Disclaimer: I don't own LotR. I wish I did, I would very muchly like to, but unfortunately I do not, so life's a bitch, huh? None of this is of profit to me. I do, however, own Eveaniea, though, and my ideas..LOL


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Reviews: Im not going to personally point out every review I received at the end of last chapter, but I will say I was totally and utterly shocked to see 14 new reviews from it! I fell off my chair!!! Oh man. I even drew a pic which describes the look on my face, LOL. 14 reviews in one go! It is an all time record for anything I have ever written! Thank you so much guys!.


Just a few things.

Im trying to keep them all relatively IC, so no, Legolas will not ditch his friends, he will just spend a little less time with them.


Did Gimli see the kiss? ;) read and find out, XD


Story is called S.U.I.T, standing for So Us is This. Doesn't allow dots in the title, so it will be called

So Us Is This. Named after my favourite NZ band called Blindspott, as are all my chapters.


And there WILL be some action. Im just taking my time getting to it. This is really just a fill in chapter before the storm, next chapter will be LONG. Long as I can get it. Which will hopefully make up for the shortness. My last Exam is tomorrow, so I will try update all my stories.


Oh, and when Gimli hears Eveaniea and Legolas speaking Elvish, I am NOT translating it, because generally it is his POV, and he would not understand. If it is vital, they will explain.


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Gimli walked with Aragorn, as he had not spoken to Legolas since the Elf's outburst earlier that morning. It unnerved him that the Elves were behind him, but he could not hear their silent footsteps, nor understand their almost silent speech. He had become somewhat less talkative to even Aragorn, and the Dwarf and Human travelled in complete silence. He absently hummed to himself, an old Dwarfish ballad about his forefathers, and wished that he had a pint to lighten the mood. Such behaviour had not been ruled out of him, even in his travels. When he tired of his song, he turned to see how Legolas and Eveaniea were faring, but what he saw only plastered a large, smug grin upon his weathered face. Legolas was holding the female elf with his arms loosely wrapped around her middle, and was locked in a kiss with her, seemingly oblivious to his male companions. He turned back to his path in both shock and amusement, pondering whether he should tell Aragorn or not. In the end he decided against it. Aragorn seemed to want to leave his elven friend alone, and would probably not approve of his eavesdropping. And in any case, both elves would hear what he was saying. Not a good idea.

Still curious, Gimli looked back again, but this time the pair were walking steadily after their companions, a little closer than normal, he noticed Eveaniea almost leaned into Legolas, whose hand lingered just over an inch away from hers, but their actions were not enough to rise suspicion to Aragorn. For all the human would know, Legolas was simply comforting her from a scare, or consoling her, listening to her. Gimli sighed. He frowned as he picked up some of their conversation, as he was now closer to them than the King.

"Vanimle sila tiri, lirimaea, " he heard Legolas say softly to her, and she smiled a little, seemingly in shyness.

"Diola lle, oio naa elealla alasse'," she replied in the same soft voice.

"Amin mela lle," Legolas murmured, then looked up, seemingly for the first time seeing his friend, and he smiled at his presence.

"Master Gimli," he acknowledged, "how do you fare?"

"I fare just fine Master Elf," he smiled, "I am glad that at least for today we are not running in pursuit of some dark beast," This drew a laugh from both of the elves, and he settled into stride beside Legolas for the rest of the day, his spirit considerably lightened with the more friendly conversation.

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Aragorn led the small party through the winding of the forest all day, seeming hesitant to slow their already slow pace, even as the sun started to go down, and their surroundings grew dimmer. He trudged on, ignoring his tiring companions as he walked ahead of them. Although Legolas was perfectly suited to continue all through the night, as was his human friend, Gimli and Eveaniea were rapidly tiring, but each had their pride, and would not say a word. It was only when the hour grew even later that Eveaniea started to fall behind, still not completely 100 percent. Legolas paused to wait for her, and Gimli, who was also exhausted, welcomed the pause. When Aragorn did not stop to wait for them, and disappeared ahead of them, the male elf picked her up carefully, resorting to carrying her. She was too tired to protest, and welcomed the rest, lying tiredly against his chest. He then frowned and he and Gimli made their way after Aragorn, finally managing to catch up with their leader.

"Aragorn," Legolas called out to him, "Dolle naa lost, Manke naa lee autien?"

The human turned to him, frowning slightly at the elf for questioning him, and paused momentarily to reply.

"Dina, khila amin," He stated, before moving on again.

