Chapter 4

I glance around my dreamscape. It was a beautiful sight and you had no idea why it suddenly changed from complete darkness to something so gorgeous. You walk around, feeling the grass beneath your feet as you were wearing your pajamas. There was a huge waterfall beside you which caused droplets of water to tickle your face. There was a wisteria tree in the middle of the place and a bunch of wild flowers covered the ground. You walk towards the tree and stopped when you saw that a child was sitting underneath it, his head resting against the trunk. You walk towards the child. You were curious. You've never seen another person in your dreams no matter how weird they were.

"Hi" you greeted the child. His eyes flutter open, revealing soft emerald irises. They were beautiful, much more beautiful than anything you've ever seen and you immediately knew, that the child in front of you was your soulmate. And you knew that he was the same child that you've seen crying in your dream when you first arrived at the Avengers tower.

"I can't believe this," you said, laughing at another dreadful situation.

The child only stared at you, not saying anything, waiting for you to continue. "I can't believe my soulmate is a child," you said, sitting down beside him. He smirked as if you said something amusing.

"You'll be surprised if you see me in real life. I am quite charming" the child said, and you saw the hint of maturity in his eyes.

You snorted at him. "I'm not sure if I can find a child charming," you said.

"I am not a child. I am in fact over 1,000 years old" he said.

"Then why do you look like a child?" you asked, looking at his eyes.

"I'm not sure if you would be too fond of my adult form," he said and you caught fear in his eyes for a second before he hid it.

"Why? Are you someone bad?" you asked, not knowing why he was so afraid to show his true self.

He smiled bitterly. "Well, I'm not really the kindest person out there. That would have to be my brother" he said, his voice revealing adoration as he mentioned his brother.

"You can't be that bad," you said, putting a hand on his shoulder.

He looks at you, with curiosity, as if you were a new specimen he has never seen before. "Tell me about yourself" he softly requested.

"Well, I'm (y/n) (l/n). I love the color (f/c). My favorite food is (f/f). I'm an orphan and I was abandoned in front of a church by my parents when I was only a baby. I grew up in that same church but I wasn't treated in the nicest way so I left when I was able to. I worked 5 part-time jobs in college to be able to fend for myself. I have one close friend and...yeah, that's basically it" you said, with a bright smile on your face.

Your soulmate stared at you for a few seconds, his eyes were filled with concern. You were strange to him, and he didn't know how you were able to show such an endearing smile after telling him how bad your life was. He thought for another second before he asked.

"May I?" he said, his palm laid out for you to take. You looked at it before shifting your gaze to him as if asking what he was about to do. He didn't say anything and only waited for you to rest your palm on his.

You slowly held out your hand and placed it on top of his. You notice him close his eyes, concentrating on something. You waited and felt slight heaviness from your head but it wasn't enough to make you complain. It only felt as if a small book was placed on your head which wasn't uncomfortable or anything. Your soulmate opened his eyes and you saw the sadness and pain in them, and somehow you knew they were directed to you.

"What did you do?" you calmly asked. Your soulmate didn't answer and only rested his small hands on your cheek.

"I'm sorry it took me so long to find you. You should not have suffered from all of that. I'm sorry, my love" he said, and you swore you almost saw him tear up.

You smiled. "I didn't know you could see people's memories" he returned your smile.

"Oh, I could do a lot more than see their memories," he said and you notice his hands that were resting on your cheek fading away.

"Our time is almost up," you said, feeling a sudden sorrow take over your body and your soulmate seemed to notice as well.

"Do not worry, we will see each other again" he said, before placing a kiss on your forehead which made you feel a bit weird considering he was in child-form.

"Till next time?" you said with a smile.

"Till next time" your soulmate repeated with an encouraging tone.

Your eyes fluttered open and you saw the closed television in front of you. You notice a blanket wrapped around you. You must've fallen asleep while watching a movie and you were thankful for your other housemates to have been kind enough to turn off the television for you. And as well as wrapping you in a blanket. It had been a week ever since you first arrived in the Marvel universe and you somehow slowly getting adjusted to the ways in this world. You also are becoming friends with the Avengers, thankful that they were putting effort into getting to know you.

You checked the clock on the wall and notice that it was 6 am in the morning and the sun has just risen. You stood up and stretched your arms, groaning loudly, knowing that you were the first person to have awaken. You recalled the events from your dreams as you had finally met your soulmate after 21 years while heading to the kitchen to cook breakfast for the whole team, feeling the need to do something for them in return for letting you stay.

You suddenly remember your soulmate's expression when he had looked into your memories. He looked very pained and somehow you feel like he was blaming himself for not being able to find and protect you sooner but you knew that it would have been impossible for him to go to a completely different universe, no matter how powerful he could have been. Plus, you could care less about what happened to you. You had just met your soulmate. YOUR soulmate! You thought that you didn't have one. But it turns out he was just in another universe. You thank the Gods for letting you meet him and talk to him, even though you have stopped believing in such things.

You transferred the cooked breakfast in plates. You didn't know what breakfast the team preferred to eat so you cooked a little bit of everything which turned out to be too much. "Oh well, I'm sure Thor would be glad to eat everything if there are leftovers" you whispered to yourself.

Just after you placed the plate on the dining table, Cap came in, covered in sweat. It seemed that he had just finished his morning training. "You woke up quite early today," he said.

"Good morning to you too, Cap" you greeted him with a smile.

He sat down at the table, marveling at the quantity of food in front of him. "I don't think I will be able to finish all this," he said which made you laugh.

"It's not only for you, it's for the whole team. I didn't know what you all eat at breakfast so I just cooked a little bit of everything" you said, sitting down in front of him.

"I don't think the whole team could finish this" he replied as he picked up the fork.

"Thor can" you replied with a smirk.

"What about me?" just as if he could feel someone talking about him, Thor walked into the kitchen. "Breakfast!" he exclaimed loudly as he sat down beside you.

"Jarvis! Please call everyone before Thor eats everything in here" Cap said in a polite manner as if he wasn't talking to an AI.

Thor ignored Cap's remark and just started eating. A few minutes later, Nat, Tony, and Clint all came to the kitchen. "Ooh, that's a lot of food," Tony said.

"Not really. In Asgard, we eat a lot more, especially in breakfasts" Thor said watching the three take their places.

"Where's Dr. Banner?" you asked Nat.

"He usually doesn't eat breakfast since he always gets up late so I think we should leave food for him to eat. He has a very unhealthy diet" the woman said, placing a piece of fried egg in her mouth. You nodded, standing up and taking a plate from the drawer and filling it with food for the sleeping doctor.

"Well, how kind of you, Barmy" Tony commented.

"It's the least I could do. You all have been very kind to me these days" you said with a small smile.

"Oh, but don't expect me to cook breakfast every day. I am rarely awake this early. This is one of those rare days" you added, knowing you wouldn't be able to always wake up early.