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Chapter 9
Sightseeing with Bucky was something else. It was like walking into a candy store with a child. Everything was fascinating to him. He ate two rounds of pani-puri, crying due to the spice but still asking for more, he ran along the length of Juhu Beach barefoot, causing people to stare. He even took freaking selfies with every person who recognised him, and since we are talking about Mumbai, you know that is a lot of people.
By the time we sat a make-shift seat, I was exhausted by keeping up with him.
‘I told you, you are damn slow my hobbit.’
I raised my eyebrow and gave him a look, ‘Baby you were running all over the place and people were stopping us every few seconds.’
‘Because they knew me.’
‘And also because you are a white dude in India.’ That was also true. South Asians were obsessed with Western beauty standards.
‘Oh please, they called me An Avenger,’ he said with his mouthful. ‘Damn what do they put in this?’
‘Ajinomoto,’ I sighed, looking at my majestically handsome boyfriend scarfing down Pav Bhaji. I did not know how to react to the innocent look on his face as he stared at the over buttered bread rolls and chomped the vegetable mix with the onions sprinkled on it.
‘I’m just glad you are enjoying yourself,’ I stroked his cheek.
‘I would’ve kissed you if I wasn’t eating,’ he said after chewing. ‘Here you go.’ Poor baby struggled eating with hands but managed to make me a huge morsel. ‘What?’
‘I never thought I would be here with you. It took us more than a year to get together, and now we’re in the city I wanted to get away from after The Blip.’
‘Doll, I actually like it here,’ Bucky commented.
I snorted, ‘Really, even after the traffic, the pollution and hot weather?’
I’m used to traffic and people. The pollution and hot weather doesn’t bother me,’ he shrugged.
‘You’re hiding something.’
‘Not hiding, it’s just that for the first time no one freaked out after seeing me. Nobody called me an asset or a murderer or the Winter Soldier.’ I felt my heart breaking with ever word he said. ‘Gauri, you see me for what I am. But the world never did. And now, we’re here and everything seems…normal. Now I understand why Steve and Natasha wanted to leave…why Wanda and Vision…’
I wiped the excess grease on a tissue and moved closer to him, ‘James, whichever part of the world you wanna be in, I’ll be there with you.’
‘What about the restaurant idea?’ I asked him.
He grinned, ‘I can do that anywhere in the damn world darling. As long as I have you with me.’
‘How did I get so lucky…’ I felt him move closer to my mouth.
Before I could stop him, a shrill voice made us jump, ‘Oh my god, are you Gauri Sinha and the Bucky Barnes?’
Kill me.
I forced a smile on my face and looked at the source of the voice. She was definitely in her early twenties, and a SoBo chick. The clothes, the accent, the fakeness just gave it away. ‘Hi!’ she flipped her hair. ‘I am a huge fan of you, like…the way you fight and all, I mean. Like, it’s so amazing.’ Of course she was talking to Bucky.
‘Thank you,’ he said, the gentleman that he was.
She whipped out an iPhone, ‘Can I get a selfie please? Like…all my followers would love to see you.’
‘Your followers?’ Baby why you being so nice?
‘Yeah I am a beauty influencer.’
It took all my willpower not to throw her into the sand as she clicked those pictures, sticking to my man on purpose. Bucky’s discomfort was visible when she pressed her breasts against him.
‘Hey you guys, this is Amayra! Look who I am here with!’ Great, now she was doing a live stream. ‘This is gonna be short, but look you guys! Its Bucky Barnes! Our Avenger! Bucky how you doing today?’
‘I am good,’ he said politely. Turning to the screen he added, ‘And I hope you guys are doing well.’
Her laugh was like nails on a chalkboard, ‘So how long are you here?’
‘Few days,’ Bucky replied vaguely. I could not help but feel sorry for him.
‘Omg look at the comments: “yaas go king and queen 👑”. Aww how sweet!’ I nearly snarled at her now. Careful Gauri, you are a class act, she isn’t.
‘They’re calling us that?’ Bucky questioned her. He still was not well versed with internet lingo.
‘Yes they are!’ She so wanted to get into his pants.
Bucky let out a chuckle, ‘Uhh thank you, I guess that’s flattering. But I need to get back to my queen now.’ Wait what?
‘Uhh what?!’ Amayra said, the disappointment evident on her face.
‘Yeah right there.’ My cheeks turned red when he pointed to me.
‘What are you doing, James?’ I asked with a smile on my face, my heart beating erratically.
Bucky sat next to me and whispered loud enough for the phone to capture it, ‘If I am the king, then what does that make you? Queen right? My Jaan.’
‘Uhhh—WHAT?!’ Cheesy as f**k, I gotta admit, but when did he learn Hindi?!
‘That’s it for our live stream! Ciao!’ Amayra’s expressions switched from happy to angry in a fraction of a second and she stormed away, swaying her hips in one last attempt. But I had some serious questions for the Sergeant holding my hand.
