18 : DISNEY LAND*
"Welcome to the party plane!" Tony said as they boarded his private jet.
Everyone just groaned in response because Tony dragged them out of their beds at 6 am and forced them to pack their bags. Even if he said he would pay for everything on this trip for everyone, all of them wanted to strangle him for a very short notice trip.
Natasha slept all the way to the airport on Steve's shoulder. The gang slowly drug themselves out of the limo and walked into plane.
"Do you have one of these?" Natasha whispered
Steve shook his head as he led her to their seat. Natasha popped down next to him.
"I thought you were rich"
"Not as rich as Stark"
"Once we land, I will take you guys to my house for some partying before we head to Disneyland on Saturday!" Tony announced excitingly
When Natasha heard the word 'Disney Land', her demeanor changed immediately. From a very sleepy stage into an eager stage of herself while everyone else just wanted to shut their eyes and go back to sleep.
Tony and Natasha were the only two excited about this trip
"Little Red, please stop talking to Stark and get back to sleep" At some point Steve had to pull Natasha back and force her to get some more sleep.
5 hours and 30 minutes later, they landed in Burbank. Tony had his two limos pick them up at the airport. He took them to his Malibu beach house which everyone was shocked at how big it was.
"Are you a drug dealer or something?" Natasha asked, eyes widening..
"Just selling weapons, hun" Tony replied with a smirk "I bet Rogers has a nice beach house too"
"Yes, I do"
Tony led them to their rooms before he turned to Natasha and Steve with a grin.
"You two the married couple want a room all to yourself or…"
"Natasha will stay with me" Pepper quickly grabbed Natasha's hand and dragged the red head away.
"You and Thor then" Tony said
They got some more rest and lounged around Tony's house. Tony, being the generous host he was, allowed them to do anything they want. The boys were gathering in the living room to play video games while the girls sun bathed by the pool.
The first day went by pretty slow because Tony wanted everyone to recharge their energy for tomorrow and the main event. The rich boy hadn't been to Disney Land in many years and it was going to be fun!
"Remind me again that this is the most ridiculous idea ever" Steve sighed, rolling his eyes when they were entering the park.
Tony gave them a Stark Industries special ticket which they could use it as a fastpass ticket to all of the ride.
Natasha happily dragged him into the park. They couldn't decide whether they should go together as a group or not but when Bruce mentioned that he preferred the gentle rides, the group began to split into two; gentle rides and thrill rides.
Clint, Tony, Thor, Darcy, Steve and Maria went for the thrill ride group while Bruce, Jane, Pepper, Phil and Natasha chose the gentle one.
The point of this argument was that Steve wanted to go with the thrill group but Natasha forced him to stay with her.
"Noooo, I want to go with Tony!" Steve pouted "I will not waste my time with your gentle rides, Nat"
"Come on, Rogers. Its gonna be fun"
"Fun for yourself, Red. It's fun for you because you get to torture me with these girly rides"
"Guys! Tick tok! We don't have time for your argument" Tony interrupted "You should go with her, Rogers"
Natasha raised her fists in victory before she dragged the Captain to joy with the gentle group. Tony went to another way.
"Remind me to kill myself later" Steve muttered as they was waiting in line for the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters.
"Stop whining, Rogers." Nat said. She looked way too excited than a grown ass woman should be for this ride.
"I want to go on the Space Mountain. Why are you insisting we do this ten years old ride?"
"I don't want to throw up this early"
Steve frowned and tried to keep his cool. Natasha felt that he didn't like this idea but he did just as she said as always just to make her happy. Lately, he took it upon himself to make her smiles and happy. The thing that make her happy right now was to just torture Steve 's all.
"Why is't line moving?" Steve continued to rant but finally they can get into the ride.
Natasha was really competitive when it came to a game with scores. She did everything she could so Steve didn't get a shot at the target.
"Stop spinning us around, Nat!" Steve shouted over the sound of gunfire "I can't get a shot"
"That's the point of doing that" She replied and took control of the joystick again "You suck, Rogers. You got only 2200 while I scored 78000"
At some point, Bruce and Pepper had to tell them to keep the voice down and not to kill one another. The two of them wouldn't stop bickering at each other as they headed out from the building.
"Why are you insisting we doing this?" Steve asked, visibly annoyed "We could go on a thrill ride but you insist us to go on these five year old rides"
"Its just on my list" She replied and continued to drag him to the Star Tour.
