20 : HALLOWEEN PARTY**

When Steve woke up again around 7 pm, Natasha was already gone and she left a note that she brought him a soup. Steve crawled off his bed and headed to the living room. He found Thor sitting on the couch, staring at the TV with a vacant eyes.

"How are you, Thor?"

"Terrible headache, remember nothing, and I will not get that drunk again"

"Weird night, right?"

"Sure was."

"Did Jane tell you everything?"

"Only my part of the night"

"Should I know what happened?"

"Better not, brother"

Steve sat down with a soup bowl in his hands. The two best friends were sitting quietly and tried very hard to put their focus on the television but they barely understood what the characters were saying.

When Steve finished with the soup that Natasha brought for him, he headed for a shower and then went to bed right away.

Someone was opening the door to Steve/Thor's room and walked right in at midnight like he/she owned that place. The intruder went right to Steve's room and found that it wasn't lock so the intruder snuck in and jumped onto the blonde in bed.

"What da—" Steve was startled awake. His blue eyes tried to see who that was but he caught a very familiar scent.

"Wake up, Rogers" She said and lightly shook his arms. Steve turned on the lamp on his end table. He frowned when he saw who that was, straddling his waist and gave him a smile.

"It's midnight, Romanoff" He said, annoyed

"I have something fun for us to do"

"This better be good" He groaned "How did you get in here anyway? Lock picking?"

"Nope" She shook her head and gave him a mysterious smile.

"Then Thor must have forget to lock the damn door again"

"Nope, Thor just give me a spare key"

"What da—I will have a talk with him tomorrow. He always gives everyone a spare key to our room. Pepper, Jane, Tony and now you!" He said annoyingly "and I promised to myself not to go on a night out with you ever again"

"Stop whining and get up. We gonna have a lot of fun"

"I'm still pretty hung over from last night…"

"Get up now"

Natasha pulled him out of his bed and tossed him his jacket and t-shirt. Steve grabbed his belongings and followed her out of his room. She showed him a skateboard.

"I cannot do skateboard" He said "I can break my arms, NO! I cannot risk injuring my body. I have football games to play, Romanoff"

"Don't be such a wuss. You can wear a helmet and protective gear"

And she started to put on a protective gear for him. Knee and ankle pads before putting a helmet on his head.

"Be careful alright. I stole it from Clint"

"That's explains why the helmet smells like nachos"

She stepped back and took a look at him "You look ridiculous" She noted and couldn't help but chuckled.

"Yeah, you make me do this so don't be too proud of yourself"

She grabbed his hand and pulled him downstairs to the empty road in front of their dorm.

"What do you wanna do?" He asked "You wanna know how to skate?"

"Yeah, probably. I know you can skate"

"Fury forbid his football players to take any activity that might injure us"

"He's not here, is he?" She said

He smiled "Woman, you are really weird"

Steve showed off his skateboard skills with some basic moves and he let Natasha try. He helped with the balance and never let go of her hands unless she was really confident with it. Natasha was a fast learner and soon she knew how to steer and stop without falling of the board.

"Not bad, Romanoff" He said

"I want to try something else" She told and grabbed his hand "I saw an empty swimming pool a block away."

"Why do I feel like this is a very bad idea?"

"Come on!"

She pulled him to his car and they drove to the abandoned swimming pool nearby the university. They snuck in and now they were standing in the pool. In front of them was a slope floor of the pool.

"We should slide down. It's gonna be fun"

"You can't use this catchphrase every time you want me to agree with your insane idea"

Natasha shook her head and sat down on the skateboard before pulling his hand so he sat right behind her. Steve had one arms around her torso and another one to balance himself. He slowly pushed them down and she let out a little squeal of excitement as the gravity force increased the speed. Steve found himself having fun doing this childish thing with his little red.

"Do it again!"

They did it again for five times and the sixth times was when thing went wrong. Natasha took off too fast and send them both down the slope faster and Steve wasn't able to control or balance. He knew they are going to fall so he makes sure he encased her in his arms as they fell off the board. Steve landed hard. His back to the ground and his head made an impact with the wall. Natasha wasn't injured or anything, quickly searched Steve every corner of him

"Are you alright?" She asked

"My head is hurt" He groaned "Arms probably bleeding"

"Let me see it"

"It just a scratch" He waved her off "But I might have a concussion"

"I will take you to hospital"

She helped him get up and gathered all the equipment and headed back to his car. Steve handed her his car key.

"You trust me with your car?"

"I trust you, Romanoff" He said "More than I want to admit"

Natasha gave him a bright smile before putting him in the car and headed to the hospital. Steve told the doctor that he had a head concussion and that he needed to x-ray to check for any sign of possible injury.

The result came back that he was fine and needed a good long sleep to help him feels better with the dizziness. He can put an ice pack on tonight before get some sleep.

She put him back in his bed and gave him the ice pack. She stayed until she is sure that he's alright.

"Feeling better now?"

"Yeah, thanks for not killing me tonight" Steve replied. Natasha gave him a soft smile.

"Get some rest, Captain" She said and kissed his forehead "I will check on you tomorrow"

"Bring me some soup, if you please"

"I will"

Nat did as she promised and brought Steve a mushroom soup from the cafeteria. But when she arrived at his room, Steve was already awake and fully dressed up.

"Morning, little red" He greeted

"Why are you walking around like this?" She questioned

"I'm feeling okay now." He replied and took the soup from her hands "And I'm ready for tonight party!"

"In that case, don't forget our costumes and I will head back to dorm right away after class to prepare for this party"

"You need six hours to prepare?"

She just shrugged and waited for Steve to finish off his breakfast and they headed to their class.

