You're not Steve

Hide & Seek, Costco Addition

Chapter 57

Peter's Pov:

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT STEVE?" Sam shouts at I'm assuming Steve.

"MHAW-bleckkghhs" a questionable sounds comes from Bucky.

"THERE ARE MOUSE DROPPINGS ARE YOU OKAY BUCKY?!" Steve shouts.

"I'M FINE STEVE YOU DON'T NEED TO SCREAM. It tasted good."

"But.. Buck.. you ate the, the, mouse droppings."

"STEVE ARE YOU ACTUALLY DUMB?" Sam shouts.

"No." Steve says at the same time Bucky says "Yes."

"Why am I dumb?" Steve asks quietly.

"SPRINKLES. CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES. HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT SPRINKLES ARE?"

"What? What's a sprinkle?"

I see them up ahead so I run over. Steve has his arms crossed, Sam is sitting in one cart while Bucky sits in another, frosting all over his face, eating a cupcake.

"IT's a- urghh" Sam throws his hands up in the air then takes a cupcake.

"I am trying my best Sam, I'm so cultured now - I know about all the hip slang like where's the fertilizer and lots of lettuce. I even know how to type a smiling electronic happy face WITH a moustache!"

Sam spits his cupcake out onto Bucky's face.

Bucky, whose been chewing for this whole exchange and is now covered in half chewed cupcake, finally opens his mouth. "To be fair I didn't know sprinkles were called sprinkles."

"But you knew they weren't freaking mouse -"

"Language." Steve mumbles over Sam who rolls his eyes.

"Droppings."

"Well yeah." Bucky laughs then sees me. "Hey Peter."

"Hi," I smile back.

"Hey Pete."

"How much do you have left?"

"Not much, we're basically done." Sam says eating another cupcake.

"ATTENTION." Clint cackles.

Steve frowns as he leans into his earpiece.

"Hide and Seek, Costco addition."

"Rules are simple, get all your items left and don't get caught." Pietro states.

"First person to the cart station wins."

"Peter's it everyone, RUN!"

"Wait what?"

"You're the seeker, Peter. Count to 127. Your earpiece'll always be on, everyone can hear you."

"But how does anyone know when I'm coming?"

"That, Peterman, is the fun part."

I sigh then start to count. This place is huge, and to win I have to find 16 people! AND get my butters.

"125, 126, 127!" while counting I made my plan of attack. If I searched methodically there's no way I'd win so I'm going to cut around diagonally with my eyes peeled.

I have no luck for about five minutes, but then I see Eddie the worker.

"Hey Eddie! Do you know where the peanut, cashew and almond butters are?"

Eddie explains where they are and even draws me a little map on a sample cup.

"Thanks so much, and you haven't happened to see any... strange behaviour coming from adults pushing two carts?"

He blinks. "It's okay that wasn't much of a description." I say.

"No no, I have. Captain America wannabe, long hair dude and short hair dude went to the bakery. Some overs went to the produce section."

"Thanks!" I smile then run off to the produce section.

I stop when I see a cart filled with oranges and energy bars sitting beside a crate of limes.

"Hmm." I move around the limes on top and come face to face with Happy.

"Hey Happy, I found you!" I smile and he frowns.

He slowly stands up in the crate then climbs out. "Oh well."

I look around for any other carts then continue. I'm walking through crates of potatoes.

"Dave! What are you doing here?!" Scott shouts from somewhere.

I follow his voice and find him talking to the tractor worker. "Hey Scott!" I wave.

"Crap."

I smile then skip off.

I find Wanda, Pietro and Rhodey on my way to the butters.

One of the windows on a fridge is foggy so I put my face up close to it trying to see in.

The fog evaporates and I scream.

And someone else screams.

"BUCKY!?"

"PETER!?"

"Um, I guess I found you."

I hear laughing and find Sam in the fridge across the aisle.

He stops laughing when we make eye contact.

Steve comes running around the corner, "Bucky, Sam, you better not be inside the freezers! We talked about this!" He stops when he sees me. "Oops."

"8 down, 8 to go!" I fill my cart with the three types of butters then head towards the cart station.

Someone darts in front of me and our carts crash. Their cart is filled with 8 buckets of Mac and Cheese. Each bucket looks about thirty pounds. I look up and find Stephen half way through a portal.

°°°

Loki, much to Clint's dismay, ended up winning. I found 11 people so I'd say I did well.

We're currently in the process of bringing all our carts to a cashier. They closed off one because we have 79 carts.

I feel really bad for our cashier, Quentin, he looked horrified when he found out how many carts we have. He looks really tired, he has a light beard and greasy slicked back hair.

"WHO BOUGHT THE TRACTOR?" Tony, who's watching Quentin scan each item, screams.

We all turn to Clint.

"It's a very good purchase Stark, just wait till you see it."

Tony rolls his eyes.

"Wait. Team, we have a problem."

"What is it cap?"

"How are we getting all this," Steve gestures to our gigantic amount of items, "back to the tower? We barely fit in the van, and that's without 79 carts full of groceries."

(A/N: i swear this Costco trip wasn't supposed to be this long, just one chapter but oh well. i apologize for it being so long, i hope it was still enjoyable

also i wanted to know your thoughts or like feedback about the fic? if you're liking it, if it sucks, if i should get on with the plot already, also if you like these types of chapters or if you'd prefer more plot centred ones? anything

and i just want to thank everyone whose reading this mess of a story :)

i hope you have a wonderful day!)