Partners in Crime ~ Five Hargreeves x Reader

Chapter 3: Extra Ordinary

 I sat on the edge of Five's bed and dug through some bags of clothes that I had acquired through various means. I sighed, realizing I had forgotten about pajamas during my shoplifting excursions. My eyes darted over to Five's dresser and I shrugged. I pulled out a pair of pajamas and examined them.

They looked like they'd fit well enough to sleep in; not perfect, but passable. I took off my clothes and put on the pajama shirt; my initial assumption was correct.

Suddenly, I saw a blue flash of light and jumped. I placed my hand over my heart and sighed.

"Geez! Give a girl a warning first!" I exclaimed, beginning to slide on his pajama bottoms.

"Don't act like I haven't seen you in less," Five remarked. I felt my cheeks heat up and looked down. I finished getting the pajamas on and looked over at him, hoping he couldn't tell I was blushing.

"Whatever," I tossed the clothes Allison loaned me across the room and flopped onto Five's bed, "What's up?"

"I ran into some old friends of ours," Five pulled his blazer off, revealing blood on the shoulder of his sweater, "Remember Hazel and Cha-Cha?"

"Is that their blood or yours?" I questioned.

"Cha-Cha's," Five responded as he grabbed some pajamas from his drawers.

"Good," I replied.

"Turn around," Five firmly instructed.

"Don't act like I haven't seen you in less," I mocked. Five rolled his eyes at me and smirked before pulling his shirt over his head. I leaned back further in Five's bed and rolled onto my side, not wanting to violate his privacy any more than he had violated mine.

"What's on the agenda for tomorrow?" I asked, still turned away from Five.

"Stakeout at the Meritech Prosthetics building. I'm convinced there's something that executive, Lance, isn't telling us," Five answered.

"Awesome. It'll give me a chance to read that book your family has been raving about."

"The one Vanya wrote?"

"Yeah. I wanna know all your family's dirt."

"Well, my family has so many hidden secrets that it would take a book the size of a dictionary to cover them all," I felt Five lie down on the bed beside me, "You can turn back around now." I flipped onto my other side and was face-to-face with Five. He was also lying on his side, and I didn't realize how close we were.

"Any more things you need to tell me?" I uncomfortably inquired.

"Well, other than the fact that I found Delores, that's pretty much it."

"Alrighty then." I quickly sprang out of his bed and headed for the exit.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm gonna sleep in Vanya's old room. There are multiple beds in this house, so we don't need to share." Five nodded in response and I hesitantly headed down the hall. Something in me was telling me to go back into Five's room and retract my previous statement, but I had already committed. I entered Vanya's old room and wrapped myself in her warm blankets, falling asleep rather quickly.

-⭐-

In the morning, Five and I climbed down the fire escape ladder to leave the academy. We thought we wouldn't have to explain what we were doing if we went out the back way. However, the best addict in the world, Klaus Hargreeves, was digging in the trash nearby.

"I'd ask what you were up to, Klaus, but then it occurred to me... I don't care," Five commented, hopping off the ladder. Klaus quickly spun around to look at us as I hopped off the ladder.