Previously:
"Oh! We're here!" Loki laughed and immediately dropped down towards the ground in a freefall. "Waaaahh!" Yui cried out, she definitely wasn't prepared for that! When she noticed they were heading down straight for the ocean, she screamed, "Loki-san, slow down or we'll-!" Loki only let out another mischievous laugh before he suddenly let go of her.
Yui was too shocked to scream as gravity brought her down.
"Kusanagi!" A voice yelled right before someone caught her, saving her from hitting the water.
Yui sighed in relief and looked up to see who had caught her. "Hades-san?" When Loki had dropped her they had been relatively close to the water already, so she wouldn't have gotten hurt, only wet, and that was enough for her to thank the gods because the material her white tank top was made of wasn't thick enough to hide the color of her bra if it had gotten wet.
"Hey! You ruined it!" Loki called down at Hades in disappointment right before Dionysus hit him in the head. "Idiot…"
"It seems like my speculations were right." Tsukito pointed out once he had caught up with them.
Now:
Hades put Yui down in the warm sand, a safe distance from the water. "Thanks, Hades-san." Yui thanked him once she was safe on the ground.
"No problem." Hades smiled at her before he turned to Loki, who just had landed behind him together with Dionysus and Tsukito. "This is why we can't leave Kusanagi alone with you." He stated.
"You ruined the fun." Loki pouted. "It wasn't like she was going to get hurt from a small fall like that."
"Whether she would get hurt or not is not the issue here." Dionysus pointed out.
"Then what's the problem?" Loki asked, totally oblivious to what he had done wrong.
"When you're pulling stunts like that, do you even care about Kusanagi's feelings?" Hades asked.
"Her feelings?"
"Like for the fact that your stunts might scare her." Tsukito explained.
"Umm, everyone?" Yui said in a small voice, trying to get their attention. But it seemed no one heard her.
"Even if it wouldn't hurt her physically, it could still hurt her mentally and sooner or later it's going to damage her trust for you." Dionysus added.
"Exactly." Hades agreed.
"Come on, you guys are overreacting." Loki sighed. "As if a small prank like that would make her lose confidence in me."
"Guys?" Yui tried again but in vain.
"You are just jealous I stole her away from you." Loki stated, smirking at Hades and Tsukito.
'I knew he was doing it for show…' Yui thought, and for some reason, couldn't help but feel a little sad about it. She knew Loki would do anything to make the others jealous, even if that meant messing with her feelings and flirt with her. Of course he would get the reactions he wanted from them if he could make her like him more than the others. Yui knew this, but still… She quickly shook her head to somehow forget about the feelings building up inside of her, feelings she didn't understand yet. Before Hades and Tsukito could talk back at Loki, Yui decided to speak up, louder this time. "Everyone!"
That caught their attention and they turned to look at her.
"It's alright, really." She smiled. "Loki-san is who he is and I accept that, even if he always scares me half to death." She added with a small laugh.
Now it was Loki's turn to be surprised. His eyes widened a little at Yui's comment about accepting him for who he was and he quickly had to look to the side so no one would see the expression on his face. 'Pull yourself together! Remember the plan to make the others jealous, damn it!' He thought. There was no way he would allow feelings to get involved in this! Loki had accepted Yui as a friend, she wasn't bad for a human actually and she was very fun to tease. But that didn't mean he would allow himself to fall for her, because even if he liked her, she was still a human. Accepting humans are one thing, falling in love with one is a completely different matter. Loki calmed himself down in a second and with a grin planted on his face, he jumped over to Yui. "That's my Kitten! Come on, let's find a place for that creamy stuff!" He laughed as he dragged Yui away from their sweat dropping friends.
When Yui woke up on the third day she made sure to put her clothes on before heading down. She didn't want to make the same embarrassing mistake she did yesterday when her friends had seen her in a very revealing nightgown. Yesterday's events had made her forget about it for the rest of that day but it all came back the moment she was on her way down the stairs this morning in the same revealing nightgown as the morning before. She practically ran back up the stairs when she realised it. Yesterday, once she had found a good place for the ice cream stand, Hades had told her it was time for them to leave and they also didn't want to bother her anymore while she was "working". They had said goodbye to each other and Yui had continued to look around the island alone for a few more hours before she had returned to the house. 'I hope they'll like the idea of a football field. The place I chose is pretty close to the spot I chose for meditation but I think the trees around the lake are going to block out most of the noises anyone might make.' She thought as she was preparing some pancakes for breakfast.