Steve finished his class at 3 pm and as he was injured. He didn't have to practice with the team. Fury did yell at him for getting himself injured but the coach was relieved to know that his quarterback needs only two days rest to make sure the concussion is gone.

On his way back to his dorm, Steve could see that everyone was preparing for this event. It's a joint party between every fraternity, sorority, student council, every dorm building, and Tony Stark who represents Howard Stark hall.

He was glad that Stark handled all this shit because he knew that his friend will throw the best party.

Steve found Thor was ready to pick up Jane at her room. The linebacker was in some myth god armor and silver wing helmet. He also had a toy hammer in his hand.

"Dude!" Steve was trying really hard not to laugh "Come on! Are you serious?"

"Of course, it's a mighty suit that suits the son of Odin"

"Whatever" Steve chuckled

"When will you have to pick up Lady Natasha?"

"She said she will text me when she's ready"

Thor nodded and headed to the door "Good luck with your date with Lady Natasha, my friend"

Steve was about to correct Thor's statement but the man quickly shut the door behind him. Steve changed into his costume. He sighed when he looks at the mirror.

This is a very bad idea.

Steve adjusted the outfit on more time and headed to pick up his little red. He banged on the door as usual and the door swung opened, followed by a curse in Russian

"Nat, we will…." He began to rant but then stopped as he notices something "Your hair?"

"I dyed my hair to get into the character"

Steve stunned, eyebrows frowned. He stared at her for solid two minutes.

"Say something, Steve" Natasha said

"You are very beautiful, little red but I like red hair more"

"What?! Everyone said I'm hotter in blonde"

"They speak nonsense, sweetie. Your natural hair color suited you the most"

"Well, thank you, Prince Philip"

He bowed and kissed her on her hand "Princess Aurora, shall we headed out now?"

He offered her his arm and she laced her with him. Everyone in the hallway saw them and couldn't help but admire how cute they were, their beautiful friendship and the other side of Steve Rogers that no one never saw before.

They met up with their friends at the courtyard in front of their dorm. Tony laughed when he saw Steve and Natasha's outfits. Thor too was laughing.

"Well, well, friend Steven! Looks like you have to wear a very ridiculous outfit as mine" Thor boomed

"Dude! I will not let you live peacefully for the rest of your life after this" Tony said and snapped a picture of them

"Come on! It's a very cute outfit!" Natasha shot back "Besides, this is Halloween. No one can judge us"

"At least I'm not some drunk Jack Sparrow like you, Stark" Steve replied "And Nat picked it for me so blame her"

"Hey! We're both agree to this"

Prince Philip and Princess Aurora proceeded to their marriage argument in everyone's eyes. Tony just looked at them and chuckled. The group decided to split up and headed separate way. Tony and Clint ,who officially his new wing man because Steve was very attached to Natasha, were out hunting girls. Thor, Bruce, Jane and Darcy stayed together while Phil went off with a girl he just met—her name was Melinda May.

Pepper and Maria kept their close eyes on Steve and Natasha. They stopped bickering and headed toward some Frat house. The two girls followed but kept their distance. Pepper and Maria knew that deep down, Steve was still Steve Rogers, the womanizer, and they have to look out for Natasha who seemed to forget that fact.

Steve didn't try anything at all. He showed Nat full respect and never touched her in the way that sexual way. They just holding hand, occasionally hugged, and walked arms in arms.

Pepper and Maria lose them after Steve finished with his keg stand challenge. Natasha must took him somewhere else.

The duo headed to every single party that was held inside the campus. It was a very crazy night and full with alcohol and too many drunk people. Bonfire party, chocolate slide, pumpkin beer belly butt.

Well, the belly butt thing was the clearest memory in Steve fussy mind after countless keg stand, beer pong, and jello shot. He can remember that because he did it with Natasha's belly button.

The pair was surprised that they managed to make their way back to their dorm uninjured, consider they were totally drunk again. Steve led them into his room before collapsed on his bed.

They fall asleep in Steve's bed again.

Tony, Bruce and Pepper were the first three of the group to be at the diner for breakfast. Tony still pretty much hung over while Pepper just staring aimlessly at the menu. Bruce just closed his eyes and sat up straight, pretended to be fully conscious.

Maria, Phil and Clint were the next. Maria didn't have any sign of hang over left and ordered a burrito. Phil put his head on the table, trying really hard to stay awake while Clint looked very pale and sunk his face in his hands, muttering something no one could catch.

Jane and Darcy had to help Thor walked into the diner. The tall man order pancakes, pop tarts and sandwiches while Jane and Darcy just ordering coffee and waffles.

They sat in silent and no one said anything because the voices would be too much for their brain to function properly right now.

"I will not get that drunk ever again…" Tony groaned and sipped his coffee.

"Yeah, you will" Pepper said sarcastically

"You are saying it too loud, Pep" tony covered his ears to muffle the noises.

And the last two of the group finally arrived, Steve who had a messy hair and wearing t-shirt and shorts and Natasha who was obviously still hung over and had to leaned against Steve as he put his arms around her waist to support her body.

"Our favorite married couple finally wakes up!"

"Dude, keep it down…" Clint hissed

"We thought you guys were already on the flight to the Caribbean for the honeymoon already"

"I will punch you to the Caribbean if you don't stop talking, Stark" Steve threatened as he sat down at the table with Natasha beside him "I'm not in the mood for bantering with you. My head is about to explode!"

The two newcomers ordered their food and they shared it as usual. Steve ate everything slowly than his usual rate. He and Nat slowly munching and just staring vacantly at the wall. Finally, Steve said,

"I have too much hangover in one week"

AN:

- Special thanks to my friends, sleeplessinbudapest & internetangie!

- Thank you to my proofreader, RushmanNatalie

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