"Because I lied to them for years about you," Klaus admits, feeling the words tumble out of him before he can stop them. He never thought that they would have to talk about this, and Klaus swallows hard as he glances over at Ben, and then back at the water.
"I felt so fucking guilty about what I did to you. Or-- what I thought I did," he says, acknowledging that Vanya passed along Ben's message. "And they already all thought I was such a fuck up. So damning the best of us to a lifetime of existing on earth as a ghost? Yeah, I didn't think it'd go over well."
Embarrassingly, Klaus feels his eyes start to sting, and he crosses his arms over his chest. Might as well get it all out. "So I didn't tell them. I kept them from you, you from them, for years. I thought if I told them, they'd hate me. But you-- you could get mad at me but you couldn't leave me."
He reaches up to quickly wipe at the corner of his eye, still steadfastly refusing to look at Ben. "And then in Dallas, I don't know. I was just pissed at you, I guess."
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"I felt so fucking guilty about what I did to you. Or-- what I thought I did," he says, acknowledging that Vanya passed along Ben's message. "And they already all thought I was such a fuck up. So damning the best of us to a lifetime of existing on earth as a ghost? Yeah, I didn't think it'd go over well."
Embarrassingly, Klaus feels his eyes start to sting, and he crosses his arms over his chest. Might as well get it all out. "So I didn't tell them. I kept them from you, you from them, for years. I thought if I told them, they'd hate me. But you-- you could get mad at me but you couldn't leave me."
He reaches up to quickly wipe at the corner of his eye, still steadfastly refusing to look at Ben. "And then in Dallas, I don't know. I was just pissed at you, I guess."