Fili and Kili didn't talk much after the kiss. They shared oddly bashful glances if they were not talking about a specific topic. They had stopped by a petrol station and bought a load of odds and ends just for the hell of it, but Kili was more under the impression that any time he said something was nice Fili would throw it into the basket. A few times he had to put things back. He even had to tell the blond that just because he said he liked something didn't mean he needed it. But he did need his pepsi, he missed american pepsi and coke a cola could only do so much for him. Ori was the coke drinker, he was the pep.

Finally they got back home. The engine cut leaving Fili and Kili just sitting there.

"You... okay with it?" Kili asked softly. "I mean, I know I'm not your type, I get it. You're straight and um... you were kind of in a compromised possition."

"If you say that you took advantage of me I'll spank you right here and now."

Kili wrinkled his nose. "I didn't say that."

"I know I... I'm sorry. I..." Fili sighed. Well this was down right horribly awkward. "Let me just get this out of the way; Are you a puff?"

"A what?"

"Gay."

Kili leaned back in his seat, folding his arms. His brow creased in serious thought. He had never really thought about it. On average he could comment on how handsome a man was but that was mostly through artistic means. It didn't give him any sort of sensation besides a flicker of happiness when he could get a smile from giving a random compliment. He did like women, their curves, the softness, but he had honestly watched other children in the orphanage grow up and make so many mistakes. He wasn't going to make those, so he decided he was going to wait for the right person. The person he would click with and nothing else mattered. Gender... really didn't play a role in that plan.

"I offended you I'm-"

Kili looked at Fili with a dead serious glare. "If you don't care what gender a person is, does that make you gay? Like, not bi, but you seriously don't care."

Fili's eyes widened. Kili was... he was serious! He was like a little baby bird in the realm of sexuality, as disturbing as that sounded. "No. It makes you a pansexual."

"The hell is a pansexual?"

"When you are sexually attracted to a person's personality not gender."

"Well, then there you go." Kili unbuckled himself and stepped out of the car. He seriously didn't understand people.

Fili struggled with his seatbelt before getting out. "Kili, wait. I just wanted to make sure we can stay friends."

"Because friends kiss all the time." Kili rolled his eyes. "I should file that away and the next time I see Bilbo mack on him."

"Don't be takin' the mick on me." Fili frowned.

"The fuc-"

The front door opened, Bilbo coming out with someone Fili had never seen before. "Good you're home." Bilbo said with a grin.

Something yanked inside of Fili at Kili's expression. The utter bliss and happiness that graced his features. That damningly beautiful grin splitting his face to show pretty teeth that he had been licking not long ago. It was a smile, he didn't put there. It was a happiness that he didn't supply and he didn't like it.

When Kili moved he grabbed his wrist. The brunette looked at him for a second, confused, frowning deeply. "What are you doing? Let go." He yanked his wrist away from him. Then he shot off and leapt in the air full on glomping the queer redhead that had been trailing behind Bilbo.

What was he doing? Why did he do that?

Bilbo came up to his side and pressed a hand to his arm. "We need to talk."

"Sure." Fili mumbled.

"Thorin... has the paperwork ready." Bilbo said softly. "But I honestly believe that Kili won't stay. So he's going to push for a visa first."

Fili felt his throat tighten. He knew that Kili would have to go back, he always did. Citizenship was hell to get but with Thorin working in Westminster it made it a lot easier, quicker. But if Kili didn't want to stay then what was the point?

"I believe Thorin is moving too fast, he's too excited to have his boy back home even though they rarely talk." Bilbo sighed but then smiled looking at how Kili picked up the redhead and twirled him in a tight circle like a child. "But, I can tell already things will get better with Ori here."

"That's, that's Ori? His brother, Ori? When did you- how?!"

Bilbo grinned and nodded. "Picked him up this morning. I got his number out of Kili's phone when he wasn't looking, gave him a ring and paid for his ticket."

"You wicked thing. What else did you do?"

"Well for one I bought them clothes. Ori had one pair of day clothes and one night time, the rest of his bag was stuffed with parchment and empty books. They're both too skinny too, so I got some extra fattening foods." Bilbo sighed, "I just know Thorin will be upset though."

