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"FIVE, please. you really don't have to explain it all to me. i understand. i'm glad someone was there with you i can't imagine what it would be like if you were by yourself all those years. i just wish you would've told me rather than overhearing you talk to klaus about her, of all people." rose pushes open the door of the umbrella academy, holding it open as five walks through, his head held low. "five." she holds his cheek as he looks at her, sadness in his eyes, "it's ok five". he sighs and turns away, walking to his room. rose stands alone in defeat, pondering the thought of what to say to him.
"not now luther. i'm not in the mood for one of your talks." she sighs, turning her gaze away from where five was to the man peering at her from the shadows of the living room. he opens his mouth to speak but no words come out, rose averting her gaze back to the staircase and walking up the stairs to the courtyard.
rose stands outside as the cold rain pelts on her skin, the sun setting behind the grey clouds in the distance. she's reminded of the funeral. the cold, the rain, but only one thing was missing. the feeling of five by her. she sighs as she walks towards ben's headless statue. staring at the plaque engrave onto the sandstone stand, 'ben hargreeves. may the darkness within you find peace in the light'. rose must have read it a million times before, but every time she finds herself reading it once more.
a flash of white light diverts her attention away from the statue to the boy standing by her side. he walks towards her, hands in pockets and stares at the statue with her. "was it bad?" he asks.
"what's going on?" rose stands at the stairs watching over as her entire family rushes into the front entrance, luther carrying a body in his arms with a look of distress on his face. "quickly get him to the medical room, grace please follow them and do what you must" her father yells towards the children, whispering to grace orders. rose rushes towards her father "dad, what's happening, who is luther holding?" she hastily questions. her father grabs her shoulder "number eight, follow your siblings and help the boy" "but i-" "now. no time for talking. hurry along" he turns around pushing her in their direction. she runs towards the room to see her teary siblings watching her mother leaning over looking at the boy in the eyes. she rushes over to the side of the bed. ben. his lifeless eyes open, peering up at the sky. his mother pushing his hair to the side, a single tear dropping from her eye. "ben" rose whispers to him, touching his umbrella academy tattoo. "please rose, do something. help him." klaus shouts as allison holds him back, comforting him. "i can't-" "try rose, please" diego says, wiping a tear away. rose gets close to ben, closing her tear-filled eyes and blowing in his face, much like she did to the bird when she was a child. she opens her eyes, nothing. not a good nothing. just nothing but heartbreak, he was still lying there breathless. rose heard faint cries of anguish as she stood in shock. rivers of tears flooding down her cheeks. she looks over to the doorway where her father stood looking at her, then lowering his head in shame.
"yeah. it was horrible" she chokes out. rose feels sudden warmth as five engulfs her in a hug. rose lifts her arms up, hugging him back. they both pull away, "i'm sorry i didn't tell you about delores, i don't know why i didn't but i really am sorry" rose nods "it's ok. it's actually one of the only things that are ok right now." she jokes, earning a small chuckle from five. "come on, let's go inside. you need rest." he says, taking rose by the hand and walking inside together.
rose opens her bedroom door as five pauses outside. "five if i'm going to sleep then you have to go to sleep too. don't go chasing assassins or anything like that. sleep." she states, "whatever makes you happy rosie" he replies. rose walks up to him, placing a soft kiss on his cheek. "goodnight five" she blushes as five gives her a grin. rose closes the door and sits down on her bed. 'he's not going to go to bed, is he.' rose thinks as she sighs with a smirk on her face, standing up to get changed out of her soaked clothing. 'this boy. i swear he will be the death of me.'
