(y/n) - your name

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"Five!" I giggle as he squeezes me tight and peppers kisses along my neck, trying to squirm away but he pulls me back against his chest. "That tickles!" I squeal when he wriggles his fingers against my waist with his arms around me, still pressing non-stop kisses all over my shoulder and neck. I couldn't stop laughing from the ticklish feeling, his legs tangled with mine to keep me close. "I just woke up!" I squeal.

"You're just so cute, sweetheart. I love waking up every morning with you in my arms, my love." he smiles against my cheek as he relents and lets me catch my breath, letting me go so I can turn around to face him and he immediately squeezes me tight against his chest. I press my own kisses against his neck and his throat, curling my fingers in his hair with my arms looping around his neck.

"Are you going to work today?" I ask against his neck, leaving more open-mouth kisses along his jaw and his breath hitches.

"...yeah. Going to the office today, sweets." he clears his throat and I smile up at him and he brushes his thumb against my cheek. "You?"

"Me too. I'll be home earlier though. To get ready for Grace's birthday party today?" I say expectantly and my love chuckles as he pinches my nose.

"Yes, yes I know. I'll be home on time to drive us there. Don't worry."

"Are we just rocking up or did you tell them we're coming?" I raise a brow at my sweet assassin and he goes rigid. "You forgot to tell them. Didn't you."

"Maybe..."

"I swear, sometimes your memory is worse than mine! And that's out of the ordinary for you!" I chuckle as I press a light kiss on his nose before escaping his arms to get out of bed, stretching my arms above my head. Five watched me intently as his shirt rose up and I stuck my tongue at him before going to the bathroom to brush my teeth and freshen up. I rinse off after I was done, drying off my face and buttoning up the open shirt since my boyfriend couldn't stop staring when he leaned against the doorframe. "Not again Five." I flick his arm and he chuckles as he follows me along as I grab my clothes and the gifts out from the wardrobe so cat Five can't get to it and scratch up the wrapping paper. My love couldn't keep his hands off me, running over my thighs beneath the shirt or pinching my backside. "Five!" I hiss with a blush as I swat his hand away. "Go get ready. You got work!"

"I'd rather get worked up instead." he purrs and I just couldn't believe this guy's stamina. I'm surprised I'm walking around right now.

I whimper when he pulls me tight with his hand on my stomach, pushing me close to him as my back is flush against his chest. "If you get ready for work and behave at the party... you can have your fun later tonight." I hum as he kisses my neck, growling at my proposition.

I breathe out shakily when one of his hands delves beneath the shirt to squeeze my tit and the other beneath my panties to toy with my clit, trembling on my feet. "Or maybe... I play with you now then go to work and the party, and even..." I whimper when his fingers circle my entrance. "I'll devour you later tonight too. Who says I want you just once?" I hiss when he sinks his teeth against my neck, biting a fresh mark and sucking a dark bruise to show everyone today I was his. I grip his hair as he marks me, knowing it will take forever to fade away.

"You don't have the time Five. You're going to be late. I don't want to be the cause of you getting in trouble with your boss. Please." I whimper and he runs his tongue over his mark amidst many others from last night.

He breathes out shakily and I shiver from the heat. "Alright, sweets. Just for you, I'll hold out. Just know you're driving me crazy." he groans in my ear and I shake. Five presses a kiss on the corner of my lips before going to shower and brush his teeth. I let out the breath I was holding in, fanning my face and going to the kitchen to drink a glass of water.

Fuck, that man makes me so dizzy but I love it.

I breathe out to calm down before whipping up a quick breakfast for us both, prepping our lunches and setting everything on the dining table. I go to get dressed in the bedroom, stripping as the door opens and I know not to turn around. I know that jackass was going to be all wet and dripping with only a towel around his waist to try and seduce me. I hold off, even though I really want to see him, my back to him as I get dressed in my business wear. I had my socks and slacks on, clipping on my bra when I gasp loudly, feeling cold fingers run across my spine.

I catch my breath as Five presses against me, his fingers running across my waist and my stomach. They trail up higher across my chest and the valley between my breasts, brushing along my collarbone before he wraps them around my throat and my breath hitches when he tilts my head up.

Fuck, I need him.

I moan as my resolve breaks, his other hand cupping my pussy and pulling me back against his hips. I could feel his lips brush against my neck, a smirk forming and he knew that he won against me.

"We gotta be quick." I hiss at my boyfriend.

"As you wish princess." he growls, tugging down my slacks quickly and turning me around to push me onto the edge bed with legs hanging over them. "Now I finally have you where I want you, my sweet thing." I gasp when he rips off my underwear and pulls off the towel around his waist.

"Five! You can't just keep ripping my-"

"-I'll buy you new ones. You know I always do." He growls in frustration, hooking my thighs around his waist as he leans his body over mine while resting on his arms on either side of my head. "Just be a good girl for me and let me have my fill of you, my love." he dives down to kiss me deeply and I moan out sharply against his lips as he pushes his cock all the way in deeply in one go, already pulling out and slamming back into me quickly. He muffles my loud moans, hitching my hips up with a pillow and entwining his fingers with mine above my head as the other presses down on my uterus.

"Fuck!" my cries muffle against his lips as he kisses me passionately.

"That's it, let me make you feel so good (y/n)."

I hum to the music that was playing through the house on my speakers, in a more upbeat mood today as I got ready for the party. Kitty Five was purring on my lap, his tail swishing as he made biscuits. He had gotten a lot bigger now after a year, a more ferocious opponent to piss off my boyfriend even more. I finish up my light makeup and brush out my hair, perking up when I hear the door open which causes my kitty to yowl knowing who it is when I hear his voice.

"I'm home!"

"Hello! In the bedroom!" I call out and my kitty jumps off my lap to get some distance away from my love.

"Hey, sweets." I smile as Five walks over to me and kisses the top of my head, his hands massaging my shoulders lightly. "You look lovely, (y/n)." he beams, kissing my cheek and I smile.

"Hello to you too. You changing?" I ask he nods, taking out a box from his bag and passing it to me.

"This is for you, sweets."

"What is it?" I open the box, my eyes widening when I see a handgun inside and I gasp sharply. "Five!"

"Just for your protection!" he quickly clarifies, chuckling at how shocked I was. "And, you have been practising every day for a little over a month now."

That was true. Ever since his office tour, Five made me train with him no matter what. Whenever we were free morning or night, he would have me practise with him in the training room at his office. He really was an amazing teacher.

"I know but we have one already-"

"-this is strictly yours. It belongs to you. This is the one you have been training with. You know every in and out of this very gun. It's for your protection (y/n). In case I'm not there to-" he breathes out shakily and I narrow my eyes at him with worry. "If something happens and I'm not with you, if I'm somewhere else on a mission or at the office and I can't get to you quick enough-you have this. Please."

