✧ CHANGES ✧

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(Y/N) Hargreeves

OUR REMAINING HOURS FOR THE DAY WERE SPENT ON THE THINGS we never had the chance to try out when we were teenagers. Today is the mark where we once again reflect our childhood we never got to enjoy.

But after every minute, his brain constantly comes back to the end of the world bullshit. Five couldn't seem to forget about it, even though our main target was dead. It bothered him, I could tell just by the way he walks and still talks about it to me.

And I had enough.

"Can you please just for one day stop talking about the eye and the end of the world?—Look." I inched my body closer to his and clasp both of his cheeks.

"There is no end. There will be no end. It will be just us, okay?" I spoke softly.

Five was hesitant. He knew that he should let it go, even though there were still unanswered questions left.

He gave in and nodded.

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We started exploring and trying different things, like visiting the bookstore or making fun of strangers in the street.

"Look arcade! Wanna do some gaming?" I squealed as we watched a few amounts of people playing inside. Surprisingly, Five agreed.

"I'm gonna beat your ass on Tekken." I threatened as we got our coins.

"No. I will beat your ass on Tekken." He remarked back with a playful smirk.

I've never seen him this excited. The last time I saw visible joy presented on his face was when we were 13. And having that nostalgic feeling right now feels like I'm reliving my past memories with him, like some kind of dream. But thank God it's reality.

"Aha! In your face! You just got cucked by Alisa."

"Most of her combos are just buttons, I used Lee, and I died while you having literally 1% left on your bar that's not something to be proud of."

"Whatever. I still won. I'm surprised you still remember some of the power moves."

"How could I forget? My fingers are just skilled."

"Yeah, that sounded kinda wrong, not gonna lie."

"When will you stop stripping me naked with your eyes, (Y/N)?" He gave a half-suppressed laugh as he combed his thin hair from the front to the back.

"And when will you stop imagining me in your fantasies?"

"Ugh, dirty-minded woman... Hey, what's that?." His curiosity gave him the reason to walk towards a booth from my behind.

"Oh, it's a photo booth, Five... You wanna give it a try?"

We got inside the designated place. It had a small space inside, but it was enough for two people to fit in. The screen flashes inside as soon as we entered.

"Okay, so how do you..." I inserted a dollar from the slot being presented just below the monitor. The machine activated its default setting that they would give to everyone.

"So in the count of three, you just pose?"

"Yes."

"What pose should we do?"

"Well, I was thinking—"

Click! It started already.

"Stop talking here it comes again!"

And it clicked again.

I did a peace sign in the next, and Five copied me.

Click!

Both of us did a silly face. My tongue was sticking out while his was cross-eyed with a mischievous grin.

Click!

As for the last one, I couldn't think of any more to do, so I just did a smile. A genuine, relaxed smile with no teeth.

"Well, that was pressuring." Five chuckled as we got out of the booth and waited for our picture to come out from the sliced hole in the wall for our photograph. "Yeah, we gotta work on our poses again." I giggled.

The matte paper slides out. As soon as its full body was exposed, I snatched it and brought it closer to my face, eagerly delaying my action to wait for the image to pop out. "Hey! Let me see!" Five claimed to try to take a peek while I spun around in circles just for fun.

For the first illustration, we were clearly talking and unaware that the count off has already begun. The second one was us panicking. The third one was us doing silly faces. The fourth one was me smiling. Five was smiling too. He just wasn't looking at the camera, he was looking at me.

My heart skipped a beat. I forgot how to breathe for a moment once I felt my cheeks burn up. 'Here goes the butterflies.'

As I was about to show him, something else distracted him in the other corner of the room. "Are those crane machines?" He queried, his eyes shining.

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In gaming centers, we all knew how cranky claw machines are, but it's still thrilling to give it a shot even though there's little chance to get the prize so you'll only end up disappointing yourself.

I could control my anger with the game, but for Five... I think he's losing his mind.

Five grunted with a hint of force between the contact of his hands and the joystick when he lets go. He started shaking the appliance which gave me anxiety that someone might kick us out again. "Hey bro, chile. Just a game."

"'Just a game my ass' this shit shouldn't be here, take it out." He sounded serious about it despite it having cute bunny toys inside. I tried tugging his arm away, but it was no use. He wanted to kill the innocent machine. Is he that stressed out?

"Five, I think we need to—"

He did not just punched the glass.

