Ok, I promise this is the second to last domestic chapter before we get into the show. I just really wanted to give Five a birthday party he deserves. He hasn't gotten one his entire life!

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(y/n) - your name

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It was definitely one of those days where I felt so tired, just unbothered to do anything. I didn't have any motivation to get up to do my work or even eat anything, just laying in bed. I may or may not have even called out of work today just to bed rot today. I groan as I sit up, forcing myself to brush my teeth and freshen up before trying to eat something. I had some toast before going back to bed to sleep but even my body was like 'nope, it's sunny outside, not nighttime, you're not sleeping bitch'. I run my hands down my face, grabbing my phone to just scroll through TikTok as I lay on my back in bed with my phone held above me.

"Sweetheart?" I hum in response as I turn my head to see Five in his sweatpants leaning against the doorway with his arms crossed over his bare chest, a small smile of amusement on his face. "Have you been in bed all this time?"

"Mhm..." I nod, not even surprised that hours had gone by. I didn't even realise he was home. "You were home today?" He raises a brow at me in surprise at my question.

"Baby, yes. I was in the office. Did you not know?"

"I thought you went to work..." he shakes his head and looks at me with worry since I was just in bed for hours.

"What's wrong beautiful?"

I shrug, turning back to look at my phone. "Just tired but I can't sleep." I didn't hear anything until I felt hands grab my phone away and I sat up in annoyance. I gasped when I was face to face with my boyfriend, our noses just almost touching and he raises a brow at me before setting my phone away. "Five-" my breath hitches when he climbs onto the bed, my response is to crawl back up further but he pins me down on the mattress by my shoulders. Heat flushes over my cheeks as he climbs over my body, easily slotting himself between my legs before he leans down to kiss me.

The kiss started off sweet and slow, feeling so warm as I reached up to thread my fingers through Five's hair to pull him closer to me, just wanting to feel him lay with me as he threw the blanket over the both of us. I mewl out his name when he suddenly deepens the kiss, pushing deeper as he pinches my ass making me gasp. He quickly slips his tongue past my lips, groaning against me as his hands run all over my body, pushing up my nightgown and holding my thighs around his waist.

"Five woah-" I stutter as he suddenly rips off my panties, pulling down his sweatpants to press his hard cock against my pussy and I hiss at the pleasurable feeling.

"I know a quick way to get you tired princess." he smirks against my lips, grabbing both my wrists to pin them down tightly above my head in one of his hands, the other rubbing my clit to work me up and I moan softly as I buck my hips against his fingers. "You know what I want to hear (y/n)."

"Yes, please... baby please."

"Five!" I slam the door of his office open, making him jump in his seat as he looks up with immediate worry.

"(y/n), what's wrong-?"

"-can we go to the night markets today!?" I rushed over to him to show him videos I was seeing on TikTok about this street market event that was happening and the food looked amazing! 

My boyfriend just sits back and sighs out in relief. "You scared me, sweets. I thought something was wrong." 

I smile bashfully and set my phone down on his table. "Sorry, I just got really excited. If you're too busy we can go another night-"

"-ah." he shushes me and watches the video. "When does the markets open?"

"at 5 pm."

"Let's go then." I look at Five in excitement.

"Really!?" he nods with a chuckle.

"Of course, sweets. It would be good for me to get out of the house after days of researching." my sweet assassin stands up to stretch and I glance at the way his shirt gets pulled up to reveal his abs. "My love? Baby?" I didn't hear him. "(y/n)." I blink with a blush when he holds my chin and lifts my head to have me look at him, a big smirk on his face. "Thought you wanted to go to the markets?"

"I-I do!"

"Then what got you so distracted, sweets?" he teases knowing damn well what.

"Oh shut up." I smack his chest lightly and he laughs softly, kissing my forehead. "You're not busy? We can go to the markets another night-"

"-sweetheart, what did I tell you about voicing to me what you want to do instead of brushing it to the side for me? If you want to do something, I'm happy to make it a reality." I blush at his words as he taps my chin up affectionately. "Now, baby, what do you want to do?" he looks at me sternly, waiting for me to say it myself.

"I want to go to the markets..." I mumble bashfully and he tsks, crossing his arms and shaking his head.

"Louder (y/n). Use that pretty voice of yours. I need to hear you say it, baby." he reaches over to brush his thumb against my throat and I flare red.

