five and me ↴ the umbrella academy

chapter five ↴ polka dots went out of style ages ago

"um, Five? why is it dark time and why are we at a department store?"

Five didn't say anything and simply laced their fingers together and pulled her down the dark isles. Kenzie stepped closer to him, gulping at the surrounding darkness. she wasn't scared of the dark, per say, she was scared of not being alone with Five.

"Delores." he murmured, seemingly in his own world. Five began to speak with the mannequin, and Kenzie unlinked her hand and went to shift through racks of clothes.

"omg this is so cute!" she muttered, holding a cute leather jacket up to her up to her body. "look, Five! this jacket is so cute! does it look okay?" Kenzie asked, slipping it off the rack and onto her frame. eh smiled and her and nodded. "you would look good in a potato sack, sweetheart." she blushed brightly, but still managed to be playful. "omg Five, stop." She grinned luminously, put then winked at him. "that was a joke, keep going muffin."

"so, who's Delores?" Kenzie questioned curiously, going to stand beside him. "my best friend. we were together for over thirty years." he motioned towards the beat up mannequin, and Kenzie smiled.

"hey girl, does your man ever get you some new clothes? like seriously sister, you need to get a new shirt, or at least a jacket. polka dots went out of style ages ago." she gossiped, sitting through another rack. "oh sis, this one is perfect for you—"

BOOM!

Kenzie screamed as shots were fired. "Pixie?!" "Five?! Five?!" she screamed, grabbing for him blindly.

she felt Five wrap his arms around her and they teleported to her house. "stay here, Pixie. i'll come back to you, I promise." he assured. Kenzie sniffed and wrapped her arms around him. "be careful please." he nodded, and Kenzie, gathering some courage, kissed his cheek quickly. he smiled softly and teleported away once more.

—

Kenzie was going out of her mind with worry.

she had decided to take a shower, and when Five hadn't come back, she ended up blow drying her hair, putting it in braids, making herself some pasta, and then finally falling asleep on her bed.

Five watched silently as Kenzie's chest went up and down, the shadows of her lashes upon her cheekbones. she looked peaceful, angelic even.

he didn't want to wake her up, but knew that she'd be pretty pissed if he didn't come back and tell her he was okay.

"Pixie, wake up." he whispered, shaking her arm.

she groaned and rolled over. "fuck off, Five— holy shit! Five!" she shot up and immediately jumped out of bed and into his arms. "are you alright?! what happened?! where's my main bitch Delores?!"

"i'll explain later. come on, get dressed Pixie. we're going to visit that asshole doctor."