Chapter Twenty Five

A little mature at the end but nothing too bad. XD Squeek. Just Fluffy fluffies. XD

Kay flopped on Steve's bed, she was mentally exhausted. Between Tony, Hoshi, and Pepper beating into her the details of her cover while perpetually and silently feuding with their words and Nat going over how to be the perfect model she was exhausted. She felt White Blaze lick her face, and she looked at the big cat and rubbed his head, "hey, there big guy."

"I still haven't figured out why he hangs out here," Steve said.

Kay looked at him, "maybe he thinks you'll be a decent snack."

White Blaze chuffed in protest.

"I'm kidding," she said to the beast. "I don't know, he has a tendency to pick heroes for friends."

"Heroes, huh," Steve said as he reached in saddle bag and pulled out a book. "I saw Black Cat today."

She frowned at him, "I told you to stay out of this."

"I can't Kay, its more intertwined that you think it is," he said sitting next to her.

She just quietly scowled.

He laid a hand on her back, "I went looking because Maria wants to help."

"Maria wants to be nosy, she chose her life. She can't come back now."

He said, "he said that Hydra had been looking for the armors even during the war."

She sat up and looked up at him, "you know...now that say that. Talpa could have invaded during either world war but idn't want to. In fact he waited til a time far after each war. We never understood why, tactically it was stupid. Especially after Hiroshima. I think he was aware that their was mortal force of nature looking for him."

He nodded, "I know you worked for Fisk too."

She blinked.

He said, "seriously Fisk?"

"He wasn't the worst person I've ever worked for, Steve," she said. "Considering Dais' idea of paid jobs, Fisk was a gentleman. A bit scary in the ownership and failure department but he was actually a perfect gentleman."

"You're kidding."

"No joke."

Steve rubbed his brow, "do you know why he wants this stuff?"

"Honestly, other than keeping the armors for himself, I wouldn't know," she paused. "Apparently there's been a lot of buzz in the net about me, so I'm going to do a press conference with Tony tomorrow then go to see him at Rykers after. Should be easy enough."

He trusted her, she had lived twenty years as a merc, after all. He leaned over and kissed her hard, "just be careful."

She saw the book in his hand, "oh, I love this story!"

"It's in Japanese, I can't read a lick of it."

"Where'd you get it?"

"Apparently it was a favorite of the good Doctor."

"Eskine, right?"

He nodded.

She smiled as she took the book, "that's cute."

"Naze?"

She smiled at his little Japanese, "I can see why he liked it. It's like you."

"I"m sorry, come again?"

"I'm going to read it to you, and you'll see," she giggled as she pushed him playfully to sit up against the wall. She sat next to him as White Blaze laid on the floor next to the bed, "have you ever read David and Goliath?"

"Yes, I know the tale," he said.

She nodded, "its sort of our version of that but a lot sweeter."

He put an arm around her as she flipped open the book andd he saw ridiculous picture of an old couple pulling a peach out of the river. He kissed her temple, "I'm already confused."

"Shhhhh," she said. "Once upon a time there was old couple who lived in the mountains. They had no children of their own and lived off of the land..."

She continued with the story about the old couple who found a giant peach in the river. Steve almost snickered when the peach was revealed to have a baby within that old couple raised to be a great warrior. He was sent to the island of Ogres to retrieve the riches of the land. His mother had packed him a bag of dumplings, and along the way he gave them to a pheasant, a spotted dog, and a monkey who followed him to the island. Because of his act of kindness, the animals chose to help him and the single young man won against the Ogres and they gave back their riches.

Steve looked at her, "that's a little kid's story isn't it?"

She nodded, "but its about the little guy taking on a big guy."

He couldn't help but remember Erskine's words to him the night before the procedure. She noticed his quietness and continued on, "the animals, represent qualities of the warriors spirit. The dog is loyalty. The monkey is cunning."

"And the bird?"

She kissed his cheek, "courage. It took a lot of courage for Momotaro to fight those Ogres, but pheasants are even smaller...so it took of courage for that small bird to fight those creatures."

He held her close, "thank you."

"For," she asked.

He just shook his head quietly and she realized she had reminded him of something from his past. She closed the book and laid it on his night stand. She felt him pull her hair away from her neck and he kissed it softly. She quietly leaned back as his hands pulled her into his lap and she gasped, "Steve..."

He leaned into her neck, "I didn't know I was going to be dating a model."

She lost her words as his hand unbuttoned her vest slowly, the other hand on her hip. Her mouth went dry as he pulled her tightly to him. She could see White Blaze out of the corner of her eye getting up to leave and as he freed her from her vest. He slipped a hand up her shirt and he whispered with a heavy pant, "Kay..."

She gulped as he slipped his other hand under her shirt, cupping her breasts tightly. She bit her lip, his hands were rough against her skin but every touch was like electricity in her skin. Each kiss put fire into her veins. She wanted him so badly and she could feel the same from him.

She turned and straddled his lap, his hands rest on her waist as he passionately kissed her neck and collar bone. She broke his kissing for a moment and looked at him in the eyes she slowly started lifting her shirt up for him. He smiled and laid his hands on hers, "Kay...let's wait."

She blushed, "Steve..."

He smiled and kissed her lips, "I love you and I want you so badly right now..."

She laid her head against his, "you can..."

He touched her face, "I want it to be more special than this."

"Steve..."

"Listen please," he said. "I've waited a long time to be with someone like we want to be right now but I want it to be perfect. Not for me, but for you."

She threw her arms around his neck and said, "let's go watch Transformers then, Kanchou-san."