𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒~ 𝐵.𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑠

THIRTY FIVE

"I'm tired." I moan sleepily as Bucky tries to get me out of bed, "come one Rosie, it's your turn to go to the market." He tries to reason but I turn around and hide my face, "can you just go for me?" He chuckles, "I went the last five times you were supposed to and each time you promised that it would be the last." I really didn't want to wake up, "please, I promise you this time is actually the last, I'll go next time." He laughs again, "no, you know you have to go, we've got to minimise how many times we go out in public." I groan he was right, "fine, I'm going." I tell him, hoping he would come with me, but he couldn't, we had agreed that we should take turns going out, to minimise the chances of us being spotted. We went together sometimes but it was rare, better to go alone.

"Rosie." He says as I still don't move, "Bucky." I mimic heading him sigh before all of a sudden he's flung me over his shoulder like a sack of feathers. "Bucky!" I yell now wide awake as I cling to his torso, I feel the laughter vibrate through his chest as he loosens his hold on my legs. "Bucky!" I shriek through laughter, I hold him tighter feeling myself slip slightly as he pretends to drop me, "don't worry doll I'd never let you go." He says tightening his arm. "I'm getting dizzy." I tell him as I feel the blood rush to my head, "You ready to go now?" He asks after letting me down, "that was one way to get my blood pumping." I tell him as he moves me over to the 'kitchen' and sits me down in front of a plate of breakfast. "Eat up breakfast is the most important meal of the day." He instructs, "where's yours?" I question, noting the one plate.

"There was only enough for one batch." I frown, "here let's share." I offer he looks like he's about to refuse but the stern look I send him makes him reconsider and sit down across from me. "I see you're still as stern as you used to be." I shrug, "someone has to take care of you besides I hate-"

"Eggs." He finishes for me making me smile, "good memory." He sends me a wink, "no thanks to you forgetting the plums again." I shake my head at his small laugh, "I got the nuts and broccoli though." I try and defend, "who likes broccoli, I like plums." He says, "I like broccoli, they're like mini trees and they actually taste good." He laughs, "mini trees?" I push his arm, "they do look like mini trees, they make me feel like a giant." His laughter increases, "you're something else Rosie." He hums in amusement.

• • •

"You get the plums?" Is the first thing Bucky asks me as I walk into our apartment, my eyes widen as I realise that I had forgotten again. "How did you forget this time? We had a conversation about them right before you left." He asks making me shrug, "I don't even know, sorry." He shakes his head as he takes the bag from me and kisses my cheek. "It's alright I'll get some tomorrow."

"Now come and dance with me." Bucky claimed that dancing helped him with his memories, and I didn't mind the hours we would spend in each other's arms, I actually really loved it, there was no where I felt safer or at home.

• • •

"We've been here a bit long don't you think? Where to next?" Bucky asks me, "wherever you want to go." I say turning around to glance at him for a second, "I don't care as long as we're together." He says making me smile. "I have an idea." I tell him before pulling out a map I had, I stuck it to the wall and then handed Bucky some small board pins. "I usually throw a pin at the map to decide where I should go next." I explain, he rolls the pin between his fingers and nods. "You have to close your eyes though." I tell him leaning up on my tiptoes so that I could cover them. He laughs, "ok go." He takes a breath and then extends his arm and lets go of the pin. We both look to see where the pin had landed only to find it lodged into the wall just having missed the map.

"Maybe try and hit the map this time." I offer with a small smile, making him chuckle. He throws it again and this time it actually lands somewhere, "Samoa?" He asks me confused, "oh, they're some beautiful islands in the South Pacific." I tell him and he smiles, "it sounds nice." He hums wrapping his arms around me from behind. "It is, it'll be even better with you there this time." I say my hands finding his as I lean back into him. "I can probably arrange our travel there in a few days." His arms tighten slightly, "sounds perfect." He says leaning down to kiss my cheek and then my neck.

• • •

"I'm going to get the plums that you forgot again." Bucky announces to me, "don't be too long." I tell him pressing a quick kiss to his cheek, "wouldn't dare." He murmurs kissing my lips before he leaves. I sit down in the empty apartment, there wasn't really much to do here, we didn't have phones or a tv our only source of entertainment was really each other. I ended up sat on the ground, throwing a ball against the wall and catching it only to repeat the same motion over and over.

I mean I guess I could go down to grab the newspaper that was interesting at times but I didn't really speak Romanian I only knew basics Bucky had been teaching me though. He was fluent in a lot of languages and when he spoke them, it was beautiful.