I'm at work lol but heres your Sunday weekly update. Also HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

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(y/n) - your name

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I was helping mum plate up some food for breakfast, making tea and setting the food on the dining table as Five helped out the cutlery down. He pecks my cheek every time I walk past him and I chuckle, trying to dodge him but he always grabs me to make sure to plant a kiss on my cheek. We were at my old home, spending the last day with my mum and sister before we left for our flight back to New York. I was exhausted this morning, not wanting to get up at all but my boyfriend knew I had to since I promised my family to see them and join them for breakfast. Plus I couldn't miss out on mums cooking one last time.

"I want to sleep again..." I yawn and Five chuckles, hugging me from behind.

"But I know you're hungry. I almost had to drag you out of bed today. Again."

"I'm too comfortable with you... you're so warm and snuggly in bed. It's hard to get up." I peak over to see my sweet assassins cheeks and ear blush red making me coo at him. He turns me around snuggles me, hugging me tightly as his arms engulf me and I get even more sleepy from how arm he is as I nuzzle his chest.

"But you said you wanted to spend time with your mum and sister before we leave." Five reminds me and I nod. I was getting cold and shuffled to my old bedroom to grab a jumper, getting one for him after he emerged from the bathroom after freshening up to eat.

"I knew the smell of food would get both you up." my mum jokes and I look over to see my sister finally awake as she checks out what was for breakfast. She goes to brush her teeth and mum turns to me. "You both are heading back tonight aren't you?" She asks as we all sit down at The dining table once everything was ready, waiting for my sister to join us when she was ready too.

"Yeah, we have to go back to the hotel to pack everything up before heading to the airport." I answer, sipping my tea as Five drinks his coffee. I could see the way his eyes light up and I feel proud that he likes my mums coffee.

"You can't stay for Christmas?" She asks again and I shake my head making mum frown and it makes me feel so bad.

"I'm sorry. I have to work to organise the New York New Year event."

"That's so cool you get to plan that. You always did say you wanted to go to Times Square to see the ball drop." my sister says as soon as she sits down and I nod.

"We'll come after New Year to visit though." my mum perks up after that and she urges us to eat and we all dig in together. God I missed her cooking.

"Can we come to the airport to see you off?" my sister asks and I nod.

"Want us to drop you off at school? Dad always gets you late."

"Yeah sure. It's in the city." my sister shrugs. "Can you pick me up after?"

"Yeah, we can do that kid." Five says and my sister thanks us before she goes off to get dressed when she was done eating. The rest of us relax together, spending as much time as we could before we had to leave.

I check everything was tuned off and that we had all our stuff, my sister checking she had the house keys. My mum gives me a big hug, holding me for as long as she could before Five and I go drop my sister off at her university before we drive back to our hotel to pack for our flight back home.

My fingers ran across the keyboard of my laptop, my eyes reading over negotiation contracts and documents I needed to look over as music flowed from my headphones. I was working on the couch, not motivated to go to work in the biting cold that was New York, still missing the heat of home and the sun. It had only been a day or two since Five and I came back home to New York, my family actually showing up at the airport to see us goodbye.

As soon as we got back home, we both were thrown back into our work and I was not ready for the freezing cold that would greet me once it hit December. I was slammed with meetings and client consults while Five was swarmed with grading essays and renewing his class schedule with a university nearby, the both of us being busy but working together. We stayed in the living room or somewhere quiet in the house to work, never straying too far-unless we had meetings and needed to separate-but we just stayed nearby to each other.

Luckily today it was some reading and research while Five sat on the other end of the couch grading some papers in our workroom, my sock-covered feet on his lap as my back sat against the couch armchair. I was listening to some music, not wanting to bother my love and give him some quiet but he had told me to make as much noise as I wanted. Sure he appreciated the quiet since he used to live in a chaotic and loud household with his siblings, but he preferred the noise when he was stuck in the apocalyptic future. Hearing some sort of noise other than deafening silence kept him grounded that he wasn't trapped again. He was here and he was present.

I look up at Five to see him read over some hefty essay, spinning a pen between his fingers before writing something on the paper. He brushed his fingers against his bottom lip and I flush at how handsome he was, especially when he was wearing glasses.

Yes, mans wore glasses.

I didn't even know he had them when I accidentally grabbed them from the coffee table, thinking they were mine and put them on but I was startled by the vision change that didn't suit me. I had to ask him and he begrudgingly told me they were his reading glasses. I thought it was so cute and so fitting for this oldie to be having reading glasses after sacrificing long nights to get his PHD's and ultimately ruining his eyesight. It wasn't bad, it's just words got a tad fuzzy for him.

I went back to working silently, some time going by when I felt his fingers tap against my leg rapidly to get my attention. I look back up again and take my headphones off and that's when I hear my phone.

"Your phone."

