A? N: Elves are not mine, but Tolkien's.
Disclaimer: Here is one more chapter. I am battling a small writers block, and it's killing my will to write this.
Review's are appreciated at this time. Feedback at ihgs123@netzero.com
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(Second Age/Mirkwood)
(Legolas' POV)
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/blah/ =thoughts
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One step forward, one step back. I reluctantly opened the door of the healing room, and I slowly peeked inside, taking in the sight of the resting figure on the bed.
A day had passed since Haldir had almost surrendered to the grip of the death, but since then his situation had gotten better. Haldir was awake and he was moving, but seeing him like this for a first time made me tremble with uncertainty.
What if he suspected me, for doing this to him? What if he realized that I was the one who had poisoned him.
"Legolas." I heard his soft voice and I sighed while I realized that I had to greet him back.
"Haldir, you are awake. That's wonderful." I pretended that I cared for his actual well-being, but I knew that my mind was set on one thing, and one thing only. That thing was a knowledge about his feelings toward me.
I had to get him to admit them to me. I couldn't let days to pass without any results.
"Yes, I am awake." His voice was broken and his face was still pale, but I could see some traces of the redness upon his cheeks. I knew he was getting better and that I had nothing to worry about. /He is alive./
"I am glad you're awake. I was so worried about you." I tried to express my fake concern, but I knew that I wasn't really that convincing. I only hoped they didn't see how hard I had to act to show those fake emotions on the outside.
"Rumil could you leave us alone for while. I have something to ask Legolas." My stomach was feeling nauseous and I tried to stay calm, as his brother abandoned the room.
"Legolas I need to ask you something, and I hope you could feel in those pieces that are whirling around my mind." I sensed that maybe he had discovered an identity of the person who had poisoned him, and I was feeling like a trapped animal under his gaze.
"Yes, what is the question, Haldir."
"I have some memory of that night I was having a dinner with you, but the most vivid ones are confusing to me. I need you to tell me if I had taken advantage of you, during our dining time. I have some flashes of it but I don't know if they are real." I released a deep sigh of relief and I lowered my body on the chair located beside the Haldir's bed, because my legs were feeling weak at that moment. I was relieved that he didn't discover the person who did this to him.
"I...don't know what to say to make this more comfortable, but I can only tell you that we did make love that night. You didn't take advantage of me, because it was mutual."
I knew, I had to tell him a truth about that night and I was glad that his memory was almost erased by his current condition.
I hoped that this small amnesia would last for a long time, so he couldn't figure out that I was the one who had almost endangered his life.
"So it had actually happened." His weak voice sounded almost hushed and he lowered his eyes to the blankets, as I observed his reaction to those news.
"Yes, do you regret it." I asked him that question and I saw him biting his lip in the deep thought.
"I don't know. It shouldn't have happened, I think. It was wrong of me to use you that way. I deeply apologize..."
"Haldir, no apology is necessary. What is done is done, and I cannot let you bear a burden for something that had just lasted for the one night?"
I stopped him in the mid sentence because I didn't want for him to deny what had happened between us, but also I didn't want him blaming himself for it, right now. I knew that the time would come, when I would lay his submission and embarrassment out on the open, but today was just not the day to do it.
I knew that breaking him now wouldn't be so satisfying as it would be, if I did it in front of the whole court. And I had already scheduled the day when I would bring my game to the end.
That day would come in a two weeks, during my brother's engagement party and I knew that everybody would attend that feast.
My perfect opportunity would come on that day and I would make Haldir a *fool of the ball*, as I have made so many of the other's before.
"Oh!" His reply to my words was short and breathless and I knew that weakness was occupying his strong body.
My mission still stood at hand, and I knew I had to dig deep inside of him and to discover what kind of the feelings he harbored for me.
I wished he would save me a trouble and would have just admitted them to me, but I knew I needed to observe, if I wanted to know what was hiding deep inside of him.
"Don't get me wrong. It's not that I didn't like out association but I am not sure you would like to be reminded of it. I know that you don't consider me a good match or even a proper candidate to be your lover." I slowly uttered those words.
Even now I had tried to lower some blame upon his shoulders, and I hoped that this kind of the scheming would bring me a success.
I needed to know that he loved me so I could claim this game victorious as well.
"No, you are wrong. It's not that I consider you amongst those things, but it's just; I am very confused. How did this happen? Was I drunk?"
He questioned me about that night and I knew I had to lie to him. If I told him that he had been drinking, then it would be easier for him to remember the *blue labeled* bottle of wine he consumed. I didn't want for him to remember that part of the night.
