Three hours later Fili and Kili ended the game and got up to get ready. They had a great time with uncle Thorin and in the middle of the game Fili told Thorin how Kili impressed everyone on the archery team. Kili was blushing shyly, but he was proud Fili spoke about him with so much esteem.
Fili helped Kili chose the clothes, and they left together but not in the brightest of moods. Kili was anxious about the meeting, and Fili was anxious to tell him why he was hesitant to go there. He would find out soon at school anyway.
They arrived a bit earlier, Fili wanted to give Kili a bit of time before meeting all the people who usually showed up. Gimli greeted Kili warmly, just like he always did. He was a really nice person so he didn't show any surprise to the new family member coming from nowhere.
Soon Aragorn, Boromir, Faramir arrived. So after establishing the team set, the decided to play the first match. Soon it became evident and clear the strengths were divided even, and after a long game play they decided it as a tie.
Soon more people arrived, and the teams had to be reorganised. Aragon, Fili, Kili joined by Eomer and Faramir were one team, they were playing against Boromir, Legolas, Gimli, and two other boys.
The game was much more competitive this time, but advantage was slowly on the first team's side. Fili supported by Kili closely was playing fiercely, but Legolas wasn't planning to lose either. The fight was breathtaking, and exhausting.
"A good game!" Gimli yelled at them as it was evident everyone had enough, and the result was set.
Fili pulled Kili up to one of many rooms in the house, on the way he grabbed the bag he took from the house.
"Jump in first." Fili threw a towel at Kili. "Just don't take long..."
"Wouldn't it be easier if you actually joined me?" Kili just smirked at him. "There is no need to be shy."
"Indeed there is not." Fili joked and took out another towel.
The shower was short and quick. Both tried not to look at each other too much, just clean up a bit and return to the others. However their thoughts were focused on one thing, looking and touching and doing so much more.
"So what happens next?" Kili hesitantly asked.
"There's a party. I'm planning to stick to the play station." Fili told him. "And since we're both not drinking, it would be best if you would stay with me."
"How long are we going to stay?" Kili asked not sure of anything.
"Not very long, as soon as they get drunk we're going to slip out." Fili told him.
"Wouldn't you prefer to drink with them?" Kili gently asked.
"Nah, it's not that much fun, and what happened to mom is a good reason not to." Fili explained.
"So it's not because of me?" Kili asked again.
"Nope, I'm just no fun and I rarely drink more than one beer, and when I drive I don't drink at all." Fili explained putting on a fresh t-shirt.
As they came into the living room most players were already redressed, and some were already drinking and hanging out. Apart from the boys, some girls showed up, Kili recognized Tauriel from the archery range. Fili chatted a bit with his friends, introduced Kili to some people and later pulled him towards the play centre. Gimli was playing against Legolas, and as soon as Gimli lost, Faramir took his place.
"So you play till the first loss?" Kili asked Fili quietly.
"Yup, and well it takes up a better part of the night." Fili told him. "The more they drink the worse they play."
Tauriel walked up to Kili with a smile and showed him a beer bottle she had in her hand.
"A beer?" She asked confidently.
"No thanks." Kili firmly replied and looked back to the race on the TV.
She made a surprised face and handed the beer to Legolas who didn't even notice the exchange between his sister and the boy.
Faramir lost after another round, and he got up, before anyone could think of taking the seat Fili pushed Kili to sit down.
Legolas just glanced at his new opponent, and restarted the game. After two laps Kili had a slight advantage, which clearly made Legolas agitated. Four laps into the race, and Kili's advantage was staggering. He could use any advantage, and he could predict any obstacle. Soon it was Legolas's turn to get up, and Fili swiftly took his place.
"Like you didn't get enough of playing with me at home?" Kili joked and smirked at his brother.
"I love playing." Fili replied swiftly. "Make way for the champion!"
"You wish!" Kili replied and started the game.
Soon a few people gathered to watch the race. Gimli leaned into the sofa and watched with amusement as his two cousins were tying all the time.
