Ben Hargreeves x Reader - Umbrella Academy

Chapter Nine

(long awaited but I was extremely busy isolating and sleeping, also, finishing this chapter, I'm in school and risking it all - my school is super duper strict)

Chapter Nine - Behind The Scenes

I awoke to the sound of Five rattling through the kitchen cupboards, most likely trying to find coffee.

I slid off the counter, noticing how Ben was no longer by my side.
I glanced in the mirror as I walked into the living room, noting how much of a mess I looked; hair ruffled, eyes slightly puffy.

I flopped onto the closest sofa, taking a book from the end table and curling up to read. There, I noticed Ben was laid on the floor, a book in his hand.

The way he eyed me made me suspicious of something; was something wrong? Was Ben upset over something?

"Hey." I broke the awkward silence between us. "Hi." he grumbled.
I shrugged and went back to reading.

"Technically, we can't be in love because we're siblings - biological or not. So if we were to get married and invite people the invites would say 'Y/N Hargreeves and Ben Hargreeves'. And what about if our children turn out all wonky-donky because of it?"

The air between us was filled with silence after his rant.

"Ben we can't have kids."
"I know, that was dumb wasn't it."
"Yeah."
"You were supposed to say 'oh no, you're not dumb I love you please don't fret about intelligence' not 'yeah'."

"Okay." and on that we both went back to reading.
I began thinking about the future - could we have kids? could we get married?
But then a thought came into my mind - what kind of hospital allows ghosts in there?? Or a place to get married.
I giggled to myself - attracting Ben's attention.

"What?"
"Ghosting to the Chapel and were gonna get married." I burst out into laughter.

[ INCASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, THIS BOOK IS BEING REWRITTEN AS A SEPARATE BOOK. CHECK THE LATEST CHAPTER FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS. ]