repressed love | ben hargreeves

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CHAPTER FOUR

Klaus, Diego, and I found ourselves at the same table as last night. We were all curiously watching Diego's kid as he helped himself at the buffet.

"That little delinquent is your son?" Klaus asked.

"Allegedly my son," Diego corrected.

"I mean, if the shoe fits." I added, noticing how they have similar demeanors and rude remarks.

Klaus let out a laugh, "that's so funny!"

Five walked back over to the table, drink in hand. He had swapped out his Umbrella Academy uniform for a flannel, jeans, a vest, and a hat. It was weird seeing Five in comfort rather than a formal outfit. "Wait, who's....who's the mother?"

"Lila." I almost spit out my drink at the name.

"Excuse me?" Klaus asked in disbelief.

"Now...that's funny." I replied, laughing.

"Whoa, Lila's here?" Five demanded, a worrisome expression on his face. He and Lila have some bad blood between each other.

"Was." Diego corrected. "She dropped him off in my lap last night then bolted."

"I don't much care for that one." Klaus added, I nodded in agreement. She hates us, despite the majority of us never properly meeting her. My first time meeting her was the two of us fist fighting, and she managed to mimic my powers.

"Don't," Diego warned Klaus.

"Technically, she's family." Five pointed out.

"She was trying to murder us, like, yesterday." Klaus replied.

"And she almost succeeded," I chimed, taking another sip of my margherita.

"Yeah, like I said, 'family.'" Five finished, before directing his attention to Diego again. "Diego, is she coming back?"

"Well, she goddamn better be because we got more important things to be dealing with right now!" Diego spoke loudly, purposefully getting the attention of his son.

"Calm down, shhh." Klaus reacted, trying to calm Diego down to not draw attention.

As Five sat back down, I noticed Vanya walking back towards us. She had gotten a haircut, but honestly, it suited her. She was now wearing a gray zip up with a white shirt under and black jeans. "Where's Luther?"

"Who cares? Probably out for...a run." Diego responded harshly, still upset about his child situation.

"Mmm!" Klaus exclaimed, "love the haircut."

"It suits you, a lot." I added.

Vanya smiled in response to our compliments before continuing, "so I, uh, talked to Marcus last night."

"Wait, what? You talked with the enemy?" Diego questioned. "By yourself?"

"Somebody had to do something." Vanya retorted.

"Please tell me you didn't threaten him." I added, the last thing I wanted was to fight the Sparrows again. Vanya gave me a sheepish look, immediately answering my question.

"Who elected you, Vanya?" Diego stated, clearly upset she didn't talk to us beforehand.

Vanya hesitated for a moment. "It's, uh, Viktor."

"Who's Viktor?" Diego asked.

"Him, you idiot." I answered for Viktor. I immediately understood the moment I saw his new look, but his confirmation was all I needed.