"What is that?"
"Be a child for a day"
Steve actually smiled at her answer. His Little Red wanted to act like a child and he found that it was really cute. Especially, when she used her puppy dog eyes on him. He didn't want to tell her that it's working because she will use it on him again.
Actually, he didn't mind. It was rather cute.
Natasha practically took Steve with her everywhere. She took him with her on a submarine ride that even Bruce Banner and Pepper Potts refused to get in. The kids in front of Steve gave him a funny look that Steve stared back with very scary eyes.
When they got in the tiny submarine for two people, Steve observed Natasha's face closely. He found that she was so excited at everything to the point that she actually didn't mind how close they were right now.
They found the rest of the group were waiting for them at the exit. Tony decided that he wanted everyone to go in the same direction and get on the same ride (Strangely, everyone agreed to this). Thor stood by his Lady Jane's side when he reunited with her.
The group stopped for some snacks and Natasha forced Steve to wait in the cotton candy for her while she went shopping in the souvenir shop with Darcy and Maria.
But the Captain had easily attracted attention from the opposite sex. He just stood there in line and every girl practically hurried to buy a cotton candy for at least a chance to talk to him. A blonde girl behind Steve was brave enough to start a conversation with him.
"Someone is trying to steal your Rogers, Red." Tony pointed to the direction where Steve was talking to a blonde girl "Do something to show your ownership, please. I don't want some stranger to join in with our group"
"Do it yourself, Stark" She replied "I'm not his girlfriend and why should I 'claim my ownership'?"
"Just do it. I don't like strangers to be in our group and Rogers looks like he is about to have a quickie with her"
Natasha sighed and walked toward Steve who was seemed to enjoy talking with the girl.
"Hey, Steve. Tony told me to get you" Natasha said as she approached them "Did you get my cotton candy?"
"Here you go, Little Red" He handed the pink cotton candy to her with a smile.
The girl stood there awkwardly when she saw how close they were and the way Steve looked at the redhead in front of him. Natasha grabbed his hand.
"I gotta go" Steve spoke to the blonde girl "But it was nice talking to you"
"Likewise" The blonde girl said and couldn't resist to give him a smile
Natasha began to drag him to the group where they were all waiting for them. Steve could see that Tony and Clint already made some bet and Clint had to pay Tony ten bucks. Thor and Jane were the happiest of the group. Thor was wearing a Tigger hat while Jane was wearing Winnie the Pooh hat.
"Thor! Why are you wearing that thing?" Steve asked
"It's cute and Lady Jane likes it" Thor replied
Steve never understood how could Thor possibly do all the things Jane wants him to do, without any protest, his best friend was willing to do anything for her. Then Steve saw Jane smiled at Thor and Thor smiled back to her. Maybe it was because it makes Jane happy so his friend willing to do it.
Natasha kept drag Steve to a gentle ride with her while others went on a more interesting ride. She could see that Steve was pouting all day.
"Nat, can I go with Thor?" Steve asked when they headed to the Frontier Land.
"No" That was all her answer.
Steve pouted but followed what she want him to do anyway.
They had lunch at one of the theme café in the park. Natasha and Steve ordered two set of food to share with each other. Tony made a comment about this behavior of them but the two, as usual, threaten before ignored Tony completely.
After lunch, they headed to Critter Country where they were all debated about whether they should go on the Splash Mountain. Natasha said she wanted too and Steve made a face of begging to all of his friends because this maybe the only thrill he can get on today.
Everyone was okay with that even Tony Stark. They separated into two groups because the boat can hold only 8 people but they had 11 people. Steve dragged Natasha to the front row of the boat and forced her to sit with him which she protested.
And Steve realized that he should listen to her.
"Are you trying to kill me?!"
"You are the one who wanted to sit in the front, Steve!"
"You said you wanted to go on a thrill ride, Romanoff!"
"Will you two just shut up?!" Tony shouted from the second row.
"THIS IS A BAD IDEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Steve shouted on top of his lungs as their wooden boat falls from the opening.
Natasha hugged on to his side and Steve immediately wrapped his arms around her to serve as protection. Water splashed and the next thing they knew is that they were soaking wet with cold water.
Steve hugged and rubbed Natasha's arms to keep her warm.
