The umbrella academy: In which Five gets all the love he deserves

Untitled Part 33

Diego had gotten out for some fresh air. He felt like he had never gotten enough fresh air after so long that he had been locked in the Phsysc yard. Five was back at Elliot's house and for once the boy was asleep. And not because he was tired. But because he had forced him to sleep after he saw that his brother wasn't feeling well. Five had told him that for him had been only two weeks and not three years like for him and the others. And Diego knows Five. He knew that his brother hadn't probably slept more than 10 hours in these two weeks. 

Diego had returned back to Elliot's place and he noticed the panicked look on the man's face. "What's wrong?"

"You know that you told me that your brother was unwell?"He asked and Diego nodded. He was worried. Did something happen with his brother? "Well, I went to check on him. And he was not the same"Now Diego was even more worried. He immediately rushed into the guest room. And once there he froze in shock.

Five, his baby brother... Five was still sleeping. But he wasn't 13 years old anymore. No. The boy was 5 or 4 years old. "What the fuck?" he said, a little louder and woke Five up.

Five woke up and he stood up, rubbing his eyes with his fists. Fuck. The kid was so adorable. Good thing that he didn't say it aloud. Even as a little kid Five can't be a little psycho and Diego values his life, thank you very much. But Diego was shocked at the boy's smile and his next word.

"Dad", Five said excitedly and he jumped from the bed and he hugged Diego around his waist.

'What the fuck?'Diego thought and his body was tense. He doesn't know what to do or what to say. 

"Five. You are you alright?"Diego asked as he let go of Five and kneeled in front of the boy. 

"Yes. Why?"Five asked as he cocked his head on one side.

Well because you are 4 or 5 and you don't have your memories anymore. "Because you just called me dad"

"Because you are my dad".Has just been mistaken for Reginald? Rude.

"Five. I'm not your dad. I'm Diego. Your brother. Remember?"

He hoped that Five would remember. But he didn't. The kid shook his head, a cut smile still plastered on his face. "No silly. You are my dad. I don't have any brother" Alright. His mind was even more fucked up. Not only he doesn't remember who he is, but he doesn't know about the Umbrella Academy either.

"Five", Diego said seriously as he grabbed his brother's shoulders gently. "You must remember. Please what happened to you? You must remember so you can go back to normal so you can get us back home. Please. You are our only hope"

Five's smile died down and he looked confused at Diego, and even a little scared too. "Dad. I don't know..."

"I'm not your dad" Diego snapped and he regretted it immediately as he saw Five's scared face and the tears that were forming in the corner of his eyes. "Five...."But he didn't get to finish because Five had ripped away from him and he ran off.

"Fuck", Diego shouted. How stupid could have been? He didn't know what happened with Five. But whatever happened to him, now he was a real kid. And not only in body and he's, even more, younger than before. 

Diego doesn't know what to do. Should he call the others and let them know what happened? No. If he does that Allison would try to take Five from him, making the boy scared. And he doesn't want that to happen. And for all he knows if Five gets too scared he would teleport by mistake good know what. And that would give his brother even more trauma. He doesn't know where Viktor was. He doubts that Luther knows how to take care of a kid. And Klaus has a cult. Definitely not the type of person to take care of a kid. Plus he won't let his brother with a bunch of weird strangers. So he remains just him.