"YEAH, I THINK WE NEED TO GO." I panicked, feeling my heart increase its pace as we earned a few stares from the civilians inside. I literally kill people with my bare hands why am I terrified over people looking at me?

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I managed to calm the hot-headed man within a few minutes, but he ranted about how those machines can be motives for the disbandment of society. I'm surprised—No, I'm impressed how he connected a crane machine to economic problems. Five can be an excellent lawyer, a spokesperson—I can see him running for president.

I wonder what will he be like now that we're free to have our own life and make choices that are based on what we desire to have.

"Hey, you want some Ice Cream so you could cool down a bit." I pointed to shop just across the street.

"Hm... A nice treat won't be bad, I guess."

"Welcome!" The manager greeted with a full smile as he enters behind the area of the glass where different kinds of flavors were bare to everyone.

There was a variety, it was hard to pick one; I wanted to try them all. "Um... I'll have two scoops of (Favorite/Flavor) on a cone... What about you Five?"

"Coffee. Black one. Two scoops on a cone just like hers." He said bluntly. I mean, what do you expect from a guy like him? Even the guy taking our orders was confused.

"Coffee? Really..?" I sneered.

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We got outside the store and strolled a bit. We planned to get by Griddy's doughnut but only to be found it has been abandoned and by the looks at it; It looked like something you would found in a radioactive area just by its after explosion appearance. We thought little of it though, Five teleported on the roof with my ice cream while I climbed manually.

"Hey, uh... Remember that one time we took our photo in that exact spot of the street. That's funny." I brought up the other memory we had together in this area. One where we stole a polaroid camera on a dark night.

The whole hang out the thing we did was filled with the reminiscence of things we had done from the past. It was nice.

"Any idea where to go now that we're here again."

"Maybe I could enroll in a high school or something and forget the part where I'm 29, I guess." I shrugged with uncertainty.

"You're gonna enroll yourself in a facility with some mindless brats? What if someone takes advantage of you?"

"I mean, yeah. How will I get a job without a degree? There's nothing else to do anyway. And no, no one is gonna lay a finger on me—I'm (Y/N) for Pogo's sake. You underestimate me too much."

"I suppose."

"Anyway, you gotta try the (Favorite/Flavor) ice cream next time. Yours taste like Diego's personality."

"I like it bitter. It's coffee."

"This one's more delicious, like the flavor, and everything else is just splendid. Like seriously, you gotta try it! It's so—Agh! This stuff is just the real deal, like I swear it's every penny's worth. So what about it? Wanna buy a new one..?—Five? Are you listening to me?"

Ah. It's one of those times. The times where he just stares at me blankly with nothing to say. I'm predicting a kiss will be next, perhaps?

And God, was he just a handsome dork. I wonder what he thinks of me.

"Five?" I called out again, but this time, he disregarded. I noticed he finished his dessert before I got to on mine.

Suddenly his free hand levitated from its position, with a finger upright from a loose fist. His thumb made its way closer to my lips. He stroked it from my front to my side affectionately. After wiping the left cream on my mouth, he brings his fingers to his lips and licks it.

"Delicious."

'Shit. Why did he have to do that in front of me?'

"What the fuck was that about?" I suddenly blurted out. I liked it but what.

The intense gaze he gave sent shivers down my spine that made me doubt if I should even do this. "S-Sorry there was just some—"

"Five... I gotta talk to you about something."

His face remained relaxed as his eyebrows raised, skeptical of whatever I was going to say next.

"After all those things that happened to us... I just want to clear some things out of my head because I don't think there's any more good chance to tell you this but now..."

"Okay? Go on."

"Five... I've always liked y—"

BOOM!

Before I even got to finish, the perfect timing of an explosion can be heard not far from here and seems to come from to where our home was located.

"Shit. That didn't sound friendly at all." Five stood up to get a clear sight of what was happening a few blocks away. "I knew it," he added.

"Knew what?" I questioned, I missed my chance. Again.

"We aren't finished yet."

Yeah. Like us.

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Fun Fact: Five memorized all Tekken combos so he could impress (Y/N).

A/N: IF YOU DIDNT PLAY THE SONG I GAVE ABOVE READ THE WHOLE THING AGAIN WHILE PLAYING THE SONG >:((

hope u liked this chapter I've seen some request in the comments for a date so here ! hope u guys enjoyed it !

QOTD: What kind of date do you prefer?

when the name levi ackerman is involved aha 🤪🥰