Previously:
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 by his actions.
"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.
Now:
"I'm so tired…!" Yui sighed as she opened the door and leaned against it for support. Takeru and Balder walked past her into the house, dragging their feet behind them before they both fell to the floor, exhausted. All three of them looked like they had past through a firestorm, their hair stood out in all directions and their clothes were burnt in a few places.
Apollon and Loki entered a few seconds later, looking very happy. "Homemade fireworks, what a great idea!" Apollon laughed. "Told you so!" Loki replied, putting his hand on Apollon's shoulder.
"It was the worst idea EVER!" Takeru and Balder yelled from the floor.
"I have to agree with them…" Yui said and let out another sigh, relieved it was over.
Loki moved away from Apollon and grabbed Yui's shoulders from behind, pulling her away from the door. "Don't be like that Kitten!" He laughed. "It was a huge success after all!"
Yui just muttered something in reply before letting gravity pull her towards Loki's chest, too tired to support herself. "Aren't you a cute little kitten." Loki grinned and wrapped his arms around her.
"Hands… off…" Takeru muttered, his face pressed against the floor.
Yui, Balder and Takeru could all agree on that a homemade firework made of the combination of Loki's and Apollon's powers weren't a good idea, not a good idea at all!
"It's already my fourth day on this island." Yui told herself. She was sitting on the couch in the living room, looking out the window. The last two days had been very eventful since her friends obviously couldn't leave her alone, not that she was complaining, she enjoyed their company and was able to get a few things done thanks to them. 'I wonder if some of them will come back today.' She thought.
Then there was a knock on the door.
She smiled to herself 'I knew it.' and stood up from the couch to go answer the door. When she opened it she was a little surprised to see Thor and Sif. "Thor-san, Sif-san?"
"Yui!" Sif laughed as she threw her arms around the surprised human.
"I hope you are well, Kusanagi." Thor asked once Sif had let go of her.
"I'm very well, thank you. I'm just a little surprised, I was expecting Loki-san to fly through the door as soon as I opened it." Yui answered.
"Loki?" Sif asked, surprised. "Has he been here?"
"Yes, two days in a row now and so have the others."
"They weren't supposed to come here." Thor sighed.
"Huh?"
Sif started giggling. "Only Thor and I were supposed to check on you, the others were told to leave you alone so you could relax for a change and do what you had to do without interruption."
Yui sweat dropped. "Ah, I see."
"But it seems like you haven't been able to relax at all, especially if Loki has been here." Sif continued.
"It's alright, I've had fun." Yui explained. "Only a few incidents here and there, hehe."
"What kind of incidents?" Thor and Sif asked in unison.
"Nothing to worry about, nothing at all." Yui assured them nervously and tried to change the subject. "Why don't you come in? I was just going to make some tea."
"That would be nice." Sif said cheerfully and stepped inside with Thor close behind.
Once they were seated, Yui asked how things were going back home. "Your door is fixed, that's for sure." Sif informed. "And I'm kind of glad that this was the day we were going to check on you."
"Oh? Did something happen?" Yui asked.
There was a short moment of silence before Thor answered "Aphrodite is here."
"Aphrodite? I don't think I have met her."
"You haven't. She's the Greek goddess of love and the sister of Apollon and Dionysus." Sif explained.
Yui looked at the goddess in front of her in shock. "I had no idea that Apollon-san and Dionysus-san had a sister."
"They don't talk that much and I for example don't really like being around her. Too much drama."
"Drama?"
"Her beauty attracts attention wherever she goes, causing trouble among both gods and goddesses. Males want her and females want her gone."
"But that sounds pretty tough for her. It's not something she can help, right?"
Sif put the tea cup down on the table. "Oh believe me, she likes the attention and won't hesitate to take lovers, even though she's married."
Yui's eyes widened a little. "You mean, she cheats on her partner?"
"That's right. All the time."
"Perhaps you should explain from the beginning, Sif." Thor suggested.
"You're right. Well… Aphrodite is a very beautiful goddess and since the rivalry over her has caused more trouble than it's worth, Zeus, her father, married her to the god of craftsmanship, Hephaestus. Hephaestus wasn't considered very attractive, therefore he was not seen as a threat. Even if their marriage was arranged, he loves Aphrodite very much. He knows she takes lovers but still won't do anything to stop it, my guess is that he only wants his wife to be happy, so he lets her do what she pleases. Aphrodite on the other hand doesn't show any interest in her husband, only the beautiful things he makes for her. So that's why I don't like her."
"I see." Yui said in almost a whisper. "So that's how it is."
"And now Aphrodite has decided to pay us a visit, she's probably just tired of her lovers on Mount Olympus and wanted to try her luck in Asgard. She likes violent gods such as Ares, the Greek god of war, but he left a month ago and isn't supposed to return for another month, so…"
"How long is she going to stay?"
