After Duncan had time to cool off he felt both ashamed of how he acted as well as embarrassed. He knew Tony didn't really have an interest in Loki like he did, hell the guy had a steady relationship that seemed to be a really good thing for him. But that damned kaiju side of his just wouldn't let it go. Duncan chalked it up to him being insecure about what he has to offer Loki, mean where someone like Tony just seemed to have a never ending list of things he could offer someone. Hell anyone of the Avengers had more to offer someone like Loki then he did.
"I need to get out of this place. Some fresh air will help." Duncan sighed before throwing on a hoodie, pulling the hood up, and slipping into the elevator.
He'd just go for a walk around the block, be back before anyone's noticed he's gone. What could happen during a 'once around the block' walk?
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Duncan growled low in his throat as he pinned a young woman to an alley wall, his right clawed hand wrapped around her throat as he stared into her eyes.
"You can't fool me Loki. I can always tell it's you." Duncan said to the woman as he leaned in and sniffed at her neck. "Your scent alone is more then enough for me to tell it's you." Duncan noticed the woman seemed to shiver a little before her form shimmered and changed into Loki.
"So, you can detect me. Here I thought that was a lie." Loki smiled.
Duncan smirked. "I would never lie about you, or to you." He said honestly. "I know you were at the park when I found my father there. Listening in on what we were saying. It's rude to spy like that."
"How else am I to learn more about you?" Loki questioned, just now realizing that Duncan was still holding him against the wall of the alley yet, oddly Loki was ok with that.
Duncan leaned in and lightly ran his tongue over the shell of Loki's ear. His human side was shouting for him to slow down, that this wasn't the right way to go about things, but his kaiju side paid him no heed. "You could always ask like a good boy." Duncan growled lowly into his ear.
Loki had to swallow a few times as the sound of that growl shot right to his core. "Well, it's a little hard to ask when you are surrounded by those that wish to see me locked up. This is one of the few times I have seen you outside that tower." Loki pointed out.
Duncan pulled away and grinned. "If they want to lock you up, it will be in my bedroom only." Duncan told him. "And if they try to lock you up else where, I will come and reclaim you from them."
Loki told himself that that shouldn't excite him, that he shouldn't be please to hear the possessiveness in the hybrid's voice, but he could barely bit back the moan at the thought of the young man breaking through whatever cage the avengers put him in and carrying him off to some safe house where Duncan would lave affection upon him before-.
"That is a good way to make them your enemies." Loki warned, trying hard to banish the thought that was still playing out in his head.
Duncan chuckled. "I'm my father's only son, and the future king of all kaiju. Should the avengers become a threat to me, and should I be too busying with you to stop them, he would undoubtable take care of them. And I doubt they could handle a full blooded kaiju like Belloc." The human side of Duncan was outraged right now. his kaiju side, which was in full control right now it seemed, was making it sound like he'd go full villain for Loki...and damn it if a small part of his human side didn't agree that Loki was hot enough to make it worth it.
Loki went to say something, before everything that Duncan had just said fully clicked in his mind. "Future king of all kaiju? That would mean that you are the kaiju prince?" He questioned.
"That's right." Duncan nodded.
Well, that was another interesting bit of information regarding Duncan. Not only was Duncan half of a powerful breed like the kaiju, he was also royalty. And an only child, meaning his claim to his father's throne was left unchallenged by any other members of his family. "So, you are unopposed for the throne?" Loki questioned.
Duncan wanted to lie, say that he wasn't opposed in anyway as he could tell that was something Loki clearly was interested in, however he'd already stated he wouldn't lie to Loki and so he couldn't bring himself to say anything like this. "Sadly no. Many pure blooded kaiju stand against my inheriting the throne from my father. I've even had to fight off those kaiju over and over again." Duncan sighed before smirking. "And as you can see, I have yet to be killed by them." Duncan moved closer to Loki, pressing his body lightly against the other in an attempt to draw attention to the muscles that lay beneath Duncan's scales.
"So, you are a strong fighter? Interesting." Loki let his mind turn over the metal image of Duncan doing solo battle against a giant monster like the kaiju he'd seen after doing more research into them. To say the thought of seeing such a battle first hand wasn't appealing to him would be a lie, though Loki couldn't really work out if that was because he's never seen anything like that or he wanted to truly seen Duncan in action against such a foe.