I get even more worried about his tone and from his words. As if he was preparing for the worst.

Did something happen?

"Alright." I nod and get up from my vanity to keep it under my side of the bed, hidden next to my bedside table. "There, you and I know where it is then." I turn to look at Five and he breathes out in relief, motioning me towards him and I stand up to head towards him. He holds my head and leans down to kiss my forehead, not pulling away until a few seconds later.

"Now, how's the preparations for the party, sweets?"

"Uh, we don't need anything else right? Besides the gifts? Everything we need is in the car already?" I ask and my love nods. "Alright. I'll just go put the gifts in the car." my sweet assassin nods and passes me his car keys, pressing one last kiss on my shoulder before grabbing his clothes to change. I grab the gifts and head down to the car to put them in the backseat, coming back up after and putting some fresh food and water for Kitty Five since we would be gone for a while. I head back into the bedroom to change and I blush brightly seeing Five put on his suit pants, coughing out suddenly from the lack of air.

He keeps changing but I could see him smirk, putting the rest of his clothes on. "Don't be shy, sweets. I know you like what you see." he teases, turning to me as he fixes his cuffs after putting his shirt on and winks at me. I stick my tongue at him and go to grab my clothes, matching with him with my own pair of black slacks, and a white collared shirt but with a vest on top. It's December and I was being hit with the horrible winter cold again.

I see Five handing me my shoes and coat after he is all dressed and I smile at him as he pecks my nose. "Thanks, handsome." I tease, loving the way his ears turn pink. I put my winter coat on and bundle up to survive the cold and he did too, putting on his coat. "Ok, we all good to go? We have everything?" my boyfriend nods as he pockets his keys, wallet and phone while I grab my bag packed with all the essentials.

"Ready to go, my love?" my sweet assassin asks and I nod before he takes my hand and takes me out of our apartment. He locks the door and takes me down to his car, opening the door for me to get in before going around to the driver's side as we buckled up and drove off. "It's a bit of a drive so you can sleep for a bit. I know you must be tired from work today." Five says as he reaches over to hold my hand, bringing it over to his lips to kiss the back of it and I smile at him. I settle against the seat comfortably, holding his hand as I dose off.

I don't know how long I slept for but I feel someone gently shake me awake and I open my eyes slowly to see my love brush his finger down the bridge of my nose to get me more conscious. "Are we here...?" I yawn and he laughs softly.

"Yes, baby. We're here now." he unbuckled my seat belt and got out of the car as I regained my senses, getting out too and groaning loudly from how cold it was.

"Fucking hell! I knew I wouldn't be able to survive winter here!" I shudder violently as I hugged myself to avoid freezing to death from the cold winds blowing over me. Five laughs at my misery, wrapping his arms around me and holding me tight by his car in the deserted parking lot.

"Sweetheart, it's not that cold." I give him a pointed glare, still cold under my layers along with a specifically designed winter coat while he simply wore his suit and a normal black coat on top.

"Yes, it is!" I sigh out, blissfully taking in whatever warmth I can get from the sun high up in the sky that finally peeks out from behind the clouds on this unusually bleary day.

"Sooner we head inside, sooner you get warm, my precious princess." my boyfriend teases me and I roll my eyes at him. He holds me tight to his side noticing my grumpy frown and he coos, leaning down to press a quick kiss on my shoulder and my cheek to have me not upset at him anymore.

"I just don't understand how you're not cold." I pout at how easily he could withstand the cold like it doesn't affect him at all, unwrapping my hands from myself and hooking my arm around his.

"It's called adapting (y/n)." Five chuckles but I notice the flash of dullness in his eyes and I knew he thought about the future apocalypse he was trapped in.

"I guess you're just hot-blooded." I quickly change the subject, earning that sparkle in his eyes again from my compliment and I smile seeing him grin.

"Mhm, and you're the reason why." my love muses, tilting my chin up to press a sweet kiss on my lips.

I could feel the heat rush to my cheeks as I kissed him back, gasping lightly when he suddenly tugs me closer by my hips. "Behave. I said later tonight." I fluster as I smack his chest lightly and he snickers. The wind suddenly blows over us and my hood falls back, shuddering against the cold dropping on my nose and I slowly lean back to see snow slowly falling around us.

"It's snowing!" I squeal out lightly, in awe of actually seeing snow fall for the first time ever as I leaned my hands up to catch the snowflakes. "I've never seen snow falling before!" I show Five the snowflakes in excitement, noticing the warm look in his eyes as he looked down at me. "Five?"

"You're just so precious." his ears turn pink from his words and I giggle at his sudden shyness, leaning up on my toes to kiss him again and he wastes no time kissing me back. My arms hung around his neck as he picked me up by my waist, my heart racing at the fact we were kissing beneath snowflakes. He was the one to pull back first, nuzzling my nose. "We really head inside or I won't be able to control myself." he huffs, setting me back down on my feet and I flush as I help him carry the gifts inside.

I sigh in release the minute we were inside, the warm AC heating me up as we walk further into the building. The first thing that hit me was the screaming of children and I was immediately irritated, grinding my teeth at these little shits running around me and in my way as I stumble to avoid stepping on them. This chipper electronic pop song was playing over and over again through the speakers, the blinding glowing and LED lights giving me a headache. There was a mess of kids all clustered together in an area with streamers, balloons, tables, chairs, decor and bubbles spewing from blowers.

"This is... wow..." I grimace at how chaotic it was.

"It's a bit... much, isn't it?" Five whispers to me and I nod.

"Are we even at the right place in this entire building? It's a complete jungle zone. I don't even know where one place starts and the other ends." I mutter.

"There's Diego and Lila. I guess the others haven't arrived yet." My love says, nodding to the couple trying to control a bunch of kids.

"Yikes. Did Diego let himself go? Lila looks exhausted." I grimace as my boyfriend slowly leads us to his brother and his wife. The married couple looked like they were arguing and Five clears his throat to catch their attention while inside behind him.

"Five!"

"Little shit!"

I peek behind my boyfriend and Diego and Lila widen their eyes as they run for me. "Wait no!" I squeak when Lila picks me up in her arms to hug me and Diego ruffles my hair. "Let me go! Stop manhandling me!" I huff and they laugh, Lila setting me back down so her husband could give me a hug.

"There's the crazy lady." He pats my head as he steps back and I poke his stomach.

"How's that dad life treating you?" I tease as he sways my hand off while his wife takes the gifts from us to put them on the table with the other gifts before coming back to us.

"I didn't think you both would come." Lila smiles happily, holding my hands.

"We thought it was time to reconnect. But don't think you're all forgiven." Five days sternly and the couple nods, still excited we are here.

