Regretful Words (Kate Bishop x Yelena Belova)
Kate says something to Yelena which triggered her into shutting herself away, so it’s up to Kate to make things up to her. (Word count: 988)
Kate Bishop and Yelena Belova haven’t seen eye to eye since the moment they met, but it was understandable considering what had happened with Yelena’s sister, Natasha, which sparked conflict between Yelena and Clint, which meant Kate was also on the list of people Yelena would be cold with, despite everything working out since Natasha came back alive.
The two often bickered a lot, about simple things such as not washing up their own things or leaving the bag of dog food out on the counter. However today, Kate was actually the one that took it too far, she got angry and said something which had triggered Yelena.
“I swear you were nicer when your sister was dead.” Kate snarled at her, the two were arguing about whose turn it was to clean up the dog mess in the garden. Yelena simply shrugged it off and said it was Kate’s turn and that she was busy trying to get things done she had put off as she had just come out of a depressive episode.
This frustrated Kate, who was already in a bad mood, and snapped at her for not doing her share of looking after the dogs, which caused an argument which led to Kate saying that statement.
There was a long moment of silence, Yelena’s eyes went from angry to sadness with a hint of defeat, tears brimmed her eyes as she got the poop bags and brushed Kate out the way, clearing up the dog mess and disposing of it before quickly washing her hands and heading to her room.
Kate continued to stand there, allowing herself to calm down and process what had just happened, reliving the conversation in her head before it dawned on her that she said something truly awful, which was likely to send Yelena back into a depressive state if she didn’t do something now.
She briefly knocked on Yelena’s bedroom door before letting herself in, guilt running through her as she saw the blonde laying on her side on the bed with her back to the door.
“Yelena I’m so sorry I didn’t-“
“Save it, Kate. I’m sorry I am less nice now my sister is alive. Perhaps she will be taken away from me again so I am nicer.”
“No… no Yelena I didn’t mean it I just got heated in the moment… I’m sorry…” Kate tried, rushing to Yelena’s side and putting a hand on her arm, attempting to be comforting.
“It is done now, just leave me alone so I can just lay in this room forever and hate myself.” Yelena murmured, her back still to Kate, who was rubbing her arm hesitantly.
Kate bit her lip, whacking her brains trying to think of a way to cheer Yelena up. She didn’t like her baking, she hasn’t been up for pulling pranks recently, and their dog walks had just been plain awkward.
Suddenly, she had an idea. There have been multiple occasions where Kate had peered into the living room to see Natasha straddling her sister, grinning down at her as she dug into her ribs. Helpless laughter was coming from the blonde as she continuously shoved at her sisters hands.
It was pretty adorable to watch, and Kate was more than willing to try it herself.
The archer let out a sigh. “Fine, I guess I have no choice but to cheer you up.” She told her, before digging into the blondes ribs, shaking in between the bones.
Yelena had no idea that was coming, she let out a yelp and rolled so she was laying on her belly, giving Kate the opportunity to jump on Yelena’s back, pinning the young Widow on her belly before shaking into her ribs.
“If you won’t accept my apology I’ll just cheer you up!” Kate announced, a little surprised that Yelena was so sensitive but loving it.
“Kahahahate Bihihihishop I will ehehend yohohou!” Yelena cackled out as she thrashed helplessly, her hands flying back to try and bat Kate’s hands away.
“Aw but this is fun!” Kate whined, moving quickly down to her sides and squeezing in rapidly, causing Yelena to yelp and buck, trying to throw Kate off now as she screeched with giggles.
“IHIHIHIT IS NOHOHOT!” She protested, shaking her head helplessly as she flopped around like a fish out of water.
Kate just grinned, finding this quite adorable. She suddenly felt someone watching, and she looked over to see Natasha smiling fondly, she then lifted her own arm and pointed underneath it with a smirk.
The archer immediately got the message and suddenly dug her fingers into Yelena’s armpits, the sudden change causing Yelena to gasp and cackle with helpless laughter.
“NOHOHOHO THIHIHIS IS MEHEHEAN!” Yelena whined out and squeezed her arms against her sides.
“Well now I’m trapped, silly.” Kate chuckled and scribbled in, trying to find methods that made Yelena laugh the most, she eventually went with the rougher method of drilling her fingers in.
Yelena cackled with laughter, shaking her head as she kicked out. “NOHOHOHO WHY?!” She yelled out, shaking her head into the pillow as she kept thrashing.
“Because I want to cuter you up since I said a mean thing!” Kate replied, grinning at the sight. Eventually though, she could tell Yelena was out of breath so let her go. The archer beamed proudly as she flopped on Yelena’s back, laying on her.
“You are… unbelievably mean Kate Bishop.” Yelena huffed out, but smiling shyly into the pillow, the physical grounding of her friend also strongly benefiting her.
“Hm, I don’t think you hated it, but are we even now? Do you forgive me?” Kate asked, really hoping Yelena would say yes, as that would help her too.
Yelena then smirked a little into the pillow, reaching back to squeeze Kate’s knees, causing her to flinch and let out a little giggle.
“Oh we’ll be even… after this…”















