The next few days were pretty normal. Students got their exam results back, Loki and Tony's group all passing, but Loki and Tony had no time to see each other until the next weekend, as both were busy with schoolwork. Which was a good thing, considering what Loki had planned.

Loki wanted Tony as desperate as possible before putting his plan into action.

Saturday morning began like any other for Tony. He got up, got dressed, and walked to the cafeteria with Bruce to join the rest of the group for breakfast. Steve and Peggy were looking at each other lovingly, Natasha and Clint were bickering, and Thor was eating colossal amounts of food whilst Jane shook her head at him. The only person missing, he noticed as he sat down next to Natasha, was Loki.

Tony hadn't spoken to Loki since he had decided that Tony wasn't allowed touch him until he told everyone else that they were together. Tony didn't think he was serious, but apparently he was.

"Anyone seen Loki?" He asked the group.

Everyone shook their heads, except Natasha who smirked. "I saw him just before, I helped him do his hair."

Tony shot her a withering look. "His hair?"

Natasha continued to smirk. "You'll see." She said, before adding in a whisper so that only Tony could hear, "He intends to make this very difficult for you."

Tony looked at her questioningly, but was prevented from asking any questions by Jane and Maria.

"Oh. My. God." Maria whispered.

"Wow." Jane added.

Tony turned around to see what everyone was staring out, as the entire cafeteria went silent.

He had to force himself not to drool.

Loki had just walked in, and the words sex bomb were the most accurate ones Tony could think of to describe him. His jet black jeans were tight, showing off his perfect ass and legs, and his shirt was a figure-hugging green cotton tee, that drew attention to his toned torso. He was wearing plain black high-top converses, making him look even taller than usual. But it was his hair that was the winner. The opposite of his usual black bob, it was tussled, and fluffed up, making him look extremely rock 'n' roll. All eyes followed him as he made his way over to their table, and sat down in the seat opposite Tony.

Loki smirked to himself, as he saw the lust in Tony's eyes, and as the noise level started back up again.

"Morning." He greeted, his eyes flickering around the table.

There were various greetings repeated around the table in response, everyone still kind of shocked at the transformation.

"So what's for breakfast?" Loki inquired, deciding to slide into his natural British accent, rather than his usual slightly American one.

"You," muttered Clint. "If you don't watch out."

"Bacon and eggs." Natasha replied, ignoring Clint and struggling not laugh at the look on Tony's face. She knew he wouldn't last the day, but how he would tell everyone, she didn't know.

Loki made a face. "I'll just get fruit salad." He said, standing up. But as he walked up to the counter and passed Tony, he ran a finger lightly up Tony's arm and winked, before continuing walking.

Tony turned to glare at Natasha, his arm tingling. "Was this your idea?" He accused.

She laughed. "Nope, I just helped."

He continued sulking until Loki came back, and even then he stared at his toast like it was the most interesting thing in the world. Loki, noticing his reluctance to look at him, gently brushed his foot against Tony's leg, causing his eyes to snap up and look at him, immediately regretting it. Loki had stabbed a piece of pineapple with his fork, and was currently wrapping his lips around it and slowly sucking the piece off.

Tony's eyes went dark as he glared at him

Loki continued to tease him, his pink tongue slowly licking his lips, his eyes never leaving Tony's.

Natasha, who was observing all of this, was quite impressed with the two of them. Loki, for being such a tease, and Tony for somehow having the willpower to not lunge across the table and press his lips to Loki's.

But Tony wasn't the only one effected by Loki's tongue, even Jane was admiring him, much to Thor's annoyance.

"Brother, what is your reason for this new look?" Thor inquired irritably.

Loki snapped his eyes away from Tony's and towards Thor. "I am merely trying to win a competition. Don't worry, I have no plans to make advances towards dear Jane." He said with a smirk, ignoring the glare from Thor and the affronted look from Jane.

Using the pause to his advantage, Tony pulled out his phone and sent a text to Loki from under the table, hoping that he had his phone on him.

Tease.

Loki looked down as his phone vibrated, smiling as he read the message.

