Loki's Secret

Chapter 12: Moment of Weakness

He was suddenly made aware of his surroundings by the rising bile in his throat. "Oh." He said out loud to himself before trying to sit up only having enough time to reach the small can by his bed before spewing every content of his stomach into the trash can. He laid back again only for more to rise up again. "Oh, come on." He said barely having time to recover. He stood up and took a deep breath, he was about to go to brush his teeth and clean the can when he heard a knock at the door. He quickly cleaned the can and then opened the door. "You look terrible." Fandral said walking in his room. "You only smell worse." Loki moaned and went to sit for a minute on his bed. "I just vomited so you probably shouldn't be in here." "I already know what you are going through. I could sense it yesterday. It was positive." Fandral said aloud. Loki moaned putting his head in my hands. "Could you give me a second?" Fandral looked over and saw him grimace in pain. "What hurts?" "My back. It hurts so bad." "Come here." He pulled him into a warm embrace and told him to lie back to hopefully make it better. Fandral sighed, "How bad is it?" "I'm not dying. You know that much already." "Your pregnant then?" "Good job. You got it right." He let out a moan and then proceeded to curl over on himself. "This may seem like a weird request. I need you to rub my back. It is the only thing that relieves the tension." He said to him before groaning loudly. Fandral told him, "Sit up and turn around. I'll help you. Then I want you to take a warm bath. You heard me." He did as instructed. "Now I want you to relax. Just breathe." Loki felt the relief almost instantly, "Can I just tell you to not stop? You are the only thing making me feel better." Fandral chuckled, "Says the man with the bun in the oven." He chuckled and let out a sigh of relief. "I'm going to go start your bath water okay. Just sit here." Fandral left and Loki heard the bath water start. "It's ready. And remember if you never need my help again that I am just down the hall." With that, he walked out of the room and he went and got in the bath. Afterwards, he found macaroni and cheese with the hot sauce sitting on the night stand beside his bed. He felt sweet relief, maybe everything would go according to plan. Maybe these months wouldn't be too bad after all.