The next three weeks passed like a marathon. School was pressing on them hard, last exams, last tests and last papers to write. Later it was just joy it was finally over, and joy that both of them made it to the top ten students of the school along with Arwen. Their other friends were in the top thirty, but nowhere near them. Thorin was clearly proud when the last name Durin was announced twice on the ending ceremony, and he received so many surprising glances from his former or current business partners gathered there that it was funny. Few people knew he adopted the boys, so someone even expressed surprise that his sons were going to this school, and hearing those words made Thorin realise just how proud the boys made him.
The kids spent a long time saying their goodbyes, and Thorin firmly reminded them they would see each other in the second week of July anyway.
The first part of their family trip was Florida and Disneyland. Bilbo joked they are all too old for it, but Thorin told him there was no age limit. The boys loved it, they had to try everything and take every ride possible. Soon Bilbo and Thorin realised it was easier to set up meeting points during the day than to try to keep up with them. Bilbo decided to buy a new camera just before their trip, so now he was taking hundreds of photos and together with Thorin they kept hunting for their beloved boys. Three days into the rollercoaster frenzy and the boys didn't have enough so they ended up staying full five days in Orlando.
The moment Kili managed to ditch their parents the first day, he felt the thrill of being in a place no one had any idea who they were, especially in such a huge crowd. But the real thrill was that no one had any idea they were brothers and both of them looked older than in reality. His hand was permanently laced with Fili's, their fingers entwined as if glued together. They went from rollercoaster to rollercoaster, from calm rides, to wet rides, all the time hand in hand. It was hellishly hot, so Kili dressed only in blue shorts and a loose azure t-shirt and at first glance some might take him for a girl. His long hair flying lose behind him. At school he had to tie it up the last term, so now he was thriving with freedom. Fili on the other hand looked like a true male. Kili couldn't get enough of looking at him, a nearly year of proper meals and intensive training gave stunning results. Fili had broad arms and shoulders, lean muscular chest and strong muscular legs. Dressed only in black shorts and a classic white t-shirt he looked perfect, and Kili was entranced with him. He noticed many girls glare at Fili, but his presence right next to him with their hands entwined was a perfect scare for anyone who would want to approach him.
He loved to see him laugh, and when on the most crazy rollercoaster that's what Kili did, he laughed all the time as if this was the greatest joy in life. Looking back at the changes in their life, Fili could only be amazed with the changes in his brother. He was getting taller and taller, despite eating really a lot, he was slim as ever, but his hair was now longer and shiny and slightly more curly. He looked gorgeous, especially in those flimsy short shorts and strange t-shirt which should look like a rag but on him looked perfect. We was still a bit clumsy and hyperactive, clearly young, but at first glance no one would dare give him less than 15 and not even close to the real 13. The moment Bilbo and Thorin were left behind, Kili took control by grabbing his hand firmly, and Fili would never dare protest. The feeling of their joint hands in public giving him confidence and happiness like nothing before.
The best time was at night, traditionally there was a firework display, and somehow Kili managed to catch a moment Thorin and Bilbo were busy with themselves and he swiftly manoeuvred Fili away from their parents.
"This is the best trip ever!" Kili told him looking up at the sky enlightened by the fireworks.
"It's just the beginning of summer, there is still a lot more ahead of us." Fili chuckled gently feeling Kili take his hand yet again.
"Everywhere is fine, as long as you're next to me..." Kili told him in a hushed voice.
Fili suddenly realised his brother was actually trying to flirt with him. For a moment his heart stopped, but then he realised there was nothing wrong with playing along. After all it was just talking, wasn't it?
"Later it's going to be us and a crowd of people." Kili whispered sadly. "But for now it's just us..."
Fili gently lifted his chin up. "You're the one who wanted to invite our friends for summer in Greece." He reminded Kili.
"Because if we're going to be with Bilbo and Thorin all the time, a big group will be more fun." Kili whispered and came closer standing right in front of his beloved brother. "But honestly, when we're old enough we're going to go on holiday just the two of us. Or we should send Bilbo and Thorin alone and stay at home just the two of us."
"I'd like that..." Fili whispered back. "But wouldn't you get bored with me?" He asked in a slightly trembling voice.
"Never..." Kili replied looking back into the sky. "I will never get bored of spending time with you. I'm scared it's you who will get bored with spending time with your little clumsy stupid brother..."
