3rd POV

"She's asleep." Fili said as he held Lili in his arms.

"You fools, the girl hasn't slept since Rivendell! You two might be able to sleep in only each other's presence, but without either of you, she cannot! Not when you are so close." Thorin said angrily.

"She wouldn't let us near her, Uncle! We've both tried apologizing, she hasn't even spoken to either of us since Rivendell!" Kili yelled.

"It was about to drive us mad, Uncle. The pain, it was nearly unbearable for us, let alone her." Fili said as he shifted so that Kili could sit down next to them.

"You realize what she thought when we left Rivendell, don't you?" Bilbo piped up from behind.

"And what would that be, Master Baggins?" Thorin asked curiously.

"She thought you were leaving her... for good." Bilbo told Fili and Kili, whose eyes widened. "And from what you all have explained to me, that connection of yours doesn't respond well to rejection."

"No.. no, no, no, no. We weren't leaving her for good... We just thought she'd be safer if she stayed in Rivendell, then we would come for her afterwards." Fili responded, looking troubled.

"What if you weren't able to come back for her? Have you thought of that? You would have sentenced her to a life of solitude, pain, without so much as a proper goodbye." Bilbo said to the brothers before walking off, leaving them to their thoughts.

"I admit, I hadn't thought about that before, but he is right." Thorin said before walking away himself, his head down in shame.

"What have we done, nadad?" Kili asked his brother as he ran his fingers through Lili's hair.

"We have to fix things, Kee. Look what this has done to her already." Fili said as he brushed a few tendrils of hair from Lili's face, seeing the black circles under her eyes from lack of sleep.

"How are we supposed to fix things if she won't let us? Do you think that she hasn't let us apologize because she doesn't love us anymore?" Kili asked his older brother worriedly.

"No, nadadith, she still loves us, can you not feel it? She is just hurt by our actions. We promised her that she would never be alone again, and we were going to leave her there, alone." Fili said as he placed a small kiss on Lili's hair.

"We betrayed her." Kili said as he lay next to Lili.

The next day, she did not wake as Fili and Kili took turns carrying her closer to the Misty Mountains. Finally when they made camp that night, she started to rise.

Lili POV

I woke feeling warm and comfortable. My eyes fluttered open to see that I was lying in Kili's arms. I looked around and saw that we weren't in the same place that I had fallen asleep, not that I even remembered falling asleep. I let myself forget for a moment that I was angry with them and relished in the warmth and comfort of Kili's arms.

"Lili?" I heard him whisper from my hair.

"Yes?" I asked.

"I'm glad to see you are finally awake." Kili whispered to me, burying his face in my hair.

"How long did I sleep?" I asked curiously.

"Almost two days, Fili and I took turns carrying you." He told me.

"Don't think that you're off the hook yet, I am just comfortable and don't feel like moving." I told him even though I could already feel myself letting it go.

"Lili, what we did was wrong. It was inexcusable, and I will beg your forgiveness if I have to until the day I die. I love you, Lili, we both love you, so much, and I can't even begin to describe how lost I would be without you, and I know Fili is the same." Kili told me, looking as if he were almost in tears.

I put my hand to his cheek and he closed his eyes at the feeling, leaning into my hand before turning to kiss it gently.

"It will take me some time, Kili, but I accept your apology." I told him, feeling the relief that came from him as he gently kissed my forehead.

"Thank you." Kili said before I stood up to go find Fili. I walked over to Balin, who was on had taken first watch.

"Glad to see you are well again, lassie." Balin said as I approached him. I flashed him a smile.

"Have you seen Fili?" I asked quickly. He pointed over to a tree at the edge of the clearing and I could barely see the outline of Fili, smoking his pipe. "Thank you."

I walked up to him slowly and when I knew that he knew I was there, I reached up and slid my fingers over one of his braids.

"Did you sleep well?" He asked quietly, tucking his pipe back into his pocket.

"Best sleep of my life." I replied.

"Lili, I can't take back what we did. I know it was wrong, and we shouldn't have even thought of it, but we just wanted to keep you safe from the dangers of this quest. Our minds... my mind was clouded by the need to protect you so much that I didn't recognize the need to have you here, with us, always. This past week has been nothing short of hell, Lili. You not speaking to us, not looking at us, the pain..." Fili said as his eyes filled with water. "I- I'm sorry, Liliyavanna."

"I'll tell you what I told Kili, It will take some time, but I accept your apology." I told him as I leaned into his chest, feeling his warmth. I felt his happiness, relief, and a subtle hint of lust. "Really, Fee?

"What? It made you smile." He said laughing.

"How will I ever know when it's real?" I asked him with a soft laugh.

"Oh, it's always real." He winked at me. I smacked him on the arm and noticed Kili walking up to us.

"I couldn't help but come join in the fun!" Kili said as I hugged him tightly.

"You want fun?" I asked in a quiet voice to both of them. They both nodded. All of a sudden, I sent a wave of lust over both of them.

"Now that's not fair." Kili replied, looking to his brother then looking back at me with a smirk. My eyes widened as I realized they were slowly moving forward.

I found myself being tackled to the ground, struggling to keep quiet while the camp rested. I felt them both sending out waves of lust and I felt myself almost drowning in it. Screw being angry!

I reached up to where Fili was on top of me and pulled his face down to mine, kissing him. When he pulled away, I pushed him off and I rolled over on top of Kili, leaning down and kissing him passionately. As I kissed Kili, I felt Fili leaning over my back and kissing trails up my neck. At this point my head was spinning from the amazing things that were bubbling up inside of me.

Honor? What honor?

After a minute or so, I felt myself being pulled off Kili and flipped over on the grass by Fili who then proceeded to kiss me hungrily. I flipped him over, kissing him back and I felt Kili's presence at my side, kissing my neck as Fili had before. By Mahal, if kissing was like this, then how would sex be?

Before things got too far, I rolled off to the side and just lay in the grass, breathing heavily.

"If that happens again, I don't think I'll be able to stop." I heard Kili mutter from beside me.

"I have to agree with nadadith." Fili replied from my other side.

"I almost didn't stop." I mumbled, red-faced. I saw Kili roll on his side to face me.

"Oh really?" Kili asked, smirking.

"Almost convinced myself to throw all sense of honor out the window." I replied quietly. I heard Fili chuckling from my other side.

"We wouldn't let that happen, not yet at least." Fili told me, kissing the side of my head.

"What are dwarf weddings like?" I asked randomly as I looked into the starry night sky.

"They aren't a big spectacle like the weddings of men. No, dwarf weddings are rather private, the exchange of vows and braids, either witnessed by the king or a lord. Consummation seals the vows and that is it. There is usually a rather large feast afterwards to celebrate." Fili explained to me. I liked that idea, a private wedding, just the three of us, and Thorin of course.

"That sounds nice." I said quietly, not really knowing what else to say.

"Soon, ghivashel." Kili whispered in my ear as he stood up, holding is arms out for me and Fili to grab onto as well.

"You both need to start telling me what these words mean, it's not fair!" I said as I followed them back to camp.

"But where's the fun in that, baraz?" Kili said teasingly as they pulled me back to where our bedrolls were, lying down comfortably and falling asleep easily this time.

Yay back to happy!

Up next... GOBLIN TOWN!

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