Bubble Bath and Wine
Chapter 10: Bubble Bath and Wine
It took about as long as it did for the wine to be brought up to the room (which was about fifteen minutes) for him to really calm down and take a couple deep breaths. The tightness in his chest finally relinquished enough of it's grip for him to be able to breathe again.
He took the bottle of wine and the glass that it came with and made his way to one of the two bathrooms. The penthouse in hindsight looking around was probably over kill, a room with two beds probably would have been fine, but damnit if he was going to be stuck in this God awful city he was going to live a little lavishly and his savings accounts could more than take the hit.
In the bathroom he found soft fluffy towels and two robes hanging on the back of the door. There was plenty of little high end toiletries on the counter. "Please have a bubble bath...please have a bubble..." He muttered as he looked through the little bottles and finally found a little bottle enough for a single bath. "Yes."
He sat on the edge of the tub and let the water run so that he could adjust the temperature. Once he had it where he wanted it he plugged the drain and poured in the bubble bath. He had just gotten the wine bottle open when he heard his phone ping so he went and retrieved it before he poured himself a glass of wine and shed his clothes.
Once the tub was full he shut off the water and set the wine bottle on a little stool he placed next to the tub along with his phone and wine glass and his eyes closed a little as let himself sink into the tub. After a couple minutes to just enjoy the water he reached over and got his phone, his hands still dry as he had yet to place them in the water, and unlocked the screen to see it was an image from Mobius.
Upon opening the picture he found Sean standing next to someone who must have been the owner of the snake that was draped over his shoulders and wound around one of his arms. Loki laughed a little at the very uneasy expression Mobius probably had on his face. He still hadn't gotten very used to Sean's scaly friends, but he was better around them.
"Where did he manage to find a snake in New York already?" He typed out before he hit send and then moved on to music. Soon enough soft piano music filled the room and he felt a lot better.
A ping interrupted his music momentarily a couple minutes later and he reached out for it and found a message waiting for him from Mobius.
"Kid is a bloodhound for them I swear. We were just climbing out a cab and he saw someone that had his snake around his shoulders and he wanted to hold it so bad."
Loki chuckled and shook his head before he set his phone aside again to properly enjoy his bath.
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Throughout his bath he occasionally got pictures from either Sean or Mobius of their little adventures, but he didn't open them until after he was out. Wrapped in a fluffy bath robe and sprawled out on the sofa in the living room. He was so so tempted to say to hell with hiding and shuck off the bracelets so that he could just summon his suitcase to him, but he kept telling himself it just wasn't worth it.
He got the message that they were going to be back soon and he couldn't help the relief. He knew Sean was having a good time, but damn it all if he didn't want to wrap him in an impenetrable bubble so that nothing could hurt him.
The first picture that had been sent after Sean holding the snake was of Sean in front of the college that he would be attending which reminded him he should set up some sort of an actual tour. He wanted to see for himself how secure the school grounds were and Sean would probably appreciate having a chance to get a feel for the grounds so he wouldn't be so lost on his first day.
He glanced at the time. It was only four o clock. Mm. He pulled up the number for the school and once it was ringing he pressed the phone to his ear. "Hello, this is Kylie, how can I help you?"
"Hello, my name is Lyle Mobius. My son Sean Mobius has been accepted to your school. We're here in the city for a couple weeks and I was wondering if we might be allowed to set up a time to come and tour the school. Let him ask any questions he might have about the school or how things work."
"Oh well congratulations that's wonderful. Let me see here, I think we should have a couple openings tomorrow. Hm...we could get you in here at ten o clock. The tour is about three hours. We'll have someone show you guys around and we can provide a ticket for lunch in our dining hall if you would like. How many of you will there be? Is it just you two?"
"No, my husband will be joining us as well. Ten o clock would be just fine. Most of us are fairly early risers anyway." That wasn't entirely true, but for this Sean would be.
"Okay, what is his name as well? Just so that everyone's accounted for and I can get visitor's badges set up for everyone."
Loki smiled a little. "Don't laugh, but his parents had kind of a twisted sense of humor. It's
Mobius M. Mobius." He heard a snicker, but it wasn't cruel so he let it slide.
