Here's another chapter of this somewhat outrageous story, where Loki hopes to finally somehow 'woo her', so enjoy this latest chapter!

Chapter 4: The Gifts and Dates battle

Loki woke up contemplating on what 'Plan D' would be, but then he remembered a custom that involved gifts and courtship: if a man gives a woman a gift she likes, she has to go with him to an outing, wherever he would want to be, in other words, he has to give her she likes a gift in order for her to go out on a date with him. It was perfect because that way, he could get to know Jane better, and hopefully, not have her scared to death of him. So, he went out of his way to find the perfect gift for Jane, so he would take her on an outing, but it would have to be something she loves so much, she would have to accept the request for 'a date' as the Midgardians called it. It was going to be tricky for him, but the rewards would be worth it in the end when, not if, she would love the gift and say yes to an outing with him.


Thor was still angry and skeptical about what was going on with Loki, thankfully he wasn't naked, but the smell, whatever it had been, made him sneeze so much, he had to carry a cloth with him wherever he went, wiping the tears and stuff coming out of his nose and eyes. "I am telling all of you, something is up with Loki, I don't know why, but I am skeptical about his motives as of late." Thor said while Jane and Darcy were looking on at the others sparring. "I don't know what Loki had on him, it smelled heavenly though, but whoa it was overpowering on certain levels!" Darcy said waving her hand in front of her nose. Jane felt bad for her former lover and her assistant and friend after having weird things happen that suddenly had their moods changing like fashion trends. When they all left, Jane was sitting on the bench, overlooking her notes to make sure she didn't miss or leave out anything important.

It was getting to be a hectic situation for Loki choosing the perfect gift for Jane, he knew she wasn't much of a jewelry person, and he didn't know if she would be allergic to anything floral. He remembered that she loved the stars, so he decided she would have a rare flower, so he set off to find this flower to give to Jane, but he needed to be quick. So he had his things ready, and the weird thing was he knew where it was, so he had to be careful about getting the rose without attracting attention from bandits. The kind of flower he was looking for was in multiple colors, almost like a rainbow colored rose in a sense, he knew where they were, so he had to be subtle about getting this rose to her without people being wary about where he was going. When he had his things ready and was ready to get on his horse, he made sure the coast was clear before hearing a familiar set of stomping boots, and realized that it was Thor. "Brother, where do you think you are going?" he asked upon approaching him with Darcy beside him. "Thor, how nice to see you, and you too Lady Darcy!" he said cheerfully. "Cut the crap, Loki! What's going on?" she asked wanting to have some answers about the past three days. He didn't know how to tell them about what happened the past three days, so he decided to reveal part of the truth to them. When he was about to say something, Jane came up to Darcy, needing her and Thor for some clarification. "Hello, Jane." Loki said shyly. Jane looked at him, and she was wary of him, but at that point she didn't care. "Hey, Loki! Thanks for finding Thor and Darcy for me, I wanted to ask them about some clarification with a particular constellation." Jane explained while pulling Darcy by her arm. "We will talk later, brother when you get back." Thor said following the two women. Loki smiled to himself, happy that he finally said hello to Jane, and she didn't get angry and yell at him or scream and run away. He got to the stables, finding the horse he normally took, named Eskel, and having the horse saddled and ready for his journey.


When the trio were back looking over some stuff in Jane's journal, they were wondering about what had gotten Loki flustered to where he was doing those crazy things the past few days, but for both Thor and Darcy, the way Loki said hello to Jane was a big clue of why he was a little flustered and acting like a hormonal, crazy teenager. Jane was just taking a little forced nap when Thor and Darcy started to put some of the pieces of the puzzle together. "I don't know why Loki is acting like this, but when he said hi to Lady Foster, he was a little shy around her and when you and Lady Foster first got here, Loki was flustered around her, I know not what it means though." Thor asked suspicious about Loki's antics. "Call me crazy, Thor but I think he has a crush on Jane that might be why he's so nerve-wracked around her." Darcy said looking up from a book she brought along to Asgard. "You think my brother has feelings for Lady Foster?" Thor said questioningly. "Think about it, Thor….the way he is around her, I'm surprised that he only got enough of his courage to say hi to her." Darcy said marking her page in her book. Thor thought for a moment and he did notice that his silver tongue would turn to lead around Jane, so Darcy would possibly be right about why he'd been acting odd.