"So you both are addicted to this..." Eomer joked.
"And they both don't drink, so they could keep this up for hours." Aragorn added. "I'm going dancing."
"Arwen's in the kitchen..." Boromir joked.
"Who?" Aragorn joked.
"Oh that fancy lass with gorgeous dark hair and blue eyes." Gimli's voice became dreamy. "The one you can't keep your eyes off..."
"The one who's father owns the biggest hospital in town." Eomer noticed.
"Says the guy whose family digs in horseshit on a daily basis."Gimli noticed grimly.
"Says the guy who is scared of horses." Eomer kept joking of Gimli.
"At least I can tell a horse from a donkey." Gimli retaliated.
"More beer anyone?" Boromir was carrying a tray with several bottles. "Legolas had enough?"
"He lost." Eomer informed him.
"That's new; he usually starts losing only after six beers." Boromir noticed.
"Now we have a Durin duel, and it seems this might take a while." Eomer smiled and watched the crazy battle between the two brothers. Suddenly Fili made a crazy move and to everyone's surprise he gained a slight advantage and in just two laps it was evident Kili lost. Kili just smiled and fist bumped with Fili and got up giving space for a new player.
"Go raid the fridge." Fili told him still smiling. "Before someone slips us a rape pill claiming it is just orange juice."
"Don't worry no girl on the horizon!" Gimli joked. "Did he tell you what happened last year?"
"Not yet, but you'll have enough time to tell him that story later." Fili hushed Gimli and motioned that he was thirsty.
Kili walked around curiously. The living room was full of people, some were dancing to loud music, some were making out, and practically everyone was drinking.
"Are you searching for someone?" Tauriel tried to approach him again.
"Where's the kitchen?" He asked her trying to stay calm.
"Let me show you." She guided him into the spacious kitchen; Kili reached for the fridge and pulled out two sodas.
"No beer?" She asked clearly surprised.
"Where I used to live the legal drinking age is 21, so in theory no one here should be drinking." He told her calmly.
"That isn't stopping anyone here." She noticed.
"I'm not just anyone." He replied enigmatically, and he turned to return to his brother. On the way he grabbed a plate with snacks.
"Are you coming to the training on Tuesday?" She followed him desperately.
"Probably." He answered curtly.
"What class are you joining?" She continued to follow him around.
"Is seems your sister has finally made her pick..." Gimli joked at Legolas as they watched Tauriel trail after Kili constantly asking him questions to which he would just give one word answers.
Fili just glared at Kili, and noticed the boy was practically running away from her. Kili passed him the can with soda, and sat on the backrest just next to Fili.
"You've read my mind." Fili gasped as Kili passed him the snacks.
"I'm responsible for your feeding, so at your service brother." Kili replied in a jokingly tone. "I can't let you lose!"
"So do you want to hear the story?" Gimli came back to his favourite topic.
"I'm not sure I want to hear it." Kili noticed. "But it doesn't seem like I have a choice."
"So a long long time ago, there was this shy boy invited to a merry meeting with worthy fellows..." Gimli began medieval tale style.
"Cut the crap!" Legolas told him. "I'll tell the story. We got him to drink a mixture of alcohol, rape pill plus something special, and after twenty minutes he forgot who he was and where he was, and we painted his face tribal style."
"And I awoke the next day half dead with what seemed to be a tattoo on my face..." Fili summed up.
"So now he doesn't even consider drinking one beer." Gimli ended the sad tale.
"Seems logical." Kili replied. "Did you take photos?" He asked with a devilish smile.
"Who do you think we are lad? Of course we did!" Gimli pulled out his phone and opened the gallery. Fili just clenched his teeth, and Kili smirked and laughed seeing what had happened.
"Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer." Kili mumbled to Fili, and Fili just smiled back.
"The worst thing was waking up next to those two bitches constantly following those assholes." Fili whispered to Kili. "Be careful with Tiffany and Sandra especially."
