blackpearl44 & fallen;

[`sappho]

ｆｌｅｕｒ ｈａｒｇｒｅｅｖｅｓ — ♔

xxxthe terms of fleur and diego's break up had been... rather harsh and it was one of the many reasons she had decided to leave and start her own independent life. she had to distance herself from him, and everyone else, because, deep down, she knew she still had feelings for diego and regretted their break-up. other than that, it was ben's death that had shook her the hardest. she realized that "dad" didn't care for each of them individually at all. in fact, he was going out of his way to put them in the most dangerous situations, and fleur knew it would eventually get all of them killed. she couldn't be there to watch as they were all picked off one by one. she had seen some of her adoptive siblings leave one after another and realized that they had the right idea. that was when she left herself. she heard diego's remark but didn't answer. she hadn't left the country because she was terrified to try to get a passport. she didn't have a birth certificate and who knew if the authorities would just throw her out of the country if she tried to get her passport. she didn't even know where they could deport her to. sure, she had been born in france, but they probably won't have a record of her birth there.

xxxfleur close the door behind her as she began to rush down the apartment hallway, trying not to make a scene and wake up any of the people that may still be sleeping. she didn't stop when he urged her to and the only reason she did stop was that diego grabbed her arm. she turned around to face him. "look, diego, i know you want me to go help you fight off some type of evil but that's just not part of my life anymore. i have a job now, i can't just run off on some wild adventure," she said to him with a sigh before yanking her arm away. she closed her eyes for a moment and realized he wouldn't leave her along until he got his point across. "im going to work but, if you want, you tell me whatever you need to on my way there," she said to him with a sigh.

[fallen;]

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─── 29 | male | bisexual ───

Their break up was rough, it was true, with a majority of their fights being contributed to his fighting. Aside from that, he had met Patch, who, he wasn't going to lie, was attractive. No one compared to Fleur though, and it was his own fault he lost her. One drunken night where he and Fleur were in the middle of a fight led him to Patch, and the rest was history. He couldn't keep the secret from the other for long. Three days after it had happened, he admitted himself to Fleur. He regretted it, it was the worst mistake he had ever made, but there was no changing the past. A part of him wanted to persuade Allison to rumor Fleur into forgetting the whole thing, but he knew it'd only cause more issues down the line, so he never asked. He needed to live with his mistakes, and wasn't like Allison: he could deal with his problems himself.

Diego glanced at Fleur as she spoke, taking a small, nervous breath as she finally agreed to at least hear him out. It was more than he deserved, that was the truth. He fell in step beside her, glad she was at least hearing him out. "I've heard reports of robberies and other various crimes happening in South America - Brazil to be exact. Now this kind of thing wouldn't get my attention, but apparently these criminals, two as far as I can tell from the reports, seem to have powers. I think they may be some of the other children that were never found for the academy. I need your help tracking them down. They need to be stopped before they hurt people."

[`sappho]

ｆｌｅｕｒ ｈａｒｇｒｅｅｖｅｓ — ♔

xxxin the end, it had been fleur that cut the relationship off. she had felt betrayed, hurt and jealous and so she snapped. she told him it was done, he had betrayed her and not to come running back to her. she was so angry and so sad that she contemplated running away that day, but she didn't. she stayed at the academy for about a year after they broke up. since that day they had done their best to avoid each other. moving their rooms as far from each other as possible, refusing to go on missions together, even going into the house through windows in order to not run into each other. occasionally there would be cracks in the walls they put up between each other. sometimes they ended up in the same bed again but it never lasted. when she had finally left she had been terrified that she might fall for someone else. fleur was so nervous that she would have her heartbroken again. she never wanted to admit that she had some trust issues now, but she defiantly did.

xxxfleur didn't make eye contact with diego at all when they began walking and talking. his hand grabbing her had shaken up old memories. she remembered when they had first held hands, she felt like her who body had been set on fire. she tried to push that away and just listen to his words. they went down the elevators and out of her complex, still talking as they were walking down the street. "okay, so we track them down and then what? we just waltz up to them and say 'hey, we're like you, come join us in america and stop being criminals'?" she asked him. she then stopped and turned back to him. "and how would we get to brazil exactly? do you know what their powers are or are we going to go into a fight blindly?" fleur kind of felt guilty throwing all of these questions at her but she forced herself to think about what he had done to her. she had nothing to be guilty for.

