Five needs to not get on board with drinking, but, sometimes, you need a drink. Like when you wake up in the future on a different planet that's similar to but not the same as the one you're used to. And then is it even technically the future? This is where alcohol comes in. It doesn't allow for the crisis part of an existential crisis.
He loves them, okay? Just don't go spreading that around. He's got a reputation to uphold as a moody teenager or something. And he's definitely not wanting to talk about how strange it is for those three to have months of history together that does and doesn't involve him. He'll just be over here being a moody teenager. Except he's not moody or a teenager. >_>