"I need a leek break!" Fili suddenly said. "Take over." So Kili gently slid down on the spot and carefully took the controls. "I'll be right back so don't you dare lose!" He scolded the younger brother with a smile.
"So you lived in Alaska the last couple of years?" Gimli asked curiously. "But you don't have a typical American accent, more like Canadian."
"Most people in the area spoke a subtle form of American, closer to Canadian indeed." Kili gently confirmed.
"So what's it like over there?" Eomer asked curiously.
"It's cold. Lots of wildlife, bears, wolves and stuff like that running around." Kili admitted.
"So that's where you learned archery?" Legolas asked curiously.
"Yup. I've also trained shooting." Kili added.
"Do you go hunting?" Legolas asked clearly interested.
"No, I'm against hunting. Tracking, taking photos or monitoring animals' condition is okay, but hunting is not." Kili noticed sternly. "There is nothing better than feeding a live wild bear from your hand, without hurting it."
"So did you really feed bears and wolves?" Tauriel asked surprised and with some kid of admiration in her voice.
"Yup." He answered with just one word.
"I'm back!" Fili sat on the backrest next to Kili.
"Do you want to continue the game?" Kili asked gently.
"You finish this one." Fili replied and looked at the score. "You're going to win anyway."
"I want to play." Gimli said placing his beer on the table and reaching for the controls Eomer just put away.
Kili motioned Fili to take the controls back, but he just shook his head.
"I think I'm going to stop playing with either of you..." Gimli mumbled after two laps. "It's pointless."
"Give me it!" Legolas commanded and took Gimli's place.
"So are you planning to take part in the archery tournament?" Legolas asked with a firm undertone in his voice.
"I have no idea." Kili replied. "I think it's the coaches decision who to select."
"You better consider it, there are three weeks left for the first round and we could use you in our representation." Legolas suddenly told him. "Last year we got second place because Aragon broke his leg just before the tournament and he couldn't stand."
"How did that happen?" Kili asked Aragorn curiously.
"I kicked a rock." Aragon replied. "And broke three foot bones and my ankle." Kili looked at him puzzled.
"It's a long story." Fili commented, but didn't elaborate.
Some girls came into the room and began watching the race, or they pretended they were watching. A red haired girl practically leaned into Fili and he leaned more into Kili to avoid the contact. She just pouted angrily and stepped back. A polite blond haired girl asked if she could play next, and when Legolas won Kili gladly handed her the controls.
"Let's go get something to eat." Fili pulled Kili out of the room, leaving a pouting red head and the merry company.
He guided Kili trough the very crowded and loud living room and into the kitchen. There they found several boxes with pizza, and they got plates and began snacking on the pizza.
"Do all these meeting turn into big parties like this?" Kili asked all of a sudden.
"Only some, if I knew it would be like this we would have left earlier." Fili commented. "I really hate some people here."
"Who was that girl?" Kili asked looking intensively at him.
"The red head?" Fili asked. "That's Angelina; she's been following me for some time now. She's not that bad wait till you see Sandra and Courtney."
"Are all of them so without restraints?" Kili asked surprised.
"Or worse." Fili commented. "Some like Eowyn, the blond who wanted to play, Arwen or Tauriel are okay, but those are sisters to my friends so they don't sleep around. But others are just whores."
"Many boys prefer the second type, get laid and have some fun." Kili noticed.
"Would you use a chance if you get it?" Fili suddenly asked him.
"I'm a bit too young, don't you think?" Kili asked with a smile.
"I mean hypothetically." Fili specified.
"No, I wouldn't." Kili admitted.
"Well neither do I." Fili answered. "But they just don't get it."
"Is it the same at school?" Kili asked not really surprised, he knew his brother was probably the most handsome guy in school so it would only be logical people would follow him around.
"Worse. Sometimes much worse. You'll see at lunch and during breaks. When I have MMA training it's like a whole bunch of those bitches sitting and watching my every move." Fili continued complaining.
"If you wrestle shirtless, I'm not very surprised." Kili commented quietly.
