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Song to listen along:
If I lose myself : OneRepublic
We own the night : The wanted
Touch my hand: David Archuleta (Save this song for the very end of the chapter)
11 : WE OWN THE NIGHT
It was Sunday. Natasha said they should skip their traditional Sunday brunch and met again tonight. Steve will have to take Natasha to a dance as he promise to her. The captain still pretty nervous when it comes to dancing.
Especially dancing with a beautiful woman
Especially dancing with Natasha Romanoff
She was one of the best dancer he ever know. She can dance gracefully and perfectly in all way. He will try his best not to embarrass her tonight.
But she appeared in the living room, cladded in black jeans and t-shirt.
"I thought you want to go dancing tonight"
"Nah, we can dance anywhere that have music, Rogers" She shrugged her shoulders "Beside this is more fun than a formal dance"
"I hope you know what you're doing"
"I always know, Rogers"
"Alright, lead the way, ma'am."
Natasha picked a small dive bar located in Brooklyn because she just knew that Steve will like it.
"Wow! How can you find this place?"
"Google"
"It's looks like a bar from my time"
"I'm glad that you like it." She said before took his hand. "Let's go! The night is still young and we can do a lot of fun stuff together."
Steve followed her into the bar. Bartenders shouted a greeting before poured a drink for customers. Natasha got them bottles of beer and they walked to the table nearby the pool table.
"Try to act like you're drunk at some point"
"I will try my best" He promised. "The pool table is available, maybe we could play if you want"
"I don't know…I'm not good at it" She replied. "I only know how to use a cue stick to stab bad guys"
Steve had an amusing look on his face and chuckled upon hearing her answer. It was unbelievable that the Black Widow was not good at something.
"Seriously! Nat, you're not good at the pool, really?" Steve asked shockingly "Natasha Romanoff, the most amazing woman I ever met doesn't know how to play pool!"
"Well, I'm only normal human being, Rogers. There must be some flaw in me" She replied and folded her arms "I'm not Captain freaking America like you"
Steve looked at her fondly. He thought to himself how cute she was went she was angry and frowned her eyebrows like that. He gave her a soft smile and cupped her face so he could look into the beautiful green orbs
"I'm not Captain America. With you, I'm just Steve Rogers. An ordinary guy from Brooklyn with you and just for you, Nat"
And with those words, Natasha's heart skipped a beat. She felt her cheeks blushing.
"And I'm not good at dancing, singing, talking to a woman. I can go on and on if you not stop me. Gardening, Tech-"
"Shut up, Rogers" She interjected, no angry tone in her voice anymore. She even gave him a slight smile. "And teach me how to play this thing"
"Yes, ma'am"
Steve handed her a cue stick and taught her all the basic things and he stood behind her to help with her stance.
"The back leg is braced while the front leg is slightly bent when you leaning into a shot" He explained and fixed her stance.
He moved closer and her back was against his chest. They leaned down and his head rested on her shoulders. Natasha loved the warm from his body that radiated around her.
"Pull back and use the right amount of force-and- right in the pocket!" Steve exclaimed. "It is very easy"
Natasha turned and smiled. "You make it look really easy"
"Wanna go a few games for some practice. I promise I will take it easy on you"
"If I can beat you, Rogers. You have to stay here with me until the bar was close." Natasha proposed. "And if you win, we can leave whenever you want"
"Deal"
The game began. Natasha got solid colors balls while Steve got stripes ball. Steve took the lead since the beginning of the game. Natasha tried her best to keep up with him but the super soldier was just great at this game.
"Tell me where did you learned how to play like this?"
"From the war time. Me and my squad always discussed our strategy for the mission on pool table and over a glass of beer." Steve answered and leaned down for another shot.
But this time, he planned to surprise Natasha with a trick shot. He jumped the ball across one before it land on the table and bounce another stripes ball into the pocket. He looked at Natasha and smirked cockily.
"Show off" She huffed and rolled her eyes.
Steve won the game fair and square and Natasha wasn't complain at all. The captain brought them another round of drinks as they moved from pool table to dart board.
