~May 18, 2015~

As the sky begins to darken, Helen dropped Jane and Thor off to their apartment and bid them goodbye after their double date at an amusement park, before they drive their way home to the Avengers Facility. Once they got out of the car, Helen saw Steve carrying a big panda bear for her right now and laughed. He had been determined to win her the biggest panda bear they had as she thought it was adorably sweet of him to be winning this for her, even though it was a little bit too much in her opinion.

"I wonder how Tony will react if you carry a giant panda bear inside the facility?" She asked while raising her eyebrow at him with amusement.

Steve looked at the huge stuff toy before facing Helen and chuckled. He knew that for sure, Tony would laugh his pants off if he sees this or maybe teases him to death if he had to.

"His mind would be blown off if he sees me carrying this thing for you."

Helen laughed softly, for he knew that he was right. As they went inside and pass through the living room, both were not surprised to see Tony sitting on the sofa casually while holding a glass of old fashioned cocktail with his legs crossed. The billionaire looks up to see Steve carrying a panda bear that's almost half the size of him.

"My god, Cap." His eyebrows raised highly. "That's the second biggest stuff toy I have ever seen in my entire adult life."

Steve resisted not to roll his eyes at his words while Helen just slightly snickered before greeting him.

"Evening, Tony."

He placed his free hand on his hip and sarcastically said. "I'm guessing this is not the first time you saw a bear this big, huh."

"Technically, yes." Tony stood up from the chair and approached the couple then pointed his finger at the panda bear. "But the first time I saw a stuff toy that 'big' was a Christmas gift I got for Pepper two years ago. A big bunny, to be exact."

The two turned to stare at each other, unsurprised. Both of them know that their friend would always give the people he cared about, especially Pepper, expensive items or to simply put it 'large things'. They once again faced Tony who takes a small sip of liquor ever so unpretentiously.

"I'm honestly not surprised by that. Considering you are notorious for buying things that are very 'hugely expense'." Steve stated.

"Guess I'm a very generous guy." He replied with a shrug and smirked.

Helen smiled and shook her head slightly at Tony's remarks. Despite him being arrogant, apathetic, callous and a hedonist who enjoyed the finer things in life but deep down, she knew him to be caring, and a good man to the people. Especially his friends. Helen was honestly grateful and content that she is considered to be one of Tony's closest companions, aside from Rhodey, Bruce and Natasha, especially Pepper… mainly the only people to smack some sense into him if he does anything stupid.

"Maybe you are." The doctor remarked.

Tony looks at Helen with a returned smile on his face before he turns around and walked away while yelling out from behind. "Nighty night, future Mr. and Mrs. Rogers!"

The two equally feel themselves blushing on their cheeks when Tony mentions them being a 'future married couple'. God, they knew their friend is smiling in amusement when he said that. Once his presence is no longer here in this room, none of these two said a word for a short moment until Steve decided to stop the silent tension by clearing his throat.

"So um, shall I escort you back to your room?" he asked, smiling a bit nervously.

Helen looked up at him with a returned but small smile and replied. "Sure."

Steve nodded before wrapping his free arm around her waist and can feel her body relaxed at his touch as they took their time, making their way back to her room. He felt her leaning against his shoulder and wrapped her arm around his waist as well, somehow half-sleeping and humming softly while walking and he didn't mind that one bit. She didn't have a reason for humming right now, Helen was simply content and she couldn't seem to help herself. It was the only way and right now, that she could seem to get across those feelings of happiness and Steve seems to love her humming. Somehow he can tell that Helen could sing very well, maybe in lullabies. 'Her voice is so beautiful…' He dreamingly smiled as his imagination goes any further. 'If we ever got married and had kids, she would be the one to sing for them a lullaby— Whoa! Hold on!' His thoughts were immediately stopped as he mentally shook his head from thinking that. As much he loved Helen so dearly, it is too early for them to take the next huge step of their relationship as a couple. However, he can't help but wanted to have that so much with her, but… maybe someday in the near future, they would.

And by the time they arrived at the door, Steve realized that she had managed to fall asleep against him until he heard her whispered.

"Are we here?" Helen asked with sleepiness laced on her voice. "I didn't fall asleep on the way here, did I?"

The Captain chuckled while nodding a bit. "Yeah, it seems you have." He said.