"I didn't get to say this last time I saw you but I'm glad you're safe (y/n). When we didn't see you 6 years ago, when we first arrived here..." Diego says, turning to his brother remembering how heartbroken he was.

"We all were worried. I knew Five here did everything to find you again and I'm glad he did." Lila finishes off after her husband, squishing my cheeks. "Look at you know. You've grown!" She grins and I sputter from the slight pain in my cheeks.

Indian aunties as usual.

"Alright, let her go." Five says, gently pulling me back to his side.

"So you both got hitched! Congrats! And on the three kids!? Five was exposing to me you have an older daughter and twins!" I exclaim, excited to catch up with them and the couple smiles.

"Pulled a Vegas-style marriage and got hitched the second we dropped here." Diego says. "We were relieved that our first kid Lila was pregnant with was safe after the whole thing of our life force being sucked away by dad."

I nod and turn to Lila as she shows me her kids playing around with the others. "We named our oldest Grace Stanley Hargreeves." My eyes soften, remembering the boy.

"You named her after your mom and Stanley..." I smile at Diego knowing that was his wish to remember the mother that raised him to be so loving. He was a perfect father and I knew that the moment he started taking care of Stanley in the last season.

He smiles with a nod. "The twins are over there." He points to the little ones sitting together with a bunch of other little babies with a grownup watching over them. "Coco and Arjun."

"A boy and a girl!" I gasp.

"They always fight with each other I swear." Lila sighs and I chuckle.

She ends up taking me and Five around to roam and explore the jungle gym before she introduced us to her family and extended family that were at the party. This was normal for us desi's to have all auntie and uncles be called to a gathering. Five and I managed to pull away from the chaos and stand beyond it to get some peace and quiet for a while, just watching everything from the sidelines.

I suddenly hear voices arguing and I look over to see Luther dragging Ben into the party, tugging on my boyfriend's sleeve to grab his attention. "Yes, sweetheart?" He looks at me and I point at the two bickering males and he sees them too. "Ah, looks like they're all starting to arrive. And looks like he got into some trouble." My love points to Ben's monitor on his ankle.

"No fu-freaking way! Boys got an ankle monitor!" I gasp, trying to swear in front of the kids. "I need to know why he was in jail!"

"Let's go talk to him them." Five muses, grabbing another beer and cracking it open before we walk over to the miserable man. He notices us and clearly groans in annoyance, rolling his eyes.

"Well fuck you too, you shit." I hiss and he laughs.

"So what was it? Ponzi scheme? White-collared fraud?" my sweet assassin asks.

"Crypto exchange. Web 3.0 baby." Ben smirks and I facepalm.

Not the crypto fad.

"Feds only went after me because I'm an outsider. A fucking maverick like Elon."

The hell he mean by that?

Does he not have his legal citizen documents to be here?

Five never really explained what the family did to become actual citizens or even have some sort of 'roots' to get a proper ID like everyone else. He said he got one for everyone and himself so I assumed he forged the documents to make it happen.  

"Well, that and you bankrupted 100,000 people." my boyfriend explains and I look at him in confusion.

I guess he was keeping track of what his family was up to.

But damn! 100,000 lost their money to this fucker!? Shit...

Ben scoffs. "The whole thing was a witch hunt."

"Yeah, well, say what you will. It's good to have you back. Cheers." Five says, as the brothers clink beer bottles.

Our Ben or not, he must still be relieved to have a version of him still here. Even if his actual brother is gone...

"Fuck!" I shriek when someone suddenly pops out from the ball pit we were leaning against to scare us, seeing Luther grinning in achievement at getting someone frightened. A.k.a, me. My boyfriend held me tight knowing I scare easily and he rubs my chest as I glare at the ex-monkey boy. "Don't scare me like that Luther!" I hiss and his eyes widen when he processes that I was there in front of him.

"(y/n)! Oh my god!" he quickly scrambles out of the pit and runs around to hug me, picking me up and spinning me around.

"Luther! Put me down! You're covered in germs from the ball pit!" I yell out and he puts me down with a sheepish smile.

"Sorry! I just can't believe you're here! Look at you! You've grown up! You were just a baby before!" he shows me how I was shorter before compared to him, pinching my cheeks.

I ignore that since the timeline and sequence of events were too messed up to correct him, gently swatting his hands away. "You look normal now. Still buff but your monkey-powers are definitely gone. You look really good!" I give him a thumbs up and he beams happily at my words.

"Why thank you!"

"Stop being so pathetic ape-brain." Ben groans, drinking his beer.

"Oh come on. It's been years since we've all been together like this." Luther exclaims.

"Ever think maybe there's a good reason for that?" Benny boy says.

"Where's Viktor?" Five asks and I realise I still haven't seen the rest of the family yet either.

"And Klaus. I miss him!"

Allison is still on my shit list.

Luther hesitates for a second when the smaller brother missing of the last two is mentioned. "Oh, uh, he said he was coming."

"What about Allison?" my boyfriend asks and I grumble as I cross my arms and he chuckles lightly at my reaction. "Oh, be nice, sweets." he whispers in my ear, pinching my cheek.

"Oh, well, she's usually a no-show, right?" Luther clears his throat, looking unsure. "Maybe it's better that way."

Yikes, is the whole family against her? I'm not surprised actually. After what she pulled last season, she's on everyone's shit list.

I let the boys talk as I lean against Five in slight boredom, his hand petting my head. I've honestly lost track of time here in this twilight zone of mind-numbing noise.

I suddenly see Diego walk up to us frantically. "Can someone help me with the juice boxes!?" Ben whistles and looks away, Luther is about to volunteer but my boyfriend beats him to it.

"What's up?" he asks as he walks off with his brother and I end up talking to Luther while the three of us sit on chairs. I look over to see Diego and Five talking, Diego going on and on about something but my love nods and pats his shoulder before hastily walking back to me and sitting down on a chair next to me.

"What was that about?" I whisper to him and he leans towards me.

"Diego wants to become a CIA Agent."

"I guess that hero complex is still going strong." my sweet assassin immediately covers his mouth with his hand to muffle his laughter.

"Damn right, it is!" He chuckles. "He doesn't understand that the CIA is more than being some sort of James Bond agent on the field getting bad guys. It's a lot of investigating and research. I don't think he has the brain capacity for that."

"Five!" I gasped, smacking his arm and he chuckles. "That's still your brother! What have you been telling him when he keeps asking to join!?"

"I just say that I sent his resume up the ladder. It's not."

"Oh my god-"

"-Klaus?" I look up when I hear Luther speak. "Hey, buddy!" the ex-ape-man throws the pit balls away in excitement and I get excited as well to see one of my favourite gaybies, standing up and seeing Klaus.

