#crystaloverdrive

That day, I decided to stash most of the Avengers stuff that I had carefully collected, tucked and hidden away behind a secret compartment underneath my drawer full of undies. After all, precaution was better than cure right ? Well, that’s what most people say anyway, but in my case, a drawer full of 21st century underpants with floral designs on them would serve as my best option as a last stand against prying, mischievous, and deliciously-long slender hands (Well, well, well, I wonder who this person might be ?).

  “What are you doing ?” I hear an oh-so-familiar voice  say.

  It was then I decided to stop staring at the ceiling and starting shutting my eyes close for the better good of my sanity, all the while hopping that I could also include shutting him out from my mind’s collective consciousness. And that wasn’t particularly the most easiest of tasks to do. God, sometimes, this man just gives me the creeps.

 “Exploring Newton’s first law.” I say as I shifted myself on the couch. My room had no air-conditioning contraption or whatsoever so the leather couch was only last resort to having some good downtime though if you’d ask me to rate how comfortable the old shabby thing was, I’d give it a fair negative 10; comfort was anything but.

Even with my eyes still shut, I could make out a visual imagery of him raising his black brow at me. Oh, the nerve.

   “And you think it’s wise to leave me all alone in a chamber with nothing to do ? Are you that confident and trusting of me mortal, that you do not feel threatened of my capabilities  anymore ?” With it, he used the same domineering tone again, but what caused me to open my eyes wide awake was not his usual arrogant ego but was the annoying noise his grinding teeth had made.

  I jolted up, sat upright in his direction and smirked before giving out a light sarcastic chuckle. “Oh, you mean, you shall impose your wrath at me by throwing burnt pancakes at every mewling quim you meet on the street, yes ?” I faked a terrified expression on my face before grinning and deciding to give him a fake yawn too.

Much to my surprise, he appeared to be wondering where I was getting at but I decided to just simply cross my arms over my chest anyways and ignore the odd looks he usually gave me at times like these.

“Give it a rest Loki, though the most conventional thing you should probably do right now is to at least learn how to wash your underpants. I live to wash my own stuff, thank you very much.”

Ignoring my last statement, he decided to cross over to my direction and when he got close enough, like really really close, he decided to lean down towards me, by all means filling out the distance and empty space in between us with his tall and intimidating physique.

  I should be thankful actually. I’ve never actually had the pleasure of having a representative of the opposite sex come close to me before, much less a god at that. Jake was hardly an exception, he was more of brother figure than the boyfriend material to me. In general truth, I was already open to the thought of leaving this world as an old spinster with a handful number of cats  I’d probably picked up on the long walk home in our neighborhood. I guess I just wasn’t that interesting enough to grab a guy’s attention, let alone take part in the long haul too.

“Now now, kitten…” Kitten ?!

He grinned in a way that was not the least bit normal. At least to me it was not.

“Where is the woman I’d met earlier who was too shaken out of fear, now ? ” He asked in that chocolate-vanilla-hotsauce-nutella-jalapeno-rich-deep voice that had me mentally debating if I was still in control of my body or not. The latter of which I should be panicking for.

  I swallowed a lump that was stuck in my throat. He knows I’m weak at this kind of play and will do everything in  his power to take an advantage of that weakness. Loki might be the most irritating man I’ve ever met, but I still couldn’t deny the fact that he was still— a man. God forbid I do any perverse act now or else I’ll have to weep in a puddle of tears ‘till the day I give out my last breath as an old hag and a spinster. I should really start investing in chastity belts now.

  “The one with a steel bar ?” I asked, slowly backing away.

  He grinned again, and this time, it had reminded me of the Cheshire cat’s grin from the movie, Alice in Wonderland. Okay, I think I’m getting a connection here. If you think about it, Loki equals a cat which equals his grin’s to Cheshire’s which equals me to my early premonition of me being an old spinster, with a love for cats. Great.  I mentally face palmed myself, wishing it would stick all the way out from the other side of my head. Way to go, Patricia, way to go.

  “Yes.” It was more of a hiss when he’d said it, but nevertheless, it hadn’t changed the fact that I was losing my mental reserve over him. God, I’d even lost count of times I’d stated the word, “mental”, and it was all because of him. Bugger.

