(Okay, pause. Remember how I said that they were living in a house? Well let's suppose it's an apartment cuz I've been writing like they're living in an apartment and not a house and I'm also imagining it that way I don't know why, so they're living in an apartment cuz I'm not gonna edit anything lmao)

(...)

It was almost 7 pm and Cat was just on the balcony trying to "meditate". Wanda was actually getting her into it when they were still at the compound because she says that Cat has a strong temper and that meditation could help her so they would do it together. And now Cat is trying to do it by herself even tho it hasn't been so easy. But she's getting there.

She took a deep breath and a noise from inside distracted her a little, but she kept her eyes closed trying to just maintain calm. Just a few minutes later, she heard the balcony door open and her eyes shoot open, looking up at the cause of the noise.

"Are you busy?" Bucky asked

"I don't know, what do you think?"

"Is that a yes or...?"

She let out a sigh. "I'm trying to find some inner peace somewhere so I don't kill you guys." She replied

"Can I join?" He walked out and closed the door

"Do whatever you want, I don't care." She said closing her eyes again

"So what are we doing?" He asked sitting right in front of her in the same position she was

She opened her eyes again. "Why aren't you with Steve?"

"Because I wanna be with you, is there a problem with that?"

"Why? So you can piss me off like you always do?"

"You piss me off too and you don't see me whining."

She rolled her eyes. "Whatever."

"You want me to go?" He asked

She looked at him for a few seconds, thinking about what to respond. Honestly she didn't mind having him there, yes he pisses her off and it's been pissing her off for the last few weeks, but she couldn't care less if he was in the balcony with her.

"No, it's fine." She replied "You can stay, but don't try anything funny because I finally managed to get into this zen energy and if you piss me off, I swear I'm gonna throw you off the railing."

He just smirked at her. "Oh I wouldn't dream of it, sweetheart."

"Good."

"So do I just.. do nothing?" He asked

"Basically." She replied "Just.. try to relax."

"Try to relax.. okay" He nodded

"Take five deep breaths." She said, she started taking slow deep breaths and Bucky focused on doing just the same as her "Now close your eyes."

She closed hers and Bucky did the same.

"Now we're gonna do a quick scan for any discomfort or tension."

"The cause of my tension is sitting right in front of me." He said

"Hm, funny, mine is too." She replied and he chuckled "Okay, take note of the discomfort but don't try to change it."

"Okay." He nodded, taking a deep breath

"Now focus on your breathing and count them up to ten, don't focus on anything else, just on your breathing." She explained "It'll help you relax."

They did just that for a few minutes and then Cat was the first one to talk.

"You feel better?" She asked opening her eyes

"Am I supposed to feel different?" Bucky opened one eye to look at her

She couldn't help but laugh a little. "You're supposed to feel relaxed, yes."

"Well I feel.. fine, I guess." He shrugged

"Do I still stress you out?"

"Not right now, no." He shook his head "Am I stressing you out?"

"No, I'm actually enjoying the company." She replied

And she was telling the truth. Yeah, they have argued a few times before and there's times where she really wants to punch him in the face, but they get along. They get along pretty well, actually.

"Wow, then this stuff really works, huh." Bucky said

She shrugged. "I guess so, Wanda always said that it would help me with my "anger issues".. which I do not have, let me clarify."

"Sure." He slowly nodded "Whatever you say."

"I don't have anger issues, you think I do?"

He nodded. "I think you have some built up anger.. or maybe just some resentment or something that makes you lash out sometimes."

"You think I lash out?"

"Sometimes you do, yeah."

"Nobody has ever told me that." She said, a little surprised, to be honest

"That's because you used to have a way to get it out when we were still in the compound." Steve spoke from inside "Now you don't have a way to get it out of your system like you used to, so sometimes you do lash out." He walked over to the door, leaning on the door frame

She actually didn't know that. She knew she wasn't easy and she knew that she could be a pain in the ass sometimes and that she did get mad pretty quick. But she didn't know that she actually took it out on the guys. Because, like Steve said, she did have a way to get it out where she didn't need to scream at anybody, but now she doesn't have that. And she does realize that she has been a little tense ever since all of this has been happening, which is also causing her some anxiety.

