Should I marry you, Dark Angel?(English)

Ch. 5

-Loki-

Shit! I thought to myself when I suddenly noticed Emma behind me. I hope she hadn't noticed anything! After all, it was about her.

I turned around in shock and stared at her, Emma grinned at me and finally sat down next to me.

"E-emma? S-since when are you here?" I stuttered, wait... since when do I actually stutter? Me, the god of mischief stutter because of a woman?!

"Not for long, don't worry, I didn't hear anything." Emma replied and I immediately relaxed.

"Oh god... Well, whatever! Let's eat." Volstagg said and was about to reach for the food when Thor held him. Wow, this blockhead can still do something.

"Volstagg, I know how you feel, I'm hungry too, but we have to wait for father." Can I take my sentence back? He's a blockhead with no brains.

I rolled my eyes noticeably and exhaled loudly. Thor and Volstagg were so damn similar, sometimes I even wondered if they weren't brothers. Equally stupid, they both only ever think about eating and their fighting method is: Hit it!

But before I could mention anything, the room fell dead silent as Odin joined in. "Good morning, my dears!" 

When did Odin greet us so warmly?! Has he drunk some of Asgard's best wine, is he possessed?! Odin now looked right at me and said: "Good morning my son, I want to talk to you later. Is that all right?" I nodded absently, my thoughts were more on Odin's kindness to me. After all, I've been in the dungeon before, because I wanted to give this measly Midgard to a king, me.
"Yes, of course, my king," I repeated my gesture, just looking at the tabletop, I couldn't look Odin in the eye now. Not after he called me his son. Because I wasn't, I was a monster, the kind of monster that parents tell their children horror stories about. I knew very well about my true origins, that my parents put me to death as a baby just because I was too small and too weak. Of course, this still gnaws at me today, even though I have known this truth, MY truth, for several years now. Since Odin told me that, I was no longer myself, I knew that even without anyone having to tell me, I had changed. unfortunately for the worse, I also deeply regret my actions, even if I still think that Midgard needs a god-king.

I now realise that taking the lives of innocent souls won't get me where I want to go. The time I spent in the dungeon helped me a lot. But now I was free, some people still have a lot of hatred for me, which is understandable, but the people who are important to me, or used to be, accept me for who I am. Odin had never done that, but now that he called me his son, I had hope that maybe he didn't hate me quite so much. "Loki?" Emma, beside me, nudged my shoulder and smiled at me. "Yes, beautiful?" "I was wondering if you'd come with me tonight and show me Asgard with Thor?" She brushed an unruly red curl out of her face and I realised once again how beautiful she was. She completely wrapped me around her finger with her beauty and I simply couldn't resist her. I was reassured that she and Thor weren't that close, but... well.I honestly don't know. But I'm more concerned that she would probably marry Thor, after all he is the heir to the throne and soon to be king of Asgard. So why would she want to marry me of all people, a monster, the angel of death and the adopted younger one? I have absolutely nothing to offer her..Wait.... When did my good self-assessment go out the window? When I'm already saying that I have no chance? With ONE WOMAN?! Okay, admittedly she was a different woman, she was different from all the nightly visits from other insignificant women I'd already had. "Loki?" Emma snapped me out of my thoughts, oh yes... I hadn't even answered yet. I felt like I was being watched somehow, so I looked up and realised that the whole table was staring at me, Mother, Thor, Lady Sif, Emma, the Brave Three and Odin. "Er, yes, of course I'll come with you, Princess," I replied quickly without looking at them, and then the rest of them finally turned away.

I turned my head back towards Emma, looked at her and immediately started smiling, this beauty always got me off track. "Sorry Emma. I-I was thinking... but of course... I'd love to come with you. Besides, unlike Thor, I know my way around Asgard and am familiar with the history. Do you think this blockhead knows anything about Asgard?" Once I had mentioned Thor, I noticed Thor's eyes on me, he was sitting opposite me, I looked at him with a brief grin and then back at Emma, who had burst out laughing. 

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So after breakfast, me and Odin were left sitting alone in the dining room, Odin at the head of the table and me a few metres away from him, head bowed. "Son. Why don't you come to me?" Puzzled by his words, I looked at him suspiciously. "I'm serious, come to me son." So I got up and sat down in the nearest seat to odin. And... he smiled at me like... like a loving father. "Loki. My second-born son. I want to talk to you about something really important. It's mostly about you." I nodded, knowing nothing to add to that. "Thor, your brother... Is the rightful heir to the throne..." he paused for a long moment, during which the double doors opened, Thor walked in and slammed the door shut again. "... But I have thought about it for a long time, your mother and your brother were very helpful in this decision...and now it is certain..."