"I want to go to the markets!" my voice cracks and Five beams, his thumb brushing across my jaw.

"There you go. Now, was that so hard?" he teases me and I scrunch my nose at him angrily at how he had to put me on the stop but it just makes him laugh, booping my nose. "You know you can't threaten me." he turns me around by my shoulders and pats my ass towards our bedroom. "Now go get ready, my love. I'll drive you there." I nod quickly and rush over to get my clothes from the wardrobe, changing into high-waisted black cargo pants, a black tank top and my converses. I figured it would be a lot of walking so needed that extra platform comfort in my shoes. I rushed out once I was ready, pocketing my little purse bag and stuffing it in my pocket along with my phone while I waited for Five to come out. I wait patiently until the doors open and he comes out in his retirement clothes from season three, but just without his yellow puffer jacket and his hat.

"No way! How'd you find your retirement clothes!?" I gasp, getting up and walking over to him as he chuckles.

"I bought them this time. Officially mine now instead of them being stolen like before. You like?" 

I nod immediately. "I didn't tell you before, but you really do look good in these clothes." I smile at him, loving the way his ears turn pink from my compliments and I comb my finger through his long hair. It's grown out a bit more, the both of us not finding a day to cut our hair due to work. Mine had grown out longer than I usually let it and it was annoying me now, it growing out about the end of my shoulder blades. "We both need a haircut."

"I quite like your hair like this. You look so lovely and delicate." Five whispers dreamily, curling a lock of my hair around his fingers as his other hand brushes my hair over my shoulders. "Plus I like holding onto something," I whimper suddenly when he grips my hair tightly and tugs on it as his lips brush against my ear. "when I fuck you and hold you close to me." he smirks when I shiver from his words and leans back and he lets my hair go, his devious smile turning sweet and bubbly. "But you look beautiful in any hairstyle." I get a whiplash from the change in tone. "Let's go sweets. We need to leave early enough to get a parking spot." I blink at my sweet assassin just grabs his wallet and his keys, holding my hand to pull me out of the apartment and into his car.

Five drives off and he hands me his phone so I could play some songs while we drive to the night markets. It was a beautiful day, the sun still in the sky but it would start to set soon, still warm and bright and my love pulls the top down for us to have a relaxing drive. I smile and breathe in the air, feeling so free as the wind rushes through my hair while I search for our shared playlist, putting it on and resting his phone on my lap so he can look at the directions. I feel his hand rest on my thigh, giving me a tight squeeze before I hold his hand and he entwines his fingers with mine. 

"When you try your best, but you don't succeed.

When you get what you want, but not what you need.

When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep

Stuck in reverse.

And the tears come streaming down your face.

When you lose something you can't replace.

When you love someone, but it goes to waste.

Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home.

And ignite your bones.

And I will try to fix you."

I hum to the song, singing softly and I look at Five to see him look so blissful right now, the guitar solo blasting through the phone as he raises my hand to press kisses against the back of it. I relax in the seat and breathe out deeply, feeling light and just enjoying this moment with him until we arrive at the suburb in no time. I pull the top up as my sweet assassin looks for a parking spot, stealing the very last one along the street whereas the long line of cars had to drive somewhere further away from the markets. 

"Oh we got lucky!" I whisper, my love helping me out of the car as he holds my hand and locks the doors after. 

"Good thing we left a little earlier before this thing starts." Five nods, holding my waist tightly and guiding me to where the markets were, walking for a couple of minutes to find this long strip of open road for the public lined with different food trucks and game stalls.

"Oh, there's a Mario kart area!" I gasp but my boyfriend pulls me away.

"Not now sweets, you're going to make the kids cry from beating them all the time." I pout at his words but nod knowing it was true. Every time we pass by an arcade, I always beg him to stay for a bit to gamble on the Wizard of Oz machine or race together on Mario Kart.

I may have beasted Five at Mario Kart one too many times. Maybe that's why he won't play with me anymore.

"Walk around and see what they have before deciding?" my sweet assassin suggests and I nod, the both of us walking down the narrow road and looking at the various trucks as we hold hands. He held mine tightly so I didn't get lost. I both thought it was sweet and cute that he gets worried for me, that he thinks he would lose me and lose sight of me in the crowd.

But at the same time, I feel sad thinking maybe he gets worried about getting lost himself, that I wouldn't find him. That if we split up and got lost again like we did before, we would lose each other for years again. 