His own eyes widen when he sees me and he rushes towards me. "Crazy!"

"Klaus!" I squeal in excitement and he almost knocks me over from our hug if it wasn't for Five holding me up.

"I missed you Crazy!"

"I missed you too!"

My bestie leans back and beams at me. "Look at you! You're gorgeous honey!"

"Klaus." Five clears his throat and that's when the taller brother notices my boyfriend who stands next to me, smiling kindly at his brother.

"Cinco! You're here too! Oh, look at you both! You're so cute!"

"You look really well, Klaus." I smile at him and he holds my hands in appreciation, but that's when I realise the latex gloves he was wearing.

"Good to see ya! Come here!" Luther opened up his arms for a hug but Klaus steps back from him, his hands together and shaking his head.

"Sorry. Don't touch. Spasibo." Klaus whispers.

Luther looks so dejected but goes along with it anyway. "Right, yeah, of course."

Five walked over to drag Ben towards us as he groans, my boyfriend explaining to the fake sibling about Klaus. "He is a germaphobe now and extremely sober."

"But you hugged me...?" I mumble in confusion and Klaus pats my head.

"Cause you're my favourite non-sibling." I beam happily at his words before he turns his attention to Ben and his eyes light up in excitement to see one of his favourite siblings. "Benjamin!"

"Klaus." Ben just repeats, exasperated.

"Wha... when did you get out?"

"About an hour ago, but I'm strongly considering robbing a bank to get back in." Ben rolls his eyes and walks off.

"Rude little shit." I grumble, annoyed with his attitude. The rest of us decided to go get some drinks and food, sitting down together to catch up cause I was clearly behind. I suddenly hear gasps and I look up to see the Hargreeves brothers staring somewhere and I turn over to see Allison with Lila. Every single one of us immediately turn to Luther who was a little shell-shocked. We all are wondering what he's gonna do.

He looks nervous.

I grow worried, wondering if he's ok after what she had done to him. Did someone even talk to him about her forcing him with her powers? Did someone even consult him or check if he was ok?

"Hey, uh, Allison!" He says awkwardly.

Oh please don't push your trauma away just to be nice Luther! This family needs serious help.

Luther stammers, unsure of what to do as he walks up to her, noticing none of us are really giving her a warm welcome either. "Hey." He smiles, trying to lighten things up. "So glad you made it."

"Just... thought I'd pop in and say hello." She mumbles back, awkwardly smiling and waving. "Hello."

"Yeah. Great. It's, uh, been a minute, huh? Since we've..." Luther says.

I groan in second-hand embarrassment and hide my face against Five's chest. "I can't watch this." He chuckles lightly.

"Yeah... um..." Allison didn't know what else to say, looking around briefly. "Is Viktor here?"

"No, no. He's not here yet, but, he said he was coming, so..."

"Yeah..."

"Ok, see you later." Luther mumbles as Allison walks off.

"Finally the torture is over." I groan and stand back up straight, Five rubbing circles on my lower back with his thumbs.

Allison suddenly freezes when she hears me and turns to me, her eyes wide. "(Y/n)! You're here! I thought-"

"-yeah alive and breathing." I mumble.

"No, I meant-I'm glad you're ok. We thought you were gone and I'm sorry-"

"-it's not me you have to apologise to, Sexual Assaulter." I roll my eyes and she immediately looks hurt. "Wonder if Claire or Raymond knows what you did to Luther." I look at my nails and she purses her lips knowing I hate her and she walks off.

"That was harsh Crazy, even for you." Klaus gasps.

"And yet she hasn't apologised to him yet. Has she Luther? The six years that you all have been here?" I turn to ask him when he rejoins the group and he goes rigid.

"I mean no-but she didn't mean to-"

"-it's not right Luther. It's not fair to you." I frown and he looks sad as I pat his arms. "You deserve that apology. You're worth more than someone telling you what to do and controlling you. You're free now, you are your own person."

"I guess you're right." He nods with a smile. The siblings all decide to split off and do their own thing now. Five and I decided to walk around a bit more to explore, me catching snippets of Diego's and Luther's conversation when we walked past them. Diego was complaining about his new dad life and I frown deeply when Luther mentions how he would have loved to have this life with Sloane.

"Five..."

"Yes, my love?" he hugs me tight to his side, kissing my head.

"Did Luther ever find Sloane in this timeline?" My heart plummets seeing the sad look on my boyfriend's face when he shakes his head.

"Unfortunately not... Luther... from what I could gather, spent the first two years looking for her before he had to start looking after himself. He was close to being on the streets before he found that exotic dancing gig."

"He what!?"

"I thought it was an odd job even for him but it pays the bills."

"Luther!? A stripper!?" I gasp softly. "I mean... from what it looks like, I guess he has the body for it but damn..."

I guess not every Hargreeves is doing well in this timeline...

Five and I sit down at a table, me wondering how the hell these kids still had energy. "Sweets."

"Hmm...?" I look at my love who chuckles softly, his thumb brushing over my knuckles.

"You're falling asleep, my love."

"Am I?" I blink, rubbing the back of my neck.

"Your eyes are sleepy (y/n). I think we should go home. You've had a long day." My sweet assassin muses as he kisses my hand and stands up to pull me up.

I guess I really was sleepy when I lean in his arms. "I really don't have the energy like I used to." I yawn, my boyfriend rubbing my arms. The both of us were gonna go to Lila and Diego to say goodbye but they were fighting about the piñata and cake again and about Lila being late for book club. We decided to not stress them and watch from the sidelines as Diego lines up the kids quickly to do the piñata. We would leave after the birthday girl cuts her cake.

Knife boy spins his daughter around, everyone clapping after 6 spins as she gets ready to hit the piñata. We all cheer her on as she swings at the piñata aggressively with the baton.

"Definitely Lila and Diego's kid." Me and Five whisper to each other. The piñata was stubborn and didn't break, even the both of us getting into the action and cheering Grace on to break that stubborn colourful horse! "All right! Let's go, Grace!" We clap loudly for her, her swinging more aggressively but she gives up.

"Good effort!" Five says, ruffling her hair after she passes the baton to another kid, her going over to each of her aunties and uncles to hi-five them.

"You made it easy for the other kids now with your strength." I wink at her and high-five her as she giggles before she runs off to her dad.

The kids all take turns to go at the piñata but no matter what happens or hard they hit, the damn thing won't break. "This is not good..." I whisper to my love and he grimaces when another kid fails to break the piñata.

"Wow. They really can't break that thing, huh?" Luther mumbles out next to me with Ben.

Diego suddenly speaks up so mysteriously about East Side piñatas being notorious for their difficulty. "What's nut job on about?" I ask the brothers and my boyfriend and they shrug.