"Thanks honey." I pick up the phone, concerned as to why one of my team members was calling me. "Hello?"

"Shit boss, we just got some major bad news!" I quickly take my feet off Five's lap and I see his look of concern as I sit up.

"What do you mean? What happened?" I save my documents on my laptop, hearing my team member ramble on about a supplier backing out on us. "WHAT!?" My boyfriend jumps when I yell out, quickly apologising to him and standing up to go to the kitchen to avoid disturbing him. "What do you mean they backed out!? They can't do that!" I put the phone on speaker, setting the phone on the counter as I paced. Panic set in since the New York Christmas event was literally at the end of the month. "We have a contract with them! They signed the agreement with us they can't just not supply our equipment! We pay them for their stuff!" I was yelling at this point, my teammate agreeing with me.

"They said something about the pay being too low-"

"-that's some fucking bullshit!" I wring my hands through my hair, trying to come up with a solution to our problem. I don't realise Five had come to the kitchen as I talked with my teammate, him holding my hips to move past behind me to get to the cupboard with the coffee. I freeze for a moment, processing that moment and I shake off the blush on my cheeks as I lean my elbows down on the count.

I held my head in my hands, groaning softly. "They said that they wanted 20% increase in payments but since you weren't here for the agreement, they wanted to stop being our supplier."

"What the fuck!? I literally went to them in person and told them I was going to be overseas! They could've contacted me online instead of pulling this shit! And a 20% increase!? No way!" I was pacing the floor again, absolutely furious.

"Sweetheart-"

"-they can't just back out from a legal and paper-proofed agreement between our companies like that!"

"My love, I need to get through-"

"I ought to show them a little something!" I growled out, pacing violently. "Maybe I can visit them again and try to convince them-" I gasp as I feel hands on my shoulders turn me around, Five raising a brow at me as he held my waist tightly and suddenly picked me up. "Five-!" he turns us around and sets me back down, grabbing his coffee and walking back to the workroom now that I wasn't blocking the way.

My face burst red at his actions, my teammate calling out to me. "Boss? Are you still there?"

"Yeah! Uh, just book an appointment with them as soon as possible and forward that to me. I'll bring over a renewed contract and try to persuade them to get back to us. I need you and the team to plan to contact our backup suppliers if the meeting doesn't go through."

"Yes, boss!" The call ends and I slump against the counter, sighing in exhaustion. "Fucking hell..." I turn around to make some tea for myself when I see a hot cup already waiting for me and I smile knowing it was Five who made it for me. I grab my phone and the cup, walking back to the workroom to see him going through some textbooks and physics thesis papers for his next class.

I walk over to him, kissing his cheek and a smile grows lightly on his lips. "Thank you."

"Anytime." He turns to peck my lips and I melt against him with a smile before I lean back and head to the couch again to draw up a new contract. "What happened?"

"One of our big time suppliers just decided to backstab us when we are legit only weeks away from the Christmas event, wanting to increase their prices when we had a contract signed with them to set a price we would buy their stuff for."

"Sounds like a couple of douchebags."

"Tell me about it." I groan out, hearing a ping and I see an email from my team that the meeting was scheduled for later tonight. "If this new contract doesn't appease them, fuck I hope we can get another supplier to give us equipment..."

"When's the meeting?"

"Tonight... shit I gotta get this done quick..."

I sigh out as I smooth down my black dress, putting on my blazer and a coat to keep me warm against the cold night wind as I check my makeup and my hair once more. It was an hour before the meeting time and I needed to get there early, making sure I had everything in my briefcase.

"Ok, contract and everything is in here..." I was lowkey panicking since I was meeting the supplier by myself. I went to these meetings with my co-manager or with my team since I was still new to this working world but this was so last minute, none of them could make it. "Shit..." I try to ease my anxiousness, trying to calm my rapid breathing until I feel hands pull me back into their arms.

"You're going to do amazing (y/n)." I let out a shaky breath when I feel Five hold me tightly, the anxiousness melting away as I lean back against him. "Those assholes aren't going to know what hit them." I chuckle, looking up at the mirror to see my love dressed up as well which made me confused.

"Five, what-"

"-and don't think I'm not going with you either." I turn around in his arms in surprise.

"But your work-"

"-will still be here after a couple of hours." He taps my chin up, kissing my lips sweetly. "I read the contract so if you need me, I'll be there to help."

"Oh god, I really can't thank you enough." I just jump into Five to hug him tightly in relief and he kisses my head as he hugged me back.

"Get those assholes back so you don't have to do extra unnecessary work." he says and I chuckle, nodding as we both quickly leave the apartment and getting into his stingray as he drives us to the meeting place.

It took some time with the city's nefarious reason of fame with the crazy traffic but we still made it with 10 minutes to spare.

Good thing we left an hour early.