‘Where did you learn that?’
He smiled showing his pearly whites, ‘At the school. I asked a boy how to say a few words in Hindi. He taught me “I love you”, princess, queen, and a few words of endearment.’
‘So…I am your queen. And your Jaan.’ I felt shy all of a sudden. ‘And you asked a boy.’
‘Of course you are.’ He kissed my forehead. ‘And the kid was 15.’
Fair enough.
‘Say it again!’ I asked him excitedly.
He repeated himself a couple of times. Needless to say, my heart warmed and my lady parts were on fire.
‘Bhau! Aapla zaala!’ I told the eatery owner rather loudly. ‘Mi tula paishe dile!’ (Marathi for: Brother! We're done! I gave you money!)
‘Ho, ho. Aye bala, plate saaf kara!’ The man called out to a young boy. (Marathi for: Yes yes. Boy, clear the plates!) That was my queue to leave. Grabbing Bucky’s arm, I ran towards my car and pushed him in the back seat.
‘What’s wrong doll?’ Bucky looked scared.
‘Wait!’ I quipped, waiting to reach home. There was a pregnant pause.
‘Did I do somethi—’
Luckily my house was a couple of minutes away. Before Bucky to finish his statement, I pushed him out of the car, got out myself and pulled him straight to my room. He was getting confused as every second passed by. But all that ended when I pushed him against the door and kissed the heck out of him.
‘Damn doll,’ Bucky was breathless. He held the back of my head while I latched my mouth on the length of his neck. ‘You’re killing me.’
‘Mhmm,’ I mumbled, too busy to even react. ‘Should’ve thought of that before talking in Hindi.’
‘I uhhh, am sure I was terrible at it…oh shit!’ He screamed when I bit down on his collarbone.
‘Its not the accent, it were the words…’ My hands trailed down and I swiftly undid the button and zipper of his jeans.
‘Darling, what are you doing?’
‘Sshhh. Don’t worry, baby steps.’ His eyes widened when my fingers finally touched him intimately.
I was like a woman possessed, the most filthy expletives were leaving my mouth. Bucky groans gave me power, while I moved my hand and raised his shirt to move my trail of kisses down his chest. I grinned when he pulled my hair and up toward him, kissing me soundly. His fingernails now dug into my hip bone as I continued my ministrations. It was not long before he chanted my name in my ear and groaned instructions for me. Pulling the sleeve of my Kaftan off my shoulder , Bucky bit me in an attempt to suppress his sounds. We were not alone in the house after all.
When his breathing finally slowed he whispered, ‘I need new underwear.’
I giggled and carefully made my way to the bathroom and washed any evidence of what I did to him in the sink. Bucky staggered in, his clothes off and he hopped into the cubicle. He used the hand shower to clean himself.
‘Where did you learn to do that?’ he asked me, noticing my smug expression.
‘I read, baby. And I did what felt right,’ I told him. ‘Plus you helped. And...by the way, it was super cheesy, you better stick to words of endearment in Russian.’ I laughed.
He shook his head, wrapping a towel and stepping out, ‘You made me feel like a teenager again, дорогой.’ (Russian for: Darling)
‘I’m glad I got this opportunity. And I am glad we agree,’ I let out another giggle. ‘Hey get dressed! You have to meet someone!’
‘Who?’ He nuzzled his face in my neck, kissing the length. It was extremely distracted, given he was naked.
Gather all my will power, I pushed him away, ‘My best friend is visiting. So you better behave.’
‘We have a couple of more—’
‘No!’ I pulled him out of the bathroom and threw his clothes at him. ‘There was another pair of underwear in that bag, wear it.’
He grumbled like a child and put on his jeans. I bit my lip when he got on the bed, looking like a goddamn snack next to me. ‘Baby five minutes.’
‘James, I swear I won’t be able to walk if you try anything now. And we haven’t even had sex yet.’
Now was his turn to grin, ‘They are Earth-shattering, aren’t they.’
‘More like multiverse-shattering.’
He pulled me in his arms, burying his face in my hair, ‘Okay, no more orgasms till night time. But lemme cuddle you till your friend comes over.’
‘Mmkay,’ I rested my head on his chest, running my fingers on his abs. ‘These can’t be real.’
‘They are and you know it.’
‘I need to check,’ I told him with a straight face.
His chuckle was warm, ‘Go ahead. How do you wanna do this?’
‘Lets see,’ I pretended to think. ‘We could go for an X-ray or…’
Before I could complete the statement, I was flat on my back, laughing my guts out. Bucky had attacked me with tickles, his fingers were by my sides and stomach.
‘STOP STOP PLEASE!’ I squealed.
His nose was in my neck, ‘You really think that’s how you wanna check, little tease.’
