Hello,
sorry for this shameful late, but I can't be quick like I used to be..
So I promise I won't abandon any of my stories, but … please,be very patient
warning: un-bate version, sorry for mistakes :(
Chapter V II : I do what I want
"He's very good, isn't he? He's one of the best conjurer who I have ever met, well, I haven't met any other!" Darcy intervenes promptly, with great nonchalance.
Loki stares at her puzzled, just like Thor does.
"He knows tons of those tricks!" Darcy goes on, speaking to the woman.
Loki snorts hearing that word. He just hates it.
The owner of the bar definitely changes mood and she turns to Loki, with a bright smile.
"Really? Congratulations, then, you're extremely good. If you perform a show, I want to be there." the woman winks.
Thor doesn't like her attitude at all, but he decides not to cause further troubles.
"He's waiting for his manager to give him a proper engagement." Darcy justifies.
"I understand. Please, forgive my previous reaction, but… you know, you can never really trust people enough… " the woman apologizes.
"Don't worry, we understand your point of view." Jane smiles gently at her, while Thor confines himself just to nodding.
"You know what? Breakfast is my treat. Come back here again!" the wonder smiles and everyone thanks her. "If you want to perform a show here, you're welcome!" she turns to Loki again, winking, before leaving.
"What the heck did you say that I am? And am I supposed to wait for what from who?" Loki grumbles in confusion, once they're alone.
"Oh, shut up! I've just saved your ass!" Darcy strikes back pungently, making him fall silent.
- Very nice ass, by the way! – the pretty trainee ponders.
"Your magic will only cause trouble!" Jane snaps, turning to the younger god.
"I don't think so, we just earned a free breakfast!" Darcy points out, exchanging glances with both the Asgardians.
"It's only a coincidence!" the scientist snorts, looking back at the god of Mischief. "You should not use your magic so openly in public!"
"I do what I want!" the handsome prince retorts, pungent.
"Yes, it is true, he does!" Thor chuckles, then contact Jane "In thousands of years father hasn't managed to make him change, do you think you could co such a thing?"
In response, Jane moves a bit closer to the exiled god's chair, caressing his shoulders and arms. "Take example from your brother, now he has learned how to behave flawlessly!" she says, with a sickly sweet smile at the blond.
Thor feels a certain tension and tries to break it.
"Hey, Loki, you were drinking your coffee, weren't you?"
"I give up. Too hot! " the smallest.
"I can't believe it! Are you a Frost Giant, right? How can you lose against an innocent drink? " the eldest teases him.
"He's a.. what?" Darcy worries.
Loki has a sort of realization.
"You're right. I'm a Frost Giant! " he sentences, wrapping his hands around the strap of cardboard and focusing.
After a few seconds, his hands are veiled in a pale blue, while he keeps holding the glass.
When he removes his hands, which regain their normal pale complexion, the coffee has solidified and he eats it, using the spoon that he used for the cake.
"Hmm, yes, it's not so bad ... this coffee!" he mumbles happily, under the girl's astonished gaze and Thor's the resignation.
"If we're done with the breakfast, we can go." Jane states, glancing at her watch.
"You do not want to work like a slave today, right? With what equipment, by the way? "her friend points out.
"Nope, no work. Today is the perfect day for a little shopping. Thor, you're coming with me!" she decides for both.
"Where and why?" the former god of Thunder questions her, confused.
"I'll explain everything on the way. We'll nice things. It 's my way to thank you for the free breakfast! "she continues.
"It 's Loki who you should thank. And also Darcy. I didn't do anything! " the blonde says, and the two brunets nod.
"Whatever!" Jane mutters, dragging him away. "See you later!" she greets and leave with him.
It has been so immediate that Loki has not even had time to react.
"So, what are you going to do?" Darcy distracts him, and they also leave the bar.
"I think I'll go back to the lab. I'll find something to do. And then I have to finish my coffee! " he smiles, showing the glass, before their paths divide.
The girl watches him leave a little upset.
/
"C'mon, still some efforts … " Loki focuses, sitting on the couch with his hands open and arms outstretched, as if he were holding something.
Actually, something appears, passing away from the initial golden smoke, it seems a kind of mirror, but instead of reflecting the image of the god, inside you can see something different.
"But it's Jane and Thor, in a shop!" Darcy says, appearing behind him.
Loki jolts, taken by surprise, losing the necessary concentration.
As a matter of fact, the magic mirror dissolves instantly.
"Happy now?" Loki snaps, since he hates being interrupted.
"Of course, I am. To spy on someone using their magical powers is not fair! " the girl sentences wisely.
"Why? To sneak secretly to observe what people do is not to spy? " he strikes back.
"To begin with, at least I did not use any magic power. And then the laboratory is where we work, it's s a sort of second home! " she justifies. "Today there will not even be Erik, he went in search of an old friend of his, trying to solve that little problem with the SHIELD. '
"Who?" the prince frowns.
"Those nasty villains who have taken away everything!" she explains, sitting beside him on the couch.
"I see. Well, you know, in our realm there's someone who made spying his job and his reason for living. And he can see everything, even you, at this very moment, if he wants to! " the brunet reveals.
Darcy jolts.
"Me ... now? " she asks for confirmations and other nods. "How is my hair? Do I look pretty?"
Loki laughs.
"If you are really craving to know what those two are doing, Jane has already bought a dress, a blouse, that is the third store that they are visiting and she's having a great time with Thor!" she informs him.
- I would rather not to know the last part – he ponders sadly.
"But. How did you do? Do you have a magic mirror, too? " he looks at her dumbfounded.
"Much better! I have this and before I visited her Facebook profile and her Twitter page! " the girl says, showing proudly her cell phone. "One day I'll tell you how this stuff works, if you want!" she winks at him
Loki smiles, before getting more serious.