She groaned softly and lazily took out the card key from her pocket and tries to slide the card. Once they heard the sound click from her door, she manages to push it open as they both went inside. Steve places the panda bear on the wall beside the entrance door and quickly scooped Helen up before she could even react despite her being sleepy and all. "Let me tuck you in, alright?"

And with that, Helen gave him a sleepy smile before covering her mouth as she yawned. Wrapping her arms around Steve's neck and lays her head on the side of his chest as he carried her towards her bedroom. Once he arrived inside, he was beginning to place her gently at the bed when he hears her whispered softly.

"Stay with me, Steve?"

He looked down at her as her eyes fluttered slightly. It was clear that she was having a hard time keeping her eyes open right now and he didn't want to ruin her sleep in his arms any longer as he hears her whispered again.

"Please? Stay with me, wang-ja-nim?" Helen asked once more, even pouted a little as she looked at him while still resting her head on his shoulder. During the first month of their relationship, they kept it completely slow and genuinely healthy like holding hands and sweet kisses on each part of their faces, nothing more. And now that she wants him to stay here and sleep beside her, he can't help but feel nervous though somehow a bit gleeful.

And so with that, not wanting to disappoint her any further, he finally nodded. "I'll stay with you." He said, smiling softly. "I promise."

Helen smiled back a little and nuzzled her nose in Steve's neck. "I'm glad." She giggled sleepily and felt him carefully laid her down as Steve goes around to the other side of her bed and begins to take off his jacket and pants before he climbed onto the bed with her slowly though and was laying next to her. Unexpectedly, Helen scooted herself closer a bit from behind and felt her body pressed against his. Returning the small intimate gesture, Steve places his arm around her thin waist and lovingly kissed her hair, causing her to smile in content as she felt his breath at the back of her neck. She can feel herself to be blushing quite right now when the situation they had was completely intimate, now that they are literally sleeping together in her bed. Her hand softly rested on his lower arm, gently stroking it with her fingertips before falling asleep in his arms.

For a while he laid there, hearing her soft breaths as he watched her sleep from behind. She looked so peaceful and safe in his hold. Not once did he consider moving from where he was, it was just too comfortable to feel her petite body in front of him and to feel her pressed so close to him. Steve kissed her cheek softly, smiling as she shifted a little in her sleep. He held her closer and slowly closed his own eyes before drifting off to sleep in content.

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The next morning, Helen woke up before she rubs her eyes a couple of times because she didn't believe the sight she was seeing right now. To see Steve lying next to her was astonishing. In some ways, she had felt like it was all an amazing dream yet here she was, lying in bed with him. It was absolutely wonderful than she could into words. To be honest, it immediately put her in a good mood now that the person she loved is beside her, as today…

She had a feeling that she was going to have a hard time getting out of bed for this current reason.

Once Helen sat up a little, she softly laughed when Steve opened his one eye open to take a peek at her and then pulled her down before wrapping his arm around her waist with a small smile on his face. "Steve, I have to go to work." She grinned while trying to remove his strong arm from her waist.

'Oh Steve, you big golden retriever puppy.' She thought happily.

"Five minutes." he nuzzled his face on her forehead, snuggling beside her in content. If he didn't want to move, Helen wasn't going to be the one with him after all as she liked the idea of staying like this for a few more moments. She looked up at him with her smile growing when she saw him looking down at her too with a returned smile turning up the corners of his lips.

Steve played with Helen's dark hair as she gazes at him, absent-mindedly twirling a few strands around his fingers as he watched her. He was clearly in a good mood this morning and so was Helen. After three years of waking up being alone in one room and feeling of loneliness, this was something that he could learn to enjoy waking up with the woman he loved in his arms.

But there is something in his mind that wants him to tell her the deepest secret he has been keeping, ever since their relationship began. And that would be his first love… his Peggy, the woman he had once loved and cling onto before he met Helen. And even though Steve begins to slowly move on from his feelings for her, he still cares for that woman as she is one of the closest people who supported him in all of his life. He wanted to tell this about her but somehow, he was scared. Scared that she would be angry and walked away from him forever yet Steve knew that he couldn't keep this secret forever, for she has to know.

Helen notices his expression becoming a bit anxious as she places her hand on his cheek and asked.

