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.When he raised his head again, Sol was attracted by the plot. The father and son in the picture were holding hands, warm and sweet.

"I once wanted to spend Christmas with my father, holding hands." Saul said slowly.

"Oh," Loki remained unmoved, "at least you still have a father."

Saul glanced at him, "Where's your father?"

"I don't know," Rocky said. "I don't have a father or a mother. I was adopted."

"Where's your adoptive father?"

"Dead." Loki said coldly.

The protagonists in the movie are enjoying themselves, and the brisk music comes from the stereo, scurrying around in Rocky's crowded living room.The Christmas tree stood quietly in the corner, and the small strings of lights twinkled and projected onto the wall, like the Norwegian aurora.

"When my father passed away, I didn't feel particularly sad." Sol swallowed the wine in his mouth, and Loki noticed for the first time that his half-long hair seemed to be much drier than before, "I think this is not normal .Even Heimdall shed tears. And I even slept well that night and didn't have any dreams."

"You're just not close to your father," Loki reassured rarely. "There's nothing out of the ordinary. If my dad pops up and says he's dying, I'll just ask him how his will is doing. "

"Things happened too fast," Thor shook his head, "I was already here before I recovered."

"Maybe you should stand outside for an hour now, and the snow will bring you back to reality."

"I've lived here for almost a month," Thor turned to look at Loki, "Do you know why I came to you?"

"It's 25 days." Rocky added precisely, "A total of 25, cash or credit card?"

"You know." Thor ignored Loki's nonsense, and said to himself, "You know why I came. We all know."

Loki shrank into the blanket. The black and white blanket made him look like a round penguin.He didn't answer Sol's words, but turned his face away in resistance, biting the cornflakes.

"I got your home address from Steve—"

"Which Steve?" Loki babbled casually. "Let me guess. Could it be Steve Rogers? The cop?"

"You know him too?" Saul raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, "He's James' boyfriend, and we go to the same gym...Anyway, he told me you live here, so I came."

"It's not like what he would do," Loki said noncommittally, "The righteous people's police will not reveal the personal privacy of the people—"

"I told him that I suspect that someone is eyeing you, and I will send bodyguards to covertly protect you."

"Oh, that makes sense." Loki shrugged.

"Loki," Thor returned to the topic calmly, "We all know why I came here. But someone must break this balance first, and I don't mind if it's me."

Loki opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing.Because he guessed what Saul was going to say.

"You know, I haven't had such an experience. Growing up, whether it's money, status, or girls, I have never worked hard to get them."

"Of course I know, you are Odinson's heir. Oh, not now—"

"It's a bit like gambling, get yourself drunk, act on your feelings, you either win or lose. I don't have any chips right now, but I don't mind giving it a try." Saul smiled, and the little lights on the Christmas tree will His face was red and purple, blurred and sexy, "Because I like you, do you like me? — By the way, did I ever say I like you? I forgot."

"You didn't." Loki accused calmly.

"Really? Sorry. But I know what you're with me for. I asked you and you didn't answer, but I just know." Sol took a sip of tequila, his Adam's apple rolling through the colorful lights , "Money. A lot of money. How can I not see it. When you first see me, you look at my watch, then at my cufflinks, and finally at my ring. Your eyes must froze."

No, it's not.Loki retorted inwardly.

"But it doesn't matter. You want to be with me anyway. There's nothing wrong with that. Like I said, I've never paid for anything before. It's when I open my arms and they swarm up, money, Status, girl—”

"Stop showing off, Saul."

"Am I showing off?" Saul swung his glass. "It doesn't matter. I mean, I'm a terrible suitor. I thought the pursuit was fine dining, yachts, art and jewelry. But now I'm Nothing, I don't know how I'm going to pursue someone without this, I don't even know what love is—"

"No one can figure it out, Sol," Loki said. "Many people live their lives without knowing it. They just rely on the instinct in their genes to find someone habitually, fall in love like an act, pretend They love each other very much, get married, have children, and act like this for a lifetime, and then the theater closes, and no one gives them applause."

