HIIII! So sorry for not publishing earlier, but I've just started uni and everything is new… so exciting. But anyway! Thank you for reading! Let's get to it!
Disclaimer: Just own my darling Sofia!
Warnings: Language (maybe)
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Chapter 20
"Tony, for the love of god!" I say to Tony, he's getting quite annoying now.
"Lizzy! You can't just expect us to let you go on a plane, with someone who we don't know, just because you tell us that you know them!" Tony yelled. And yes people, we still are in the park, in a public place, with probably paparazzi recording the amazing moment.
"Tony, please, I've already told y…" I tried to tell him, but he wouldn't listen.
"No! It isn't enough that you are probably traumatised because of all that fucking dying! But you also want to go somewhere where we can't even detect where it is… because yeah, I've tried to discover where fucking Wakanda is…" he continued, if he continues to talk like that, I won't be able to tell him anything else.
"Tony, please, just listen…" I tried again, but he still wouldn't listen.
"Shut up! God dammit Sofia! Can't you see that you're just another suicide case waiting to be triggered?!" I gasped as he finished. His face fell as soon as he realised what he had said. I could feel the tears coming to my eyes as I look at him. I can't believe he said that. Am I just that for him? Just a suicide case to watch over? "Lizzy…" he tried, while reaching for me, but I took a step back. A sobbed escaped me surprising me and making Tony look even more hurt. "Lizzy, please, I'm…"
"No!" I said, my voice strong but breaking at the end. "Now, I'm going to walk away, and you're going to take Bruce to the tower, and you're going to reconstruct it. And you're not going to call me or search for me. You are going to wait for my call no matter how long it might take. Understood?"
"Lizzy…" he tried again.
"No!" I said again, this time stronger. He looked hurt, but I just turned to the others. "Bye guys, until next time." I turned and started to walk away, after a few minutes I realised that maybe I should call Shuri and update her on my location. I picked my phone and called her.
"Sofie! You just moved! I told you to stay where you were!" she teases.
"Yeah, I know, I'm sorry, I had to move." I tell her.
"Is everything alright?" she asks, noticing my tone of voice.
"Yeah, yeah, just hurry."
Turns out people, that the king did need advice. Nothing important, but anyway… later on, I discovered that it was also a request from Shuri. Of course! It's been a few months since I've arrived here, and I've never been busier! I've started to train with Okoye. I'll never be as good as she is but at least now nobody can say that I am defenceless. Hear that Tony? Look at your suicide case!
Okay, maybe I'm a little bitter with Tony, I still haven't called him, even though he has called me 57 times. He eventually gave up, which I find odd, since you know, he's Tony Stark…maybe Pepper had something to do with it.
Anyway, I've also been working with the queen on some community service. I mean, the people of Wakanda are by no means poor or in need of help, but we do have some charity events that raise money that later we send anonymously to other countries and, we have teams that go help some nearby countries that are in need of help. For example, the team I'm on, goes and does some medical work on the people.
I am preparing to go on a trip to a neighbour country where my team and I will help with some medical support. I'm in the medical bay, maybe it's not its name but it's what I'm calling it, preparing the kits and possible things that we might need, when somebody came in. I didn't pay attention, since it must be Shuri.
"Getting ready to leave then." T'Challa said behind me surprising me, making me drop a bunch of stethoscopes.
"Shit!" I said, getting down to pick them up.
"I'm sorry, I didn't want to scare you." He says but makes no effort to help me.
"Yeah, well, you didn't, I heard you come in." I said, also not making any effort to try and be nice.
"You did jump and drop those things." He insisted, pointing to the stethoscopes in my hands. I turned and resumed what I was doing.
"First of all, they're stethoscopes, not things. And second, for someone with a Ph.D. in physics, you should at least not call them things." I grumbled, and he groaned. "What do you want anyway?" I said, turning to face him for a few moments.
"I just wanted to wish you a safe journey, but it seems it was a bad idea to come here after all." He says, already turning around to go away.
"Yeah, maybe it was!" I continued, forcing down a stethoscope that didn't want to get in the bag.
"Why?" I heard him scream, so I turned around to see him marching towards me. "Why do you have to be so infuriating?" he continued, yelling right in front of my face.
"What? I am the infuriating one? What about you, dumbass? Always saying those stupid comments about how I prefer to be with Tony and the others?" I yell back.
"Well, don't you? Always talking about them with Shuri and Okoye? Always telling those stories how they are so cool and so fun to have around!" He starts, I was going to try and interrupt, but he continued. "And yes, you are infuriating! It's like every time I'm around you don't have anything nice to say!"
"You hypocrite! When I arrived, you didn't talk to me for weeks! and now I'm the mean one? Maybe if you were nicer to me I would be too!" I yelled back, getting a bit frustrated. "Maybe I should just leave, since you obviously don't want me here!"
"It wouldn't be the first time!" he said.
"What is that supposed to mean?" I ask.
"It means that you already left once!" he continued.
"And that was my fault?" I ask again. My voice getting higher again.
"Well, if you hadn't led me on, maybe I wouldn't have asked that question!" he continued. "Now I see it! You've always been this cruel!"
"T'Challa, listen to yourself! You were a teenager! How could you think that I would lead you on!" I start, backing up from him a bit. "Is that what this is about? A stupid crush you had on me when you were a teenager? May I remind you that you should have moved on? I mean, you're with Nakia!" I tell him, turning around so that he couldn't see my face.
"Yes, you are right. It is a stupid crush." And with that he finally walked away. I gripped the table where the supplies for the trip were until my knuckles were white. Maybe he is right, maybe I am that cruel.
"This has to be the worst fight you two have had." I heard Shuri say and quickly whipped my wet eyes.
"Hey Shuri… been there for long?" I asked softly.
"You know, I think he is very stupid." She starts, making me turn to face her.
"Oh yeah? Why?" I say, smiling a bit.
"Because he doesn't see that you love him too." She continues, smiling gently.
"I wouldn't say love…" I start, stooping as soon as I understood what I was implying.
"So, you do like him!" she exclaims. "I knew it! I mean, I can't see why it's so difficult, you like him, he likes you. Should be pretty easy if you ask me!"
"Things like this aren't that easy Shuri. He's with Nakia, it means that he likes her." I say, turning around and continuing working.
"Then why did he say that 'it is a stupid crush'?" she replied, making stop what I was doing. I heard her leaving but I payed no mind to it. Is
