Tony would never bet his entire fortune on the idea that one day he'd be sitting at a table, eating pizza with the "god of mischief". No, he would have a higher chance on betting he'd give JARVIS to Fury before he would put his cards on the former. But yet, here he was, eating with Loki himself.

The iron man had just finished half of his pizza while Loki was barely touching his first slice. Either he was still scared to death of Tony or he was overwhelmed by the fact Tony ordered him an entire pizza. Or maybe it was the fact that Tony Stark was sitting across from him, his own box opened as he was eating directly out of it.

It didn't matter. Loki was silent, a strange darkness in his eyes, but his posture defeated. It was freaking weird, and Tony squirmed every other second. He was highly tempted to grab a drink but he was still nursing his last hangover. Plus, he still wasn't completely informed on the current situation and a drunk Tony was not a good idea at that moment.

Thank goodness Tony had enough sense to judge that. But finally, as he was predictable, he decided to speak and break the awful silence.

"So, liking the pizza?" he asked, giving him his usual snark look.

Loki did not respond, and Tony realized he must have zoned right out.

"Ass guard?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. No response. "Bambi? Horndog?"

"Hm?" Loki's attention snapped right back to him, his face tense. Tony took a quick bite of his food before asking,

"How's the food?"

"Filling."

"That's great! Yeah, I didn't know what you wanted, but my favorite is always-"

"When are you going to turn me over to SHIELD or Thor?"

"What?" Tony blinked, partly surprised. Damn, there was no beating around the bush with Loki. The villain was already staring into his eyes, the green a hard serious color. There was no joking in his tone, only wariness and a well controlled tone that hid whatever he could've been hiding.

"I do not expect you to continue to treat me as a guest as I am intruding, and my departure is bound to be swift. I simply would like to know when it will happen so I can prepare for whatever punishment I am to endure."

"W-What?" Tony repeated, now surprised.

"Please do not feel the need to soften anything. I firmly understand your reluctance to keep me here as I have wronged you so much in the past."

"No, you got that wrong!" Tony said firmly, stopping Loki from spouting out anything else. "I have not said anything to tell you I do not want you here, have I? Damn, I ordered you pizza! I just want to know what is going on, and since you haven't slit my throat yet, I'm fine with you right here!"

"No, that is not it." Loki shook his head, the emotion he was working so hard to prevent from coming out finally breaking the barrier. It was fear and sadness, and it made his voice crack.

"Yes it is!" Tony insisted.

"I've wronged you in the past." Now Loki was shaking, his eyes watering as if he'd burst into tears. It was disturbing to Tony and he could feel himself shaking. "So you must want revenge for my acts. I've killed so many of your people, surely you want something!"

"I don't! Why would you believe that!"

"Because, it's the only logical answer-"

"No! No, it's not! I do not want to hurt you, Sparkles! What happened back then, that was a year ago! You've been in Asgard, you had your time out. That's it! Why would I want to hurt you after all that?!"

"Because Thor did!" Loki yelled the last word, nearly pushing the pizza onto the floor as he was shaking too much.

This stopped Tony and a million questions flooded into his mind at once. What? Would Thor do that? Why would Thor do whatever he did?

"I'm not Thor." He answered slowly. "And I'm not SHIELD either. I don't want revenge."

A silence fell between the two as Loki stared at him with disbelief all over his features. Tony had no clue what to do, and it was depressing him. Seeing the hurt on Loki's expressions were plain alien to him and he wished he could just turn away. But then he got an idea, and he quickly brought up his hand and slapped Loki hard across his face.

The taller man was taken off guard and recoiled as soon as the pain came to his face. He gasped, scared that the slap was the beginning of the blow. He readied himself for the rest of the hits, but once again, they didn't come. Instead, he looked up and Tony was giving him a sheepish look.

"There," Tony began. "We're even. You're forgiven, not entirely, but enough to stay here. I don't know what Thor did, but it seems like it was enough."

A/N: Bla bla, OOC, bla bla.

Anyway, thanks for the positive response! It means a lot to me as I enjoy reading your reviews and getting notifications! I'm sorry but Tony had to slap Loki. I just feel it needed to be done...

Will update soon!