(y/n) - your name

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I sigh out in annoyance and struggle to pry Five off me, trying to set him down next to me but he clings on to me like a Koala. He wraps his arms around my neck, almost choking me and had his legs around my waist. I look down at him to see how peaceful he looks and I decide to not bother him, leaning back against the railing and gently rocking him back and forth. He would never hug anyone willingly but I guess he felt the need to hold onto someone while he slept in fear of being alone.

I lean my cheek on top of his head, rubbing his back softly and he sighs blissfully against my neck. His chokehold on me loosens and he just holds me, his arms soon falling down his sides. I close my eyes and hum to him softly, hugging him tightly in my arms as I brush his hair back. 

I suddenly hear Luther and Diego and I quickly move Five to sit down next to me, shoving Dolores in his arms. "Sorry girl but you're taking one for the team." I wrap his arms around her, chuckling softly at how he was dead asleep right now.

"Is he, um...?" Luther asks with shock and Diego looks at his little brother smugly.

"Drunk as a fucking skunk."

"Finally. Someone to drag your drunk ass home." I groan and stand up, stretching my limbs and earning a few satisfying pops as Five just grunts in his sleep. I step away as Luther picks up the passed-out boy in his arms, carrying him-and Dolores who was still in his grasp-out of the library in bridal form while Diego and I followed him out. We walked down the sketch alleyway, the two sober men trying to decide where to go after Cha-Cha and Hazel attacked them in their own home.

"Well, we can't go back to the house." Luther says. "It's not secure. Those psychopaths could come back at any moment."

"My place is closer." Diego mentions. It was oddly a peaceful night, especially after the Hargreeves family was just attacked. "No one will look for him there."

Five suddenly groans and belches, turning his head to look at me behind Luther when he wakes up. "If you vomit-"

"-(y/n)! Where's (y/n)?" Five visibly starts to panic and I run towards him, running my fingers through his hair, which oddly calms him down instantly.

"I'm here. Don't worry, I'm always here." he smiles loopily at me, reaching out for me with grabby hands and I hold his hand that was outstretched to me.

I can't say no to him being this fucking cute!

"(y/n)," He sings out. "My babyyyyy." Five hiccups, holding my cheek and pinching me softly before I hold his hand again.

"Who the hell is (y/n)?" Diego mutters and Luther just shrugs.

"That would be me but obviously, you can't see me." Five pulls my arm closer to his face, snuggling it.

"Who is this (y/n)-" Luther was cut off by his drunk brother who started giggling.

"-you know what's funny? Aah! I'm going through adulthood. Twice!"

"More like puberty since you're acting like a horny 15-year-old who found porn for the first time." I scoff and Five smirks at me.

"Horny for you baby." I blush bright red as he winked at me, Luther and Diego just staring at their brother who lost a few brain cells. Five then rambles on about the apocalypse and the assassins that were constantly on his ass as I just walked with a red face.

I'm sure he doesn't mean that right?

Of course not.

This intelligent and sarcastic asshole is spewing nonsense in his drunken state.

But drunk words are sober thoughts, right?

Nope, no way. Not believing this for a second.

I shake my head and listen into the conversation at hand. "What are you guys talkin' about?" Five slurs. 

"Two masked intruders attacked the Academy last night."

"They came looking for you." Luther and Diego answer. "So I need you to focus. What do they want?"

"Hazel and Cha-Cha..." Five sighs out.

"Who?"

"You know, I hate code names." Luther explains.

"Ah, the best of the best. Except for me, of course." Five giggles, looking at me as his head drops back on Luthers am. 

"The best of what!?" Luther presses, trying to get more info but his drunk brother sidetracks and pats Dolores' head.

"You know, Delores always said she hated when I drink. She said it made me surely-

"-hey!" Diego yells at Five, making him jump. "I need you to focus. What do this Hazel and Cha-Cha want?" the drunk brother just smiles creepily, looking at knife boi. "We just wanna protect you."

