It was a Saturday morning, which meant no classes, and both the boys were free. Loki was woken up at seven by a text from Tony.
Morning, sunshine.
Since when did you get up this early?
Since Bruce set his alarm for six.
Loki snorted, Tony really was not a morning person.
Tough life you live.
You bet it is. Want to grab a coffee?
Loki replied without hesitation. Sure, when and where?
I'll meet you outside your room in ten.
Okay.
Loki jumped out of bed and raced to the bathroom. He wouldn't have time for a shower, but he could at least try not to look like he'd just woken up, which of course he had. The dark rings under his eyes were as prominent as ever, so he tried to cover them up. Loki quickly checked the weather forecast on his phone. It seemed okay, so he got changed into normal clothes, grabbed a jumper and left to meet Tony.
Tony was leaning against the wall next to his door when Loki came out. Immediately, a grin lit up his face.
"Morning." Tony nodded, as he stood upright.
"Hey. " Loki said as he closed the door.
"Let's go then." Tony said, as he began to walk. Loki was confused, Tony had barely acknowledged that they were even together, he hadn't even touched Loki. As they walked out and down the street, Tony walked down an unoccupied alley.
"Uh, Tony? The coffee shop's back that way." Loki said, gesturing behind them.
"I know," Tony said, as he moved closer to Loki. He looked around. "But I wanted to do this." Tony grabbed Loki's hands and leaned towards him, before kissing him gently. Loki's lips parted as he kissed Tony back. This was one thing he'd never get tired of. They pulled apart.
"Why did you have to wait until we were here to do that?" Loki asked.
"I didn't think you'd want me to kiss you in front of the rest of the school."
"I don't think anyone was awake."
"Still, you never know." Tony shrugged.
"I don't care if people know, Tony." Loki claimed.
Tony was surprised. "Oh. Okay."
"What, did you think I'd want to sneak around?" Loki asked, with an air of amusement.
"Sort of, yeah." Tony admitted.
"Idiot." Loki muttered fondly.
"You know, I do have a name." Tony said, shaking his head.
"And I have a need for coffee. So let's go." Loki said.
Natasha walked into Loki's room. Loki and Tony had called asking if they could meet with her for lunch-knowing Tony, she assumed takeaway pizza- because they wanted to "talk to her about something". The only thing she could think of was them talking to her about Clint, and she really didn't feel like talking about him. She didn't know what else it could be, in fact she didn't think of anything else until she arrived at Loki's dorm and asked herself why Loki and Tony would want to talk to her. She heard voices coming from the room so she pressed and ear to the door to listen in.
"You sure about this?" Tony asked Loki.
"I told you, I don't care. Unless you do, of course." Loki replied.
"I don't. You know what you're going to say?"
"No idea. Where is she anyway?" Loki wondered.
Natasha took that as her cue to knock. Loki opened the door.
"Hey, Nat." Loki greeted her.
"Hey Loki," she saw Tony wave from behind Loki. "Hi Tony."
Natasha walked into the room, not missing the exchanged looks between Loki and Tony.
"Something you want to say, boys?" Nat loved putting them on the spot.
"Um, yeah sort of." Loki stuttered.
Nat huffed. "Before you start, I want you to know that absolutely nothing is going on between Barton and I,"
Loki and Tony looked confused. "What?"
She continued. "We're just friends, nothing more, nothing less, and that's how I like it."
"Nat, that's not what-"
"And I appreciate you two trying to set us up but I don't want a relationship with him."
"Natasha, can you be quiet for a second and let me finish?" Loki was speaking louder now, and sounded irritated.
"So thanks, but no thanks, I only like Barton as-"
"For god's sake, Natasha, we're dating!" Loki yelled.
Tony looked on amusedly as Natasha went silent.
"Oh." Of course, thought Natasha. She could be extremely stupid sometimes.
Tony walked over to Loki and slid his arm around his waist.
Natasha regained her composure. "Well, took you two long enough!"
"What?" The pair said in unison.
"I knew it from the start. You two hated each other so much, that it was obvious that it was only because of your love for each other."
"We're only dating-"
"Yeah none of this "love" business-"
"Sure, sure." Natasha remarked. "Now, where's this lunch I was promised?"
Tony sighed and opened the pizza box.
"I expect details about everything. Now." Natasha demanded, as she bit into a slice.
Loki sighed, sitting down next to Tony. "Well, it's all thanks to you and Clint, I guess. But this idiot here," Loki elbowed Tony. "Used one of the worst pick-up lines ever last night, to ask me out."
"Well, it worked, didn't it?" Tony replied cheekily.