"Nay, you were sober when that happened." I tried to lie as best as I could, and I knew that his eyes didn't doubt me. I hoped that if he pushed some events deeper from his memory line, then maybe he wouldn't remember them at all.
"Oh, I see." He was biting his lip in the thought and I knew he believed in the *truthfulness* of my words.
"No matter, you shouldn't feel so bad. It just happened and you should let it go." I tried to tell him to focus on something else instead on that foolish guilt he was expressing on outside.
"Take some rest, Haldir. The night is becoming young and you still have to regain your full strength. If you want, I could call for your brother's to watch over you."
"No, that's not necessary, but I would like for you to stay with me tonight. If that is all right with you, that is."
I was surprised as I heard that sudden need in his voice, while he asked me to stay with him through this night. I discovered that his regard for me was something I knew all too well, because I have also experienced it with my former courtiers.
All of them were in love with me, and I was sure that Haldir was also belonging with that sort. But I couldn't be sure until he admitted it to me, and I knew I had to use these two weeks, exploring the depths of the Haldir's emotions.
"Of course I shall stay with you. I don't mind."
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(Present Time/Lorien)
(Rumil's POV)
/Why am I the only *sane one* in our family? /I asked myself, when I saw that my other stuck-up brother Orophin was sitting on the floor of our living room and was talking to himself. He carried an angry expression on his face and when I looked at him, I knew that his fury was targeted toward me today.
"There you are, Rumil. Where were you?" He asked me while he quickly stood up and he brought the arms across his chest.
"Be calm brother. I was answering a Lady's errand this morning. Why? Did you need me or something."
"Yes, I did need you. You promised you would help me move the new mattress inside of my bedroom." His voice was irritated, and I knew the part of that angeriness belonged to Legolas as well. Since yesterday, Orophin was in the foul mood and more than once I had heard him curse Legolas's name.
"Oh, what's the rush. It's not like you are going to entertain someone on your bed today. Brother, you are as dull as the autumn rain." I knew that teasing my brother was something I enjoyed to do, and I loved when his face would turn red while I jested with him.
" *Mil*, please be quiet."
"Nice comeback brother. Very original indeed, but do you still need help with you mattress."
I teasingly asked and I heard him huff.
"Nay, Haldir helped me with that, before he went away to meet the princeling." He shook his head in his irritating manner and he passed by me as he went inside of the kitchen.
"Orophin, can I tell you something." I followed my brother and I saw him turning his form around, to meet my gaze.
"What?" He asked and he arched his eyebrow in the questioning manner.
"I would have you promise me a secrecy, if I tell you this?"
"You have my secrecy, and I will keep my mouth shut if that is what you require of me. What do you have to tell me?" Orophin crossed his arms around himself and he watched me under his observing expression.
"This, what I am about to tell you, must not reach the Haldir's ears. Not yet, anyway. I told you yesterday that I have spied on the hobbit and the Prince. But, I have also kept something from you two; something which I couldn't reveal in front of the Haldir. You see, I know what exact feelings Legolas holds for our dear brother." Orophin's eyes became curious and he untangled his hands from himself as he waited for me to continue.
"What are his feelings for our brother. What could his cold heart possibly feel for Haldir?"
"Brother, he is not that cold. He had learned his lesson and he had suffered for his past. But I have heard him say something which he had kept to himself, for all those long centuries. Orophin ... he is in love with our brother."
My voice became soft as I explored my brothers actions at those words.
"He loves, Haldir. But, what, Ai............ I am speechless."
"Well, I was speechless too when I heard that two days ago."
Orophin was lost in his thoughts and he quickly shook his head, trying to clear it from this unexpected shock.
"But why didn't he tell him that years and years ago. Why did he let our brother suffer?" Orophin tried to comprehend Legolas's actions, but I knew that none of us would ever know why did Legolas hurt our brother.
"I don't know and I think that the past really shouldn't matter right now. The question is, what are we going to do about it."
Orophin shook his head again and I smiled as an idea sneaked inside of my mind.
"I don't know. What can we do?"
Orophin replied and I grinned at him.
"Orophin, we can do much for them. I think I just had an idea." I smiled at my confused brother, and I hoped he would help me deliver this idea of mine to the full success.
"Tell me Rumil, how can we possibly help those two."
Orophin asked me as he rubbed his jaw in the deep thought.
"We can,because we are Haldir's brothers. We are family and we really know our brother, and that knowledge should be very useful to us. Now, listen when I tell you what I have in mind."
TBC
(A? N: Rumil's POV was necessary, coz he and Orophin play huge parts in bringing L/H back together.)
