The Number One Rule

Chapter Nineteen

"Peace offering delivery," Y/N said as Steve opened the door for her.

"About time," Steve laughed, taking the boxes out of her hand and leaning down to give her a kiss on the head before moving to the kitchen. "Where's Beck? I thought you guys were coming together?"

"She said something about a meeting with a professor and going to the grocery store before dropping by. She should be here in probably less than half an hour or so," Y/N shrugged, kicking off her shoes at the door and looking at the couch where Bucky was staring at her. "Hey, B," she said sweetly.

His nerves lightened at her acting normal as if he hadn't confessed his love for her earlier.

"Hey, Y/N/N," he replied with a smile as she walked over to him. She stopped at the back of the couch and put her hands on his shoulders giving him a squeeze. "How was your day?"

"Eh, same old same old. Still waiting for those Roman documents to be transferred from another museum before I can really dive into my project, but besides that, good," she smiled, leaning down and placing a kiss to his cheek before moving to the kitchen.

"Ugh, I know I'm going to have to get used to that, but maybe give me a second to wrap my head around you two being together before doing any PDA," Steve shivered as he pulled plates out from the cabinet where he could still see them in the living room.

Bucky and Y/N laughing as they made their way to the food.

"Get over yourself," Y/N said, hip bumping her brother away from the pizza so she could dive in first. "Where's Sam? You told him about movie night, right?"

"Movie night?" Bucky asked, tucking his hands in his pockets behind Y/N.

"Yeah, did Steve not tell you?" she asked, making a plate for herself.

"Can't say I'm in the loop," Bucky laughed.

"In honor of all of us being best buds again, we're celebrating with a movie night," Y/N explained, with a wink to Bucky before moving around the kitchen like it was her own.

"Just like the good ol' days," Steve nodded, making a plate for himself too. "Sam! War's over!" he shouted down the hall where Sam almost instantly came out of his room.

"I thought I smelled peace and pizza," Sam smiled as he practically skipped in.

Steve noticed Bucky slightly zoned out and realized him and Y/N probably needed to talk and catch up on everything. Of course, he didn't realize the real reason why Bucky was zoned out.

"Hey Sam," Steve nodded once the two had their own plates. "Come help me pick out a movie for tonight while we wait for Becca."

"What genre are we going for?" Sam asked with a bite of the new york pie in his mouth already.

"Ooo!" Y/N started.

"No, no murder mystery," Steve pointed.

"But, last night we-"

"No," Steve shook his head.

"I like murder mystery-" Sam started.

"Don't encourage her obsession," Steve warned, pushing Sam out of the room.

"Jackass," Y/N scoffed, taking a bite of pizza as they left. Bucky laughed coming up to her and placing a kiss to her forehead. "Hey," she smiled.

"Hey," he smiled back.

"I'm guessing things went well considering his mood. He seems back to normal," she gleamed.

"Really well. We both came to the conclusion we were idiots," Bucky nodded. She laughed at him before there was a slight silence. "Listen, about earlier today on the phone," he began. His cheek bones almost instantly turned a shade darker. "I didn't plan to make things awkward. What I said just kinda slipped out," he noted, rubbing the back of his neck as he looked at the ground.