"Diego?" Vanya's voice came from down the phone. "What are you...why are you calling me?" Her voice sounded small and scared even on the phone. Diego knew this was a bad idea. He turned around, planning to hang up, when he saw Klaus and Ben stood by the door of the gym, smiling at him with encouragement. Looking back at the phone, Diego sighed and began to speak.

"Hey Vanya. Look, I know I've given you a hard time, we all have, and I'm not saying I'm there yet, or will be for a long time...but, if you wanted to get a coffee with Klaus and I, catch up a little, would you be free at 2 tomorrow to come to the gym?"

There was silence for a moment on the other end of the line, Diego was sure she must have walked away. As he was about to take the receiver away from his ear, he heard a sniffle and Vanya's voice.

"I'd love that. Diego, I know I don't deserve it….but thank you." Vanya said.

"Sure." Diego said, before gently putting the phone down.

Stumbling away from the phone box, Diego found himself in Klaus' embrace, Ben hovering nearby before flashing away suddenly.

"I'm proud of you, Diego. That took a lot." Klaus told him, Diego nodded as he untangled himself from Klaus and looked his brother over.

"Ben's gone again, hasn't he?"

"Nah, he's still here, I just couldn't hold him for long." Klaus told him.

"Tell him, I love him and miss him everyday." Diego said as Klaus nodded.

"He can hear you, you know? He says he loves and misses you too, you big idiot."

"I'm not Luther." Diego protested as Klaus laughed.

"Well obviously, you're not trying to force us all to obey dad blindly at every turn." Klaus said as Diego gave a laugh.

"Well I meant what I said." Diego told him. "Ben, I miss you every day, we all do."

"See?" Klaus said, turning to Ben. "I told you they did, just took hearing one of the idiots admitting it to figure it out?"

"What?" Diego asked.

"Ben thought with none of you asking, and with you all dismissing me the times before I've said I can see Ben, that you didn't care. He's an insecure little cinnamon roll." Klaus joked before rolling his eyes. "Ok, you're not a cinnamon roll, Ben."

"He really is." Diego snorted as Klaus laughed again, Ben behind them pouting.

/

"So, how have you been?" Diego asked as he opened his door, seeing Vanya stood before him, looking small and nervous, a small bottle of wine in her hand.

"I've been well." Vanya admitted shyly, brightening slightly when she saw Klaus lounging on the bedsit below. "Hi, Klaus." Vanya said.

"Hey, Van." Klaus gave her a small smile. "How's everything?" He said, getting up and opening his arms for her as she rushed past Diego and threw herself into his arms, crying as she did.

"I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry for everything I wrote in that book, I'm sorry for any pain I caused you, I hate myself for it." She sobbed into his shoulders as Klaus hushed her and gently rocked her.

"It's alright, Vanya." Klaus said, keeping her wrapped in his arms. "I get why you did it, I do. Dad fucked us all up really, and I'm sorry."

"Why are you sorry?" Vanya sobbed out.

"Because I didn't think. We all thought on how dad fucked us over, but none of us considered it with you. We thought you had it easy, and your book showed you thought we did. Sure, it hurt reading that, and I'm still not entirely ok with your book, but I get how you feel, and I'm sorry I wasn't there for you when we were younger."

"I'm sorry I wasn't there for you." Vanya cried, burrowing her head into his shoulders. "I'll do better, I swear."

"So will I." Klaus said, moving back so he could smile at her.

"Hey, V." Diego said, as Klaus let go of her, hugging Vanya to him, as Vanya began to sob again into his arms.

"I fucked up, didn't I? I'm sorry, Diego, I didn't think about you or the others, I was just so angry and so sick of it all and I snapped. Can you forgive me, please?" Vanya begged him as Diego let go of her.

"I'll try." Diego said. "I'm still so angry though, Vanya. The world didn't need to know all of this. We didn't need our secrets sharing like that."

"I know, and I'll probably hate myself forever for it, but please, Di, can we try to start over?" Vanya asked as Diego nodded.

"I'd like to restart." Diego said.

"Well how about we go get those coffees? I brought the wine for the two of you to drink, not really something I like." Vanya said.

"Thank you Vanya." Klaus smiled. "How about Griddy's, like when we were kids? It's not too far and the coffee there should still be pretty good."

"Let's go." Vanya said as Klaus and Diego walked with her to the door.

/

Sitting in a booth, ordering three coffees and a box of donuts, Vanya, Klaus and Diego sat around in uncomfortable silence for a few minutes before Diego cleared his throat, the other two looking towards him.

"So, how's everything else been?" Diego asked Vanya who shot him a small smile.

"Well I'm still third chair at the orchestra, so that's alright, apart from that, just surviving, giving violin lessons to pay the bills, that sort of thing. What about you two?" She asked.

"I'm looking into new employment opportunities, maybe security." Diego admitted, both of them looking shocked.

"You're actually looking for new work?" Klaus asked. "How did I not know?"

"It never came up." Diego said simply. "Police is never going to be an option now, so I figured why not?"

"Well I'm sure you'll do great at it, Diego." Vanya smiled, Diego nodding to her.

"Thanks, Van. I'm sure I will be as well. How about you, Klaus, you going to look for something to do other than lounging on my bed all day?" Diego teased as Klaus grinned.

"Nah, Ben and I are like house cats, coming and going as we please, I'll just crash on your bed whenever."

"What do you mean, coming and going?" Diego asked.

"You can crash at mine if you ever need it, you know, Klaus?" Vanya offered, Klaus choosing to ignore Diego to flash Vanya a smile.

"Thanks, V. I'll keep it in mind."

"Wait, go back. What do you mean, leave?" Diego asked.

"I was just thinking, once in a while I'd head off, I mean, I can't live my entire life in your apartment, Di." Klaus laughed, Diego gave him a smile in return, but inside he was aching. Sure, Klaus couldn't stay there forever, but was he really thinking about leaving already?