"I'm sorry." She said

"It's okay, we know how to handle it." Steve replied "And we know you don't actually mean to act like that." He added with a small smile, which made her smile a little

"Yeah, but still." She said wrapping her hair in a ponytail "I have to do something about that."

"You are." He said "By the way, I'm gonna buy a few things we need, you guys wanna come?"

"I'll go with you." Bucky said getting up from the floor

"Well I need to shower, I'm kinda sweaty." Cat answered

"Thanks for the meditation class." Bucky said leaning down to help Cat get up

"Yeah, like you enjoyed it." She rolled her eyes supporting herself on his arm to stand up

"I did." He nodded

She chuckled. "No, you didn't."

"Whatever, dude." He rolled his eyes "Don't believe me then."

"Sam is in his room." Steve told her "Call if you need anything."

"Okay." She nodded

The guys walked inside and she grabbed her things before heading inside too. After they left, Cat decided to take a shower.

After that, she just went and got dressed and decided to go and make herself a sandwich since she was a little hungry. She went to the kitchen, made the sandwich and then headed back to her room. Bucky and Steve weren't back yet. She was just in her bed, drawing and listening music on a little radio that Sam actually got for her, portable, since he knew how much he loved to listen to music.

She finished the sandwich and she just stayed there drawing. A while later, there were some knocks on the door making her lower the volume of the radio a little bit.

"Come in." She said

The door opened and Bucky's head appeared out on the corner.

"Can I come in?" He asked

"Uh, yeah." She replied

"So," he started saying as he made his way into the room "I heard you talking to Steve like three days ago, about wanting to go out and do things."

"Okay..?" She frowned confused

"So as you know, a few hours ago I went with Steve to buy some things and I convinced him to buy some beers." He showed her the two beer bottles he was holding in his hand, which she didn't even noticed he had when he walked in "I know it's not the same as going out, but I think it's close enough, right?"

"Right." She nodded slowly

"So here you go." He handed her one of the beers "You may not be legal in America yet, but you're legal in Morocco."

"I am." She chuckled a little grabbing the beer "So are the guys drinking too or just us?"

"Just us."

"Why?" She asked

"Because I want to." He shrugged

"You just wanted to drink some beers with me?" She looked at him raising an eyebrow

"Yeah, what's wrong with that?"

"Nothing, it's just.. I don't know, it's weird that you're here asking me to drink with you when we've been butting heads lately." She tilted her head a little

"Take this as a peace treaty." He said

She chuckled a little. "A peace treaty? So we're not arguing anymore?"

"Well I'm down if you are." He opened his beer bottle

She let out a sigh. "Fine."

"So we're good? Like, officially good?"

"We are, James." She laughed "Now please open this for me." She handed him her bottle

"You wanna go outside?" He asked her

"Outside to the living room or outside outside?"

"Outside outside." He nodded "To the balcony."

"Yeah, sure, let's go."

They both got up and left the room to go to the balcony.

"So why are you doing this?" She asked sitting on one of the chairs that were there

Bucky turned around to look at her. "Why do you keep asking?"

"Because! It's just weird." She chuckled "Why are being so nice?"

"I'm a nice guy, okay?" He said sitting on the other chair

"Yeah, right." She rolled her eyes laughing "So what do you wanna do?"

"I don't know, what do you wanna do?"

"Well I don't know, I thought you had something in mind."

"My plan was to drink and make peace with you." He said "What do you wanna do?"

"I don't know." She took a sip of her beer "Kids these days play all sorts of things having alcohol involved, wanna play something, old man?"

"You know? You shouldn't be calling me names when out of the two of us, I'm the one who can't get drunk."

She giggled. "Touché."

"Wanna do 20 questions?"

"But I know too much about you already."

"But I don't know much about you." He said tilting his head a little

"Yeah, guess you're right." She said "What do you wanna know, James?"

"You know my full name, what's yours?"

"Catalina Giselle Navarro Álvarez." She replied "In Latin America you have two last names, the first one is from your dad, you get his first surname and the second one is your mom's first."

"That's actually kinda cool." He said "It sounds very unique."

"It kinda is." She nodded "But it's too long."

"Where did Giselle come from?"

"I have no idea." She shook her head "Mom said that she always liked the name and she thought it sounded nice with Catalina."

