Number Zero; The Witch - Diego Hargreeves x OC *ON HOLD*

Number 5

Jimmy's Coffee. The small laid-back café in Hamilton, Diego and I used to sneak off to. When we tried to. The old man was too focused on Luther and Allison, that they decided to just spend time together, when they couldn't at home.

Finding a table in the back, I sat down and grabbed the menu.

"Are you having your usual?" he asked me.

"And what's my usual?" I asked him back.

"Hot chocolate, whipped cream, marshmallows, and if you are feeling adventurous, a sprinkle of cinnamon" he said.

"I'm surprised you remembered" I commented, putting the menu away. I had missed my usual order.

"Well...when we...departed, I ordered your usual...I guess I had nothing to remember you by, except a secret photo of us both, and a hot chocolate...I didn't have anything left of you"

"Don't memories count?" I asked.

"They do, but every time I remembered our happy memories...I just kept remembering that day" he sighed looking down. "If I could take it all back- "

"Please don't Diego" I told him. "I let go of that memory all those years ago, I don't want to remember the worst day of my life" I informed him.

He looked down ashamed of himself. "Did you...did you ever find love again?" he asked. I looked at him and sighed rubbing my face.

"I did...and we were happy...until he saw me" I explained, but Diego's eyebrows furrowed confused at what I meant. "I stopped using my powers after we broke up...it felt weird using them when we weren't together...well in my mind it did. And then one day, after work, I saw you with your new girlfriend. I went home, and I threw something across the room with my powers. And he was standing there, I forgot for that moment that he round for our date night. All it took was me looking out the window for me to forget he was in my apartment" I sighed remembering that moment.

"What did he do, Lexi?" he asked me concerned.

"He left, just like that" I sighed "He looked at me shocked, confused and I think scared"

"Didn't he know who you were, Hargreeves gives it all away" Diego told me.

"Yes, he knew, but I told him, ever since leaving the Academy, I swore to never use my powers, though that was a little white lie"

"Because you stopped using them when we broke up" he confirmed nodding. "What happened after with him?"

"Let's say, things ended quickly" I informed him. "I don't stand by people who look at me because I am a freak" I told him.

"You are not a freak...you're just..." I eyed Diego, making sure he was careful with his words. "Extraordinary" he smiled "You have no idea how amazing you are"

"If I was that amazing, why did you keep leaving me to go and be a superhero?" I asked him. My sudden words, stumbling him.

"I-I, n-never m-meant to h-hurt you" he stuttered. Looking down I sighed to myself.

"I know, but you did" I sighed "I felt lonely"

"Did you feel lonely with, him?" he asked.

"Yes" I admitted.

"Why?" he asked me again.

"Because he wasn't you Diego" I admitted. "You made me feel...wanted, more than my powers, we always stuck together" I sighed before the waitress came over, her eyes googling at Diego. That was something else I didn't miss. God forbid how many women did that seeing his single body.