  I tried with all that I could to put up a mean-bitch wall that would hopefully, get my fighting spirit going. I had a chanting mantra playing in a loop in my head all the while he stared at me with those beautiful green eyes—

Wait a minute.

Beautiful ? I shook my head and reminded myself that green was not a creative color… or a sexy color or a hot color.

Be a mean bitch machine. Be a mean bitch machine Be a mean bitch machine…

“She’s probably on her way now to make steel bullets to load up her gun with.” Hah! How’s that for some action ? I leaned in closer to him, feeling my inner Michelle Rodriguez rev up with power.

“So don’t you worry sweet—” I told him as I caressed his cheek before whispering into his ear :

“She’ll save up some bullets for you, if incase you were wondering.” I told him in a breathy way before leaning back and giving him my most badass half-smile and grin.

  Loki had this unknowing look plastered on his face and I loved the way how I got to him like that. Feels like I’ve leveled up or something, which reminds me, I was still stuck in the same level in Candy Crush Saga but I’ll deal with that later.

  He raised a brow again that might as well be his signature move, if anyone even bothered to remember.

“And your point is ?” He asked calmly, all the while sternly breaking my inner Michelle Rodriguez to tiny shards of Miley Cyruses singing every lyric of the Wrecking Ball song that threatened to break my sanity too.

  I thought…

  I pushed him over the couch and started walking back towards my room, not caring whether he was able to stand back up straight or fall flat on his butt, the latter which I hoped had happened to at least  make me feel better. Where were the empowering female superheroes when you needed them the most ? I hope they’re not too busy screwing their male superhero comrades to hear me wail out my woes.

Wow. That rhymed.

  “Argh.” I heard him groan from behind me and heard him mumble a curse or something in language I was not familiar nor knowledgeable of.

  Which reminded me, why were the Avengers present here too ? Even if they did got rid of those skin-tight spandex clothes and wore casual clothes instead, there was no doubt that people would still recognize them even from afar. I pondered about the possibilities of how they got here and wondered if they all had some connection that I hadn’t been aware of in the first place. Did the streak of blue light I’d thought I was hallucinating last night had anything to do with it ? Well, it was indeed quite unbelievable, I mean a blue light, scanning the whole city as if it were just some paper with scribbles on in but if you looked through the other side of it, wasn’t Loki’s presence here right now was unbelievable too ? I sighed and continued to think more of the possibilities, they were endless but I had to trim it down to ones closest to the matter as much as possible. Were they able to get here the same way Loki did ? When I came to think of it, I still hadn’t asked Loki how he got here or how he was able to get inside my house too. Or how he would explain the missing ice-cream I was supposed to eat that night we both first met.

I stopped walking halfway down the hall when I decided to turn around and ask him about the matter. It was then I’d found him replacing my recent occupancy on the couch with his newfound presence, and to be precise, he was sprawled on the couch with his arms resting just beneath his head to elevate it a little bit.

  As I stepped closer, I found him serenely sleeping. His face bore none of harshness he usually shows me most of the time. And I found the sharpness of his cheekbones and the angular shape of his face to be appealing in some ways I’d never imagined I would ever feel about him. The way his dark brows rested calmly on his face made me forget his usual demeanor towards me. It seemed as if he were a prince sleeping soundly, like the ones we usually see on Disney, Loki looked like a real prince, in which he truly was still, though the only difference was, this prince sleeping before me looked innocent, and devoid of any madness . I had the urge to suddenly kiss him right there, at that very moment. I wondered what it would feel like to kiss him with my own will. I wondered how his lips would feel again against mine. The thought though, was enough to have me red as a newborn baby’s bum.

  Though I hate to admit it, I was beginning to have some feelings for this man, whether they were voluntary or not. There was this pull that he had of me that I couldn’t escape not that I wanted to. It could have been just my hormones talking to me, trying to fill my brain with nasty things I shouldn’t do to a sleeping and unconscious man but really ? It hadn’t mattered anyways. Genuinely, this was the first time I ever felt attracted to someone this intense. Whether it was by chance or by evil design, I was falling fast. And hard. For a man I’d momentarily known. For a man not known to exist in my world. And for man I wasn’t supposed to fall for in the first place.