"Daro!" Legolas said, slightly angry, a tone of disbelief in his voice. Gimli quickly cut him off before he could say anymore. Aragorn stopped once more, and turned to face the group.

"We tire Aragorn," Gimli said, "We have been travelling all day, we must rest."

"It is not safe to do so here," Aragorn said, overruling the dwarf, "We must find somewhere to make camp before we can rest."

Legolas shot Gimli an admiring look as he started to walk again, surprised by the Dwarf admitting his fatigue. He would have thought the stout creature too proud to admit such a thing, and smiled to himself in amusement.

"Well said, stupid dwarf," he teased, and Gimli seemed to regain his energy as he went to chase the elf.

"You will not get away with that so easily, crazy elf," he grinned, and playfully swinging his axe, which his friend dodged easily. Then he mock frowned, and pretended he was angry for missing, all of which Eveaniea watched with wide eyes.

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Later that night, when the sun had completely disappeared, and the moon was glittering at the top of the sky, lighting the track through the forest, Legolas was relieved when Aragorn had called them to make camp in a small clearing. He looked down at the she-elf he was still carrying, seeing she was fast asleep, a peaceful expression on her face. Gimli sat down very quickly, leaning against a tree for support. Although the Dwarf did not like to admit it, he was tired and out of breath, completely drained from their days exertions. He carefully shifted Eveaniea, sitting down himself, and dropping his packs. Then he drew his cloak off, carefully laying her on it while he set out a bed for her. She barely stirred, but when he turned around, he saw she was sitting, watching him. He motioned to the bed, patting it gently, and she smiled tiredly.

~"You should get some rest,"~ he suggested, ~"You are tired. We will stay put tomorrow, and leave in the night, as it is relatively safe where we are now."~ She nodded tiredly, and crawled over to him, kissing him quickly and shyly on the cheek before she pulled back the blankets, and lay down.

~"Goodnight,"~ she whispered as he pulled the blankets up over her, and he kissed her forehead.

~"Sleep well,"~ he smiled, and he watched her retreat into a slumber, sitting next to her. He mentally pulled himself away, turning to look at Gimli, who looked to be pretending to sleep against the tree. He got up, and decided to join his companion, amused with the Dwarf.

"Gimli, you look tired, would you like me to ready your bed for you?" he smiled, not hearing a reply. So he was pretending to sleep. As quietly as he could, he moved one hand to cover the Dwarf's nose, and the other to his mouth. He then pinched his friend's nose shut, and clamped his hand over his mouth in an instant. Gimli jumped from fright, and spluttered, jerking away from Legolas, and hitting his head on the tree, which he swore he heard groan in protest. The elf heard him speak in Dwarfish, and although he understood none of it, from the tone Gimli was using, he guessed every word.

"Legolas, what are you DOING?" he demanded, taking his helmet off and rubbing his head.

"You are not angry, so don't pretend to be," the elf replied somewhat cheerily, "You were not asleep, I did not recall you snoring,"

"Alright," Gimli said, "I was not asleep," he said, then he smiled somewhat evilly.

"You seem to be getting closer to yer lass," he grinned, "I saw you two today, when we were travelling."

Legolas looked at Gimli, too shocked to speak, and unable to react to the comment from the Dwarf. Gimli only laughed at him, knowing if it was anything but the truth, the elf would be set to lie to him convincingly. Aragorn entered the clearing once more, looking at the pair sitting together.

"You saw what, Gimli?" he asked, oblivious to his friends conversation.

"Legolas and the she-elf," he smiled, "I saw them behind us when we were walking earlier on today, looking quite..........friendly."

Aragorn looked from Gimli, to Legolas, who, although his face was blank, was glaring at the Dwarf. Legolas smiled inwardly as he saw Aragorn look worried, like he should have kept his questions to himself, to keep the second war of middle earth in that century from happening, but he couldn't help feeling like throttling Gimli. Instead he was amused to see Aragorn completely change his expression, and raise his eyebrow.

"Gimli," he said, "Now that you have shared some of Legolas' news with us, should we share a little of your secrets with him?" Legolas saw that the Dwarf was momentarily confused.

"Im not sure he would want to know some of my secrets, Aragorn, they might hurt his ears," he said, and Legolas smirked.

"Im not talking about women, Master Dwarf, I am talking about Helm's Deep, a certain incident you would rather not have shared with the 'elf' we are talking about," Aragorn grinned, and Gimli looked at him in horror.

"You wouldn't," he said, eyes wide.

"Ah, what was that?" Aragorn pretended to ponder, "Oh yes, when I had to throw you over to the bridge because you could not jump it?" he smiled, and Gimli hurriedly got to his feet.

