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"Come on Loki..." Mobius sighed, "How long are you going to stay mad at me?"
Since he had come home, Loki had only answered him with one syllable or none at all, ignoring him completely.
Now he had joined him in the kitchen and was watching him prepare dinner.
Loki just shrugged his shoulders.
Mobius could tell by the way the utensils and dishes were making noise, by the way Loki was opening and closing the drawers, that he was still extremely angry with him.
"Please talk to me, sweetheart," Mobius said softly.
Loki turned to him and replied, through clenched teeth, "Give me time."
But Mobius couldn't obey because he hated being at odds with Loki. He couldn't stand conflict, especially with Loki, so he asked, "What are you so angry about? That I went on a mission alone or that I came back injured?"
Loki threw the wooden spoon he had in his hand onto the counter and turned to Mobius.
He said to him with an exasperated voice, "Is it because you're human that you're so stupid or are you just pretending not to understand?!"
He was about to pick up his spoon again and was turning away when Mobius grabbed his arm and said, "That's enough Loki, talk to me."
"You want to talk? Then let's talk."
He approached Mobius, fury in his eyes.
"You went on a mission when HB told you it was dangerous and that you should wait until I got back. But apparently Agent Mobius, who thinks he's invincible, decided he could do it himself."
Loki moved even closer and unbuttoned Mobius' shirt as he continued, "And as a result, you came back with this!" He pointed to the bandage Mobius had on the left side of his abdomen.
Mobius bit his lip, he knew he had screwed up. He had been doing administrative work for so long and the call of field work had been so strong that he had gone without a back-up. Without informing Loki, while he demanded that Loki inform him as soon as he went on a mission. As a result, the person they were supposed to apprehend had taken him by surprise and attacked him with a knife.
The wound was superficial and he didn't even need stitches so he tried to appease Loki, "I've had much worse injuries you know."
"I don't want to know!" exclaimed Loki clearly annoyed, "Mobius... do you understand what it did to me when HB told me you were in the medical wing after a mission went wrong. When I didn't even know you were on a mission. You are always so reckless when it comes to yourself. Mobius, the day Revonna had you pruned in front of me, I realized for the first time how fleeting human life is. Your life! Do you have any idea how devastating that was for me when we weren't even a couple! If you don't think about yourself, at least think about me and all the people who love you!"
Mobius understood at that moment the heart of the problem and was upset by his own insensitivity.
He approached Loki, whose eyes were stubbornly fixed on the ground, and lifted his chin. He felt a pang of remorse for the sadness he saw in Loki's eyes.
"I am truly sorry, sweetheart. I have no excuse. You're right, it was stupid. And all I can do is promise you I won't do it again."
He pressed their foreheads together, and with his eyes in Loki's repeated as sincerely as possible, "I'm sorry Loki."
He saw that Loki swallowed several times before answering him, his voice heavy with emotion. "Okay... okay... But Mobius, I beg you to be more careful. I couldn't bear to lose you."
Mobius took Loki in his arms and continued to whisper apologies over and over again.
A little later, Loki was lying between Mobius' legs, his head resting on his chest, indifferent to what was playing on the TV.
He said, a smile in his voice, "You know you don't need to keep asking for forgiveness" after Mobius whispered for the umpteenth time that he was sorry.
Mobius tightened his arms around him and kissed his hair before replying, "There's one thing I hate more than you being mad at me, and that's hurting you. So I guess you'll have to put up with my apology until I don't feel guilty anymore."
Loki shook his head and kissed Mobius' hand that was on his chest before leaning against him.
"I love you Mobius, I just want you to never forget how precious you are to me."
Mobius just nodded and kissed Loki's head once more telling himself that he wasn't nearly done apologizing.