Number Eight (five x reader)

Chapter 3

Year : late 2001

"Ready, and 3...2...1"
Dad started the stopwatch and Vanya blew the whistle as the rest of us bolted up the stairs as fats as we could.

I shifted into a cat and maneuvered through my brothers and sisters legs.
Once I was in front of all my siblings, I shifted back and sprinted up the stairs.

"Not so fast, y/n"
I heard Five say behind me before blinking in front of me and cutting me off.
"Hey, not fair, you cut me off"
I yelled at him, trying to pass him.
"Criminals aren't gonna play fair, baked bean"
He replied as we reached the top of the staircase at the same time.
The other weren't far behind.

Dad stopped the stopwatch, looked at the time, wrote it down then looked back up from his notebook at us.

"Well done, Number Five and Number eight, you need to work on not getting distracted while on missions, getting distracted might be the difference between life and death."

"But we finished first"
Five looked at me, then back at dad.

"Do not talk back, Number Eight!"
I looked at Five, I saw in his eyes that he agreed with me.

"Now"
Dad flipped out his pocket watch and examined the time.

"You have chores to do now.
Number one and number two are on chopping firewood,
Number six and number three are on dusting,
Number four and seven are on doing the laundry,
and number five and number Eight are on the dishes."

We all got in our pairs and headed to our jobs.
Five filled the sink as I loaded the dishes into the sink.
Once all the dishes were in the sink, Five grabbed a towel and dried the washed dishes I passed to him.

"You know ... it was pretty brave what you did back there."

I looked up from the dishes at him.
"What?"

"Standing up to dad"

"Well... do you think I'm right?"

He looked up at me, making eye contact.
"Do you?"
I repeated.

He raised his eyebrows and looked back at the dishes with a smile on his face.

"Well, I don't think you're wrong, Dad can be real asshole sometimes."

I laughed quietly.
"And for future reference."
He looked up at me again, wondering what I want to say.

"Don't call me baked bean"
A mischievous grin spread across his face.
"Whatever you say, baked bean"

I splashed water in his face.
"Can a baked Bean do that?"
I said sarcastically.
Five laughed and splashed water back in my face.
I shifted into a small goldfish and dove into the water in the sink.
Once I gained enough momentum, I launched myself out of the water and flicked Five in the face with my tail before shifting back to human form.

"That's a new one"
Five said, his face scrunched up from getting slapped in the face by a fish.

"Yeah, I've been practicing shifting into different animals."

"Like what?"

"Well, of course, a goldfish, then there's a turtle, mouse, spider and ..."
I do a dramatic Michael Jackson spin and shift into Five"

"You"
I laugh at the shocked look on Fives face.

I shifted back to myself and keep doing the dishes.
"So... can you do anything other than blink?"
I asked his.

"Not really, dad said when I'm old I'll learn how to time travel."

"Wow, time travel?!"

"Yeah"

"Well why do you have to what till you're older, why not just learn now?"

"Dad says I'm not ready. And I have to master blinking first"

"Oh... well... you won't know if you can do it until you try."
Five looks up at me and smiles, I smile back.

Suddenly, there was a loud crash from the staircase.
"Oh my God, Klaus"
We heard Vanya yell.

"I think Klaus fell down the stairs"
Five said still smiling.

"Hopefully he breaks his jaw so he actually shuts up for once."
I replied.

We both laughed and finished the dishes.

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