He knew it was the right thing to do.
His hand closed around the flower-shaped ornament, then opened again.
Pain and loss; he never wanted her to have to know their bitter taste. Not like he had. Not like he was going to, once he had taken her memories of him, and returned her her innocent exuberance.
He closed his eyes and his fist clenched around the metal, warm from his hand.
He smiled.
Yes, he knew it was the right thing to do.
The gold-and-red flower fell to the ground, and shattered.
-- Owari --
Authoress: I know it's been done before, but I couldn't resist. Typed it up in my post-anime hazy bliss, in about 3 minutes. There're several other fanfics out there which deal with the final episode in so much more detail than this, but… (curtseys) Thank you for reading, anyway.
Hopefully I wasn't too obscure when I tried to portray why Loki changed his mind about returning to Asgard...
Disclaimer:
Matantei Loki Ragnarok does not belong to me, even though I adore the characters.
