The next day Loki once again woke up early, but instead of reading, he decided to do something a little more—to the avengers—disturbing. He went straight to the kitchen and started cooking. He made omelettes, and bacon, and toast, with all the high-end appliances, and took great pleasure in seeing all of the jaws of the avengers drop. After all, Loki was a super evil villain; why would he be making them breakfast? Thor and Banner were the first to recover, but having very different reactions.
"Thank you, Loki." And showing a great deal of courage—the bad Frost Giant runt could have poisoned it after all—started to eat.
Thor's reaction was the other side of the spectrum. "But—but! Loki! We are not—it is not—you should not be cooking! You are not allowed!" Thor looked positively panicked, shifting nervously and glancing all around the room in a paranoid manner, as if worried that Odin would pop out to give reprimands. Loki smirked mentally.
SteveRogers, who had just started to sit down, looked terribly confused. "Why isn't he allowed to cook?"
"We are princes of Asgard! We are not to be mucking around the kitchen like the servants! It is unbecoming, and not allowed!" Thor burst out, but the smell of food proved to be too much, and the fact that it had been Loki that cooked the food seemed to matter less and less. He eventually sat down to eat. Barton and Romanoff seemed to be the least trusting, but when they saw that the food was not poisoned, they sat down. Stark didn't seem to have a problem with the food, but was sitting as far away from Thor as possible.
When Loki sat down but did not make any move to eat, Banner looked up with furrowed brows. He opened his mouth, but before he said anything, his eyes widened in horror. He was the first one to notice that Loki's mouth was sewn shut with golden thread. Not that Loki was surprised; he had thought that it would be Bruce Banner that would see it first. He was by far the smartest one of the avengers, and the least self-absorbed. He was also quite observant. Loki put a finger to his lips in the universal sign of 'shhh!' and Bruce shut his mouth, still looking horrified.
"Loki, you didn't eat at all yesterday; you should eat something." Steve frowned when Loki shook his head. Barton got impatient.
"Are you ever going to speak? Because the head shaking is making me want to punch you more then I already do, which is a fucking hard thing to do, considering how much I want to punch you." His fists were clenched and he had a fearsome scowl on his face. It probably would have been intimidating, but Loki had seen worse. It didn't help Barton that he was eating the omelette that Loki himself had cooked.
"What are you talking about? Loki cannot eat, or speak. It is part of his punishment." Thor evidently thought that it would be best should he step in to clear up the confusion.
"And he goes along with it? Doesn't seem like he would care much for the particulars of his punishment." Natasha Romanoff said, blank faced.
"You do not understand; he cannot do those things. His mouth has been sewn shut to ensure that." Obviously Thor was not expecting the outcry that followed that explanation. While the avengers all started demanding answers and saying that what was being done was brutality , Loki just sat back and pulled out the second book of Harry Potter—which he was halfway through—and started to read. It really was a good story; even if the main character didn't have much of a personality.
"Do not worry! His magic—though he cannot use it—will sustain him!" Thor tried to placate them. It… really didn't work.