Meeting in the Rain
"I'm going out, Fenrir. Ask Yamino to delay dinner?"
Fenrir lifted his head, mumbled something along the lines of "bye, Daddy", then flopped back onto the slightly worn cushion. Loki smiled ruefully before closing the door quietly behind him so as not to disturb the puppy.
He grabbed an umbrella and stepped out into the soaked streets. Rain pelted down, drumming the pavement in a steady rhythm. This was soon accompanied by a harsher beat of footsteps as Loki beat a tune towards the park. In normal circumstances, Loki would never set foot in the rain. He disliked water; some would say he hated it. But this was something he had to do whether he liked it or not.
The small god grumbled through yet another puddle as he reached a large tree that someone had illogically planted in the middle of the district park. Squinting upwards through the rain, he spotted a tell-tale flash of purple.
"Heimdall. Didn't expect to see you here." He called cheerfully. Heimdall gave an amusing squawk and blinked down in surprise to see Loki below with a bright purple umbrella, trying to climb his tree.
"What the hell are you doing out here in the rain? And in my tree? There's plenty others for you to go and mess around in." Heimdall grumbled half-heartedly. His heart just wasn't in it today. Too much to think about already. Loki pulled himself up onto the same branch and repositioned his umbrella to cover Heimdall too.
"You'll get a cold if you stay out too long. Then Freyr will try to look after you. You know what that means, right?" Loki taunted. However this time, it seemed almost…innocent? Friendly, almost. Almost enough to make Heimdall laugh.
"Just…thinking" he ground out. Loki's expression seemed to say 'You can think?' Heimdall grimaced. May as well tell him. What did he have to lose?
"Uh…about Odin. I was thinking maybe…" he began awkwardly. Suddenly, Loki looked down sharply and laughed.
"Did you see that squirrel chasing it's tail just then?" he cut in. Heimdall blinked and looked down too. No squirrel there.
"Must have just missed it" Loki smiled. He handed the purple umbrella to Heimdall and pulled a folded black umbrella from his pocket. Loki jumped down from the tree and began to walk off. He left a bewildered a Heimdall sitting under an umbrella the same colour as his hair. A Heimdall that had temporarily forgotten the problem that kept him there in the first place.
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I have no explanation of how this turned out so long. I only meant to write two paragraphs and the whole thing mutated. Hopefully for the better? Anyhow I don't know if I kept them very in character. Explanation – Heimdall is thinking that maybe, just maybe, Loki was right about Odin and his evil manipulation and everything. So it's bugging him cos, come on, it's Loki. Loki, knowing this, has gone out in the rain simply because he's a nice guy like that and wants to a) help Heimdall and b) convince the guy he's not that bad really…and of course he just likes messing around with Heimdall's head. XD