(y/n) - your name

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"Wait, say that again!?" Five and I were walking back home from the diner since it was too far away for him to teleport back in one go. The sun was setting and I enjoyed the walk across town while I told him about my life. I was catching him up about my universe and the shit hole of a year 2020 truly is plus warning him about Lila being a fake bitch.

"Ok, jeez. Lila first. She's the Handler's adoptive daughter and is on a given mission to protect you cause the Handler's a creepy pervert for young boys. That's why she's trying to get close to you and Diego, but with Diego, she actually fell in love with him-"

"-she's the Handlers kid!?"

I throw my hands up in disbelief. "That's what you get from that!? Not the fact that she's in love with your brother!?" he shrugs and I roll my eyes.

"Well, will she be in the way of us stopping the apocalypse?" Five looks at me as I stand out on the street, thinking.

"Not really I guess. Not now anyway. She might be an issue later on but everything turns out a-ok." I do an ok sign and he facepalms.

"Ok, and what's with this virus shit going on in 2020 back in your alternate universe." I groan out loudly, just absolute hate pouring out of me.

"That fucking disease I swear to god! Kills millions of people man. Has people locked under quarantine and such to stop spreading it but people love to not give a shit about protecting others. Let me give you a rundown on 2020." I raise my hands, ready to list off the months till September. "January, World War 3 almost happened cause of Trump being a fucking dumbass son of a bitch to North Korea and everyone in general.

Feb, so many bushfires in Australia killing so much wildlife and destroying so many homes.

March, the virus is discovered and is being spread, killing so many people.

April and May, people being in quarantine and many businesses shutting down from bankruptcy.

June, major riots and protests against the government since policemen are killing innocent people cause they are fucking racist bastards. The purge almost started with anonymous resurfacing to help us and their soldiers helping with the protests.

July, solar flares. Honestly, I can't remember what happened in July but something did.

August, a nuclear explosion killing so many people in Lebanon.

September, well, I was waiting for some shit to go down this month until I got pulled into this world so I guess you could say this was the crazy thing to happen." Five looks at me with absolute shock and fear, his face going extremely pale.

"What the actual fuck is wrong with your world?" He mutters out softly.

"Beats me. Plus I'm used to it by now. I'm waiting for the next disaster to happen."

"Is that going to happen to us?" I shrug. "For the love of God, that better not happen when we get home." The Boy runs his shaky fingers through his hair in worry.

I walk past Five into the alleyway towards the back door and I gasp loudly when I realise something. "Now I know why the Handler wanted to end the world in 2019! 2020 has been screwing us over so many times! The bitch actually had a point!"

"Yeah, no." he says as he opens the door for me to let me walk in first. "Update me on the sibling situation." we both walk up the stairs and I try to remember what's happening right now.

"Uh, so Vanya is heading back to the farm she was living at with her new love Sissy and her son Harlan. And like I said yesterday, Allison is meeting up with Klaus at his big ass mansion. She has a husband by the way."

"Great for her." Five says in a monotone voice and I know he doesn't care.

"Agreed. I can't stand the incest."

"We shouldn't be getting attached to people when we're just going to leave anyway." 

I don't know why my chest suddenly hurt.

I hum and continue my recap. "Allison is also part of a movement for coloured people. Klaus started a cult but is hiding from his supporters in the said abandoned mansion. He is going to try and warn Dave, his love, to not enlist for the war. He met him when he jumped to Vietnam back at your place when he destroyed the suitcase he stole from Hazel and Cha-Cha. Luther is heartbroken when he finds out Allison is married and is now throwing a fight. Ben has fallen in love with one of Klaus' supporters and my god are they all kinky as fuck. Like why a sex swing." Five stumbles in his step, gripping the stair railing and whipping his head back to me.

"A what now!?"

"You heard right!"

"Why the hell are all my siblings fucking crazy!?"

"I don't know. They're your siblings. Y'all just a chaotic and very dysfunctional family with parental issues."

"That, I can agree on." Five opens the door for me and I walk through to see Elliot slam down his tuna mould on a table angrily and snatch his coat off a rack. He quickly zooms past us, leaving his house as he slams the door behind him.

"He good? That was sudden." I jump when I hear something slam against a window. "The hell?" I see something else collide against the window again and I suddenly hear noise coming from Elliot's bedroom. I walk closer to the bedroom and I freeze, hearing the familiar sounds of moans.

Poor Elliot, he's going to need to torch the whole bed after this.

Five stands next to me, a blush growing on his face when he realises what's going on. "Holy shit...Is that-"

"-yep."

"Are they-"

"-yep."

"Should we-"

"-yep.

Five and I quickly teleport outside to avoid the two people fucking around in the bedroom, shivers running down my spine from the sounds. "Diego really loves Lila huh." 