I yelped loudly and flipped us over and returned the favour. Now was his turn to roar with laughter. The room was filled with screams of ‘sorry’, ‘doll’ and ‘stop’. When I felt he had had enough, I got off him and lay on my back, trying to catch my breath. Bucky and I coughed loudly, he passed me a bottle of water kept on the nightstand.
‘God, I love you,’ he said when we were both almost back to normal.
‘I love you too,’ I said earnestly. ‘But in all honesty, your abs aren’t real.’
He rolled his eyes, ‘Everything about my physical appearance is real. You know that.’
‘Yeah…’ I turned red.
‘What’s the matter?’ he looked confused.
‘Umm its just that…I touched you for the first time and…’ I could not bring myself to finish the sentence.
‘Yeah?’ Bucky’s blue eyes were boring into mine. ‘Is there something wrong? Did I look wrong or something?’
‘Oh no! That’s not the thing! Its just…I don’t know if it’ll fit.’ I completed the statement by burying my face in his chest. He let out such a loud bellow which made me wince.
‘Doll you are adorable!’ He wiped his eyes and tried to stop laughing.
‘Shut up!’ That just made him laugh harder. I slapped his chest and got off him, sitting cross-legged, waiting for him to get back to normal.'
‘Hey!’ He opened his arms. ‘Come here.’
I huffed, ‘No.’
‘Hey baby…’ he pulled me on top of him effortlessly. I would have tried to stop him, but he was way stronger than me. ‘I’m sorry.’
‘Hmm.’
‘Okay serious talk.’ He gently lay me next to him. ‘You don’t have to worry about anything. I will take care of you and will try to reduce the pain as much as possible. And it will fit.’ He cracked a smile.
‘Hmm.’
‘Okay when’s your friend gonna visit?’
‘In two hours.’
‘That’s plenty of time…’ My eyes widened as he inched the kaftan up.
‘Bucky,’ I whispered. ‘What are you doing?’
He rolled us over so that he was on top. I tugged at his hair as he moved down my torso, planting kisses on every inch of skin he exposed as he pushed the material of the kaftan up. My breath hitched when he tugged my shorts off. ‘Apologising.’
‘James, my friend will be here—’
‘In two hours.’ I threw my head back when he began to kiss me through the flimsy material of my underwear. I moaned when his metal hand tugged the kaftan and my undergarments, ripping them off me easily. ‘Plenty of time…’
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‘Wow,’ I murmured.
Bucky planted kisses from my ear to the base of my neck, ‘Sorry for breaking my promise.’
‘To be honest, I don’t think I could have waited until night time for you to touch me.’
‘Now who’s being needy,’ Bucky teased me and kissed me before I could say anything. I wrapped my leg around him, just comforted by his mere presence. It was not sexual right now, in fact our state of nudity was more intimate than anything else we had done.
‘Sweetie you gotta wear clothes,’ I rolled my eyes at him.
‘You find it that hard to keep your nifty little paws off me?’ Bucky’s eyes were glinting with mischief.
I smacked him on his chest, hard enough to make him groan, ‘Shut up baby. My friend’s coming over and we’re going out tonight. Imma take you to clubbing.’
‘Okay but do I have anything appropriate to wear?’
I huffed and got off the bed, not bothering to cover up. Going to the intercom installed in the room, I dialled a number. Bucky looked at me, his confused puppy dog expression melting me.
‘Hello?’
I snapped back to reality, ‘Hello Sharmaji. I wanted to know about the extra clothes that were supposed to be here today for James?’
‘Yes, they are in the guest room. I had one packet there with some casuals for him to wear in the morning.’
‘He got those.’
‘Okay. While you were out of the house, Shweta brought a bunch of clothes and has hung them in the cupboard of the guest room.’
‘That works. Thank you.’
The intercom disconnected and I turned to face Bucky, repeating my words.
‘Wait a minute, how do you manage to get all this done? And who is this Shweta person?’ I giggled at his expression.
‘Shweta works for dad’s stylist. She’s her assistant’s assistant. And we have a rule to make sure anyone who stays here is very comfortable.’
‘I am more than that,’ I saw him raking his eyes over me.
‘Get your brain out of the gutter and get ready. She’ll be here soon.’
Shaking his head, he put on a fresh T-shirt and brushing his hands through his hair, ‘You’re irresistible.’
‘Right back at ya.’ I wore an old Tee too, not bothering much because I would have to change again for our night plans. I grabbed Bucky’s hand and dragged him downstairs, my excitement grew when I spotted someone walking through the door.
‘GAURII!!!!!’
‘MISHTIIII!!!!!’
Bucky froze in place as he witnessed two girls squealing and damaging their vocal cords, hugging and jumping around in circles.
‘Its been so long!!’ I heard her scream over my squeals.
‘I know! How have you been?!’ I asked her.
