Her Assistant | Natasha Romanoff

11. One Week

Your POV
Once we were done with the inspection of goods about the new product line, Miss Romanoff decided she wanted to have lunch outside so we went to the Italian restaurant we always frequent. There was a private seating area inside which was always reserved for us.

I was about to step inside when Rogers caught my arm and my attention was directed to him. "Where do you think you're going?"

I looked at him confused. "What do you mean?"

"Why are you going in?"

I chuckled at him and stepped backwards to stand right in front of him. I dusted the invisible dust on his shoulders and straightened his collar for him. "You may look tougher than me, but I worked here longer than you. So stop questioning me."

"Y/L/N, why are you so slow?" Miss Romanoff called from inside the room. I smirked at Rogers before heading into the room.

We were choosing our food when a waitress came in holding a cup of coffee and I instantly knew it was Rogers doing. Even though it was placed in front of Miss Romanoff, I took the cup and drank it instead. "Sorry about that."

We gave our orders to the waitress before she left and it was back to silence. She was busy with her phone and I sat there looking around... or at her. It was a weird quirk of Miss Romanoff, she never liked to eat alone so I had the luxury of eating at the same time as her. I'm guessing she hated the feeling of being left alone, one of the reasons why she never liked staying in her mansion. This was a plus compared to my other master, my meals were never on time.

Our food came and we proceeded to eat until I thought of Rogers again. "What about Mr Rogers?" I quietly asked as we were eating.

"You can go and order anything with him when you go get my coffee." She simply stated as she glanced up at me.

"Yes, Miss Romanoff." I got up from my seat and Rogers was still standing outside, I nodded for him to follow me and told him to order anything he would like to eat. Using my card, I paid for the food and collected Miss Romanoff's ice coffee that we pre-ordered.

"Miss Romanoff drinks specific coffee at different places."

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The launch went exceptionally well and the profit was rolling in. The front page of the papers were showing the new products and the logo of the company can be seen. Once again, Miss Romanoff gave me another day off and went to work with Rogers. I don't understand why she was giving me so many days off all of a sudden. It made me very out of place and I had nowhere to go since the rest of my friends were working.

I walked where my feet took me and I ended up in front of a busy shop. People were crowding the entrance and there was even a queue to enter. I looked up slowly and it was the Romanoff Corporation. Kids were begging and dragging their parents into the shop, wanting them to buy the latest edition of toys and such. It was very chaotic with lots of screaming and yelling and the parents trying to remain strong and not give into their puppy eyes.

From the window, I noticed that Miss Romanoff was there as well. Out of every shop, my feet chose to walk to the one she's in. She liked going down personally to check on things and experience from the consumer's point of view, which was what made her company so successful as well. Due to the crowd of the store, Rogers' hand was on her waist, standing next to her.

I was boiling with anger and slammed my fist on the brick wall before heading back to the apartment. I found Bucky working out in the gym and I went to join him in the boxing ring after wrapping my hands.

I poured my anger into my punches and pushed Bucky to the edge of the ring. "Woah woah. Okay, stop!" I dropped my hands to my side and panted. "What has gotten into you? Has your wound healed?"

"I- I don't know." I stepped out of the ring and wiped my sweat.

"Ever since Rogers got here, you've been a lot angrier." Bucky noted as he took off his gloves and checked on my wound. "I've never seen you lose your cool." He lets my shirt down when he sees it's not bleeding through the bandage.

"Just drop it okay. I'm going back to my room."

Bucky POV
I sighed as Y/N went back to her room. This week was not going to be peaceful at all. Rogers was daring and often overstepping his boundaries as a bodyguard while Y/N was staring daggers at him.

The tension was thick when both of them were in the same room. Rogers wished to serve Miss Romanoff better but Y/N would prove that he was not needed and he was making things a lot more complicated. Even though I have been here for slightly more than six months, I have yet to learn all of Miss Romanoff's habits.

"Just you wait, at the end of this week, I'm going to replace you." I heard Rogers say to Y/N one day in the kitchen.

"I'd really like to see you try." She shoved him aside before bringing the dinner out. I cleared my throat before entering and carried the rest of the plates out.

"Brother, a piece of advice. Don't mess with women." I stopped at his side before reaching the dining area.

"The two of you are dismissed." Miss Romanoff said and we walked out, leaving Y/N and her alone.

Natasha POV
I could tell that Y/N has a lot on her mind and I told the guys to leave. We haven't had a mission for a while so I was curious as to what was clouding her mind. "You know, you can always tell me what's going on. I may be able to help. You don't always have to think of me as your boss."

She looked at me and gave me a kind smile. "I just don't understand why Rogers is here. Is he doing something that I can't be doing?"

I didn't think I was making her feel that way when I requested an extra assistant from Tony. I just wanted her to heal in peace since it was my fault she got hurt. But seeing Rogers here seemed to make her uncomfortable.

"I just wanted to see what having two assistants is like." Well, it's almost the end of the week. Just two more days and Rogers will be returned to Tony. But I guess I should let Y/N return to her normal work so she's more comfortable. Rogers... well, he can just stand somewhere.

We finished the rest of dinner in silence until Y/N cleared the plate.

"You can resume your work as per normal tomorrow." I told her before leaving the dining area. 

Posted on 24 Jan 2023