Deciding that he'd shown off enough Duncan pulled away from Loki, withdrawing his claws from around Loki's throat but not missing the twitch of Loki's hand as if he wanted to reach up, though if to touch his next or to try to pull Duncan's hand back he had no idea. He'd shown himself to be psychically strong, able to see through Loki's tricks as well as track him, told Loki about the throne waiting for Duncan and clearly shown that he comes from a strong bloodline, that combined with his appearance should help to convince Loki that he's the best mate for him, or at least that is what his kaiju side told him.
"I would not think someone such as yourself to be royal, let alone have so many gifts." Loki commented.
Duncan felt his stomach drop a little at that, worried that Loki didn't like his looks. Or maybe it was the whole 'son of a giant monster' thing that Loki didn't like about him. As for his kaiju side, well he didn't like the way that sounds at all. "Something wrong with that?" Duncan questioned.
Loki raised a brow. "No. Did I sound displeased by it?"
Duncan moved closer to Loki one again, trapping him in place with his hands on either sides of Loki's body. "You might want to change your tone when speaking to me. I don't like it when people speak to me in a way that's not clear." He growled.
That took Loki by surprise. When he'd seen Duncan at the park Duncan hadn't seemed so dominate to him, had seemed to be a normal young adult male of Midgard. But now that it was just the two of them he was acting like a possessive dragon. Which Loki kind of guessed that Duncan was, as he did hear Clint comment about Duncan's father being a dragon. "I meant no offence," Loki told him which his hands raised to try to calm the young man. "That is just my natural tone." He explained.
Duncan's human side quickly jumped in before his kaiju side could try to say anything against Loki's tone, pointing out that saying anything against Loki using that tone would just make Loki mad at him and thus harm their attempts to win Loki over. Thankfully his kaiju side was more interested in winning Loki and thus anything that could be shown as being harmful to that goal could be stopped from happening.
"I can see my tone made my response seem unimpressed, or suggested that I disliked what I heard," Loki began. "I assure you that is not the case. I have simply not come across someone like you before and the more I learn about you the more I wonder at the place you come from." He explained.
"Well, perhaps then you might return with me to my world. Leave all of this behind." Duncan's human side had to force his kaiju side not to mention anything about how to do so would require that Loki mate with him. That would be a little too much for right now.
"A tempting offer. To see this world of your's that undoubtedly differs from this one. However, I fear at the moment my curiosity is not enough reason to abandon this one." Loki explained before adding. "Though who knows, the future is uncertain and I may one day take you up on that offer. For now though, I have things to do." Loki gave Duncan a smile before disappearing.
Duncan sighed to himself. If he really wanted to he could easily track down Loki as the guy hadn't gone that far from where they had been talking, but he wasn't going to. There was nothing to be gained from appearing to be a stalker and he had at least managed to get Loki some what interested in him. He would now try to sit back and let Loki think over the things he'd shared with the guy. For now though, he should get back to the tower as it was starting to get dark and he was getting hungry.
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~Back at the tower~
Belloc could easily pick up the smell of a man on his son when Duncan entered the kitchen. The strength of it suggesting that Duncan had been pressed up against this man for a while, and judging by his son's good mood he was willing to bet that Duncan had been with Loki.
"You appear to be in a good mood. I take it something happened?" He questioned, pretending not to know.
Duncan barely even turned to face his father as he answered him. "Went for a walk and got a chance to talk to Loki. Wasn't how I wanted things to go, but I think it went good." He admitted as he grabbed a bag of charcoal and began eating.
Belloc's smile grew at that. "And you were worried about facing him. Clearly you have little to fear when it comes to your future mate." He chuckled. "When you are comfortable with the idea, I do hope I get to meet him. Though I will understand if you wish to complete the bond with him first before you let me welcome him into the family."
Duncan hadn't thought about that part. Introducing Loki to his mother and father. Would Belloc only appear in his humanoid form? What would his mother thing of him being with an older man? Did either of them expect grand kid from him? How the hell could he have kids with Loki? Would they adopt? How would the other kaiju react to him and Loki adopting kids? What would happen to the kaiju throne if he didn't have a heir?
"Duncan," Belloc sighed. "Whatever it is you are worrying about now, stop. If you have questions then ask me."
Duncan was about to protest that he didn't have any questions, nor was he worried about anything. But then he kicked himself as these things were important in their own way. "I'm, I'm expected to have an heir one day, aren't I?"
Belloc nodded. "Naturally."