I look down to see how tightly he held onto me for dear life and I squeeze his hand and hold it just as tightly to let him know I was still here and I wouldn't let go. I would stay by his side forever like I promised I would.

After we roamed around, we decided to split up and conquer since the lines for the food were LONG. Like I swear I was in line for something and day turned to night! It took a couple of hours but we got all our food and we found a place to sit down. I managed to get loaded potatoes with beef brisket, cheesy pasta cooked in an actual cheese wheel, fried chicken and fries while Five got these loaded beef brisket toast sandwiches, birria tacos, a bundle of cookies, brownies and fudge, these famous cookies I had no clue about, and fruit juice for us to wash everything down.

"Fuck... this is a lot of food..." I was shocked at how much we managed to get.

"How about we try a little bit of everything and take the rest home?" my boy says and I nod. When I tell you, god everything was so good! There's no way I will be able to eat for the next day cause I would still be full. My sweet assassin pressed a kiss on my cheek after we had an hour to digest everything after we finished eating, telling me he was going to put these away in the car and come back. I nod and wave him off, settling in my seat as I just people watched.

Something about this moment felt... off. Like it felt like a dream, a moment that felt real but not at all. Somehow every looked familiar but not at all. I tilt my head back to just look up at the stars, a few of them in the sky struggling to glow against the city lights. They looked like a trickle of gold glitter in the dark. I pull my head down and just people-watch again, watching these four girls sit on a table a few meters away from me. They looked like they were having fun and it made me miss my own. They had the same food me and Five ordered, sharing it all together and it made me snicker knowing they had the same plan to split up and conquer the queues to get food. 

I leaned my head in my hands as I watched over them, a bittersweet feeling but a familiar one for some reason. The girl on the left with her back to me looked familiar, recognising that puffer jacket and those exact same cargo pants I used to own. The very same one where the left pocket was half unsewn and hanging, the pants missing the chains since I used to be too lazy to put them on the hook. A family walks past and blocks my view of them and I try to find the girls, finding the table they sat at empty once the family moved. As if they disappeared.

"Sweetheart?" I jump when I feel a hand on my shoulder and look up to see Five. "You ok?" he asks and I nod, quickly standing up to take his hand in mine.

"Yeah..." I turn to look at the table again, wondering if my mind was playing tricks on me but I shake my head and look at my boyfriend, smiling at him and being happy with him as I snuggle his arm. We walk off and I look at the table when we walk past it, seeing something shimmer on the surface. 

Something gold sparkling and something also inky black. 

I shake my head and pull my love towards the stage where there were performances happening of dance crews showing off their moves. We cheered for them when we heard they were participating in a national competition that I had no clue about but they all were amazing dancers. I suddenly felt something wet drop on my nose and I blinked as I looked up at the sky, it was darker than usual and I flinched when a water droplet hit my glasses. It slowly started sprinkling and people started running away to try and find cover to avoid the rain, trying to find a place to stay dry but I didn't move.

"(y/n), let's go, you're going to get sick!" Five gently tugs me but I don't move an inch, letting the rain wash over me as music continues blasting from the stage.

"And high up above, or down below.

When you're too in love to let it go.

But if you never try, you'll never know.

Just what you're worth.

Lights will guide you home.

And ignite your bones.

And I will try to fix you."

"What's wrong (y/n)?" Five holds my cheeks gently as stray tears fall with the rain and I shake my head.

"I'm ok. Better now than I have ever been before." I smile up at him and he looks at me softly with so much love in his eyes, holding my hand and my waist to start dancing with me in the rain. I was embarrassed yes but... 

I laugh happily as he spins me under his arm, pulling me back against his chest and I lean my head on his shoulder as we continue to dance.

Embarrassed but I loved every moment of this.

We didn't care that we were wet, we didn't care that we were cold. It was just us two at this moment.

Five holds my face and tilts it up so I look up at him to see how truly happy he was right now. "I never knew how to love someone, but with you..."

"...it came so naturally." I finish off his sentence and his smile brightens with a nod before he leans down to kiss me in the rain.

"Ok, yes thank you! I wanted to make sure the reservation is all good for today! Yes, see you later. Goodbye." I beam as I end the call, feeling all excited and jittery today. Today was a very special day and I was excited for everything I planned out to have Five feel so special.

