The rest of the flight had been calmer, soft chattering had filled the quinjet, everyone was quite excited to lay eyes on the legendary Wakanda. To say that your expectations had been exceled was an understatement; the breath had caught in your throat as you first saw the outline of the country’s capital and from the expression on the other’s faces they were having the same thoughts.

Soon enough the quinjet landed and you exited it wearing a long trench coat, the sight of your wings was a bit much for some people at first and you also definitely didn’t wish to stand in the spotlight. You were greeted by a few Dora Milaje, the king himself and his sister your gaze lingered a bit longer on the princess, she was breathtaking. She stood with her head held high a small smile on her lips, when your eyes met you quickly looked down, you didn’t mean to stare after all…

T’Challa greeted everyone with a broad smile, he shook Tony and Cap’s hands and waited for the rest to be introduced to him. Of course he knew them all, you snorted, formalities… Well, he didn’t know you…

“And this is Y/N,” Steve placed a hand on your shoulder and you smiled shyly at everyone, “They are new to the team, but already very valuable to us.” He smiled proudly.

“Well, nice to meet you, Y/N.” You and the king shook hands. “This are Okoye and my sister Shuri. Would you all follow me inside, I guess, you’ll all like to see your rooms before we start a little tour…”

You went into the palace, T’Challa and Steve at the front followed by Okoye, Nat and Tony and then the rest of you. You were at the very end of the party, but without you noticing Shuri had let herself fall back so you walked side by side.

“So, what’s your super power,” she asked grinning contagiously.

“Well, I don’t exactly have one, to be honest, just a rather useful mutation…” you explained.

“Will you show me?”

“Maybe…” you smiled.

Shuri’s gaze trailed down and suddenly she halted in her steps. “What are THOOSEE?” She knelt down and admired your socks. As all the others turned around to see the cause of Shuri’s outburst you hid your face in your hands. T’Challa grinned, most of the avengers burst out laughing and Okoye just looked outright confused, but soon a smile also appeared on her lips.

“Shuri, your holding everything up!” her brother chided and when the others turned to proceed, Shuri took one of your hands and pulled you along.

“I think they are cute,” she said, “but if you are looking for a pair of shoes, I’ve got one in my lab, if you want to I can take you there…”

Shyly you nodded. “That would be awesome.”

Shuri bit down on her lip to prevent her grin from growing bigger and guided you back to the others. At first you didn’t understand why everybody was grinning so smugly at the both of you, but following their gazes you noticed that you were still holding the princess’ hand. You both were quick to jump apart. You rubbed your neck flustered.

“Well, I guess we see each other in an hour…” T’Challa concluded, “Shuri, maybe you can show Y/N their room?”

“Yeah, of course, if that’s alright with them,” she added with a side glance at you.

“That would be nice, I bet I’d get lost otherwise anyway…”

Shuri and you turned to a floor to the left of you, after a few minutes you heard her brother call after you: “And don’t dally!”

The room in which you would be staying was gorgeous and it was just next to Shuri’s! She said on your bed toying with some figurine that had stood on the bedside table. Without thinking about it you shrugged out of your coat and placed it on one of the chairs in your room. The sound of something hitting the ground lead you to turn around hastily, wings spread in a defensive stand. You relaxed as you saw that it had just been Shuri who had let the figurine fall, she now looked at you, mouth slightly open and eyes wide.

You felt a bit nervous as Shuri looked you up and down, but when she broke into a blinding smile, it eased away. She got up and stepped a bit closer to you, she seemed as if she wanted to reach out to touch your white feathered wings, you signaled with a nod that it was alright and she gently stroked over the feathers, they bristled under her soft touch.

“They are beautiful,” she breathed and looked up at you her gaze full of awe. “I mean they are amazing. Like angel wings…” She walked around you inspecting the wings closely. You wore a backless top so she could see the onset of the wings, slowly she let a finger trail the line were shoulder turned into wing. You shivered under her touch, leading her to take her hand away quickly and apologized.

“It’s fine,” you whispered.

Shuri had rounded you once and again stood in front of you, she tore her gaze from your wings which she was lingeringly touching and looked into your eyes. You noticed just now how close you were to each other. “Would you mind if- if I took a closer look at them,” you tensed at her request, usually it didn’t end well when people wanted to ‘take a closer look’ at your wings, “Only if it’s alright with you, of course, I mean I totally understand if you don’t want to. It’s just- you have wings.”

You relaxed as you saw Shuri geek out over your mutation, she was so adorable. “Okay,” you nodded. You knew Shuri didn’t want to and wouldn’t cause you any harm.

Her face lit up. “Really?!” she squealed in excitement, you chuckled. “Okay, so we better go to my lab, there’s more room and I can save the data better from there, my equipment is also over-“

“Don’t we need to meet up with the others?” you interrupted her grinning.

