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Five really hated me. I could tell. But to be honest, I wasn't so fond of him either.
His brother Klaus was my best friend, who constantly made me come over to the academy to hang out with him. And I would usually love going round there, but Five sort of ruined my experience most of the time. He would seek any opportunity to shoot a snarky remark at me or pick on me discreetly.
And if I wasn't so scared of him, I would probably do something about it. But instead I tried my best to ignore him and not let him get under my skin.
I sighed as I was walking to the academy, thinking about what cruel things Five would do or say when I got there.
I never understood why he hated me so much. He never explained, or seemed to have a reason for being so rude to me.
Anyways, I soon got to the front door of the academy and I knocked twice. I groaned internally when I saw that Five had answered the door. He obviously wasn't happy to see me either; he rolled his eyes as soon as he opened the door, then looked at me with pure hatred.
"Oh, it's you," He said in a plain bored voice. I awkwardly nodded my head.
"Yup," I answered, which earned a scoff from him.
He glared daggers at me for a momment or two, and we both stood there in silence.
"So can I come in?" I asked. Five rolled his eyes again, then squinted at me whilst smiling bitterly.
"No one wants you here but be my guest," He spoke harshly, then moved away from the door and started walking back into the living room.
I sighed. I was pretty much used to this by now. I stepped through the door and shut it behind me, then took off my coat and hung it on the coat rack out of instinct.
"Klaus isn't here but he'll be back soon, so you can stand out here while you wait as you're not welcome in the living room," He said quickly with a plain face.
"Whatever you sick bastard," I mumbled quietly under my breath.
Not quiet enough apparently.
I was startled when Five suddenly blinked straight in front of me. I walked backwards precautiously, but he walked forward and followed me, until I bumped back into the wall.
He was quick to clutch onto the collar of my shirt so I wouldn't squirm out from under his glare.
"What did you call me?!" He exclaimed, his face edging close to mine.
"N-Nothing," I managed to stutter out. He chuckled coldly then wore his signature fake smile.
"That's funny, because I think I can recall you calling me a sick bastard, is that right?" He said into my face. I trembled with fear from what he might do to me; Klaus wasn't even here to protect me.
I couldn't bring myself to an answer, just stared into his eyes with fear and begging for mercy. I realised the he had none when his grip on my collar tightened and he pushed me against the wall further. I couldn't help but notice his eyes wandering to my lips occasionally.
"Answer me when I talk to you," He stated lowly; I could just feel his breath hit my chin.
I parted my lips in attempt to speak, but my voice had frozen up completely. Five scoffed and took one final look at me before he roughly let go of me and walking away.
"Pathetic," He murmured before blinking away somewhere.
I straightened my clothes and tried to brush off what had just happened. I took some deep breaths to recover from the fear I just went through. If I wasn't scared of Five before, I definitely was now.
I got distracted when Klaus suddenly came waltzing through the door. He had tinkerbell sunglasses over his eyes, a lighted cigarette in his mouth and a small packet of cocaine in his hands.
"Oh hey y/n! Sorry I forgot you were coming!" He giggled.
"That's what she said," I said back. Klaus laughed when he realised.
"Haha good one," He said goofily. I giggled along with him, until Klaus took off his fabulous sunglasses, and squinted whilst looking up. I knitted my eyebrows, and looked up to where he was looking to see that Five was hanging over the banisters and staring down on us.
Me to be specific.
"Hey stop staring at my best friend you pervert!" Klaus yelled up at him. I noticed Five's eyes widened before he blinked away within an instant.
What was he doing???
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he was staring at me and plotting my death. I tried to forget about it, then turned back to Klaus.
"Anyways, you want a drink?" He offered, also trying to shake off the previous events.
I agreed, then followed him into the living room and sat at a seat at the bar whilst Klaus was concocting drinks for the two of us.
I sipped away at mine while Klaus just downed his in one gulp. I think he could tell that something was wrong with me.
