Wow, it seems like forever since I've last updated this…Well, here's something quick (I mean really quick). :)
For those following Missing, too: I'll be getting the next chapter for that up either tonight or tomorrow, I can't tell.
Thor and Loki shifted lazily as they sat side by side. Their bare feet hovered over the lake's cool water. Odin paced behind them as he spoke of mundane lessons about balance. The balance of nature and the balance of civilization, whichever one he was putting emphasis on at that exact moment, neither boy could tell. Loki's dark eyes would shoot from Thor to his father and back again in split desires to both listen to his father and to watch his brother threatening to dip his toes into the water at the same time.
Loki rolled his eyes, "You won't do it. You have been threatening to, but you won't."
Thor gave a toothy grin as he stuck his toe in the chilly water.
Loki stared at his brother blankly, then he stuck his entire foot into the water, smiling when he felt the mixture of wet and cold envelp his foot.
Thor scowled and stuck both feet into the water.
"Boys," Odin snapped, "Listen and stop toying around."
"Sorry…" Both boys mumbled.
Odin gave his two sons a hard stare before he resumed the session. Thor grinned again as he gave his brother a soft push with his shoulder. This took Loki by surprise briefly and he returned the favor with equal force. Thor's grin only grew wider as he bumped Loki with a little more force. Loki shot his brother a horrible glare. Thor only gave a wider grin and bumped his brother again. Loki silently examined his brother for several moments, then rammed his shoulder into Thor, who only giggled at the response.
When Odin stopped, the two boys quickly fell silent and still. Their father gave the two a quick, but warning look before speaking again. With a smirk, Loki ran his shoulder into Thor once again. However, whether he overshot the force or simply missed his target, Loki couldn't figure where the fault was, but he knew something went wrong when he toppled downwards. Loki fell into the water with a loud splash.
The blond froze when his father stopped again. "This will be my final warning," Odin said, "I will not turn my head, but if I must, then this lesson will be cancelled for something far more sever."
Thor let out a slow sigh as he watched his brother's dark hair bob up through the water. Thor held out his hand as Loki swam closer. As Loki grabbed Thor's hand, a quick gleam passed through his eye and yanked the blond into the water with him. Thor pulled out of the water and dunked his brother in, who retaliated by grabbing hold of Thor's leg as he swam upward.
The two quickly popped out of the lake, splashing each other with water in fits of giggles.
Whether or not they could hear their father or simply ignoring him, Odin couldn't tell. He could only shake his head as he boggled his mind for the most appropriate form of punishment, even if there was a slight smile on his lips.