It was his birthday today!

He was physically 23 but mentally 64 right now and I really wanted to celebrate this big day with him. He celebrated my birthday last year and this year but he never lets me go big for him on his birthday.

He always spoiled me on my birthday with gifts and flowers and food and restaurant reservations even though I told him not to. My birthday is something I never celebrated, not once ever since my parent's divorce. I always passed through it like it was a normal day, going as far as hating my birthday but Five never lets me down without going big for my birthday. So now it was his turn to be spoilt by me! He didn't let me plan something special last year so I secretly did something for him this year! I wanted him to catch up on all the childhood years he missed out on.

Oh, how the turn tables turn.

Plus... not once... ever since he escaped the apocalypse, did people celebrate his birthday... I don't know about the Commission-know Herb and Dot would've gotten him gifts and a cake-but even after that... he had no one to celebrate his birthday with him. He missed out on the childhood parties, the fun birthday arcades, an ice cream cake and all that childhood goodness. I wanted him to experience even an inkling of that just once.

I cooked all his favourite foods and made his coffee for when he wakes up to have his breakfast. I woke up really early just for this! I had cakes, yes plural, in the fridge. I got a Fredo ice cream cake, a coffee cake I know he loves, an umbrella cake that I actually tried to make and decorate, and a mixed cake with different slices. One to represent each of his family members, Grace, Dolores, Pogo, Dot and Herb. 

I set the table up perfectly with all the food and drinks and snacks for him before walking into the bedroom to creep up to the bed to wake him up gently, sitting down carefully by his legs as he stirs awake. Five hums softly as he immediately reaches for my hand and holds it as he opens his eyes and smiles once he sees me.

"Morning." I smile.

"Good morning sweets. You're up earlier than usual." his husky voice groans as he sits up and stretches making me swoon. He just looks so lovely in the morning, his long hair a lovely mess, and his eyes droopy and sleepy but warm.

"Wanna freshen up for me and meet me in the kitchen?" I ask, leaning towards him as he brushes his thumb against my cheek.

"I know that look in your eyes. You planned something, you cheeky minx." he raises a brow at me and I stick my tongue at him as I hold his hands and pull him out of bed. I gulped when his sweatpants were dangerously low on his pelvis. "Alright sweets, I'll get ready for you." he kisses my shoulder as he walks past me to the bathroom and I rush to make everything ready in the dining room. I listened to when Five was done in the bathroom and I quickly light all the candles and started recording as he walked out.

"Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Five, happy birthday!" I sing terribly but I didn't care when I see the shock and surprise immediately take over his face. This is the most emotion I have seen on his face than his resting bitch face and his happiness. His eyes were genuinely wide and he stops in front of the table with the cakes lined up on the end, mouth open partly in shock. He glances at me and I beam happily. "Go on! Make a wish and blow out the candles!" his eyes soften immediately and he smiles. 

That look in his eyes made me tear up, it was so hard to explain what I saw but just all these emotions Five had was in his eyes. His love, endearment, happiness, bliss, sadness, sacrifice, anguish and just so much more. He nods and closes his eyes briefly before leaning down to blow out all the candles while staring at me. I blush as he walks over to me and grabs my hips to pull me close and kiss me, catching me off guard when my phone slips from my hands. My eyes flutter close as I kiss him back, holding his cheeks and one of his hands immediately holds one of mine, the other wrapped around my waist to hold me closer. 

It felt like I was in cloud 9, falling from cloud 9 and falling into him as sparks and heat just burst from the kiss. As cliche as it was, I absolutely loved it.

I pull back slowly to catch my breath, Five quickly chasing my lips to kiss me again before he pulls back to let me get some air. He looks over me with glazed eyes, his hands just roaming over my face as if checking I was truly here with him. He touches my cheeks, combed his fingers through my hair, brushed his thumb against my eyelids, down the bridge of my nose and my lips. He leans his forehead on mine as his hand moves down to my chest to feel my heartbeat and he breathes out shakily. I was still here with him.

"Thank you." I shake my head, knowing his words meant so much more, that simple phrase so much more emotion than he could express. I let him hold me for a few more minutes until he was ok. 

I lean back and see him staring down at me intently. "Wanna cut the cakes?" he doesn't pull his eyes away from me at all until I hold his chin to finally make him look at the cakes.

"There's more than one." he mumbles.

