Training
‘I want to fight her’ the butthole from earlier says pointing at me
‘you do realise that Red is the only person ever to beat Ms Romanoff here, and she has a very powerful weapon at her disposal’ the Cap says, eyeing the brave boy
‘Val, this is the dude that said he could convert me’ I state to my girlfriend still locking eyes with Flick or whatever his name is. I can feel the tension as both Nat and Val step up behind me and the swish of Val taking out her Dragon Fang. I see Nat’s index finger twitch-damn she really is angry
‘You know the rules then’ Cap says as we pick our corners and Val and Nat retreat slowly ‘powers, cheating, pranks, and weapons are allowed, first to knock out or incapacitate their opponent wins the match. And as you both know, No killing.’
‘are you okay with me using my Dawn’ I question the boy, letting it snake up my finger, he looks decidedly worried but nods forcefully.
‘let the fight begin’ Cap yells throwing down his arms. Flick lunges at me immediately but I throw my ball of dawn at is and enclose him in a protective dome.
‘Hi so, as you know Val and I came out a few weeks ago and this dude here’
I vaguely wave at Flash who is straining against my dome
‘is a perfect example of the type of person that doesn’t love or respect you for who you are. So, don’t listen to them. Be whoever the hell you wanna be’ I finish, and few people nod appraisingly. I beckon Val over and give her a quick kiss, she grins then backs away as I drop my shield. Flash runs at me. At the last minute I dodge, and he runs straight into my outstretches arm and goes down like a sack of potatoes in a millisecond and I am on top of him, forearm on his throat
‘if you ever say anything like that to anyone, anyone at all-including Peter or Val or Nat I will hunt you down and they will not find your body’ I threaten,
"Знаешь, я могу убить тебя более чем двадцатью способами с твоим шнурком. Я бы даже не моргнул." I add, fixing him with a cold glare Nat would be proud of. Then I grin and reach down to give him a hand up
‘wh…what does that mean’ he stammers out. Nat cuts in
‘You know, I could kill you in over twenty ways with your shoelace. I wouldn't even blink. Is what she said. But really its 27 ways-28 if you also have a carebina’
We stick around for 30 minutes more until we get bored of watching kid’s have their butts handed to them (except Peter and unsurprisingly MJ) I’m about to leave before I remember the embarrass Peter mission. I walk over to him arms out
‘Come here Petey boiiii, come and hug your favourite sister goodbye’ Val gets the gist, and we squeeze Peter as hard as we can between us
‘I hate you guys’ he yells at us as we walk out
‘goodbye gay disasters 2 and 3’ FRIDAYS voice rings out over the system
‘Im gunna fing kill you Shuri’ I bellow as the door shuts
***
I knock on the door and enter with out waiting for an answer. It’s 9 o’clock and Peters tour group have finished up and are chilling in their rooms so Val and I decide to crash. I roll my eyes when I see the inhabitants.
‘Seriously Peter, trust you to get put not only with two of your best friends’ I nod at Ned and MJ ‘but also your bully and enemy’ I laugh at Flash who is sulking in the corner.
‘Hey Red’ MJ calls and squishes up on the sofa they are all sitting on I plop down
‘why are you here’ Peter asks suspiciously
‘Well Nat kicked us out cus we were beating her at Mario Cart, so we came bearing gifts’ I hold up the sweets Peter grins slightly
‘Fine, but only due to your bribes’ he comes over and joins us on the sofa. It is now incredibly squished, so Val and I sit next to each other on MJ’s bed
‘Dude its not that bad’ I laugh ‘You should of heard what FRIADY said to me as I was scanned, Tony said welcome and the he was disappointed not mad I hadn’t made my bed, Natasha threated to kill my friends in Russian and swore at me twice about leaving my school stuff round the tower and clint being clumsy in English. Then FRIDAY told everyone Steve and Bucky had made cookies for me to make up for Nat’s message’
Peter and Val wheeze and MJ looks mildly amused as we swap stories of our times at Stark Towers and Val and I’s iconic trip. When it nears 10 pm Im beginning to notice a bit of a pattern in MJ’s behaviours. Whenever a certain Wakandan Princess is mentioned she stops, enters, or leaves the conversation quickly and stops sketching with a far-off look in her eyes
‘Вэл, я думаю, у нас в руках неразлучник’ I whisper to Val and MJ stares at us (I think we have a love bird on our hands)
‘ага, некая принцесса Ваканды и эта крутая девушка Питера’ Val replies grinning but our smiles drop when MJ decided to join our private convo (yep, a certain Wakandan princess and that cool friend of Peters)
‘вам, ребята, нужно выбрать менее известный язык, чтобы сплетничать’ she pronounces perfectly (you guys need to use a less well-known language to gossip in).
We stay until about 1am, chatting about random stuff as you do and laughing at Val when she fails for 21 times in a row to catch a skittle in her mouth.