Of Lovely Dwarves.
Slash: meaning malexmale or yaoi if you'd like.
Pairing: ThorinxBilbo….Thilbo Bagginshield.
Summary: Bilbo thinks Dwarves can be quite lovely, some more than others.
Genre: Romance/Humour.
Disclaimer: Sadly, I'm not brilliant enough to come up with my own characters.
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
UN-BETAD.
A/N Thanks for all the support! Gotta love you guys!
When Bilbo woke up he was quite warm and content. He moved closer to the warmth, before noticing the warmth was a chest. A very hairy chest. The same chest rumbled with laughter when Bilbo scurried away.
"It was about time you woke up." The Dwarf King stretched and grabbed the rest of his clothes. Bilbo noted drily that Thorin was still wearing pants and he didn't really know if he was so happy about that. The did know however, that the blush that had appeared on his face when he realised who he was lying against, was only turning darker now he could actually see Thorin. After staring at a very well developed upper body for a while, Bilbo tried to stand up and hurry away just to hear someone snigger right behind him.
"What are you doing in Uncle's bedroll, Bilbo?"
Kili.
Well damn.
The young dwarf looked downright mischievous, his brother not far behind him. Both were grinning broadly.
"Don't worry" Fili whispered, though loud enough for everybody else to hear "we won't tell anyone you were sleeping with Uncle Thorin."
"Wh-what? I wasn't! I mean I was! But I was actually sleeping and… " He heard some laughing and huffed. Dwalin clapped him up the shoulder. "It's okay laddie. We're just kidding you." Bilbo crossed his arms and looked at Thorin. When he noticed that the Dwarf whose fault this all was looked like he was going to burst out laughing any second, not to mention he still wasn't entirely dressed, Bilbo threw his arms up with a loud exclamation of "Dwarves!" and sat down behind Gandalf.
Gandalf was smoking his pipe and watching the others' antics. He was big enough for Bilbo to hide behind, so the Hobbit leaned against the other's back, sighing to himself. He drew his knees up and rested his head on top of them. He supposed he should get dressed soon, but he'd hide for a little while.
"You can hide all you want, Bilbo, but that won't make them forget."
Bilbo huffed again. "Does make me feel better though." He rather felt than heard the Wizard chuckle.
"Well, stay put for a while then. We won't be leaving till after breakfast." Bilbo smiled into his knees. He was quite happy Gandalf was with them, else he would have died from embarrassment a long time ago.
Xx
After Bilbo calmed down he went to dress more properly, knowing they'd eat and leave soon. When he was done dressing he plopped down next to Ori, smiling at the young Dwarf. The other did not even look up from his drawing, but he nodded in return.
"Sorry for my brothers."
"What? Why?"
"They were laughing at you this morning."
Bilbo smiled. "That's fine Ori, thank you. What are you drawing?"
"Uhh nothing." He moved his paper a bit so Bilbo couldn't see and blushed bright red. Bilbo narrowed his eyes. That was slightly suspicious.
Bilbo moved to stand up, like he was leaving. He felt Kili and Fili's eyes on him as he snuck around the still drawing Dwarf. Suddenly he peeked over Ori's shoulder.
Dwalin.
He was drawing Dwalin. Bilbo put both his hands for his mouth, not wanting to make a sound. He looked up and met the brothers' eyes. With mischief in his eyes Bilbo grinned at them from under his hands. He sneaked away and plopped down next to them. Kili grinned at him and Fili raised an eyebrow. Bilbo leaned forward and whispered softly. "He was drawing Dwalin." The look the two brothers gave him was one of pure enjoyment.
This was going to be a lot of fun.
Xx
Later that day, Bilbo surprised everybody except Fili and Kili with a loud question.
"How do Dwarves court each other?" The two brothers began laughing uncontrollably when Thorin almost fell from his pony.
"I was" giggle "waiting" more giggles "for that question" snort "since this morning." Fili chocked out.
Bilbo grinned. "Because of what I said during breakfast?"
Kili grinned back at him. "Yeah. I like how you think like us, hobbit."
"And that'd be what?" Thorin sounded slightly like he was having trouble talking. Ignoring him Bilbo just went on. "Dwalin, would you explain to me?" He noted that Ori let out a little squeak at the question. He wondered why Thorin looked so murderous though. Dwalin looked surprised but began to tell anyway. Bilbo only half listened, trying to communicate with Kili and Fili without using words.
They were going to give little Ori some help.
Xx
"So basically…. You either learn each other's craft or you give someone a bead, or other gifts for that matter, or you eat with them."
"Don't make it sound so dull." He got several annoyed glances. Bilbo grinned a little sheepish. "Sorry, didn't mean it like that. We Hobbit's court each other differently. So basically, if I'd want to court…uh… Ori for example, I'd learn to draw or knit? And if it was Kili I'd learn to shot with bow and arrow right?"
"Are you trying to tell us you are trying to court someone here?" Bilbo turned his head and met angry eyes. Thorin did not look pleased.
"Well no. I just wanted to know so I could actually see it when you guys court each other." There was a pregnant silent, which Bilbo just ignored. "Though it does seem not all of you properly court each other." He shot a look at Kili and Fili, who even though they were surprised by the last part and the look Bilbo gave them, just couldn't stop laughing.
During the rest of the morning, the dwarves began to talk again amongst each other. Bilbo got several strange looks but he couldn't care less because Ori was actually talking to Dwalin now. Bilbo was silently observing them when Kili suddenly caught up with him.
"I've got two questions." The young dwarf suddenly stated.
"Shoot."
"First of all, what was with that last statement?"
"Which?" Bilbo raised an eyebrow at Kili, who looked nervous.
