"No Kyle.." He pulls back a little and looks him in the eyes, trying to escape the worst of the sobs so that he can be serious enough for Kyle to understand exactly what Hope said.
"She said that Klaus and I chose to do it. That we were ready to.. That it was... fine How could I pick death over life? I know that life without Hayley at the time would be horrible, but I don't understand. Why would I pick to die? Why would Klaus die. I know I couldn't live without him. Not in any world could I ever live without him." And that's the truth, there. He said it aloud to Kyle because of the bite. It was the truth, even with Kyle and all they shared, Klaus was his brother, the one that he'd been tangled up in for a thousand years.
Maybe in another few years with Kyle, Elijah might make another choice, but for now, there was no life without his brother. He was intimate family, they shared things on another level that no one in this life or any other could ever understand. Elijah had literally lived for Klaus's redemption for as long as he could remember, and Kyle actually had to already know that-- sharing Elijah's memories as he did. It was a painful truth, and not one that he'd admitted before.
"Kyle, oh god, Kyle. I love you. Please, baby. I'm sorry. You know how much I love you, and I can't live without you either. You know that, right? Maybe it's good that I die when I go home, because I won't have to live without you." Elijah's tears still run down his face, but he's stopped sobbing for now. Just exhausted from too many truths. He's got far too many years of them, and they are all terrible it seems.
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"She said that Klaus and I chose to do it. That we were ready to.. That it was... fine How could I pick death over life? I know that life without Hayley at the time would be horrible, but I don't understand. Why would I pick to die? Why would Klaus die. I know I couldn't live without him. Not in any world could I ever live without him." And that's the truth, there. He said it aloud to Kyle because of the bite. It was the truth, even with Kyle and all they shared, Klaus was his brother, the one that he'd been tangled up in for a thousand years.
Maybe in another few years with Kyle, Elijah might make another choice, but for now, there was no life without his brother. He was intimate family, they shared things on another level that no one in this life or any other could ever understand. Elijah had literally lived for Klaus's redemption for as long as he could remember, and Kyle actually had to already know that-- sharing Elijah's memories as he did. It was a painful truth, and not one that he'd admitted before.
"Kyle, oh god, Kyle. I love you. Please, baby. I'm sorry. You know how much I love you, and I can't live without you either. You know that, right? Maybe it's good that I die when I go home, because I won't have to live without you." Elijah's tears still run down his face, but he's stopped sobbing for now. Just exhausted from too many truths. He's got far too many years of them, and they are all terrible it seems.