Both Vixry and Loki were preparing their late lunch, which consisted of grilled and roasted chicken, steamed vegetables and rice and some salad. And Loki was salivating upon seeing the chicken being cooked in the oven and Vixry was silently laughing to herself.

"I see that you want some of that chicken by the way you're looking at it," Vixry commented with a smirk adorning her slender face.

Loki heard the comment and slightly blushed. Vixry noticed this action and laughed. "Sorry Loki, but you're kind of cute when you blush. I think I will cause it more in the future if that will be your reaction."

This time around, Loki was the one to laugh at the comment. "Do that again and then you will see what will happen to you. And I won't feel remorse about it."

Vixry faked pain as she put her hand towards her heart. "You offended me, Loki."

Just as Loki was about to say something in return, there was a loud crash of thunder. Something that made Loki panic because, for him, that indicated one thing and one thing only: Thor.

He quickly ran towards his room and closed the door behind him, causing the windows of the house to shake as a result.

Vixry ran towards Loki's room. "Loki, please. Can you open the door?"

There was silence for several moments on the other side of the closed door before Loki decided to answer Vixry's question.

"No, don't worry about me Vixry. I'll be fine in a little bit." Loki sounded like he was crying and Vixry was concerned for his well-being. And Vixry wanted to comfort Loki.

"Loki, what happened? You reacted bad with the thunder. Is it about your brother?"

And her answer was met with silence from the other side of the closed door for several moments before it was opened, revealing Loki and his tear stained x. hasn't bothered drying them prior to opening the door to let Vixry pass through.

"The thunder did remind me of my oaf of a brother. I am so sorry for reacting for the way that I did," Loki said and apologized again.

Vixry smiled before answering. "Don't worry about it, Loki. From the way you reacted, I assume that you have some bad relations with your family, especially with your brother."

Loki slightly nodded before he answered her statement. "I kind of do, but then again, it always been him that everybody favored. I was just put aside and I wasn't very well liked just before of several factors, such as my heritage and my constant need to lie."

With a sigh, Vixry slowly approached Loki. They sat down on the comfy bed, both facing the window towards the outside.

Without saying a word, Vixry grabbed Loki's lanky and bony hand into hers and held on tight. This action surprised Loki as he looks down at their joined hands and then his attentive eyes went towards Vixry's worrying ones.

"You don't have to worry about me, Vixry. This feeling will pass soon," Loki said with a wave of his hand, as if his feelings were not something to consider.

"Don't say that Loki. Please, look at me."

Loki, hesitating, looks at Vixry straight in her eyes and smiled. Seconds later, both laughed and Vixry gave Loki a tight hug.

"I needed that hug, actually," Loki stated with a smile.

"Of course you needed that Loki. You need love, just like everybody else," Vixry said. She liked whenever Loki smiled without a care in the world.

"I do? But, I killed people in the past, I lied, and among other bad things. I don't deserve such things like love," Loki said and quickly got up from his spot from the bed.

"Of course you do. I mean, you regret doing them, right?" Vixry asked.

"I do but regretting is not going to fix them," Loki replied. His eyes darted down to his stomach and both of his hands found their way there.

"You know, everybody has their regrets. I have my own baggage of regrets. I have done things that I wished I didn't do in my earlier years and I suffered several years in anxiety and depression from those said things. And then, I thought I shouldn't have to suffer from the aftermath of my past actions. Pondering over them again and again isn't going to forget that I did them nor erase those actions and the pain I have caused as a result," Vixry said.

Loki was quiet while Vixry was telling him her bad experiences. "So, what exactly did you do in order to, you know, forget those regrets, in a way? I certainly need to, especially now that my baby is on the way."

Vixry laughed. "Well, I did yoga, lots of meditation and exercises. They helped me relax and my mind drifted away from my past problems into the present, and my future."

"Well, I can certainly do some physical, but relaxing, exercising," Loki said with a smile.

-Back in Asgard-

"Mother," Thor said with a small smile as he sees Frigga walking around the palace. He was eager to find his brother. And fast because he got the feeling that Loki is in a bad situation and needed help. A lot of help.

"Hello dear," Frigga replied with a smile of her own. She was just done talking with some guards about a war they heard from a rather small realm not to far away from Asgard.

"Have you heard, Thor?" Frigga asked before letting Thor speak.

"What happened mother? Did something bad happened to father?" Thor asked with worry in his voice.

"No dear, none of that. Your father is in good health. It is just that some of the guards heard a rumor about a potential war against Asgard from an unknown, and rather small, realm, away from Asgard," Frigga replied.

"Where did they hear that rumor from, mother?" Thor asked, now his mind was preparing for an uncertain way. He plans to speak with his father and the with the Warriors Three. "And does father know about this too?"

"Yes, he does know. He went to prepare the army if this battle should arise and to be prepared at all times."

"Good, because we don't want a surprise battles, like last time that it happened," Thor said while he remembered the last battle where Asgard wasn't prepared for battle.

"Yes Thor. And don't remind me. That whole situation was a mess from the very start. At least, we won at the end," Frigga said with a sigh.

"Mother, I came to see you in regards about Loki," Thor said. When he said Loki, Frigga's attention held on to the name of her youngest son.

"Yes, what about Loki?" Frigga asked. She missed him terribly and often wondered where he was.

"I miss him too, mother. And the fact that he could be anywhere is what scares me the most," Thor admitted.

"Then, we should do something about it," Frigga said with determination.

"Like what, mother?" Thor asked. He wanted badly to rescue Loki from wherever he is at the moment. And to help Loki in any way possible.

"First, we to go see Heimdall if he can see Loki anywhere," Frigga suggested.

"Alright mother, let's go."