"This is a fucking big mistake" Tony muttered as he wiped water out of this face. His spiky hair was now damped.
"Are you cold?" Steve asked, a bit concerned as he could feel Natasha was shaking in his arms.
"Yeah"
"I will buy you new clothes" He said and held on her tighter.
"How was everyone else?"
"Just as freaking wet as us"
Steve turned to check on his friend. Tony and Pepper had the same reaction as he and Natasha. Tony was concerned that Pepper might get sick. Thor's long blond hair was dripping wet and Jane was trying to tug his hair away from his face.
They got out of the ride and found a photo of them when they were falling from the top. Everyone was making a very stupid face except Steve and Natasha who hugging on each other tightly. Tony brought them one copy for each of the member.
"Let's go find some clothes to change" Steve whispered to Nat and dragged her to the nearest store.
When their friends to find them again, they were already disappeared.
"Where's Steve and Natasha?" Clint asked
"They were just right there a second ago" Darcy replied and looking around.
In the shop nearby, Natasha was picking their new clothes. Steve said just selected one and be done with it which the redhead ignored and continued browsing until she find the one she like. Steve walked back to her with the clothes he already choose.
"Hey, I just picked out mine. What about you?"
"What do you think about this onesie?" Nat asked and showed him a Tigger onesie.
"It's stupid"
"It's lovely and cute" Natasha replied. "You should be Tigger and I will buy the Piglet one"
"NO! Romanoff, NOOOOO!"
"Please…at least try it on" Nat was begging and used her adorable puppy dog eyes move on him again. It was just too adorable for Steve to say no when she does that. "Pretty pleaseeeee"
Steve sighed and took the onesie from her hands and headed to the fitting room with Nat followed behind. Natasha could hear him cursed in some language she never heard before, some in Spanish and French. When he walked out of the fitting room, she broke out a full smile of pure happiness.
And Steve realized something in that moment. It must be the same feeling, the way Thor did everything for Jane to make her happy. When Steve saw Natasha smiled like that, his heart fluttered with happiness and he forget everything. He knew only one thing, he will do anything to make her happy even how ridiculous that was.
"You are cute!" She exclaimed "My Tigger Stevie"
"You are too, my Piglet" He replied and pulled the hood to cover her head. She did look real cute in this.
They didn't proceed to the check out right away as Natasha bought them a couple more pieces of clothes. A couple clothes actually. Steve paid for everything she bought and they walked back to their friend who changed all their clothes too but no one wore anything like them
"That's the most ridiculous attire I have ever seen both of you wear"
"It's cute!" Nat said and grabbed Steve's arm
Steve pouted but didn't replied to anything. Natasha proceeded to dress him up the way she want. She put the hoodie over his head the way she does. They looked like a couple in this matching attire. Darcy, Clint and Tony tagged team to sneak taking their photo.
Steve was still pouting and sent everyone a very scary eyes when they stared at him. Clint and Tony tried to hold back their laughter and Steve was about to punch them in the face but Natasha held his hand. She took him to take a photo with Goofy.
"Nat, you take a photo with him. I'm not gonna join you in this" He said and stood still while Natasha was attempting to use all her force to pulled him with her.
"It is just one picture and it will be really cute"
"Fine and can we grab those turkey legs to just munch"
"Okay"
They stood at each side of Goofy and Darcy was the one who took the photo for them. But at the last minute before the shutter goes, Goofy pushed Steve and Nat's face together so that Steve's lips planted a kiss on her cheek. Darcy quickly took all the photos she could before Steve pulling away with a deeply blushed face while Natasha is faintly blushed but had a grin on her face.
"Guys! That's the cutest photo of you guys today!" Darcy announced and handed Steve's phone back
"What do you mean the cutest photo?" The Captain asked, frowned.
"Nothing! You guys just look great together. That's all" With that, Darcy ran away to Jane because Steve looking at her like he was about to choke out every information from the brunette.
The group headed to their next attraction, Indiana Jones Adventure. The fast track allowed them not to have to wait in line. Steve and Natasha sat together with Tony and Pepper at the front row again. Nat gripped Steve's hand the whole time and this time, Steve intentionally kissed Natasha on her cheek at the snapshot point of the ride.
The gesture that made Nat's heart raced. Luckily, it was too dark for Steve to notice her red flushed cheeks but he held her closer protectively.
