We're more alike than you think

34. Aunt Irka

Irka looked over at Zemo then back at you with a little smirk. "You are blushing at every word I say, it was so much easier when you were four years old running carefree" she said teasingly. Zemo looked over at you with a surprised look. "Even as a kid, I can't imagine y/n carefree" he said laughing before he took a sip of his glass. If Irka's smile wasn't big enough already, it had now reached it's limit. She pointed her finger eagerly at Zemo.

Irka did as you feared and duplicated herself in front of Zemo, making the second version of herself walk towards the book shelf, while the original her sat still on her chair. This was Irka's power, she could duplicate herself up to five times. You looked over at Zemo who didn't seem to know what to do with his eyes. This is what you feared that he would be scared or might even do or say something that could hurt either you or Irka, but he sat still without words. The duplication of Irka walked over to stand on Zemo's side with a photo book in her hands.

"Let me show you," Irka said eagerly, not understanding that this might be very unnatural for most people. She opened the book and started to show pictures of you from when you were little. That's when you noticed a sudden change in Zemo. Instead of a scared expression, his face softened up and a smile appeared on his face. You were too busy focusing on trying to read Zemo's thoughts than to realise what kind of pictures Irka was even showing him, but when you finally snapped out of it you immediately went out of your chair and toward the two of them.

"Okay, okay, enough laughs at my cost" you said and tried to get in the middle of them, but both of them were blocking you so you couldn't reach the book. "Okay, one last one, just one before I leave... You have to see this one.. it's a picture where y/n is sooo tired after spending the whole day by the lake, that she falls asleep while trying to eat her ice cream" Irka said turning the pages. You knew exactly what picture she was talking about and started to scream and yell trying to get your hands on the book. Zemo didn't need to know or see all this. He already thought you were crazy, now add on mutant and sleepy kid eating ice cream.

Zemo laughed as Irka was showing the picture before he turned around with a big smile on his face and did his stupid head tilt thing "who knew you could be this cute, little bird?" he asked, his smile becoming more and more teasing. Irka was laughing while putting the book in its place and took away her duplicaten as she took the dishes away from the two of you.

Zemo stood up and walked over to her "let me" he said gently down to her "you and y/n should catch up, something is telling me that she doesn't come visiting that often" he continued. You looked up at him surprised, why was he suddenly so kind to you? Was this all just because he felt guilty about you getting shot? Was he playing a game? Irka smiled at him thankful before walking back taking your hand, but you sat still in your chair, trying to analyze the situation. He took notice of it and looked back at you 

"I know how to clean the plates, I promise" he said with a chuckle pointing the cleaning brush at you.