7. Side Walk When She Walks

"Dressed to kill

you look so right

I am drawn with lust to night

you're wounds are opening wide

And they're just my size"

-Side walk when she walks by Alexisonfire

"I don't see why I have to come with you grocery shopping," Loki complained as Hotaru ignored him like she usually did.

"Because you haven't eaten anything I made you so now you can pick out the food," Hotaru said and hopefully he would stop whining about being hungry all the time. That and she didn't want to leave him alone in her apartment. He had a habit of nearly lighting something on fire or flooding some part of the apartment.

It was a small grocery store with a bunch of fruits and vegetables. "Those are apples," she said to Loki who jumped when she spoke to him. "Try not to get into any trouble."

"This will be a very boring trip then," Loki teased with a slight grin that made Hotaru blush. She really hated when he did that.

She went over to look at the different fruits while Loki wondered off. She knew that she should follow him, but she was hoping he wouldn't get into any trouble if she could just look at the fruit. Maybe he'd like grapes. Grapes are good and simple. They don't go bad so quickly either.

She picked up a bag when she started to hear screaming. She groaned. "Loki!"

She turned to glare at the man when she found him running around the corner to see what the screaming was about. She paled and looked behind her to see a red creature that was probably a demon. Large claws swiped at anything near it as Hotaru sighed. She just wanted to get some grocery shopping done today. She looked around and found the grocery store mostly empty at this point before she found her pen and transformed into Sailor Saturn.

Power surged through her before tossing a ball of energy at the monster, throwing into a wall. It let out a growl as she looked back at Loki.

"Run!" She told him.

He rolled his eyes as the monster came out. She jumped back, but not far enough and she was tossed through the glass window and hit a car with a loud crunch. Saturn groaned and knew she'd feel that tomorrow. She got up and pulled up her shield as the monster tried to attack her again.

The monster suddenly howled and pulled away before turning around. She saw a flash of green before she got up and cut off the monster's head with her glaive. The body turned to dust in that moment as Hotaru fell back on the ground as herself.

"What were you thinking?" Hotaru yelled at the man.

"I think a thank you is in order."

"I told you to run!"

Loki rolled his eyes. "Ungrateful wench."

Hotaru stood up and flinched when she did so before glaring. "What did you say?"

Loki sighed. "I'm not here the quarrel with you." He leaned down and scooped her up into his arms and cradled her against him as they walked away from the disaster just as the police sirens started screaming. He felt warm like... the coffee and his healing powers that she knew coursed through his veins

"Put me down!"

"Woman, you shouldn't be walking so you're not going to!" He shouted back at her when they finally reached her tiny apartment. He plopped her on the sofa and analyzed the wounds. He pulled her hands away from her face and saw tiny cuts. He let her hands go and placed his hands on her lower back. She winced and arched her back in a way that Loki twitched at himself.

"Loki, I'm fine. I can heal myself."

"I know, but what's the point of wasting all that energy when you have me?" He asked as he lifted her hand in his and she felt a spark. She shifted in her seat as he analyzed her sudden movements. "What is bothering you so much?"

"Nothing," she lied as her cheeks colored.