"Protect me..." Five scoffs. "I don't need your protection, Diego. Do you have any idea how many people I've killed?" Digeo and Luther glance at each other briefly while Five looks at me with a sweet smile and not one of contempt for his brothers. "But of course, you don't mind do you (y/n)."

"No, I don't mind Five." I chuckle as he smiles widely, squeezing his hand gently which I was still holding.

"I'm the Four frickin' Horsemen! The apocalypse is coming!" Five wheezes out and the sober guys just sigh in frustration before continuing to walk again. 

I was minding my own business during the walk but perked up after a while when my name was mentioned. "So who's (y/n)?" Diego asks and the drunk boy just grins at him.

"My girlfriend!" My cheeks burn red as he smiles at me.

Boy, you better stop talking now!

"Wait really? Since when?" I could tell Luther was genuinely curious and a little excited since he was smiling a lot.

"Oh yeah! She's here with me right now!" Diego groans out and Luther visibly deflates in disappointment.

Well damn guys, love you too.

"She's pretty, she beautiful, she's funny, she's a total badass, she has these really cool powers and cool devices that let you look up everything. Did I tell you that she's pretty!?" Five asks and I giggle at how cute he was acting. We finally arrive at Diego's place as he guides us down to his room, Luther finally sets Five down on a bed and the drunk boy immediately blacks out to sleep.

I snicker as I see Diego put down Dolores on a chair, unsure of why there was a mannequin before he walks up to Luther. "Funny. If I didn't know he was such a prick, I'd say he looks almost adorable in his sleep."

I completely agree with you Diego.

"Well, don't worry. He'll sober up eventually." Luther says.

Yeah, I'm waiting to see if he's going to remember any of this or the library.

I yawn out and walk to the other side of the bed, carefully and silently moving to sit on it behind Five as he lies on his side. He had his back to me and I lean my back on the headboard, watching over him. I watch Diego and Luther, making sure they had their backs turned to us and I carefully take off Five's shoes to make him more comfortable. I pull the blanket over him, patting his arm softly to keep him asleep. I ignore Luther as he kept himself busy while reading when Diego runs off to find Eudora and Klaus after Al told him what happened.

I really liked Patch.

She was good for Diego.

Good at keeping him grounded.

She died horribly.

I suddenly feel movement next to me and I stop patting Five when I hear him sniffle, calling out for his siblings and I knew he was having a nightmare about being in the apocalypse. "Hey, you're safe." I whisper to him, moving closer to hold his hand in mine. He squeezes my hand tightly, his brows furrowing as I pat his chest in a steady rhythm to keep his heart calm. "You're not there anymore, you're ok." I hum to him softly and I quickly move back when he turns around to face me, opening his eyes sleepily before he finds me.

"(y/n)?" Five calls out for me softly, raising himself to sit up on the bed despite me trying to shush him back to sleep. 

"Go to sleep Five." I hold his chest down but he sits up straight with a deep frown on his face, nose pink like he was holding back tears.

"I was so worried..." I look at him in confusion.

"Why? I'm here-" Five suddenly pulls me into a tight hug, holding me to his chest. "Five-"

"-you got hurt from the explosion and I was so worried." he whispers and rested his head on top of mine, sighing out in relief that I was still here and I let him hug me tightly. I was still shocked that he would even hug me in the first place since he wasn't really a physical or emotional person but I guess he needed someone to hold onto. 

I let myself go in his arms, enjoying the warmth from the hug and slowly wrapping my arms around his neck, laying my head on his shoulder. "I'm still here aren't I?" I whisper, smiling softly at how soft he was when he was drunk.

"I hate it when you get hurt... Especially when it's because of me." Five mumbles into my hair and he pulls me closer as physically possible. His body was shaking as he held back his tears and I held onto him tightly. I sat up on my knees and curled above him as I leaned my chin on top of his head, holding the back of his head gently against my shoulder. "Everyone gets hurt because of me. I'm a murderer." Five starts to sniffle and I rub his back, holding him close as he gripped the back of my shirt.

