MHA Poolside, Saturday Evening

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Even though the weather was only going to get chillier, Loki figured that shouldn't stop anyone from actually being outside. It was just a little cold and that was taken care of with a jacket and some good socks. Anybody who complained hadn't seen real cold.

So, he was out there, having bought a few of those portable, pretentious looking outdoor lights to install around the pool. Not that he minded the dark but he didn't want anyone to fall over him where he was sprawled across a chair.

There was a cooler under his feet (he wasn't partaking) and a blanket over his legs (it was nice, okay?) and he was trying to find stars behind the clouds. He'd thought of just going flying but postponed that for a better night.

Maybe later he'd actually go into the pool. Might be fun.

[I spent all day at work and I wanted to punch the world. So, open, yes. It always said Saturday. Ahem.]

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"Not at all!" Daisy laughed a little. "That was...nice." Ah, understatement. "Dancing is dancing. I'm not even very good at it, but I like it."

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"Dancing is the easiest way to break some girl's poor toe," he said and banged the heel of his boot against his makeshift footstool. "I fucking suck at it, if you couldn't tell. No rhythm whatsoever. So, you're one up on me. What's the dancing do? Tension release?"

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Daisy shrugged. "Don't need to think about dancing," she said. "You just...dance. Good way to meet people, and less embarrassing than karaoke, although I'll admit that I like that an awful lot, too."

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"I can't just dance," he said and laughed. "I think too much already. Make me dance and I'm going to fucking overthink myself into an Achilles tendon tear and then I'll just be fucking miserable. Those things hurt like a mother fucker."

With a grin, he added, "But I would love to see you do karaoke."

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"We could go," said Daisy, grinning back, and her head tilted as if already on its way down the street. "There's a bar just a hop, skip, and a jump away with a zombie band that I apparently owe an apology to."

"But," she added, "only if you do it, too."

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"I don't think I heard you right," he said, cupping a hand around his ear and leaning closer. "You want me to sing? Do you want your ears to bleed? And that fucking thing I did in the lobby doesn't count. That was spoken word."

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"We'll stop by that store on the way over and I'll pick up earplugs," Daisy suggested as she chuckled, giving Loki a playful shove as he leaned in. "Come on; it'll be fun. Someone's got to make me look good by comparison."

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"Oh, I see," he said and laughed. "You want me there so everyone fucking laughs at me and then you look like some starlet by comparison. Use me, abuse me, toss me aside."

He shook a finger at her. "You'll need the earplugs. And it's not like I'm doing anything else right now. If I look at the stars too long, I feel myself turning into a fucking girl."

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"I hear that might actually happen around here," Daisy noted, but there were more important things at hand, and she dismissed the thought in favour of an eager grin. "But you'll go? Really?"

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"Don't tell me that," he said and shook his head. "I don't want to be a girl. But yes, I'll go. You've talked me into it even if I know I might hate myself in the morning."

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"And here I was worried I'd have another disappoint night!" Daisy remarked, already to her feet and holding out both her mittened hands to help Loki follow suit, grinning down at him. "I'll even let you walk me home when we're done."

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"Oooh, that'll be really fucking chivalrous of me, won't it?" he said, taking her hands and pushing himself up and off his chair. "I'm like a regular white knight in the future!"

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"Oh, I'd expect nothing less!" Daisy remarked, grinning brightly and only releasing one of Loki's hands as she turned to lead the way (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/3387646.html?thread=142221566#t142221566).