I know
Author: Luthorin
Pairing: Legolas/Elrohir
Disclaimer: The characters, places, etc. are not mine.
Warning: AU, Slash
Genre: Romance, General
Rated: PG-13 (For now)
Summary: He had been in love with his best friend for centuries. He had been certain that the long distant between them would not waver their friendship, but recently, he was not so sure anymore. Since every time he was trying to tell his friend of his feeling, the only reply he got was always 'I know'.
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Chapter 1: The Messenger
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"Do you know who has been always in my dream since ten years ago?"
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The question had been asked for centuries. Since that day, Elrohir had no chance to talk to his friend whom he was secretly in love with for a very long time. Years passed, and the distance between Imladris and Greenwood seemed to be longer since it was more dangerous to travel in this past years. Legolas had not come to Imladris and the twins were not allowed to go to Greenwood either. Besides, they had more responsibilities since they were grown up.
Sometimes Elrohir wondered whether Legolas would miss him as much as he missed Legolas. Sometimes Elrohir just doubted that whether he was still in love with his best friend.
Legolas still appeared in his dreams though.
'Yes, I know.'
What did he mean by that answer? Elrohir still wondered.
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"Roh!"
Elladan ran to his brother who was training new recruits in the practice field.
"Dan? What's going on?" Elrohir turned to look at his brother's smiling face.
"A messenger from Greenwood is coming! There must be a letter from the prince!"
Elrohir just nodded and turned to look at the recruits.
"Arn't you happy?" Elladan was confused with his twin's reaction or lack of to be precise.
"I don't want to get my hopes up." Elrohir answered mildly.
"He always sent letters." Elladan countered. "Why different now?"
"He probably forgot us already."
Elladan sighed. He had an idea what his twin was thinking.
"Do you forget him?" Without waiting for the answer, Elladan left his twin to think for his own answer.
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Elladan was reported that the messenger from Greenwood had arrived in Imladris, and now he was in Erestor's office. Elladan headed to the office and saw the back of a slender body with long blond hair in Greenwood's soldier uniform, standing in front of the counselor's desk.
"Do you have a letter from the prince?" Elladan interrupted Erestor and the messenger's conversation.
"No, I don't have."
The answer made the older twin disappointed for a moment, but when he recognized the voice, he grabbed the messenger's shoulder and turned him around to look at him properly.
"You! Prince prat!"
"Nice to meet you too, Lord Elladan." The messenger's blue eyes were shining with mirth. "It's just a few centuries, and you already forgot my name?"
"Oh! Shut up! Give me a hug!"
Elladan hugged his best friend tightly.
"We miss you so much, Legolas!"
"I miss you too!" Legolas smiled widely. Then he looked around trying to find something or someone. "By the way, where is the other 'we'?"
"Ah.. I don't know. I haven't seen him all day. I'll go get him. You will be here with Erestor for a while, right?"
"Yes." Legolas nodded his head. He came to Imladris because there was a lot to discuss with the lords of Imladris. The business he came here to do was a lot more important than his personal live. Even though what he wanted the most was to see Elrohir again.
"See you then." Elladan nodded his head to his friend. "And, sorry Erestor for my interruption." With that he left the counselor's office in search of his twin. Elrohir must be very happy to know that Legolas was here. He knew how his brother felt about the prince, and he hoped his friend felt the same for his brother too.
Elladan found his brother in front of the stable when Elrohir came back from scouting.
"Here you are, finally!" Elladan sighed. It was midnight, and Legolas must be sleeping already. He was frustrated. Why, why Elrohir must choose today to go scouting with the new recruits and came back this late! He knew the messenger would arrive today, didn't he?
"Are you waiting for me, brother?" Elrohir asked after dismounting his horse and handed him to the stable boy.
"The messenger from Greenwood has arrived." Elladan said.
"And?" Elrohir raised his eyebrow uninterestedly.
Elladan looked at his brother's un-enthusiastic action scrutinizing, then shrugged his shoulders.
"Nothing."
If he did not want or pretended that he was not interested in any news from Legolas, then, Elladan did not want to spoil it to him.
"Nothing?" Elrohir knitted his eyebrows skeptically. "Then why were you waiting for me here?"
"Just wanted to know whether you want to know the news from Greenwood, but you seem not interested. So.. I'll go to bed now. Goodnight, Elrohir." With that, Elladan just left his twin and headed to his chambers. If Legolas did not have a meeting with his father and the counselors, Elladan would take him for a ride around Rivendell early in the morning. His stubborn twin would not meet this messenger from Greenwood very soon.
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"Where is Elrohir?"
Legolas asked the older twin when they sat under the tree, having breakfast while letting their horses throttling around the plain.
"He came home late last night, so I just let him sleep for a little while." Elladan shrugged his shoulder.
"Uhm.. and?" Legolas nodded in understanding.
"And what?" Elladan smirked.