When Loki was riding on a lusher valley area, desperately trying to get to the rose, he had a big smile still plastered on his face. "It feels glorious, Jane said hello and she wasn't even scared of me, wary maybe, but not scared, oh happy day!" he said continuing to ride Eskel. Eskel nickered as if he was proud of Loki for having some courage enough to say hello to her. As he rode by, seeing the green grass, the trees, and even some animals, he knew he was getting closer to getting his rainbow rose for Jane. They got to the area where the rainbow rose was, and was astonished to discover that there were lots of them, so he decided to pluck some in order to make a bouquet to give to Jane. He looked around to make sure there were no bilge snipe around to disturb him in his 'quest', the coast was clear and he started plucking one rose from the ground. As he went on undisturbed, picking the roses, his horse started going a little wild, indicating that something was wrong. He got up slowly putting the roses carefully in a satchel on the saddle and it wasn't until he heard a loud roar that he realized that there was a bilge snipe charging towards him so Loki decided to battle the bilge snipe in addition to somehow prove his love for her.


Thor and Darcy were sitting around a fireplace, talking about what was going on earth prior to both women being on Asgard for research of the constellations and aspects of the realm eternal. Suddenly they saw Fandral come in the drawing room where they were sitting with an excited, surprised look on his face. "Thor, Lady Lewis you must come and see this!" Fandral said. "What is this about, has something happened to Loki?" Thor asked concerned for his brother. "He's not hurt, but you may want to bring along Lady Foster." Fandral said before continuing on his way to the back entrance to the stables. Thor and Darcy were skeptical about what he did, but went to get Jane anyway just to have her see something Loki did.


After the hectic, long battle with the bilge snipe, which was the biggest he had killed yet, he not only had the roses intact, he had the bilge snipe tied up with rope and dragged along the valley, getting to the streets where people were people were looking on, surprised and amazed with his kill, determined to show his 'gifts' to Jane. 'I hope she likes them!' Loki thought to himself confidently as he got to the back entrance, rainbow roses and his kill on hand, and waited for his 'future wife'.


"Hey Jane, come on!" Darcy yelled from the doorway. "Why, what's going on?" she asked closing her journal. Darcy put the journal to the side and dragged her along by the arm. "Just come on, you might even use this for your research on Asgard some time!" Darcy said as Jane was walking alongside her, Sif and the warriors three and Thor. Jane was skeptical as to why suddenly she was coming along to see something, but then again it would be useful for her research into Asgard's cultural aspects. When she got there, she saw Loki with a bouquet of what looked to be rainbow roses and there was a strange looking creature behind him. "Whoa, what's all this then?" she asked as Loki approached her. "Here, these are for you." He said giving her the roses. "They're pretty, thank you." She said gratefully as she took those roses from him, kissing him on his cheek, producing a blush from both of them. She left, going back to her room to put the roses in a vase.

Loki was in his room, peachy as can be because not only did she accept his gift, she kissed his cheek, he was giggling and dancing, loopy from happiness of his plan being a success, provided that she knew about the particular custom that came with accepting his gift. He wondered where he should go, should he go to a meadow and look at the constellations with her, talking about the many stars that were there, oh the possibilities were endless. "I can't believe she kissed me, I feel so….so happy and bright that she kissed me, what soft lips she has!" he said still smiling while his fingers delicately touched the place where she kissed his cheek. He wondered where he would take her, and ended up deciding on a place he remembered visiting as a child, whenever he wanted to just get away from it all and relax.