"Probably not for too long I hope. But we heard from Odin that she'd like to meet you, so I guess we just have to endure her visit until you return in 3 days…" Sif suddenly stopped talking and thought hard for a moment, eyes wide, before she threw her body over the table and grabbed Yui's shoulders. "That's way too long, Yui!"
"S-Sif-san?" Yui stuttered in surprise.
"Sif, calm down." Thor said calmly.
"But 3 whole days with that horny female! ? Please don't leave me, Yui! You have to protect me!"
"Umm, I doubt I will be able to do anything to protect you, Sif-san. I'm not so strong you know." Yui replied awkwardly.
Sif let go of Yui's shoulders and slowly sat back down on the chair. "Buuuut…" She complained.
"Sif, remember why we are here. We came to see how things were going." Thor reminded her.
"Oh, that's right. Is everything going as planned?"
"Everything seems to go well, yes. The others have been a great help, too" Yui answered. "I thought for sure they were going to come today too."
Sif played a little with her hair. "Well, I don't know about the others but Balder and Loki are probably busy trying to entertain Aphrodite. Odin's orders."
Yui didn't know why but for some reason she felt anxious thinking about Loki being together with another woman. She shouldn't be, there was nothing between them beside friendship and they were both free to do what they wanted. "I see… How are they entertaining her exactly?"
Sif immediately started giggling. "Loki has most likely escaped by now, leaving poor Balder to suffer alone."
Yui blinked a few times at her.
"And that's why we should leave now." Thor told Sif and stood up from the chair. "Thank you for the tea, Kusanagi."
"You're welcome, Thor-san." Yui smiled at him.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! We're not leaving already are we?" Sif exclaimed, grabbing Thor's arm to stop him from taking another step.
"We did what we were supposed to do, we can't disturb Kusanagi any longer."
"But Aphrodite is there!"
"And we can't leave Balder alone with her if Loki has escaped." Thor stated as he walked towards the door, dragging Sif behind him as she desperately tried to stop him.
Yui followed them to the door and called after them as they walked outside, "I'm sure you'll be fine, Sif-san, don't worry!"
"Yuiiiii!" Sif cried out just before Thor teleported them away, leaving a giggling Yui in the doorway. She took a deep breath. "Alright then." She said to herself and turned around to walk back inside, only to come face to face with the red haired god of fire. "I thought they'd never leave."
Yui let out a scream and started to fall backwards but Loki caught her just in time and pulled her towards him. "I see you're literally falling for me, Kitten." He grinned down at the wide eyed human in his arms.
She quickly pulled away from him. "Loki-san, what are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to be with the goddess named Aphrodite and Balder-san?"
Just hearing her name caused Loki to let out a deep sigh. "Don't remind me. That horny female isn't interesting enough to make me stay and "entertain" her…"
Yui crossed her arms. "You ran away, Loki-san."
"So?"
"So, you can't do that… It was your duty to keep an eye on her, wasn't it?"
"Balder can handle her, I'm more interested in hanging out with you."
And right there and then, she lost. Loki had always managed to charm her enough to make her forget whatever lesson she was trying to teach him. And it bothered her a lot.
Loki had of course refused to leave and followed Yui around the island the whole day. Yui was both bothered by the fact that she had let him come with her without a fight and that she was feeling relieved that Loki was with her instead of Aphrodite. It was no use being irritated with him, he was here now, alone with her, and there was really nothing Yui could do to stop him either. She decided to just go with the flow. But of course, it would have been a lot nicer if Loki could walk beside her and talk with her instead of running from side to side of the road, playing with everything he came over. Once Yui had stopped to write something down he had come up from behind her, startling her by forcefully putting his hands on her shoulders and asked what she was writing, earning a scolding for scaring her like that.
When they finally started to head back, Yui managed to scratch herself on a sharp rock. "Ouch!" She cried out and reached down to inspect the side of her left foot. It was bleeding.
Loki, who had been distracted by something else, noticed that she started to drop down to the ground in the corner of the eye and turned his attention to her. "What happened?" He asked as he quickly walked over to Yui, who was now sitting down on the road, holding her hand over the wound to stop the bleeding. "I think I scratched my foot on a rock."
"Let me see." Loki said and removed her hand from her foot. Blood was dripping to the ground underneath but it was nothing serious, it just needed to be cleaned up.
"How bad is it?" Yui asked.
"Not too bad, but let's hold your foot high to be sure."
"Is it that- Waah!" Yui didn't have time to react before Loki had grabbed a hold of her ankle and pulled her whole leg up high in the air, making her upper body fall flat to the ground. "-bad?" She finished with a sigh. Nothing Loki did surprised her anymore.
"Loki-san, you don't have to carry me. I can walk on my own." Yui pointed out from Loki's back.
