A Whole Bunch of Loki's

The Euphoric Rush - Vampire Loki - Part Five

I had made it to the center of the dark and empty town before I had to stop, Loki's incessant yells of my name driving me up the wall and I knew that he wouldn't give up, he was the embodiment of persistent.

"What do you want?" I snapped turning around to face him.

"I want you to listen for just one minute," he frowned, stepping up towards me.

"Why? It's cold and I want to go home," I argued feebly.

Lok sighed and shuffled his long coat off, setting it around my shoulders whilst giving me a pointed look.

"There, now you'll be warm and we can talk as we walk you home."

I looked up at him and sighed, closing my eyes in exasperation.

"There's no way out of this, is there?"

"No, not if you want an explanation for that," he smiled wryly, "or you can leave alone and continue being mad."

"The latter is tempting."

"And I won't let it happen."

"So there is no way out of it."

"In short, no," he chuckled.

I rolled my eyes and turned back towards the direction I needed to go for home, Loki now stepping up beside me and wrapping an arm around my shoulders, which I shrugged off.

Adjusting the jacket better around myself, I slid my hands into the pockets to warm my too cold fingers and continued walking, my eyes on the ground as typical for when I was walking somewhere.

"Is she a new play thing for you?" I finally asked as it was evident that Loki wasn't planning on starting the conversation.

"Not as such, more a meal than anything."

"Ah, of course," I nodded, blindly feeling the objects within his pockets to try and see if I could decipher what they were as a means of distracting myself from the hurt.

"I sense that you don't believe me," he stated calmly.

"I'm not sure what I believe," I frowned, shivering as a cold breeze picked up around us.

"Will you believe me when I say that I'm sorry and I didn't mean to hurt you?"

"No, only because I suppose it's my own fault for putting too much emotion into one night."

"I never intended for it to be one night."

"It sure doesn't seem that way."

I looked up at him, surprised to be met with blue eyes that seemed sorrowful.

"That wasn't my intention at all, I wanted to keep my distance for your sake."

"My sake? You could have simply answered a text for my sake."

"I know," he sighed, shaking his head, "I was stupid and I apologise."

"Are you going to tell me why?"

"I shall, but first I wish to get inside where we are less exposed so I don't have to hold back."

I winced at his words and my mind instantly jumped to presumptions of the worst scenario, making my heart jolt uncomfortably.

The walk back was going to be one of the longest twenty minutes of my life.

Not only was I cold but I was getting hungry, having forgone dinner before beginning my search for Loki.