That was the plan. It's all down to you now.

Tony scowled as he read the text, still trying to ignore the foot that was idly stroking his leg.

Natasha leaned towards Tony. "He's not going to stop, you know. Not until you make your, er, announcement."

"I know that, thank you very much." He muttered in response.

She shrugged. "Well, even I would tap that, and he's like a brother to me."

"Natasha!" Tony exclaimed.

"I'm only joking. My point is, sometimes I wonder what drug you use to get your numerous, temporary partners." She continued to tease.

That was enough. Tony stood up, glaring at Loki.

"I have to go." He said to everyone, before spinning on his heel and storming off.

Everyone stared after him, Natasha looking slightly guilty.

Loki raised an eyebrow at her. "What did you say?" He demanded.

"It was just a joke, Loki." She replied defensively.

"Clearly not to him." He retorted, before following Tony out of the cafeteria.

Everyone turned to Natasha. "What was all that about?" Clint asked.

Natasha sighed. "They're just over-reacting to something I said to Tony."

Clint looked at her curiously. "Loki's getting defensive of Tony? That's new…"

"That is not like my brother…" Thor agreed.

"I think we all know Loki isn't the most predictable of people." Bruce added.

There were murmurs of agreement.

"Yeah, but Loki and Tony have been acting rather odd lately." Peggy reminded them.

"And there was the whole thing at the hospital." Maria said.

"What was the hospital thing?" Clint asked.

"You know, Loki was on his deathbed and he asked for Tonyof all people." Maria replied.

"Seriously?" Clint exclaimed, his brow furrowed.

Thor nodded. "He was there, and he seemed pretty torn up about it."

"Wow, I should really handcuff people together more often." Clint remarked, pushing his bowl of cereal to the side.

"Well, I haven't personally seen them together that often, to be honest. Not since they were un-cuffed, at least." Jane commented, not caring too much about the situation.

Clint turned to Natasha. "Nat, you're good friends with Loki, right?"

Natasha rolled her eyes at him. "Only just noticed, Barton?" She said skeptically.

He chose to ignore her, as he did with most of her sarcastic quips. "Are him and Tony friends now or what?" He asked, intrigued by the information he had recently been given.

Natasha looked slightly uncomfortable, but none of the others picked up on it. "They're closer than you think." She admitted. She wasn't giving anything away, but she was sending the group in the right direction.

Meanwhile, Peggy had turned to Steve, noticing he hadn't said anything throughout their conversation. "Steve? What do you think?"

He looked away. "Oh, you know, it's not really any of my business, I suppose-"

Peggy cut him off with a glare. She knew Steve well enough to know when he wasn't telling her something.

"What aren't you telling me?" She demanded, her light brown eyes narrowing at him.

The rest of the group was now watching them, and Steve blushed at the attention. "Er, Libby may've told me that she walked in one them one afternoon."

Clint leaned in eagerly. "Walked in on them doing what, exactly?"

Steve blushed more. "Kissing."

Shocked and amused looks were shared amongst the group, as Clint gaped at him. "And you never thought to mention it?"

"It wasn't any of my business!" Steve argued.

Clint shook his head. "Whatever. Anyone else have information regarding campus's hottest new couple?" He asked, half-kidding, half-serious.

Maria raised a hand. "You know how Loki and I were dating for a week, right?"

Everyone nodded. Clint's jaw dropped. "You guys had a-?"

Natasha dug her elbow into his ribs. "Ah-Ow, Tasha!" He winced.

Maria rolled her eyes. "Really, Clint?" She sighed. "Do you want to hear this or not?"

"Yes…" Clint grumbled, rubbing his chest.

"Okay, so I went to visit Loki, but I heard voices from his room, so being the secret agent I am, I listened in for a moment to see who it was. It was Tony, and him and Loki were arguing about whether or not he should date me. Tony was telling him how I wasn't right for him, and Loki was arguing that Tony knew nothing about him, and then Tony went on this long spiel about how well he knew Loki, before leaving without Loki saying anything to him." Maria said, without pausing for breath.