Jane was still in her room, admiring the roses when she noticed somebody knocking on the door. When she opened it, she saw Loki in his casual armor. "Loki, hey what are you doing here?" she asked surprised that he was standing there. "Remember when you accepted my gift, Jane?" he asked confused. "Yes…..is this some kind of Asgardian custom?" she asked skeptical. "Yes, by accepting my gift to you, you agreed to go on an outing with me." he explained. Jane was still confused for a little bit, until she realized that by accepting his gift, she accepted a date with him to somewhere. Jane's eyes widened for a little bit, and she realized that Loki was maybe standing there for a few minutes, nervous that she wasn't saying anything. "Ok, so apparently I accepted your 'offer', so where do you want to go?" she asked in a more resigned tone. His eyes were lit up, twinkling as they walked with her hand around his arm. "Well, it's an area I used to visit when Thor and I were growing up, whenever I wanted to get away from it all and just be myself." He said wistfully recalling the days when he would sit there and clear his mind. Jane was still wary about where he was taking her and why, but decided to go with him for their sakes.

When they got there, it was beautiful, but she was a little wary about his motives as to why he was taking her to this 'secret area', which was beautiful, with a lake, lush grass, high trees around the place, a huge Cliffside with a waterfall, and some fragrant flowers in the area. She admired the place for a minute then turned to Loki who had a hopeful smile on his face. "So, what do you think of this place?" he asked. "It's…beautiful, I will admit." She said still looking around. She wasn't happy that she was tricked by a bunch of exotic flowers into going on a date with him, and not only that, she was scared that he would somehow either trick her into doing something of his bidding or he would kill her or do lord knew what after what several people had told her during most of her stay in Asgard. But, now Loki seemed more….sweet, hopeful, even gentle. This had Jane on edge since he first stepped at her bedchamber door, asking about the gift. She was still looking around the area when she heard a splash. She looked to where the sound was and there he was, bare and swimming around. "Jane, why don't you swim with me?" he asked. She didn't have a bathing suit with her, and she didn't want to swim in her birthday suit with someone who would kill her or worse, but she didn't want to be rude, so she went behind some bushes and trees to strip out of her clothes. She covered herself as she came out from behind the bushes Loki's back was to her, being a gentleman suddenly. She slowly went inside the lake, it was nice, a little cold, but nice for her liking. She knew how to swim, so she started out with a breaststroke, getting adapted to the water's pleasant coolness. Loki was looking on at the woman who was swimming, mesmerized by how gracefully she was swimming, as he was watching, his member was becoming uncomfortably hard and he could tell there were little bunches of his seed leaking out of him, nearly embarrassing him in the process. "Loki, you ok?" she asked after noticing an uncomfortable look on his face. "Yes, I'm…I'm fine, don't worry about me." he said assuring her he was fine, even though he wasn't.


When they were back at the palace, after getting to know one another while swimming and even splashing each other, Loki walked her back to her bedchambers, keeping a lookout for anyone who might not be someone friendly. He knew Jane was scared of him due to what people were telling her about what he had done on Asgard, but if she got to know him better, she wouldn't be scared of him and would dismiss all the talk about him being a traitor to Asgard and a monster. When they got back to her bedchambers, she stopped at the door and he went to face her, nervous about what he would say to her. "So, here we are. I hope to see you again soon, Jane. Do you may be want to get to know me better?" He said slightly nervous. As he started leaving inwardly scolding himself for his choice of words. "Wait! I would like to get to know you some more." Jane said stopping him in his tracks. He thought his mind was playing tricks on him, but when he turned to face her, she looked shy and even some of her wariness was gone. "Perfect, I shall see you in the morn. Good night, my lady." He said smiling. She bowed respectively as she went inside.


Loki was back in his bedchambers, with a skip in his step and happy like a boy who had gotten a piece of candy as a treat. "Yes, I now have her…I hope to know her better as time goes on, I also hope she would be my wife and princess someday." He said happily spinning around and even hugging himself before going to sleep on his bed, with a big smile and sweet dreams coming to him. He felt proud of himself when he took her there, because he never told anyone about the place, not even his family. He hoped to know her better as time would go on.


Yaysies! Jane and Loki want to get to know each other more, oh happy day! i need some more ideas for Chapter 5 on how he might continue wooing her, please!

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