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For Loki these days being dragged out into the wilderness by Thor were very much hit and miss. Sometimes there were great moments where they had a chance to truly connect and get to know each other better and, well, others were just a waste. He could be doing something productive but instead he is being dragged along by Thor to go fishing or hunting which, quite frankly, the brute could do very well on his own. He just wanted someone to tag along so he could show off while he did it.
Today seemed to be a miss kind of day. Thor had set out to go hunting for Boar but along the way had spotted a large snake. He chased it but it slithered into a hole before he had a chance to catch it. He began to dig at the entrance to the hideout but he lost interest reasonably quickly and returned to walking down the path. What Thor had not paid attention to during that time was Loki. When Thor realised Loki was not right behind him anymore he stopped to check on him.
Loki was walking slowly up the path holding something small in his hand. Thor curiously walked toward Loki trying to determine what it was. Loki saw Thor walking toward him, smiled and lifted the creature into Thor's view. It was a juvenile lizard with small spikes around its frill. It had a long tail and small points above its eyes. Over all it would have been quite terrifying if it were a giant lizard but in his normal size he was quite cute.
"What do you think Thor?" Loki asked with a sweet smile. He truly did love animals.
"He is cute I guess." Thor agreed. "But, he is a bit too small to feed you, let alone provide a feast for the castle".
"He is not for eating you oaf." Loki scowled. "I was thinking that perhaps he could be my new pet."
"Ugh, yes. I suppose he would be a suitable pet. Although, I did not think you wished to have a new pet after the last one…" Thor trailed off.
"I know what happened to her Thor. It is ok. I never blamed you. Look, I will even trust you with my lizard. Why don't you give him a kiss?" Loki smirked as he walked toward Thor.
"A kiss?" Thor asked. "I would rather not. Do I have to?"
"Please brother? It would mean a lot to me" Loki's smile widened as he reached Thor and held up the tiny beast.
Thor reluctantly leant in to give it a quick peck to appease his brother. As his lips connected with the lizard it instinctively responded to an apparent attack by lunging at its attacker. It launched and latched on to Thor's upper lip and was determined to hold on. It was a life or death struggle for him.
Thor yelped with shock. He bounced around in response to the sudden piercing like pain in his lip. His eyes welled up with tears and he couldn't get out a coherent word. It was more like half words where all of the word ends were replaced with 'ow' instead.
"Hold still brother so I can help you." The delight in Loki's voice was evident but he was trying to maintain a concerned appearance as to not infuriate his brother. He was already going to have to deal with that but it could wait.
Thor stopped bounding and put his hands to his face as if wanting to pull the lizard off but knowing he could not do it without it hurting too much. Loki took the Lizard in his hand and gently placed a finger on each side of its mouth. He pressed down lightly at first and slowly more forceful until the beast released from his brothers lip. It was only then that the blood began to fall.
Only then did Loki feel any sort of remorse. Up until then this was just some excellent entertainment but now he could see that Thor was genuinely hurt. He was astonished that such a small animal could do that much damage. There was even more surprise to come when instead of being enraged Thor was grateful to Loki for rescuing him from the great beast that was out to kill him.
Thor had a scar between his lip and nose for years and Loki had a great story he could hold over Thor's head for life. This was a great day indeed.
Bonus chapter! I thought it better be a good one for you all. You deserve it! I have to throw in a special mention to noukinav018 who managed to review between my two updates today!