  A slight movement of his eyes moving from behind those shut lids caught my attention, making me lose track of the train of thought running through my head earlier.   I watched his face convey emotions I’ll ever rarely see in person in my whole life. For what it seemed, Loki must be having a bad dream right now. I pondered whether I should wake him up or not. I was too afraid that I might get caught up in his pool of mixed emotions when I decided to wake him up. 

  I fought with my inner doubts and won inevitably. I sat right next to him slowly, just enough not to wake him up just yet. Mustering up all the courage I had in me, I started lifting my right hand, only to be stopped midway by a strong grip that was all to familiar to me.

  “What do you think you’re doing ?” His oil-velvety-smooth-honey-custard-nutella-chocolate-vanilla-with-a-cherry-on-the-top voice echoed throughout the quiet room. His sudden jolt of a movement made me panic and with it, I quickly withdrew my hand away but much to my smooth moves, I fell down flat on the floor with my aching bum. I guess the joke was on me then.

  With his mile-long legs, Loki started to settle them down the floor and helped me up as he did. I blushed just in time as I was able to look away, letting my hair fall down as a curtain to hide my heated cheeks.

  “Are you ill, Patricia ?” He asked, and that caught me off guard. Loki, never called out to me by my given name like that.

  “Err, no… I’m not…” I told him right away as I tried to tug my arm free from his hold.

  “Hmmm, if you say so. What is it that you require of me that would need you to disturb my peaceful slumber ?” Peaceful ?  Wow, I never knew having bad dreams would count as peaceful for this guy, let alone what nightmares would mean to him then.

  “I tried to wake you up, you… you looked as if you were troubled.” I told him in the softest manner of tone that I could manage to do.

  “And you deemed it was wise to touch me, yes ?” Oh, you wouldn’t know what other things I could do to you mister.

  “I haven’t even touched you yet. What about the time I tended to your wounds then ? Did that not count as a touch ?”

  “That…that was an exception, and a slip on my defenses on my part, but still, I wish not to be touched.”

  “Why ?”

  “It is none of your pathetic business.”

  I felt my cheeks heat up again, only this time, with anger. “Hey ! You live under my roof, doesn’t that count as you being a part of my business, then ?”

  “No.”

  Argh ! This man was impossible to deal with ! Worse than dealing with a five year old !

  “Why ?!”

  He sighed and rubbed his temples. Oh, now I’m the one who’s being a problem here then ?

  He leaned in, making our faces only a few inches away from colliding with one another.

  “Simply because… you’re not worthy of doing so.”

    Okay, that’s it. Time to throw this bum’s things out in the street.

  “Worthy ?! I’ll show you worthy you piece of ass !” I stood upright and started making my way upstairs when I heard a loud roar of engine die out in our house’s garage. Crap. Mom was back. Mary Poppins was back.

  “Oh no. No. No. No. No.” I started to mumble out, frantically searching for something I didn’t even know.

  “Have you lost your mind ?” Loki asked from the sofa, aware of the fact that he too, heard the engine but chose not to lose his shit over it like me.

  I eyed him warily before ignoring him completely. I had to find a way to hide him before mom sees him or else I’d be in a heap of shit. Literally.  

  I ran towards him, grabbed him by the arm and quickly dragged him upstairs. My safest option of hideout right now was only my room, whether I liked it or not.

We were already a few feet away from my bedroom when I heard our main front door click open. And because I cared for my life, I shoved Loki right into my bedroom, onto my bed and pulled the covers over him. It was only natural that he complained, but I had him bend his knees while he lied down the bed because my bed was made exclusively for my height and not for tall frost giants.

  “Tricia ? Tricia ? Where are you darling ?” I heard my mom’s high-pitched tone call out into the whole house. I’m surprised she hasn’t signed up for the opera yet.  She should really consider the potential.

  I cursed under my breath just as I tucked Loki’s head into the covers.

  “What is th—  ” I cut him off before he could continue any further.

  “Just stay put. My mother’s here. Unless you want to have your ass kicked out, you behave, okay ?”

  “I don’t follo—” I shushed him again, this time, using my index finger.

  “I don’t have time to exercise your godly shit with you. Now, face the direction opposite to the door and stay low as much as possible, this way you—”

  “Tricia !” I flinched and turned around. My mom was standing on the doorway, with her hand on her hip. There was a bit of a scowl forming on her slowly aging face. Oh boy.

