You walk out of the restaurant and look to your left, where your car is parked. You see Loki leaning against the wall. One leg propped up against it and arms crossed, looking down.

You walk over to him. "Hey, I'm sorry Loki. About earlier. I was acting irrationally. I-" Loki holds up a hand. "Natalie, I acted irrationally as well. You're not the one at fault here. I shouldn't have ruined your morning. I'm truly sorry." Loki says solemnly.

"Loki, it's okay. It's totally fine. I got my breakfast and sorted things out with that waiter. Who is gay and has a boyfriend by the way." You state matter-of-factly.

Loki's head perks up. "He is?" You take a sip of your coffee. "Yes Loki, he is." You say slowly, as if explaining it to a child. You fish your keys out of your bag and unlock the car.

"We'll drop by Starbucks and get you an Iced Caramel Macchiato, my treat. How's that sound?" You say as you grab the handle of the driver's door. Loki opens the passenger door and gets in. "Anything sounds good as long as you say it."

You stop. You can feel your heartbeat, its rate slowly increasing. You feel the heat rising up to your cheeks, but you blink yourself out of it. "Um, I'll take that as a yes then," You say awkwardly as you get in the car.

You make a short drive to Starbucks and go through the drive-thru. You order an Iced Caramel Macchiato for Loki and a Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino for you.

You continue to the window and get as well as pay for your drinks, and then you head back to the apartment. Once you're inside you sit on the couch and turn on the TV.

"Wanna watch something?" You ask Loki, taking a sip of your frappuccino. "God, Natalie. How much caffeine do you need?" He asks, staring at your Trenta sized frappuccino.

"As much as I need for the day." You say drinking the last bit of coffee in the cup. "And what are you doing today that would possibly require that much caffeine?" Loki asks.

"Going to the gym." You reply as you walk into your room to change. You dig through your drawer and pull out a dark gray sports bra and black leggings with a navy blue stripe across the waist. "This will do," you say to yourself as you put them on.

(A/N: Just the outfit. Your character looks like you and as I said before replace Natalie's name with your own if you want)

You slide on black Nike tennis shoes with a neon yellow bottom, and walk out of your room. "Wanna come with?" You ask Loki, who is sitting on the couch.

"I've never really been the one for gyms and-" he stops midsentence as he takes a look at you. "And what?" You ask, completely oblivious as to what's going through his head right now.

"...and I guess I can make an exception just this once." Loki finishes as he gets up to change. "Okay. I'll be waiting in the car." You toss him a copy of keys to the apartment. "Lock the door behind you." You say as you walk out.

You make your way down the stairs and to your car. You get in and turn it on. You turn on the radio and AC and turn the dial flipping through the channels, trying to find a song to listen to.

All the other radio stations were on an advertisement break so you listened to the song that played on the one station who wasn't on an ad break.

"Here's Jesse McCartney's 'Beautiful Soul'." The radio host said as the song started to play. You closed your eyes and listened to the song as you waited for Loki.

(A/N: If you don't know the song you can just look it up on YouTube and listen to it)

I know that you are something special
To you, I'd be always faithful
I want to be what you always needed
Then I hope you'll see the heart in me

I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul...

You open your eyes to see Loki descending down the staircase. He's wearing a fitted black shirt with silver markings and matching pants with black tennis shoes. The next few lyrics of the song seem as though they are talking to you.

You're the one I want to chase
You're the one I want to hold
I won't let another minute go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul...

(A/N: Loki's outift because I couldn't find Loki in workout clothes)

Your body makes a move without your mind telling it to. Like an impulse you can't control. Like this was something you needed to do.

You shut off the radio and pull out the keys. You get out of the car and lock it. Loki looks at you with a confused expression on his face. "What are you doing I thought we were-" he stops.

Know why?

Because,

for the first time since you met him,

you did what you never thought you would do.

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~♡ Miki