Chapter 12: That Doesn't Help

The room was silent, completely and utterly silent. In fact the room had been silent for a good five minutes since the door closed behind Mayura. Loki was still standing in the study stunned when Narugami walked in.

"So did you finally make a move? I saw Mayura walk out the gate blushing a few moments ago," exclaimed Narugami as Loki flopped down onto the couch. "Who's going to be asked to be a husband now huh?"

"You're not helping Narukami-kun," mumbled Loki.

"What? I didn't hear you. Don't you like the sound of wedding bells in the air?"

"You're not helping Narukami-kun," stated Loki in a stronger voice.

"Oh… and why is that?"

"She rejected me, okay!"

"But… but… she was blushing bright red when I saw her… and I… I assumed… I'm sorry Loki. Do you know why? Why she rejected you I mean."

"She said it was because she's six years older than me, and she thinks that what I feel for her is only a passing crush. If only she knew… but I can't tell her that." Loki looked dejectedly down into his lap. "And then she said that I should look for girls closer to my own age and suggested that I date Reiya."

"Ouch… What caused all this to happen?"

"I kissed her. She had been straightening my necktie and then looked up at me. We were so close… she was so… I couldn't help it. I kissed her."

"Loki…"

"And to top it off, she left calling me Loki-san. Loki-san, she's never called me that before Narukami-kun."

"But I was positive you two were an item. Jeez, you two have been openly flirting with each other for the past three months. Wait… did she kiss you back?"

"What does that have to do with it?"

"Just answer my question. Did she?" persisted Narugami.

"She started to… but then she pushed me away."

"It's what I thought," replied Narugami. Loki lifted his head up and stared at Narugami questioningly. "She does like you Loki. But this is Japan. It's not proper for a girl to date a guy six years her junior. Now, if you were older one there wouldn't be a problem. It's perfectly fine for a guy to date a girl six years his junior."

"But I am older than her, several thousand years in fact."

"But she has no way of knowing that. And you've already said you can't just tell her either. You'll always be six years younger to her."

"I know." Loki's glaze fell back to the floor.

"But that doesn't mean you should give up Loki. Convince her that the age difference doesn't matter. Convince her that this isn't a passing crush… it isn't right?"

"Narukami-kun!" Loki's eyes quickly met Narugami's and turned a vivid red.

"Sorry, sorry, I couldn't help it. But it's good to see that you're feeling better."

"Funny… very funny. But how am I going to prove it's not a crush Narukami-kun? She's purposely distancing herself from me… Loki-san…"

"That's something I don't know Loki. I just don't know."

Omake: CCS meets MaLoki

"I have brown hair."

"I have brown hair."

"I have green eyes."

"I have green eyes too… usually."

"I have an animal familiar!"

"I have an animal family."

"I have a magical staff."

"I have a magical staff."

"I have a transformation scene."

"I have a… transformation scene."

"What's your final position?"

"Horizontal"

"Diagonal"

"I have to collect jaki."

"I have to seal cards."

"I'm sealed."

"Can I write my name on you?"

"Only on my staff."

"I'm too young for fetish porn."

"Doesn't stop the fan fics."

---Omake Credits---

Author: From my beta reader, the only guy you can see his spine from the front.

Alaska boy: But you helped write it too!

Author: Hey, why don't we call you Twiggy too?

Alaska boy: No

Author: But, but, but…

Alaska boy: Just no.

To LittleGreenWolf: I won't describe Reiya/Freya and she will use both names interchangeably. I'll leave it up to the reader whether she changes between looking like Reiya and Freya, or if Reiya now looks like a younger version of Freya. But either way, Freyr is going to be just as clueless about his sister's whereabouts as ever.

To Ytak: Hehe… Mayura and Loki are getting on an emotional rollercoaster. Can't tell you anymore, or it'll spoil the surprise.

To Bibliomaniac: The school subject will be discussed in a later chapter. And as for Reiya's jealousy streak, that kiss was Loki's first real move on Mayura. True, Loki and Mayura had been flirting with each other for a while, but they probably didn't flirt around Reiya, so she wouldn't have known. And after the Loki-san development, what is there to be jealous of?

To Littlegreenwolf: Did you like the omake? We had so much fun writing it… so many physical similarities. I agree with you that Loki is hotter than Syoaran, if only because you don't need to use your imagination for Loki… And LokiGirl always wants more pictures. I'm kikiwillsbcglobal.net if you don't want to post the link on the review board. Picture, picture, picture… (-.-) (-.-) (-.-) (-.-) It's Kirby dance time!

To Erinys: Nothing wrong with being greedy.