Tony bought them a photo again. Steve and Natasha were disappeared together again but Bruce found them at the kiosk which sold hats.
"This one is cute!" She said and put the Donald duck hat on his head. "Awwwww"
"Don't awww. I looked stupid in this hat" He replied
"No, you are cute and adorable" She said as she adjusted the Daisy duck hat on her "You're Captain Adorable!"
"Please don't call me that. And you look really pretty in that hat"
Natasha smiled. Steve took the hats and went to the cashier. The moment he left her alone, guys were all over her but she let them down easily. Steve came back just in time to see one very confident man attempted to flirt with her.
"Hey, babe. I got us our hats" He said loudly as he approached her, pretending to be her boyfriend.
"Thank you, sweetie" Natasha replied and took her hat from Steve who put his arms around her shoulders, pretending not notice the man near them.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know…" The man stuttered and walked away immediately when he saw Steve's face.
Steve sighed "You're a trouble magnet, you know that?"
"No, I am not! Men just find me hard to resist but it was just an unharmed flirt which I can handle by myself and didn't need your protection"
He frowned "We will not arguing about this" He said before sarcastically added "Sweetie"
Steve stayed close to Natasha for the rest of the evening. He didn't want any man near his little red again. At some point, the girls decided to go shopping together and leave the boys alone all to themselves. Natasha told Steve that he can go with the boys.
He was worried but she ensured him that nothing will happen. Steve went with the boy for two more rides but his mind always thought about the certain redhead.
They were about to get on the second ride when his phone rang and it was Natasha.
"Steve, I need you here"
"Where are you, red?" He sounded a bit concerned that Tony and Thor turned to him.
"At the store. I need your opinion on something" She replied "I will text you the name of the shop"
She hang up and send him the name. Steve immediately ditched the guys and went straight to Natasha.
"I have a great idea for us" She told excitingly
"Please tell me you not gonna put me in one of those onesie again" He asked, looked very terrify by the idea.
"No, but it's close" She said "I want you to try on a costume"
"No way"
"Pleaseeee" She asked with her puppy dog eyes again "Tony has an idea about throwing Halloween Party for the whole university"
"So this is our costume for the said party?"
"Yes!"
Natasha handed him the costume she selected for him, one of those princes from the animated movies. They were agreed to the one she selected. The redhead was very happy, buying everything she want because she never had the chance to go to Disneyland before even the one in Paris.
She told him that and now he understands why she want to act like a little child for a day. He could see that she has no worry on her face or on her mind for the entire day and who is he to rain on her parade. Steve took it upon himself once more to spoil her as much as he could for today.
Even Pepper and Maria needed to say something about this.
"I see that you already reduced the great Steve Rogers into your personal assistant, Nat" Pepper said "You even got him to follow you around and carry stuff for you"
"Not to mention that he acts like he is your boyfriend"
"What?! You guys are over thinking and he just worried that some guy might want to try something funny with me, that's all"
"He has never been this territorial toward anything before" Maria noted.
The guys came back from the ride and Thor told everyone he was starving so they had a dinner at one of those themed restaurant again. During the meal, Tony informed them that there will be a firework display at 9 pm so the group decided to lounge around in the park, waiting for the time.
Tigger and Piglet were too tired so they took a little nap with her head rested on his shoulders and his head on hers. No one can deny how cute they were together. Darcy and Tony were taking their picture. Tony stated that they needed these photos at Steve and Natasha's wedding in the near future.
Clint woke them up when the firework was about to start. Nat hugged Steve tightly and didn't want to open her eyes.
"Hey…your gonna miss the show" He whispered gently but Natasha refused to open her eyes and shook her head "Come on, princess"
It ended up with Steve having to force her to stand up. The fireworks began and Natasha looked at the display in awe. Unconsciously, their hand laces with one another as they looked up in the sky full of colorful firework.
"It's beautiful, huh?" Steve murmured
"Yeah…I love it"
"Did you get to see this in Russia?"
"I stayed only at my town. I never went anywhere. Our firework display is the worst you can imagine. There is nothing like this. Nothing at all"
When it's over, the gang decided to head back home. Natasha began to plead with all the sweet words to get Steve to carry her back to the car. She only took five seconds to get Steve on his knee for her to get on his back.
Everyone couldn't resist snapping a picture of them.
But one thing they all felt the same was that this is Steve and Natasha's little date.
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