"I had hoped to find you two in here," Frigga walked in viewing Thor sitting on the bed and Loki in the doorway.
"Loki honey are you alright?" She walked over to him and felt his forehead, "You look like you're running a fever, do you feel okay?"
Loki nodded sheepishly, giving a glare at Thor as he did so.
"If you're sure… Did the talk with your father go well? He told me about it, but I wanted to make sure you're okay."
Loki nodded, "It went okay, I'm not sure if two months is enough time… But it needs to be done."
She kissed his cheek, "My little boy is all grown up," She looked over at Thor, "You'll be there to protect your bother won't you?"
Thor smiled, "Of course mother."
"Well, I'll be heading down to town. Oh, I believe I saw your friends looking for you. Sif was just here asking if you two were alright. I think the four of them heard you two in the arena."
Loki and Thor nodded and Frigga waved bye to her boys.
Once the door shut Loki gave another glare at Thor.
Thor just smiled at him, "I suppose we should go and tell them we are okay."
"How about you go, they're your friends," Loki huffed.
"They're worried about you too."
"I'd rather not…"
Thor walked over and put a hand on his shoulder; Loki quickly jumped away and gave way to a scared look.
Thor felt his chest hurt, "Well… I guess I'll go…"
Loki avoided his face and nodded.
Thor left and as he walked he felt a gap between Loki and himself grow just then. He knew he had to do something about it, I moved too fast.
Loki was pacing the room now.
"I can't even look at him! I shouldn't be feeling that towards my brother!"
He was extremely frustrated, it felt good to be around Thor, it felt good when he kissed him, and by Valhalla it felt good when he touched his…
Loki shook his head as the memories flashed in it.
"I need to focus on the announcement… I don't have the time for this!"
Loki grabbed an apple and headed for the stables, he could clear his head there. The horses listened without talking back, and that's just what he needed at the moment.
"So you had a battle of strength?"
Thor nodded, "Yeah, it seemed like a good idea at the time."
"Boys have no common sense; I'm surprised Loki actually went along with it." Sif commented.
Volstagg nodded, "He has more sense than you. That much is clear."
Thor rolled his eyes, as he heard a noise from the horse stable he saw Loki sneak in.
"Let's go and see Loki." Sif suggested.
Before Thor could intervene, everyone was walking toward the stable.
Loki fed his mother's mare an apple, "Good girl."
"Loki! You in here!?"
Loki cringed as he heard the obnoxious noise of Volstagg's voice. Great and I thought I snuck in unnoticed.
Loki walked out of the mare's stable into the walkway; there was the sound of the call; The Warriors Three, Lady Sif and Thor.
"We thought we saw you walk in here." Sif said as they walked closer to him.
"I just came to get some fresh air." He responded in his usual tone.
"Thor told us what happened; we're shocked that Odin let you off." Volstagg said and he took a seat on some hay.
"I'm rather surprised too." Loki said which wasn't a lie.
Thor was standing in the back a little; he couldn't look Loki in the eye. He wished his friends hadn't spotted him…
"Thor, did anything else happen? I mean, if the situation was no big deal why did take forever before we could get ahold of you?" Fandral asked.
Thor looked up, "Huh?"
Sif rolled her eyes, "He wants to know if anything else happened."
Thor looked at Loki then, and Loki looked back.
Don't tell them anything. Not yet.
Thor shook his head, "No… He was only worried about us…"
The three and Sif looked curiously at the brothers, they knew something wasn't right; but what could it be?
Hogun broke the silence; "It's almost noon, we should get back to the training grounds before we miss our time."
They friends nodded and said goodbye to Thor and Loki.
Leaving the two brothers to themselves.