"I... wanted one for each sibling... for their birthday too." as soon as I said that, Five's eyes fill with sadness, a sense of loneliness that he wasn't with his family. It was clear as day even though he tried to hide it with a smile. "You miss them..." I mumble and he looks away from me as if ashamed. "It's normal to miss your family... Maybe... it's time to hear them out...?" Five didn't say anything and I knew to let the matter rest for now.

Maybe I can convince him later on. I know he willingly wouldn't just leave his family behind after how many years he sacrificed to get back to them and save them but...

They've hurt him too much now. More than he knows how to handle emotionally.

"What's with the monkey cake?" Five asks me and I grin.

"That's for Luther! It's a monkey-shaped cake. Chocolate and vanilla!" my boyfriend chuckles softly and asks me to explain each one. "The Halloween cake with the knife in it and fake blood spilling is Diegos, this velvet elegant but basic one if Allisons, the fruit cake is Klaus cause he's, ya know fruity, Ben's is a matcha cake cause I wasn't too sure what he might like, and Viktor is a banoffee pie. I though he would want to try and step out of stereotypes and be something different so pie!" my love laughs along with me, loving each cake as I explained the other ones that were to represent Dot and Herb, Dolores and Pogo. "Your cake..." I smile shyly at my love. "I knew you would like this coffee cake. I got a three-tier one so I could get space to put all 64 candles on it. One for each year." Five smiles at me lovingly and strokes my cheek in appreciation. "Wanna try it?" he nods and he cuts a cake, offering me the piece first. My eyes widen since it was a tradition in my family to serve the ones that raised you first. I tear up as he smiles at me while we eat the cake.

"How are we going to store all these cakes?" my sweet assassin asks.

"Oh, right." my voice cracks and I clear my throat. We should have space in the fridge. The cakes aren't too big. Except for yours..."

"How about we eat your lovely breakfast you cooked for me before it gets cold and I'll eat most of my cake to help you play Tetris with our fridge." he teases and I smack his arm gently as he laughs, the both of us settling together to eat. "So what else have you planned for us today?" he asks.

"Ooo! We're going bowling first and hitting up the arcade! You get to choose all the games you wanna play. Lunch at a puppy cafe, then an escape room, hotpot and karaoke and drinks after!"

"That's a very filled day sweets." he chuckles as he wipes his thumb against my cheek, sucking the cream off his thumb and I flare red.

"U-uh yeah-need to catchup on childhood stuff-I know you haven't done these before so I thought you might like them-"

"-(y/n), I love every single one." my sweet assassin shushes me softly, smiling at me lovingly.

"I'll uh, go get ready then, you continue to eat." I blush as I stand up, yelping when Five smacks my ass and I huff as I rush for the bedroom to dress quickly. I wore this new green summer dress I knew he would love since green was his favourite colour. It was off-shoulder and went down to my ankles but had a thigh slit, the shade of green matching his eyes actually. I did light makeup and brushed out my hair, wearing my Converse and walking out to carefully put the cakes in the fridge. 

"Fucking hell..." I hear my sweet assassin whistle lowly and that made me shiver with a flush as I stand up and shut the fridge door to face him. He eyes me up and down, leaning back in his seat with his hand covering his mouth as if he was in shock. "(y/n), you look absolutely stunning, freaking gorgeous." he stands up and walks over to me just to hold my hips, the soft fabric of the dress doing nothing to stop his grip of claim on me. "So beautiful..." he whispers, his hands running up and down my sides before moving up my arms and over my shoulders to my neck. I fluster from the way he was mesmerised, his hands running down my chest and my back and I shiver when he feels the sliver of revealed skin of my back just beneath the dress' bow that holds the top part up. 

He raises a devious brow at me, a wicked smirk as he toys with the bow. "Don't even think about it." I scold him and he pouts, moving one of his hands to stroke my spine as the other holds my chin so he could steal a quick kiss from me. "Ok loverboy, go change already! I don't want to be late!"

"Aye, aye ma'am." Five muses and I roll my eyes as he winks at me and quickly rushes off for the bedroom, just as excited about today as I am. He steps out in his beautiful three-piece suit that I absolutely love and he knows that as he smirks at me while fixing his cuffs. "Let's go sweets?" he kisses the top of my head and I nod, the both of us leaving the apartment and getting in his car for his fun-filled birthday day with just us two.