"What kind of escort would I be if I let you walk on an injured foot?" Loki answered with a small laugh.
"Escort?" Yui giggled. "You have been playing around since we started walking."
"I know." Loki grinned. "But I still came to your rescue when you needed me!"
"True." She smiled and hugged him around the neck and leaned her head against his. "Thanks."
Loki could feel his heart beat faster when he felt her so close to him and he didn't know why.
Once they were back inside the house, Loki let Yui slide down from his back and down to the couch. "Let's get that foot treated." He said cheerfully and was just about to walk away when Yui's voice stopped him. "You are really caring, Loki-san."
"Haha, don't tell others that. It will destroy my image."
"But I mean it. You're a lot kinder than you seem sometimes."
Loki's eyes widened for a second. That beautiful smile and sparkling eyes made his heart speed up again. "If you keep flattering me I might do more than just treat your foot." He grinned down at her.
That comment made Yui turn red. "Wha-I-I didn't-!"
Loki just laughed as he walked out of the room and disappeared.
'This is bad… I'm really letting him get to me." Yui thought. The blush on her face refused to go away.
Little did she know that Loki was just outside the room, leaning against the wall. He was holding a hand over his mouth and blushing cheeks. 'Damn, she's good… What kind of counterattack was that? !'
And just like that, the fourth day was over. Yui's foot was treated, Loki had calmed his nerves and a few more things had been written on the map. A baseball field not far away from the football field and Yui thought that if some gods wanted to stay for a night or two a few more houses like this could be built, at least around 20 more would be good... or more… and a huge outdoor pool was also going to be built at a quiet place near the mountains.
"Don't you have to return soon, Loki-san?"
"I'm not going back, not until Odin frees me from having to babysit a full grown goddess."
The two of them were having dinner together, just like they had the day before Yui came to the island.
"Why do you and Balder-san have to watch over her anyway?"
"In case some gods decide to make a move on her or the goddesses try to murder her." Loki explained as if it was nothing.
"M-Murder? !"
"Yeah, most goddesses aren't exactly fond of her. She takes the gods' attention away from other goddesses and some would do anything to keep the competition away."
"And that's why she had to marry, right?"
Loki looked up from his food and met her eyes. "I guess Sif told you about her, huh?"
"Yes."
"Then you should know that she wants to meet you, right?"
"Yes, Sif-san and Thor-san told me. I don't get to meet her until I have returned but I'm pretty nervous."
"We won't allow her to meet you alone, so don't be."
Yui threw a strange look at him. "Why?"
"Because you have caught the attention of many gods. She might see you as a threat."
"Wha-? Have I-?"
"Indeed you have, Kitten." Loki grinned at her. "She likes to have a lot to choose from and if you are the new center of attention around the world of us gods, then her choices are limited. Believe me or not, Princess, but most of us won't seek attention from others if there already is someone we're interested in."
"Then, why aren't other goddesses after me?"
Loki let out a laugh. "Isn't it obvious? It's because they like you. Your innocence is quite charming you know."
Yui was a little stunned. How could a trickster like Loki sound so honest and sweet?
"Let's talk about something more fun!"
Yui snapped out of her thoughts. "Like what?"
"Where am I going to sleep?"
Silence ~
"What?"
"And what are we going to have for breakfast?"
"Break-?"
"And what are we going to do tomorrow?"
"Do-?"
"We should totally go to the beach!"
"The-?"
"And when the day's over we can have dinner together again."
"Again-? You're planning on staying the night and tomorrow as well? !" Yui suddenly exclaimed, now realising what was going on.
"Of course!" Loki laughed. "I want a little vacation, too, you know?"
"This isn't a vacation!"
"Call it what you want, it's still a lot more fun here than in Asgard."
"But-"
"Now when that's settled, let's take a bath together!"
"We will do no such thing!"
Yui walked through the bedroom and sat down on the bed, tired from spending the day with Loki. She pulled the covers over her cold body and lied down, sighing in relief as she felt her body get warmer. 'I'm so tired I feel like I could sleep for days…' She thought and closed her eyes. 'I have a feeling tomorrow is going to be a very interesting day.' Was her final thought before she fell asleep.
About an hour passed and Yui was sleeping like a baby, unaware of the familiar presence close by. Loki had walked out of the guest room Yui had let him sleep in and was now standing in the doorway to her bedroom, watching her as she slept with slightly narrowed eyes. He seemed to be in deep thoughts and just stood there for about two minutes before he slowly turned around and started to head back to his bedroom. "There's no way…" He whispered to himself.
A/N: Hello! I have a few things I need to take care of so sadly I'll be busy for a few days… But I promise the next chapter will be out before the end of next week, hope you can forgive me ^_^ Please tell me what you think of the story so far, see you soon! :)