"Luckily for you." Loki shot back.
The story went on like this for a while, until Natasha had to go and make a phone call to her family.
As she shut the door Tony turned to Loki. "One down, six to go."
Loki smiled. "Coffee with Thor tomorrow. You joining us?"
Tony shook his head. "I have breakfast with Pepper."
Loki nodded. "When are you planning on telling Bruce, Clint and Steve?"
Tony shrugged. "I'll go tell Bruce now, I don't think he'll mind. Clint should be interesting though…"
Loki sighed "Tell me about it." He looked at his watch. "It's only 2pm, you wanna do something?"
Tony smirked and leant it towards Loki. "Such as…?"
Loki leaned in as well. "We could go for a walk, watch a movie, do some homework-"
Loki's whispering was cut off when Tony closed the distance between them with his lips.
"Stark…" Loki murmured against Tony's lips, as Tony tightened his grip on Loki's waist.
"Mmm?" Tony replied, breaking the kiss and looking into Loki's freaking perfect eyes.
Loki smiled at him, an actual smile, that didn't cross Loki's face often, except when he was with Tony. "You know, you don't have to treat me like glass."
"I know. Maybe I like to though."
Loki avoided Tony's eyes. He wasn't good at taking compliments from anyone, not just Tony.
"I can think of better things for that mouth to do than talking." Loki whispered, kissing Tony again, tugging on his hair, as Tony inwardly sighed at Loki's ignorance. Tony didn't want to make things move too quickly, and he was happy just kissing Loki for now. They were, however, interrupted when Steve's sister, Libby, and her friend Amora walked in on them. They sprung apart.
"I'm so sorry! We were just looking for Clint, he said he was going to give us archery lessons. We'll be going now." Libby gestured to the door, as Loki and Tony continued to look like a pair of deer caught in headlights. They were almost out the door, when their curiosity got the better of them, and they turned around.
"I don't want to intrude, but are you guys like together now or what?" Libby asked.
Loki raised an eyebrow at Tony.
Tony shrugged. "Define together…"
"As in a relationship together." Amora stated.
"Sort of, yeah."
Libby apologized again and left the room at the same time Amora asked. "How can someone be "sort of" in a relationship?"
Tony laughed, blatantly flirting.
Loki scowled and stood up. "Good question, Amora. I was just wondering the same thing. Why don't you stay here and talk to Stark about it? Clearly he'd love to talk to you." Loki glared at the two of them and stormed out of the room, pissed.
Libby basically sprinted into her brothers' room.
"Steve?" She shouted, scanning the room for him.
He walked out of the bathroom, with a towel wrapped around him. "Libby? What are you doing here? What's happened?"
Libby paused to catch her breath. "It's Tony, and Loki. The-they're dating!"
Steve raised an eyebrow. "Really, Libby? You shouldn't believe everything you hear, you know."
Libby punched his shoulder, surprisingly hard for a seventeen year old. "I saw it with my own eyes! It's so sweet."
Steve's eyes widened. "Wow, really? Good for them, I guess. I didn't see that coming."
"I know." Libby agreed. "Anyway, do you know where Clint is? He promised me archery lessons."
"Probably at the shooting range." Steve was still trying to comprehend what he had just heard.
"Thanks, bro. See you later." Libby blew him a kiss and left.
Amora sat down opposite Tony. "So, you're Tony Stark, right?"
"Yup, that's me." He replied.
"Aren't you the heir to Stark Industries or something?"
Tony nodded. "I am, but seeing as Mr. Stark himself his dead. "
"That's so cool. Well, not the dead parents part. I have no parents either."
"We should start a club." Tony grinned.
Amora smiled. "Yeah, we should. I'm sure everyone would just join for you."
Tony frowned. "What do you mean?"
"Well, you are Tony Stark. One of the hottest guys in the school. And the richest."
"Who's the hottest?" Tony asked defensively.
She giggled. "Well, it's a tie between Thor and Loki. But I think you should take their places."
By now Tony was well aware they were flirting. "I'm honoured."
They were both quiet for a minute.
"So, Loki. He's quite the diva." Amora said.
"Yeah." Said Tony.
"Aren't you going to go after him? He is your boyfriend, right?" Amora questioned.
"I don't really know what we are. We're friends, really, that like to kiss. Purely platonic. And it's probably better to let him cool off first." Tony responded.
"Do you want me to wait with you?" Amora asked, leaning across the table.
"No thanks," Tony declined. "Maybe another time?"
"Sure, you know where to find me." She winked and left the room.
She didn't notice that Loki had been leaning against the door the entire time, listening to the whole conversation.