"Screw this. I'm starving!" Before I could even process what was happening or even stop Luther, he charges forward and starts punching the piñata like a madman. All of us gasp in shock at what was happening and the children were screaming.

"Luther!" I gasp and cover my mouth in shock when he starts biting the piñata! And then on the sidelines, Lila and Diego suddenly start to bring in the cake in the middle of this chaotic scene and I instantly get a bad feeling. Luther suddenly tears the piñata off by the string and swings it down and under the cake Lila and Diego had brought out, the cake flying out of their hands in the air.

I swear the entire thing was in slow motion, everyone watching in fear and shock and surprise and other emotions I couldn't tell you cause I was fucking flabbergasted! We all watched the cake go up and then come down with a harsh and violent slap on the ground. No one spoke a word or uttered a single sound. We all stood quietly around the cake processing what happened and hell broke loose when Grace started crying.

Allison was trying to calm Grace down while Diego held Lila back from attacking Luther who hid behind Ben. "What is wrong with you!?" Diego yells out, struggling to keep his wife still.

"And that's our cue to leave this mess." Five says, the both of us slinking away secretly to leave and grab all our shit before getting out of the building, hurrying to our car and driving off. We were quiet for a while, just trying to process everything. "You ok?" My love asks me as he glances at me, holding my hand and I nod when I turn to look at him. I yawn and lay my head back against the seat to rest and he reaches up to brush my hair back, caressing my face.

"That was a mess..." I mumble and he chuckles in agreement.

"I was wondering when the classic Hargreeves chaos was gonna kick in." I hum. "Baby, you're tired. Go to sleep ok." I look at my sweet assassin drowsily as he rubs my thigh. He turns the heater on for me as he coaxes me asleep. "I'll wake you up when we're home ok." I nod.

I doze in and out of sleep for a long while until I feel the world shift around me, groggily opening my eyes to see Five pick me up in his arms and takes us to our apartment when we got back. I hug him as we got into our apartment and he gently sets me down on the bed, watching him roam around as he got my clothes and a towel for me knowing I wanted a shower.

"Up we go." He smiles as he pulls me up by my arms and takes me to the bathroom. "You ok?" I nod with a yawn. "Alright, sweets. See you in bed then." He kisses the top of my head before heading to the other bathroom to freshen up while I took a shower.

I feel better and more awake after the hot wash and deep clean, drying off and putting my pjs on before putting my clothes on a chair and falling into bed face first with a groan. I settle under the blankets and Five comes back in his sweatpants, crossing over to the bed and getting in behind me. I immediately turn to hug him, yawning.

He holds me tightly, his fingers combing through my hair. "Go to sleep, my love. I have you." I slowly fall asleep again but my boyfriend speaks up. "(Y/n)?"

"Mhm..."

"I have to go back to the office tonight ok. Just sleep. I'll be back."

The words don't process and I just hum as I fall asleep.

"Sweetheart, wake up! Quick." I jolt up awake when someone shakes me, scrambling to sit up as my heart races from the sudden burst into consciousness. I was still really drowsy, looking up to see Five in his suit and him setting some clothes down for me on the bed.

"Five?" I rub my eyes, wondering what was happening.

"I'm so sorry baby, but there's an emergency."

"What emergency?" I was more awake now, letting him help me out of bed so I could quickly change into some outdoor clothes. I look out the window to see that it was pitch black so it was clearly still the middle of the night.

"Luther called us. Viktor might be kidnapped."

"WHAT!?" I exclaim, immediately running around and getting ready in 5 minutes tops, putting my coat on and grabbing my bag before tugging on my boyfriend's arm to hurry up. He quickly puts on his coat and we leave our apartment, heading for his car and driving off. "Can you fill me in? What else did Luther say?" I ask, my love speeding down the road and I start to recognise it.

"He didn't say much except that." he says and I look at the streets.

"Why is this familiar-wait, are we heading to your old house!?" I gasp, turning back to Five and seeing the way his knuckles turn white when he grips the wheel. I frown knowing he wasn't ready to come face to face with his home after 6 years. We both had no idea what would greet us and I had a terrible feeling that it wouldn't be good. We turn the corner and I look out to see the old and dilapidated building.

Exactly as how it was in the apocalypse...

I look at my sweet assassin as he stares at the house that is still standing but in ruins, parking his car along the street with a few other cars which means the rest of his family is here.

When will he ever be able to come home again, to see it standing proud as it once did when he was a child?

"Are you ok?" I whisper, reaching over to hold his hand and his grip immediately softens around the wheel, letting me take both of his hands in mine and squeezing them as he lets out a deep breath.

"As ready as I'll ever be I guess. We better get a move on and see if Luther is telling the truth or tricked us into an intervention." I nod at his words and we get out of the car.

I hold Five's hand tightly in mine, letting him lead us both into his broken home. I look around sadly at his childhood home destroyed and in shambles, standing in the large foyer with the other Hargreeves. I look around and see. thebanner for the home which confuses me but at the same time not since this was a different timeline.

Hargreeves Home For Wayward Boys.

Guess the jackass was still abusing kids one way or another...

I looked up to expect the large portrait of Five but all there was is a dirty outline of the said missing portrait, like it was a hollow area that looked way too empty.

It was... simpler back then.

Now... everything was just a mess...

"Ok, Luther, we're here. What is it?" Five says, snapping me out of my reverie and I turn to look at Luther when he brings out a note to show us what was on it.

"It says, 'Your brother Viktor has been kidnapped. Follow my exact instructions and no harm will come to him.'"

The note gets passed around so we can look at it, me having it last and I show my love as he reads over it with pursed lips. "All right. Any idea on who might be behind this?" he asks his siblings.

Luther scoffs. "My money's on you-know-you."

"He's not bloody Voldemort." I roll my eyes.

"Dad? Come on. Dad didn't kidnap Viktor. He doesn't give a shit about us." Klaus says.

"I agree with Klaus. I'm sorry guys but it's true." I shrug and the rest of the Hargreeves all give me a stinkeye making me raise my hands in defense. "Damn! Ok!"

"Is the wittle baby cranky when she's lost her sleep?" Ben mocks me and I quickly pelt a candle at his head making him yelp in pain and drop the cup of tea he was, for some fucking reason, drinking.

"Don't fucking start!" I snap at him, Five moving me behind him since he knows I was going to start attacking anyone that pisses me off BECAUSE I AM LOSING MY SLEEP!

"Five, can't you just call your CIA buddies?" Allison asks and I blink at her.

"You said you haven't gotten in contact with your family since you got here?" I whisper to Five, wondering how his sister knew about his job.

"I kinda caught everyone up briefly at the birthday party while you went to explore the playground." he whispers back to me.

"Oh."

