Previously:

"We've been looking everywhere for you!" Takeru shouted. "Where have you been?"

"I feel relieved." Hades pointed out.

"It seems we didn't need to worry after all." Tsukito said in his usual relaxed voice.

Yui and Loki were still too surprised to say anything.

Once the 5 friends in the doorway had taken a few deep breaths they began to realise what was going on in front of them. "Umm… I believe we came at a bad time." Dionysus stated and rubbed his head, slightly embarrassed about the situation.

Now:

"Hello everyone." Yui greeted them. "What's going on?"

"And close the door already, the food gets cold!" Loki shouted.

"Oh, sorry!" Hades apologized. He and the others stepped inside and closed the door behind them.

"We've been looking for you all day, Fairy." Apollon explained in a dramatic voice. "We thought you were regretting your decision to live here so we got worried."

Yui looked at him in confusion. "Why would you think that?"

"Zeus told us you went to visit your old home today, so we thought you might feel homesick." Takeru explained.

"Oh you guys." Yui giggled. "You don't have to worry, I only visited my old home to sort out my feelings. I don't regret my decision, I'm here to stay."

"That's good." Tsukito said.

"What a relief!" Apollon laughed.

"But where were you exactly?" Takeru asked. "You weren't at your old home when we came to look for you."

"Oh, it was only a quick visit. Right after that I went to a hot spring to relax."

"A hot spring? !" Loki suddenly exclaimed. "Invite me next time you're going!"

"L-Loki-san?"

"No way! There's no way you're going to take a bath with Weed!" Takeru shouted. "And what is this anyway? You two are eating dinner together like it's nothing."

"Um, well, Loki-san invited me to dinner today, so…" Yui tried to explain.

"No harm done there." Hades smiled, understanding. "But speaking of doing harm… I believe there's something Apollon would like to tell you, Kusanagi."

"That's right." Takeru agreed and gave Apollon a push in Yui's direction.

"Right, I, umm…" Apollon began. "I kind of crashed into your door earlier, sorry."

Yui's and Loki's eyes widened and it was quiet for a moment before they burst out laughing. "Hahaha, oh Apollon-san!" Yui laughed.

"Now I really wish I was there to see it!" Loki laughed as well.

"You're not angry?" Apollon asked.

"Of course not, Apollon-san! I was a little surprised when I noticed but I figured it was an accident."

"Phew… I feel a little better now." Apollon sighed in relief.

"We're going to replace the door of course." Dionysus reassured her.

"No need." Loki answered before Yui could. "We have someone here who can fix a new door for her tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? Isn't it going to be difficult to sleep when it's this cold outside?" Hades asked.

"Exactly, that's why she is staying with me tonight." Loki informed them as if it was nothing.

"..."

"What? !" Apollon and Takeru exclaimed.

Yui started blushing. "Well, you see, he won't be able to fix it because of a meeting today, so Loki-san offered to let me stay here."

"You don't need to act so surprised." Dionysus told his brother and Takeru. "It's kind of our fault Kusanagi-san has to spend the night here in the first place."

"That's right." Loki smirked and stood up from his seat. "And I don't mind having Kitten to myself aaaall night."

"Why you!" Takeru shouted, obviously irritated. Hades and Tsukito had to hold him back so he wouldn't attack the god of fire in his own home.

"Anyway." Dionysus started. "We should get going now, have a nice day."

"We will come visit another time, Kusanagi Yui." Tsukito said.

"Of course!" Yui called as her friends opened the door to leave and watched as Hades and Tsukito had to drag Takeru out the door.

"Bye Fairy! Bye Loki-Loki!" Apollon smiled widely before he closed the door behind them.

Yui turned to Loki the moment they were left alone. "You just had to say that, Loki-san…?"

"Don't know what you're talking about." He grinned as he sat down again and started eating.

Yui let out a small sigh but decided to end the conversations there.


"Thanks for the food, Loki-san." Yui thanked as Loki took the now empty plates from the table.

"No problem, Kitten." He replied, smiling, and started heading for for the kitchen.

"When is the meeting starting again?"

"Hmm, it started about half an hour ago."

"Oh… WHAT? !" Yui shouted in panic. "It started half an hour ago? !"

"Why are you screaming?" Loki called from the kitchen.

"Because we're late, Loki-san!" Yui cried out and hurried to the door to put her shoes on. Loki stepped out of the kitchen and walked over to her calmly. "Take it easy, Kitten, we can afford to be a little late."

"We're leaving, NOW!"

And that's just how Loki was… Nothing seemed to worry him, not even being late to a meeting with the rulers themselves…


"So you finally decided to make an appearance." Zeus pointed out with an almost provoking smile.

Zeus and Odin had gathered Sif, Freyja, Freyr, the god of poetry Bragi, the god of the forest Vidar and Odin's wife Frigg, who was the goddess of marriage and a few other unknown gods together with all of her friends in the great hall. Yui were surprised to see her friends there, seeing that she had just talked with most of them moments ago back at Loki's cottage. She hadn't expected them to show up at the meeting. "I'm so sorry for being late!" She apologized and bowed at Zeus and the one-eyed ruler of Asgard, Odin.