Fili wrapped an arm around Bilbo and pulled him flush against his side and kissed the man's temple. "Don't worry Uncle Bil, I'll protect you from the big bad Thorin."

"You better. I'm letting that charge I saw a few minutes ago slide. What on earth did you get that was so expensive."

"Can't say my darling uncle, I simply can't say." Fili smiled, feeling a lot better knowing that they mysterious person was no threat to... whatever Fili was feeling.

"And when did you think to tell me?!" Thorin yelled at Bilbo behind closed doors.

"You didn't need to know! You were worrying yourself into the ground over him and you can't talk to each other, he's closed up and you're a brick wall!" Bilbo matched back.

"And how do you expect that having Ori Wells here will improve things?!"

"Because if that boy is family to Kili he's family to US and you better suck it up you pratt or so help me I'll toss you out of this house!"

"You wouldn't." Thorin narrowed his eyes.

Bilbo's shoulders hunched down as if he was going to run and tackle Thorin. "I've done it before, I'll do it again."

"That wasn't my fault and you know it."

"You're the one drunk off your face and kissed that 'friend' of yours." Bilbo's hair bristled at the memory. They had been having troubles in their relationship and Thorin had gone off with one of his work buddies. He ended up so damn drunk he couldn't walk straight, came home babbling how he knew right then and there that Bilbo was the only one in the world for him. If he wasn't so damn sweet as a drunk Bilbo would have punched him. Instead he let Thorin sober up the next day, explain which was a horrible way of explaining because he almost made a joke out of it. And Bilbo promptly tossed him out of the house for a week until Fili convinced him to let the man back in.

"And that was a terrible mistake!" Thorin scrubbed his face with his hands. "I've never kissed anyone but you since and I plan on keeping it that way."

"You better or I'm throwing my ring in your face."

"When did this get to be about us?" Thorin was at a loss.

"We're a family." Bilbo straightened, his frown still there. "And we just got two new members, so we're going to welcome them and treat them like family. You got that?"

"Yes."

"Good." Bilbo straightened out his cardigan with a sniff. He walked over to his husband and pulled him down for a quick kiss. "Now, you may want to work on some papers for Ori as well. They've both been struggling with that horrid american educational system and can't get into college since they have been jumping from job to job to make ends meet. I think a student visa for both of them is in order and we'll push them through university. Tomorrow I'll start up applications for them."

"You find out more about them in one evening than I can in a lifetime. How do you do it?" Thorin wrapped his arms around Bilbo, pulling him close. His little husband was a force to reckon with and it was an odd sinful thrill to have him all to himself.

"I'm pleasant, kind, and smile. Smiling isn't something you do much of, which works great for your job considering no one outside of politics besides Boris Johnson knows how to make a joke."

"That reminds me, he wants a dinner with all of us soon."

"Then inform him we have two more guests."

"Alright, alright." Thorin nuzzled Bilbo, the adrenaline from their fight gone. All he wanted to do was cuddle Bilbo and sleep off the emotional drain the fight had caused.

A knock on the door stopped that though. He let go of Bilbo, went to the door and opened it expecting Fili but it was actually Kili and Ori. He openned the door wider and stepped to the side, silently inviting them in.

Kili looked unsure. He looked to the redhead who only smiled in a way that Thorin had only seen Bilbo smile, kind and reassuring, giving someone you loved all the strength they needed.

"We... I was wondering if you and Bilbo would like to join us." Kili nearly whispered looking at Thorin.

"In what?" Thorin asked just as softly, as if his voice could break this moment, shatter it like a waking dream. It was the first time Kili had actually tried talking to him without Thorin having to loom in the room for minutes on end.

Kili shifted, looking back at Ori again. "Go on. It's okay." Ori said.

He looked back at the man that was supposed to be his father and swallowed and Thorin had the distinct impression that whatever they were inviting them to was private. Something only shared between the two loving brothers.

"We are going to listen to old radio plays. Would you like to join?" Kili was ridged, absolutely nervous.

Radio plays? All this over radio plays? It certainly didn't make any sense to Thorin but he wasn't going to push it aside. Kili, his boy, wanted to spend time with him.

He smiled softly. "I would like that."

"I'll make some snacks," Bilbo chimed in.