"About the courting. Well, the not-courting actually."
"You know what it was about." Kili nodded at the answer. Bilbo stared ahead for a while, looking at the tensed back of their leader. He sighed. Thorin was so unpredictable in his eyes. One moment he was laughing and nice and the next he was looking like the world was on his shoulders. Not to mention he insults that would spray from his mouth when he was in such a mood. He supposed the dwarf might actually have a world to carry on his shoulders, but who was he to meddle in the other's past? He noticed Kili looking at him curiously. "What was your next question?"
"Oh. Yeah. What are we going to do about Ori and Dwalin?" Bilbo groaned. Though he loved to meddle in some affairs and he'd like it if Ori and Dwalin could be happy together and he did want to help them, he still didn't want to rush them.
"I suppose… we could have some fun." Bilbo paused and looked at Kili's enthusiastic face. "But" he continued "we shouldn't meddle too much. It's their business, no matter how fun it is for us to watch."
Kili looked slightly disappointed, but nodded anyway. He sighed, ignoring Fili who now had joined his brother. He was looking at Thorin again when he felt a snowflake fall on his nose.
'Great' he thought 'as if we weren't cold enough yet.'
Xx
Bilbo had not been right when he thought yesterday it could only get warmer on their journey. Though that morning hadn't been that bad, it was now snowing. "Not soft either" Bilbo grumbled under his breath.
"Complaining again, Halfling?"
Of course. Of course Thorin just heard that. Bilbo was this close to punching something and being a Baggins, that said a lot. He turned his nose up, deciding he really didn't want to deal with Thorin's moods right now. When the other didn't say anything anymore, Bilbo took a glance at him. He noticed, with some surprise, the other was still next to him. Thorin was frowning at his feet as if he was willing them to move through sheer will. Bilbo sighed and though, not for the first time, that everything would have been a lot easier without his mood swings. He liked the Thorin he woke up next to a lot better, thank you very much. The thought let to a very detailed picture of the naked chest he saw this morning and Bilbo blushed red till the tip of his ears. Thorin looked at him curiously, but didn't say anything. After he obviously seemed to notice nothing was wrong with the hobbit, he returned to his thoughts, once again staring at his boots. Bilbo wondered if he did it because of the blasted snow. Pulling up his coat in front of his face, Bilbo decided to worry about that later. Right now, all he wanted was a warm place to stay. He shivered. He almost couldn't admit it to himself, but he quite wanted to lean against Thorin again. At least he was warm.
He groaned. That sounded like a poor excuse, even to himself.
"Do all hobbits make so much noise?" Bilbo looked up and wanted to retort angry, but he noted the burdened look was gone from Thorin's face replaced by amusement.
"Well no. We are actually rather quiet most of the time. Though we do tend to talk a lot." Still looking at Thorin's face he couldn't help but ask. "How do you even do that?"
"What?"
"That-That thing! With your face and… posture!" When Thorin just raised an eyebrow, Bilbo raked a cold hand through his hair. "I mean!" He exclaimed, rather frustrated "that one moment you look all sad and heavily burdened, while three seconds later you are looking like… like uhm.."
"Like what, mister Baggins?"
"Like you just had second breakfast! I mean, you look like are really enjoying yourself!" Thorin began to laugh, startling a few members of the company. "Like second breakfast? You hobbits are an odd bunch."
"An odd bunch?!" Bilbo bristled. "I shall tell you exactly what we are mister!" Before he could go on, Dwalin shouted he finally found shelter.
"Save the speech for later." Without a second look, Thorin went to the front. Bilbo sighed, noticing he did a lot of sighing these days. He might be getting old.
And he still didn't have his answer.
Xx
Their stop was short, but at least it didn't snow anymore. Didn't make it less cold though. Bilbo was listening to a story of Gloin, about his son. Though they all had heard all of the stories at least one time before, it was a good distraction. Suddenly a coat was dumped unceremoniously into his lap. He looked up to face Thorin's blue eyes.
"Take that. You need it more than I." Supposing it wasn't to keep his pony warm, Bilbo took the fur and put it on. He smiled his thanks at their leader, who immediately steered his own pony away again.
'So much for a nice conversation.' He snuggled deeper into the coat, ignoring some curious looks. It wouldn't be long till Kili and Fili decided to bother him about the fact he was wearing their Uncle's coat, so he decided to enjoy it as long as he could. He inhaled deeply, a nice scent coming from the fur. Bilbo grudgingly admitted to himself that that scent could only be described as 'Thorin' but he wasn't going to dwell on that.
"Not only sleeping with him but also wearing his coat, my dear burglar?" Bilbo looked aside and met two equally grinning faces.
"I was not sleeping with him! How many times do I have to tell you!" The brothers laughed loudly, drawing the attention to them.
"Kili! Fili! Leave our burglar alone!" Thorin roared from the front.
"Our? Don't you mean your burglar?" The two laughed but were quickly silenced when Thorin gave them a glare. Bilbo almost felt sorry for them. Almost.
Before the two brothers moved away Fili whispered in his ear: "Please get that stick out of our Uncle's arse for us." He winked and left Bilbo choking on his own spit.
This was going to be a long journey.
A/N
Hello there! So I read some fics which kept close to the original story and had a debate with myself. Shall I indeed make this fic closer to the actual book, or keep it light and funny? I find the book quite a tragedy, so, after discussing it with my boyfriend (who refuses to read my fics anyway) I decided to keep this light. I do want to fit in some of Thorin's pain, but not too much. We Bagginshield shippers have a lot to endure so this is going to be a happy fic, for all those readers who are going to cry during the third movie (I will bawl my eyes out.) Please let me know your thoughts!
With love,
Alennah