The sun wasn't shining as much as it did yesterday but it was still pretty hot, so she moved a little to the side to open the window by the sink. And the moment she did, a head with red hair appeared right in front of her face. "Good morning!"
"Waaaahh!" Yui screamed as she fell backwards and landed on her back on the floor.
Loki, who was half way through the window, laughed at the sight. "Wohoo Kitten! Undressing the moment you see me? I feel flattered!"
Yui was too surprised to even think about what he meant by that but it didn't take long before she realised the black skirt she was wearing wasn't exactly covering the lower part of her body anymore. "D-Don't look!" She cried out in embarrassment as she quickly pulled herself up from the floor to adjust the skirt.
A voice behind Loki stopped him from throwing another comment at the red-faced human. "Loki-Loki! You could have waited for us!" Apollon complained dramatically. Balder and Takeru appeared seconds later as well.
"There's no stopping you, right Loki?" Balder asked.
"Geez, why is he always like that…?" Takeru sighed, not even trying to start a fight with the prankster god.
"Loki-Loki?" Apollon said when he noticed Loki was half way through an open window to Yui's temporary home. "What are you doing?"
Loki hadn't turned to look at them once since they appeared behind him. "Just making sure you don't get to see what I just saw." Loki grinned, still looking at Yui, who was narrowing her eyes at him.
The three gods looked at him strangely, not understanding what it was he was trying to block from their sight with his body. "Loki-Loki, you shouldn't sneak in like that. Fairy's going to get mad at you." Apollon reminded him.
"She already is." Loki grinned, still not looking at them.
"What?" Takeru and Balder asked in confusion.
Yui gave Loki a light push, revealing herself to the others as he fell backwards out the window, laughing, and landed with ease in the grass. "Good morning, everyone." She greeted, pretending nothing had happened, as she leaned over the sink so they could see her better.
"Fairy! Good morning!" Apollon replied.
"I hope you're well, Yui-san?" Balder asked.
"Of course, never been better." Yui answered innocently.
Takeru raised one of his eyebrows at her. "Alright, what did Loki do?"
Yui and the others looked at him strangely. "What do you mean, Take-Take?" Apollon asked.
"Nothing happened, nothing at all." Yui assured him.
"Of course something happened, your cheeks are red." Takeru pointed out.
"It's nothing to worry about." Yui laughed awkwardly. "Why don't you all come in and-?"
"I just got a clear view of Kitten's panties." Loki grinned in satisfaction.
"On second thought…!" Yui exclaimed and quickly closed the window before hell could break loose. "He just had to say it!" She cried out to herself and rubbed her forehead.
She then noticed something in the corner of her eye. "Aaaand the door is open…"
"Woah Kitten! You're making pancakes?"
"Aaaand Loki-san's inside…" She sighed and turned around to face the god who had managed to sneak inside without her noticing. Loki was holding his head over the frying pan, smelling the pancakes. "Loki-san, don't just enter without permission." She told him, holding her hands on her hips.
"But the others looked like they wanted to kill me, so I took cover." Loki answered, grinning as he took one of the pancakes from a plate beside the frying pan and took a bite from it. "And the safest place to be when that happens is with you."
"I don't think I'm going to stop them… and stop eating my breakfast!"
"Aww come on, Kitten." Loki said and took out a fork and put a piece of the pancake on it before he walked over to her. He grabbed her hand and gave her the fork and brought it close to his mouth. "Why don't you feed the hungry god, Yui?" He smirked.
Yui's face turned red again. "W-Wha-!"
"Hold it right there, Loki!" Takeru shouted from the door.
"Oh my…" Balder gasped.
"Let go of Fairy, Loki-Loki!" Apollon cried.
"I'm just teasing her." Loki pouted in disappointment.
"We know!" Apollon, Takeru and Balder exclaimed in unison.
Yui didn't really know how to respond to this so she just stepped to the side, away from Loki, unnoticed and continued to make pancakes as the four gods continued to argue about Loki's behaviour. 'If I just stand here quietly I might not have to get involved.' She thought.
