Life is Stranger Too (Older! Daniel Diaz x Fem! Reader)

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Y/n García

Training could only be described by one word: Headache. 

Daniel and I went back to sleep that night and woke up early the next morning to train. He started by waking up Sean, too, since he was the one to train Daniel when he was little, despite him not possessing any powers himself. 

Sean and Daniel were very patient. They started off with asking me to try to levitate an empty beer bottle, but since I had never done it before by my own will, I failed. Daniel then asked me to imagine lifting it, another lost cause. I groaned and slumped back on the couch miserably. 

"Don't give up yet, Y/n." Daniel encouraged, grabbing my wrist and pulling me back up, despite my whining. I pushed him away as I got to my feet and groaned. This was getting us nowhere. It was obvious that I couldn't control this curse on my own. "Doing this is like training your brain. If you believe you can't do it, you won't. It took me forever to get out of my own head. And look at me now."

Daniel lifted up a pillow from the couch and shot it straight at my head, forcing me to tumble forward and almost knock the beer bottle over. I looked up at Sean for help, but he just shrugged and rolled his eyes. Thanks for the help Sean. 

"Alright. Fine." I sighed and got to my feet. Daniel put the beer bottle back where it was and sat upright on the couch while I stood in front of him, aiming my hand out at the glass. I tried my best to focus on the bottle, but it didn't move. You can do it. Imagine you're picking up the glass and moving it right now. I'm picking it up right now. 

I tensed my hand, as if I was clutching the bottle tight in my hand, and I began to feel tingling in the muscles. I kept my focus on the glass, as a ringing sound pierced my eyes, as if my body was telling me what it was doing was not meant for something like that. I paid no more attention to it and kept repeating affirmations to convince myself I could do it. 

Then the glass shot up and smashed against the ceiling as if it was completely weightless. Not even having time to process it, I collapsed onto the ground and held my head in my hands. It was like walls were pressing in against my brain, as if it was trying to squash it. Whatever power I had within me, my body truly despised me using it on my own free will. Sean and Daniel rushed over and tried to pick me up. 

I sniffed and realized I was having a nose bleed again. Sean picked up a tissue and passed it to me, to which I thanked him and held it up to my nose. Daniel kept his hands on my shoulders and looked around at the scattered pieces of glass. "I think it's time for a break."

Sean went over to get me some water. As he put it on the table in front of me, he eyed Daniel nervously. "Are you sure we should continue? I mean, look at her! She isn't doing great."

"I'm doing fine!" I snarled, getting to my feet and trying to push away the dizziness. I needed to learn how to do this without harming anyone, and I wasn't going to achieve that goal by just sitting around and drowning in guilt. 

"You're lying to yourself Y/n." Daniel mumbled, and I glanced over at him with a frown. "You can't continue if you're just going to harm yourself."

"It's better than harming others!" I yelled unexpectedly, clenching my fists. I looked at both Sean and Daniel, they both had the same serious expression on their face. "You both don't think I should continue."

Daniel bit his lip and relaxed his shoulders. "Look at yourself in the mirror. This isn't doing anything to help your health. We can practice again when you are better, but for now I think you should rest."

"I can't rest when I have the possibility of killing so many innocent lives on my shoulders Daniel!" I cried, unclenching my hands and aiming one of them at the smashed glass on the floor. I looked back at Daniel who was visibly weary. "Look, watch me."