"Eleden" She heard her name being spoken. Someone's hand was gripping onto hers and another was stroking her hair. "Eleden, are you awake?"
"Here, let me try" A softer voice said. "Eleden, dear, please wake" Her eyes fluttered open. At first all she could see were fuzzy, distorted shapes but then they cleared and she found herself staring at both Loki and Thor who were staring back. "Oh thank the heavens" Loki exclaimed as he wrapped his arms around her.
"Brother, don't overwhelm her. She is still quite weak" Thor warned him. The younger brother let her go and she lay back down. "Ella, are you ok?" His eyes said worried but his body did not. He stood there looking at her, arms folded over his chest. She nodded and stared back at the two. "Loki said he found you in the woods. What were you doing there?"
"I...I don't kn-know" She stuttered, staring at Loki for he knew why she was really there. "I-I can't remember" Loki tangled his fingers into hers.
"I'm glad you are safe dear" He admitted. "I was so very worried for you. It took me an hour to find you" He placed a hand on her cheek and brushed a thumb across her milky skin. He placed a soft kiss on her lips and Thor had to look away to stop himself from being sick. Loki gave her a soft smile when he pulled away and she returned it with a look of worry.
"Please don't do anything like that again, Eleden" Thor warned. "I cannot bear knowing that harm almost befell you" He slammed the door behind him as he left, clearly not happy that Loki had kissed her in front of him. Eleden looked up at him through thick eye lashes and sat up straight, pulling her legs up to her chest. She shifted uncomfortable as awkwardness fell about the room.
"Eleden, what was that?" His tone was more angry than worried. "I mean I tell you how I feel and then you just runaway..."
"Loki, I'm sorry but I-"
"You could've been hurt!" He exclaimed. "Or worse, you could have died" She looked down and started playing with her fingers. "You can't just do that; you can't run away like that. Do you understand me?"
"Y-Yes" A moment of silence passed. "Uh, could you please fetch Thor for me?" Loki stared at her in shock for a moment but he did as she requested, slamming the door just as Thor had.
The older brother returned to the room without Loki and sat down next to her on the bed. She wrapped her arms around him and softly cried into his neck. He reached around to the small of her back and softly kissed her temple. "Loki was mean" She sobbed. Thor smiled slightly.
Eleden's words traveled into Loki's ears as he listened to the conversation inside. A part of him died knowing he had made her cry twice in the last twenty-four hours. He walked away. He had no idea where he was going, he just had to leave.
Eleden tossed and turned in her sleep. She woke up, unfortunately unable to not have nightmare infested dreams. Tonight she decided to sleep in Thor's bedroom since there had been tension between her and Loki.
She turned over to face Thor and found him staring at her. "Are you ok?" He whispered. Eleden looked back at him with innocent eyes and shook her head. He coiled his arms around her like a cobra and pulled her closer to him. "Is something troubling you?"
"Just a nightmare" She replied as though it was normal for her to have them. She smiled when he lightly kissed the top of her head.
"My hip still hurts" She muttered into his shoulder. He peeled away from her and pulled back the covers. He slipped out of bed walked around to her side. She sat up, wondering what he could be doing. He put a hand to her right hip, the one that she had injured, a gently massaged it. "Ah!" She hissed and he pulled away. "That hurts more"
"Is there anything I can do for you to stop the hurting?"
"Kiss me" He leaned up and did as she requested. She smiled against his lips. Thor threaded his fingers through her raven hair and she laid down, pulling him on top of her. Her hip still hurt but at least the kissing made her forget about it. "Wait, wait" She pulled away and put a finger to his lips. "Do you hear that?"
"What?" She signalled him to be quite and slid out of the bed. Eleden soundlessly walked to the door and that's when he heard the distant crashing. It sounded like glass. She slowly opened the door and peeked outside. The glass smashing was clearer now.
Thor watched her grab her cloak, place it around her and then slowly slip outside. He followed her and they wondered down the halls until they found the room in which the crashing was coming from. She looked back at Thor with worried eyes.
"Loki" She whispered when she realised who's room it had been they were standing outside of. She tried the door but it was locked. She pressed her ear to the door and listened. She let out a sigh of relief. "He's just practicing spells" She assured Thor when she heard incantations. She pressed her back to the door and smiled. That was until the door opened from inside and Loki yanked her arm, closing the door on his brother who remained outside.
Eleden looked around the room. None of the lights where on. The only way she could see was from the light of the full moon that shone through the doors to the balcony. Loki splayed his hand on the small of her back and pulled her into him.
"What...what are you doing?" She asked him. He walked backwards, pulling her with him. He slipped his arm under the back of her knees and lifted her up. He placed her down on the bed. "Loki..." She trailed off. He pulled back the covers then lay down beside her. He pulled the covers over them and snaked his hand around her waist. Loki did the same movement Thor had done and brought her body close to his.
"Isn't that better?" He asked her. "Lying next to me instead of him" She smiled at his foolish jealousy.
"Well the bed is comfy, I'll give you that" He returned the grin. He placed his hand on her damaged hip and whispered an incantation. The pain imedietly retracted. She hadn't realised her could do that. Instead of thanking him with words she used her lips and pressed them against his own. He kissed her back, biting softly on her lower lip. She removed her lips from his when she got an idea. She thread her fingers through his hair and smiled. "How about mornings and nights I spend with you and during the day I spend time with your brother?"
"I don't know how I would feel about that" She looked slightly confused. "You'd be asleep half the time"
"True" She paused for a moment and chewed on her bottom lip. "Just kiss me" She pulled him into a passionate kiss, wondering if this would go on until she fell asleep.