Dog Days

Chapter 96

As I walked out of the underground hidden parking for Stark Tower, I pull out my phone and call Hela.

As she picks up, I hear banging in the background. I sit there in confusion, before I hear complete silence. She asks "Hey, Thor? How's it going?"

I take a deep breath and declare "I'm walking to the pharmacy, now. It's only a few blocks away. I figured you can catch me up on the commute gossip on the walk."

She sighs "We've literally just been doing the same old thing. We're mainly just waiting for you and Loki to come home. The boys are getting big. They don't really like me. They like dad, though. He goes up and sits with them in the afternoon, now."

I take a deep breath and ask "Did you finish doing whatever you were doing to our house?"

She clears her throat "Ahh, no, we're waiting on some ordered parts. Just some small stuff. I think you'll like it. We got you a new tv."

I sigh, before declaring "You didn't have to do that."

She chuckles "Too bad." She changes the subject "Why are you heading to the pharmacy?"

I clear my throat and declare "Time for a refill." I immediately change the subject "Gonna find a place to get Loki a burger or something. He just requested vegan meat."

She sighs "He wants chicken. He's been craving vegan chicken for a few weeks now and he only ever remembers he wants it at three in the morning. He also mentioned wanting vegan fish, but then he said he would only eat it if he could eat it fresh, so I don't know how you would do that."

I take a deep breath as an idea pops into my head and I declare "I can make it happen."

As I cross the street in front of the pharmacy, she asks "Where did you put your dog tags?"

The second I step through the door, I ask "Why do you want my dog tags?"

She takes in a deep breath and states "I want to showcase them, along with your Purple Heart."

As I step into the pharmacy line, I order "Don't touch my Purple Heart." I get a couple eyes on me, immediately.

She sighs through the phone "You got blown up for a country that doesn't give a damn about you, you deserve the honor of a Purple Heart."

I scoff, only to declare "I got blown up, lost an eye, almost lost an arm, and my life. I don't need a constant reminder of that day mounted on my living room wall."

She sighs as the person in front of me pays the pharmacist "Fine, I won't mount it. I still want your dog tags, though."

I furrow my brow and declare "Fine, my dog tags are in the bathroom."

She immediately asks "Where in the bathroom?"

I step up to the window and speak to the pharmacist "Hello, I'm picking up three prescriptions for Thor Odinson. They were sent in, yesterday, by Doctor Bruce Banner."

The pharmacist smiles "Give me just a moment."

As soon as she turns away, I reply to Hela "They're in my glasses case, in the middle drawer, closest to the bedroom. The case is maroon."

I hear her moving things around, before she ah-hahs "Found them, thank you."

I reply "No problem."

The pharmacist turns around and asks "Date of birth?"

I take a breath and state "April 27th, 1994."

She sits it down on the counter and rings it up as I pull out my wallet. As I pay, I ask "You wouldn't happen to know where the nearest Whole Foods is?"

She smiles "Two blocks west, across Bryant Park."

I put away my wallet and smile "Thank you."

As I walk out, Hela asks "Whole Foods?"

I sigh "Gotta grab vegan meat. It's either pay out the ass at Whole Foods to make it, myself, or pay twice out the ass for a small portion that'll spoil in two hours."

She scoffs as I walk down the street "You ever get around to some fun, this morning?"

After I cross a couple streets, I spot the store across the park and remark "I did, yeah. He got a little bit of a surprise wake up call."

When I finally round the park, I cross the street and walk into the store. She scoffs "He's been asking vaguely desperate questions, like how big your toy is. I think he wants to fuck you."

I sigh as I toss a bag of frozen vegan fish in the cart, before grabbing large chicken filets "He's talking about a threeway with Heimdall."

She scoffs, before she asks "Does he know you fucked Heimdall?"

I clear my throat and explain "He knows I fucked someone, and he wants to have a threesome to thank him, and apologize."

She hums as I grab some buns "Do you want to do that?"

I take a deep breath and remember my little fantasy of it, only to remark "The thought is appealing."

As I grab a bottle of vegan mayo, she asks "Do you want me to inform Heimdall?"

I sigh as I walk through the produce aisle to grab a bag of potatoes and a few other things "Please don't, Helq. If something happens, I want it to happen in the moment."

She hums, before she remarks "You overthink everything."

I sigh as I turn to walk back towards the oils "Or I do stuff without thinking."

After I grab a gallon of oil, I walk up towards the registers and she sighs "I can't wait to see you, again. There's so much going on over here that I can't even begin to explain."

I chuckle as I begin to scan my items "Same here. I'm left in the dark about everything, but I really don't care, as long as he's safe."

She sighs "He just told me that he needs to tie up loose ends and walk away. That's all he's said about it."

After I finish paying, I grab my bags and walk out of the store. As I walk down the street, before I state "I'm just ready to go home. This city is disgusting. It smells like hot garbage and everywhere you turn, there's homeless people smoking discarded cigarette butts. I just want to be away from this."

She chuckles to herself, before she remarks "You're stuck in Manhattan. No wonder you hate it."

I sigh, before turning in front of the pharmacy and starting to walk the two blocks to the underground entrance "It's just too much of everything. I'm ready to go back to the quiet woods, where I can walk around naked with the sole intention of getting laid."

She clears her throat and asks "How long are you going to wait to propose?"

As I walk down the flight of stairs, I sigh as Jarvis announces "Welcome back, sir."

I clear my throat and tell Hela "I haven't even began to think about that."

She asks "Are you going to?"

I take a deep breath as I cross through the parking to get to the other stairs "Well, yeah, I just haven't given it any thought."

She clears her throat and remarks "Mom and Venus have already been conspiring."

As I start up the stairs, I sigh "I'll start looking, tonight. If I find something, it'll be going to the house. Keep an eye out for it."

When I get to the ground level of Stark Tower, I cross the lobby as she remarks "Mom is going to shit a brick."

I scoff, before opening up the elevator and stepping in as I tell her "I'm going to let you go. I'll let you know what I find."

As I hang up, I speak to Jarvis "Sorry, Jarvis. I didn't mean to ignore you. Will you please inform Loki that I got back from the store and that I got my meds from the pharmacy?"

Jarvis speaks, kindly "Very well, sir."