The Journals of Two Hearts

Summary: Bruce and Steve document their days longhand - keeping journals hidden from view that divulge their thoughts on time spent together. [BruceSteve]

S/N: Hi everybody. I want to re-iterate that I'm actually in the U.S.A. right now, but it wouldn't make sense if I had Bruce go to New York (where I'll be going in a few days) when the Avengers are in New York.

Since I'm in San Diego, the museum I visited was the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park.

Chapter Summary: Bruce goes to visit a museum and finds himself his first souvenir for Steve.


Entry #5: A Kitty Souvenir

I slept at around 4 in the morning, a little bit after I finished chatting with Steve on the online chat. It's hard to tell if he stayed up or just had trouble learning how to sign out of the chat. If I looked at the time correctly, I woke up approximately 4 hours later. I decided to get myself some breakfast and head downstairs. For the record, I was still a bit lazy, so I went down in just my boxers and my shirt - it was warm and toasty in the hotel, so I didn't have to worry about the temperature too much. Thankfully enough.

The food was pretty decent - tasted much better than the airplane food for sure. But I had to drag myself to actually get ready to get out for the day. My tour guide was insistin g we head out and visit a few places. Sort of reminded me a bit of Thor with all his insisting and jovial attitude. So I trudged up and took a much needed shower.

After I got myself all ready, my tour guide drove me to go to this electronics store, hoping that it might... I dunno exactly. Probably get me "in the mood" or so he described. Actually, I never really told anybody, but I've been meaning to get myself a new phone. The one I have now, while very reliable, has its many flaws. I remember Tony offering me one of his customized phones, but I declined. He's a good friend but I don't really want to support his vanity too much. I don't think I want a Starkphone.

I'm actually working on developing my own phone. I can't exactly give out much details yet, but who knows? If it's successful I can make a Bannerphone. It sounds just as catchy, I think.

Anyway, nothing interested me in the electronics store, so I decided to have lunch someplace at my tour guide's recommendation. My afternoon agenda was pretty simple - a trip to a museum.

I'll admit, it wasn't that fancy. The gallery wasn't that big but the Jazz exhibit and music was rather good to see and hear the least. I like Jazz. I'm sure Steve would have enjoyed it too. But their souvenir shop was something of special interest to me.

There were a lot of photography-related trinkets, but something that caught my attention were some playing cards that featured 3-D cats on the faces of the cards. It reminded me of Steve. Steve likes cats. And he likes playing cards. So this will be a good distraction and a swoon moment for him at the same time. Plus it only cost $8.61, so it was a good deal all around.

When I walked out and looked through the cards, the Joker cards were especially interesting - they were dogs. Reminded me of Thor and Loki somehow. Steve will definitely enjoy these playing cards. A good little kitty souvenir for my cat loving partner.

But yeah. Other than that, nothing more interesting happened. I asked to be driven back home but my tour guide insisted on driving me to different groceries. We stopped by a Korean supermarket and while I was walking around, I spotted some sashimi of Tuna and Salmon and got that for myself on impulse. It would be a good dinner. And it was. My stomach is pretty satisfied after that, so now I can head to bed happy. Well, as happy as I could be not counting talking with Steve. Luckily, I'm doing that now. So I want to end my entry here and just write a new entry tomorrow on my escapades then.