"You cannot beat me on this, Rogers" She said. "I can close my eyes and still win this"
"Really?, you challenge me with a dart game" He asked jokingly. "You are talking to the best, Romanoff"
"Well then, it shouldn't be a problem" Natasha slyly grinned "If you miss the bull eyes, you take off your clothes"
"WHAT?!"
"It's gonna be fun"
"You overused that sentence, you know that" He said "But I will do it because it make you happy and I make a promise I intend to keep"
The crowd gathered around the dart board upon hearing the bet they had made. Women wanted to see Steve took off his shirt as well as men wanted to see Natasha.
They will threw 10 times and each time must hit the bull eyes only. If they missed, they took off one piece of clothes.
Natasha threw the dart and it hit the center of the board. Steve sipped beer from the bottle before took his turn. He took a deep breath and threw the dart but it hit the green ring around the bull eyes.
"Take it off, Rogers" She demanded and the crowd cheered.
The soldier took off his leather jacket. Natasha could tell that every woman in this bar really wish Steve will miss his target every turn.
The soldier still never hit the bull eyes. He lost his watch, his shoes and his belt already but Natasha didn't lose anything.
"I'm start to think that you were lying that you're the best, Rogers" She taunted as the captain took off his sock.
"Well, I taught that we gonna play a normal game." Steve defended himself.
"You can quit now" She said.
"I never quit, Romanoff" He replied and threw another dart this time it hit the target.
The game went on, Natasha never missed the bull eye. Steve was at his last throw.
"You better hope you hit this one, Rogers or you will have to strip that shirt off"
"Thanks for the confident, Nat" He muttered and launch the dart from his hand.
"Nooo!"
He missed again and Natasha won the game fair and square this time. Steve had no choice but to take off his white t-shirt. Many girls swooned, some even fainted at the sight they saw.
A very muscular blonde man with his shirt off standing in the middle of the bar.
"Free drink for you for the rest of the night, sweetheart!" The bartender shouted and handed Natasha a tall glass of beer.
"Can I have my shirt back?" Steve asked and looked around awkwardly because all the girls was drooling and staring at him.
"No" She simply replied. "You can have it back when I said so"
Steve gulped but didn't want to argue with the assassin. He felt uncomfortable but it made Natasha smiled so he will put up with it.
She noticed that every girl acting like they were about to ask Steve out so Natasha pulled him into a hug and buried her face into his bare chest. Steve relaxed as he hugged her back and kiss the top of her head.
"Damn! He was taken"
Steve could hear the girls muttered but he didn't really care to correct. Natasha's smile widen and giggled. She snuggled closer into his embrace.
Natasha loved this bar. No one recognized them and she can let herself loose with Steve.
She can truly be herself with him and only he that let her do anything that she want.
Anything that she want to do with him actually.
Steve too let himself loose when she was around. He did things he never do in front of others but with her, he willing to do anything.
"Hey dude!" a voice came from behind Steve. He turned around but didn't let go of Natasha. Steve saw three men standing there.
"We saw you drink a lot to night and still not drunk."
"We want to invite you to the drinking contest."
"Well, okay then" Steve accepted the challenge without hesitation.
The crowd burst into cheers and screaming. The waitress set up the table for four contestants. The winner will crowned king of the week.
Steve knew he will win but he will try to act like normal person.
"The all-time record is at 47 glasses before pass out" The bartender said. "If you guys can break the record, well, free drink for the rest of your life"
The contest started and Steve took it easy and let other three led him first. When he finish his third glass, he started to pick up his speed. Natasha kept handing him beers and gave him a cheerfully smile.
"You can do it, Steve"
The guy with black hair gave up first after his 18 glass. He ran to the restroom. Steve was at his 19 and not slowing down. The crowd stared at the blonde man with amazement.
The guy with brown shaggy hair passed out after his 23 and his friends had to hurl him away. Only Steve and another muscular bald head man left in the competition.
Steve still had no sign of intoxication. If he can drink whole barrel of Asgardian mead, 47 glasses of beer was an easy challenge.
Finally, another guys fall to the ground and Steve was the winner but he want to break the record.
"He's at 46!" The bartender shouted.
Even the owner joined the crowd to witness Steve make another history. He gulped down the whole glass and continued with his 47. Everyone in the bar was quiet, no one made any noise. Steve finished his 47 in record time.