  Say your prayers now Tricia.

“Mom !” I choked out as I stood upright. “You’re back.” I gestured my hands to her. “A little bit early than I expected…”I trailed off in the end. I was slowly losing my groove over here.

  Mom raised a brow at me before puckering her red lipstick stained lips. Mom had this slightly retro look if I’m not mistaken. She’s a hardcore wannabe and all. Can’t believe dad managed to fish this one out.

  With a suspicious tone she said, “That I am.” She then started making her way towards the bed until I decided to stop her with my arms spread eagle wide. Dashing through the room was quite the exercise I needed.

  “Mom you can’t—”

  “Who’s that ?” She motioned her head towards the bed where Loki laid concealed under my floral sheet.

  “Uh… that’s… Rhovine !” I suddenly blurted out. That was probably the most random thing I’ve ever said in this entire week.

  Mom had this confused look etched on her face, the kind of which you would make when your friend was babbling nonsense and you had no idea what it was.

  “Rhovine ! You remember her ? From fifth grade ? Hello ? Does it ring a bell to you ?” I asked her in the most dramatic way I could. Who knew I could do this ? I’m on a roll today.

  Mom shook her head. “No, I don’t remember anyone by the name—”

  “Mom ! God, stop, you’re gonna’ wake her up.” I cut her off but lowering down my voice and shushing her mouth like I did with Loki earlier.

 Mom did as I told her and started talking to me in the same manner of tone too. “Then what is she doing here ?” She asked, unaware of the fact that it was a full grown two-thousand year old male lying down on the bed.

  “She’s sick, down with some flu or something. Said she needed a place to crash for a while.”

  Mom raised another well-plucked brow at me. “And she decided not to ‘crash’ at her own parent’s house ?”

  Mom wasn’t going to back down at any rate now.

  I leaned in towards her ear and whispered, “Family issues.”

  Mom seemed to understood my point because she gave me a knowing nod before heading out towards the door.

  “Just make sure she’s kept warm, honey. Wouldn’t want to upset her parents.” Mom finished off as she left through the door, shutting it out as she  did.

  I felt all tension and fear leave me and gave the most loudest sigh of relief I could ever make. I started walking backwards and threw myself back down to the bed when my back hit something hard.

  “This is the second time, you’ve disgraced me mortal. First, I became your senile, old ‘uncle’ and now, your friend, ‘Rhovine’. Just how long do you plan to keep doing this to me ?”

  I sat upright found him doing the same too, only, his back was leaning against the headboard, clearly, my bed wasn’t that long enough to suffice his height.

  I shrugged. “For as long as it saves me from any trouble, and by trouble, I mean you.” And gave him a wide grin.

  He pursed his lips, not saying anything else and by the time he was able to, a shuffle of footsteps could be heard right outside my room.

  Mom opened the door slowly and poked her head in, only to find me caressing Loki—no, ‘Rhovine’s’ hip with soft touches.

  “It’s okay, I know, cramps is a hard thing to deal with, but you shouldn’t be worrying about it.” I told the fully-sheathed Loki.

  “Is she okay ? Is she having her period too ?” Mom asked through her poking head in the door.

  I nodded sincerely at her. “She’s also bleeding the hell outta her vagina.” I continued to stroke Loki’s hips. Clearly, his twitching was a sign of irritation. That meant that he was listening. Good.

  Mom clicked her tongue.“Oh dear, have you given her any Midol yet ? “She asked through a concerned voice.

  I shook my head. “No, not yet.”

  “Then you better do. I could prepare her something, ask her what does she want. ”

  “No, mom. It’s okay.” I pretended to drop my head down toward Loki’s and faked a knowing nod to show mom that ‘Rhovine’ was telling me something.

  “She says that she thanks you for your generosity.” I told mom.

  Mom smiled a toothy smile. I swear, those pearl-white teeth could’ve blinded anyone who dared to look through them.

  “Aww, how sweet. I’ll be right down the kitchen when you need me.” With that, mom left us in peace.

  I rubbed my neck in exhaustion. “See ? That wasn’t so bad, was it ?” I told him as I unsheathed the covers off him, exposing his godly beauty.

  He raised a brow that said, ‘oh really ?’ .