[fallen;]

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─── 29 | male | bisexual ───

dwelling on the past was not something diego enjoyed doing. he'd thought if he prepped himself before hunting down fleur he'd be ready to face her without old memories coming to the surface. but it seemed his heart and mind betrayed him and he wanted nothing more than to spill to her how much he knew he had messed up - how much he missed her. but it would be for nothing. what he did was beyond forgivable, and it wasn't fair to bring up past wounds when this recon mission was strictly business only. okay, maybe part of the reason he tracked her down was to prove to her he changed, that he was better now, that he wanted to go back to how things had been in the past. he had to take baby steps though. the mission was still most important, he just had side tasks he wanted to get done along the way.

when they were on the street, it felt like he could breath again, something he hadn't realized he felt when cramped up in the apartment. he relaxed a bit as the two walked side by side, stopping as she did. he looked at her for a moment, knowing he had to answer the questions or she'd never agree. thankfully he had answers for most of the questions. "it's better than letting them continue on their path of destruction. what if the next time they rob a bank they kill someone? we could stop them before that happens. and if they don't agree, we can always turn them into the authorities," he told her. or go with plan b, take them out permanently, but her kept the thought to himself. "as for getting there, don't worry about it. i have a friend on the force who knows someone who can hook us up with everything we need to get out of the country. as for their powers, i've heard rumors of them called 'demon' and 'siren' when translated. i don't know their powers for sure, but a few days watching them should give us everything we need to know before we confront them."

[`sappho]

ｆｌｅｕｒ ｈａｒｇｒｅｅｖｅｓ — ♔

xxxgod, this reminded her almost too much of the past. when fleur and diego staying up all night researching crimes and trying to track down criminals. the two of them sneaking out and hunting down bad guys on the streets as some type of superhero date. the feeling of going back to those times was overwhelming for her and fleur so badly wished that what was happening now could be just as uncomplicated as it had been, but so much had changed since then. she wasn’t a naive little girl anymore, thinking that she could somehow change the world because she was part of the umbrella academy. she knew now that it was all just a lie from a twisted, old billionaire. they couldn’t save the world just because they wanted to. no matter how much crime they fought, there would always be more. the world wasn’t going to change overnight just because a couple of almost thirty year olds with powers decided to stop a couple of criminals.

xxxfleur knew she was just baiting diego with all of these stupid questions. there was no way whatever he said would convince her that she was wrong and she should just pick up her life to go fight crime in brazil. she continued to work down the street in her waitress uniform while he talked. she finally stopped when he was done and turned to face him. “diego, i know how important this is to you, to try and stop the villains. it’s important to me too, for godsake i don’t want anyone to die-“ she paused and took a deep breath but tried to say her words softly- “but we cant just run around with masks on and try to stop the bad guys like we use to. we’re not kids anymore.” fleur then looked him right in the face. “and you already know why i can’t just run off with you. you’ve changed things since then, diego, and now im afraid to be betrayed again,” she choked out painfully, those last words delivered in a bitter, heartbroken tone. fleur turned to walk away, forcing her tears back, knowing she was running away from the one man she would ever love.

— sorry if there are any mistakes, im writing this on mobile

[fallen;]

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─── 29 | male | bisexual ───

it wasn't fair, he knew that. coming here was a bit of a risk, but it was one he had been been willing to take. but he could tell what he was saying wasn't reaching the other. maybe he hadn't thought through this logically. glancing at the other, he felt his heart sink a bit when she turned to him. he used to remember how her eyes lit up at the prospect of them going off on some duel mission. that same spark died so long ago though. part of him had hoped he'd see it again, go on one more mission, fix what he broke. but he could see he was grasping at sticks. he didn't want to push the other, but he had to try something before he lost the other forever. he grabbed her one more time, trying to reason with her.

"i know. i know i screwed up but don't do it for me fleur, do it for them. that could have been any of us had hargreeves not found us. you know i looked into some of the other children? the little i could dig up wasn't pretty. most of them were either abandoned to die or lost in the foster care system. those two women in brazil are just like us, and if we can get them to see that, maybe they can change. they deserve a chance to do something good with their powers... and i need you for this," he pleaded, looking at her, "give me a week, three days, anything and if we can't convince them then i'll leave you alone. i won't track you down and i'll let you live your life, however it is you want to spend it. but don't let my mistakes impact them."