The pancakes were done and the table was set for five people. Yui placed the plate of pancakes in the middle before she sat down on one of the chairs and waited patiently. Her friends had been arguing for several minutes now and didn't even notice her walking around the kitchen to get the things she needed. "And that's why you should never peek underneath a girl's skirt." Apollon finished.
"..."
'I'm kind of glad I didn't hear the full story…' Yui thought awkwardly.
Loki, Takeru and Balder just looked at him like he had just told them a very awkward and embarrassing story. "Too much details, Apollon!" Takeru hissed as his face turned red. "We-We already k-knew that, Agana Belea…" Balder stuttered.
"Oh, is that so?" Apollon asked, slightly surprised.
Yui thought this would be a good time to interrupt. "Um, everyone?"
The four gods turned to her with expressions that said that they had completely forgotten about her being there.
"Do you want some breakfast?"
"Aahh… I'm so full!" Balder sighed as he leaned back against the chair. "I don't think I'll be able to move for the rest of the day."
"Me neither…me neither…" "Totally." Apollon and Takeru agreed with him.
"That's because you ate too much!" Loki laughed and Yui nodded.
"But you ate just as much as we did, Loki." Takeru pointed out.
"True." Loki admitted and took another bite with ease. "But I can obviously handle more than you."
Yui could only smile at Loki's comment, but then she started thinking for a few seconds before she stood up from the chair. "Speaking of food…" She said to herself and made her way over to the white drawer on the other side of the kitchen. She grabbed the map she had left on it the day before and walked back to the table to clean her spot before placing the map in front of her. Her friends just watched her as she scanned the map without saying a word. About 30 seconds later she folded the map and with a confident look on her face she looked up at her confused friends and said, "Time to start working!" Before she happily hurried out the kitchen and towards the front door.
The guys looked at each other in both confusion and panic. "Yui-san? !" Balder called after her.
"Feel free to do what you want!" Yui replied as she was putting on her shoes.
The gods quickly stood up from the chairs and hurried to the door before Yui could leave. "We're coming with you!" They called.
Yui stopped her movements and turned to look at them. "You want to come, too?"
"Of course we want, Fairy!" Apollon cried out.
"You're going to need someone to protect you, right?" Takeru asked.
"I just thought you were too full to move?" Yui laughed awkwardly.
"No matter how much we eat, we are always going to have time for you." Balder explained, smiling gently at her.
Yui smiled back at him. "Balder-san…"
"I'm definitely not missing a single adventure with you, my dear Kitten." Loki grinned with his eyes closed.
"I heard you came here yesterday, too, Loki." Takeru pointed out.
"Yeah, so?"
"So go home!"
"Now, now, Takeru-san, there's no need to shout." Balder informed calmly.
"But he's already spent time with Weed! It's our turn now." Takeru argued.
"Umm…" Yui began.
"Come on Take-Take, it's more fun if there's more of us!" Apollon laughed as he clapped his hands.
"More fun? I heard Loki almost drowned her!" Takeru shouted.
Balder shook his head lightly. "Thyrsos only said that Loki dropped her but that Hades-san caught her."
Takeru's face turned red. "Doesn't matter! If Loki thinks that he can just-!"
"Hey, where are Loki-Loki and Fairy?" Apollon asked and looked around.
"Huh? !" Both Balder and Takeru exclaimed in panic. "Where the hell did they- Oh that sneaky bastard!" Takeru hissed when he noticed Loki and Yui were already walking away from the house. Loki had his arm around Yui's shoulders and was pointing at something in the distance. "I think we should check the hills first." He suggested, pretending he hadn't listened to what his friends had been talking about.
"That's fine, but I think the ground needs to be flat if it's going to work." Yui explained but went ahead with Loki anyway.
"Fairy, Loki-Loki, wait for us!" Apollon cried out as he and the other two started to run after them. "You'll pay for this, Loki!" Takeru yelled.
"This is perfect!" Yui exclaimed as she was on her hands and knees in the soft grass, writing something down on the map in front of her while her friends looked down at her with confused looks on their faces. "What's perfect, Weed?" Takeru asked
"This spot. I was thinking we should have a restaurant here." Yui explained without looking up from the map.
"A restaurant? Ah! That means food right?" Balder asked in excitement as his mouth watered. Loki raised an eyebrow at him. "How are you still able to think about food?"