‘I’ve been great. Oh well, where are my manners. That must be James!’ She pointed towards Bucky. My boyfriend, still traumatic from what he witnesses, merely shook his head. She pulled him into a bear hug and Bucky’s eyes grew as wide as saucers. ‘Welcome to the family! I am Mishti, Gauri’s oldest friend in the whole wide world!’
‘Nice to uhh…meet you,’ he managed to squeak. Mishti patted his cheeks a couple of times and let go off him.
‘Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it,’ I guffawed and went to hold his arm.
‘I’ve got someone else for you to meet.’ Bucky and I looked at the tall man standing awkwardly by the door.
‘You serious? When did this happen?’ I grinned at her.
‘I’ll tell ya but lemme introduce him first!’ She skipped her way to him. ‘This is my fiancee, Steve.’
‘B**ch I’ll kill you. You didn’t tell me!’ I screamed once again in excitement.
‘He proposed last night and I thought why not tell you in person,’ Mishti shook in excitement.
‘Come on, we’ve got a lot of catching up to do.’ I noticed Steve and Bucky (never thought I’d say that in a sentence together again!) talking. I was sure the name must have hit Bucky initially, but it seemed like it was helping him, instead of making things awkward. Mishti dragged me to the sofa.
‘Okay…Spill.’
She sighed, ‘Oh it was so very romantic. We were at Cola Beach, at his restaurant. Then we went for a walk down the lagoon and that’s where he proposed.’
‘Not just that. How long has this been going on?’
‘Acha that. I met him via a friend from work. We used to hang out together. Then one day Steve asked me out. Nothing out of the ordinary really, its not like your life. Super soldier and all haan!’
‘Oh my…well you can say it was long due.’
‘Nu-uh,’ she shook her head. ‘Details. Now.’
‘Where to start…okay let’s see. We’ve been working together since Thanos was defeated. Basically, we were both very close to Steve…Rogers, I mean.’
‘Of course.’
‘His loss hit us hard. So did Natasha’s. That helped us become friends. And gradually, we would spend the entire day together, even when we weren’t working. SHIELD would pair us for missions because we would make a fabulous team.’
‘I bet you do.’
‘Oh shut it. Anyway, after years of just crushing on each other, he officially confessed what he felt and we’ve been together for around two days now.’ I laughed at how stupid that sounded.
Mishti looked surprised, ‘Two days? Trust me, looking at you two, I thought you were dating for years.’
‘We have been crazy about each other for a while now,’ I confessed.
‘I can see that,’ she hummed, looking at both the guys talking. ‘I was kinda worried to get Steve here…given his name and all you know.’
‘Oh I get it. I got a start too when you told me his name just now, I won’t lie. But they seem to be getting along.’
‘I hope so. I know we don’t see each other everyday. But I am hoping whenever we do, the four of us could be comfortable.’
‘We would have met more often and you not moved.’
‘Goa is a better place to be.’
‘Of course it is.’
‘And its not like you live here. You are in NYC now. Who would’ve thought?’
‘I hadn’t,’ I told her truthfully. ‘That wasn’t a part of the plan.’
‘Well, your plan was meant to have Bucky Barnes in it. Aye, aye!’ Her look of triumph was growing as I turned red at her teasing. ‘But seriously, it looks like you’ve been together for a very long time.’
‘I’ve always felt so too. Bucky is…well, he’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I can’t imagine a day without him.’
‘I hope you two can make it to my wedding.’
‘When’s it?’
‘Steve doesn’t know but we’re planning a December wedding,’ I giggled at her words.
‘Trust us to plan a wedding without telling the groom or having a groom.’
‘Some things never change!’
We went on talking about life, gossiping about what everything I had missed out in the last couple of years. We were so busy in our own little bubble that we did not realise when it was time to get ready.
‘Excuse me girls?’ I heard Steve say. ‘We have to leave in 2 hours.’
‘That’s enough time for them to get ready right?’ Bucky said quizzically.
Mishti shook her head, ‘Not when you put us two together.’
I stood up, Mishti already hopping her way to my room. ‘Be good okay?’ I kissed Bucky. He took it a notch higher as always, deepening the kiss for a fraction of a second.
‘Always.’ His voice was raspy, making me want to do things to him that should be illegal.
‘Love you.’
‘I love you too.’ Bucky’s cerulean orbs stared into my soul and it took all my willpower to let go of him. I had forgotten Steve was standing right next to my boyfriend, he grinned when he noticed my brain had stopped functioning after one kiss.
It was crazy how two days with him already felt like a lifetime already. But this was not just a relationship, it was so much more. I knew what we shared was beyond the girlfriend-boyfriend dynamic. And here was to hoping nothing would ever go wrong…
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Nakhrewaali a.k.a Mishti makes an appearance. I told you give me a character name and you'll be in the story 😆
Don't worry Maroony, Omar will make an appearance soon
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