I sighed and started standing up. I better go see what mom’s up to downstairs, might want to hide some evidences of Loki’s presence on the way.

  “Do you adore the color, pink ?” He asked out of nowhere, startling me.

  I felt my eyebrows meet in confusion. “Why ?”

  With that, he raised, what seemed like an underwear up through the air before grinning at me nonstop.  

  Oh God. It was pink.

EMSGGBNG Entry #5 : Keeping your God with you at all times.

Having a hard time taming the egotistical beast ? Well then, try putting him on a leash next time, it’ll probably help.

  Probably.

  I sprinted out from the mart and into the dim streets as fast as my feet would take me. I was quite relieved when I spun my head around and caught a glimpse of the Avengers running into the opposite direction, away from me. It was good thing because it would probably buy me some more time to look for Loki before they decided to search in my direction later.

The things around me became a hazy blur as I huffed and panted for air. The rush of adrenaline kicking in my nerves was enough to get me running non-stop for a while. I didn’t care whether my feet would feel sore later, there was a priority I needed to finish and before I had even realized it, my body had stopped into a  full halt. Amidst the dark street, faintly illuminated by the old street lamps, I could barely make out a silhouette standing a few feet ahead from me. I immediately took a defensive stance, keeping my body and mind alert for any kind of unusual movement. In a slow pace, I walked towards it, hoping in my mind and to whatever deity that was above, watching me, that the thing before me wouldn’t attack me or worse, bite off my head or something.

It only took me a few careful steps before realizing that I was a complete nut job for acting so scared and nervous.

A familiar scene played before me. Loki stood and faced the same bookshop we passed by before, only this time he was eerily quiet. I tilted my head to my side as I slowly approached him. It might be possible that this was just a trap to lure me in. For all I could know, somebody must have been trying to pose as Loki to get me.

“Loki ?” I say, still keeping a good distance from him.

The said man stood for awhile before turning his head to me. His hands were in the pockets of his jeans. He then gave me a wary expression that I didn’t like. “What are you doing here ?” He asks, annoyed. Oh wow, the nerve.

I arched a brow at him.

“What are you doing here ?” I shot back. He was supposed to be at home. He was supposed to be behaving like a good frosty baby waiting for mommy Patty to come home.

When he didn’t answer, I continued, “Aren’t you supposed to be at home right now ? Don’t you know how risky it is to—“

I stopped when I heard familiar voices echo throughout the silent street.

“Any signs of him ?”

“No.”

“Then  split up, we will rendezvous at the park.”

“What ? You can’t be serious.”

“Do you see me laughing Tony ? Steve, you’re sticking with me. Clint, you’re with Tony. Alert me once you’ve found something suspicious, now go.”

A shuffling of footsteps could be heard from afar.

“Hey, stop channeling your inner pigeon. Come on, what’s next Legolas?”

“We move forward.”

I spun my head slowly, only to find the familiar shadowy figures of the archer and the Iron Man approach us. I panicked for a moment and then quickly brought my attention back to Loki who was now frowning at me.

Should we make a run for it ? No, probably not, that’ll only make us more suspicious. If only Loki had not lost his powers then I wouldn’t be having a hard time right now coming up with a brilliant plan, but you see, that wasn’t the case right now, he was mortal, like me and he couldn’t even cook a single shit without setting the house on fire or poisoning me with it. Glancing around, I looked for other ways to save our asses off.  Something crossed my mind and I wanted to bash my head for it but it was worth the try anyway though I was definitely sure that I was going nuts for coming up with a silly and uncomfortable idea.

“Kiss me.” I blurted out at Loki. God, what was I doing ? I haven’t even had my first kiss yet ! Much less, be the first one to initiate it.

Loki’s eyes widened in horror and surprise. 

“Excuse m—“

Without wasting any second anymore, I leaned in, stared at his emerald green eyes for a moment before  cupping his face between my hands and then slamming my lips against his.

At first, Loki didn’t respond with the kiss but eventually, he gave in. I closed my eyes and he quickly took control over my mouth. And by Gods, he tasted delicious and heavenly. I gripped his face harder, leaning in and asking for more. Tremor ran down my spine as he kissed me deeper this time, playing with my tongue. New sensations ran inside my body. I felt a spark ignite between the two of us when I let go of his face and placed my arms around his neck. It was his turn to cup my face this time, his grip wasn’t gentle but neither was it rough. I was afraid that my first kiss would turn out to be sloppy but with Loki, it turned out that I had craved for more.