"You haven't told me the whole story, have you?" Legolas raised his eyebrows. "And you haven't told him that I'm here."
"Uhm, no?"
"Why?"
"He seemed not interested in any news from you. He used to be eager to receive your letters, but this time he seemed strange. He looked desperate, but tried to act differently. He may be just not sure of something. I guess it's his feeling for you. He doubts that your relationship with him is still the same." Elladan told his friend of what he thought of his brother and tried to catch his friend's feeling also.
"Our relationship is the same, you and me." Legolas could not meet his friend in the eye.
"I know you are not stupid, Legolas." Elladan sighed. "You know how he feels about you, do you?"
"I know."
"And your feeling toward him? Is it mutual?" Elladan asked directly, but he got only quietness from the prince.
Stubborn brats, both of them. Elladan thought.
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"Erestor?"
The counselor raised his head from a pile of documents in front of him to look at the one who called him, and found the younger twin at the door.
"Yes, Elrohir. Please come in."
"Uhm.. Dan told me the messenger from Greenwood has arrived here since yesterday. Did he bring news from Greenwood?"
"Yes, he did, and we will have a meeting again this afternoon to discuss the matters in Greenwood."
Elladan hadn't told Elrohir who the messenger was, apparently. Erestor thought.
"And.. uh.. a letter from Legolas?" Elrohir asked.
"No." Erestor replied plainly. What's Elladan's plan? He wondered, but he was glad to play along. Erestor saw that Elrohir's behavior was strange these days. If he guessed correctly, it must be the matter of his heart, which involved Legolas apparently. Elladan might have a plan to take care of this matter. He had to trust Elladan for now. But seeing Elrohir's fail face, he also felt sorry for the young lord.
"You should ask the messenger yourself. He may have a private message for you." Erestor hinted.
"Oh, alright." Elrohir's face turned a bit brighter. "Do you know where he is?"
"I saw him going out with Elladan this morning."
"With Elladan?"
Erestor nodded and turned his attention back to his works, which signaled the end of the conversation.
"Thank you, Erestor." Elrohir said and left the counselor's office.
Elladan went out with this messenger early in the morning was not common, but not very odd either. Sometimes, his brother acted as a tour guide for someone he was close to, like a friend from other land, or someone who he took an interest with, or someone ada ordered him to take care of. He wondered which category this messenger was in.
He met Elladan in front of their chambers before lunch.
"Hey, where have you been?" Elrohir asked, curious.
"Out."
Elrohir raised his eyebrow for his brother's very short answer.
"And?"
"Come back."
"What's going on, Elladan?"
"Nothing." Elladan shrugged.
"Don't play game with me." Elrohir gritted his teeth. Elladan was certainly hiding something from him.
"I do not." Elladan smirked.
"Where is the messenger from Greenwood? I've heard that you spent time with him this morning."
"Why do you care?"
"I just have something to talk to him." Elrohir sighed.
"Last time I checked, he was in his chambers." Elladan replied plainly.
"His chambers?" Elrohir knitted his eyebrows. "Where..." He stopped immediately when he saw his brother's smug smile.
"You bastard! Why didn't you tell me it's him!?" Elrohir shouted and ran to the direction of the guest chambers.
"I didn't know you care." Elladan's laugher was heard along the hall.
Elrohir reached the door to Legolas's chambers in a heartbeat, but he stopped at the door, and felt hesitated to meet the prince. He didn't know how he felt about the prince anymore. Would they still be friends? What would they talk? How would they act toward each other? Elrohir could not answer these questions at all.
Knock! Knock!
There was no sound from the inside.
He knocked again.
Still no sound.
Elrohir tried the handle and found that the door was not locked.
"Legolas?"
He entered the chambers and found no one. He walked into the chambers and saw some stuff telling that there was someone staying in this room.
"Dan wouldn't lie to me." He murmured to himself.
Erestor said there would be a meeting with the messenger this afternoon. He must be there!
Elrohir left the guest chambers and headed to the council chamber where he guessed they would be there. Without thinking, Elrohir pushed the door open, and immediately all eyes were on him. Every counselor, including Glorfindel and his lieutenant were there!
But his eyes trained on only one in the room.
Legolas was sitting between his father and Erestor. He raised his head from the map on the table to look at the intruder. The blue eyes were the most beautiful eyes in Elrohir's thought. The red lips curved into a smile for him.
Now Elrohir knew.
"Do you want anything, Elrohir?" Elrond's voice made him startled.
"Yes, uh.. no, ada." Elrohir stuttered. "I'm sorry. I'll just..."
"Just leave." Elrond said calmly.
"Right." Elrohir exited the room and closed the door behind him. He leaned on the door and sighed heavily.
Legolas was there! His Greenleaf was here in Imladris!
Elrohir's heart beat faster.
Now he knew!
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[..tbc..]
A/N: Sorry for my poor grammar. Like / Dislike? Please review. m(_ _)m