The Umbrella Academy Fanfics

Welcome Back (Five Hargreeves)

This is the next part after "I'm Back".

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Y/N sat up straight and moved backwards until her back was pressing the wall. She raised her right arm and almost closed her hand to form a fist.

While this was happening, thick black strings wrapped around Five's body as if it was a snake. He looked down to see the lines coming from his own shadow.

He smiled at you, "Nice to see you've gotten stronger." He took note of the fact he might get killed if you completely closed your hand.

You scanned him from head to toe, unable to speak. You couldn't believe that Five was right in front of you especially in his 13-year-old body.

Finally finding your voice, you asked, "Is... is it really you, Five?"

"You're not Klaus to be able to see the dead so yes, it's me, Y/N."

If Five said this to you 17 years ago, you would laugh very loud and playfully punch his shoulder because you find his grumpy attitude funny. But now, it only made you feel worse especially he indirectly joked about being a ghost himself.

You shook your head as you opened your right hand to release him from your deadly thick black strings. You put your knees in front of your chest and placed your arms on them.

Five watched you take deep breaths to calm yourself. He bit his lip before tucking his hands in his pockets. He wants to reach out and help you. He wants to put his hands on your cheeks to make you look at him and tell you that he will never disappear again. But he knows he has to respect your space for now. He decided to wait for your next move even though he was dying inside to hold you in his arms.

You spoke up, "Come sit, Five." He almost smiled at this. You used to say this to him every time you want to talk to him.

He sat on your right side on the bed and looked at you. He observed every movement that you do. You were now simply staring at your hands with downcast eyes. Once again, he waited for your next move. He has so many things to say to you but he wants you to lead your conversation.

You turned your head to your right to look at the boy you've been longing to see for a very long time. With desperation in your voice, you asked, "Where were you, Five?"

It was the very first time he saw you with such a depressed expression. He mentally kicked himself for being the one to cause it.

"Future. I jumped too far forward and eventually found myself stuck in an apocalyptic world. I stayed there trying to survive for 45 years before getting hired by the Commission. They are the ones who handle time and space. When I got my powers back, I teleported back to my house and poof. I came back but now in my 13-year-old body."

Five ranted about the stuff he did when he was all alone. He told you about what he did in the Commission and the apocalypse coming in eight days. You couldn't believe the things you were hearing. You imagined Five at a very young age getting stuck all alone in a world filled with nothing. You realized the difficulties he'd gone through just to come back to his siblings.

"If I only figured the way, you wouldn't need to experience all of that."

Five looked at you with confusion on his face, "What do you mean?"

You glanced at him with a sad smile—the first smile he saw from you after 17 years. And it wasn't the usual smile I see.

"On the day you disappeared, I asked Sir Reggie about his knowledge on time traveling. At first, he didn't want to give me such information but he had no choice since I was begging already. I studied and researched about it for four years."