Loki ran his slender hands from my face down to my neck. His touch was cool but I felt incredibly hot inside and then I ran my fingers around his hair, the silky smooth feel of them beneath my touch sent me shivering down my spine. Loki bit my bottom lip and I flinched. Who knew kissing somebody could feel this good ?

“Get a room you two ! ” Someone called out and it was then I realized that it was Tony’s voice who’d called  it.  And then I heard a pair of shuffled footsteps walk away from us, leaving me and Loki to enjoy our impromptu lip-lock match.

Loki stopped nibbling on my lower lip and started to continue kissing me senselessly as he slid down his long and slender hands to my back, making me arch deliciously towards him. I felt hunger overcome me as I rested my arms over his broad shoulder, tiptoeing in order for me to reach his height. I felt his hands slide under the back of my shirt. I gasped when I felt his cool hands on my bare skin. My eyes quickly opened I slowly pushed him away with what little strength I had, breaking our kiss.

Loki pulled away and I jerked my head down and panted breath while I ducked I placed my hands over my knees for support. The kiss took up most of my oxygen supply and I was to blame Loki for that. When I looked up, I saw a bead of sweat form on top of his eyebrows. He stared for a moment before grinning at me.

“My, my, did I overwhelm you too much, mortal ? Was I really that good ?”  Bastard. He was getting cheeky now that he was able to see my vulnerable side. Damn it ! If only the Avengers hadn’t come here in the first place then this wouldn’t have happened !

I jerked my head back up, meeting him in the eyes. “Don’t get too cheeky yourself, asshole. And F.Y.I.,  only did it because I didn’t have any other choice.” I spat out at him as I rubbed my swollen lips furiously, wanting to erase the traces he’d left behind. I winced since they felt awfully tender.  I felt the heat between my thighs cool off managed to get a hold of myself. God, was I freaking horny when he’d kissed me ? Dammit !

Loki  flashed me a bright smile. “And what a choice it was indeed.”  To protect me from the Avengers, how nice of you.” Damn him, why couldn’t he just stop ? Couldn’t he leave a post-horny woman alone ? As if I’ve had enough problems to deal with, this asshole was just adding up to the pile.

“You knew they were coming? ” I asked him, gaping. This son-of-a-bi—

He smiled. “I maybe mortal but my senses are still heightened.”

Oh my God ! I can’t believe that I fucking kissed this—this asshole! Argh, why didn’t he just warn me in the first place anyway ?

I slowly stood up straight and walked my way towards him, my eyes never leaving his. I snarled at him when our faces were only inches apart.

“Then, why didn’t you fucking tell me in the first place, you ass !” I yelled, just enough for him to get my point and not to wake up the entire neighborhood around us. The last thing I wanted to do was attract some public attention and then the entire Avengers would eventually find us.

“I find it amusing, seeing you get flustered and worked up. Honestly, you can’t blame me, mortal, it’s in my nature to make things harder for  people like you.” He gives me a slight wink.

 Feeling really infuriated, I brought my hand up to slap it against his cheek but he was quick enough to grab it and  hold it in place. I growled at him.

He leaned in closer and a tilted my chin up to his. His eyes traveled down from mine and onto my red, swollen and abused mouth. He grinned.

In a sexy but thick voice he said, “Tsk tsk tsk, I wouldn’t do that if I were you, mortal.” God, It felt like honey was dripping down from his voice. Thick and sweet. I lost all of my rational thinking by just imagining myself kissing him again, wanting to taste that heavenly mouth again. I couldn’t help but lose control  for a moment as my knees wobbled, I placed my other free hand on his chest and leaned on for support.

He started to lean in closer, labored breaths started to arise. He stared at me one last time before moving back to my lips. He licked his and I felt my knees wobble again at the sight. Slowly, he leaned down, my  hand still encased in his tight grip as his lips started to brush against mine. The sensations were back again but I quickly pulled away when I heard a voice call out to my name.

“Trisha ?”

I  immediately kicked Loki in the knee, telling him to let me go and he did. I spun around, wandering who it was.

It was the least person I did not expect to see.

