Let it Rain (The Umbrella Academy)

CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE: Promise

"So, um, Five. I got you something." Bonnie grinned as she handed him a box.

"Oh?" He set it on the bed then opened it. He pulled out a crisp suit and beamed a smile.

"I know how much you were wanting to wear a suit again and there's this tailor downstairs and... I think it'll look spiffy on you." Bonnie shrugged.

He pressed his lips to hers. "Thank you. It was a very kind gift." She smiled brighter into another kiss. "I actually got something for you too." He reached in his pocket and pulled out necklace with a gold ring band on the dainty chain. "It's a promise. Now didn't seem like that right time to propose but it's a promise that I will." Both of their faces bloomed a light red.

She warmly grinned as she traced her finger along the band. "Is it yours?"

He studied the ring. "Will be. When we marry, I'll have that back." Five smirked then brushed back her fluffy hair and hooked it around her neck. "Every time we've been apart, you've always come back to me." He fixed her hair back and ran his thumb around the metal. "You're my world, and my love for you is never ending." He took her hands in his and went still, enthralled by her eyes. "I loue ye, Bonnie."

"I loue ye too, jo. Don't take too long." She delightfully chuckled and he smiled back into a deeper kiss.

Lila opened the door. "Okay heartthrobs, ready to go?"

••••

The three took the cases to the electrical room. "Nice suit," Lila told Five.

"Thanks. It was a gift." He smiled back a his love.

"Still, I will miss those pasty knees."

"Yeah, well, we could all stand to be showing a little less skin these days," Five retorted to Lila. Bonnie snickered.

"For you." Lila handed Five a set of jumper cables. "Ready to hot-wire this briefcase?"

Five jumped up and down and shook his hands, getting his adrenaline going. "Yeah."

Bonnie furrowed her eyebrows. "I'm not so positive about this... Five, are you sure? I can do it. No biggie."

"I can do this. No sweat."

She quirked a brow. "All right. If you say so." She pecked him on the cheek.

He was preoccupied smiling back at her when Lila flipped the switch early. A current of crackling energy coursed through him as his blue power enveloped his hands. "Ah! Shit! Lila!" Lila cackled. The lights flickered then suddenly the case caught fire. He chucked the cables from his hands and Bonnie grabbed a rag and swatted at the fire.

Lila continued snickering. "Yeah, I was ninety-nine percent sure that wouldn't work."

"Well, I'm glad my pain amuses you," Five growled at Lila.

"You have no idea. It's like my therapy."

Bonnie held Five's sore hands. "Yeah, next time you're sittin' out."

Five shut the door to the smoky room behind him. "Well, now we are down to one half-dead briefcase, and my jumps are only accurate up to a couple minutes. So, essentially, we're screwed."

"Couple minutes is a better than a couple seconds at least." Bonnie shrugged.

"I suppose. Still screwed, but yeah."

"Maybe. Maybe not." Lila cheekily grinned and twiddled her fingers.

"Oh, I hate that smile." Five sighed.

"Jeesh. I like Guppy better," Lila grimaced then turned to Bonnie.

"Take it up with Cameron. Continue." Bonnie shooed a hand.