Chapter 115

"I have never seen that before. You simply disappeared from there and appeared here in a blink. What did you see?"

"Well, it wasn't the colors like when you teleported us. I didn't really think it worked, honestly. I didn't feel me move or anything."

"Well, my sweet, this is another power you greatly surpass me on. Mine is more like a portal, hence the colors. Yours is bending space and moving from one place to another." He grabbed me laughing and swung me around. "You are such a treasure, pet."

Since I knew Loki had magic, I knew he had some way of defense if this went wrong. While he was swinging me around, I took a chance and imagined us next to Thor. Loki almost dropped me when we showed up next to Thor. His eyes were wide as he stared at me.

"I'm sorry… should I not have? I mean I knew you had magic so I figured you would be relatively safe if I screwed up. I'm sorry if that was wrong."

"Ariane… I never even felt myself move. I was just simply in another place. Your powers are quite formidable, my sweet."

I blushed. He chuckled and stroked my cheek. "Go have your date with Thor. I will see you when you return." He looked at Thor and grinned. "Enjoy, Brother."

"Oh, I plan to."

Thor took me in his arms. "Take us there, Angel."

I nodded and suddenly we were standing in the field of flowers, the house behind us. Thor looked at me and smiled. 

"I much prefer the way you travel Angel. I am not a fan of Loki's teleporting."

I giggled and wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him. 

"So, what are we doing here Sparky?"

He lifted the basket I hadn't noticed he was holding. "I thought we could have a picnic. Then I thought we could sleep in the bed where my life changed forever."

"Oh Thor… I can't think of anything I want more."

He grinned and led me to the middle of the field and took a blanket from the basket. I laughed as I recognized Loki's blanket from the bed, his black satin one. I could just imagine his face when he learned his blanket was used for a picnic. The image was priceless.

I watched as Thor unpacked the basket. I shook my head at the sheer amount of food he had packed. I sat down laughing. We spent the next several hours talking and sharing hopes and dreams while staring up at the clouds. I reminded me strongly of my sister Alice and for a moment my heart hurt. I looked at Thor and he smiled. The band around my heart went away. This was turning into the perfect day.

I noticed the look he was giving me. "Something on your mind there Sparky?" I watched as he eyed me up and down. He turned to me and ran his hand down my body.

"You look beautiful laying here, my Angel."

He leaned in and kissed me softly. I gasped into his mouth as his hand slid up my shirt and cupped my breasts. I moaned as his fingers gently rolled my nipple. Thor moved until he was laying on top of me, my skirt hiking up as he settled his body between my legs. I wrapped my arms around his neck and looked up at him.

"So, what now, my Kokoro no negai?"

He lowered his head, and his tongue traced my lips. "Now I make love you to out here in this field."

My heart melted. These men kept surprising me. Thor kissed me softly, his tongue teasing my lips. I opened my mouth for him, and he deepened the kiss. He started to lightly kiss his way down my neck and over my collar bone. Each kiss sent a thrill through me, and I was soaked by the time he made it back to my mouth.

He stopped and looked into my eyes. I waited, as patient with him as he had always been with me.

"I love you, Ariane. In ways I had not thought possible for me. I was happy when Loki found you, but I was jealous too. I had never had anyone to love me like that, no one that I loved like that. I was so pleased for my brother. His life had not been easy and for him to have something good like that… he greatly deserved it. 

I struggled with how I felt the longer we knew each other, and I saw more and more of who you really were. I had never worried about keeping anything from Loki before but I kept this as quiet as possible. I did not want to hurt him. But I was falling in love with you. I fully fell the night you showed us the horror that had been treated upon you. To have gone through so much and still be able to love as strong as you do, to accept us all as you did. You are nothing short of amazing, Ariane. You were so caught up thinking everyone would hate you and even I felt the self-hatred you had." He smiled at me. "You would not stop talking and then you spoke of leaving… well… I took the opportunity to kiss you to shut you up. I had wanted so much to show you that you were loved that I did not stop to think what Loki would make of it. I just wanted to bring you comfort. Lucky for me he was more focused on you, or he may have stabbed me."

I gave a short laugh as I remembered childhood stabbings. It seemed it was their way of dealing with each other. Loki stabbed Thor and Thor would throw Loki around like a rag doll.

"I swear I stopped breathing when I heard what you had done in the shower. My heart hurt to know you had been in enough pain to do that. I had no idea what happened. I knew it was something with my brother and Bucky from how they were acting. We were all devastated. Each night in my room I would cry because I feared you would never wake up. But you did and yet you were still gone. My heart hurt to see you so broken, just a shadow of who you were. 

I heard everyone talking as they came down from seeing you. I saw how Loki and Bucky were suffering because you would not see them. I decided I would be the last to see you from the team. Having heard everyone, I knew what you needed. No words, just quiet acceptance. I couldn't help but cry when I saw you there. You looked so lost and so hurt. And it seemed a dam broke within you and everything you felt came out. When you asked me to stay, the first words you had spoken in weeks, I was overwhelmed. I was the one you chose to speak to, the one you wanted to be around.

I knew I had to be honest with you when you asked me to stay with you each night. I was afraid you would send me away, but I knew that to hold you in my arms each night and not have you know, it would not be fair to you. And then you shocked me. You admitted you desired me. I had never thought that was something that would happen. I understood your reluctance to act on it and just the very fact that part of you wanted me made me the happiest I had ever been. It was difficult for me to not go into that shower that night as I heard your cries as you pleasured yourself, especially knowing I was the cause."