"Steve, what's wrong?"

"Hmmm?" His thoughts were interrupted when he hears her voice called out to him.

"You've suddenly gone all serious and brooding. What's bothering you?" She voices out her concern.

Not hearing her words as if he ignores her question and he begins to ask. "Helen, do you love me?" He looks into her eyes, hoping that she still does when he tells her his secret.

"Oh Steve, of course I do."

He raises his hand towards her cheek and strokes it softly. "… with all of your heart?"

Her expression softened when he said those words and she looked at every trace of his face with her fingertips then gave him a gentle smile. "Yes."

Steve leaned at her palm, nuzzling with his eyes closed and savoring her touch before he took a deep soft sigh and slowly opens them again.

"There's something I have to tell you, but I don't know how you'll react if you knew." He said with a hint of easiness in his tone.

"Steve, I'll understand. Even if you make mistakes, I will always understand."

He stares at her for a moment, knowing that this is the answer he needed before he looked away and stood up from the bed then went towards his jacket. 'Here goes nothing.' He thought.

Helen was curious about what was he trying to tell her or what he will do. She saw him walked around the bed then sat on the side of her bed where she lay. Helen can tell that he was nervous when he hunched himself down, not even giving her glance. So she sat up and moved a bit in front until she got a peek on what he was looking at. In his hand, there is a compass but on it was a picture of a woman. She was beautiful with her calm smile and strong brave face, Helen notices that this woman was from a military considering what she wears in that small picture.

She was about to ask who this woman is when Steve finally spoke out. "Before you, there was this woman…" He turns to look at Helen to see her expression, it was a calm one, meaning that she wants him to continue. And so he did. "Her name is Peggy, she was an agent who works for an organization called the SSR back then. The first time I saw her, she laid out a soldier."

Helen chuckled slightly. "She punched him?"

"Yeah." Steve grinned. "She did, for he deserved it as he talks down on her because she was a woman. Back then… a lot of people looked down on her because of her gender. Strangely enough, it was that very reason why I felt she understood me better than most. A lot of people in the military looked down on me, for they saw me as Erskine's pet project."

He stared at the picture again and continues to tell. "She was one of those people who saw the potential I had instead of the failure that's been chasing me."

In all her life, Helen had never would have thought that she almost had the feeling of jealousy when she saw Steve was so lost in his memories as he didn't notice the way Helen studied his star-struck expression. His blue eyes shined with affection, a proud smile appears on his face. When he turned to meet her eyes, Helen realized that he was giving her that same look. The same look when he thought about Peggy. Her minor negative thoughts faded when she started to feel hopeful.

"Is this when you fell in love with her?" Helen asked curiously.

Steve raised his eyebrow as if he's a bit surprised, for he never expected Helen to be sitting here, calmly asking about his past love. It honestly felt like he was talking to his best friend. He thought about her question for a moment until he answered. "No. It was after, actually. The USO took me on a tour to sell war bonds after the experiment was a success. I was overseas when I ran into her again. She reminded me of why I had signed up to even be a part of Erskine's experiment, and it wasn't entirely to be a circus monkey. If it hadn't been for Peggy, to give me a push on that day, Captain America the world knows today would never exist."

"She sounds like a wonderful woman." Helen murmured. Somehow in her heart, she could only wish that her impact on Steve's life would be just as good as this woman.

"Yes she is, but…" He stared down at the picture for a moment before gazing at her. "Believe it or not I didn't just bring this with me here to go walk down a memory lane." He smiled then continues to say. "I wanted to show this to you before I put this away into the storage, along with a few other things."

Helen's eyes widened, looking overwhelmed at what she just heard and felt his hand holding onto hers, the heat from his palm makes her crave his touch that she had never felt before.

"Why… why are you putting it in the storage?"

He looked down at his compass and stared at Peggy's photo again and gives her his answer.

"When I was taken out from the ice, this was all I had. The home I knew was no more, I had no family and my friends were long gone. Well… most of them, anyway. The woman I once loved was ninety-five and… I couldn't even remember who I was anymore." He closed the compass and faced her again with longing, and can feel her breath against his.

