They walked back into their home realm together, keeping close together. Loki smiled a bit as they got back to the palace, leaving Thor to go back to ruling the realm.

Thor smiled to his brother before going his own way, sighing a bit. He really wasn't looking forward to going back to working again. He got to the throne room and took his usual seat in the large throne.

"Welcome back, your majesty. Are you hungry, is there anything we can get you?" One of the servants asked almost immediately.

"I'm not hungry at the moment, really. Please find Freya, though, and bring her here. I need to speak with her." Thor replied to the servant, who nodded and rushed off to do as he was told.

Thor only had to wait for a few minutes before the goddess walked into the room, smiling to him warmly.

"I was wondering when you'd come to me for help again. It's not nice to ignore people, you know." She said teasingly to him, walking up in front of the blonde.

Thor sighed a bit and smiled a bit to the woman. He'd seen her as a second mother all his life, looking up at her. "You remember when I came to you years about Sif, don't you?"

"Yes, of course. You were a lot lankier back then." She replied with a smile and a teasing poke to the other's large bicep.

"Well, I'm going to have to ask you to help me sort out my thoughts and feelings for another once again." Thor said with a small sigh.

She nodded and grinned, conjuring up a padded chair to lounge in. "Who's the lady?"

"It's not a lady this time, Freya. It's a man."

"Well, thank the Norns it's not a horse." She replied with a roll of her eyes. "Who is it?"

Thor couldn't help but notice how like Loki the goddess was and smiled a bit at the thought of his dear brother. "Well, um, you know him…"

"I know a lot of people, Thor. Answer the question." She replied, getting a bit impatient.

"It's Loki." Thor finally admitted.

She registered that for a bit and sighed. "Ah, this is more of something your mother would have been better with, bless her soul."

"You can help, though, yes?" Thor asked a bit worriedly.

"Oh, of course. I've known you since the day you came out of the womb. I've known your brother since the day he was brought back here and formally declared a prince. I can and will help you. Now, what do you feel for your brother, exactly?"

"Well, he's always been dear to me, obviously. He's always been my favorite person in all the Nine Realms. A day or so ago, he and I got inebriated, though and I ended up lying with him. Since then, he seems to fill me with a sort of warmth whenever we're together, or he smiles or something like that. I want to always be with him. I want to see him happy for the rest of his days. Gods know he's suffered enough over the past years." Thor replied, rambling with a small sigh.

"Wow. You've got it bad." Freya commented to the other man, patting his back. "Do you want me to see how he feels about you?"

"I'd love that."

She nodded and moved to stand up, hugging Thor gently before making her chair disappear. "I'll be right back, then."

The goddess then departed out of the room, walking down to Loki's chambers easily and knocking on the large door.

Loki looked up, cocking his eyebrow at the sound. It was a rarity to have someone come to his door. He stood up and walked over to the door, opening it and smiling a bit. "Freya. It's been too long." He said, moving to hug his old friend.

"Yes, it has. May I ask you something, Loki?"

"Erm, sure. Come in." He replied, a bit confused, but letting her into his room.

She smiled and walked in, seating herself on his bed, patting the area of mattress next to her for him to sit. When he did, she wrapped an arm around his shoulders, rubbing one of them gently. "What do you think about your brother? You're on good terms with him again, yes?"

Loki blinked at the question. "We're on good terms, yes. I'd say so. I think he's oafish, but I've always thought that. I love being with him, honestly. He makes me so happy and he makes me feel like maybe I'm not a total monster. He makes me forget my sins and demons."

She nodded, rubbing his back, then gently kissing his forehead to soothe him. "You've never been a monster, sweetheart." She said softly before leaving him to go back to what he'd been doing.

The goddess smiled and walked back to the throne room to Thor. "Congratulations, you've got a brother who loves you as much as you love him. All you have to do now is put the moves on him." She said happily.

"How do I do that, though?" Thor asked a bit nervously, biting his bottom lip as he tried to think of ways to woo the other man.

"He's your brother, you know what he likes. Don't do something cliché, though. Get creative." She replied with a small smile to him. "Trust me, it won't be that hard."