When Thor had come home from his nine to five job as an engineer, he was not expecting this. As he jumped off of the metro bus-the number nine that always got him to and from work- he noticed a moving truck parked out front of his apartment building. He adjusted his plaid red and black button up shirt and curiously made his way across the street. As he reached the sidewalk in front of his building, he looked at the truck to see a woman yelling into the back, then turning and yelling at one of the moving men. She was a pale skinned woman, long black hair falling down her back. She had leggings adorning her long legs, complimenting her curves. Her tight athletic top hugged her hips and amplified her breasts. Thor flinched as she continued to scream profanities at the poor men moving the Victorian inspired couch. If he was into women, he would have no doubt gotten an erection just by looking at the female. However, this was not the case. Another figure joined her, climbing out of the back of the truck. The man was dressed in black slacks with a dark green dress shirt, tucked in and rolled up slightly passed his elbows. He was tall and thin with pale skin. He had black hair like the woman beside him, but it only fell past his chin. It was pulled back with gel, not loose like the female's. The more Thor stared, he realized they were almost identical. The man was gorgeous in every aspect. And he, unlike the female, gave Thor the erection he was positive he would not get. He cursed and scurried inside, knowing he would have to tell his roommate about this encounter.
Loki nodded, pretending to listen to his sister, when in reality he was watching the man across the parking lot stare at them. He raised an eyebrow as the blond haired male walked quickly away into the building Loki would soon call home. A snap of fingers alerted the dark haired male away from his thoughts.
"Yes, my dear sister?" he asked smoothly, said female's fingers looming near his face. Lekný pull her hand away, placing both on her hips.
"Are you even paying attention? Too busy staring down that hottie?" she asked, flipping her hair back. Loki scoffed and stepped aside for one of the moving men.
"Oh please."
"That's the brother I know," Lekný smirked, looking at her nails that were coated with dark green polish. "Can no one turn your head?" the female inquired. To this, Loki shrugged nonchalantly.
"No one has made it worth my time. You know women don't attract me anyway and they are who I'm always around." the dark haired boy explained as a moving man carried out a case. "Oh, I'll take that one." he said quickly, holding out his hands towards the man.
"It's heavy." the brunet male warned, earning a glare from the man who had hired them.
"I am self-sufficient enough to carry my own guitar." Loki sneered.
"Okay, okay." the man sighed and watched his employer take the instrument in its case in his arms. He shook his head and disappeared back into his truck. Lekný rolled her eyes and watched her brother hold the guitar childishly in his arms.
"Besides the obsession there, Loki… I think blondie was interested in you." his twin smirked, folding her arms across her chest. Loki however, did not smile at all. He scoffed and held onto his precious stringed instrument.
"Dear sister, I regret to inform you that he was most likely looking at you." he rolled his eyes. Lekný laughed loudly and punched her brother in the arm, earning a glare from him.
"Oh dear brother," she mocked, beginning to walk towards the building. She turned around and walked backwards, yelling after him. "You lie!"
"… I do not!" he smirked slightly and began walking after her. "That man simply looks too straight to be gay!" he retorted, causing his sister to laugh more, a sound that filled the air. It made Loki think of their childhood, which for the most part had been fantastic.
"Loki, my mischievous brother, lies again!" she laughed and turned away, running inside. Her twin stopped walking and sighed, looking up at the apartment building.
"Why must you be so childish…" he trailed off, then walked ahead towards his new home.
"Jane!" Thor yelled, slamming the door after himself, rattling the picture frames on the wall next to him. When there was no response, he tried again. "Jane!" he bellowed in his lowest voice. At that, noises sounded off in their apartment and a girl ran out in a white towel wrapped around her body. Her long brown hair had stuck to her face and neck, soaked from the shower. She made a skidding stop in front of her roommate and frowned.
"You scared me! You big lug," she huffed, looking up at the blond male. "Why are you yelling at me? Are you okay?" Jane asked. Thor frowned, slightly insulted by the comment she had made about him, but chose to let it go. He removed his shoes and leaned against the closest wall.
