It is like a fundamental thing in every party of Thor's, to make fun of Loki. Whether it is a war-winning party, birthday celebration, etc, he always has something to say about his little brother. Nothing good, obviously, since praising Loki can't make anyone laugh, and the Mighty Thor wants his party to be amusing. We always know that there are many ways to host a successful party, but Thor doesn't seem to bother at all, why wasting time thinking of something else when he can do the thing he knows everyone likes.

"If I were Loki, I would already injure myself fifteen minutes in." Thor uses the same format every time he insults Loki. His friends somewhat enjoy it, not only because they have the feeling of belittling a person, but also because they don't even like Loki. The thing is, all Asgardian know that Loki is adopted, and is a Frost Giant, and nobody here like a Frost Giant. So basically, Loki is being despised for no particular reason.

"You just keep letting them do this to you huh?" Sigyn comes over to Loki, who sits far away from the centre of the party, where all the "fun" is happening. "Even when they were not talking about me, I got mad sometimes."

"I can't think of a reason why I should make a mess out of this." Loki doesn't look up from his book. "Besides, nothing they said was made up so I guess I'm fine with it."

"You just got so used to it you can't even realise how much you hate it." Sigyn sighs, sits down next to Loki. "Or you can stay away from them, you know? They don't even notice your presence here."

This time, Loki stops his reading and hold his head up. He doesn't say a word, he just smiles. In a position like his, having someone that actually cares about him is heart-warming and he thinks to himself, I may only need just this.

But deep inside, he always knows it is not true. Every time Thor says "If I were Loki..." just makes him feels like he is a useless person. He feels unneeded, unwanted, and those feelings keep driving him insane. He wants to be strong, important, powerful just like Thor. He wants to be equal.

"You don't want my brother and me take all the glory are you?" Thor says to his mates when they discuss going to Jotunheim and fight. 

"What?" That shocked Loki, he was never a part of anything Thor's up to. This is the first time Thor includes him in. It feels... kinda nice.

"Well you are going with me, right?" Thor glances.

"Yes of course..."

"Only when I can come too." Sigyn walks out of a corner. "It's both of us, or none."

Loki looks over to Sigyn. He feels like everyone has eaten something they shouldn't have, or else why are they acting so weird? Sigyn walks towards Loki and whisper in his ear. "There is something wrong about this. I'm not letting you alone with them."

They easily get to Jotunheim. Back on the Bifrost, Loki tried to be nice to make Heimdall open the Bifrost for them but it didn't work, yet Thor with his usual rude attitude could. They once again teased Loki and Sigyn wasn't having any of it.

"We can finish this fast, my friend." Thor depreciates his nemesis, and that wasn't a wise thing to do. As always, Loki tries to warn him but none of them listens. Eventually, Thor mistake has led to a disaster, they are all beaten so terribly, and they run away.

"Loki, maybe you can talk to them and this can stop." One of them, no one is free enough to notice who, yells aloud. "You are one of them anyway?"

Each of everyone there can hear it clearly, and Loki suddenly stops running. Sigyn is the one that stops right after him, and surprisingly, Thor does the same too. Perhaps because of their action that surprises the Frost Giants, they are no longer chasing. They just stand there and stare at them.

"May we have a family discussion here?" Thor asks. The Frost Giants don't seem so interested, but Laufey demands them to stop. They nod with him. And Lady Sif and the Warrior Three, after realising they are missing some people, finally come back.

"What's wrong, Thor?"

"Who said that about my brother?" Thor grunts.

The other four think it is strangely enough that those creatures stopped chasing them, and now Thor is acting weird. "We just said so. And aren't you the one that makes fun of him all the time?"

"Whatever I said, Loki is still my brother, I never see him any different." Thor shout out his anger. "And none of you should see him other than that." Thor actually loves Loki, he just can't show it properly.

