To Neptune And Back

What Happened in Budapest (Chapter 27)

Raising your hand in front of the door, fist ready to make contact, your body almost tumbles forward as the door swings open. Catching your fist in her hand, Kate ignores the fact you almost punched her in the face and instead looks around you as if you weren't even there.

"Aww man, I thought you were Clint." Dropping your fist from her grip, Kate sulks back into the room and flops on the corner of her bed doing her best rendition of a toddler pouting because their mom wouldn't let them cut their siblings hair with scissors.

"What a warm welcome. Hi to you too, Kate."

Following behind her you take a seat next to Yelena who sits at the small table and chairs located near the basic kitchen setup in Kate's room. With the amount of snacks Kate consumes on a daily basis and the equally high amount of complaining she did, Tony gave into her begging and had a small kitchen area equipped with a sink, microwave, fridge, and a singular stove top burner installed. The fridge is always stocked with soda, microwave meals, pizza pockets, and copious amounts of hot sauce for Yelena.

"Do not take it personally, Kate over here is like a puppy not so patiently waiting for their owner to come home. Every slight sound sends her into a frenzy and she has to check the door to see if that Hawkguy is outside."

"HawkEYE. Why do you insist on always saying the wrong name?"

"Hawkeye, hawkguy. It is all the same." Yelena gives a shrug, her clear lack of interest in Clint makes you chuckle to yourself.

"I thought Clint wasn't coming with his family until tomorrow around noon?"

"I thought so too but he is in town! His cell phone pinged to a tower not too far from here and when I checked there were only a handful of hotels in that area. None of them besides one looked nice enough for Laura to agree to stay in, so I called that hotel and they confirmed they were checking in today!"

You glance at Yelena who simply shakes her head at you. Trying to not laugh at Kate's excitement, a part of you finds it cute how animated she is to see Clint and his family. You avert your gaze from Yelena who is having just as hard of a time trying to hold her poker face together as you are, and respond back to Kate.

"One, how are you tracking Clint's cell phone? Two, does he know you are tracking his phone? And three, did you call the hotel and impersonate Laura in order to get the hotel to confirm their reservation? I'm pretty sure that is not something they would just willingly provide to a stranger over the phone."

Kate's eyes dart around the room in a very un-smooth way of trying to avoid confessing to the lengths she has gone when it comes to Clint. The action proves to be too much for both you and Yelena to take and the two of you burst out laughing in unison. Kate folds her arms in front of her chest and gives you glare, immediately adorning a look on her face that lets you know that if you were choosing to go low, she was going lower.

"You sure you want to play the question game, Y/N?" Your laughter slowly fades as Kate's eyes narrow at you. "What's been happening with you and Natasha? The two of you seem to have made yourselves a cute little date spot on the roof."

Instantly your eyes go wide and you can't help your body's automatic response to look over at Yelena, who has also stopped laughing and looks at you in a way that lets you know if you say something wrong it won't be ending well for you. Hesitantly opening your mouth, not even an attempt at an answer makes it way past your lips before Kate speaks back up.

"Or better yet, what about Wanda? The two of you have been spending a whole lot of time together. Every time I have gone to the pantry to restock my snack stockpile in here I hear the two of you giggling before I even round the corner to the kitchen."