Don't Let Me Burn Out // Klaus x OC // Umbrella Academy

5 | Ruin My Life

Suggested Song: All We Do by Oh Wonder

Adeline's POV

I sat quietly in my room, staring blankly at the white wall. The pattern adjusting in and out of focus as I tried to concentrate. I could feel the energy inside of my body becoming unbalanced and aggravated.

This often happened over the day. Everywhere I went, anything and anyone I touched, I was picking up energy. It was apart of me. It's like how cactuses conserve water for when they need it. I picked up energy for when I needed a defence, just in case I simply was not near any power source when something went down.

However, usually I didn't need all this built up energy. It was merely useless to me if I was in need of it. It just sent me closer to a serge as my body reconstructed the energy into my own. 

Breathing peacefully in and out, I let my body let go of the energy I didn't need. I could feel the power flowing out of me and into the air. Small sparks surging through the air as I once more breathed in. 

As I came to be much calmer and much less overworked, I slowly pulled myself up off the floor, sitting myself on the bed. My breathe was much more calm, and my thoughts weren't so overworked. As I pulled myself off of the soft bed below, I thought of the bath that Pogo had offered me the day before. The house was silent now, indicating everyone was most likely still asleep.

I checked the small clock that hung on the wall above the nightstand.

8:32am 

As I snuck out of my bedroom and down the hall, I admired the paintings that lined the walls. Elegant markings of someones thoughts on a canvas, hung in a dead mans house. 

poetic...

Quietly opening the bathroom door, I looked around at the marble floors and dark oak wood walls. It was a reasonably sized bathroom, considering the size of the rest of the house. 

As I sat on the side of the bathtub, I gently leaned over to the brass taps, turning them both on, the hot much more than the cold. But with out one another, the bath water would not be perfectly temperatured. 

Slowly, I slid my clothes off me, listening to the eerie quietness of the water falling into the tub, filling it fast. It had been so long since I had stepped into a bathtub. My apartment was only fitted with a shower. A bath seemed like such a long ago reward in my childhood. I did not get to have baths as often as the others did.

It seemed as though a large portion of my childhood ended before it began. Reginald always expected far too much from me. He asked me to exchange my childhood for training far too young. Much like the others I imagine.      

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As I walked down the large dark oak staircase with the intention of sneaking into the liquor cabinets, I carefully adjusted the towel wrapped around my waist. The silk of the material rubbing against my skin. 

Upon entering the living room, I noticed a very asleep, very... naked Klaus. I furrowed my eyebrows as I passed him on the couch. He was out of it, and had probably already beaten me to the liquor. So out of fellow alcoholic respect, I let him sleep off his soon to be, killer hangover. 

As I reached the bar and leant down to pick out a bottle of spirits, I heard a noise from the couch where Klaus resided. 

Quietly, I poked my head over the bar, observing whether he was still asleep. He seemed to be. However, he was tossing about and mumbling. I assumed he must of been having a bad dream. Unsure of what to do, I quietly continued my mission.