Magic And Manipulation

What Are You Doing Here?

You look up at Loki and smile, you missed his beautiful eyes and his infectious grin. He smiled down at you and hugged you again.

You raised your eyebrows at your old friend and asked with an innocent look,
"What are you doing here, Loki? Because I seem to recall that the last time you were here you spent your time trying to impose a tyrannical rule over the midgardians.."

Loki chuckled slightly at the memory, then frowned in thought, raising his eyebrows,
"First thing you remember after regaining your memories is my bad side? I'm hurt!"

"Well my dear, you didn't seem to have the best track record when it came to evil doings. I assume you're behaving at the moment otherwise Thor would not let you out of his sight, or the last I can remember of him he wouldn't anyway. Soft touch now perhaps?"
You laughed and smiled at Loki.

He looked down at you with a confused but amused look, before speaking.
"Hey, I seem to remember you joining me on a number of those 'terrible' occasions y/n, in fact I can probably give you a long list, if you asked me nicely."
He dragged out the "terrible" savouring the amused look on your face, he rested a hand on your arm kindly. Giving you a overly exaggerated smile with a wink.

"Hey! That isn't the point!.. But we were a great team me and you weren't we!" You burst out laughing and Loki laughed too.
Suddenly Loki stopped and looked you dead in the eyes.
"OH! do you remember when-"
You excitedly interrupted, loudly, speaking Loki's exact mind..
"When we pranked Thor? When we were 8? With you as a snake!?" You both laughed again, tears in your eyes.

Loki eventually stopped laughing, and remarked,
"He was so mad! Y/N you are lucky he likes you, because he almost killed me for it that day" He smirked at you.

You smiled at him, raising an eyebrow,
"I actually think I mostly escaped him through a portal.. teleportation is a useful skill Loki, you should practise, then maybe you could be as awesome as me" you grinned as he gave you a faux-annoyed look, dodging the light smack aimed at your arm.

"Loki my dear I wouldn't, we both know I'm faster than you." You gripped his wrist and placed it back at his own side. "Reflexes, almost like magic! Oh wait, it is magic.
Wow I can't believe I forgot all of this stuff.."

Your face suddenly fell as you remembered the events leading up to the erasure of your mind.
You shut out the painful details, deciding not to recall those until you have a stiff drink available in your immediate vicinity or until someone else brought it up.