"Okay, so Mobius, Sean and Lyle correct?"
"Yes."
"Alright we'll see you guys at ten then. Have a wonderful evening."
"You as well Ms. Kylie." He said before he hung up. Just as he set his phone on the table the door opened. Loki looked over and smiled as he saw Mobius and Sean both in one piece carrying a couple of bags with them.
"I'm alive. I survived my first day in New York." Sean announced proudly. Puffing out his chest a little as if to prove a point.
Loki laughed instead of letting on just how much better he felt having him back in arms reach. "I see that. Did you have fun? Had your fill? Ready to go home?"
"Home? Not even! I've just scratched the surface of this city! Did you know they're going to be holding the Stark Expo next month?! I can't wait! There's always so much cool shit there!"
"Sean watch your language." Mobius said as he set down the bags and sat down in the spot Loki's legs had curled up to make for him on the sofa.
Loki felt like someone had momentarily punched all the air out of his gut at the mention of the Stark Expo. "How...how exciting. I'm sure you'll be a bit to busy with settling in though."
"Nah I'll make time. Did you see the snake I got to hold?! It was so cool! I wanna get one of those once I get settled into my apartment!"
Loki chuckled a little as he saw Mobius shudder. "Just as long as you think you can handle the responsibility of two snakes. Don't forget about Hiss."
Sean looked mildly offended at that. "I would never forget about Hiss."
"Just making sure. A second snake will be twice the responsibility I would wait until you get into some sort of routine here first."
Sean pouted a little. "Yeah...hey which room is my room?"
"Choose whichever you like dear also just so you know we have to be up at nine tomorrow. I set up a tour for the NYU campus so that you could actually see where you're going. Ask questions."
Sean's eyes went wide and starry. "Really?" He asked as he grabbed his suitcases.
"Yes. So make sure you dress nice tomorrow. You want to make a good first impression."
"I will!" Sean called as he went to one of the rooms and the door shut behind him.
Loki sighed before he readjusted himself on the couch so that his head was in Mobius's lap and let his eyes close as he felt fingers running through his hair. "How...how did he find out about the Stark Expo?"
Mobius sighed. "I'm sorry about that. They were posters advertising it everywhere, it's kind of hard not hear to about it."
Loki just shook his head and forced himself to breathe. He had done so much work to get himself relaxed it wasn't worth getting worked up all over again.
"Soo...a penthouse huh sweetheart? Thought we were living the humble life these days." Mobius said with a little chuckle.
Loki just huffed and whacked his chest half heartedly. "I'm still a prince. I'm entitled to luxury when I'm spending three weeks in one of the most stress inducing places in the country." He grumbled.
Mobius caught his hand with his other one and pressed gentle kisses to the back of it. "You are. I'm not upset."
"Shouldn't be. I paid for it."
Mobius just laughed before he let the hand go. "Hey, I have something that might cheer you up."
Loki opened his eyes to look up at him curiously. "Oh?"
Mobius motioned for him to sit back up so that he could bend down and retrieve the first of the bags. It was smaller. "Sean helped pick some of these out."
Loki took the bag and was very happy to see a couple books sitting in there. He pulled out the small stack of five books and looked through them. Two Shakespheare plays, probably
Mobius's doing. There also a collection of short stories by Edgar Allen Poe which had him lifting his brow curiously.
"Hey it's a smile." Mobius said triumphantly as he saw the little smile on Loki's face.
Loki blushed a little and shrugged. "Well...you were right it did cheer me up a little."
Mobius held out two other bags. These ones much bigger. He went through them and found a small, but sufficient selection of comfortable lounge wear and some nicer clothes for more formal occasions. He wouldn't have his suits for the college tomorrow, but Mobius knew what looked good on him so it wasn't to big a deal.
"Thank you." He said as he pulled out a pair of brown cotton pants and a black tank top for now. Pressing a kiss to Mobius's cheek. "I'm going to get dressed. Why don't you order us something from room service so we can eat when Sean's done in the shower."
"You don't have to tell me twice I'm starving."
Loki laughed as he headed to the bathroom.