Bruce whistled. "Well, this is interesting." He remarked, an eyebrow raised.

"You're telling me." Clint muttered.

Thor hadn't said anything since Steve's confession. He was both shocked and annoyed at Loki's new relationship. He thought Loki would trust him enough to tell him that he had found someone, but apparently not. And Tony of all people. Yes, Tony was a good friend of Thor's, but he didn't completely trust him with his younger brother. He was still known as a notorious womanizer, despite having an on-and-off relationship with Pepper for over a year. Thor wanted Loki to be safe and happy, and he wanted to make sure Tony would be the person that made him feel that way, not the opposite.

Thor turned to Natasha. "Were you aware of this?" He asked, knowing that Loki and Natasha shared everything.

Natasha shrugged. "I'm neither going to confirm nor deny anything. This is Loki and Tony's business, and I'm not going to speak on behalf on them." She said, choosing her words carefully.

"Argh!" Clint half-yelled in impatience, suddenly standing up. "I'm going to find them, and figure out what's going on. Anyone going to come with me?" He declared, staring at the table.

There were echoes of agreement, as the whole table stood up and decided to join Clint in his search, all of them just as curious as him.

Meanwhile, in Tony's dorm…

Tony stormed into his room and slammed the door behind him angrily. It started off pretty amusing, but Natasha's comments were getting to him. He wasn't proud of his list of sexual partners, but Loki should know that they didn't matter to Tony. So why couldn't Natasha cope with it? He couldn't stand people interfering with his relationships, not that Natasha was intentionally doing that, he just got sensitive when it came to his relationship, including best friends making comments that she'd "tap" his boyfriend. And what was Loki's point? To make him jealous? To seduce him so that he'd tell people about their relationship? To show off how many other people could have him? God, Loki was hard to read. Or maybe Tony just read him too much…

There was a sharp knock on the door. Tony had no doubt it was Loki, or Natasha. Sure enough, when he opened the door, Loki stood there, with his hair still tussled and a perfect eyebrow arched.

"What?" Tony snapped at him.

Loki raised another eyebrow. "Lovely to see you too, dear." He patronized. Yup, he was still speaking in his British accent.

"I hope you're happy! You proved your point!" Tony exclaimed, throwing his hands up in surrender.

Loki looked confused, raising an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

Tony glared at him. "You know what I mean. Coming along and showing off your good looks." He grumbled.

Loki smirked at the last line. "You know, you really do look quite cute when you're jealous."

Tony's eyes snapped up to his. "I'm not jealous." He attempted to argue, not convincing anyone.

"Yes you are." Loki corrected, leaning against the door frame.

"Shut up." Tony muttered, looking away.

"You don't need to be, you know." Loki said softly. "I wasn't trying to impress anyone but you." He confessed quietly.

Tony's eyes shot back to look at him. "You don't need to impress me, Loki." He reassured him.

"What, don't you like the look I'm going for?" Loki said, his brow furrowing.

Tony smirked. "Oh no, I love it. You should dress like this more often. Especially the hair."

Loki rolled his eyes, but still felt quite flattered. He'd worked hard to plan his seduction technique, with some input from Natasha.

Tony leaned in to kiss him, but was pushed back again.

"Our deal is still on." Loki reminded him.

Tony scowled. "This is ridiculous…"

"No, what's ridiculous is you refusing to grow a pair. I'm not having this conversation again, Anthony." Loki interrupted, frustrated. He turned to leave, put Tony pulled him back.

"How do I tell them?" Tony finally asked.

Loki smiled. "You could always-"

Their conversation was halted when the sound of chatter and loud footsteps approached.

"Hey, lovebirds!" Clint shouted.

Tony and Loki looked at each other, extremely confused and-although they wouldn't admit it-relieved.

"Or there's that." Tony pointed out.

"Or there's that." Loki repeated.

The group, currently consisting of Clint, Natasha, Bruce, Thor, Jane, Peggy, Maria and Steve had congregated around them.

"So," Bruce said. "Are you guys going to tell us what's going on?" He asked.