"We have new neighbours!" he smiled, his voice booming as usual. The brunette across from him frowned and rolled her hazel eyes.
"We get new neighbours all the time… You interrupted my shower time for that?"
"No, Jane," he replied quickly, stretching out his limbs. "Not just any neighbours."
"… Oh boy."
"Well, one of them, yes," Thor smiled his biggest smile. Jane pinched the bridge of her nose, but said nothing. "They look to be twins. I think we should welcome them to our building." and this caught Jane's attention. She raised an eyebrow and placed the back of one of her hands against Thor's forehead.
"Are you okay? You never care about new neighbours… You are always nice, but not this nice." to this, Thor laughed and made his way past her, walking into the kitchen. Jane sighed and followed after her high school friend.
"Jane, I'm perfectly fine. Have you ever seen me get sick?" he laughed, the whole hearted kind that truly showed Thor's caring personality. Jane smiled slightly and watched him go through their cupboards.
"Well I have known you for eight years… But you're right, I've never seen you get sick. You lost your voice though a few times."
"I was captain of the football team. I had to yell a lot." he replied. "Anyway, my immune system has little to do with what I wanted to ask you." the blond explained and opened the refrigerator. Jane watched him and raised an eyebrow.
"Will it be quick? I'm pretty much naked." she mused. Thor leaned into the fridge, welcoming the coolness that hit his face.
"Jane, I don't care if you're naked. It's not like I haven't seen that before," the man retorted, looking for a bottle of beer. He smiled when he found what he was searching for, taking the object from the top shelf. "I think we should take it upon ourselves to welcome these new neighbours of ours!" he smiled brightly while standing up straight and closing the door to the fridge. Jane sighed heavily and shook her head.
"You already said this…"
"Dear Jane, I'm not finished," the blond male chuckled. "I think we should do this by baking them a cake!"
"You mean by Jane baking them a cake," she frowned, leaning against the counters in their kitchen. "Thor, why do we have to do this?" to this, said male only smiled more.
"You'll see."
"Black Forest?" Jane asked, finally giving into another one of her friend's ridiculous schemes. Thor twisted the cap off of his beer with ease and leaned against the counter next to her.
"But of course!"
"We're really about to go do this aren't we?" Jane mused, pulling her favourite blue sweater over her head, smoothing it out after she wiggled into it. Thor smiled and raked a hand through his hair, wet from the recent shower. He shrugged into his leather jacket, old but well used, and leaned over to face his friend.
"Do I smell like alcohol?" he asked her. Jane leaned closer and sniffed him, then stood up straight.
"Nope. Minty fresh." she said, her tone light and mocking. Thor smiled, arrogant as always, and walked into the kitchen. Jane slipped into her flip flops and adjusted her grey yoga pants as her friend walked back out into the hall, the newly decorated cake held in his two massive hands. "I swear Thor Odison… If you drop that cake, I'll kill you in your sleep."
"I swear by the gods that I would never let such a thing happen, Jane." the blond male mused as the little brunette opened their front door for him. He walked past as she sighed and locked the door after them.
"How kind. So, do I get to know why we're doing this?"
"Just wait. You'll see! Patience is not a virtue you were born with, Jane Foster." he scolded lightly as they began to walk to the elevator on their floor. Said female rolled her eyes and stuffed her hands into her sweater pockets.
"Always the charmer, Thor." she sighed and paused at the button, not knowing to go up or down. "… Did you find out where they live?"
"I knew I forgot something." Thor snapped, the cake balanced in one hand. Jane pinched the bridge of her nose in exasperation.
"Two hands!"
"Right," Thor nodded and balanced the cake in his two hands again. "We can push the down button and find out where the live because of the call box." he said and watched the brown haired female push the down button.
"Who says it's up yet? They just moved in, Thor." she sighed. To this, the male shrugged and walked into elevator once it had stopped and opened for them. Jane followed and thanked her lucky stars that no one else was in the elevator. Thor had been known to take up a lot of space in the already small elevator. The neighbours of the building had quickly learned to let the elevator go by if Thor was already there, getting the other one.