"Five, no matter what, I'll always be there to protect you, to be there for you. Your family too and I know you'll do the same for us. And this whole thing about being a so-called murder? It doesn't define you, especially when you sacrifice everything to keep your family alive. I would do the same for mine." Five leans back and stares up at me with sad eyes, a frown on his lip and I brush his hair back gently

"Really?"

"Really. You may not show it but you have the biggest heart I know to have. You gave up your life for your family numerous times... even though they don't deserve it, you save them anyway..." I smile down at him as I hold his cheeks. "You're my favourite person Five. You're ridiculously smart, and sarcastic and you manage to crack me up at the most random times. Plus, I just found out how sweet and lovable you are when you are pissed drunk."

"But-"

"-no buts. You need to sleep now. You're going to feel like shit tomorrow." Five nods slowly and pulls us down to lay on the bed. He buried his head in my neck and I curled around him, almost as if protecting him and I ran my fingers through his hair. I pulled the blanket over him, letting him pull me close and I wrap an arm around his waist and around his head, leaning my chin on top of his head as I slowly doze off to sleep. He calmed down and sighs out in relief, wrapping his arms around my waist to hold me tight and I immediately fall asleep in peace.

"I like you a lot (y/n). And it scares me."

I groan softly in pain from the major headache that was killing me as I slowly woke up, rubbing my head and opening my eyes to blink away the haze. I quickly hold my breath and immediately shut up when I see Five sleeping next to me, breathing softly without a worry in the world. I try to calm my racing heart when he slowly starts to wake up and I quickly close my eyes to pretend to be sleeping. 

I bury my face against the pillows when I feel him move and my heart jumps when I feel him gently brush his fingers against my cheek, pushing my hair back softly from my face. I feel the blankets being pulled up to cover me, suddenly feeling him patting my arm with hesitation. I hold in my laughter realising he was trying to imitate how I comforted him last night. Surprisingly it worked since I quickly dozed off to sleep again.

When I woke up again, I had no concept of time or space groaning from the headache that was still killing me. "For fucks sake... Where's the painkillers when you need them." I groan out, slowly sitting up and rubbing circles on the sides of my head. The blanket falls down and I feel someone brush my hair away from my face, opening my eyes groggily to see Five frown at me.

"Hey, slow down. Are you ok?" he peers down at me and I nod slowly, his arm holding me to his side as he directed my head to lay on his shoulder. "You should've gotten more sleep." He mumbles out and I lean closer to him since he was warm and I was freezing my ass off here.

"Uh, Five." I look up to see Luther look at his brother weirdly but turn to me directly. "Is she next to you?"

"Wait. What did you tell him?" I look at Five and he shrugs, draping his blazer over my shoulders which causes Luther to stare at me with wide eyes.

"Your blazer is floating..."

"I told him about you."

"Wait, so he actually believes you about me!?" I sit up properly, pulling the blazer up with me and causing it to move.

Luther jumps back in shock, pointing at me. "It moved!"

"No shit. (y/n) is sitting next to me so can you please be quiet? We both have terrible hangovers."

"How long has she been here?"

"The moment I came back since I accidentally brought her here with me. She knows everything too apparently." Five smirks at me and I roll my eyes.

"Prove it."

"Excuse me?" I ask as Luther carefully sits down in the chair before me.

"Prove that she knows everything." he asks again I groan out in annoyance, just wanting something to eat.

That's what he wants proof of? Of me knowing everything and not my existence or how I got here?

The least important option.

Jesus Luther, way to ruin your pride.

"Tell Luther that I know about his and Allison's little tent date that went south real quick when they got caught by dear old daddy." Five repeats what I said and Luther's face actually goes pale, like he saw a ghost.

Ha, see what I did there?

"Well, uh. Hello (y/n). Nice to meet you?"

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