you just kiss Caroline/Did you just kiss me?!"

"Well, you made her cry, so I wanted to cheer her up a bit, and what's better than kissing me?" Jeremy gave Elena what seemed to be a more infuriating than charming smirk, as he completely blamed his first kiss with Caroline on her.

Then, he turned to Caroline and just narrowed his eyes a bit, which made the poor girl turned as red as an apple. She really was just too cute and just too easy.

He had to make it so that she was only that easy for him and him alone.

That brought thoughts of Vicki to his mind, since he knew her and Tyler were getting pretty close these days, with her going further and further down the rabbit hole.

He would need to get her in on Team Super Jeremy sooner rather than later, because while he's never been the type to care if a woman had a past relationship or was a virgin, because who really gives a shit, that didn't mean that he would allow any person who considered him important to be treated like shit.

And Tyler definitely treated Vicki like shit based on both his memories and the show.

But those are thoughts for later.

For now...

"Jer, are you into Caroline?" He heard Elena asked him, as she looked and sounded slightly concerned.

He couldn't help but give her a full blown, teeth showing, grin, as he said, "let me guess, you're worried she's going to eat me alive?"

He saw the slight widening of her eyes and the look that screamed "I just got caught" that showed on her face, which made him actually laugh out loud.

"Elena, I love you, very much. I mean, you're like a sister to me," he said earning a glare from her for the lame joke. The joke that only he got. "But if I'm being honest, you really don't know your "little" brother that well." He definitely put little in air-quotes.

Then, he looked over at Caroline, while he finished his statement. "I'm certain I am more than capable of handling Caroline." And there it was, that fuck me smirk in full effect coupled with the patented Gilbert smolder, and he knew, Caroline just got wet.

Or at least he theorized, if the way her breath hitched was any indication. She was definitely turned on in a major way and he was loving every second of it. Half the fun of a new job was finding new ways to seduce someone, whether it involved sex or just simply making them laugh. He loved the feeling of knowing the effect he had on people.

Elena, with her anime protagonist level of denseness did not know what she was missing out on. Perhaps, only Katherine would fully understand what he meant, but he would have to meet her, and survive her, to know for certain.

And with any luck, he would do a lot more than that when the bitch came to town. And make no mistake, based on what he knew from her character, she was definitely a bitch of epic proportions...but she wouldn't be the first bitch he had sought to understand. Nor the last.

But once again, thoughts for later.

For now....

*Smack*

That was the sound of Elena smacking him on his arm, while at the same time Jenna could only cover her open mouth to hide her gasp.

They would get used to it.

"Jeremy," Elena scolded him from the side, as he ignored her and kept his eyes locked onto Caroline's. He had her so close to where he wanted her. Now, he just needed one more push.

"Wouldn't you agree?" He asked her. And then waited.

But not only him. All eyes were on the blonde beauty. Waiting.

"I...I've got to get going, my mom and I were out eating when you order your food, so I decided to bring it to you and told her I would meet her at home, so I've got to go, but it good seeing you, Elena, and I'm glad you're feeling better." She said it all very quickly, as she hopped off the couch and started to pack stuff into her purse. Stuff that was definitely not her own, since she hadn't unpacked anything.

And while he was definitely going to let her go, since this was exactly what he expected to happen, he couldn't let her take the remote, could he?

"Jeremy, I'm glad you're doing better too. But you just lost your parents, so maybe you should take a little time, and we'll talk later. Yea, okay." She continued her rambling as she made her way to the door, never registering that what she was saying wasn't exactly comforting or even a little sensitive. He just found it funny. Her personality.

As she got to the door and put her hand on the knob to turn it, Jeremy couldn't stop himself from slamming his hand against the door to keep it closed like someone from a Korean romance. As Caroline quickly turned around to face him with her back pressed against the door, with a look of both trepidation and anticipation in her eyes. No doubt thinking that he was Elena's little brother, and his parent's just died, and maybe he was just grieving and wasn't really into her, and yet, she still stood there, staring into his eyes as he leaned forward.

"I believe," he began, his voice low and slightly husky. "You have something I want."

He could see her cheeks flush as her breathing got heavier by the second, no doubt anticipating what he would do next, as he slowly leaned down........

And just as fast, he was straightened back up, and smirking down at her.

"You can keep the coaster, but we kind of need the remote," he told her Gilbert smirking, as he held the remote up for her to see.

The look of absolute mortification that he saw almost made him laugh, but he wouldn't. And then, he couldn't, because just as quickly as it appeared, it was replaced, with a look of determination, as she peeked behind him and then gave a smirk of her own.

And then, she did something that took even him slightly by surprise when she reached up, pulled his head down and smashed her lips against his.

Her inexperience showing itself, because while he could tell it wasn't her first kiss. She definitely wasn't a femme fatale, yet.

Despite that, he certainly enjoyed the short moment, however it ended all too soon, when he sought to loosen her lips to fight it out with their tongues, only for her to pull back. Give him a victorious smile and then a quick peck before she quickly opened the door and went on her way.

Leaving him laughing behind her, as it was all such a Caroline thing to do...and he enjoyed every second.

Closing the door behind the future femme fatale, he turned and made his way back into the living room, only to be met with questioning glares from the two women in the room....

Which only earned them another laugh.

"Jeremy, you're trying to date Caroline? Since when?" His aunt Jenna asked him as soon as he stopped laughing at them, while Elena just glared at him, no doubt for laughing at her.

"Trying, I cant say. That depends on her. But she is definitely someone I want to know. After all, if Elena chose her as a best friend, she must be special." He finished, ruffling Elena's hair in the process and earning a slap on his wrist as she flung his hand away.

"Since when have you been into Caroline? Didn't you go out with Vicki last night?" Elena asked, slightly scolding him as she spoke.

He couldn't help but give her a look of surprise as he said, "I didn't think you were paying attention." He didn't mean for it to be hurtful, but if the look that flashed across her eyes was any indication, she definitely took it that way. "Hey," he quickly said, grabbing her attention, and rubbing her cheek with his thumb. "I didn't mean it that way, I just meant that I didn't think you noticed, but I'm glad you did. And expected it. If there's one thing I know, it's that you'll always look out for me. Just like I'll always do for you." He told her, letting his eyes convey the rest, as he thought to himself about how much talk-no-jutsu he had been employing lately....

Even though, it would be a lie to say he wasn't sincere with what he said. Only just now noticing that he had yet to truly deceive either of the women in the room...or Caroline.

Manipulate, sure. Deceive, no.

It had been a while since he had anyone in his life that he trusted fully...but now, he did, and that ruffled his chest in an odd way, but he quickly suppressed and decided to examine that feeling later, before he found himself doing something dumb because he didn't come to terms with his emotions, like most of the dumbasses that plagued this world.

"Thanks, Jer," Elena said, as she placed her hand over the his that was on her cheek and squeezed it a little as she looked happier than he had seen her in far too long.

And then, she punched him in the chest.

Why?

Because she's a dick.

He decided then that he would have his revenge on her and Jenna who earned a glare for laughing at his plight of having a dick as a sister.

'Sometimes, it's hard being the only good person in a room,' he thought to himself, justifiably. This wasn't his first time being in a place with nothing but scumbags that he had to navigate. Such was the woe of a professional hashashin...wait wrong franchise.