"Sign. You have to sign." Loki said with a smile that did not reach his eyes. "I don't have any other choice, do I?"
"Good that you understand."
Loki reluctantly signed his name beneath the contract. Watching it vanish into thin air, he understood that he would never be able to use this leverage to threaten Gaius again.
"Oh, there's one more thing." Aaron suddenly seemed to remember something. "Your performance just now was far too high-profile. You've already aroused everyone's curiosity.
Once we get back to S.H.I.E.L.D., someone will definitely ask what my secret is. When that happens, I probably won't be able to stop them."
"So you plan to give me one of your secrets?" Loki asked with interest.
"I'm not that cheap. I mean we'll make one up.
Make up a secret that I don't want anyone else to know, but doesn't sound fake. It also has to fit with how impulsive I acted on the plane."
"You must already have an idea if you're saying that, right?"
"More or less." Aaron nodded awkwardly, then lowered his voice and said something.
Hearing Aaron's words, Loki sucked in a cold breath. He wanted to laugh, but did not dare.
His face turned red from holding it in, and he suffered terribly. Only after quite a while did he barely manage to calm himself down.
"You really are... I thought I was shameless enough, but I never expected you to be even more shameless than me."
"You can't eat pride. You were lucky enough to be raised by Odin, but me..." Aaron gave a self-mocking laugh. "It's all tears if I talk about it!"
Just as Aaron and Loki reached an agreement, Steve joined Tony and Thrór's fight.
But he made one mistake: he told the God of Thunder