"There's no need to apologize, young human." Odin stated. "It is obvious that Loki is the reason you're late."

Loki just grinned and rubbed his head. "Well, I saw no reason to rush."

"You never see any reason to rush, Loki." Balder teased his best friend.

"True." Loki admitted proudly.

"You're not the only ones late either." Freyja pointed out. "Your Japanese and Greek friends over there showed up just minutes before you."

"That's because we just found out about the damn meeting!" Takeru shouted in defense.

"That's right! That's right!" Apollon agreed.

"You would have found out about it much sooner if you hadn't spent the whole day searching for Kusanagi." Zeus informed them.

"Who, by the way, were having a great time with me." Loki smirked, feeling confident.

"Why you little-!" Takeru started. He would have tackled Loki if Dionysus and Thor hadn't grabbed him, stopping him from taking another step.

"Are we here to fight or to talk?" Vidar asked. From what Yui knew, he was a calm and silent god with short white hair and yellow eyes but still wouldn't hesitate to use that big axe in his hand if he had to.

"Let's get down to business then." Zeus said and raised his staff, revealing the reflection of a floating island on the wall. "This is going to be our next project."

"An island?" "Another school?" Balder and Hades asked.

"It's a place all the gods can visit to either participate in different activities together, to exercise or just to relax." Zeus explained.

"Nice!" Takeru, Apollon, Dionysus and Loki exclaimed.

"And this is where you come in, Kusanagi." Odin said and turned to Yui.

"Me?"

"That's right. We want you to come up with the activities you'll be able to do on this island."

"And once you're done, you'll report to Odin and I, so we can make it happen." Zeus added.

"B-But, that's a pretty big task." Yui stuttered. "Are there any boundaries or...?"

"You get to decide everything, so there are no boundaries. We are going to send you to the island tomorrow so you can inspect it closer and make your decisions. You have one week before we come to bring you back here." Odin informed her.

Yui nodded. "Alright, I understand. But why me?"

Zeus smiled at her. "Because you are creative and are good at coming up with ideas. We need a human's opinion to make this a success and we believe you are just right for the job. We also have a small house on the island where you can live for these 7 days."

Yui thought about it for a few seconds before she answered. "Alright, I do it."

"Hold it, hold it!" Loki said dramatically. "You're not going to send her away to some island alone, are you?"

"Yeah!" Apollon agreed. "What if something happens?"

"I don't like it either." Balder pointed out.

"Weed isn't going anywhere without protection!" Takeru added.

"You guys are so overprotective…" Sif sighed. "Don't you trust Yui to take care of herself?"

"It's not that we don't trust her. It's the fact that we care about her we don't like her being alone for so many days." Hades explained calmly.

"Hades-san…" Yui whispered with a smile.

"You don't have to worry." Frigg suddenly spoke up. "The island is safe and I will personally escort Yui there myself."

Freyr clapped his hands two times. "That's our Queen, always so thoughtful!"

"My little flower is in good hands then." Freyja sighed in relief, sounding a little too dramatic.

The old-looking god Bragi stood up from where he was sitting to speak up. "I'm really starting to look forward to this. I hope you will come up with some good ideas, Yui my dear."

"Bragi-san, I promise to do my best!" Yui smiled with confidence.

"I know you will." Bragi smiled back at the young human woman.

"Now that we agree, let's call it a night." Zeus informed. "Kusanagi, Frigg will come and get you around noon tomorrow, so be ready."

"I will." Yui promised.

"You will have to get her at my place then, since she's staying with me tonight." Loki grinned.

'Oh, I had completely forgotten about that.' Yui thought as her cheeks began to turn red.

"And why is Yui staying with you, god of fire?" Frigg asked.

"Because the little sunshine over there crashed into Kitten's door earlier, so now it's too cold for her in there."

All eyes turned to Apollon.

"It was an accident and I apologized already! I apologized!" Apollon cried out in defense.

"So it's your fault Kusanagi is staying with the prankster?" Freyr asked, narrowing his eyes at Apollon.

"You can stay with me instead, sweetheart! I promise to keep you warm all night!" Freyja immediately suggested.

Freyr turned to his sister and elbowed her in the arm. "As if I'd let you do that, sis."

"You could always stay with me if you want." Sif suggested.

"I didn't know Yui-san was going to stay with Loki. If I had known about her door, then I would have offered her to stay with me." Balder pointed out.

"Actually." Vidar spoke. "I wouldn't mind if Yui-san stayed with me, either."

"This is getting out of hand…" Hades sighed. "You said it, Hades-san…" Dionysus agreed with his uncle.

"Well, she has already decided to stay with me, so there's nothing you losers can do about it!" Loki smirked in confidence and put his hands on Yui's shoulders from behind and began to push her towards the exit. "See you later!" He called without looking back.

"Um, Loki-san, w-wait!" Yui cried out.

"Have a good night's sleep, Yui." Frigg and Bragi called in unison.

"We will fix that door for you as well." Odin assured her.

"Take care, Kusanagi." Zeus added.

"A-alright, thanks! Goodnight!" Yui called back just before Loki pushed her out the door and closed it behind them.