"Also, the CIA doesn't investigate kidnappings. That's the FBI." my love exhales out louder for his family to hear him.

"Wait, hey, hey, no. We don't need anyone. We can handle this." Diego says enthusiastically and Luther immediately agrees.

"Y'all forget you're not teens doing missions for your daddy anymore? You're all out of shape. It's been decades." I cross my arms.

"Plus, we're not exactly a team anymore Diego." Five agrees with me, holding my waist. "Even though some of us clearly have more training than others." he whispers to me making me bite back my laughter.

"Or ever were." Ben says and I grab the cup from his hand to throw it on the couch. "The fuck was that for!?"

"I just fucking felt like it." I hiss at him.

"And you know, then there's the "no powers" thing." Lila adds in.

"No. I don't care! If Viktor's in trouble, I'm in." Luther says.

"We need to do something!" Diego exclaims, looking at Lila and she blinks at him.

"What are you looking at me for? I'm not your mother."

Diego grins and turns to Luther. "I'm in." both brothers clap hands in excitement.

"Ok, fine!" Allison yields as well and I pinch the bridge of my nose. Now it was unanimous. It was Allison, Diego, Luther and Ben winning against Five, Klaus and Lila. I don't have the Hargreeves last name so my vote's out. "Now what?"

"Ah, it says we're supposed to meet at Sy's Dry Cleaning on 5th Avenue." Luther reads out the address. He and Diego quickly run out of the house to get the show on the roll and I just groan in exasperation since I wanted my bed.

"Baby, I know. I'm so sorry." Five mumbles to me as he holds my hand, leading me outside to the van that Diego and Lila drove in, opening up the sliding door for me to get into the seats behind Diego who was driving. My boyfriend settled next to me and the others got in soon after. "Sleep for a bit." My love pulls my head onto his shoulder and I get comfortable, dosing off against him as he rubs my thighs over his lap. The drive was pretty short anyway when we got to the drivers, I was just way too exhausted for this. "Do you want to stay in the van?" My sweet assassin asks and I shake my head. I didn't want to be alone in the van at night. We get out last, me clinging to Five's jacket tightly.

"Stay behind Five. He's got the gun." My eyes widen when I see him pull out his gun.

"You have a gun on you!? How long has it been on you!?" I whisper yell as we all approach the building and he gives me a sheepish smile. "How many do you have!?"

"You don't wanna know, sweetheart." He whispers back. We enter the building quietly, Five walking in first to scope the place and make sure it was safe. He nods to Luther to hold me back so I won't follow him and I frown as he searches the place with his flashlight. When he signals the all-clear, we slowly follow him behind. I frowned deeply when Luther kept me behind him as per Five's request to keep me safe. I was annoyed but at the same time touched. But mostly annoyed that he was putting himself in danger again to keep his family safe.

We walk through the racks of clothes hung up, weaving between aisles of desks, washing machines and dryers. I jump when I see Klaus is a damn gas mask to avoid inhaling the chemicals in here.

Where the fuck did he get that!?

Five leads us to the centre of the building, flashing his light on a figure tied up in a chair with a bag over their head. Luther immediately rushes over to the figure while my boyfriend makes me stay behind him, his brother pulling the bag off to reveal Elliot.

Oh shit, he's hot.

SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND!

I quickly shake my head and lean my chin on Five's shoulder, him reaching up to stroke my cheek and I swoon from his touch before he raises his gun in position to still search the area and keep us safe in case there were ambushers.

Five will always make me fall for him no matter what.

"Hey, there he is." Luther smiles, seeing his brother who takes in a deep breath and winces from the flashlight blinding him.

"Looking good buddy." Ben snickers.

"Thank god! What's up, Vik?" Klaus breathes out, ripping the mask off.

"Couldn't make it to your niece's birthday?" Diego mocks with a smile.

"Well, I was on the way, and then I got kidnapped, so..."

"Well, I think that's a good enough reason to miss your daughter's birthday." I pipe up and tease Diego who rolls his eyes, Viktor glancing at me with wide eyes when he hears me.

"(Y/n)!?" I peek out from behind Five, walking over to untie him.

"Hey..." I smile at him.

As soon as he was free, he got up to hug me and I squeezed him back. "Thank god you're ok!" He leans back, squishing my cheeks. "You've grown up! I thought you didn't-we were worried-"

"-I'm here. Don't worry. Five found me." I look over at him who beams at me, holding his hand out for mine and I hold it as he steps next to me.

"Looking good Viktor." He nods.

"You too Five."

"So... who grabbed you? Was it Hargreeves and his goons?" Ben pipes up from behind.

"No way. This is amateur hour." Five scoffs.

"I apologise if my methods are a little crude, but this is my first kidnapping." We hear another voice call out and Five quickly shines his flashlight at where it came from in a rack of clothes, but I gasp loudly recognising who it was instantly. "And hopefully, my last. But I need your help."

NO FUCKING WAY!?

FUCKING IAN!?

I gasp loudly and everyone looks at me. "What's wrong (y/n)?" Five asks softly after he hears me gasp, Luther quickly hiding me behind him away from the gunfire standoff between my boyfriend and Ian.

"I'll explain later. Let him explain." I call out to the guy.

"If he wants to explain, kidnapping our brother and pointing a gun at us isn't gonna buy him much goodwill." my sweet assassin hisses softly.

"It was the only way I could make sure that you came here. All of you." Ian stutters, his hands shaking as he looks at us. "I couldn't leave anything to chance. Especially when it comes to... the Umbrella Academy." My heart races when I hear that and I instantly get a bad feeling.

"No one's called us that in six years." Diego says.

"Sorry, pal. The Umbrella Academy doesn't exist." Five says as he narrows his eyes at Ian.

"Nor has it ever existed." I explain as I pop up from behind Luther. "Not in this timeline. Hargreeves Home For Wayward Boys. Reginald never started the academy in this timeline." I explain and the others look at me in shock.

"Um... Ok, but..." Ian stammers, holding a hand up and he sputters as he puts the gun down on the floor.

"Kick it over." Five says and Ian does, my boyfriend kicking the gun over to me and I pocket it after.

We all watch Ian take out a box and put it on a table, opening the lid before taking things out. "Can... Can you explain this, then?" He took out a newspaper clipping with a picture of the Umbrella Academy in front of the Eiffel Tower.

I quickly snatch it, reading over the headline. "Umbrella Academy saves Eiffel Tower, receives key to city of Paris." I look at Five in the picture and he looked way younger than he actually looks now... well I mean when Aidan looked younger back then, compared to now. "This... was from the comics..." I mutter and the family surrounds me and the box, Five standing next to me as I look at him. "I... had comics of the show, the two seasons..." I whisper to him only. "The very first one... had your family save Paris in the first few pages... but you... you're not supposed to be in the picture... you were in the apocalypse before this happened..." I mumble as I explain to Five. Diego takes the clipping from me and the family looks at it in confusion.

