As Bilbo walks up to his door he's sure he can handle this. He handled seeing Fili and Kili; surely seeing Thorin will be easy. It's not like anything happened between them- just some intense longing on Bilbo's part. So with a deep inhale Bilbo puts on a proper Baggins glare and opens the door. Any certainty he had goes out the window when he actually sees Thorin. Long curly black hair that begs Bilbo to run his hands through, striking blue eyes that stare off into the distance,- and most importantly alive. Thorin is alive and standing before him again. And because his mind loves to torture him when it comes to Thorin it drags up memories of Thorin on ice, of holding Thorin's hand begging him to stay, feeling Thorin's last breath, the past that may become the future over Bilbo's very dead body. He can feel his body start to shake at the memories and Bilbo curses his emotions- especially when he feels the urge to cry. Instead, he clears his throat politely to get Thorin's attention. He can do polite, polite is safe, polite is Respectable and Respectable is distant... It works until the oaf of a Dwarf pushes his way in without so much as a hello. Oh yes... Thorin was a complete arse at first wasn't he? Bilbo thinks with growing despair.

"I thought you said this place was easy to find Gandalf. I got lost- twice," Thorin snarks at the Wizard as Bilbo closes the door.

Frodo who had followed the gaggle of Dwarrows to the front hall frowns in confusion.

"How do you get lost in Hobbiton?" he mutters. It's not like Hobbiton is a large Man city, its sprawling but easy to navigate. But maybe he thinks like that because he's lived here for so long. He feels a bit thrown as well because Bilbo never mentioned Thorin getting lost. The King Under the Mountain arrived last, standing majestically over the group that fell through Bilbo's door, that is how his Uncle introduced Thorin. Subtly he glances over at Bilbo wondering what else the older Hobbit changed in his retelling. He catches Bilbo giving him a disapproving look for his lack of tact and shrugs, Thorin either didn't hear him or is ignoring it as he continues on.

"If it wasn't for the mark on the door I wouldn't have found it at all."

Frodo just stares at the King at that. Bag End is on of the biggest smials in Hobbiton, on one of the biggest... Before he can say anything that would make Pippin proud of him Bilbo speaks up.

"Well then it's a good thing that I told Gandalf to put it there then," Bilbo raises an eyebrow and nods when Thorin's attention is back on him, "I am Bilbo Baggins and that is my cousin Frodo."

There is an unspoken who are you? at the end of the sentence, a Hobbit way of saying you are being enormously rude. Thorin- after looking Bilbo up and down with a sniff- doesn't help the rude thing and should be glad that no other Hobbit is there.

"Thorin Oakenshield, leader of this quest. Now tell me Hobbit, sword or axe?"

Bilbo gives a slight smile.

"I prefer conkers myself, if you must know, but I am rather nifty with a sword," the older Hobbit says giving a sniff of his own.

"Same," Frodo pipes up, ignoring that the last time he used a sword it was to threaten Sam. The looks of surprise on both Gandalf and Thorin's faces almost cause a laugh to bubble out of Frodo's throat be he manages to keep it in.

"A pleasant surprise then. Because you look more like a grocer than a burglar."