"Are you okay? You're only sipping your drink," He remarked. I turned to him and sighed.
"Did Five pick on you again?" He asked whilst putting his hand on my shoulder. I gently nodded my head.
"It's okay, I give you permission to hit him," He told me. I chuckled and shook my head.
"I can't, he'll kill me. Literally," I said in all seriousness.
"Pfff, no he won'tttt," He said in a relaxed tone. I wasn't convinced at all.
"Just trust me okay?"
I sighed and nodded just so he would stop talking about it.
"Anyways, I'm gonna go take a bath, have fun!" And with that, Klaus went off and up into one of the many many bathrooms.
I sighed heavily, then decided I would wait in Klaus's room, because he usually takes a while in the bath.
When I got up to his room, I slumped myself down on his bed and got out my phone.
"Who said you could come up here?" I heard Five say from the doorway. I looked up and saw him standing there with his hands in his pockets. I furrowed my eyebrows.
"Klaus?" I said in answer to his 'question'.
"Did he specifically say you could stay in here, or did you just come up here thinking it would be okay?"
I thought about what Klaus was saying earlier. You know what, I am gonna stick up for myself for once. And if Five does kill me then at least I'll be able to say "I told you so" to Klaus.
"What is your problem with me, may I ask?" I started, turning my phone off and putting it on the bed next to me and sitting up slightly.
Five scoffed at my sudden bravery.
"You're annoying, that's my problem," He shot back, edging closer to me in attempt to scare me back down into a coward.
I wasn't backing out so easily.
"Oh really? Because I've never done anything to you, if anything, I try to stay out of your way as much as possible, yet you still find me annoying, why is that?" I said, raising my voice and standing up.
Five had gone deadly quiet for once; instead, he looked at me with his classic death stare.
"You always pick on me, you always make fun of me, you always feel the need to scare me into feeling unsafe, so please explain to me why-?!"
He cut me off. Big time.
"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!" He yelled over me.
I froze up completely, my heart rate thumped a million times harder and my brain was still trying to process the words he had just said.
Never did I think that four simple words would have this effect on me.
"W-what?" I stuttered in a meak voice.
I think it was then that Five realised what he said, because his body stiffened up as well, and he looked out the door to make sure no one had heard him. He even shut it now for good measure.
He turned back to me, but his gaze on me was soft this time.
"I think I've always loved you," He told me with a shaky sigh. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Tears started prickling in my eyes.
"Then why was you always so cruel to me?" I asked him.
He sighed heavily then looked down at the ground before looking back up at me.
"I don't know, I guess it was just easier to act like I hated you instead of having to admit my feelings," He said to me; his eyes were now watering up too.
I was actually starting to understand now. Five had always been obsessed with holding onto his pride and never ever wanted to come across as soft and sensitive.
I still wasn't so sure on how to react, I was still trying to process everything if I'm honest.
"It's like I loved you so much I started to hate you," He chuckled whilst avoiding my gaze. I chuckled along with him before swallowing a large lump in my throat.
"I-I understand if you don't feel the same way I just-"
I cut him off by cupping my hands around his cheeks and pulling his lips onto mine; he kissed back without hesitation, letting me know how bad he's wanted to do this.
I could tell his hormones were starting to kick in, as he then took full dominance over me by pinning me up against the wall and kissing me even deeper than before.
One of his hands shifted to my throat and applied pressure, but still allowing me to breathe.
I lifted my hand to tug and run through his hair, but he soon grabbed my wrist and held it tightly against the wall.
His kiss against my lips were starting to get sloppily desperate, as if he had been waiting his whole life to do this.
He bit down on my bottom lip, which caused me to moan into his mouth; he seemed to like my reaction, so he did it again.
Our kiss lasted for another 10 minutes or so, until we heard the bedroom door open, and we both pulled away in shock.
