as they all went their separate ways until their regroup, y/n continued to lean into five's arms for support, surprised that he seemed to ignored the fact that she lashed out on him a few moments ago which made her search the boy's face for clues.
catching the girl's gaze, five smiled to himself before saying "is there something in my face?"
"no" y/n practically whispered as they went up the stairs coming from the basement just behind the others.
"then what are you looking at?" five asked rhetorically, scoffing even though he didn't trust himself to look at her at the moment.
"your eyes are really green." the girl pointed out.
"are they now?"
"yeah.." pause "like wet grass after the rain" there was little to no grass that survived during the apocalypse so five tried his best to imagine the girl's words but the only memories that came to him was the day him and y/n were looking for viktor in that field where the greenery was coated by the sunlight and was dry.. that wasn't what y/n described but all five could think about was when he held on to the girl's shoulder that morning.
five hummed at the girl's response before setting her down on the steps of the staircase to rest, taking a sit next to her, he remembered when they were kids.. the first time they actually did something good to each other mutually.
The girl rushed her way towards the kitchen, trying to be as silent as possible, it was practically the middle of the night and she was just craving a snack, only the moonlight from the windows lit the house as she shaked her flashlight.
"Fuck- it run out of battery" she mumbles, hitting it against her palm, all of a sudden, a light from behind her appeared, startling the shit out of the girl, turning around, she was met my a green eyed boy staring at her from the top of the staircase.
"What are you doing here?" He asked, walking closer to her.
"I should ask the same" she tilted her head.
"I heard some noises and went to check it out" he explained, now in front of the girl "you?" He asked.
"I couldn't sleep so I figured I'd find something to eat"
"You're not worried about getting caught?" He asked her as she started to fidget with the flashlight she held.
"No, you?" She looked into his eyes.
"No" he breathed out before walking past the girl, he began to walk to the kitchen before turning around to see the girl still standing in the same position he found her in "shall we?" He asked, he figured it wouldn't be so bad to join the girl for a snack.
The girl didn't reply, instead, she smiled and followed him to the kitchen.
As soon as they got to the kitchen, the two found themselves eating their snacks while (as strange as it sounds) speaking to one another.
"Try this" five spoke, handing y/n the peanut butter and marshmallow sandwich that he ate.
"That's a first" the girl spoke, taking a bite of the sandwich.
"What do you mean?" The boy raised a brow.
"It isn't everyday I see you do something nice for me" the girl shrugged, giving the sandwich back to the boy.
"Well, that sandwich you just took a bite from could be poisonous for all I know"
"You legit just took a bite from the same sandwich"
"Touché" he nodded.
Touché. five didn't really know why he remembered that moment specifically especially when he spent 20 years in the apocalypse, back then it was all so simple.. when they had no stress about running out of time.. when they didn't even know they were running out of time.
"aren't you upset?" y/n murmured, fidgeting with her fingers by guilt, five hummed with the tone of a question, turning his head towards her with a raised brow "i mean.. when i slapped you earlier.. im really sorry.. i just got angry and i don't even know why i got angry.." she sucked in a breath and looked down at her hands "i know it isn't a good apology or a proper one at that matter.. but i want to tell you im sorry.."
five looked at the girl for a few seconds before placing a strand away from her face and tucked it behind her ear "forget about it" he said ever so softly "if the plan doesn't work, i'd most likely forget that even happen by the time the world ends.. so don't let it get to you, its fine"
y/n nodded with understanding before looking at five.. his eyes were really green.. why didn't they look this green before?
hm.
hm.
"you know" five started, fixing his posture on the steps of the stairs "you never really told me about the time you spent here alone.. i knew that something happened on that mission but i never got the whole story" the boy said, hoping y/n would continue on.
taking on the hint, y/n started to speak "well.. i was in a coma for 2-3 weeks.." she started, playing with her fingers like a nervous tick "when i woke up in my 13 year old self, luther was already gone.. which sucked because even though he was egotistical and annoying to say the least.. he was the only person i had left in the academy.. with you gone, all of them leaving- i was supposed to leave too.. but that mission happened and having a teenage body didn't help.. sure i grew every year but.. i couldn't even leave the house because dad didn't want the word to get out.." she paused when five took her hand in his, forcing her to stop fidgeting.
"i understand" five breathed out "the feeling of not realizing you had everything before not having anything at all.." five spoke, he might as well just rant to her but he didn't want to make her feel bad that her trauma wasn't as big as his because no one's trauma should be compared, he cleared his throat "i have something for you-" he then took his hand back to grab something from his pocket but lucas suddenly walked up to them.
"the other's are ready" the blonde boy looked at the two while his hands were resting on the pockets of his sweatpants, he then turned to five "mind if you call the others?"
five's face was unreadable but he just nodded "sure." helping the girl stand up before leaving her with lucas right after shooting him a glare and fiddling the small box of earrings that he placed back on his pocket when they got interrupted, walking into the bar area of the academy, he saw lila and allison "we're ready" he called out.
~•A/N•~
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🤔 Get it? Cause when you play chess you make moves and when you like someone you make a move? Ok I'll stop Also ignore the cover, I didn't know how else to do it since I haven't found a picture-poster worthy