"When the hell did we save the Eiffel Tower?" Klaus asks.

"You never did... That is a different timeline." I mutter to him and he blinks at me, Viktor calling out to Ian.

"Where did you get that!?"

"It was in this box of things in the trunk of my daughter's car. Her name's Jennifer." My skin prickles when I hear that.

"Don't." I quickly stop everyone from going to the box. They look at me but I turn to Ian. "What's your name."

"Sy Grossman."

I shake my head, my hands itching to get my phone and I scramble to get it out. "It can't be. You're David Cross! Famous actor who played in the Chipmunks series. You played Ian!"

"Who's Ian?" he asks and my heart plummets when I try to search for David Cross on the internet, my phone fizzing and short-circuiting until the search engine shows up for no results.

"No! This can't be happening again!" I exclaim, Five rushing over to me to hold my arms when I started to shake, taking me to the back so I could calm down.

"Hey, sweetheart, what's wrong?" I scramble for his phone to search up David Cross but it was the same result. Nothing exists for that name on the internet.

"No!" my love takes his phone from me and holds my cheeks to have me look at him, to have me stop shaking.

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

"-where did she get all those things!?" I exclaim, seeing Diego pull out Cha Cha's mask, pushing past my love to grab Grossman's shirt.

"I don't know!" He gasps, Five pulling me back from the terrified man. "Just, listen! About a year ago, she met these new friends, and, uh, they started going to these strange meetings."

"(Y/n)-" Five purses his lips as he holds me, seeing me grow anxious and agitated.

This can't be happening!

After everything we worked for! Everything we did to have a good life! After everything I did to make sure Five had his happy ending!

Klaus pulls out Dave's dog tags and my heart hurts seeing the sadness in his eyes.

They can't go through this again!

I can't go through this again...

"They're very strange people. They call themselves the keepers, and, uh... And then, over time, she stopped talking to me. Just stopped! And that was about three months ago, and I haven't seen her since, and I believe that something terrible has happened."

I glance over at Ben, wondering if there was any sign that he knew this Jennifer.

Five pulls me to the box so we could take a look inside as Grossman answer Luther on how he found the Hargreeves. Apparently through Allison's commercial ad.

"And I'm... I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I apologise." Grossman was sincere in his apology, especially to Viktor. "Uh, but, I mean, she's all that I have left, and, uh..."

"What do you need us for? Call a cop." Five says.

"I did! They didn't do anything..."

"Look, we'd like to help, but we're not the same people in that picture anymore." Viktor explains and my love sifts through the box again, moving documents out of the way until he taps my arm to get my attention. I look at what he was looking at and dread completely washes over me. There was a jar of Marigold...

"Give us 24 hours." Five quickly says and I smack his arm, shaking my head but he gives me a pointed look.

"Five, what are you doing!?" I hiss softly.

"We can't leave this with him." He whispers to me. "24 hours. We'll find your daughter." My boyfriend speaks up, suddenly snatching the box and taking it with him as I quickly follow him out.

"Yes! Thank you!"

Five calls for everyone. "Guys let's go!" We all follow him out of the dry cleaners quickly. "Come on!"

"What the hell was that, man!?" Diego calls out and my boyfriend huddles us beside the van.

"Hey, why are you considering helping that guy?" Ben asks, annoyed.

"I'm don't want to," Five snaps at him. Everyone kept asking him what was going on, him putting the box down and taking off the lid as we all surround him. "But... because of this." He leans down and takes out the jar of Marigold.

Everyone had mixed reactions to it but all I felt was dread when I looked at it. "Guys..." they all look at me. "I'm still in the show... this is another season..."

My foot anxiously bounces up and down as I picked at my nails, staring off into space while the hibachi chef was cooking. For some god awful reason the Hargreeves siblings decided to come to this hibachi restaurant to talk about what just happened. I ignored them as they bickered and rummaged through what was in the box while I just poured myself a shot of soju after soju after soju.

I can't believe... I'm still not in my timeline.

I'm still stuck in the show...

My family still isn't my family.

I'm not a successful event manager!?

"Sweetheart," I flinch when I feel a hand on mine lowering another full shot glass of soju, turning to face Five who takes the glass from me with a worried frown on his face. He sets the glass far away from me, rubbing my thigh to have it stop bouncing. "You've had more than half the bottle (y/n)." I glance at the almost empty bottle, wincing at how much I drank. My boyfriend passes me a glass of water to sip on and some of the fried rice that the chef made but I wasn't hungry. "You need to eat." His tone was caring but stern, pushing the plate closer as he rubs my back. "Please."

"Alright..." I mumble when I look at him and he was even more worried for me so I slowly eat the food.

"Ok, that's enough you lot." Five calls out, ordering everyone to give the items back so he could put it back in the box, taking the jar of Marigold from Ben. "What I'd like to know is how the daughter of some random dry cleaner ends up with a jar of Marigold in the trunk of her car." My boyfriend's asks, letting me hold the jar and I stare at it in a drunken haze.

Sparkly...

I look up and see everyone look at me. "What?"

"You're from another world where our lives is a show." Ben rolls his eyes with a snarky tone next to me.

"Do you maybe know how this happened?" Viktor asks gently.

"I don't know... I only knew everything up till Dallas. Everything after that is completely new to me. I'm in the dark as much as you are." Everyone groans in disappointment and I feel bad that I couldn't help, tearing up. My boyfriend shushes me softly, saying that it was alright and urges me to eat and drink more water.

"How do we know that's not just a jar of glow stick juice?" Diego asks.

"Why don't you take a sip and find out, tough guy." Ben jabs at him. Five, me and Viktor were glancing back and forth at the brothers going off at each other, my love still making me eat.

"I will if you will." Knife boy retorts.

"Don't even think about it." His wife hisses.

"Ok, for the sake of discussion, let's say this is legit." Five points to the jar I was holding onto tightly. "My love, I need the jar." I blink at him in a drunken haze but give it to him and he gives me a his arm to hug as while I finish my fried rice, him turning back to his siblings as he sets the jar on the table and points to it. "Does anyone here want their power back?"

"Yeah-"

"-no, siree, Bob." Klaus cuts Ben off. "For the first time in my life, I'm sober. And... happy." He grimaces but nods. "But most importantly, 100% poltergeist free." The chef suddenly comes back and Five passes me the jar to put it in the box by my feet, him holding onto me so I don't fall out of my seat. He signals Klaus to pass over the fried tempura shrimp and gives me the plate to nibble on them.

"Free? You rarely leave the house. And when you do, you're wearing surgical gloves in public." Allison explains and I blink at them.