“What? No. I’ll show you around later, I’m way funnier guide than my brother, believe me. So, we need to go to the hangar…” Shuri grabbed your hand and pulled you to the door.

“We don’t exactly need to take a plane, you know…” you wiggled with your eyebrows.

Shuri’s jaw dropped. “You mean-“ You nodded. “Oh Bastet, this is the best day of my life.”

The princess broke into a run pulling you through the long corridors and through the entrance hall where your team mates and T’Challa were waiting for you two.

“We won’t join you, brother. Have fun!” Shuri yelled shortly before you exited the building, missing the knowing glances they all exchanged.

“Shuri! You have to stop, I can’t start flying like this…” you scolded her playfully and she halted.

“Sorry.” She grinned sheepishly, still jumping up and down in excitement so that you had to put your hands on her shoulders to get her to calm down. Keeping your hands there you walked around her and moved your arms so that you were holding her around her waist.

“Hold on,” you warned and then started batting your wings getting you up in the air. The view like this was amazing and you were incredibly happy to have agreed to this. “Okay, just tell me where to go.”

“Straight ahead, actually.” You felt Shuri’s laughter vibrate through your chest making your heart flutter. “This is so-“ she shook her head at the loss of words, “I’m the queen of the world!” she yelled and then broke into a fit of giggles, luckily you had such a tight grasp on her that she didn’t fall.

You chuckled. “Careful, there. Isn’t it like treason to call that if you are a potential heiress to the throne?” You could basically feel Shuri roll her eyes.

Only a minute later you reached a cliff where the labs lay, gently you landed on the platform. Your feet had just touched the ground when Shuri engulfed you in a hug.

“That was amazing, thank you so much!”

“No, problem, you can return the favour by showing me your lab, I bet even Tony would grow incredibly jealous at the sight of it… No, let me correct that; especially Tony.”

“You can bet your ass on it,” she winked at you and began to lead you into her private kingdom.

You gaped at the sight that presented itself to you, everywhere you looked you could find some kind of high-tech gadget. Shuri left you shortly leaving you to turn in circles drinking everything in. Soon she returned with a pair of shoe soles. She laid them down in front of you.

“I still had a promise to fulfill after all…” she grinned, “Step on them.”

You did as you were told and soon a shoe wrapped around each of your feet. “Wow.” You breathed.

“Right? And they are completely soundproof,” you tested her claim by stomping with your feet just to proof that she told the truth, “Guess what I call them… Sneakers.”

You couldn’t help it. You broke into a fit of giggles.

“Finally!” Shuri threw her arms in the air, “That was the reaction I wanted!”

You walked around a bit trying out your new shoes. “Okay, what now?”

“Well, I thought about starting with the basics… Wing spread, endurance and such…”

“Alright, let’s go for it!”

You had to admit you never had so much fun in your life as in those two hours with Shuri. Not only did you get the possibility to try out incredible equipment, you also spent time with the most wonderful person you have ever met. You had just tried out how fast you could fly outside with the help of special sensors Shuri had developed and now you sat next to each other on one of the lab tables. Your wings were folded neatly behind your back but Shuri kept admiring them anyway, she stroked one once again. The wing twitched under her side and the princess broke into a grin.

“Are you ticklish, Y/N?” your eyes widened at her question and you hurriedly jumped down from the table arms held out defensively.

“Don’t you dare, Shuri…”

“Don’t I dare what?” she smirked, “Don’t I dare do this?”

Faster than you could look Shuri jumped at you, knocking you down. With one hand she pinned your hands above your head and started to tickle you with the other. You squirmed and wriggled underneath her but there was no escaping from the princess. Since you couldn’t use your hands to help you, you wrapped your wings around her and managed to roll you over.

“My turn,” you grinned and started to tickle her. You were sure you had never heard something as beautiful as her laughter.

After a few minutes and changes of who held the upper hand you laid on the floor facing each other completely out of breath. Your wings still held you in a kind of cocoon, noticing how close you were because of it you attempted to pull them back but Shuri held out her hand.

“Don’t,” she whispered. You nodded in surprise.

So you stayed in that position, noses nearly touching drinking in the details of each other’s faces. Simultaneously both of you leaned in to close the tiny gap between you. Your lips brushed against each other in a delicate kiss. You raised your arm to cup her nape and draw her closer, Shuri in return let her hand rest on your waist. Things were about to get more heated when the clear of a throat lead you to break apart hastily. You both rolled onto your backs looking up wide eyed at Okoye who grinned down at you, arms crossed over her chest.

“The king asks for you to join him and the avengers for dinner… But I suppose I could tell him you’re too busy…”

Shuri sat up abruptly. “No, it’s fine, we’ll be there in a sec.”

The Dora raised an eyebrow but refrained from saying anything else and left you alone again.

The princess helped you get to your feet but instead of letting go she pulled you into a short kiss.

“Tomorrow we should dine alone…” she whispered against your lips as you broke apart.