Natasha handed him his 48.
"My last glass of tonight" Steve announced and drank every last drop of beer in his glass.
The cheer erupted from the crowd. Natasha gave Steve a hug while the owner put a gold plastic crown on the victor head.
"Folks! Our new king of the night!" The owner announced and held Steve's hand up in the air.
The crowd cheered once more and started to gather around Steve. Men patted his shoulder and fist bump with him. Women hugged him, some even brave enough to peck a kiss on the captain cheek until Natasha dragged him away.
"Well, my king. It seem you are very enjoy this night" She teased.
"Oh! I still wearing the crown" He said and took it off his head before placed it on her short wavy locks. "I give it to you, my queen." He teased back and kissed her hand.
Natasha couldn't help but giggled at her captain's charm.
"Are you two a couple?"
The question startled both of them. Steve stood up straight but still held her hand in his. The elder couple was standing in front of them with a soft smile.
"No, we are not a couple, sir" Steve answered quickly.
"You two will make an adorable couple, your kids will be very lucky to have beautiful parents" The elder woman said.
Steve and Natasha blushed at the same time and tried to avoid looking at each other.
"Have a good night you two" Elderly man wished and walked away with his wife.
The spy and the soldier just smiled shyly and tried to remain calm but the cheer erupted once more, the song from jukebox came up, some sang along and started to dance.
" May our hearts be full like our drinks tonight. May we sing and dance till we lose our minds. We are only young if we seize the night. Tonight we own the night "
"Come on, Steve. Let's dance" Natasha said eagerly and put her arms around his neck.
Steve complied and put his hands on her waist, gently pulled her closer. The song's rhythm was fast but somehow they were enjoy their slow dance in each other arms and slightly move their body.
For Steve, he just want to hold her close.
The songs kept coming and they enjoyed their dance. At some point, Natasha snuggle closer, rest her head on his chest and close her eyes while Steve laid his head on her wavy locks.
"Guys! Last song of tonight. Bar will closed in 10 minutes" The bartender shouted.
"We forget the time" Natasha said and looked at her watch.
"Yeah, but we still have this song"
Natasha smiled at his words and his cute puppy dog eyes as he held her close.
Saw you from a distance, Saw you from the stage
something about the look in your eyes, something about your beautiful face.
In a sea of people There is only you
I never knew what the song was about But suddenly now I do
He didn't want the song to end. He didn't want this night to end.
"I don't want this night to end, Nat" Steve murmured against her hairs.
"Me too" She said and nodded her head. "I really have a good time"
"We should do this more often"
"Couldn't agree more"
Can't let the music stop, can't let this feeling end
'Cause if I do, it'll all be over I'll never see you again
Finally, the song ended but they didn't want to let go of one another until the waitress started to turn off the light. Steve let go of her but Natasha still hesitated.
"Hey! You two leave your name on the hall of fame board. You guys are this bar's legend for the rest of your life!"
The owner pointed at the chalk board nearby the front door before handed them a small knife. They walked over there and saw a lot of names on it.
Natasha engraved 'Nat & Steve'on the wooden board before circled it with a heart. They said goodbye to the owner and everyone else that stay with them all night.
"Where are you going?" Steve asked.
"Back to my apartment"
"You have an apartment?"
"Yeah, in Brooklyn just three block away"
"Me too but four block south from here"
"So we are from the same neighbor"
"Yes, we do" She replies with a shy smile before a chilly wind blew and the spy was shivered and rubbed her arms.
Steve took of his jacket and wrapped it on her shoulders.
"It should help"
"Thank you, Steve" She said. "Well, we better get going and get some sleep"
"Goodnight, Nat" He said and hugged her. "Thank you for tonight"
"Goodnight, Steve. See you back at the tower."
As, Natasha walked away, Steve still stood there and looked at her small figure until she disappear around the corner.
He just remembered that he forget to do something and Steve decided to go after her.
A/N: Well, I just feel like partying. It's Friday here in Thailand after all! Have a nice holiday everyone. Even if it a holiday, i will update as my usual interval (2-4 day) and I would like to inform you that I have already plan this story to its very end so I will not lose track.
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