Disclaimer: Here is one more chapter. I am battling a small writers block, and it's killing my will to write this.
Review's are appreciated at this time. Feedback at ihgs123@netzero.com
~*~*~*~*~*~*
(Second Age/Mirkwood)
(Legolas' POV)
~*~*~*~*~*~*
/blah/ =thoughts
~*~*~*~*~*~*
One step forward, one step back. I reluctantly opened the door of the healing room, and I slowly peeked inside, taking in the sight of the resting figure on the bed.
A day had passed since Haldir had almost surrendered to the grip of the death, but since then his situation had gotten better. Haldir was awake and he was moving, but seeing him like this for a first time made me tremble with uncertainty.
What if he suspected me, for doing this to him? What if he realized that I was the one who had poisoned him.
"Legolas." I heard his soft voice and I sighed while I realized that I had to greet him back.
"Haldir, you are awake. That's wonderful." I pretended that I cared for his actual well-being, but I knew that my mind was set on one thing, and one thing only. That thing was a knowledge about his feelings toward me.
I had to get him to admit them to me. I couldn't let days to pass without any results.
"Yes, I am awake." His voice was broken and his face was still pale, but I could see some traces of the redness upon his cheeks. I knew he was getting better and that I had nothing to worry about. /He is alive./
"I am glad you're awake. I was so worried about you." I tried to express my fake concern, but I knew that I wasn't really that convincing. I only hoped they didn't see how hard I had to act to show those fake emotions on the outside.
"Rumil could you leave us alone for while. I have something to ask Legolas." My stomach was feeling nauseous and I tried to stay calm, as his brother abandoned the room.
"Legolas I need to ask you something, and I hope you could feel in those pieces that are whirling around my mind." I sensed that maybe he had discovered an identity of the person who had poisoned him, and I was feeling like a trapped animal under his gaze.
"Yes, what is the question, Haldir."
"I have some memory of that night I was having a dinner with you, but the most vivid ones are confusing to me. I need you to tell me if I had taken advantage of you, during our dining time. I have some flashes of it but I don't know if they are real." I released a deep sigh of relief and I lowered my body on the chair located beside the Haldir's bed, because my legs were feeling weak at that moment. I was relieved that he didn't discover the person who did this to him.
"I...don't know what to say to make this more comfortable, but I can only tell you that we did make love that night. You didn't take advantage of me, because it was mutual."
I knew, I had to tell him a truth about that night and I was glad that his memory was almost erased by his current condition.
I hoped that this small amnesia would last for a long time, so he couldn't figure out that I was the one who had almost endangered his life.
"So it had actually happened." His weak voice sounded almost hushed and he lowered his eyes to the blankets, as I observed his reaction to those news.
"Yes, do you regret it." I asked him that question and I saw him biting his lip in the deep thought.
"I don't know. It shouldn't have happened, I think. It was wrong of me to use you that way. I deeply apologize..."
"Haldir, no apology is necessary. What is done is done, and I cannot let you bear a burden for something that had just lasted for the one night?"
I stopped him in the mid sentence because I didn't want for him to deny what had happened between us, but also I didn't want him blaming himself for it, right now. I knew that the time would come, when I would lay his submission and embarrassment out on the open, but today was just not the day to do it.
I knew that breaking him now wouldn't be so satisfying as it would be, if I did it in front of the whole court. And I had already scheduled the day when I would bring my game to the end.
That day would come in a two weeks, during my brother's engagement party and I knew that everybody would attend that feast.
My perfect opportunity would come on that day and I would make Haldir a *fool of the ball*, as I have made so many of the other's before.
"Oh!" His reply to my words was short and breathless and I knew that weakness was occupying his strong body.
My mission still stood at hand, and I knew I had to dig deep inside of him and to discover what kind of the feelings he harbored for me.
I wished he would save me a trouble and would have just admitted them to me, but I knew I needed to observe, if I wanted to know what was hiding deep inside of him.
"Don't get me wrong. It's not that I didn't like out association but I am not sure you would like to be reminded of it. I know that you don't consider me a good match or even a proper candidate to be your lover." I slowly uttered those words.
Even now I had tried to lower some blame upon his shoulders, and I hoped that this kind of the scheming would bring me a success.
I needed to know that he loved me so I could claim this game victorious as well.
"No, you are wrong. It's not that I consider you amongst those things, but it's just; I am very confused. How did this happen? Was I drunk?"
He questioned me about that night and I knew I had to lie to him. If I told him that he had been drinking, then it would be easier for him to remember the *blue labeled* bottle of wine he consumed. I didn't want for him to remember that part of the night.