"Over time, I have made new friends. A new home. An odd family… of some sort." They both laughed softly at the mention of his Avengers team until Steve placed his hand on her cheek, stroking it gently. The amused looks on their faces faded into yearning and desire. "But I never imagined myself being so lucky enough to find a girl like you."

Helen felt her heart pounding and the sudden flurry of nerves in her stomach but her insecurity ignores this feeling. "Why me? I'm not like Peggy, who's beautiful, brave and strong. I'm just a girl who has only the brains that no guy would ever be interested in." She admitted to herself.

"No, that's not true." He couldn't believe what his girl had just said for a second. "You are the kindest and the most beautiful person ever since I've laid my eyes on you. You are not just smart, Helen." Steve looks at every trace of her features with adoration. "You are also brave and strong in your own way." Helen just stares at him with her tears starting form from her eyes as he continues to declare his love for her. "You make me happy. Very happy. In the people's eyes, they only saw me as a soldier, a hero, an Avenger. But you… you only saw me as Steve. Just… plain old Steve from Brooklyn."

The words he just said to her, made her swallowed thickly and tries to blink away the blurriness in her eyes. God, this man is truly amazing to her…

"Before I met you, I always thought that a family is not in my cards for me anymore. That I was someone else. I never thought that I've never been so happy to be wrong in my whole life." Her tearful smile grew as she places her hand on his, where he touched her cheek.

"I talked to Peggy before all of this happened between us, she once told me that somewhere out there, there is a person waiting for me. And that person I now realized… is you, Helen." His blue eyes sparkled with joy and can feel a trace of tears falling down as he sees her happily crying. "I-I'm ready to give it my all. I'll admit, I've been keeping a distance from you for the past few days. Because I… I thought that it would keep me away from loving Peggy less but instead… I just cling onto her memory and the guilt of leaving her. But I'm ready. I've made my peace with the past, with all of the things I can't change, and for once," He looked away from her and puts the compass on the nightstand before facing her once more, placing both his hands on her wet cheeks as he also felt tears of joy in his eyes. "I'm actually looking forward to what's in front of me, not what's from behind me." He finished his words, taking a small sigh of relief as he got everything off his chest. He glanced down at his girl and gulped a bit nervously. This was the moment of truth as everything he had done during their relationship had been leading into this moment, and he hoped more than anything else she would understand him.

Helen places her hands on his wrists, still tearfully smiling. "I am proud of you, Steve. I'm sure Peggy would be as well. And I too am, looking forward to having this wonderful relationship with you."

Steve let out a huge breath as he hadn't realized that he had been holding his breath before giving her a smile of relief. He placed a soft kiss on the back of Helen's hand and clutched it ever so tightly as if he never wants to let go of her. All the tension of secrets, confessions, and tears are now forgotten and moved on from the past as they look forward to their future together and both become free from hiding their feelings from each other.

"You can count on me, sweetheart. And good morning." He said with a soft chuckle as his smile grew when she laughed softly and shifted closer to kiss him.

"Good morning, Steve." She greeted in return before sat up, even more, sitting cross-legged on the bedside next to Steve. "I'm going to grab a shower, I'll see you there at the kitchen but you better not leave for work until we've had breakfast at the kitchen, okay?" Once their tears are dried, they let go of their intimate hold but their bodies are still close to each other. Helen didn't want this time with him to end so she was trying to prolong it if she could before going to work starts to weigh her. Nonetheless, that didn't stop her from wanting to make it last a little longer and she was going to do it.

"Yeah, I'll see you there. I guess I need to go grab a shower as well." Steve nodded while wrapping his arm around her shoulder and kissed it. It wasn't like he wanted to be anywhere else after all. This was all he wanted, to spend time with her for the rest of his life. He brushed some of Helen's hair from her face and begins to kiss her softly. "And I'll be here. I promise." Steve said with a smile then added to say.

"I love you, Soo-hyun."

Helen can feel her cheeks blushed when he said those beautiful words. She leans her head on his shoulder and kissed it as well before looking up at him then gave him a gentle but loving smile he had always loved.

"I love you too, Steve."

