#IShipIt (Celebrity AU)

Part 9

It's been two weeks. You were currently having some much needed time alone in San Francisco. Sure, at times you were a bit lonely, but you realized how relaxing it was to just focus on you and nobody else.

Of course, articles sprung up about sightings of you in Northern California. You didn't care. You're sure Bucky would've seen them by now, but did he manage to find you? Nope. And you don't know what was more frustrating: the fact that he couldn't find you or the fact that you wanted him to.

You sat on the hood of your rental car staring at the Golden Gate Bridge. You've always wanted to come here and see it...but with Bucky. But now you're alone, heartbroken and without your best friend.

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Tracking you down was really frustrating and tedious for Bucky. The city was big and there was a lot going on. As much as he wanted to enjoy the sites, his main focus was on you. He'd been in the city for four days now. Every day, he travelled to an area where he might find you, recalling back to the time where you both planned on visiting there together.

As he walked down the street, trying to think of other places to check, he was spotted.

"Excuse me, you're Bucky Barnes right?"

Bucky smiled, "Yeah, that's me."

"Can we get a picture?"

"Of course!" Bucky stood behind two girls as they took a selfie with him.

"So, are you here with Y/N?"

"Um, well, no. I'm actually trying to find her. Things have been rough between us and I'm just trying to fix it."

The girls swooned, "Aaaawww! That's so sweet! You must care about her a lot."

Bucky nodded, "Yeah. I do. Anyways, it was nice meeting you, gotta continue my journey."

"Good luck!" the girls replied.

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Bucky Barnes on the Hunt for Y/N in San Francisco

BuckysBear: Aaawww that's so sweet!

BlindsidedLuvr: eh, i think it's creepy. Y/N clearly doesnt want to be found! let the girl live and leave her alone, bucky!

BuckysBear: He wants to fix things! She's his best friend and he loves her!

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"Shit," you mumbled when Wanda sent you the link to the article. This was your second time coming to view the Golden Gate Bridge. The site of it and the area surrounding it was just peaceful.

Bucky was here looking for you. Again, you were conflicted. You didn't know if you wanted him to succeed or fail this quest of his. You groaned as you rest your head onto your knees and stared out onto the hustle and bustle of the bridge.

"You know, finding you was such a struggle," you froze at the sound of an all too familiar voice.

You closed your eyes, "This is a dream. You're not here. I'm hallucinating."

"Sorry to disappoint you," Bucky walked in front of your parked car and leaned forward, "But I'm definitely here and definitely real." He gestured to the spot beside you, "Can I sit?"

You shrugged and scoot over, giving him space to crawl onto the hood and sit beside you. You two just sat there in silence looking abroad.

"I've had a lot of time to think when you left." you made no sign of saying anything, so he continued, "I'm sorry I overreacted. I was being stupid and jealous and blind. But while you were away I meditated on everything: on you, on me, and on my feelings for you. And I've come to the conclusion that I do love you. I genuinely love you and I've been too blind to really see it. All of those cheek and forehead kisses, the flirtations, the cuddling. All of it meant something deep down. I'm sorry I didn't say anything sooner. I'm sorry I blew up at you. I'm sorry I hurt you. I'm also sorry that I'm grateful for this experience." that got you to look at him, "Sure, all of this hurt us both, but I think it was something that we needed. At least, something that I needed."

You nodded, "Yeah, ditto."

Bucky scoffed, "Really? That's all you're gonna say?"

You shrugged, "I mean, you pretty much took the words out of my mouth, so yeah. I'm sorry I was blind to your emotions. I wanted to believe that you did mean something by them, but I refused. I've seen you do those things with other people so I assumed that it didn't mean anything at all."

"Well you know what they say when you assume things-"

"It makes an ass out of u and me" you said in unison. You both smiled and chuckled.

You reached over and grabbed his hand, "I really am sorry, Bucky."

"I know."

You sighed, "So what's going to happen now?"

"Well...do you wanna go on a date with me?"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. We're here in San Francisco, a place we've been wanting to go together for a while. So why not make this sad trip into a happy one?"

"Fine, but tomorrow. I'm mentally exhausted. I'll text you the address of my hotel."

"You promise you're not saying that and you'll end up ditching me?"

You grabbed Bucky by the collar and planted a kiss on his lips, "Does that convince you?"

"I don't know. You might need to try again." he said before kissing you this time.

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Y/N L/N and Bucky Barnes Seen Making Up and Making Out in San Francisco