"Nay, you were sober when that happened." I tried to lie as best as I could, and I knew that his eyes didn't doubt me. I hoped that if he pushed some events deeper from his memory line, then maybe he wouldn't remember them at all.
"Oh, I see." He was biting his lip in the thought and I knew he believed in the *truthfulness* of my words.
"No matter, you shouldn't feel so bad. It just happened and you should let it go." I tried to tell him to focus on something else instead on that foolish guilt he was expressing on outside.
"Take some rest, Haldir. The night is becoming young and you still have to regain your full strength. If you want, I could call for your brother's to watch over you."
"No, that's not necessary, but I would like for you to stay with me tonight. If that is all right with you, that is."
I was surprised as I heard that sudden need in his voice, while he asked me to stay with him through this night. I discovered that his regard for me was something I knew all too well, because I have also experienced it with my former courtiers.
All of them were in love with me, and I was sure that Haldir was also belonging with that sort. But I couldn't be sure until he admitted it to me, and I knew I had to use these two weeks, exploring the depths of the Haldir's emotions.
"Of course I shall stay with you. I don't mind."
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(Present Time/Lorien)
(Rumil's POV)
/Why am I the only *sane one* in our family? /I asked myself, when I saw that my other stuck-up brother Orophin was sitting on the floor of our living room and was talking to himself. He carried an angry expression on his face and when I looked at him, I knew that his fury was targeted toward me today.
"There you are, Rumil. Where were you?" He asked me while he quickly stood up and he brought the arms across his chest.
"Be calm brother. I was answering a Lady's errand this morning. Why? Did you need me or something."
"Yes, I did need you. You promised you would help me move the new mattress inside of my bedroom." His voice was irritated, and I knew the part of that angeriness belonged to Legolas as well. Since yesterday, Orophin was in the foul mood and more than once I had heard him curse Legolas's name.
"Oh, what's the rush. It's not like you are going to entertain someone on your bed today. Brother, you are as dull as the autumn rain." I knew that teasing my brother was something I enjoyed to do, and I loved when his face would turn red while I jested with him.
" *Mil*, please be quiet."
"Nice comeback brother. Very original indeed, but do you still need help with you mattress."
I teasingly asked and I heard him huff.
"Nay, Haldir helped me with that, before he went away to meet the princeling." He shook his head in his irritating manner and he passed by me as he went inside of the kitchen.
"Orophin, can I tell you something." I followed my brother and I saw him turning his form around, to meet my gaze.
"What?" He asked and he arched his eyebrow in the questioning manner.
"I would have you promise me a secrecy, if I tell you this?"
"You have my secrecy, and I will keep my mouth shut if that is what you require of me. What do you have to tell me?" Orophin crossed his arms around himself and he watched me under his observing expression.
"This, what I am about to tell you, must not reach the Haldir's ears. Not yet, anyway. I told you yesterday that I have spied on the hobbit and the Prince. But, I have also kept something from you two; something which I couldn't reveal in front of the Haldir. You see, I know what exact feelings Legolas holds for our dear brother." Orophin's eyes became curious and he untangled his hands from himself as he waited for me to continue.
"What are his feelings for our brother. What could his cold heart possibly feel for Haldir?"
"Brother, he is not that cold. He had learned his lesson and he had suffered for his past. But I have heard him say something which he had kept to himself, for all those long centuries. Orophin ... he is in love with our brother."
My voice became soft as I explored my brothers actions at those words.
"He loves, Haldir. But, what, Ai............ I am speechless."
"Well, I was speechless too when I heard that two days ago."
Orophin was lost in his thoughts and he quickly shook his head, trying to clear it from this unexpected shock.
"But why didn't he tell him that years and years ago. Why did he let our brother suffer?" Orophin tried to comprehend Legolas's actions, but I knew that none of us would ever know why did Legolas hurt our brother.
"I don't know and I think that the past really shouldn't matter right now. The question is, what are we going to do about it."
Orophin shook his head again and I smiled as an idea sneaked inside of my mind.
"I don't know. What can we do?"
Orophin replied and I grinned at him.
"Orophin, we can do much for them. I think I just had an idea." I smiled at my confused brother, and I hoped he would help me deliver this idea of mine to the full success.
"Tell me Rumil, how can we possibly help those two."
Orophin asked me as he rubbed his jaw in the deep thought.
"We can,because we are Haldir's brothers. We are family and we really know our brother, and that knowledge should be very useful to us. Now, listen when I tell you what I have in mind."
TBC
(A? N: Rumil's POV was necessary, coz he and Orophin play huge parts in bringing L/H back together.)