"I have a feeling." and his feeling had been right. The two had arrived to the ground floor and found in the lobby that the call box had the name Laufeyson in brand new black letters, yet to be faded like the rest of the buildings tenants' names. "A vote to visit the top floor, apartment 1207?" and to this, they both raised their hands, Jane with less enthusiasm.
"1207 it is," the brunette sighed, hitting the only arrow in front of them. "Is this a friend I don't know about? I'm honestly confused here, Thor." she mused as they walked into the elevator. Thor hit the round number 12, the top floor.
"No, I have never met them." the blond male smiled, innocent as ever.
"Of course," Jane rolled her eyes. "They live on the top floor too… Must be wealthy." she remarked as the elevator hit the fifth floor. The taller of the two looked down at her and shrugged.
"They do have the last name Laufeyson. Like the huge banking company."
"That company is in California. I doubt there is a connection. We are in New York, Thor." she laughed. The elevator finally reached the twelfth flooring, a ding sounding off before the door slid open. Thor gave his award winning smile before stepping out into the hallway.
"Finally here!" he announced, his deep voice booming with excitement. Jane sighed and stepped out into the hallway.
"Calm down and hold that cake steady… This way I guess," she suggested and walked ahead of her friend. They made their way down the hall silently, to Jane's surprise. Thor did not speak once until they reached the door that read 1207 in gold italic letters. "You going to knocked?" she asked, breaking the silence. Thor shook his thoughts away and smiled slightly.
"Ah, yes." he smiled brightly and balanced the cake in one hand. He knocked trice against the wooden door, then retreated his hand back to hold the cake again. Jane blinked as a female voice yelled obscenities before screaming a 'one second'.
"She seems nice." Jane muttered before the door swung open, revealing the dark haired woman Thor had seen hours before. She looked at Jane and tilted her head to the side.
"Do I know you?" she asked, before looking up at Thor. "Oh, hello there." she purred and held out her hand to Thor. Said man smiled and took her hand in his, shaking it enthusiastically. Jane scowled and pinched the bridge of her nose.
'Yet another woman who thinks Thor is straight.' the brunette thought and watched the scene before her unfold.
"My name is Lekný Laufeyson," she said smoothly after Thor had pulled his hand away. "And who might you two be?"
"I am Thor Odinson and this is Jane Foster, my roommate." he smiled brightly. "We came to welcome you to the building." to this, Lekný smiled more.
"That's so sweet. You even brought a cake." she chirped.
"Yes, I made it." Jane said finally.
"Fabulous," the voluptuous woman waved her off and took the cake from Thor. "Well, come in!" she laughed and walked back into the apartment, leaving the door open.
"… A woman? Really, Thor? This must be a joke." Jane scowled. Thor laughed and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"You will see, Jane." he smiled and walked into the apartment. Muttering a string of curses, Jane reluctantly followed after her blond friend. They were lead into a classical looking living room, beautiful furniture and paintings decorating the room.
"Wow." the brunette whistled as the taller female ushered them to sit. They did as she asked and took a seat on the dark green couch. Thor looked around the room and beamed.
"It was my brother's idea. I'm more modern, but I suppose it looks okay." Lekný explained. "I'll go get him." she smiled and walked off, yelling in a foreign language.
"Brother…" Jane muttered, then looked at Thor with a dead panned expression. "This better not be what I think," and to this, Thor only smiled. "Thor! I swear to God…" she hissed, stopping when the woman sauntered back into the room with four wine glasses and a bottle of expensive red wine. She watched as a male, almost identical to the female, walked in behind her. Boredom was etched across his features until his eyes fell upon Thor. His eyes narrowed as he apprehensively took a seat on the love seat across from them.
"Who are these people, dear sister?" he asked as Lekný placed a glass in front of him, doing so as well for herself, Thor, and Jane. The female in question smiled as she poured the wine into the four glasses.
"This is Thor and Jane." she said simply, pointing to each swiftly. "They came to welcome us to the building."
"Ah." he said simply, his eyes boring into Thor's. "Well, that certainly is polite of you both." to this, Jane nodded uneasily. His eyes shifted to her, narrowing more upon eye contact. Jane shrunk back against the couch and said nothing.