They both gaze at each other with nothing but love between them before Helen kissed him once more and climbed out of her bed. She glanced over at Steve, giving him a smile once more as she went through her dresser and then grab her clothes. He watched her for a moment but tried not to stare at her that much. Of course, that seemed to be a difficult task, once she left her room. Steve stretched himself slowly and stood up with a deep sigh after his long confession with Helen. He pulled on his pants and jacket that's he had on yesterday then he saw the compass on the nightstand. Now that he had let go of his past, he knew that it was time to move on and leave it to rest. Relieved, he took the compass with him where he could place it in a box along with the remaining items he had in the past. And there he would say goodbye to them then move on to a new life as he made his way out of her room to go to his own where he can take a shower and change his attire.

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The compass, now laid in a box among the rest of his possessions from the past inside. Once he places the lid onto the box, closing them as a sign of farewell then puts it under his bed for another day to bring it to the storage. Steve slowly stood to compose himself and took a deep breath before he went out of his bedroom.

Now clean and fresh with wearing only in his dark jeans and grey shirt, he walked his way towards Helen's door and opened it with her key card that he had found on the floor. It seems Helen had accidentally dropped it and Steve thought he was supposed to put on the table or in her nightstand but instead he took it with him and return it to her once he changes his attire. He got inside the living room and can no longer hear the shower running, meaning that she was putting on her clothes right now. He smiled a little, knowing that he had some time to look around a little better than the last time he came in.

He begins to notice that the only room she had bothered to paint was her bedroom and that was green but lighter than the living room. He was not surprised by her choice of color, knowing that green was her favorite. It was natural and calming, which made sense. Her bedding had multiple colors like pink and blue although her sheets were the same pale green as the walls in her room. The floors were all bamboo wood although Helen had a few throw rugs on the floor in the hall and in the living room as well. It was refreshing and this place felt very homey to Steve. It also seems to fit Helen's character because everything had in its place, of course, simple but comfortable.

He was still listening to the shower falls from the bathroom door as he walked around the living room once again. Aside from the last photo he saw, there were few other photographs that are displayed on the table. Steve could easily tell that most of the pictures are her family but there is one picture he could not believe he was seeing, the photo of her and Tony smiling like they were two kids from college than them being professionals. Out of all Tony Stark's pictures he had seen, looking so cocky and arrogant at the same time, this one photo he looks here is so genuinely happy. Like he had found a friend who can make him laugh and joke all the time. Steve was glad that Helen had found a friend like Tony, even though he can be such an egocentric playboy. No matter what photo he had looked at, everyone in these pictures looked so happy.

It made him wish that he had this kind of pictures like that to share with the people he cared about in the past, to remember them by. There was just one problem… his family was gone, mainly even before he became Captain America. His friends were gone as well, either long dead or too old for it to really matter whether or not he would found them again. Even if he did find them, Steve knew that he could never explain why was still alive or why he hadn't aged in decades. He knew the Avengers team are counted as his friends or maybe somehow, his family. He had some photos of him and the team, few times with Tony, Natasha, and Sam. Now that he had Helen, of course, they had taken a few photos together as a couple. Most of them were taken by Helen, either on her phone or some brown camera called "Instax mini 90". He even had a picture of him and Helen together as wallpaper in his phone, that's all but maybe one day he'd have pictures of the two of them together in his room that his team could look at and smile about.

In her bedroom, Helen stood in front of her mirror while dolling herself up only in her A-line navy blue blouse with long sleeves and grey pants with kitten black heels. Plus, she would never forget her white laboratory coat that she sometimes wore in her working days than her last uniform. She took a deep breath before walking out of her bedroom, keeping it together for herself when she laid her eyes on him as Steve was standing inside the living room, smiling.

"I'm glad you kept your hair down." Every time he visits her at the lab, he always sees her hair being tied up. Not that he thinks it's not a good thing, everything about her is beautiful both inside and out but it's just because letting her hair down is more natural to him. "It suits you very well." He stepped in front of her and wrap his arms around her waist while looking down at her.

Helen smiled, tucking a few strands of hair behind her ear. "Thank you," she replied, placing her hands on his toned chest before her eyes lingered on his form for just a second then recovered quickly and looked back up to his face. "You look functionally dashing yourself."

Steve chuckled and can feel a tint of blush in his cheeks at her compliment. "Why thank you."

The two continued to gaze at each other for a moment before he placed a sweet kiss on her lips. She kissed him in return until they let go of touched lips, feeling each other's breaths.