"I think that's a great idea, a great idea!" Apollon uttered and dropped down to the ground next to Yui to have a better look at her notes. "Hey, hey, can't we have some explosives, too?" Yui stopped writing and looked at the sun god beside her, surprised. "Explosives? In the restaurant?"
"It's going to be so fun!" Apollon laughed.
Yui sweat dropped. "Umm, I don't think it's a good idea to have explosives at a restaurant, Apollon-san…"
"Oh? Why not?"
"Isn't it obvious why? !" Takeru shouted.
"Hehehe, that's actually not a bad idea." Loki grinned.
"Loki!" Balder and Takeru exclaimed.
"Please, no explosives at a place where you eat." Yui informed. "But if you really want that, Apollon-san, we could add a place where you can buy fireworks?"
"Fireworks! ?" Her friends exclaimed in excitement. "That awesome stuff we played with when we went to school?" Takeru asked.
"Yes, so we could show you the fun side of school."
"We really enjoyed that a lot didn't we." Balder pointed out. "I kind of miss it."
"Me too… Hey! We could place another school here so others can learn about humans as well!" Apollon suggested.
"Huh?" Yui, Loki, Balder and Takeru uttered. "Apollon-san, I thought you were the only ones among the gods who needed to learn about humans and love?" Yui asked. "Yeah, so why should we have a school here?" Loki added.
"Because!" Apollon began. "There's still so much to learn! There are so many things humans have invented, fun things, and we don't even know about half of them yet. If we can learn more about those things and how humans think, then we could renew or improve the entire world of the gods!"
"That's… actually not a bad idea…" Balder admitted.
Takeru scratched his head. "I kind of want more of the human-stuff, too."
"I suppose I could come up with more ideas for pranks if I learned more." Loki said with a sly face.
Yui thought about it for a moment before she gave in. "Alright, I can ask for another academy and hope they'll agree, since this place is supposed to be fun. Others might not think that a place where you have to study and learn things are fun."
"Oh, I wouldn't worry about that, Yui-san." Balder informed. "There are many gods and goddesses out there who love to learn as much as possible. They will definitely consider an academy as fun."
"Alright then." Yui said and stood up. "Let's find good spots for a firework shop and a school."
"Yeah!" Balder and Apollon exclaimed happily. "Let's go, let's go!" Apollon laughed and pushed Balder into a random direction and with Takeru close behind. He was yelling at Apollon for going too fast, which made the clumsy Balder fall to the ground.
Loki and Yui just stood where they stood and watched their friends fool around, sweat dropping when Balder fell down for a second time. Yui let out a small laugh and said, "Well, they sure are excited."
"I just want to make them all fall." Loki snickered.
"Sure you do." Yui giggled.
"If this turns out to be a success, I'm definitely going to spend a lot of time at this place."
"I think I will, too."
"Oh?"
"Well, I just think that this is going to be a really fun place to hang out at. Especially with you, Loki-san."
Yui's statement had caught Loki by surprise and she was looking at him with a very sweet and innocent look that his eyes widened and just couldn't help but blush. He quickly laughed it off so she wouldn't notice. "Haha what makes you say that, Kitten?"
"Because you really know how to have a great time. You're so carefree and fun to be with." Yui answered honestly before she began to walk towards the others but soon stopped and turned towards him again. "I know you like to tease people more than anything. You're a prankster after all, but you're actually more than that you know." She said, smiling at him with a small blush on her face before she turned around to catch up with the others, leaving Loki to stare after her with surprised eyes and a red face.
Loki brought his hand up to his beating heart. 'W-What the hell…? Why do I feel so warm and fluffy?'
He quickly had to shake it off. 'Don't let her win. There's no way I'm falling in love with her like the others did.' He thought before he ran after Yui and caught up with her before she could reach the others. He grabbed her hand and started running.
"Loki-san?" Yui uttered, surprised.
"Let's go have some fun, Kitten!" Loki laughed as he ran with her towards Apollon, Balder and Takeru, who were waiting for them further ahead.
"Is it really that hard for you to NOT put your hands on her, Loki! ?" They heard Takeru yell in the distance.
A/N: That's it for now, hope you liked it! I'll be back to post the next chapter in 4-5 days!
