"You think you'd be my first choice to make Caroline jealous?" He was standing just inside her apartment now; other people had probably heard the loud sound of the door being broken, but in a place like this, he didn't expect them to investigate. It was what he'd noticed; most of them just kept their heads down, stuck on trying to figure their own way out. "And you were calling me the arrogant one before." Elena had a point; Care was what of her best friends, or...had been, when the switch wasn't flipped. If that had been what he was after, Tyler probably couldn't have picked a better target. She wasn't going to get him to admit as much; he liiked being around her because he didn't hold back. She could be a major bitch, that was pretty much a given, but she also didn't blink when he gave it right back to her. No running and hiding or crying about how wrong it was.
She had a pretty clear cut exit; maybe Tyler could beat her to the balacony door...but probably not. She'd make an escape and he would go jumping after her. More of the game; akin to dog and cat, more than cat and mouse, anyway. "I told you what I want. Repeatedly, you're just not listening." She wasn't going to get rid of him; part of it was some dedication to helping Elena get through what was going on, but even more of it was the fact that she was the only person he wanted to be around right then. Everyone else...he'd deal with them later. If he was going to be forced to take a ride in Hell, he wanted it to be with the vampire standing across the apartment from him, even though she was ready to bolt at any second. "And I'm kind of doubting that you like anything done 'really sweetly' right now." There were splinters all over the underarmor shirt that Tyler had worn over; he didn't feel like picking them out one by one, instead he just peeled it off and threw it down next to the ruined door.
"If you wanna run, that's fine. I could use a work out...pretty bad." He was still angry; despite some of the more playful comments he had made, keeping everything in check was still a struggle. She'd made him kick the door down just to catch a glimpse of her; it had been exhilarating and infuriating at the same time. He didn't see Stefan or Damon having to knock down a door just to see her; Elena was making him jump through all kinds of hoops, and he'd never even been in love with her. Tyler couldn't deny that he was attracted to her; even when she was dating Matt, his best friend, he'd still get in trouble at football practice for staring at Elena, back when she had still been a cheerleader. And...the wolf in him liked the chase.