The gym was noisy. Mobius stood in the corner watching Loki as he argued with B-15.
He was hot, he still couldn't catch his breath after the game. Mobius didn't understand why Loki was so stubborn about being a goalkeeper. Usually, Loki agreed to stand at the gate, because the goalkeeper ran the least. But this time the trickster was unshakable.
"I will not stand at the goal anymore!" yelled Loki. "We lose all the time because you don't listen to me! We have to put Mobius to keep the goal! He's much more attentive than me. And I'll be the forward instead of him."
B-15 spread her arms helplessly.
"But after all, just a month ago, you yelled at me and demanded that I appoint you as a goalkeeper!" She exclaimed.
Loki lifted his chin proudly.
"I do what I want! And now I want you to let me be the forward, because in the place of the goalkeeper I will go crazy with boredom."
The woman rolled her eyes and sighed heavily.
"Let it be your way," she agreed. "You conceded five goals, I don't think you really can be a goalkeeper."
Loki nodded and abruptly turned on his heels and walked towards the locker room.
Mobius hurried after him. The man was sure that he would find Loki in a terrible mood. God hated to lose. And today, he played really badly and the team was probably angry with him. The agent thought he would have to console Loki. He saw Sylvie snort contemptuously as Loki walked past her. He heard one of the hunters who played for the opposing team chuckle. All of this was clearly meant to upset Loki.
But, contrary to Mobius's expectations, Loki looked very pleased. He smiled at Mobius as he entered the locker room and casually asked:
"Let's go home?"
"Loki, what was that? Are you all right?"
"Of course," the god replied, raising his eyebrows in surprise. "I'm bored of being on goal, that's all. Consider me selfish, Moby. But, I just can't be a goalkeeper, it's terribly uninteresting, and I want to run all over the stadium, and not hang around at the goal. So I asked her to put you to keep the goal. You won't be angry with me?"
Mobius smiled and patted Loki affectionately on the shoulder.
"I won't be angry, baby. And I'm really glad you're not upset about losing tonight."
Loki just smiled back at him.
"Those who giggled at my loss today will be crying next weekend when I score goals for them... Well, maybe I'll put some snakes in their room. Or tarantulas. I haven't decided yet. Now let's go home. I'll give you a massage, and you'll listen to me scold B-15, okay?"
Mobius nodded to him and they both left the locker room.
There was an alligator under the bench. He never understood human behavior. Here and today, he was a witness to their strange actions. A few hours ago, his Variant came here and sat for a long time waiting for the rest of the team. He looked thoughtfully at the alligator and Croki snorted, wanting to cheer Loki up. Loki just chuckled.
"What do you say, my green friend? Do you want me to win? No... I'm sorry, but today we will lose. And I promise it will be a huge loss."
"Frrr?" The alligator was surprised.
"It's because of Mobius," the god replied. “It’s hard for him to play, but he won’t admit it. I see him holding his side when he thinks I'm not looking. He wants to play in a team with me, he knows that this is important to me, because I love doing things with him so much... But it's hard for him to run, I can see it. Today I will make sure that Bea appoints him as a goalkeeper. Most likely the team will be angry with me for a few days, but I'll get over it somehow..."
And now, Croki saw that Loki's plan had worked. He once again deceived everyone in TVA, including Mobius himself. But he did it because he cared about the man. Croki just shook his head. In his opinion, people were very strange creatures. Especially this pair of morons in love.