“Jake ?”  I say as he started making his way towards me. He smiled when we were only but a feet away and then his smile quickly fell when he saw Loki eye him suspiciously.

“Hey, so uh, is this guy bothering you ?” He asks while nodding towards Loki. Loki gave a low growl at the young man and Jake flinched for a moment.

“No !” I hastily blurted out and Jake raised a brow at me that said, ‘Oh-kay’. Gah, I needed to compose myself.

 “N-No. I mean, he may look like a psychotic axe-wielding maniac who probably wants to take over the world again  b-but he isn’t. Trust me.” I stuttered at the few parts, earning not only another eyebrow raise again from Jake but from Loki as well.

Jake placed his hands in the pockets of his pants and whistled. “So, if he isn’t a ‘psycho axe-wielding maniac’, who’s he then ?” Jake asked while he nodded again to Loki’s direction. I exchanged glances with Loki for a moment before finally replying to Jake.

Help me. “Oh, uh, sorry about that. T-This— This is—“ I paused, thinking of a good alibi to say to Jake.  “Uncle Lo !” I stammered. Well, at least that was something, I mean basically, Loki’s probably a thousand years older than me, it wouldn’t hurt to him uncle, wouldn’t it ?

I faced Loki for a moment, wanting to see his reaction and he only gave me a raised eyebrow. I turned my  attention back to Jake who seemed like he was busy studying us. He didn’t probably buy it, but hey, at least I tried.

Jake eyed Loki suspiciously before extending his hand to him. “So uh, you’re family eh ? You sure don’t look alike. Well, it’s a pleasure to meet you sir, the name’s Jake. Jake Adamsworth.”

Loki eyed him back suspiciously for a moment before taking his hand and shaking it (in which I nudged him to do by the way.)

Loki finally grinned. “No, Jake. The pleasure’s all mine.” He says as he nods at Jake.

After a while, I felt the male testosterone tension fill the air and they quickly broke off the awkward handshake, and Jake place his hands back in the pockets of his worn out jeans. He then turned to face me, earning my attention as he did so.

“So, uh, what are you guys doing here ? Isn’t it a little bit too late to take a stroll outside ?” Jake asked as he huffed a breath between his hands and rubbed them.

I laughed awkwardly. “Ah, you see, my uncle’s getting really senile, he goes on nightly walks because he needs some fresh air. You know, old age.” I scoffed. “ It isn’t working too well for him.” I shrugged as I patted Loki on the shoulder, earning a death glare from him and I quickly shoved it away.

Jake nods slowly. “I see.” Out of nowhere, a ring starts to echo from him. Jake quickly fishes out his phone and answers it. We all stood for awhile, waiting for Jake to finish his call. Loki had his eyes still set on Jake and I elbowed him, making him divert his attention to me as I rolled my eyes at him.

 “Will you please stop that ? You’re giving him the creep feels.” I leaned sideways as I told Loki in a hushed whisper so that Jake couldn’t hear me.

Instead of following me, he chose to ignore me. Oh wow, what a pain in the ass. Jake was already finished talking to the phone when he turned his attention back to us, and I stiffened in my place abruptly, trying not to look suspicious but I don’t think I nailed it.

“Sorry about that, mom called. I need to go back now.” Jake tilted his head and gave us an apologetic smile and I nodded. Well, technically, Loki practically beamed up when he knew Jake was leaving.

I shrugged and patted Jake on the shoulder before hugging him. “Okay then, take care you geek.” I say to him while I smiled. Jake returned back the smile and hug me back too before patting me on the shoulder, leaving me and Loki alone to ourselves as he walked away, hands in his pockets as he did so.

I turned around to face Loki right after Jake had left. Loki had that brooding look on him and I can’t help but laugh over his child-like attitude.

I punched his shoulder playfully. “Why the long face chump ?”

Loki only glared at me and crossed his arms over his chest. “Senile ? Old ? Was that really necessary ? Tell me mortal, do you even know who you are messing with ? And what is your true relationship with this—this Jake ? ” He asked looking very unhappy.

“Woah there, chill your Asgardian soul dude. I was only messing with ‘ya, besides, what is it with you about me and Jake anyway ? It’s not like you control my life or anything.” I asked while I held my arms up in the air and he quickly held them right away.