Loki looked at Tony, who shifted slightly uncomfortably. It was kind of now or never, really. If he said they were together, everything became that much more real, and scarier, but if he said they weren't, he would quite possibly lose Loki.

Tony looked around at all of them. "We're dating. We got together towards the end of September, but things didn't go to well so we broke up and got back together a few days ago." Tony stated, showing no sign of embarrassment or awkwardness.

Loki smiled softly to himself, and took in the reactions of others. Natasha looked relieved, Maria and Bruce looked pleased, Clint looked as if Natasha had just told him she loved him, Thor looked as if he didn't quite know how to feel, whilst Steve was grinning at them. Peggy and Jane didn't look too worried or surprised, but looked happy for them all the same.

"Sleeping together or dating?" Clint asked, mischievously.

Loki rolled his eyes. "Dating, Clint. Just dating." He replied.

"For now…" Tony muttered to Loki, who laughed.

Tony was relieved, realizing the only person he needed to really worry about was Thor, understandable, seeing as he was the older brother. He decided to risk it, and put his arm around Loki's waist.

"So how did you guys find out?" Loki asked, leaning into Tony.

"Well, after you ran off after Tony, we got kinda suspicious and realized that you were a lot closer than you seemed to be, and had both been acting really weirdly around each other. We also had some strong evidence to support our ideas, so it didn't take long." Clint shrugged.

"I see." Loki replied, nodding.

"Well, if that's all sorted, I'm going back to breakfast." Jane said walking off with Peggy and Steve, who both agreed with her and left.

Bruce nodded. "Well, I can't say I'm not surprised, but whatever makes you two happy, I suppose. Have a good weekend!" He said supportively.

"Yeah, sorry guys, we have training now." Maria said, referring to her, Clint and Natasha, who both groaned at the prospect of doing Martial Arts on a Saturday morning.

"Oh yeah, that's me as well." Loki remembered, with a pang of extreme annoyance.

"Really?" Tony objected.

"Yup, last class before the holidays." Clint said. "I'm leaving tonight, so I may as well do some intense training before a few weeks of relaxing."

"Anyway, we should probably get ready. See you guys in the dojo, then." Loki said, nodding at his friends as they left to get changed, before turning into his own room.

"Brother, wait!" Thor called out. Both Tony and Loki had almost forgotten he was there, until now.

"Yes, Thor?" Loki answered.

"We need to talk. Dinner tonight at 6pm?" Thor demanded.

"Yeah, sure. See you then." Loki replied, walking into his room without saying goodbye to Tony.

Thor left, and Tony went back into his room. Finally things were how they should be, and him and Loki could actually be a proper couple, but of course Loki has a class that will take up most of his day, followed by dinner with his brother, leaving no time for Tony, except possibly after dinner, frustratingly enough. But whatever, him and Loki had all the time in the world now.

Thor and Loki walked silently to a restaurant down the road, neither of them knowing what to say. They sat down in a corner booth and ordered, another waitress baffled at Thor's appetite.

"So how's Jane?" Loki asked, trying to ease the tension.

"Good." Was Thor's stunted response. "How's Anthony?"

"He's good." Loki repeated.

"Why didn't you tell me about him?" Thor suddenly asked.

Loki sighed. "He didn't want anyone knowing, and I chose to respect that. I'm sorry I didn't let you know, but I couldn't have told you anyway."

Thor glowered at him.

"Look, if that' s all we're here for, I'm going." Loki said irritably.

"I just don't trust him, brother. I know of his history, and I can't say I approve." Thor admitted.

Loki's eyes narrowed. "Well, I trust him with my life. I am perfectly aware if my own boyfriend's reputation, thank you very much." He retorted.

"Loki, is it really wise to-"

"Yes, Thor, it is perfectly wise, whatever it is. I am sick of people lecturing me about my relationships, so unless you have something to share that is unrelated to my love life, I am leaving." Loki muttered angrily, standing up and throwing his napkin on the table.

"Loki…" Thor protested.

"What, Thor? Ask me out for dinner when you begin to accept our relationship." Loki spat, and stormed out of the restaurant and back to campus.