The Babysitting Job- Loki x Reader story

Chapter 13

Y/n's POV:

I wake up to my phone ringing. It's Tony. I quickly sit up and answer.
"Hello?"
"Hey kid, just woke up?"
I roll my eyes. It's only 8:30.

"Unfortunately. What can I do for you?"
"We haven't left for Earth. I hate to tell you this but there's no way to put it lightly. Its bad up here. We won't be back for at least another two weeks after this." He says.

I stand up.
"What? I thought you said this was going to be a short thing!" I almost shout.
"And it was supposed to be except, your roomie decided to piss off the lightning giant here and now we are delayed."
I roll my eyes. "That's fine I guess." I know I sound distant.

"How's everything going there?"
I pause. He knows my reaction right away.
"Have you tried to kill him again?" He asks.
"No"
There's a pause.
"Maybe." I murmur.

"Look, I know it's going to be hard there with him but just please do it for the team." He says.
"How am I supposed to do that when at one point you all hated him and might still?" I ask.

Another pause. I know that this is hard for all of them to control their anger around him. I'm just doing a shitty job at it.
"Did you win?"
I grin. "You know I did."

I can hear him chuckle on the other line.
"Y/n I probably won't be able to contact you for the next few weeks. We're going to another town and there's going to be no reception there. I don't even know how I'm contacting you now." He says as I pick at a stain on my nightstand.

"Could you please not tell Thor about the fight? I don't want him to worry."
He promises not to tell him and hangs up.

It's been a few days since the fight. Loki hasn't left his room since then and only comes out to get food and shower. Maybe it's better for both of us if we stay away from each other.

But I'm sick of it. Why? I couldn't tell you. I have fought with myself over and over about it but I can never figure it out. It's always so quiet here now.

I lay back down when Loki comes in.  I sit back up in surprise.
"Who were you talking to?" He looks suspicious, but not enough to come any further into my room.

"Tony. He said that Thor pissed the monster off and now they are gonna be there for a little longer than they thought." He makes a sour face.
"Oooo, another loss for your boyfriend. Is he gonna have to sleep on the couch when he gets home instead of with you?" He asks bitterly.

I throw a pillow at him, which he catches immediately and throws back to me.
"He's not my boyfriend. I don't know what gave you that impression but he isn't." He raises his eyebrows but covers up his surprise quickly.

"Why does he live with you then?" Why is he asking so many questions?
"Look I don't know just get out of my room so I can change." He walks out and I shut the door with my mind. Why does he care?

I walk out an hour later to see him dressed and watching TV. I realize that he's obsessed with the TV. He would watch it all of the time, no matter what is on. He probably doesn't watch a lot of TV anywhere else besides here.

"Are you going somewhere?" He asks. I sigh. Do I want to do this?
"I need to get out of this house but I don't trust you to be here by yourself all day." I pour a cup of coffee and stand at the counter.
"So what do you propose we do?" He also stands and pauses a "Criminal Minds" episode. I smile. That is one of my favorite shows.

"Do you want to come with me? I mean, you don't have to leave the car I just thought it would be good for both of us to do something." He looks down, considering my offer. Did I cross the line? I start to regret asking when he slowly nods.
"Why not." I set my coffee down.
"Well, are you ready to go?" He nods and turns off the TV.

We're riding the elevator when he asks,
"Y/n, why don't you teleport everywhere? I mean, if I had your powers then I would never drive anywhere." I feel again that I'm walking on thin ice with him.
"I have many reasons. I guess it makes me feel more normal. And it's kind of draining to use my powers all of the time for simple things. That would be like asking you why you don't shape shift 24/7 to get what you want?" He considers it.

"I guess I just don't want to." He says and I chuckle.
"So the villain does have morals." Loki looks at the ground and smiles. I've never seen him sincerely smile before, and I kind of like it. He is always hiding it under sarcasm or his ego.

But I stare too much. He notices it but doesn't say anything.
"Does that surprise you?" He looks sincere about his question. I scrunch my face up.
"Can you blame me?" Is ask. He looks up.

"I guess not." He laughs breathily. I have never ever seen him like this. So relaxed, and so open. We look at each other, realizing that something is different between us.

We have fought and fought each other, never satisfied. I'm feeling unsatisfied again, but in some different way. His smile is slowly melting into this gaze as there is an unspoken feeling between us. I look away. What the hell was that? Get under control.

We walk out of the elevator and his face is back to usual. His hand brushes mine as we walk and I turn red. I walk just far enough away from him that it won't happen again.

When we get to the car, I get in and begin to play my favorite playlist. It's full of 80s music and old hits. He looks at me weird as I hum the song.

"What?" He shakes his head.
"Do you not like this masterpiece of a song?" He doesn't answer. I turn the volume up and softly sing it under my breath.
She's a Killer Queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind

"That's ironic." He says. I question him.
"It's just, this song reminds me of you." I furrow my eyebrows and hide the blush creeping up my neck. He half sings, half speaks the lyrics. I laugh.

"Your point is?"
"I mean, 'Shes a killer Queen'." He doesn't elaborate further.
"I don't know if I should take that as a compliment or not." He smirks and looks out of the window. He looks embarrassed, so I suppress a smile.

"So where do you want to go?" He looks at me confused.
"Why do you ask me? Are you even going to consider what I say?" I think about it.
"Maybe, it depends on what you say."

He looks out the window not saying a word. "Fine. I don't want to go to a place with a lot of people." I keep my eyes on the road.
"I don't think we can find a place like that. We're in the middle of one of the biggest cities in the country."
"Well what do you want to do?" He looks annoyed. Short fuse.
"I know a place."

When I told Loki what I was planning, he immediately rejected it. I told him I already had the tickets and that we are going.
"How can you reject it? The last time you were here you tried to destroy Manhattan. You need to see what you would've destroyed." He scoffed but I forced him to go.
"How can you know you hate it when you haven't tried it?"

So here we are, standing on a large ferry going down the Hudson River. The ferry is practically empty for a weekday and we walk out to the front of the boat.

"See? No people." He rolls his eyes. Screw him. I put my hands on the cool railing and close my eyes. The cool wind is refreshing on my skin and I love the view from here.

Loki slowly comes up to me and stands a few feet away from me.
"The view is quite pleasant here." I look at him with an I told you so face. He smirks and we admire the view.

He moves closer to me. His arm is touching mine and he looks open. For the first time, I don't want to entirely punch him in the gut. I am so transfixed by this moment that when I hear the explosion on shore I am entirely caught off guard.