"I think I need to empty my bladder," he announced, and grabbed his axe. Then he was gone, leaving Aragorn and Legolas alone, the human smiling.

"Do you really like Eveaniea?" he asked carefully, and Legolas sighed, unable to stop himself from laughing as he heard a clatter of armour and the loud cursing's of their dwarf.

"Yes," he said evenly, "I believe I do, very much so," he answered, "I swear that dwarf is more vigilant than an elf sometimes," he saw Aragorn grin recklessly.

"Gimli is just jealous," the human replied, "but deep down he is happy for you, as am I."

"Maybe I will set out his bed for him after all," Legolas remarked, getting up as he heard the Dwarf coming back, "Will you be alright for the night watch?"

"I will be alright," Aragorn nodded, getting up"You take my bedroll, I will not need it till the morning,"

"Thank you," Legolas said, "I could sleep on the ground, but that would just not be the same," he laughed, and Aragorn threw it at him, hoping to hit him, but the elf was too fast for him, and had caught it quickly.

"Now I must get up to watch," the human yawned, and stretched, getting up. Legolas did the same, except for yawning, grabbing the bedroll and taking it to where Eveaniea slept soundly, having not even woken from Gimli fossicking through the surrounding forest. He quietly set up his bed next to her, and pulled his cloak tightly around him. It wasn't cold, and even if it was, he wouldn't have felt it, but he felt more comfortable with it. Sighing as he lay down, he rolled onto his side, and watched the female elf sleep next to him, studying her pale face. She moved, kicking her blankets partially off her, sighing softly, and rolling onto her side. Seeing she was still asleep, he started to prepare himself to sleep. It was only when he had started to drift off that he heard her soft voice.

"Legolas?" she said quietly, "Is that you?" He heard her voice quiver slightly.

~"It is only me,"~ he replied, ~"How long have you been awake?"~

~"Not long,"~ she whispered, more relaxed, and he shifted slightly closer to her, so he was lying next to her, on his back.. She gingerly cuddled up beside him, and lay her head on his shoulder, making him smile.

~"You don't mind....."~ she started, and he tightened his arm around her waist protectively, after pulling the blankets to cover them both.

~"Of course I do not," Legolas cut her off, ~"You are not moving from where you are,"~ he chuckled softly, and shifted slightly to kiss her forehead. He felt her relax completely, sliding her arm from his stomach to his chest, resting it over his heart. Legolas calmed himself, and slowed his breathing, setting himself to rest. He heard Eveaniea do the same, and within minutes, the pair were gone, both withdrawn into their slumber.

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Eveaniea sat next to Legolas as he slept into the morning, keeping an eye out on the camp, and absently running her hands over the bow that had been lying next to the male elf's side. When she had woken, she had carefully moved from Legolas' arms, and seen Aragorn still on watch, looking exhausted. Even though she did not like him the most out of her new companions, he had been kind to her, along with the other two, and she felt she owed it to him to let him get some rest. He had obliged, and she had shifted the bed she had slept in the night before, which he almost fell into. She noticed he had fallen asleep almost immediately, but could not bring herself to cover him up, even though she knew that humans got cold much easier than elves.

She was relieved when Legolas slowly sat up, his eyes focussing on her slowly, and a small smile coming to his face. He leaned over his human friend, and carefully pulled the blankets up to cover him, and then getting up himself.

~"Good morning,"~ he greeted her, hugging her carefully.

~"I suppose we should prepare some breakfast for Aragorn and Gimli, when they wake,"~ she said as she hugged him back tightly. He kissed her forehead before he drew away, and led her to the fireplace Aragorn had set up the night before.

~"Of course,"~ he said reluctantly, ~"Then I will teach you how to use a bow," She nodded as she watched him take a piece of flint, and smash it against a rock, until it sparked, and a small flame started to grow in the fire pit. Then he went to the packs, and took some food from them, setting it out in front of him, looking as if he was not entirely sure what he was going to do with it. Smiling in amusement, Eveaniea sat beside him, and looked over what food he had.

~"I think I will make breakfast,"~ she laughed quietly, and noted the slight look of relief on his face.

~"Then I will ready a bow and some arrows for you to practice with,"~ he replied, getting up noiselessly.

~"I will call you when I am done,"~ she nodded, and turned back to the fire, barely hearing him leave.

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Right. Apologies again for the shortness, but there will be some serious action next chapter, so hopefully that will make up for it. And sorry about the delay.

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