"Woah hey- OMG YES FINALLY!" Klaus cheered excitedly. I pinched my eyebrows in confusion whilst Five's cheeks lit up with blush.
He let go of my neck and took my hand instead, then started leading me to the door where Klaus stood.
"So are you guys finally a thing?!" Klaus asked while tingling his fingers in excitement.
"Yes, now if you'll exscuse us, we'd like to get back to it," Five said to him. I raised my eyebrows in shock that he had suddenly decided for himself that we were a 'thing', but I still let him drag me out the room with him.
"You know, I appreciate that you guys are finally working this out but I'd prefer if it wasn't in my room!" Klaus yelled at us as we walked down the hallway.
When we got into Five's room, he shut and locked the door for extra precaution, then turned back to me.
"Where were we?" He said in a raspy voice. I managed to stop him just before he pressed his lips back onto mine.
"So were you gonna tell me that we're a thing now?" I said sarcastically and he blinked in realisation.
"Well, do you want to?" He asked me hopefully.
I smiled softly and made up my mind.
"Sure Five," I whispered to him, then pulled him back in for the kiss he had already missed.
He smiled widely into it, until we were interrupted again.
"I also don't appreciate you taking my best friend away from me!" He shouted through the door whilst knocking on it continuously.
Five rolled his eyes and sighed.
"We're busy!" He yelled back.
"Yeah well I need her fashion advice so you can swap spit later!" Klaus called.
"Just give me 10 minutes," I told Five with a smile. He nodded with reluctance, and I pressed one final short kiss to keep him happy before heading to the door and walking back to Klaus's room.
As I was digging through his closet looking for something he could wear on his date, I suddenly remembered what he said earlier.
"So are you guys finally a thing?!"
What does he mean by finally..?
"Hey Klaus?" I started as I turned around with a nice dress shirt of his in my hand.
"Yeah?" He answered with a feather boa around his neck. How I managed to take him seriously, I don't know.
"You know earlier? What did you mean by me and Five finally being a thing?" I asked curiously.
"Oh, Five told me he had a crush on you a few weeks ago and asked me for advice. I thought he was gonna try and make a move straight away, but apparently he decided to take his dear sweet time. That's also why I said he wouldn't kill you earlier-"
"He asked you for advice?"
"Yup,"
"And what advice did you give him?"
"I told him to grow a pair and to stop living in delusion," Klaus answered casually.
I laughed lightly whilst looking at the ground.
I decided I would forgive Five for everything he's ever done to me, and after all, he proved to me that he didn't mean any of it. And that he truly does love me.
After Klaus was done getting dressed, he took a little longer than 10 minutes. An hour to be exact.
What? We got easily distracted and accidentally did a whole fashion show...
Anyways, when I went back to Five's room, I wasn't greeted by his soft gaze, but his angry one instead.
He pinned me against the wall within an instant, like he did earlier.
"Where were you? You took way longer then 10 minutes!" He said into my face, and I could just feel my breath hitch.
"I know, I'm sorry, I didn't think we'd be that long," I apologised. His grip and gaze softened a bit, but not all the way.
"Fine, just don't let it happen again," He told me. I smirked at this, then brought his lips back onto mine.
He whined as I pulled away again, but I knew he would forgive me when I tell him this one thing that I know will be music to his ears.
"Five?" I started.
"Yeah?" He asked a little desperately, almost begging me to get it over with so we could go back to kissing.
"I love you," I told him, making his face lighten up instantly.
He seemed absolutely speechless, but a smile played across his lips. It was nice to see him like this, instead of his usual miserable self.
"R-Really?" Was all he managed to say, and I nodded my head in response.
He smashed his lips back onto mine, and my hands traveled up to his neck so I could deepen it. While my hands were there, I discreetly managed to feel his pulse, and to say it was going fast would be an understatement.
The truth is, I really did mean what I said. I wasn't just saying it so Five would feel better, I thought I was, but as soon as I said it out loud, I knew I truly meant it.
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