| 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐑 | 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐗 𝐎𝐂

Chapter 13

The two appeared in the living room and Kali gagged and covered her eyes. Diego lay, unconscious, on the couch, naked, with only a towel covering him and Lila on top of his legs.

"Oh. He isn't dead." Five mused.

"Disappointed?" Lila asked as Five walked over to a box of Kleenex.

"Oh, to see you? Always."

"So much hostility in such a tiny package. How do you deal with him, Kali?"

The girl took her hands off her eyes and shrugged. Five held the Kleenex to his cut and Lila joked, "Did you cut yourself shaving? I can teach you to shave like a big boy."

He sighed, "No, I just ran into an old family friend."

Kali and Five turned around at the sound of snoring and seen Elliot asleep, still tied up in a chair. "You didn't untie him?"

"Was I supposed to?"

Kali lightly slapped Five's arm and signaled him to untie the poor man. "After we clean up your cut. It's gonna get infected." He informed.

She sighed and walked over to the bathroom with Five on her tail, she got peroxide and cotton balls and poured some on them.

She sharply inhaled when the peroxide touched her cut and gripped onto the sink with her free hand. When she finished Five handed her a bandaid and they walked out.

Five untied Elliot and kicked his foot, the man jolted awake and looked around. "Get up. I need you to do something." Five demanded.

Kali, exhausted, didn't listen to what Five asked Elliot to do and layed down in the middle of the floor.

"What are you doing?" Lila asked.

Five stood over her and Kali looked up at him, "You're gonna sleep on the floor? You have a bed." He chuckled. She groaned and got to her feet. The girl sludged to her room and flopped down on her bed.

"Really that tired, huh?" Five mused.

She spoke into her pillow, "Unlike you, some people need sleep to live and don't run off of coffee."

"Well, unlike you, some people don't run off of hot chocolate and sugar."

"Lies. I would never." She scolded playfully, turning her head to look at him.

"Mhm. Sure. Get some sleep, you deserve it."

"I don't deserve anything. I'm useless. I'm no help to you at all." She murmured.

"Don't say that, Kal. Your more help than Diego. And he's pretty useless."

"Well, come get sleep. You actually deserve it." She sighed, patting the spot beside her.

"I can't. I have things to do."

"It can wait." She whispered. "Now get your ass over here. And turn off the lights while you're at it." She said, shoving her face back into her pillow and getting under the covers.

She heard the lights flick off and the bed sink beside her. She turned on her side to see the silhouette of Five on his back, staring at the ceiling in the dark room.

"Five?"

"Hm?"

"Cuddles?"

He turned to look at her and smiled, "I was waiting for you to ask that"

She slid closer to him and he pulled her into his chest. She breathed in his scent and sighed in satisfaction, "I've missed you."

"Well, I've missed you more than you could imagine."