"But I can't do that if I have a guy for my mate. So what will happen to the throne when my time is over?" Duncan asked. "Also, aren't you and mom hoping for grand kids?"
Belloc shook his head. "You would not have chosen a mate that could not give you what you want, what you need." He explained. "And while I can not speak for your mother, I would like to one day gaze upon your children as you and your mate care for them."
Duncan frowned in confusion. "What? Loki can give me kids?" He questioned.
"Duncan, he is of a different race from us. One can hardly know everything about his kind from knowing just him." Belloc sighed. "Also, your kaiju side seeks a mate that can give you good young. Strong, healthy young to continue your line. Even though you are only half it still knows to do this, just as your human self does so in it's own way."
Now Duncan had more questions about Loki and these Frost Giants. Questions he was sure Loki wasn't ready to try to answer. Though, maybe he could ask Thor. After all the two are brothers and there for Thor must know things about his brother's race.
'Speak of the devil,' Duncan thought as Thor entered the kitchen. "Hey Thor, I have some questions about Frost Giants."
Thor seemed surprised by this but gave Duncan his full attention. "I shall answer what I can."
"How do they reproduce? Do they have male and female genders? How does pregnancy work with them?" Duncan knew he shouldn't be asking three questions at once but these were the most burning ones at the moment and if he didn't ask now he feared he would lose the nerve to do so.
Thor opened his mouth to answer before pausing as he thought the questions over. It took him a while but he suddenly realized he knew nothing about how Frost Giants have children. With a deep sense of shame he realized that, even after learning that Loki is one, the only thing he really knows about that race is confined to the stories he grew up hearing. "I..uh...I fear I don't actually know the answers."
Belloc frowned just as Duncan did. "Do you mean to say you don't know how your brother's race have young?"
Duncan sighed. "What can you tell me about them then?" Rather then try to find a question he could answer Duncan decided to just get Thor to tell them what he knows all together.
Thor hung his head. "I fear what I know is not but stories I was told as a child. Stories that do not paint them in a good light."
"You mean to tell me that not once did your people think to learn anything about Frost giants?" Duncan asked in disbelief.
"Why do the stories in Asgard paint them in such a bad way?" Belloc questioned.
"For many years we were at war with them." Thor explained.
"Are you still at war with them?" Belloc asked.
"No, the war ending some time ago and we have been at peace with them." Thor answered.
"And no one thought to try to learn about them during this peace?" Duncan asked.
"...No. We forbid any travel to their realm and left them alone." Thor admitted.
"And this is a realm that is viewed as being part of your father's kingdom of realms? Like this one is?" Belloc asked.
"Naturally." Thor answered, pleased to have at least one answer that seemed like a good one.
Belloc sighed. "Clearly your people do not believe in the age old saying of 'know thy enemy'. And even peace can not bring you to wish to expand your knowledge of a race." He then asked, "Do your people know the other races in the other realms?"
"Well yes we do. We've had long standing peace with many of them and those that we haven't we have fought back until they were no longer a threat." Thor answered.
"So you know about every other race and realm except Frost Giants and the people of Earth?" Duncan was really wondering now if this was the main reason Loki disliked Asgard.
Thor actually stopped to think on this. He had never really cared much for knowledge about the other races, always believing he should live that up to whatever counsel he would have as king, but after everything that's happened to change his view of both himself and the world around him he was starting to see how that line of thought, as well as how little he knows about the people of the Nine realms.
Duncan felt a growl of annoyance rumble in his chest at Thor's lack of answer. This was the guy that grew up with Loki, loved his brother Loki, and yet he couldn't even be bothered to learn any about his brother's race after learning they weren't the same. "Some brother you are!" Duncan snapped before storming off to his room.
Belloc sighed. "Thor, this information should have been something that you, as Loki's brother, pushed to have learned. Your father also should have put an end to the horror stories about Frost Giants and trying to build a true peace in which both races could live side by side with a better understanding about one and other."
Thor nodded in understanding. "Yes, I'm beginning to see that now."
Belloc turned to look down the hall Duncan had disappeared down. "He will need that information. If he is to have any luck with Loki then someone must answer his question about Frost Giants." Belloc thought carefully for a moment before turning back to Thor. "I would like to meet your father. One king to another and speak with him about what is happening between our son. He should be made aware of Duncan's courtship of Loki at the very least and perhaps he has information about Frost Giants that the rest of Asgard do not."