Bucky Barnes X Y/n: I hate you, I love you

Chapter 13

A couple of months flew past, and I got to know Arthur, Desmond, Oscar, and Scout very well, granted I did get to know the team too, Tony was less in the compound, but I think that was something to do with having a family, that's according to Nat anyway, she was very nice, I think she was my favourite, even if I don't care to admit it, but we had a lot in common, both burdened by the mistakes of our past.

'Hi Arthur', I said as he turned to me and just like always, he greets me with a bright smile and I return a small one, 'Hi Y/n', he says, just as joyfully and looks down at my hands, 'what have you got there', he says as I hold onto the box, 'oh uhm, I was thinking we could sit outside today, I found a great spot and thought we could talk there', I suggest and he chuckled slightly and nods, 'I'd like that', he says, '...and it's a Sunday, so I'll be able to close up shop earlier', he says as I smiled and nodded.

'How was your day', he asks when he walks over to his coat stand, 'it was okay, just busy with work', I reply and see him put his hat after his jacket, 'that's good', he says and then we're walking out and he turns to lock the doors.

'Okay, shall we go', he says as I nodded and we walked up the street, luckily, it wasn't a far walk and I was hopeful that he wouldn't get tired, 'very nice out, isn't it', he said whilst looking up at the clear blue sky.

'Hmm, I agree', I tell him and listen to him chuckle again as I looked around myself and saw even more flowers blooming and smiled to myself, this part of town was nice.

'Hi Bucky', Arthur says and when I return my gaze, I see Bucky with Steve this time and stop infront of us, I think they went to grab somethings because they had bags.

'Hi Arthur', Bucky response and he smiles at him, 'How are you', he asks and Bucky shrugs his shoulders a little and replies, he looks a little better now, not one hundred percent, but he looks okay and isn't massaging his neck from the pain I caused him when I choked him out, but he never complained about it, just endured it and didn't once speak up about it, which made me feel worse because I felt bad after that and gave him an ice pack, even when he didn't ask, I still gave it to him and wanted to help ease the pain for some odd reason.

'Y/n, was just talking about you', Arthur tell him and I furrowed my brows, 'No, I wasn't', I said, annoyed, whilst they chuckled, he's been doing that after the first few weeks we got to know each other, it wasn't funny then and it isn't now.

'Anyway, want to join us, we're spending the day outside', he says as I sighed under my breath, it was only meant to be the two of us, not with an annoying idiot, the thought ran across my mind as he nods, 'yeah, I'm not doing anything anyway', he says and then turns to Steve, 'this is Steve, by the way', he introduced as he shook his hand, 'Arthur', he replied as they smiled, 'you can join too, we'd love the company', he offers as Steve nods, and we head over to the spot I found.

________

I had to get another two coffee's for Bucky and Steve, but I didn't mind the walk, it was nice to stretch my legs for the day and not spend it in the compound or doing missions that got us nowhere.

I sat back down when I've offered the hot substances to each of them with some muffins and began to enjoy my own.

'Y/n', Arthur sighs and I look up at him, 'I told you not to touch my crossword puzzle', he says and I refrain myself from laughing or smiling, 'you needed help so I offered my services', I said and he sighs again, 'I haven't even looked at it', he says and this time I laugh to myself, 'well, it was easy so you didn't miss much', I tell him and watch him fold his paper.

'Doesn't matter, you touch my newspaper again, I won't talk to you again', he says and I only scoff, 'are you sure you want to be threatening me like that Arthur', I say, 'remember, you're the one who likes talking to me more', I said and he sighs again.