A/N: So sorry for the late night post! I had a busy day today. Here it is though, hope you guys enjoy! Also a big welcome and thank you to all the new people who followed and favorited! I hope you enjoy your stay, tell your friends!
Breakfast was very pleasant. Loki enjoyed the company of Katheryne and her friends; they liked to annoy her almost as much as he did. They would make little jokes towards her and her reaction to certain things Loki would do or say. Loki knew she tried to hide her reactions as best she could but he could easily see through her. He liked the effect he had on her.
Stephanie and Mary asked Loki about how he got to be Katheryne's roommate and he had to come up with a story, not giving too many details but enough to satisfy their curiosity. Soon they were off the subject of him and back to talking about general subjects. They asked Katheryne how her school preparation was going and if she had started moving stuff into her new classroom. Loki had listened quietly as Katheryne talked about her need to go organize her classroom in the next few days. He made a mental note to ask her about it once they were back at home. He would like to see where Katheryne was going to be working; maybe he could lend a hand in the organization.
After breakfast Steph dropped off Mary and then took Katheryne and Loki home. Loki closed Katheryne's passenger door and stepped aside so that Katheryne could say goodbye to her friend. Katheryne told Steph that she would call her once she was ready to move stuff into her classroom so they could make the trip to the school one of the upcoming days. As Katheryne and Loki walked towards the house Steph called Loki and motioned for him to come back to the car. Loki looked back at Katheryne, she had not head Stephanie call him so he walked back to the driver's side and bent down to look at Stephanie.
Stephanie smirked at him and raised her eyebrow, "She has got you good hasn't she?"
"Excuse me?" Loki asked trying not to smile.
"Oh okay fine. I have no idea what I'm talking about." Steph chuckled. Suddenly she grew serious, she lowered her voice and locked eyes with him, "Just make sure that you don't go playing with her emotions and then up and leave all of a sudden. Kat's fragile and I don't want to see her hurt."
Loki held her gaze and nodded. "Do not fret; I will never do anything to hurt her. That is a promise."
Steph looked at him and saw the sincerity in his eyes, he really showed how much he cared for her and she did not expect him to hurt her; but she wanted to make it clear that he better be on his good behavior.
Steph smiled up at him, "Good. Cuz I like you; you seem like a good guy. Just remember what I said." She raised her eyebrow and chuckled, "Now go back to her; I'm sure she is going to give you hell for embarrassing her like that today morning."
Loki smirked and stepped back from the car. "I already got a taste of it." He chuckled and walked back towards the house waving as Stephanie pulled out of the driveway.
Loki walked inside the house and found Katheryne sitting on the couch, playing with her phone. Loki closed the door and went to sit next to her, expecting her to go off on him because of all the joking that had gone on during the breakfast.
Katheryne looked up from her phone as he sat down and smiled. He couldn't help but smile back. She looked back down and kept playing with her phone.
"That's it?" he chuckled. "Both Stephanie and I assumed you were going to be angry with all the joking that went on during breakfast."
Kat narrowed her eyes at him as a smile played on her face, "Do you want the wrath of Kat?" she joked.
Loki raised his eyebrows at her and smirked, "Not particularly, however it would be interesting to see."
"Well I'm busy." She smiled and looked back down at her phone. "I have organizing plans to plan." She chuckled.
"Speaking of…" Loki started "Will you need help with your organizing?" he asked hopefully.
"Ah, thanks Loki, but it is not a lot of work, and I had already told Steph she could tag along. I just need to put up some of my posters and set up my little library. It's all small stuff really." Kat stopped talking as she saw him sadly looking down at his lap, his face plastered with a frown. "But thanks for the offer! If I need help you will be the first I call." She said cheerfully and leaned towards him to peck him on the cheek.
Loki smiled at her kiss and quickly cheered up. "Okay, thank you." He simply responded.
Katheryne continued working on her phone for a few more minutes as they sat in silence on the couch.
"Perfect." She said as she put her phone down. "I figured out what I'm gonna need and I can call Steph so we can get the room set up tomorrow."
