In The Future | Five Hargreeves

46 | Six Bells

She breathed heavily and looked at her husband who was standing in front of the mirror while fixing his tie. It was crystal clear that he was disappointed, especially his eyes that spoke mostly.

So she stood up from the edge of the bed and hugged him in the back, looking at them in the mirror. "I'm truly sorry, my love." she said in a weak voice, "I'm scared. It's not that I don't want to do it, I thought I could but I realized how I was too weak to even give you pleasure..." she added as her voice started getting hoarse.

Five immediately shifted his body in front of her and held her face, "Hey, hey, hey... I'm not angry nor disappointed, okay? I understand. And it's your choice." he replied, looking softly into her eyes.

"No, don't lie. I just felt bad and— you know, we could do it right now and I'll eventually forget about it." she said while holding his arm.

"Y/N, I'm not lying, okay? I'm just surprised that I haven't thought about what you said. I don't want you to get pregnant. Maybe not right now and that's okay." he assured

"You're not mad?"
"Why would I be mad? I'm just respecting your decision."

"You know that I love you, right?" he added as she nodded causing him to smile softly and kiss her forehead before letting go of her.

"So, what now?" she asked "Do you want to go?" Five asked, "If you want to." she answered, "No, I meant you. Do you believe what the old man was saying?" he asked, "Well, it really depends on you. Do you?" she replied.

Five sighed heavily, "I'm asking you. And I need your answer and don't answer me that it depends on me."

"Oh, well, uh... I guess the story of the bells is quite cliché given the fact that—" she answered but completely stopped before she could even spill everything.

"Given the fact that what?" her husband asked that it made him interested all of a sudden.

"Nothing. If you want to go, I'll go but if you don't want to, then I don't want to." she shrugged. "Hey, I need you to decide for yourself because I need your opinion." Five objected.

"That's strange. You've never really asked my opinion when it comes to huge decisions." she replied, "What do you mean?" he frowned, "The husband always decides for the family. You said that yourself, silly." she slightly chuckled.

"My older self said that to you?" he asked in disbelief and she nodded, making him look down in confusion how absurd and inconsiderate that is. He now realized why she always obeyed him like a pet. It was all because of him.

"Okay, forget about what that asshole said. Do you want to go?" he asked in a stern way.

It took her a few minutes to decide making it awkwardly quiet all of a sudden until she slowly shook her head at him.

"You have one thing to keep in mind, mom. Make sure what happens, happens."

"How about you?"

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They all set the meeting at the lobby as everyone formed a circle while Allison stepped in the middle, "I think you can all guess which way I'll be voting. We've all been through a lot. We've all lost people..." she started and looked at the young couple, "...mannequins." she continued, "But their deaths have to mean something. Which is why I'll be voting to go with Dad."

Lila stepped down from the stairs and whispered something to Diego before raising her arm, "Let's go save the bloody universe!" she exclaimed.

"Woohoo!" Klaus cheered

"All right, well, since she said yes, I vote stay." Diego said and took his stand at the stairs, looking directly at Lila causing her to scoff, "How's that for nice?" he added.