"I assume you have a few questions?" Five asked, standing in front of me, arms crossed. I had gotten back to my room immediately after Luther stormed out. Five seemed a little nervous and uncomfortable when he came into my room. It was probably since he didn't want me to hear the things he said.

"No, really. It's all good. I'm just glad I know what your initial intention was." I replied and shrugged before I turned away from him and looked out the window. He harshly grabbed me by the shoulders so I'd face him again. I could see that Five was concerned. "Please don't think that's still the case." he sounded quite stern. "I... truly do care about you, alright?!" he raised his voice and didn't let go off of my shoulders. "Five, it's alright, really. You're really tense right now." I tried to calm him down by speaking in a gentle tone.

"Here." I grabbed his hands that were still on my shoulders and let them sink down, squeezing them a little to show that I'm there. "Better now?" I asked with a smile. To my surprise, he seemed even more tense, ripping his hands out of my grip and turning away from me. "You don't get it." he mumbled under his breath. "Then why don't you explain?" I asked, getting no response.

Five let out a sigh and his shoulders relaxed a little. "Sorry for being harsh." He looked back at me, forcing a smile. "When I was a kid, I often had really bad luck." I said, sitting down on the bed. "I often tripped and whenever I went outside, it started to rain. My teachers said that I'm a cursed child." I tried to distract Five a little by telling him a little story. I told him about all the funny things that had happened to me as a child due to my bad luck. He had sat down next to me and we both started talking about ourselves.

We ended up lying on the bed next to each other, laughing about the stories we had been telling each other. It went on and on, time just went by flying. It had probably already been a few hours when I closed my eyes, listening to a story Five was telling me, I just wanted to rest my eyes for a bit and somehow, I fell asleep while he was talking.

It was a little laten when I woke up again. It was still bright outside, so I probably haven't slept for long. When I woke up, Five wasn't there anymore, I assumed that he just left when he noticed. I hoped he didn't feel offended, since i fell asleep in the middle of him talking. I grabbed my phone that was on the nightstand next to my bed and saw that I got a message from Allison.

Surprisingly, it was a photo. I curiously opened her message and saw that she had snapped a picture of me sleeping, Five sleeping next to me with an arm wrapped around me. She sent the picture along with the words "Sleeping beauties". I felt my face flushing a little and locked the screen again before burying my face in my pillow.

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Evening came around and I heard Vanya call everyone for dinner. I got up from my bed with a sigh and went out of my room, meeting Five who just got out of his room that was across from mine. "Let's not talk about it." he seemed a little embarrassed, just like me. I just nodded and gave him a smile before we walked down the stairs together.

Allison smiled at us as we came into the dining room. "Slept well?" she asked, Five and me just sat down at the table and ignored her. "Come on, you looked so adorable!" Allison said, hoping we wouldn't ignore her. The other's weren't there yet, so I asked her whether or not she had shown the others. "Of course she did." Vanya just came in and heard us, so she replied instead of Allison. "Who would've thought that Five has a soft side..." Klaus appeared from the sofa. I didn't see him when I came in since he probably laid down. Five and I both looked down with slightly red faces, not looking at each other for the rest of dinner while the others made fun of us.

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"I'm sure they're going to look for you soon." Five and I were sitting on the windowsill of the big window in the attic. Since our rooms were both in the attic, we decided to just meet up there. It was a cozy room, it even had a balcony. It was just the perfect place to talk.

"They're probably already here." I joked, unsure if it could be true. "Even if they were, we're all prepared." Five reassured me that I was safe with them. I looked at the lights of the city, enjoying the breeze. "I know... it's just that I don't want to cause much trouble. What if someone gets injured? I'd blame myself forever." I admitted. Five looked outside, letting out a sigh. "There's no need to blame yourself, Pente. We're doing this for you after all." he gently said before turning his head towards me again. I also looked at him.

"I can barely tell you how grateful I am. It all still seems so unreal to be here with you and the others. I would've never imagined that I'd ever be here, protected by my initial targets..." I couldn't help but laugh at the irony. "I may be strong and capable of defending myself, but with the support of all of you it'll be a lot easier." I said. "I've never worked together with anyone. I was told that I can only be successful if I work alone. I always used to think that something such as a partner or teammate would just be in the way, but now I know I'm wrong."

Five gave me a gente and genuine smile in that moment. He didn't even say anything, but I felt understood for once. I finally felt... complete? There was always this aching pain, maybe due to loneliness. "I was like sealed away from all humanity except when on missions. I had no childhood, nothing such as friends or family. Of course you'd feel some sort of void after a while. But now, I finally feel like I have friends... or even family." I quietly explained.

I suddenly felt Five grabbing my hand. "I'm glad you feel comfortable here already, even with all that's going on." he said. "You're not alone anymore, Pente." he added. I felt tears stinging in my eyes, tears of joy, not sorrow. I couldn't help it at that moment. I laughed and cried at the same time when Five embraced me.

He didn't say anything else that night. We just sat there, looking at the night sky together and enjoying the cold night breeze while holding each other's hands tightly.

"We're both not alone anymore."