"It does."

She chuckled. "It doesn't."

"You need to learn to love your name more."

"I like my name." She said

"Well you need to like it more." He replied "You need to love it, did your mom named you?"

She nodded. "She did."

"Then that's basically the only thing that you have from her, so you need to learn how to love it."

She let out a sigh. "I don't hate it."

"But you don't love it either." He said and she shook her head "I love your name, for me it's actually pretty unique."

"And it is, sort of." She shrugged "You don't meet a Catalina very often."

"Or a Catalina Giselle."

"Exactly." She giggled "I don't know, I just don't think they sound good together."

"Well they do, so stop thinking that."

"Alright, fine." She rolled her eyes

"You've never mentioned anything about your dad."

"Because I never met him."

"Is he alive?"

"I don't know." She shrugged "Navarro isn't even his last name so.."

"And who's is it?" He asked

"My grandfather, he's my mom's stepdad, he raised her since she was two and when we were born, she used his last name for us."

"Are you and your sister from the same father?"

"We're not." She responded "You've wasted five questions already."

"Okay, fine!" He rolled his eyes "Can you dance?"

"Yes, but I think we mean different dances." She replied "Can you dance?"

"Of course I can, are you kidding?" He said and she just chuckled "What can you dance?"

"Not slow dancing or whatever you did back in the 40s.. we kinda don't do that anymore."

"I haven't exactly been up to date with that just yet."

"I can help you with that."

"Please do." He nodded

(...)

The hours have passed, it's almost 1 am and Bucky and Cat are still awake, although they decided to move to the couch after a few hours.

"My head hurts." Cat yawned running her hand through her hair

"I think you've had enough beers for today." Bucky spoke

"Hm, I think so too." She ran her hands over her face

"Alright, come on." He got up from the couch

Cat also tried to get up, but she felt kinda dizzy. "Oh shit." She sat back down

"I told you to eat the chips." He helped her get up

"But I'm fine." She said

"Sure you are." He let out a breathy chuckle "Come on, you're going to bed."

"I am kinda tired."

"I know." He said wrapping an arm around her

He helped her get to her room and once they were there, he made her sit on the bed.

"Are you awake still?" He asked when she just plopped on the bed

"I don't know." She sighed and he rolled his eyes smiling a bit

"Can you tell me where your pajamas are?"

"Don't worry, I can do it." She said

"You can barely keep your eyes open." He chuckled "Tell me where they are, I can get them for you."

"Third drawer." She replied

He walked over to the dresser and opened the drawer to take out a t-shirt and some sleeping shorts. He went back to the bed and he left the clothes next to Cat.

"Come on, get up." He grabbed her by the arm pulling her up so she could sit

"Why are you being so nice all of a sudden?" She looked at him

"What are you talking about?" He frowned squatting in front of her so he could see her face

The room didn't have any lights on, the only light coming in was the one from the hall because the door was open.

"It just seems like you hate me sometimes." She chuckled

"Hate is a strong word."

"I think a man like you can handle that word." She rolled her eyes

"I definitely don't hate you." He shook his head "Why would I?"

"Then why are you such an ass?"

"Why are you?"

"Fair enough." She rolled her eyes "Get out, I'm gonna change."

"You don't want any help?"

She looked up at him and because she moved, their faces were very close. Her eyes went down to his lips and she shook her head lightly before running one of her hands over her forehead.

"Easy, soldier." She shook her head "That wouldn't be okay, would it?" She looked back at up at his eyes

"Says who?" He got back up

"You know it wouldn't be okay." She pushed him as she stood up from the bed

"Why?"

"Well for one, I'm drunk." She said pushing him by the chest towards the door, so he was basically going backwards "And two, I don't think our roommates would like it."

"That makes it even more interesting." Bucky leaned on the door frame

"Go to sleep." She rolled her eyes with a little smile she was trying so hard to hide

"I'll see you tomorrow."

"Thank you for.. I don't know." She shrugged "For tonight I guess."

"Anytime." I smiled

"You have a very cute smile."

"Wow you really are drunk if you're complimenting me."

"It just.. slipped." She shook her head

"Right." I chuckled

"Get out." She giggled

"Good night." He said

"Night." She gave him a small smile

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