Long And Lost (Book II)

Ch.7: It's been so long between the words we spoke

As soon as the jet landed, Bucky ran to the patio. He hadn't been this excited in days. He couldn't wait to see her again, to tell her how well he was doing, to show her the new arm prototypes Princess Shuri and he had been working on.
The first thing he noticed when she got off the plane, were her eyes landing on him. Bucky couldn't hide the smile. She smiled back.

"I am so happy you're back!" He said, pulling her in for a hug.

"I was away for only a couple of weeks!" She giggled. Her laugh was short lived though.

Tell him to get his dirty paws off you!

Shut up, Loki.

Sigyn allowed Bucky to hold her hand while he dragged her into the building.

Sorry, PAW. What happened to his other arm?

Seriously, Loki, shut up!

Sigyn could feel Loki giggling inside her head. Idiot!

"Victoria!" Princess Shuri greeted them as soon as they got into the cybernetics room. "You're finally back! Bucky really wanted you to be here for this!"

"Princess." She greeted with a small nod, then eyed Bucky who was standing by her side with a slight blush on his face.

"I just- I just wanted to know if you like it." He said sheepishly.

Shuri showed them the new arm prototype, and Sigyn could do nothing more than praise her for her work. It was an extremely delicate and amazing piece of tech. She also noticed the golden appliances, and had to suppress the smirk when Shuri told her those were Bucky's idea.

"I wonder where did that come from." She rolled her eyes.

As Bucky allowed some personnel to fiddle and examine his shoulder, Shuri took Sigyn's arm and pulled her away.

"I need to talk to you about the other thing." Shuri said. "He has been doing really well, we hasn't had a blackout in several days, but--"

"Migraines." Sigyn nodded. "Sharon told me they were getting worse."

"Yes. And we've discussed it with the medical team and everything inside is head seems to be running pretty well."

Sigyn shook her head. "Not everything inside his head is well." Shuri looked at her a bit puzzle. "He's not sleeping." Shuri kept staring at her. "And I'm guessing he hasn't told you."

"No, he hasn't. But it makes sense." Shuri stared at Bucky, who was getting his clothes back on. "I'm going to kill him, though."

As soon as the door opened, Shuri was all over Bucky, poking fingers on his chest and scolding him for keeping things from her. Bucky didn't think it was such big of a deal, and laughed it off.

Sigyn just stared at them from the doorframe, until Shuri left the room exasperated.
She was drained, and Bucky noticed.

"I was hoping we could get something to eat." He half suggested. "I've been a little scared of going out without you here, to be honest."

Tell him to get lost.

Sigyn just closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead, not even letting Loki know that she had heard him. "I'm sorry, James. I'm tired and jetlagged."

Bucky looked slightly hurt. "I'm sorry. You just got here and I've been dragging you all around. Why didn't you say something?"

"You were just so excited." Bucky blushed again and Sigyn smiled. "Tomorrow, after we figure out how to make you sleep, we'll go out."