"Do you need to do anything else right now?" Loki asked.
"No. Why?" Kat asked as she reached for the remote and turned on the TV.
"I wanted to ask you about your inability to play an instrument." Loki responded.
Kat snorted, "More like incompetence. What about my musical handicap?" she chuckled.
"Well would you like to learn to play an instrument?" Loki asked looking at her flip through the channels.
"Hell yea, but school is going to start soon and I won't have time to take lessons. I'm going to be up to my ears in grading and lesson plans."
"What if I said you could learn in a matter of minutes?" Loki grinned down at her hoping that would catch her attention.
Kat stopped her channel surfing and look up at him with a skeptical look. "What are you on about Loki?" She furrowed her eyebrows, "Do you play an instrument or something?" she asked, now clearly interested.
"Not exactly, but I can teach you. Well, more like deposit years of knowledge into your brain." He smiled at her.
Kat raised an eyebrow, "Is this a perk of being from Asgard?" she asked?
"To an extent, it is done with my magic so only I could do it but yes it is other worldly." He smiled down at her relishing in her curiosity.
"Then I say that is pretty freaking awesome. You have it made don't you? You can teach yourself any instrument, you can create money like nothing, and you can summon your things in an instant. Life must be easy for you." Kat said and poked him in the ribs playfully.
Loki's smile faltered as he remembered all of the pain and trouble he had gone through in his life. If only she knew how hard life had been for him. He quickly dismissed his thoughts and focused back on her.
"Well. What do you say? Can I help you learn an instrument?" he asked hopefully.
"Guitar? Yes please!" Kat exclaimed bouncing up and down in her seat.
Loki chuckled and shifted in the couch towards her, enjoying her excited reaction.
"Well, you will have to clear your head. Try not to think about anything so that I can deposit the information easily. It won't take long, just a minute or two. It will feel odd though, as if you stood up too quickly and all the blood rushes to your head making you dizzy. The feeling only last during the connection, once I am done the dizziness will slowly fade." Loki spoke as Kat watched him with wide eyes listening carefully.
"Are we doing this now?" Kat asked looking a little worried now that it was all being explained.
"Well you said you were not doing anything else at the moment, but no if you do not wish to do this now we can do it another time." Loki responded looking at her wide eyed expression.
"Um no, it's fine, never mind." She quickly responded and sat up straighter on the couch. She cleared her throat and took in a deep breath. "Okay I'm ready."
Loki smiled at her trying to ease her nervousness; he raised his hands up, palms out, towards her. "I need to touch you to establish the connection." He reached towards her face and cupped her cheeks gently.
Kat shifted her position in the couch to make it more comfortable for both of them. She sat cross-legged on the couch facing him and Loki adjusted himself to a more comfortable position as well.
"Remember, clear you mind. It will be quick." Loki reminder her again as he took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
Kat watched him as he closed his eyes and furrowed his forehead in concentration. She quickly closed her eyes as well and tried not to think of her burning cheeks where Loki held her face. She took a deep breath to try and settle herself.
Bad idea.
Instead of it helping her clear her mind, Kat got a good whiff of Loki, and boy did he smell wonderful.
Suddenly all she could think of was how close they were and how wonderful he smelled and how gently he held her face in his hands. Oh my God Katheryne stop! You're suppose to clear your mind not fill it with Loki thoughts! She berated herself. Katheryne heard a stifled laugh and her eyes flew open in panic. She saw Loki trying to hide his smile; he cleared his throat quietly and resumed his serious look of concentration.
Oh. Dear. God. Clear you mind! Clear your fucking mind! Katheryne thought again and this time made it her mission to expel all thoughts of Loki out of her head. She took another deep breath as she started to feel the dizzy fuzzy feeling Loki had mentioned. She gasped as she felt the feeling growing stronger. She felt as if she was going to pass out but held on taking deep breaths to calm herself.
They both stayed perfectly still, for how long? Kat didn't know but after what felt like an eternity, not that she minded, Loki pulled his hands away from her face and she opened her eyes.
Loki smiled down at her trying to catch his breath, "All done. Not too terrible right?"
