He was starting to understand that being apart was never going to be any easier. Even though Wanda was having a good day, even though he knew he'd see her again soon, even though he could still talk to her every day, it wasn't enough. He knew he would quickly lose patience with being separated from her.
He wasn't ready for that revelation quite yet, though. He knew that he had to take things one step at a time. She had been through so much lately that he did not want to overwhelm her. What he was planning, he was sure would risk overwhelming her.
"Captain Rogers, I need your help."
"Nice to hear from you too, Vision. What's up?"
"I need one week with her. I just have to have some time."
"Are you sure Nat's not going to be jealous?" Steve snickered.
Vision scowled, letting Steve have his laugh.
"Oh, come on Vision, it's just a joke! Come on, I'll help you out!"
"Captain Rogers, I believe I may have been perfecting a skill that could be of assistance."
"Oh really?"
"Yes. I've been able to disguise myself as human."
"Hmmm…" Steve thought for a moment, "Let me make some calls."
Vision thought better of surprising Wanda with his practiced human appearance. He reached out to her.
"Wanda my love, watch this," he whispered into her head.
He felt Wanda's presence in his mind. He was standing in front of the mirror in his room. He could hear her gasp when he phased into his human disguise.
"Not as good as the real you, but pretty nice!"
"Lets see how well it works, shall we?"
Wanda watched through Vision's eyes as he wandered through the compound, toward Tony's lab. She considered it good that she was alone in her own room again, because she started giggling like mad when she realized what Vison was about to do.
"Wanda, stop that! You're going to distract me!" He projected the thought into her head. She laughed even harder, "Ok, breathe." She took a deep breath and tried to quiet herself.
Vision stood in the doorway to Tony's lab, silently watching as Tony focused on his computer. Suddenly, though, he turned on some cheesy-sounding music and started dancing around, messing with some new technology he must've been working on.
I'm sexy and i know it...
At that moment, Wanda lost her composure. She laughed so hard that she couldn't breathe. Vision tried hard not to, but hearing her laugh made him laugh too.
Tony spun around suddenly.
"Who are you?! What are you doing here?!" He reached for his Iron Man suit glove, preparing to defend himself from the foreign invader.
Just as Stark was powering up his glove, Vision backed off, "Mr. Stark, please, stop!"
Wanda gasped. She held her breath for a second, until recognition flashed in Stark's eyes, "Vision? What the hell?"
"Well, it looks like that test was successful." Vision mumbled to himself and chuckled.
"Yes, it is me. I've been practicing. What do you think? Could this be useful?"
"Uh, hell yeah it could!" Tony exclaimed in surprise. "How are you doing that?"
"Oh, I just modified some technology I'd found here at the compound. I told you I was working on espionage."
"Well then, well done, I guess. Now get out of my lab, I'm busy!"
Vision collapsed in a fit of laughter as soon as he was hidden behind his bedroom door. Wanda had shown him just how it felt to laugh like that, how it was almost unpleasant, but very fulfilling. They chatted for hours after that, never once thinking that there were other things they should be doing.
"I've got a surprise for you, my love."
"Oh yeah? What surprise?"
"Captain Rogers is assisting us in securing one entire week of time alone."
"Oh Vis! That's wonderful! How did you manage that? When? Where?"
"Scotland. Two weeks from now. I know it's longer than we are usually apart, but the end result will be very much worth it, I think."
"I'm going to miss you terribly."
"I know. I will miss you too. I have more surprises, though, my dear. I anticipate it being the best week of my existence."
Wanda didn't sleep that night. She laid awake daydreaming of all her life could be with Vision if things weren't so very complicated. Oh how she wished they didn't have to be like this.