"… Thor, Jane. This is my rude brother, Loki Laufeyson." the female rolled her eyes and sat down next to her twin.
"I care not for names." Loki sniffed, taking a sip of wine, his gaze fully focused on Jane.
'Why is he staring at me like that?' she thought, the uneasy feeling making her shift in her seat.
"Why must you be unforgivably rude, my dear brother? Forgive him, he's too uptight for his own good." she said easily, waving a hand in her brother's face. Loki glared at her, then returned to stare at Jane.
"You must be his girlfriend." at this, both Jane and Thor almost spit out their wine. They swallowed their wine and Jane was the first to speak.
"I'm his roommate!"
"She's a high school friend!" Thor assured the twins. Lekný sucked her teeth and smiled.
"… Hm." Loki nodded and returned to looked at Thor. Jane coughed and looked at the two twins.
"So, where did you move from?"
"California," the other female replied, watching her brother absentmindedly. "Our family owns a banking company… You may have heard of it." she sniffed. Jane leaned back against the couch and glanced at her roommate, who's eyes had yet to leave Loki's.
"I have. Thor and I both go to that bank." and this seemed to please the dark haired woman across from Jane. She took a sip of wine and looked at her brother.
"Hear that, my dear brother?" a nod was all she got in return, his look never wavering. Jane met Lekný's piercing green eyes and sucked in a deep breath.
'Well… This is awkward.' Jane thought, gnawing on her bottom lip. The woman across from her smirked and shifted her gaze to the kitchen door.
"How about you come help me dish up the lovely cake you brought, Jane." she said lightly, her bitterness now lost. Jane rolled her eyes and stood up after Lekný had disappeared through the door of the kitchen.
'Sure… Doesn't hate me anymore. Because I don't date Thor. What a bitch.' the brunette thought bitterly and gave the two males one last look, to see the gaze had yet to break between them. She sighed and entered the kitchen to see Lekný leaning against the dark green counter.
"I thought you might have felt the tension like I did. Wanted to get out. Am I right?" she asked smoothly. Jane watched her with a deadpanned expression, but shrugged as she walked over to the other female.
"I guess so. He is my friend."
"What happened with you two?" the dark haired woman asked, nails tapping against the surface of the counters. "Because I think there's more to it than roommates, dear Jane."
'Why do they say dear so much? Their politeness is so fake.' the younger woman thought with slightly disdain. "… Why is it any of your business? Does it affect your plans you have for my friend? He's not into women much." she managed to say without much malice. Lekný faux pouted and placed her hands on her hips.
"You're quite the bitter little girl," the fair skinned woman chimed, a sly smile ghosting her blood red lips. "As attractive your blond friend is, I am not setting out to seduce him." and to this, Jane frowned more. If this woman did not want Thor, why would she ask? Regardless, Jane took a deep breath before replying.
"We dated in high school. It ended with mutual agreement. We didn't work out like we both hoped," Jane simply. "Now can I know why you asked?"
"For my extremely uptight brother of course!" the older woman laughed, but spoke with eager quietness. "I have never seen a man lasting in a staring contest with my brother in a very long time. It may not seem like it, but that shows my stoic younger brother holds some interest in your friend." she smirked. Jane blinked wildly, but she was not overly surprised. Thor, while simple and idealistic most times, was a captivating male to many.
"Loki? He's…" Jane trailed off, which caused Lekný to burst into laughter.
"Of course he's gay. It is bright as day. Even so, not many people catch his eye. This Thor, however, managed to rustle his feathers this afternoon. Whether he denies it or not, my brother does have interest in your friend," the dark haired female smiled, removing the cover to the cake. "Is this black forest?" she asked, her voice melting into pure joy.
"Thor will be happy to hear that, I'm sure. His ego is relatively the size of Texas," Jane mused crossing her arms across her chest. "And yes, it's my favourite."
"Jane Foster," Lekný began, removing a knife from the knife block on the counter. "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
'Hurray.' Jane rolled her eyes and smiled slightly.