﹁ᵗʰᵉ ʳᵃᵛᵉⁿ - Ben Hargreeves﹂ ✔

thirty five

THE NEXT morning Ariya woke up with Ben shouting her name.

"I know your head is killing you! but shut the fuck up." Ariya groaned and woke up to look for painkillers.

"How much did I drink last night?" Ben asked as he took the painkillers.

"A lot. Looks like you and Klaus bonded."

"I remember some of that." Ben said as he put a shirt on.

"Did you leave the middle of the night to get high again?" she asked even though she knew the answer.

"Maybeee...?"

Ariya laughed.

"You have asshole written behind by the way." Ariya laughed as she sipped on her coffee.

"What?" Ben shouted as he looked for it.

"You can't see it weirdo, go take a shower." she laughed.

-x-

"We got married." Ben said.

"No taking anything back now." Ariya joked as she ate her toast.

"Yeah right."

"How does it feel to be Sharma Hargreeves." she asked.

"Nice. I like the sound of that." Ben nodded.

"What a perfect time to get hitched." Ariya and Ben laughed.

"Did I ever tell you I love you?"

"Yeah, you say it now more than ever weirdo." Ariya kissed him.

"I love you too."

Both leaned in and kissed.

-x-

Ariya and Ben were woken up from their comfortable slumber when they heard someone pounding on their door.

"Get." kick, "the." kick, "door." and Ben fell from the bed.

"I was sleeping too!" Ben whined as he looked for the clothes he previously wore and quickly put them on.

"I said I'm coming!" Ben shouted and opened the door.

"Hey guys!" Klaus entered the room and Ariya covered herself completely in the blanket.

"Where Ariya?"

"Under the blanket." Ben asked already being done with the conversation, "what do you want?"

"Family meeting 10 minutes! get dressed." Klaus shouted and left.

"Heard him?" Ben asked as he shut the door.

"I think everyone heard him." Ariya mumbled.

"Get up, we have to go. Dad's waiting."

"Dad's waiting."she mocked, "give me my clothes."

-x-

Everyone sat in the lobby waiting for Reggie and Five.

Everyone started cheering when Five entered.

"Here he is!" Luther said with a huge smile.

"Yeah!"

"That speech last night! Wow!" Diego screamed while Lila jumped around.

"Whoa!"

"Brought me to tears, you big softy." Lila told him.

"I especially liked when you referred to us as a family bound by destiny and love." Viktor said.