Love With a Deadline

(S1) chap. 2

"Its the circle of life."

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Five Hargreeves ↓

I was in the kitchen with a bunch of my idiot siblings. Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Vanya, and...

Y/n. Why did she look like that? She looked like a fifteen year old hormonal teenager.

I mean, me too, but still. At least I'm sixteen. Still skinny, but it'll do.

"Whats the date?" I asked as I made my sandwich. "The exact date."

"The 24th." Vanya said.

"Of what?"

"March."

"Good." I sigh.

"So, are we gonna talk about what just happened?" Luther asked, and I almost rolled my eyes. I just ignored him and kept making my sandwich. "Its been seventeen years." He snapped.

I scoff and finally raised my head to look at him. "Its been a lot longer than that."

I blinked behind him and grabbed the marshmallows before I blinked back. "Haven't missed that." He mumbled.

"Where'd you go?" Diego asked.

"The future." I said casually. "Its shit, by the way."

"Called it!" Klaus beamed, as if it was a good thing.

"I should've listened to the old man." I said, putting the marshmallows on the bread. "You know, jumping through space is one thing, jumping through time is a toss of the dice." I look at Klaus. "Nice dress."

"Oh, well Danke!" He said, smiling like a high moron.

I glanced at Y/n, about to ask her what the actual fuck happened to her. Everyone else here was aged, just not her.

"Wait, how'd you get back?" Vanya asked before I could ask y/n my question.

"In the end," I began, looking back at Vanya. "I had to project my consciousness forward in a quantum state version of myself that exists across every instance possible of time." I explained.

"That makes no sense." Diego said.

"Well, it would if you were smarter." Y/n finally spoke up, looking at Diego.

Her voice sounded hoarse, almost like she had been sleeping, but for like, years.

(Literally.)

Diego stood up, glaring at her, and she glared right back. Jesus, her and her attitude. It was gonna get her killed one day. And if Luther didn't stop him, they probably would've killed each other.

"How long were you there?" Luther asked.

"45 years, give or take." I said, like it was simple.

"So you're 58?"

"No, you idiot." Y/n said. "His consciousness is 58."

"Exactly." I said, still staring at Luther. "My body is apparently 16 again." I sighed. "Delores always said the equations were off." I took a bite of my sandwich. "I bet she's laughing now."

"Delores?" Y/n and Vanya asked in unison.

I ignored the question and picked up a newspaper, looking over it. "Guess we missed the funeral?"

"How do you know about that?" Luther asked.

"What part of the future do you not understand?" I said, my voice slightly sharper now. "Heart failure, huh?"

"No-" "yes-" Luther and Diego said in unison.

I saw Y/n roll her eyes out of the corner of my vision. She always rolled those eyes. I swear, they were gonna get stuck one day.

"Nice to see nothings changed." I said, taking another bite of my sandwich as I walked out 

"So that's it?" Allison said. "That's all you have to say?"

"What more is there to say?" I asked, turning the corner. "Its the circle of life."

third person ↓

Y/n didn't know what made her do it, but she got up and followed Five upstairs.

Five went to his roll and opened his closet. He slid a few hangers to the side, seeing he only had uniforms.

"Shit." He sighed.

Y/n slowly entered his room. "So that's it?" She questioned.

Five grabbed a hanger with the uniform on it. "What?" He questioned, walking over to his bed.

"You're gone for seventeen years and then you just... appear out of the goddamn blue?"

Five sighed, begining to undo his tie. "You're too young." He said flatly.

"Uh, fuck you." She said.

Five didn't answer. Just took his tie and oversized suit jacket off.

"So you're back?" Y/n questioned, staring at Five.

"No shit, Sherlock." Five replied sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

"Still an asshole, I see." Y/n sighed.

"Still an annoying bitch." Five shot back, glancing up at her.

Y/n rolled her eyes, flipping him off as she left the room.

"Very annoying." Five muttered under his breath.

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Okay guys are we liking the enemy stuff

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