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A week had passed and people were warming up surprisingly quickly to their new prince. People were talking about him in a warm light but of course there were others that questioned why him. It didn't bother peter though as he was used to people talking about him at least his Spiderman part of him anyway. He was gonna have to get used to hearing his own name in the news.
And it was just the news in Wakanda he was hearing. He hadn't even heard what people in his own country and around the world were saying about him. He was sure not all of it was pretty. He shivered at the thought and just sunk into the palace sofa. He could wait for whatever reaction that was.
"I hate to intrude but someone is here to see you prince." Ada came in quietly.
Peter nodded with a smile as he pulled himself out of the sofa.
He had been meeting with various leaders in Africa after the news of his royal status had been announced. He took it upon himself to take on these formal hellos himself rather than be coached. He figured people would rather see him and not a persona. He wasn't a politician after all.
"Prince I assume." The president of south Africa was the last one to see him.
"Your's truly." He extended out a hand to greet him.
"I must admit you were not what I expected." He said with a inquisitive grin.
"You wouldn't be the first to have that opinion." Peter joked.
The president laughed at the young man's sense of humor. "I can only imagine."
He had two other men with him that didn't look heavily armed but peter had spent too long crime fighting to not notice. He deemed they weren't going to be a problem and decided to not bring it up.
"Will the princess be joining us this evening?" He asked.
"She might show up but I wouldn't hold you're breath." He replied." So as far as I believe its just going to be us."
"Very well." He replied with a smile waving his two men over with them to the meeting hall.
"I appreciate you're willingness to actually meet with me Mr.President." Peter kept his warm smile.
"No problem at all young prince." He returned the smile. "The last time I ever had the pleasure to meet the Wakandan royal bloodline was the late king T'Chaka may he rest in peace."
"I'm aware that you two were good friends." Peter thought out loud.
The president gave a soft sigh remembering his old friend.
"So you knew about wakanda then I assume." Peter asked.
"No sadly I didn't." He shook his head softly. "He was a very secretive man but we appreciated each other's company."
"Well I'm sure you can tell me all about it." Peter said gesturing him in.
Eeva and Raakel stood outside while Ada and Maakie went with Peter inside into the meeting.
Shuri was beyond tiered and just wanted to crawl into bed to just sleep for weeks on end. She was the only one to return so far from her political dealings so she knew her and peter would be alone. But there was just one problem. She had to help deliver someone to him first. Since Nakia gave him his own task force she was trying to find warriors to fill in those spots. Nakia could not be there to introduce her herself so she had shuri do it.
It was kind of jarring to see so many Dora wish to join Peter's team so quickly. She knew they would see his character and judge him to be of good heart but not this quickly. Knowing Peter he would sure give them a name and let his creative mind go.
As soon as shuri came down the elevator she saw peters new member. She was taller then the other members of peters group but was striking to Shuri was she was wearing huge armor alone with a shield strapped to her back. She had grown out her hair just a tad so it would fall to her left. Not long but short enough for it to drape near her eye. Her skin tone was also the darkest compared to her soon teammates. Dora came from all over Africa so there was plenty of different people but more came from some places more than others.
Her name was Nalani and Nakia saw a lot of potential in her. But one thing Shuri did not see coming that she was deaf. Despite her disability she excelled thru Dora training and moved up ranks quickly. When she learned of the opening of peters team she accepted it with little hesitation.
"You must be Nalani." Shuri directed her attention to the tall warrior.
One of the skills she had developed while growing up was reading lips. That much shuri knew but she kept it short and sweet.
"Peter's is this way more than likely." She assumed.
The warrior followed as Shuri went to the living area to find it empty. It was definitely weird but not unlike him so she shrugged it off. That's when saw Eeva and Raakel outside the meeting hall. She walked up to them with inquisitive looks.
"Where is peter?" She asked.
Eeva quickly explained before Raakel could respond. "The prince is inside in talks with the south African president."
Raakel mentally face palmed. "Eeva do you not remember what the prince asked of us?"
"He is finishing it up right now." She reasoned. "No harm was done."
"He is doing what?!" Shuri was beside herself.
"He has handled him well thus far and has done his best to remain professional." Raakel eased.
"To be fair he has let the old man do most of the talking." Eeva added.
"Alone!?" Shuri exclaimed.
Eeva shrugged. "Maakie and Ada are with him."
Shuri was about to go in before Raakel stopped her dead in her tracks. Shrui was about to argue but Raakel put a lid on it immediately.
"It would be wise to allow this talk to finish before you continue." She was a serious with her.
Shuri allowed a sigh to escape before she relented and waited outside.
Nalani was paying very close attention to what was happening in front of her. She moved beside Shuri and waited. It didn't take long as the pair came outside. The two were joyful. It must have been a long time since he had a genuine conversation with Wakandan as he must have given peter an earful. Nalani did see past peter's facade unfortunately as he was clearly tiered and just wanted to collapse but remained afloat.
"Again I appreciate you're time Mr. President." Peter let out with a soft sigh.
"As am I prince." He returned.
He saw Shuri and acknowledged her presence. "I would love to continue this but I am afraid I am needed else where."
As soon as he shook hands and left out the door with his men Peter allowed himself to relax but it was far to soon as Shuri was already on him.
"Peter please explain to me why you thought it was a good idea to do all of this without me." She challenged.