Kili's whole demeanor relaxed. He grinned a wild grin and grabbed Ori's hand and ran down the hallway excitedly. "We'll be in the front room, or living room, or den, whatever you call it! The one with the fire place!"

A gentle hand on Thorin's back made him smile even more. "I'm glad you don't listen to me."

Bilbo chuckled. "I do listen darling. I listen to your heart, it's much smarter than your head."

"Very funny." Thorin reached back and pinched Bilbo's behind playfully.

"Mr. Oakenshield, behave yourself." Bilbo swatted at him.

"I will for now, but later tonight you're going to have to have chair or mace for protection because I'm coming for you."

Bilbo gave a giggle hurrying past Thorin who gave him another pinch.

Fili peeked over his book when Kili came running into the room, Ori hot on his heels. They were certainly excited. He hadn't talked to Kili at all after Kili had seen Ori and his mood was increasingly souring. He was a jealous mess. He thought he could handle it but he couldn't. Fili understood he had no reason to be jealous, it wasn't like he was dating Kili. After all it was himself that apologized for that mind blowing kiss. He was the one pushing Kili away. It was him right?

Ugh, he didn't care. He just couldn't stand being in the same room as those two being all happy. The bastards...

He got up, silently walking past them.

"Where are you going?" Kili asked suddenly.

Fili grunted and continued on. He had managed to work himself into a nice depression and he was determined to wallow in it. He climbed the stairs to his room where he flopped face first on his bed, letting his house slippers fall off. He was a stupid person. He was a straight person. He was not attracted to the brunette. He was not jealous as frothing hell.

"Fili?"

"Go. Away." He moaned.

The door silently closed and he was satisfied to be left to his own miserable devices. So where was he? Oh yes. He did not like looking in those beautiful pools of brown. He did not enjoy holding Kili's hand for however brief of a moment, it certainly did not make his heart go pitter patter like a children's fairy tale hero. ...Kili might look nice in a dress though. He groaned and thumped his head against the mattress trying to get the thought out.

"You seem to be extremely busy."

"I could have sworn I said 'go away'."

"Nope." A weight on the bed made him glare up at the kind redhead he still had trouble remembering the name of.

"What do you want?"

"I want to know why you kissed my brother."

Fili's cheeks flushed. "I-He told you that. Of course he would, you're Jesus to him."

Ori snorted a laugh. "He wouldn't admit to it."

"Then how do you know I kissed him?"

"Bilbo and I were in the car that had to go around yours in the middle of the road. At first I thought it was just some silly teens until I saw your car after you and Kili got back."

"Oh god." Fili buried his face into his bed hoping to suffocate himself. If Ori knew that meant Bilbo knew and if Bilbo knew then soon Thorin would find out and then he would have his ass handed to him because Kili was Thorin's bouncing baby boy and Fili would trigger all those instincts of protection against suitors. It was all a very awkward situation that he rather not have to deal with.

"I don't mind. Kili..." Ori made a little sound between frustration of gaining a thought and resignation. "You must know that Kili plays for keeps."

"I'm sorry what?" Fili rolled onto his side, arms limp.

Ori was dead serious. "Kili, does not believe someone should date more than one person. He's a romantic. He's been looking for his one and only for years now ever since he was a little thing."

"You serious?"

"Do I look like I'm joking?" Ori frowned then smiled at a memory. "He would look out the window of our room and watch the road. Hoping that someone would show up and whisk him off, assuring me that I would never be left behind. At first all he wanted was a mom and dad, but once puberty hit he wanted a lover. Someone who would love him to the end of his days, someone he could love just as fiercely. And that hasn't changed."

"Sooo is that the speech where it ends with you crushing my nads if I hurt his feelings?"

"No. This is a different kind of warning. Make sure you love him before you do anything. If you tell him that you love him then dump him, he'll remain faithful to you. He'll help you through your marriage to someone else, he would help you raise your children all the while suffering with a great hole because he can't do more for you." Ori patted Fili's shoulder. "I wouldn't hurt my brother by hurting you. Because now you know, you'll be killing yourself slowly with that knowledge, that warning if you take this relationship further."

Fili swallowed. This was Ori's way of telling him to stay away from Kili. It was effective and downright evil.