"Are you hungry for breakfast?" Helen asked, grinning at the kiss they shared.

He nodded eagerly. "I'm starving, doll."

She gets a hold of his hand and leads him out of her room, together they walked their way towards the kitchen to prepare their breakfast. The two chat with nothing but their side stories about each other until they arrived at the kitchen. Helen proceeds to go to the two-door refrigerator to find some available ingredients she is going to make for breakfast.

"So I was thinking of making a beef rice bowl or maybe omelet rice." Her eyes wandering on each level, finding the food items she needed. "Just a few ingredients, simple and all."

"Beef rice bowl sounds good actually."

Helen nodded before giving him a reply. "Beef rice bowl it is then." She found all of the ingredients, including a large packet of beef inside the fridge as she goes to the breakfast bar and placed them there beginning to prepare the food while Steve just observed from the other side of the bar.

"Need help, doll?" He asked.

"Yes, please. All of these veggies right here have to be chopped." She replied. "So come over here, and I'll show you how to cut them." Gesturing him to stay beside her as Steve comes around the bar and stand next to her.

"Okay, so the vegetables I got on the fridge are white onion, green onions, pickled ginger, broccoli, and carrots." She points at each of them. "As for the meat, I have two pounds of beef from the freezer."

"Alright, so how do I do this?" He asked again before tensing up when she placed the sharp kitchen knife in his hand then picks a large white onion and placed it on the cutting board.

"Watch how I cut the onion, okay?" Helen said while taking another kitchen knife as she sees Steve nodded in understanding before her eyes focused on the onion and chops it in half then begins to mince it, leaving the other on the side. He listens and watches how she does it as she instructs him carefully.

"And there." She finishes it. "Easy as pie. Now you try to cut this other half onion." She instructed him, letting take over the cutting board and watched in amusement as he followed her directions. After a few seconds of him trying to do the same as her, she took pity on him and decides to help him.

"Your cutting is fine but it's a bit easier if you hold the knife properly. Like this." She tried showing him how to grip the carrot and knife but her arms couldn't quite reach around him. She struggled for a few seconds before huffing and ducking under Steve's arm, placing her back to his chest so that her hands were wrapped over his.

In Helen's mind, this felt like a brilliant idea but now all she could think about was Steve's solid arms around her and his warm breath fanning over her cheek as he watched her in amusement. Her hands started to shake uncontrollably. 'God, my inner teenage hormones are lit like fire when I'm around him.' The Doctor thought, feeling a bit nervous though shockingly aroused. And this has never happened before. She knows Steve is her boyfriend and all but they hadn't done anything too sexual, just hugs and sweet kisses… but sometimes passionate kisses whenever they are completely alone. So in order to stop this thing she's feeling right now, she decided to ditch the idea before accidentally slitting one of their wrists or fingers open.

"On second thought, your technique isn't so bad. So the veggies are going to be cut a bit big. It's all the same in the stomach, okay?" She said with a tint of nervousness in her tone, tapping his huge dominant hands twice before moving out of the circle of his arms. But unfortunately for her, he wouldn't budge. Not even a little bit. His arms might've been a steel cage around her, and this does not go well for Helen when her whole body begins to feel hot.

"You should show me how to do this, at least." His quiet voice deepens than she usually hears from him as his eyes gaze at her, causing her legs to go a bit shaken of some sort of arousal because of it. "What, are you scared or something?"

"Eh? I'm not scared." She said in a defensive tone before taking the knife out of his hands and positioning the carrot in his. 'Okay Helen, you can do this. Stop shaking.' She told herself.

"All you have to do is curl your fingers so that you won't have a hard time cutting them off. Like this." She joined their hands and cuts them slowly first then begins to speed it up when he started to get used to it. They were almost done until suddenly, he cried out as he snatched his hand away from the knife as it clattered down on the floor. Steve turned away from her in pain and clutched his hand to his chest.

"Oh my god, Steve! Are you alright?! I am so sorry!" Helen frantically called out but she didn't receive his answer. Her panic begins to skyrocketed when she sees his shoulders were raising, shaking up and down sporadically. Helen thought he was crying quietly for a short while until she heard him… laughing?

'Did he just…' She thought in shock until her annoyed pout begins to appear on her lips.