We quickly got out and a valet took our car for us, another staff member leading us inside the building that was definitely one of those high-end rich people buildings. We were told to wait until some employees came to take us to the high levels of the building through the elevator, walking out of the open doors to a restaurant. It was a luxurious restaurant, with dim lighting and rich-looking people eating dinner as the right side of the building was a floor-to-ceiling glass wall that overlooked New York.

"Miss (y/n)! Pleasant to have you here!" the employee took Five and me to the table with my client and what I thought was his wife at a table, the both of us greeting them both.

"Thank you for meeting us at such short notice." I nod, letting the staff take my boyfriends and I's coats before we were helped at sitting down at the table.

"If you don't mind having dinner with us, no problem at all dears." the wife says, ordering some champagne and the specials for us.

"You look wonderful tonight madam." Five says with his charm and I knew he was buttering up the old woman.

"Thank you! You both are absolute peaches, aren't they dear?" she asks her husband and he nods.

"Are you both together?"

"Yes." Five and I say and we both understood we have to appeal to these people's marriage to get what we want.

"How long have you been together?"

"It feels almost like a lifetime." I smile at my love and he smirks lightly down at me.

"But over 5 years." He says and the married couple congratulates us happily.

"Sir, I understand from my team that there has been some displease with your company and ours. I wanted to make sure you were pleased with our collaboration-"

"-work talk later, why don't you both have something to eat." I look cautiously at Five and he shakes his head.

He's just trying to postpone the actual meeting.

"I appreciate the hospitality but I think it would be better for us to be out of your hair to let you enjoy your special date with your wife." My sweet assassin says and the wife giggles, saying how kind we were. I give my boyfriend a hidden hi-five beneath the table.

"Let's hear them out dear."

"Fine, fine. Yes, we wanted to end our contract with you or negotiate some new terms but I was told you were not in the city."

"That is true. I had let your assistant, Gary, know to let you know that I would be overseas the last few weeks and if there was any urgency, you could still contact me."

"Really now? Gary didn't tell me."

Yeah, if I have to, I will throw someone under the bus and this Gary guy was not lucky.

"No matter, we have formulated a contract with new terms. I was told you wanted a 20% increase from your 5%. We can do 10%-"

"-I have set my mind to 20%."

"I understand sir. The contract agrees for you to be named as a main supplier and collaborator for events to gain customer traffic to both our companies and this is still included with the 10%."

"I'm sorry to say that you have wasted my time Miss (y/n) but I will not settle any lower than 20%." I grind my teeth but I keep a calm face.

"I understand. Before we come to any conclusion, if you could please take some time to read over the contract? I will be right back." the couple looks at me, and so does Five, as I quietly get up to walk away to the bathrooms to cool down. "Are you fucking kidding me!?" I let out a shrill scream, trying to keep it quiet as I refuse to let my anger take over me. I breathe to try and calm myself, pacing as I fanned my face.

Ok, I can't leave Five out there by himself.

I quickly walk out of the bathroom, a smile plastered on my face as I got closer to the table. "-and I was hoping to propose to her during Christmas-hey sweetheart." Five immediately switches up the conversation as he stands up to greet me, kissing my cheek and I look at him questioningly at the mention of a proposal.

He better not! We haven't been together 5 full months!

"Look how cute they are! They remind me of us when we were young." The wife comments as my boyfriend pulls my chair out for me to sit down, pushing it for me before he sits down next to me. "Let's not be too hard on them dear, I think 10% is perfectly fine."

"Alright then." the client looks at me, taking out his pen. "15%-"

"-12%." the man raises a brow at me as I cut him off and he chuckles.

"12% it is. You drive a hard bargain young lady." he signs the contract and I couldn't help but feel a huge weight just float off my shoulders.

"You won't be disappointed." I stand up to shake their hands as I grab my stuff, Five doing the same before an employee comes back with our coats. Before we left, the wife whispers something to my love before he thanks her and comes back to join me. "Now what was that about?"

"I'll tell you in the car." He quickly pulls me close by my waist at the elevator and I gasp from the sudden action, the both of us walking into the elevator doors open and I notice the married couple gossiping about us.

We rush to our car to get home as quickly as possible and avoid the cold winds. "So who are you proposing cause I know it ain't to me." I snicker and Five rolls his eyes with a smile.

"I needed to get on their good side."

"By saying you were going to propose to me on Christmas!? I'm going to be working onsite then anyway!"

"Hey but it worked."

"Yeah, I owe you big time. Like serious, this could've made or break me!" Five grins as he leaned over to hold my hand, kissing the back of it and I melt against the seat for what he did for me.

"I would do anything for you, you know that (y/n)."

"I know love. Thank you." I leaned over to press a kiss against his jaw and his cheek, earning a flush of pink on his cheeks which makes me chuckle lightly.

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