The Attraction - Wanda Maximoff x Reader

Chapter 17

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'And I will be grateful every day I have you in my life because so many things could have kept us from meeting each other, from being together, or just from being alive at this exact moment in time. So many things could have happened to keep us from existing together, in the bodies we are now in, and I will forever be grateful that somehow we ended up together. That somehow, in this infinite universe, we found each other. And I will always be grateful for that. I will always be grateful for you.'

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"So, what do we do now?" I ask, looking up at Wanda, lazily resting my head on her chest. 

"What do you mean?" she asks as if it isn't painfully obvious. It's been two weeks since I broke up with Peter yet nothing has changed. We're still sneaking around, pretending to be nothing more than friends.

"Wanda, I love you and I want everyone else to know that too."

"I love you, and if you want people to know then they can. I just don't think they need to." Not sure how to react, I sit up and run my hand through my hair.

"Do you not want people knowing about us?" I question.

"Of course I do, it's just-"

"I'm getting in the shower," I tell her, deciding I'm done with this conversation.

"Can we at least talk about this?" I hear her ask but I don't even stop and turn around. I just keep walking until I'm in the bathroom, where I lock the door and turn the shower on. I'm not in the mood for her to join me. 

Wanda's POV

I hear the door lock and I know she's pissed. She must think I'm embarrassed by her. She couldn't be more wrong. 

Peter never told her why he left. I don't think he even told his aunt why he went back to living there. I think he was ashamed to admit it. I wonder if anyone else knows that he found out about Y/N and I. He came into my room the day before he was supposed to do the mission with Y/N. He told me he knew everything and before I realised he was lying, I fell into his trap and started lying and apologising. 

He was heartbroken. He looked like his entire world has just burnt and crumbled to the floor, disintegrated into ashes. I felt so bad for him, and Y/N and I were in a bad place, so I promised nothing else would happen.

A lot has happened since then but as long as he doesn't find out about it, he won't know about my betrayal. It's stupid to be so loyal to someone I hardly know but if it wasn't for me then he might still be with Y/N. He deserves this much at least.

"Were you waiting for me?" Y/N asks, walking out of the bathroom to find me sitting on the bed - fully dressed.

"You locked the door, I need to brush my teeth," I explain, but yes I was waiting for her. If she didn't want me to then she should have used her own shower. "Listen, I know telling everyone is important to you-"

"Could we just drop this already?" Y/N sighs, interrupting me. God, she can be annoying sometimes.

"I'm trying to say I want the same thing. Could we just talk about it first?"

Y/N's POV

Reluctantly, I nod my head. I'm not sure what more she could have to say but I'll listen either way. We decide to talk about it later but for now, I need to find Natasha and she needs to find Clint. 

"You're late," Natasha announces as I walk up to her, "again."

"Sorry, I was with, well you know," I apologise in a slightly annoyed tone, obviously still bothered by our conversation this morning. Natasha smiles, passes me Tony's list and gets into the car. I sit in the passenger seat scanning the list. I don't mind running errands with Natasha. It needs to be done every once in a while and it's not too much work. Besides, I've always enjoyed car rides. 

"Everything okay between you two?" I shrug my shoulders. I have no idea anymore. I thought we were happy but now I'm worried that she's not.