𝐻𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 𝒯𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 - 𝐵𝑒𝓃 𝐻𝒶𝓇𝑔𝓇𝑒𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝓍 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓇

Part IV

Garbage bags were flying everywhere, courtesy of a very frustrated Klaus Hargreeves. He exhaled in exasperation when he was unable to locate what he was looking for. Ben sat on the fire escape above, watching his brother.

"Damn it, where's dad's stuff?!" Klaus whined.

"Can we go see a movie or something?" Ben pleaded, for despite his amusement, he was bored. Klaus didn't respond.

"Or the ocean?" he tried again. He'd usually venture to the oceanside with Y/N but in her absence, Klaus would do just fine.

"Shut up!" The seance begged, "I need to find whatever... priceless crap was in that priceless box, so that Pogo will get off my ass!"

"I'd ask what you're up to, Klaus, but then it occurred to me... I don't care." A new voice chimed in, Ben turned to see Five climbing down the same fire escape he rested on.

"Five, hey, are you alright?" Ben pried, leaning on the railing to get a good look at his older/younger brother.

"I am, Ben. Don't worry about me." Five gave him a smile despite how forced it felt.

Klaus chuckled, "Hey, you know there are easier ways out of the house, buddy?"

"This one involved the least amount of talking," Five grunted as he jumped down the final few rungs, "Or so I thought..."

Five looked up at Ben on the fire escape, and gave him a small wave before turning to walk away, gripping the duffel bag on his shoulder a little tighter.

"Hey, hey, hey, so..." Klaus completely forgot about the box he was supposed to be looking for, and devoted all his attention to Five.

"You need anymore company today? I could uh... clear my schedule." He took a swig of alcohol from his flask, causing Ben to disapprovingly tut from above.

Swinging down from the fire escape, Number Six moved to stand on the ground, he crossed his arms and leaned on the rungs of the fire escape next to Five.

"You should be looking for the thing, Klaus. The thing that you lost. Remember?"

"My darling Benny Boo... shut up."

"No, Ben's right. Looks like you've got your hands full." Five pointed out.

"Oh, this? No, no, no! Ben's exaggerating. I can do this whenever. I just-" Klaus suddenly fell backwards into the large dumpster, much to his brothers' entertainment.

"I just misplaced something, that's all!" Klaus continued, "Oh! I found it, thank god!" He resurfaced with a half eaten donut.

Ben furrowed his eyebrows in disgust, "Klaus don't you dare-"

Before the sentence could even be completed, Klaus took a large bite out of the donut. He gulped while making direct eye contact with Ben.

"Delicious..."

"I'm done funding your drug habit." Five was in humor no more, as he turned away.

"Come on- you don't- maybe I just want to hang out with my brother!" Klaus yelled after him. Ben put his hand up, and got scowled at.

"Not you." He turned back to Five.

"Mi hermano! I love you! Even if you can't love yourself!" He announced, spitting out the donut.

Ben observed Five concentrating on a plumbing service van. He quickened his pace to reach it just as the driver got out, but before he could enter it, Ben sprinted to him.

"Ben, I'm stealing this van no matter what you say."

"I couldn't care less about the van," Ben commented, "I care about you. Are you really okay? I know the others have this attitude that you'll be fine by yourself, but I don't think you are."