The Beauty of Being Numb | Klaus Hargreeves x Reader

The Gang Adopts a 58-years-old Kid

Some glasses break and the urn slides across the large table, Klaus almost throwing himself to catch it.

-Daddy?- he presses the urn to his chest, looking at the ceiling.

(Y/N) notices the knives shaking.

-Klaus!

She jumps on him, both falling to the floor just before the knives fly to the wall, in the same direction where Klaus was standing seconds before.

-Are you ok?- she takes his face between her hands, scared.

-Yeah, yeah- he stands up and helps her-. Let's get out of here before we get killed.

They go up the stairs, the lights still out, and as soon as they reach the top, Klaus looks out the windows.

-Oh, God- he runs to grab an extinguisher while (Y/N) stares at the big blue thing floating in the middle of the courtyard-. Oh, God.

Klaus runs outside holding the extinguisher and she follows him, trying to stop him.

-Out of the way!- Klaus shouts at his siblings, pushing Diego and Luther.

-What are you...?- Diego stops mid-sentence, astounded at his brothers' idiocy.

Klaus activates the extinguisher at the same moment that (Y/N) goes out. She stops on her tracks, behind Luther, scared by the big blue hole.

-What is that gonna do!?- she hears Allison scream at Klaus after he throws the extinguisher to the hole.

-I don't know! Do you have a better idea?

A loud noise is heard again and the hole gets bigger, making everyone back up.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... Everyone gets behind me!

-Yeah, get behind us.

Without realising it, (Y/N) holds on to Luther's arm and he puts a hand on hers while taking Allison's hand in the other. Klaus gets behind (Y/N), hugging her close to his chest.

-I vote for running, c'mon- he tries to pull from his friend, but Luther is holding her too tight-. Well, okay, guess we'll just die.

A face suddenly materializes from the bluish thing and everyone stares at it trying to figure out what's going on. Seconds later, a kid falls from it, the hole disappears and everything goes back to normal.

With a shocked face, everyone looks at the kid as he stands up and looks around. The whole group walks forward slowly, confused and scared:

-Does anyone else see little Number Five, or is that just me?- (Y/N) feels Klaus stiffen.

-Shit- Five says and looks down-. Sorry for the flowers.

-They were my favourites- (Y/N) whispers, looking at the crushed daffodils beneath Five's feet.

Luther suddenly notices he's holding (Y/N) hand, so he lets go immediately as she takes a step back, smiling nervously.

Five scuffs and ignores everyone as he makes his way inside the house. The siblings follow him, making a lot of questions, but he only stops when he reaches the kitchen. He starts looking for bread as everyone gathers around the table, looking at him between happy and amazed.

-What's the date, the exact date.

-The 24.

-Of what?- he spreads peanut butter on a slice of bread.

-March.

-Good.

-I thought Five was dead- (Y/N) mentions as she sits beside Klaus on the table.

-We all did- he whispers back.

-Oh, I finally get to meet you- Five points at the girl with a knife-. I was curious about who the fuck was as insane as to marry Klaus. Name?

-Is he talking to me?- she was so impressed, she directed the question to Klaus instead of Five.

-Yes, I'm talking to you. 

-(Y/N) Voss and I'm not...

-¿German, ah? You really had to go to the other side of the world to find someone, Klaus?

-Not married, not dating... Just friends- she states.

-Oh, really?- Five puts marshmallows on the bread-. Well, I may have lost the funeral, but at least I'm on time for a wedding.

-What...?- (Y/N) is interrupted by Luther.

-So are we gonna talk about what just happened?- Five ignores him-. It's been seventeen years!

-It's been a lot longer than that- the kid responds bitterly before transporting to the other side of the kitchen.

-I haven't missed that.

-Where'd you go- Diego asks.

-To the future. It's shit, by the way.

-Called it!

-Should we allow him to curse that much?- (Y/N) asks Klaus, but he just raises his shoulders.

-I should've listened to the old man. You know, jumping through space is one thing, jumping through time is a toss of the dice- he looks up to Klaus-. Nice dress.

-Oh, well, danke- Allison glares at him.

-Wait, how did you get back?

-In the end, I had yo project my consciousness forward into a suspended quantum state version of myself that exists across every possible instance of time.

-That makes no sense.

-Well, it would if you were smarter.

Diego stands up, ready to fight, forgetting they're adults now and not kids. But Luther stops him on time.

-How long were you there?

-Forty-five years. Give or take.

All look at him startled, Luther and Diego sitting down again, processing what the kid just said.

-So what are you saying? That you're 58?

-No, my consciousness is 58. Apparently, my body is now 13 again.

-Wait, how does that even work?- Vanya keeps asking the important questions.

-Delores kept saying the equations were off. Bet she's laughing now.

-Delores?

-Heart failure right?- Five points at a newspaper on the table where Sir Reginald's death is announced.

-Yeah.

-No- Luther turns to see (Y/N).

-Mmm... Nice to see nothing's changed- Five takes his sandwich and leaves the room.

-Uh, that's it? That's all you have to say?- Allison shouts at him, but he keeps walking.

-What else is there to say? The circle of life.

The group stays silent for a while before Klaus gets off the table and takes (Y/N) hand to leave.

-Well... That was interesting.

They leave the room still holding hands. She looks at her hands together, smiling, thinking about what Five just said: A wedding. No, not only a wedding, their wedding. Where Five came from, she and Klaus will be together. She needed to know more but wasn't sure about asking the kid. It was obvious she needed to wait, but how long?

-Why everyone thinks we're a couple?- she didn't notice in which moment they climbed the stairs-. You're more my sister than Vanya or Allison, to be honest.

-Oh- her smiled fades-. Hey, Klaus...

-Yes, love?- he stops in the middle of the hallway.

-Stay- he looked at her confused-. I mean, stay here, with me... Your dad's no longer here, so... Could you? Please.

He thinks about it, looking at his room, and back to (Y/N).

-Yeah, sure. Why not? I'm tired of looking for a place to sleep, anyway.