Luna sat on the roof of her house, watching the stars and the moon. She loved it here, because no matter how much her world changed, this part of it stayed the same.
She laughed as she thought of That's face the entire time she had interrogated him.
Suddenly, it was like the warrior she had seen defeat hordes after hordes of aliens on TV, chitauri, he had called them, start stuttering and say cheesy stuff she wish she didn't hear.
So it had been a female astrophysicist, Jane Foster. Luna had pleasant memories of Jane from past experiences.
Relaxing, she stretched backwards and just lay there, looking up at the winking stars, blinking and sparkling in the inky black sky.
What have I gotten myself into now? I just took two guys that I have known for five hours, ten if you consider them as pets, into my home. Great.
"Hey." A voice made Luna snap out of her thoughts and jump.
Losing her balance, her left leg lost its footing and slipped off the roof. Suddenly, a pair of hands reached out and caught her waist.
Turning to find Loki behind her, she released a breath of relief, "Oh god. Oh my god. You scared me."
Loki quirked a smile," Sorry." Before turning slightly crimson and letting go of her, "What are you doing up here?"
Luna sat back on the roof, "Nothing you'd care to know. What about you?"
"Nothing you'd care to know either. How much did my brother tell you?" Loki sat down beside her.
"Some stuff. Just things like why you're here, the situation with your father, and stuff about Jane." Luna's mouth curled into a smirk, "Mostly stuff about Jane."
"Look, I'm sorry about the New York thing. I have been thinking about that time, and I just don't feel the way I did." Loki said l, "I think... Maybe it wasn't the right thing to do."
"Well, your brother did say that you're the god of lies, so..."
Loki looked a bit dismayed, and perhaps wanted to continue explaining, but Luna added, "I believe you."
"Why'd you do it?" Luna's expression was not one of judgement, but one of pure curiosity, "I mean, sure you've changed, but what were you thinking at that moment."
For once, Loki wasn't sure. "It's, a few things. Mainly because I... I don't know."
"It's ok. What are Asgardians like? Do they all look like you two, and wear such, interesting outfits?"
Luna took one look at the look on Loki's face and laughed, "No offence. I'm just more used to my kind of outfit."
"I'm not Asgardian." Loki started, "I'm... Wait, didn't Thor tell you all of this already?"
"No, he didn't. He said that you could tell me yourself."
"Oh." There was blatant surprise on Loki's face, "I'm a frost giant."
"What's that? So Thor's not your real brother?"
"He's not. Let's just say that frost giants were the monsters we were warned about as children. I was left out to die, actually, for being a runt." Loki stated sadly, "My father didn't want me anymore."
Luna stared out at the sky, "I know that feeling too. My dad, he never loved me in the first place. He favoured my brothers, through the years. But he always loved my mother so much." Beads of tears formed in Luna's eyes as she was lost in the memory, "He would bring her to amazing places and buy the most thoughtful gifts for her." Luna bowed her head down and began to sob silently.
She felt a finger under her chin, and looked up to see Loki looking at her with an strange look on his face. "Forget about all of that, and look up."
Puzzled, Luna tilted her head up. Bright streaks of red, pink, and orange slowly chasing away the dark blue and purple of the twilight sky.
The light of the sparkling stars had started to fade, and instead the brilliant rays of the orange sun that shone just slightly over the horizon had taken its place.
Overwhelming by the breath-taking scene, Luna felt a small smile tugging at her lips.
"Luna!" She peered down to see Elle waving frantically at her, "What are you doing all the way up there? And with your cat?"
Luna looked to her side to see, indeed, Loki had become a cat again. Sighing, she leapt off the roof and with a somersault, landed neatly on the ground.
"Are you trying to kill yourself? I know the sunset is pretty, but you shouldn't just wake up to sneak up and sit there." Elle chided.
"Why not?" Luna questioned.
"Normal people have something called windows, you know? Glass for you to peer through? And with your cat, too!"
"Sorry, mum." Luna teased.
"But... That jump was pretty cool. How'd you do it?" Elle admitted sheepishly.
"When you have enough practice, you do it naturally." Luna winked before picking up her cat and heading in.
Elle watched, "When you have enough practice? Now I'm worried."
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Above them all, Odin had been them silently along with Frigga, "All Thor is doing is fawning over his girlfriend, they never going to get anywhere."
"Give it time, dear, everything will happen in due course." Frigga assured soothingly.
Odin gave an exasperated sigh before retreating to his rooms, at this rate they would never be coming back.
Frigga, however, had a wide grin on her face. She had seen how things were going to go and was pleased.
While her husband had only been focused on their first son, she had noticed the look on Loki's face when he looked to that beautiful sliver haired girl.
She was a good looking girl, just scarred by her past due to issues with her parents. In this way, she and Loki were somewhat similar.
Smiling to herself, Frigga hummed a tune to herself as she went back down the hallway.