“Tell me.” He says with a hiss still not letting go of my arms. I tried to wiggle away but his tight grip was hard to compete with.

“Fuck ! Fine, Fine ! We’re just friends ! Best friends !  Now will you please let me go ? You’re fucking squeezing my arm, Christ !” I exclaimed at him and he immediately let go. The tension on his face eased up a little and I wondered why. I rubbed the wrists of my hands where he’d had a tight grip earlier.

I looked backed up to him and grinned. “Wait, are you jelly ? ”I asked and Loki stared at in me confusion while his brows furrowed.

“What ? ”

 “Don’t worry.” I chuckled and patted his cheek with my hand. “It’s totally okay to be jealous. It’s normal for men with gushing testosterones like you.”

Loki gripped my hand again. What is it with him and gripping my hands ?

“How dare you accuse me of being ‘jealous’.” He snarled at me as he let go of my poor hand. I whimpered in pain, rubbing my the wrists of my hands again.  

  “Ugh, jeez, fine, I’ll stop. Why do you keep hurting me anyway, first you abused my li—“ I cut off as heat filled my cheeks. I remembered the intense kiss we had earlier, it bothered me just how incredibly good he was at it, and to think, it had been my first too. Seriously, I had my  first kiss done with Loki. Freaking Gorgeous, drop dead sexy Loki ! Take that bitches !

I jerked my head up, wanting to know if he’d heard what I just said. And it seemed like he did, he looked at me intently from above. His height advance taking most of the pros in the situation.

“You were saying, mortal ?” He asked, grinning like a Cheshire cat.

His playfulness reminded me of how irritated I was supposed to be, so I rolled my eyes at him. “Oh nothing, just shut it Loki.” And then I crossed my arms over my chest. Loki laughed for awhile before asking a new question.

“So, did you get the ‘take-outs´ and ingredients today ?” He asked.

 Oh shit. I totally forgot about them ! Uh hello ?  I was busy running my ass off awhile ago, trying to keep you safe, you ass.

“Dang it! I forgot them at the mart !  I didn’t even buy the take-outs yet ! Well, if you hadn’t been an ass earlier, then I could have bought them. Jerk.”I say with a strong tone of voice. It was true anyway, if he had just told me earlier that he knew about what was going to happen next, then I could have saved myself the shame of losing my first kiss to an ass of a God like him, not that I was complaining or anything, okay fine,  yes, he was a great kisser, but still ! Gah, my head hurts again.

Loki chuckled. “So now, you are blaming me now for your carelessness, mortal ?”

I frowned. “Yeah, because you deserve it, asshole. And stop calling me mortal, it’s pretty darn annoying when you do that.” I poked his chest.

He grabbed my finger smiled creepily. Yikes.  “I do what I want.”

I slapped my other free hand onto his hand, causing him to let go of my finger. “And the same goes for me too, I can kick you out whenever I want, now tell me your almighty sassiness, do you want me to sell you out to the Avengers tor not ? ” I asked him with my arms crossed over my chest.

He didn’t reply instead, he gave me a low scowl which meant I probably won this round.

“Thought so.” I smiled in victory.

For the rest of the evening, I took Loki out to eat at a diner instead. We finished about an hour without arguing and walked back to the house, enjoying each other’s silent company. I often caught him gazing at the stars at night. Curious, I decided to follow his gaze and then I found myself admiring the starry sky too.  But I knew one thing for sure that Loki wasn’t just simply admiring the skies, he was thinking deeply about something. Perhaps he missed his family then ?

I sighed and let the cool breeze of the wind blow my worries and troubles away.  

When we’d reached the house, I found the main door unlocked, and thank goodness nothing was taken. (I would have to lecture Loki about the importance of locking doors later). I told Loki to close the door right after me once he’d gotten in and quickly made my way towards to kitchen to inspect his work.

I found the sink empty and the whole kitchen clean. I sighed in relief. It was refreshing to know that Loki had done his job after all. I started walking around when I heard a ‘squish’ come from underneath the carpet on the floor. I ducked down and lifted the carpet to check what had caused the odd sound.

I gasped. What. The. Hell.

  Burnt pancakes were lying all over the floor, just underneath the carpet that hid them.

Just then, I felt my nerves pop with anger.

“Loki ! You son-of-a-bitch ! Come here !”