"You were out and besides I decided to just go ahead and get it all over with." He explained simply. "Besides it was only him that wanted to actually meet in person and everyone else were just phone calls."
"You handled them all well." Ada quickly supported.
"Does my brother know about all of this?" She asked worryingly.
"I called him first and he gave me the green light." He shrugged.
That was when Nalani saw her opportunity and presented herself to her new CO. She stood and front of him and gestured to Shuri to introduce her.
"Oh by the way this is Nalani." She bowed her head a little." She's been added to you're little crew."
"It's a pleasure Nalani." Peter's smile grew bright.
Nalani's smile was bright as well but no words escaped her.
"Is she not comfortable with English?" Peter asked confused. " Do I need to use Xhosa instead?"
"She can't speak at all actually." Shuri explained. "She's deaf."
Nalani knew they were talking about her disability from just following the conversation by lip reading. She firmly expected there to be disappointment in this new knowledge for them. She had dealt with it her whole life so it would be nothing new to her sadly. But when she saw Peter's smile grow she was now so very confused.
"So you're deaf but still badass enough to pass you're Dora milaje training huh?" Peter signed to her with a smile that could brighten the hulks day.
Nalani was beyond ecstatic. "You know sign language?"
"Took it as an extra class in my high school." He replied. " Never thought I would ever have to use it but it has always come in handy."
"Peter since when did you know sign language?" This was a shock even to his own girlfriend.
"Three years ago." He replied simply.
"I assume you can lip read pretty well considering you got so far." He continued his conversation with his new body guard.
She nodded. "It has become quite a tool."
"Still I'll be sure to sign more to you regardless." He explained. "I'd hate for you to get 'too' comfortable with that skill of you'rs."
Nalani gave a joking grin. " How kind of you."
Peter looked to the rest of his group. "She may be able to lip read but it would be nice of you to learn a little sign language regardless."
Maakie was quick to agree but the other's were somewhat unsure.
"Are you sure my lord?" Eeva asked knowing what the answer was deep down.
"You ladies want to be effective together don't you?" Peter questioned.
"Point taken." Ada agreed.
"Now if you don't mind I'd like some time alone with Shuri because I know she's gonna want some time together." He also signed for Nalani while he spoke to the other's.
They nodded while they left to their barracks leaving the royal couple all alone.
"Now I know you're not exactly pleased with me at the moment." Peter thought out loud.
"What gave you that idea?" She asked with a challenging expression.
"Just a feeling." He replied.
"I should give you a feeling on the side of you're head for pulling stunts like that without me." She deflated.
"In my defense they already know who you are but they have zero clue of who the hell I am so its seemed like a good idea." He explained.
"I'm sure it did." She pouted.
"Don't give me that look." He squinted.
"What look?" She cooed.
"Oh I see you're trying to be cute huh?" Peter joked.
"Trying?" She joked in return.
"Oh ha ha." He dramatized.
"Well while you were out making power moves I was out trying seal deals with american companies." She let a disappointing sigh.
"You're just mad that T'Challa made you go for that prank you pulled on him a week ago." Peter reminded her.
"You should have gone with me but you would have to be a good boyfriend." She blamed peter for her misfortune.
"You know you can keep lying to yourself but we all know I'm the greatest you're ever going to have." Peter barley missed a beat.
"Well your just going to have to prove it." She cooed.
Peter just lifted her off the floor and draped her over his shoulder much to her dismay.
"Peter!" She cried out.
"You and me are going to bed right now." Peter straight up stated.
Shuri found his take control side extremely sexy but her body just wasn't allowing her to take control.
"If you think we are going to have sex," She sighed in frustration." Good luck because I don't think I'll be able to get through it myself."
Peter gave a good laugh. "Don't worry I wouldn't be very awake myself but I do think we need a good nap."
"When you say nap you mean cryogenic sleep right?" Shuri hoped.
"Whatever keeps us in bed longer." Peter sighed.
"Power nap it is then." Shuri sounded disappointed.
Peter flipped her around to where he was carrying her bride style now and looked her in her eyes.
"look at the bright side at least now I can keep my crew outside the door to keep people away." He joked.
"I don't get one." She pouted.
Peter just laughed as he dropped her on their bed and just slipped off unneeded clothes. shuri was too tiered to even attempt. She raised a hand that screamed help me. With a soft smile peter got off her shirt and handed her one of his who accepted it in a heart beat. Peter slipped on one of his pajama pants and just climbed into bed. It was only then he noticed shuri had barley gotten her shoes off that caused peter to smirk.
"Babe I'm sure you can do it if you try hard enough." she could feel his shit eating grin.
"Be a good boyfriend and help me." She softly ordered.
Peter chuckled to himself as he pulled her over and helped her discard the rest of her unneeded clothes. Happy with peter's large shirt and her socks she sunk into his arms.
"Much better." She hummed.
"So you're not mad at me for taking your tech and making it my own then?" Pete asked.
"Oh no what ever will I do now that my secret is out!" She fainted. "Now people will know I don't finish projects!"
"OH the humanity." Peter said sarcastically.
"What ever will I do now?" Shuri continued to be a drama queen.
"To be honest I always thought you were just made things appear out of thin air." Peter joked while poking her nose.
She slumped into his hold more and pouted. "And don't you forget it."
Peter's hold grew nice and tight as they slept their struggle away.