"Look like someone has just noticed that his brother was never treated right. You can't blame them for such thing when you started it first." Sigyn rubs her palm on Loki's fist. He clenches it so tightly that it becomes pale. If there is anyone can understand Loki's emotion now, it must be Sigyn. They grow up together, but she is the only one that truly pays attention to Loki.

"I..." Thor can't think of anything to say, Sigyn is right. He has never thought of his joke as mean, rude, or anything like that. It was all fun and game until he heard it from other people.

"Enough with your family stuff."

One of the Frost Giants reaches out his arm, it stretches out and becomes a spiky spear. It heads straight to where Loki stands. That one doesn't understand why but there is something about Loki that makes it uncomfortable.

"Loki, watch out!" Thor wants to do something, but at this moment his body won't work like how he needs it to. They all think that Loki has to go now, and then... It's Sigyn, she pushes Loki away, and she's only fast enough to do that. The spear stabs her in the heart, from back to front. Blood is flowing out of the hole, it dyes everywhere it passes by a horrible red colour. She can't keep it for too long, her body collapses on the ground. The white snow is now turning red, too, by sucking her blood.

"I didn't tell you to attack." Laufey's voice echoes through the air, emotionless. "Get back here, all of you."

The place, soon, has only seven of them left. Loki rushes to Sigyn, kneel down next to her and hold her hand tight. He tries to recall all the things he knows about treating wounds, but nothing works. "Don't do this to me, Sigyn. You are my only friend." Loki doesn't realise, but he's begging, one thing he never did before, ever. "You can just let him kill me instead. Why?"

"Don't be silly, I always have your back, till the very last day." Sigyn softly whisper. "Besides, I don't want you to regret anything. I can get what helps you through all these years being treated like that. I just want you to be happy."

Then, she turns over to Thor. "I can't take care of this little guy for you anymore. You have to do it yourself, Thor. Let him know."

"I can't... You know how it is." Thor shakes his head. "We still need you, so please..."

"What are you talking about?" Loki grunt. This is not the right time for him to figure out there is a secret between his best friend and his brother.

Sigyn coughs. She knows her time has almost come, she has to be quick. "You have fallen in love, Loki. What if I tell you that person loves you too?" 

"How did you know?" Loki is taken aback. "I have never tell."

"But you did lose your journal." Sigyn takes it out and hands it over. "I was curious and I'm sorry about that." It's harder and harder for her to talk. "You two are both idiots." Then, she closes her eyes, and drifts into her perpetual sleep.

They all keep their head down, Sigyn was the only one that cares about the world among them, so they all love her, one way or another. But the thing she said before passing away distract them. They look at Thor and Loki, who are looking at each other.

"Why did you care?" Loki whispers. All of a sudden, wind starts to blow at them, and it flips the journal to its last page. Because I loved you. It was handwritten, by Sigyn.

"Let's go back home, brother." Thor understands Loki feels lost, because he feels the exact same thing.

"Tell me everything, Thor." Loki insists.

Thor sighs, he takes Loki to another place. "I asked her to take care of you for me. I just never knew she loves you."

"And?"

"And, I love you, brother. I did it because I couldn't let you know. I'm afraid that I can't even have you in my life anymore."

"If you were me, like you've always said, what would you do?" Loki stares into the darkness in front of him, his face becomes steadfast. No one can see the pain filled his eyes. He looks miserable, afraid, angry, hesitated, but seems like he has made his decision eventually.

"I don't want to say this, but I would probably never come back to Asgard, it has so many memories..." Thor said the things he hopes would never happen.

"You know what, brother, you were right again." Loki smirks, and before Thor can react, he runs away.

"Let him go." Thor stops the others when they try to chase after Loki. "I will win him back one day."

You thought I didn't know, brother. But I did. Thor recalls Sigyn words. It is so obvious. "Let's go home, guys. One day, he shall be with us again. And when it comes, we will treat him like how we should have."

I won't let this happen to you again, brother. I promise.