It was quiet for a few seconds before Sif turned to Thor. "Will you stay with me instead, Thor?"

"... I don't mind."


"Loki-san?" Loki was holding her hand, dragging her behind him as he walked into the direction of his cottage. "There's no way I'm going to let her stay with any of those maniacs." Loki hissed quietly through his teeth. Yui looked at him in confusion. "Are you jealous?"

Loki suddenly stopped walking and spun around. "Why would I be jealo-!" He then noticed Yui's hand in his and quickly let go. "Never mind, let's go."

Yui couldn't help but smile at the whole situation before she jogged after Loki. 'Oh well.' She thought. 'Loki-san is just showing off to the others. Sure, it was nice of him to let me stay with him but it's obvious he's just trying to make the others jealous when he's bragging about it. I know Loki-san cares about me but that's it, he's just being flirtatious with me to get a reaction from the others. That's just how he is, and I accept that.'

Once they made it back, Loki opened the door and moved out of the way to let Yui in first. "My lady." He grinned at her. Yui decided to play along. "Thank you, kind god." She giggled as she entered. When both of them were inside Loki closed the door before he started walking towards the bedroom. "I'll prepare the bed for you."

Yui almost jumped as she remembered their little fight earlier about where she would sleep. "Wait, Loki-san! Please, let me take the couch."

"Still haven't given up yet, huh, Kitten?"

"I just don't want to steal the bed from you, I'm staying in your cottage after all…"

"And you're my guest, so I'm telling you to take the bed. I usually fall asleep on the couch anyway, so it really doesn't matter."

"But, is it really alright?"

"You need to sleep comfortably tonight, right? You have a big day ahead of you tomorrow, remember." Loki reminded her, still grinning. He knew he had won the argument.

Yui sighed deeply. "Alright, alright, you win."

"Wohoo!" Loki laughed before he disappeared into the bedroom but it didn't take long before he appeared again with a blanket and a pillow. "Just going to make it a little comfortable for myself as well." He smiled in satisfaction and threw the stuff on the couch. "The bed's ready for you."

"Thanks, Loki-san, goodnight." Yui smiled gratefully at him.

"Night, Kitten!" Loki replied.


Loki's bed was really comfortable, Yui just had to close her eyes to fall asleep in a matter of seconds, it usually took her about half an hour to fall asleep. Must be because she had someone there with her this time, so she was feeling a little more relaxed. Not that she was afraid of anything in particular, it just felt kind of good to have someone close by in case something happened. Her body was able to relax completely thanks to that thought.

When morning came, Loki and Yui went on with their morning routines. They cleaned themselves up, had breakfast and then relaxed by the fireplace. Or Yui relaxed, Loki was building something that looked like a trap on the table with candles. How he managed to do that Yui didn't even bother thinking about, she was just going to overwork her brain if she did. It was almost time for Frigg to come and get her, so Yui was just going to take it easy and wait patiently for the goddess. 7 days from now she was going to live alone in a house on an island in the middle of nowhere. She was pretty excited about it but still a little nervous, she had to explore the whole island and come up with ideas for different activities after all. No pressure…

She didn't get to think about it for long when someone suddenly knocked on the door and Frigg let herself in without waiting for a reply. The cold wind that past through the door as she opened it made the candles Loki was working on fall, roll away and land on the floor. Loki frowned at the older goddess. "You just had to do that?"

Frigg closed the door behind her. "Whatever you were making, I'm glad I stopped it." She answered plainly without looking at him. Her eyes were clearly focused on the human sitting in front of the fireplace.

"Come on, Frigg, what harm could I possibly do with candles?" Loki asked innocently.

"Probably enough to set the whole town on fire…"

Yui giggled at Frigg's comment. "Is it time to leave?"

"It is." Frigg answered with a gentle smile, ignoring the glares the god of fire was sending her way.

Yui stood up and walked over to her. "I'm ready." She said before she turned to Loki. "Thank you so much, Loki-san, for letting me sleep here."

"No, thank you." Loki smirked at her.

Frigg sighed at Loki's behaviour. "Enough with the flirting. Yui, let's be on our way."

"Alright, bye Loki-san! I'll see you when I return."

"I look forward to that, Kitten!" Loki replied and watched as the two women left the cottage. Once they were outside, Frigg wasted no time. She placed a hand on Yui's shoulder to connect them before she teleported them to the island.

When Yui opened her eyes she was standing on soft green grass instead of cold snow, the sun was shining and not a single cloud covered the sky. She took a look around and noticed that everything was green and there were flowers everywhere, further down the road stood a small house and as her eyes continued to scan her surroundings she spotted mountains, a forest, a lake and she could even see the ocean far away. "What a nice place." She whispered to herself.

"I guess you like what you see." Frigg giggled a little.

Oh, that's right! Yui wasn't here alone, Frigg was with her. She had been so impressed by her surroundings she had entered her own little world, forgetting that the goddess of marriage was there. "Oh, I'm sorry. Guess I spaced out for a moment."

"Don't worry about it at all, young human. Come on, I'll show you to your house."

A/N: Thanks for the reviews, they make me so happy ^_^ Next chapter will be out in 2-3 days!