"Well thank you for the compliment, but anyway I would like them off my back." Fili was slightly bitter about it. He pulled out his phone feeling it vibrate. "Uncle asks when we're going to be home? It's already quite late." He noticed.
"It's your call." Kili replied. "We can go even now for all I care."
As they came back into the living room a beautiful blond girl bumped into Fili and hung herself on him. "Hey Philip could you please introduce me to this handsome man with you?" Fili just glared at her.
"Killian, this is Sandra, I've told you so much about her." Fili introduced him using his full name. "Sandra this is my brother Killian."
"No wonder you're so handsome!" She giggled idiotically. "Would you like to dance?" She gently reached for Kili's hand.
"Actually we're just about to leave." Fili interrupted her before Kili could give her a reply. He reached for Kili's hand and firmly pulled him to the game room ignoring Sandra completely.
"Uncle called us to come home, so I'll see you all later!" Fili told his best friends.
"Can't you stay longer?" Gimli complained. "The party is just starting."
"Kili is a bit too young for this, and uncle has the last say." Fili cut the discussion short.
"Give the boy a life!" Eomer commented. "We all started young and nothing bad happened. We're still all handsome and smart."
"None of you started his age." Fili replied. "So I'm not going to watch him even try."
"Like I would..." Kili whispered to him.
"Come on!" Aragorn told him. "The older you get the more boring and prudish you are. How old is the boy anyway?"
"Fourteen." Fili answered. "So as you see it's time for us." They all glanced surprised at Kili, not fully believing he could be so young.
"He looks much older..." Gimli commented. "But I see your point."
"Anyway, I'll see you all on Monday!" Fili bid them goodbye, and Kili also said his goodbyes.
"I was wondering." Kili gently started speaking as they were getting into the car.
"About what?" Fili gently replied.
"Does uncle always give you so much freedom?" Kili asked.
"Pretty much yes." He replied after a moment. "Why are you so surprised?"
"Beorn loved living according to a schedule. He always had to know where we were and when we would come back. Living with four people I was practically never alone, not that I minded it, the boys were really nice." He slowly explained.
"When I was smaller uncle could be a bit overbearing, but as I was getting older he was giving me more and more freedom. He never had many problems with me, not like uncle Gloin with Gimli. He always loved parties and girls, so tonight is nothing new. So the more Gimli and Dain were irritating their parents, the more uncle would trust me. I never get drunk, apart from that one time I always come home, and I never have wild parties in the house or anything like that. I focus on school and trainings, and I always keep my word." Fili slowly explained.
"I'm hungry." Kili suddenly noticed and glanced out of the window.
"What are you thinking about?" Fili gently asked.
"Something disgusting and unhealthy..." Kili murmured.
"McDonald's?" Fili suggested.
Kili glanced at his brother. "You're reading my mind."
"You know uncle works really a lot, and he rarely has much time, so it's going to be mostly you and me." Fili gently told him as they were stopping in the drive in. "I'm going to try to really take good care of you."
He smiled at his brother and turned to the microphone to place an order. They came home in less than ten minutes, and both of them sat down at the garden table. Fili unpacked their unhealthy late supper, and they just ate in silence looking at the sky.
"I'm very happy you're here with me." Fili told him as he was finishing his hamburger. "I was really lonely, and as you've probably already noticed I don't have many close friends."
"I'm glad I met you." Kili replied taking another hamburger. "I never had a place I truly belonged and I've always dreamt of a brother who would just show up and shield me from the things happening in my life."
"You can count on me." Fili gently told him.
"Where is uncle by the way?" Kili suddenly asked.
"I'm not sure." Fili replied. "It's very rare for him not to be home at this time."
"So it's just going to be me and you." Kili glanced at him with burning eyes. "I'm not sleepy at all." He noticed.
"Me neither!" Fili noticed and glanced in the direction of the empty house. "Let's go and watch a film."
"Can I choose this time?" Kili asked with a smirk.