Helen puts on her most displeased look and starts to scold him. "This is below the belt, Steve." He gave up trying himself to be quiet as he lets out a loud belly laugh that filled the kitchen and living room of the facility. She lets out a deep sigh while crossing her arms, having every intention of being mad at Steve's unexpected prank on her then she starts to mumble herself in speaking in Korean, causing Steve to shake his head in amusement. He can understand some of what she's saying but he's still a bit rusty in learning that language as he wrapped his arms around her waist and tries to sputter out an apology to her.

"Soo-hyun, I'm so… so… so sorry!" His apology was followed by another round of laughter, causing Helen to roll her eyes but slowly turns to giggle softly, despite herself not being able to resist his boyish laughter.

"You should have seen your face, it was funny… but kind of cute." His resistance was lost once more, and this time she joined though the hints of blushes on her cheek begin to redden slightly when he mentions her being "cute". It took both of them a second to get their laughter under control when Helen stopped abruptly as she noticed how close Steve was standing in front of her. He had her pressed up against the kitchen bar with his arms caging her on each side. The room was suddenly too quiet and too small around them when his bright blue eyes stare at her dark ones. She can feel his breath close to her lips as she did the same as his. Steve was only inches close to her face until he leans in and kisses her.

They had done this a few times as any normal couple would do. But somehow, the kiss they are experiencing right now is far from what they did before. It's more intense… more desirable… and especially… more passionate. Their bodies fit together perfectly as Helen wraps her arms around his neck and Steve gripped her thighs then set her on the kitchen bar effortlessly. Once the height difference had been slightly evened out, Steve deepens the kiss more and pushes her back down on the counter.

'Helen, stop! Stop this right now!' She told herself frantically but her mind gets fogged by his kiss and touch yet her other consciousness does not give up that easily. 'This is getting too far, your first time shouldn't be on this kitchen table!' That last one snaps her out of it as she lets go of their intense kiss and pushes Steve a bit gently, causing him to look at her in shock with the realization of what he had done.

"Oh my god, Soo-hyun. That was— I'm so sorry." He stammered and slowly moves away from her but she stops him quickly by placing her hand on his bicep.

"No, no, it's okay Steve. You didn't do anything wrong." Helen sat up and gave him an understanding smile to lessen his worry. "We just got a bit fast, that's all. And to be honest… I kind of… wanted to do that with you." Her blush begins to deepen when she said those words. Steve lets out a small breath of surprise and slowly smiled in return.

"Really, y-you do?" He asked her again as his ears can't believe it on what hears from her.

"Yes. But maybe at the right time."

Steve nodded in understanding as he agrees with her on this. At least, they both wanted to take their relationship onto another level of intimacy, knowing how much they both loved each other deeply. He can wait a bit longer, and so can she, when they're ready.

"And besides," Helen said with a hint of a giggle in her lips. "I don't want our first time being in a kitchen bar."

He let out a chuckle when his girlfriend mentions that as she's right of course. Their first time really shouldn't be in a kitchen bar indeed. Because that would be totally and… completely unromantic. Though they wouldn't mind that maybe after their first experience on sex, they may be able to try that method sometime.

Both of them thought it would be kind of… kinky, in some way.

Their moment of laughter died when they hear a stomach grumble aloud, causing Helen to once more giggle at what they heard.

"So… shall we continue to making breakfast?" She asked.

Steve felt himself blushing a bit when he was the one who made that sound in his stomach. He nodded in reply as he proceeds to get the kitchen knife on the table.

"Yeah, let's do it."

The two then proceed on making their breakfast meal as they both utterly hoped that no one sees their very intimate moment here in this kitchen. Or so they thought… when they looked up to see a smirking Natasha with her arms crossed, a shocking Wanda with a tint of blush on her cheeks, a blank-faced Vision and unfortunately for Steve, a very humorous but somehow a proud Tony.

This is not going to go so well for them… especially the Captain.

Hey everyone! I'm truly and utterly sorry that I went on a long hiatus. I was very busy at school and part-time work at Starbucks. So it's a lot to juggle, especially I had this mental health issue so I went to therapy for a few months. So I hope you understand my absence. And addition to that, I made this current chapter longer (7000+) than the rest of them to make it up to you :)! Thanks for reading!

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