But I'm going to be fucking traumatised for the rest of my life...

We sit outside the apartment building on the steps in the alleyway we first appeared, sitting next to each other in silence. We were waiting for Vanya to stop by so we could go get Luther.

A few minutes go by of kinda awkward silence until Five breaks the silence, coming out from his mind and his thoughts. "(Y/n), do you know what love is?" He whispers out, almost as if he was still adrift in his thoughts and I look at him in surprise at why he would even be thinking about that.

Where did that come from?

"What do you mean?" I ask and he looks at me and then stares back up at the building behind him.

"Like have you ever experienced being in love with someone? Or do you know what it feels like to be in love?" I sit there, thinking back to my primary and high school days and a specific boy.

"I don't think I know what falling in love is like Five. I don't think I've ever experienced it properly. I had a crush on a boy when I was young, back in year 6, the last year of primary before graduating and through to the first two years of high school. I had a crush on him for three full years and when I found out that he had a girlfriend, I was surprisingly happy for him and I knew I had to move on. I got over him but he pops in my head rarely, like how I think about the people I knew in my past. I wonder sometimes how he is or how he's doing."

"So you were in love..." Five furrows his brows, staring at the pavement with his hands clenched into fists.

"I don't think so." he whips his head to me as I pat his fists, them relaxing. "I think it was just an infatuation with someone." I sigh out, my mind coming blank. "I honestly don't think I know how to fall in love Five. I'm worried that whatever I'm feeling for someone might be wrong. I don't know if what I'm feeling for them is going to be something genuine or just feelings of friendship. I don't know how to differentiate between the two. I don't want to hurt anyone or mislead them. Being in love is foreign to me..."

"I guess that makes the two of us." I look at Five in confusion.

"But Dolores-"

"-I know I have said that I was in love with her, but she's a mannequin. I don't think what I felt for her was genuine, or genuine enough to reflect back to an actual human being. I don't know if I actually loved her or I just felt lonely and needed someone during those dark years."

"I guess that's true. Humans can't survive being alone."

"Maybe we can help each other find out what it means to be in love with someone..." Five mumbles out and I stare at him.

The wind blow over us gently as it blew through his hair, an almost peaceful look on his face. We stay like this for a while and I lean back on my arms like him, watching the sun above us set as the sky changed colours. It was a beautiful sight, feeling warm when I lean my head on his shoulder.

"So is this now a side hobby of ours? Being love enthusiasts?" I smile up at him and he chuckles, him relaxing back on his hands on the steps behind us. 

It's been a while since I've seen him look so in the moment.

He looks, normal.

He looks so free and happy.

Like an actual 18-year-old guy.

Five looks over at me with a cheeky grin. "Why not. We're solving the apocalypse conundrum again so why not add another mystery to our list of solving things." he chuckles and I roll my eyes with a smile on my face. 

"Sure thing Sherlock."

"Thanks, Watson."

I move to lay down on the single slab porch to watch the sunset above me, gentle winds blowing the clouds along. Five glances down at me, hesitant and I shift over for him to lie down with me, patting the spot next to me and he does. He lays down with me as we both just watched the clouds move above us, laying my head on his shoulder. The warm breeze made me feel sleepy and I close my eyes to rest, slowly dozing off comfortably when I feel someone lean something on my head.

Where am I?

I groan softly as I slowly open my eyes, hissing from the bright lights which quickly disappear. I look around to see the dark basement walls and the building stairs, peering up to see Five and I realise he was carrying me up the stairs.

"Five...?"

"Go to sleep." he shushes me softly and I rub my eyes, him holding me tightly and taking me to the bedroom. No, not the one where Digeo and Lila were currently in obviously, our shared bedroom duh. He settles me down in bed and I was just so tired for some reason, groggily undoing my shoes while The Boy brought over some pjs for me to change into. He turns around so I could change, grabbing his own change of clothes but comes back to bed when I was done.

"Vanya?" I ask and Five shakes his head.

"Hasn't called yet. Just go to sleep. We'll figure it out tomorrow."

"But-"

"-sleep."

"Luther-" The boy gently pushes me down on the bed and drapes the blanket over me, leaving me to change in the bathroom. I couldn't sleep. It was too dark and I didn't like how dark it was even if there was a sliver of light coming through from the window. I tossed and turned, not realising that the little assassin joined on the bed.

"(y/n)."

"Can't sleep." I grumble softly and he sighs out, laying down with me and I turn my back to him. He hesitantly raises his hand, placing it on my chest where my heart would be. He pats my chest along with the rhythm of my heart and I feel sleepy. he leans up on his other arm as he moves closer to me, helping me fall asleep first.

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