Thor could not help it, but then again why would he? He wouldn't even have believed he could ever feel like this again had you asked only such a short while ago.
He was giddy as a little school child, excited as an overgrown child! He and Loki were on Midgard! And Loki was no one's enemy this time!
No one cared about Loki, they were free to do whatever.
"This is called a hotdog!" Thor grinned, offering Loki the food product. "Try it! You'll love it!"
Loki's eyes were filled with suspicion as he seized the hotdog in Thor's outstretched hand, all the while people were walking past them in the buzzing of New York city on a busy work day.
"Come on, don't tell me you're scared." Thor grinned.
Loki glanced up. "I saw him taking that sausage out of his cart, for just how long do you think that sausage has been in that same water?" he asked.
Thor chuckled as he shook his head, Loki always had been rather picky with his food. Perhaps he was indeed pressing his luck with this one.
"Come on, just a bite," Thor asked as if he was a mother encouraging a child to eat their vegetables.
Loki hissed in annoyance but snatched away the hotdog, then looked at it with doubtful eyes.
"Well?" Thor asked.
Again all Thor got was an annoyed sneer, then the hotdog, Loki looked at it… He looked like he was truly dreading this. Slowly he brought it to his mouth and then took a slight nip, immediately he removed the hotdog as his entire face crunched in pure distaste.
"Oh, not to your liking?" Thor asked.
"This boar was killed perhaps a year ago!" Loki exclaimed. "Maybe even more! In what realm is this considered edible!?"
"Erhm… Midgard. Obviously." Thor commented as he took a big bite out of his own hotdog.
Loki's face was riddled with pure disgust.
"Wait, I got another idea!" Thor exclaimed. "Sushi! It's not really for me, but I think you'll like it."
"Sushi?!" Loki asked. "I don't know what that is, but if this is the standard for current Midgardian food, I have no need to find out!" he exclaimed.
"Just wait here! I'll be back in a second!" Thor exclaimed, stuffing his hotdog into his mouth, then ran off.
"No, wait... THOR!" Loki shouted. "I DON'T WANT YOUR STUPID SUSHI!"
He had no choice, Thor was already gone and Loki groaned, resigning himself to sit down on a bench. He looked at the disgusting thing in his hand, then tossed it in a bin as he leaned back.
It took a while, but finally Thor came running back holding a little box. "I apologize Brother, I made sure this would be fresh made and fresh cut!" he put down the box on Loki's lap.
Loki just looked down at it with narrowed eyes.
"Well, try it," Thor insisted.
Loki hissed, but opened the lid and found eight small pieces of different shapes, rice and fish seemed to be the main ingredients.
"Come on Loki. You scared?" Thor asked.
Loki glared at Thor, but finally reached down and picked up a piece with his fingers, then popped it into his mouth, the moment he did, his eyes widened.
Thor looked at him. "Well?" he asked.
Loki glared at him as he slowly chewed and swallowed, then looked the other way. "It's decent," he finally stated in a dismissive tone, though Thor couldn't help but chuckle as Loki helped himself to another piece, and tried to be very stealthy and sneaky about it… He wanted to be indifferent, but clearly it fell to Loki's taste.
"They may have something similar on Jotunheim," Thor commented, leaning back. "They like raw fish too, right?"
"What is it with you and the Jotnar these days?!" Loki asked.
"Just casual conversation," Thor tried, he really was trying to just make it normal, casual conversation like Banner had advised.
"Are you trying to compare me to a Jotnar?!" Loki asked with a piece of Sushi in his hand. "Is this a new common insult on Asgard?" he asked.
"What?! NO!" Thor exclaimed. "It's just, we may have a lot of things in common. You know?" he asked. "Jotnar have a way to make raw fish delicious, the Midgardians have a way to make raw fish delicious. The Jotnar are…. Erhm."
"If you are trying to compare me to a Jotnar, I'll kill you," Loki stated.
"Oh." Thor's heart sank.
"Wait." Loki blinked. "You were!" he accused.
"Nooo!" Thor tried. "Not at all! I mean, you just… might have a few things in common."
"Why are you calling me stupid all of a sudden?!" Loki asked.
"I'm not!" Thor exclaimed. "When did I do that?"
"Comparing me to a Jotnar, the people who are as dumb as rocks!" Loki stated.
"Well, maybe they aren't," Thor tried. "Maybe they have smart members of their species."
"Do you have a new Jotnar best friend you wish to introduce me to?" Loki asked.
"NO!" Thor tried.
"Then what is all this stupid talk about the Jotnar!" Loki exclaimed.
Thor halted, then he sighed deeply, groaning as he rubbed his forehead.
"Well?" Loki asked.
"Forget it," Thor groaned. "Just… Forget it. Please."
Loki pouted, then he leaned back. "Well I suppose we have better things to worry about," he commented, picking up another piece of sushi and eating it. "The Tesseract is around here somewhere, right?" he asked.
"Aye." Thor sighed as he started to hear talk in the back of his mind and he groaned. "Not now."
"What?" Loki asked.
"I'm shifting," Thor informed.
"Good, we need more information," Loki stated. "Have a nice trip."
Thor rolled his eyes, he blinked and…. Hello Avengers facility, hello beer gut. Well, at least it gave him an escape from the conversation he was having with Loki.
This entire Jotunnheim thing was of course only a secondary concern right now, but… It was knowledge Thor now had. It was really unpleasant.
"Are you alright, Thor?" Bruce asked as he stood next to him.
"Aye… Loki is just being... Well, Loki," Thor admitted.
"Ah." Bruce nodded. "He didn't… trick you or...?"
"No." Thor sighed, crossing his arms. "He is just being as proud and stubborn as always." Oh boy, Thor could really go for a good mug of mead right now. Then he closed his eyes… And this was the timeline where he definitely couldn't just do that. This was the body which still craved the stuff…. Fantastic.