Thor met Loki's eyes, but Loki turned his head to stare at the corn flakes on the carpet, "I thought there was love between us—"

"That's a ridiculous thing," Loki couldn't say the word "love" and his scalp tingled even thinking about it. "Are you full this year Sol? I thought only teenagers in middle school talked about it .”

"Adults talk about love too, Loki—"

"Adults think they're talking about, 'love'," Loki struggled to pronounce the word, the corners of his mouth twitching uncomfortably, "actually they're just talking about life."

"how about you?"

"We've only known each other for half a year, we've met for less than two months, and we've only been together for a month. Talking about this will only make us look like fools."

"Maybe you're right. Do I look like a fool Loki?" Sol put down his mug, "Maybe I shouldn't force you any more. We've only known each other for less than half a year, we've only met for less than two months, and we've spent less time together." Just one month. So there's still time, isn't it?"

"I can't give you what you want now, and you have no reason to be with me anymore. This is the best choice, isn't it?"

Loki avoided answering.

"Then I have one last question." Thor breathed a sigh of relief, he held Loki's neck and forced him to look at him.Loki realized that he was attracted to Thor's blue eyes for no reason, and he was in a trance, rising and falling, like falling into a dream across the stars.

"Loki, do you have love here?" Thor pointed at Loki's chest, "Here, have you ever loved me?"

The Titanic finally hit the iceberg.The huge ice floe collapsed, Loki's throat was no longer tight, his tongue was no longer tingling, but the sharp ice cubes hit his heart one after another.

Silence reigned for a century.After a long time, he heard himself humming softly.

"No," Loki waved Sol's hand away, "Don't be stupid, Thor, I never loved you."

TBC.

08 British Patient

Everyone's face is filled with happiness and joy.This is great.

……

On Christmas morning, Sol left.

Loki woke up when Sol got out of bed, and he didn't want to see Sol because it made him look so reluctant.So he chose to pretend to be asleep, and pricked up his ears to listen to the movement outside the door.He heard Saul unzip the luggage bag, stuff a few clothes into it, and then open the bathroom door, taking his tooth cup and towel with him.He heard Saul sloppily put on his coat and shoes, but nothing more.

Loki wanted to get up to check outside, but just as he was about to act, the bedroom door opened.He quickly maintained his posture, breathed calmly, and pretended that he was still in a sweet sleep.He felt Thor's eyes were fixed on him, as if to judge whether he was asleep or not.After a while, what seemed like three seconds, then what seemed like three minutes, Loki heard Thor close the bedroom door softly at last.

Then, with a bang, the door closed too.

Sol appears to be gone.Loki let out a long breath.The whole house fell silent. In the past, when Thor was around, it was either the loud snoring or the sound of him breaking something, but now the surrounding area was so quiet that Loki could clearly hear his heart in his chest. There was a rattling sound.He hid in the bed and pulled the quilt up over his ears. The warmth and suffocation made his cheeks burn and he felt drowsy.Loki closed his eyes, and his consciousness slipped into a soft sleep.Between half-dream and half-awake, he seemed to hear someone whispering in his ear, "You're not the one I'm looking for." The voice was like water droplets condensing into ice.

Loki woke up.

He stared blankly at the ceiling, where there was a beige water stain from the return of damp, at the junction of the ceiling and the roof, and the ceiling fan was dusty, reflecting Loki's bed footstool vaguely.The air smells of yesterday's cereal and coffee.

Loki took out the phone from the bedside, unlocked the lock screen, and found that it was already afternoon, and the date was a week after Sol left.Rocky's life is back on track again.He checks social software, text messages and mailboxes as usual.Sif went back to her mother's place last week. The small northern town just finished a heavy snowfall. In the photo, Sif is carrying a shovel and happily shoveling snow in front of the door.Vollstagg stayed with his friends and got drunk at a New Year's concert by buskers at a Los Angeles speakeasy