[`sappho]

ｆｌｅｕｒ ｈａｒｇｒｅｅｖｅｓ — ♔

xxxfleur knew it was sort of a shallow blow to tell him that she wasn't going to go just because of his past mistake, but she honestly felt that he deserved that one. she was going to judge him off of what he had done until he proved her wrong. she wanted to just keep walking, she was over this. she didn't want to fight anymore, she just wanted to be ordinary and that was the real reason why she didn't want to go off to brazil and hunt down a couple of super-criminals. fleur wondered what that would be like, to have actual parents, to be able to walk down a street without someone recognizing her because her adoptive father had plastered her and her 'sibling's' faces in all types of media or to just get a job without being pulled away to go on some adventure.

xxxfleur looked up at the sky and then closed her eyes for a moment. she realized he wouldn't stop until she agreed. "fine, ill do it but a swear if anything goes wrong im coming right back here. im not going to die because you want to rescue these two criminals in brazil," she said to him with a huff. "but right now i need to tell my boss that im going to be gone. you have a week," she said before walking off and into the cafe. she spoke to her boss quickly, telling him that some unexpected family trouble has come up and she would be gone for a week. fleur felt like she was defeated but, in a weird way she was kind of excited (though she would never admit it). she walked back out an looked over a diego. "so what now?"

--- im so so sorry for taking so long, ive been so busy that i just haven't had any time to write!

[fallen;]

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─── 29 | male | bisexual ───

the blow hit him hard, but he knew he deserved it. he'd honestly endure her ratting on him the entire trip if it meant he could convince her to come. no one else would be suited for the job, nor would they care honestly. maybe if ben was still alive... no, he couldn't think about that right now, not about him. he just wanted someone he could trust to be by his side. of all his remaining family, fleur was the only one he could trust to do this with him.

when she finally responded, a smile cracked across his face. "a week is all i need," he told her, letting out a sigh of relief. he'd convinced her, thank the heavens. well, maybe annoyed her was a better way to describe what he had done, but regardless of the process, fleur had agreed to come. waiting patiently outside the cafe, he watched the passing cars, waiting for the other to return. once she did, he offered her a sheepish smile before responding.

"would you be upset if i told you i already had our passports?" what could he say? he had come prepared for anything.

[no need to apologize, it's all good, i completely understand ^u^]

[`sappho]

ｆｌｅｕｒ ｈａｒｇｒｅｅｖｅｓ — ♔

xxxfleur realized that she was probably the last person diego had that he could trust, or he could even try to get to do this with him. luther had been on the moon for years, allison was in california becoming a superstars and klaus was probably in rehab or poisoning himself in the streets. five was missing, and had been for about fifteen years, ben was dead and vanya didn't have any powers and she had betrayed all of them by publishing her tell-all. fleur guessed that meant she didnt really have anyone who she could really trust but herself.

xxxthe woman crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "why am i not surprised? i guess i shouldn't even ask how you were able to do that," she said with a huff. of course, diego would have snooped around and planned so much that he had even gotten a passport for her. fleur felt kind of uncomfortable standing on the side of the street in her waitress uniform and she almost wanted to go back to her apartment just for that. "what now? are we going to an airport or something?" she asked him. she wondered if he was going to rush her off to an airport or what.

[fallen;]

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─── 29 | male | bisexual ───

rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly, he gave her a slight smile. "what can i say? you know i'm always well prepared," he responded, reaching into his back pocket to produce a passport for the other. his was safely tucked away back at his hotel room, but he had decided giving fleur her's outright would be the true tell-all if she'd be joining him. he had one week to either convince the super powered villains to change their ways, or push fleur to give him more time to see it from their perspective. he doubted he'd be able to convince her to stay longer than a week, but that was an issue for another moment.

"we will. i am guessing you want to change first and pack? i have a flight for the two of us meant to leave in 6 and a half hours to brazil. do you think you'll be ready by then?" it was a bit snarky to ask her that, but he had to try to lighten the mood a bit given they'd be traveling together for a while and stuck with one another.

[should we ts soon to them arriving in brazil and then add in the other two?]