(Thorin POV)

'May I speak with you in private?' I asked Lilly as she talked with Balin and Bombur. She nodded her head and politely excused herself from the discussion and followed me to my room. I shut the door and turned to face her.

'Well' she said, arms crossed and an eyebrow raised.

'Please, sit' I said motioning to the bed. She hesitated for a moment before sitting down. I walked over to my bag and started to search through it.

'What's this about?' she questioned.

'You'll find out in a moment'

'You're acting strangely nice. What did you do?' this caused me to look over my shoulder and laugh at the suspicious look on her face. I turned back around and finally found what I was looking for and went to join her on the bed.

'We have grown close over the time you have spent on this journey and as you know, I have developed feelings for you. No other woman has ever caught my attention the way you do and that means something special to me. So I do not want to let you go, so I wanted to give you this before we set out for Mirkwood' I said handing her the small ring I had pulled from my bag.

'It's a pure emerald set in a Mythril band. It's been in my family for generations. My grandfather gave it to my grandmother, she then gave it to my father who gave it to my mother and then it was passed to me. I was told to trust this ring in the hands of just anyone, but the person I chose to give my heart to. I trust you with my heart and wish to give this to you. It symbolizes my commitment and love for. I do not ask for you to reply to this now, do not feel obliged to answer' I finally took the chance to look into her eyes and saw shock.

"You've done it now. You've scared her off for good now"

'Did you just say you loved me' she whispered. I nodded my head hesitantly.

'How?' I stared at her confused.

'What do you mean?'

'We haven't known each other long and yet you can say you love me. I'll admit I do have feeling for you, but I could not say it was love. This isn't some scheme to get me to have sex with you' I looked at her appalled.

'How could you sit there and say something like that. I would never use someone for sex' I was hurt that she could even think that.

'It's just, where I'm from, guys don't usually say things like this unless they want sex'

I took her face in my hands and looked into her eyes.

'I am not like those men, I would never use you for your body, I couldn't' she smiled and looked back at me.

'I am not saying that I don't care for you, because I do. I'm just not ready to say those words' I nodded my head, letting her know that I understand.

'I will not give up on you. I would wait for you forever' I said before leaned in to kiss her.

'I need to go pack' she said once I pulled away.

I lead her to the door and kissed her softly one more time before she disappeared down the hallway.

She had my heart and I would wait for hers in return.

A/N – I'm really sorry with the shortness of these updates but I've been really busy. When the fuck did I get a social life, when I got friends I didn't realize that I had to spend time with them…geez.

So, how did you guys like nice Thorin?! It felt weird to write him like this.

Songs for this chapter

1. Boys Like Girls – The Great Escape

2. We the Kings – Check Yes Juliet

3. All Time Low – Guts

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