Hello fellow Hobbit fans. This little story sorta just appeared in my head after I finished a previous story The Hair Incident. I saw Battle of the Five Armies last week and needed happiness after you know the Thing happened. So I finally wrote down this happy and fluffy and funny fic. There will be another chapter in the next few days.
The Cat Incident
It was a dark and stormy night; the streets of London were all but abandoned save for a few brave souls trying to get home in the torrential downpour. Two of these said brave souls ran down the street trying to get back to their flat as soon as humanly possible.
"I told you we should have brought the god damn umbrella." Tauriel said pushing a lock of dark red hair from her face.
"How was I supposed to the know the weather would get so bad?" Kili asked, pulling up his coat collar.
"There's this little thing they invented called a weather app, most phones come with them."
"Come on Tau, where's your sense of adventure?" Tauriel glared at her boyfriend, "Back home in the flat, wrapped in blankets watching Sherlock, exactly where I want to be right now."
"I would like to point out that it was your idea to go see a movie tonight."
True it had been Tauriel's idea to the cinema, she had no idea that it was going to be a downpour when the movie got out.
"Fine let's just hurry up. There's a warm bath with my name on it."
"Is there room for one more in this bath?" Kili asked suggestively.
"Maybe." Tauriel said grinning, then she took off running down the sidewalk leaving Kili to follow. After what seemed like a eternity the pair finally reached their flat. As Kili fumbled with his keys, Tauriel became aware of a sound of banging coming from a near by alleyway. Curious, she walked over to it and looked down it.
"Hello, is someone there?" she called. There was no reply for a moment, then a small blur of orange shot out of the alley colliding with Tauriel's leg. Tauriel looked down at the shivering wet shape of the tiny cat that was currently trying to claw her leg.
"Awww." Tauriel knelt down and picked up the shivering creature before walking back over to Kili, who finally managed to unlock their building's door.
"What is that?" He asked staring at the shivering bundle in his girlfriend's arms.
"It's a cat. I found him in the alley."
"Poor little guy he looks half-drowned." Kili said scratching the tiny animal behind his ear. "Lets get him inside." The pair quickly made their way up to their flat and wrapped the tiny cat in several towels.
"What are we going to do with it?" Kili asked. Once the little guy had dried off enough Tauriel set to looking around the kitchen for something the cat could eat.
"Tomorrow I'll take it to the vet. See if he's got a chip or something." Tauriel said, pulling out a can of tuna from the pantry.
"By the looks of him I highly doubt there's anyone looking for him." Kili said frowning at the cat, which had begun to groom itself. The cat was all skin and bones with fur that was a mix of orange and rusty orange. Half of its tail was missing along with part of its ear, it also appeared to only have one eye. There was also a long scar running across its pointy little face. Tauriel set the can of tuna in front of the cat, who jumped forward and began eating eagerly.
"Poor little guy. This is probably the first proper meal he's had. Maybe we should keep him."
"You sure? I mean a cat is a lot of responsibility?" Tauriel rolled her eyes and looked over at her boyfriend,
"Seriously, this is coming from the man who accidently left his fourteen year old sister-in-law in King's Cross." Tauriel said flatly.
"Hey I went back for Tilda as soon as I realized she wasn't there."
"Ya, you and responsibility don't go well together."
"Which is why I'm saying that it may be a bad idea to keep the cat."
"Oh come on Kili," Tauriel picked up the cat and held it out to her boyfriend. "How can you say no to his face." She said pouting. Meanwhile the cat was staring at Kili with its single bright orange eye. Kili sighed.
"Fine we can keep it." Tauriel ginned at Kili in triumph.
Later that night, after they had made the cat a bed out of an old box and towels Kili and Tauriel lay together in bed listening to the rain patter against the window.
"Have I told you how beautiful you are?" Kili asked, leaning down to kiss Tauriel's shoulder. She smirked and snuggled closer to Kili.
"I think it's come up before." She said with a smile. Just then a small meow came from the end of the bed. The cat had hopped up onto the bed and curled up into a tiny ball of orange fur.
"By the way what are we going to name the cat?" Tauriel frowned.
"I've got no idea."
In the end Kili and Tauriel could not figure out what to name the cat so, very creatively, they chose to just call him Cat until one of them actually figured out a useable name for the scruffy creature. Cat was a very mellow cat, he would eat and sleep and generally do what cats did. More often than not he would forgo sleeping in his little bed and instead choose to sleep on Kili's face, that was something Kili really didn't enjoy. Tauriel thought it was hilarious though. She had taken a picture of it the first time it had happened and it was now her phone background. All in all Cat was very content with his new home and his new family. That was, until he met Kili's uncle Thorin.