"You're not that little anymore..." Fili noticed hugging Kili from behind and so there were watching the show together embraced tightly. "You're already a bit taller than me, and you're still growing."
"I'm going to be the tallest in the family." Kili laughed.
"You're not clumsy or stupid either..." Fili gently told him whispering into his ear.
"Anyway, you'll probably find a nice boyfriend one day, someone hot and sexy and thrilling, and I'll just be a bother..." Kili suddenly became gloomy and sad.
"You will never be a bother..." Fili whispered ignoring the relationship topic, if he had answered that he feared he would have mentioned Tauriel and he wanted to avoid that topic at all cost.
"You promise?" Kili suddenly turned back in his arms to face him. Fili held his blazing gaze, staring deeply into the eyes of his beloved brother. Fili was suddenly very glad he decided to buy tighter underwear than the popular boxers everyone now preferred, at least the chance that Kili will feel his blazing erection was a bit lower, especially that there was practically not even a tiny gap between them. He could feel the heat of Kili's body at it was driving him crazy. Before he could do or say anything, Kili leaned forward and gave him a small peck on the lips the second time in their life. He straightened up quickly, and continued gazing warmly at Fili. Fili just bit his lower lips and Kili followed the movement with his eyes and gently bit down his own lip mimicking the same gesture. Fili felt like doing something, felt like asking something, but then his phone rang bringing him back to reality. He smiled at Kili and with a scowl pulled out his phone and answered it.
"Yeah, we're watching the firework display,... yeah we'll be at the car in ten minutes." Fili told Bilbo. "It's time to go." He told his brother and saw a flash of those unreadable emotions on his face. His brother finally let him go, and slowly they retuned back to their car.
That night their embrace felt different, and for the first time in the warm embrace of his sleeping brother, Fili couldn't sleep at all. All night he was glancing at Kili, who was peacefully spread across his chest and with folded legs slept slightly on his stomach. He looked so damn cute that Fili had a feeling hiding his feelings was going to be a severe problem. He gently brushed his hair off his face, and marvelled at how different they were. Kili was showing signs of becoming really tall and lean, and Fili short and buff. Kili with his gorgeous long wavy dark hair, and Fili with his blond locks. Kili with his deep amber brown eyes, and Fili with crystalline blue eyes. Fili calmer, using his mother words just like Thorin, and Kili hyperactive slightly crazy and unpredictable, just like mother and Frerin from the stories he'd heard. Looking down on him, Fili for the first time began wondering, who was Kili's father. In the past the topic wasn't never an issue, since both of them didn't have any idea about their fathers labelling their mother as a slut, but now knowing that Frerin was not only his uncle, but his father, Fili began seriously wondering about it. No one in the family was tall, and uncle Thorin was just a bit taller than Fili, Kili already as tall as him. Kili had uncle Thorin's hair that was for sure, but those brown eyes could be the eyes of their grandmother Isabella, and of anyone else, the colour was quite common. Kili had uncle Thorin's chin and cheeks, but Frerin's forehead. Fili suddenly realised Kili was actually built like mother, she was willowy and slim all her life, with long legs and slim arms. Kili despite the muscles and lean built, he was build just like her. Then it hit him, Kili didn't have many features that couldn't be found in the closest family, and then it dawned on him, he just had to find out when Frerin died.
Kili stirred feeling that Fili was still awake, he could always sense when his brother had problems sleeping, the warm body he was hugging was always tense then.
"Go to sleep..." He mumbled into Fili's warm chest.
"Too hot..." Fili mumbled back.
"Bullshit you love it when it's hot... that's why we always sleep like this..." Kili replied. "You're thinking about something..."
"Just go back to sleep and don't worry." Fili told him gently nuzzling his hair.
"Don't you dare shut me out again, either you tell me what's bothering you, or we're watching a film on my laptop." Kili told him stubborn brother.
"Fine let's watch a film, but don't blame me if you're a zombie tomorrow in the plane..." Fili told him with a sly smile.
"I'll take those pills again so I'll be sleeping in the plane anyway, you're the one who is going to be a zombie..." Kili murmured. "But since you can't share what's bothering you, I'll suffer with you."
Kili got out of bed and placed his laptop on the small table next to the bed and turned it on. After a moment he came back to bed and snuggled into Fili as they watched "Iron man" for like the eighth time.