"You live together?" I whisper and they nod. "Oh cool."

"Baby, drink more water." Five tops up my glass.

"Yeah, well, at least I'm in control." Klaus mutters. The chef declares it show time and starts his performance, everyone clapping afterwards.

"Look, guys, it's a hard no for me too." Viktor says. "I've got a bar to run, friends. Like, a real life."

"Cooooool! You own a bar! I wanna come!" I reach out for Viktor but Five pulls me back and I huff. "I want to see his bar!"

"Another time, sweets. Just sit here with me. Enjoy the chef cooking. Look fire." My love points out the chef playing with the fire on the stove as he cooks, my boyfriend holding my hands since I wanted to touch.

Oooo fire.

"You're all nuts, all right? We should be mainlining this shit right now." Ben says but no one agrees with him. "Look, come on big guy. I know you want it." He turns to Luther.

"Wait! I mean, that's a tough one." Luther stammers.

"Come on. You don't need that, Luther." Klaus scoffs as he flosses his teeth. "Your life is fantastic!"

"I don't know about fantastic, but you know, I'm... I'm managing."

"Is that where the bar is set these days? Managing?" Ben scoffs.

"Says you who has nothing to show for!" I slur out, the others snickering. "No real talents, no experiences, no job skills. A fake leader and a pushover that every body hates cause he has nothing better to do than one up everyone cause he doesn't feel like he's enough!"

"Ooooh!"

"Daddy's boy left in the dust! All alone with no friends! Well tough buddy! Maybe you shouldn't have been such a pain in the ass! Be less of a prick and then maybe people would like you."

"Well shit..." Diego laughs.

"Let her cook!" Klaus says.

"A liar and a cheat! You scammed people out of their money because you have no discernible qualities of a good person! Trying to make easy money cause you never worked once in your life pretty boy! Everything handed to you on a lovely silver platter by Reggie daddy himself!"

"Oh my god."

"I'm done." I settle back in my seat, blinking sleepily now and I turn to my boyfriend, tugging his sleeve. "Five I'm tired..."

"I know, my love. Just lay on my shoulder ok. We'll go home soon." Five pulls me onto his lap so I don't fall out of my chair and I become even more sleepy in his arms as he holds me tight against his chest. "You drank too much in one go (y/n)..." he sighs softly in my ear.

"I'll do whatever the group decides. How's that?" Luther pipes up and I mindlessly listen to the siblings.

"Yeah, I'm with Luther." Diego pipes up. "Majority rules." He shrugs.

"You're not actually considering this, are you?" Klaus asks Allison.

"No!" She halts, clearing her throat. "No, my life is great. I have everything I need."

"Yup. Me too." Lila smiles.

"Same!" Klaus pipes up.

Everyone turns to me and I blink. "What...?"

"Yay or nay?" Ben asks me.

"Nay. I don't want to become venom again..." I yawn.

"Alright then. Motion fails. We don't drink the mystery juice." Five says. "So we don't get our powers back.

"I tried! You're all morons!" Ben hisses, shoving his chair back as he gets up and walks away from the table, Luther asking where he was going. "To take a piss! Is that ok, Luther!?" He snaps back. "Or do you need to run that by my parole officer too!?"

"Alright, I gotta hit the road." Viktor groans softly as he puts the napkin on the table.

"No, so soon?"

"Come on, Vik! Stay a bit longer!"

"No, wait! Stay, man!"

The Hargreeves beg for their brother to stay to spend more time with him. "It's just. along drive. So, yeah." I look up at him and pull on his sleeve and he sighs hesitantly. "Sorry, (y/n)."

"Yeah, I should go too. I've got an audition tomorrow." Allison says and now everyone was getting up to leave.

"You've gotta drive the kids to the dentist at 7 am." Lila reminds Diego and he stifles his laughter in annoyance.

"Why you gotta make it so early again?" he downs the rest of his beer.

"Because they have school at 8."

"Woah, woah, woah! Hey! Where's everyone going? We haven't even gotten to the steak yet!?" Ben comes out. "No! No!" he signals over the server who brings out a plate of shot glasses. "Ok. One last shot, on me. For old-time's sake. Please! Klaus..." he looks over at him and Luther and Five quickly shake their head, telling Klaus he doesn't need to listen to Ben. The others agree but Klaus tells them one is ok, taking the shot glass from Ben. "Ok, then." Ben claps his hands, Luther passing out the rest of the glasses to his siblings.

Five stands up with me as he takes his glass. "Ah, baby no." he tsks before taking away my shot glass from me when Ben hands me one, setting it on the table making me grumble. "You've had enough tonight, my love." he holds me tight to his side so I don't move, struggling to free myself from him.

"Here's to the non-existent Umbrella Academy!" Ben declares. "Kanpai!"

The family cheers and they all drink their shot, groaning softly before we all start to split ways. "(y/n), no." Five pulls me away from the table when I try to drink my shot, holding my hand tight and tugging me away before picking up the box to take us back to Diego's van. "Come on, sweets." My boyfriend gently guides me into the van with me, the couple taking the entire family back to the rundown academy so we could get back to our own cars and head off our separate ways. "Up we go." my love picks me up in his arms and I snuggle against his chest, feeling sleepy while Lila helps put the box in the back seat of our car.

"You look after her, yeah, shitface." Lila says, booping my nose after Five puts me down in the front passenger seat.

"You know I will." my boyfriend salutes the couple and gets in the driver's seat before driving us home. The car ride was short as I dosed in and out of consciousness, groaning when my boyfriend picks me up in his arms again. "I know, my love. Almost there." he presses light kisses on my neck, taking me home and I sigh in relief as soon as my body rests on my bed. "There we go. Just go to sleep, sweetheart. I'll be in soon." I grumble for him, my world instantly becoming dizzy as the alcohol hits me like a truck. I hold onto his sleeve, trying not to feel sick as he helps me out of my shoes and coat.

"I don't feel good..."

"Do you need to throw up (y/n)?" Five quickly asks after he changes out of his suit and into his pjs. I shake my head and he climbs into bed behind me, pulling me against his chest to lay on my side so I would feel better. "Try to sleep ok. I have some painkillers and water for you waiting on the bedside table if you need it. Try to sleep for now. I'm here, I'll keep you safe." I snuggle against him as he holds me tighter, his hands rubbing my back and my head.

"Love you..."

"I love you too (y/n)."

Over 10K words and my LAPTOP CANNOT FUNCTION IT IS STRUGGLING DAWG! FAN IS RUNNING 24/7 AND MY LAPTOP IS SCREAMING NON-STOP

I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE CHAPTER LENGTHS FOR THIS SEASON

But here is it yall! enjoy!

Also soz it took a while. Hard to explain but I'm dual writing.