"What are you doing here?" He asks her.
"I didn't want to leave you alone." the brunette admits.
"What if I wanted to stay alone?" the brunet insists.
"No. I do not think you it's good for you to stay all alone, in a planet that you don't know very much. So I won't leave you on your own to practice with your abracadabra. "
"What is abracadabra?" Loki frowns.
"Oh come on, salagadula Magicabula bidibibodibibù" replica Darcy, as if it was something obvious.
Loki stares at her bewildered.
"Human, are you okay?"
"Look, I've got a name, but I'm fine. I think that streaming Disney is not up to your planet! " the girl mutters.
"What obscure and hermetic words are you babbling?" Loki protests.
"I got it, let's move!" she says, getting up and going to the closet of DVDs. "It should be here .. yes, here we go! "she goes on, pulling out the DVD of Cinderella.
"My dear god, get ready for what we call Midgardian cinema!" she announces, coming up to him and inserting the DVD into the player. "Too bad we do not have popcorns!" she adds.
"What are the popcorn?"
"Oh my, how am I supposed to explain it? Hmm ... let's say clouds, salted flakes of could. They're good at any time of day, " Darcy describes them, before pressing 'Start'.
/
By mid-movie Loki is all involved with the storyline.
"Oh, no! The stepmother has locked her in her room, but she has to go to the Ball! Will she make it? " he wonders, restless.
"I will not tell you anything!" Darcy laughs.
Loki definitely changes mood.
"No way, you, miserable member of an inferior race, you will tell me everything!" he roars.
Darcy does not seem to worry about that.
"Don't you know that 'please' would be a much more effective way than your insults and rude manners?" she says.
Loki pauses in a few moments of silence and at the end he shows her his big puppy eyes.
"Please, could you tell me?" he tries again, much more quietly.
Darcy snorts, finding it hard to deny him the answer.
"She''ll be okay, now enjoy the film!" she scoffs.
"But she will go the party, won't she?" the brunet asks for confirmation.
"Yeeees! She will be the most beautiful of all the girls and the Prince will have eyes only for her! " the exasperated girl snaps.
"That's better!" Loki smiles heartened, sitting more comfortably on the couch to enjoy the rest of the film.
"Remind me not to watch a movie with you ever again!" Darcy mutters.
/
Around lunch time, Thor and Jane return.
"I knew I'd find you here!" the astronomer exclaims, turning to her friend, with a knowing smile.
Darcy smiled sheepishly.
Who does not smile at all is Thor.
- She has been here all this time? Here alone with Loki? – he broods.
"We stopped to buy a little stuff. Pizza for everyone and we'll eat here! Help me to set the table! " Jane says.
While the girls prepare the table, Loki approaches Thor.
"I'm like Cinderella!" he says.
"Who?" Thor frowns.
"A character of a cartoon .. yes, I think they call her like that. But this is not the important thing. To begin with, she is adopted, like me. She's mistreated by her stepmother, I am by my stepfather. " Loki enumerates the similarities to Thor, which would like to make him desist.
"But at least, unlike her odious stepsisters, my stepbrother is neither bad, nor ugly!" he adds, in a more docile tone, winking at the blond who is pleasantly surprised.
They sit at the table and each one opens the box with their pizza.
Needless to say that Thor has chosen one of the most stuffed that may exist, Jane chose a Capricciosa, Darcy preferred a Four Seasons.
"I know you like simple things, Loki, so enjoy your Margherita!" Thor explains and Loki looks puzzled at his box.
"What is this flat, red,stringy and hot disc?"
"Less questions, more eat, but don't freeze it this time. Just blow on it! "Darcy recommends.
Loki follows those recommendations and proves to appreciate that Midgardian dish a lot.
Thor also invites him to try the coca-cola, filling his glass.
Attracted by the pleasant noise it emits, Loki tastes it, amused by the slight tickle on his palate. It doesn't take him long to drink it all.
"This drink. I like. Anot.. "he says, ready to throw the glass in the ground, but Thor intervenes quickly, jumping on him and grabbing his glass in time, putting it back on the table.
"No, Loki, here humans don't have this custom. You just have to ask for another drink." he informs his brother, mindful of the teachings that he had just the day before.
"Oh." the youngest murmurs, and decides to ask what he wants in an easier way.
However, even though it was a matter of a few seconds , their bodies so pressed against each other and the hands brushing against each other have meant a very special moment to both of the gods and the increase of their palpitations is a proof.
/
At the end of lunch, Loki and Thor offer to clear the table, while Jane and Darcy take care of getting rid of the boxes and leftovers.
"I think we should confine ourselves to admiring them from afar without interfering!" the trainee begins.
"What are you talking about?" the scientist frowns.
"Oh come on, since Loki has arrived, Thor and he have eyes only for each other and they do not even realize it!" the other says.
"Oh, come on, Darcy, don't be silly! Do you think it's possible that .."
"How was your day of shopping with Thor?" Darcy interrupts her.
"Good. We spent the whole morning together and .. '
"Jane?" her friend insists.
"Well, every now and then Thor mentioned his brother, but ..." the brunette staggers.
"Jane Foster!" the brunette has her over a barrel.
"All right! Thor has done nothing but talk about his damn brother and when he did not talk about him, he kept babbling about a mysterious hammer that he claims to be his!" Jane, confesses, exasperated. "But this does not prove anything!" she insists. "And then they should not be .."
"Brothers? Yes, but on their planet they must have different customs! "the other shrugs.
"Darcy, please, do not be ridiculous!"
TBC
hope you'll like it so far.
For the ones who reads also 'Expecting …. ' , I'm in a super extra busy time, but I hope I'll manage to update in 3-4 days.
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