Love With a Deadline

(S1) chap. 10

tw: lime, alcohol, language

"I always thought you were the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen."

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Y/n Hargreeves ↓

I didn't really sleep that night after they left. I tried to find Klaus, but he was probably out getting high or doing something stupid.

I was trying to get my headache to fuck off when Diego came in. "Get up." He told me.

"Why?" I asked.

"We're going to find Five."

I sighed, standing up. "And why do I have to come?"

"Because." Diego said flatly.

"Valid reason." I said, sarcasm dripping from my words.

Time skip

Me, Diego, and Luther were walking through a library. I was just walking beside Diego.

"I missed you." He said out of the blue.

"What do you mean?" I asked, putting my hands in my pockets.

"When you went in a coma." He told me. "I missed you a lot."

I smiled slightly, looking at the floor. "How bad was it?" I glanced up at him. "You know, Dad's lecture."

"Terrible." He sighed. "I've never felt like such a failure in my life."

"You're not a failure." I reassured him. "I didn't know that guy was still even alive on the mission, let alone had a gun."

"Yeah, but... Dad said we should've known. That one of us should've saw it."

"Well, Dad's also a sadistic asshole who likes to torture kids." I said flatly.

Diego was about to say something when we heard a woman's voice. "Where's his parents?"

Five.

Me and Diego turned the corner, and we saw Five there, his arm around Delores and a bottle of alcohol in his hand.

"Lovely." I sighed.

Time skip

We were walking in silence when, Luther carrying Five and me and Diego on either side of him. Five was holding Delores in his arms.

Five woke up. He let out a hiccup. "If you vomit on me-" Luther said.

He glanced over at me and grinned. "Hi, Y/n." He said.

"Hi, Five." I said back.

It was silent again until Five broke it. "You know what's funny?" He asked. "I'm going through puberty. Twice!" He laughed. "And... and I drank the whole bottle, didn't I?" We all nod and kept walking. "Well, that's what happens when the world you love goes bye-bye. Poof! It's gone."

"Two masked intruders attacked the house last night. They came looking for you." Diego told him. "So I need to know, what do they want?"

"Hazel and Cha-Cha." Five said.

"Who?" I asked.

"You know, I hate codenames." Luther said.

"Ah, the best of the best." Five said. "Except for me, of course."

"Best of what?" Luther asked.