Chapter 18: Parting of Ways

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Bucky opened his eyes, he was woken up by the clinking sounds of what seemed to be dishes. "Shit! Shh!!" He heard Nova, he looked at her, she was shushing a pan. On the kitchen counters were scattered groceries.

Bucky sat up, perplexed. Nova turned around, she noticed he was awake and widened her eyes. "Uh— I thought I was gonna cook you breakfast. I got you some real food too."

"What?" He said, his voice sounded angry, Nova got scared. "Why?"

"Um— cause it's a nice thing to do...?" She said.

"You didn't have to do this." He said getting up. "I don't wanna— burden you."

"Oh, it's not even a big deal, and trust me when you eat food made by me you're not even gonna consider this a good thing anyway." She remarked.

She looked down at her watch, "Oh crap, I have to go. My flight is in an hour." She said.

Bucky was taken aback. "I'll, uh, walk you out."

~

They stood on the sidewalk, right under Bucky's apartment building. Nova waved to call a taxi. A taxi stopped by the curb. She turned around to face Bucky. "Guess this is goodbye."

Bucky gazed at her, "Nova," He paused, "Thank you, for being— well, here." He said.

Nova smiled, "Oh, it's nothing." She cautiously hugged him. At first he was confused, but he hugged her back. As they separated from the hug Nova said, "Take care of yourself, okay?"

"I'll try." He said.

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