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Nienna did not realize she had been standing on the battlements for so long. She was cold and weary and confused. She looked out towards the horizon. Her heart that had cried out in joy when Legolas had kissed her, was now feeling the loss of Aragorn.
It was heavy with grief and her mind was clouded with doubt. Her eyes went big when she found a lonely rider coming closer.
"This cannot be. But yes, it is. It is Aragorn." She said to herself. She then ran down the stairs towards the main hall. She stopped death in her tracks when she noticed that Legolas was talking to Aragorn.
The Elf smiled sadly to him and then followed Aragorn into the room where the king was staying.
Nienna decided instead to be busy with helping Eowyn and try to talk to Aragorn later.
It had been several hours and Nienna was done with helping Eowyn. She still was not sure, if she needed to stay in the cave or fight with the people. All she knew was that she needed to speak with Aragorn as fast as possible.
She found him walking out of the cave. He looked up and smiled at her when she came closer. "Hello, Nienna. How are you doing?" he said while putting all his stuff away.
"I am confused." Nienna said, she could not lie to Aragorn.
The man looked up and asked. "What do you mean with confused?""It is something that Legolas did and say." Nienna said, not sure if she should continue.
"Did he kiss you?" Aragorn asked bluntly.
"Yes, yes as a matter of fact he did." Nienna said while blushing deeply.
"And what did you do?" Aragorn asked concern in his voice.
"I wanted to kiss him back, I guess but instead I ran away." Nienna said while dropping her head. She only now realized what she had done. She had probably broken Legolas's heart while denying her own what she had wanted all along.
"Then I think you should talk to him when you have the time. For now, get ready for battle. I need you to help protect the women with Eowyn." Aragorn said while walking out of the room.
"Farmers, ferries, stable boys. These are no soldiers " Aragorn muttered while he was looking around the men getting weapons.
"Most of them seen to many winters." Gimli added.
"Or too few. They are frightened. You can see it in their eyes." Legolas said. Everybody looked at him and he switched into Elvish. "Boe a hyn nelen hereain dan cear menig" (And they should be. 3000 against 300.)
"Si, beraithar hyr ammeag na ned Edoras." (They have a better change defending themselves here then in Edoras.) Aragorn said to Legolas.
Legolas's tempter shot up. The pain from Nienna's rejection and Aragorn dying and then coming back was taking the best of him and he said. "Aragorn, nedin dagor hen u-erin ortheri. Natha daged dhaer!" (They cannot win this fight. They are all going to die.)
"Then I shall die as one of them." And Aragorn walked away out of the room.
Legolas tried to walk after him but Gimli stopped him. Moments later, Legolas walked out. Great, Nienna hates me and Aragorn does too. This is just great
"We have trusted you this far and you have not let us astray. Forgive me, I was wrong to despair." Legolas said while taking a deep breath. He could not fix everything but it would be a good start if his best friend would forgive him.
"There is nothing to forgive, Legolas. I know what has happened." Aragorn said softly before Gimli walked in.
Legolas was walking up on the battlements, His mind was racing. They might just stand a change. Haldir and the other Elves had arrived and they were preparing for battle.
Nienna walked up to him and was not surprised that he did not hear her. "Legolas." She said softly.
Legolas whirled around when he heard his name. Nienna was standing there. He looked at her and then said. "Why are you here? Should you not be in the caves with the other women?"
"I should be but I did not want to go before I would set something right." She answered.
"What do you need to set right?" He asked.
Nienna closed the distance between them and said so softly that only he would hear it. "I need to be true to my heart and stop breaking other's people hearts. I beg for your forgiveness for my behaviors earlier this evening, Lord Legolas."
"There is nothing to forgive. It was I who should apologize." Legolas said coldly and he turned to leave.
Nienna was panicking. She knew he was hurt but was it so bad? She only had one change to get him. She grabbed his hand and noticed that he stopped.
Legolas froze when she grabbed her hand but did turn around. What happened next caught him off guard that he did not know what to do.
Nienna pressed her lips against him and Legolas need two seconds before he kissed her back. Legolas sucked on her lower lip and Nienna opened her mouth and their tongues played a game that was both desire and love running through their veins. They did not know that a lot of people were standing there and smiled at this sign of hope.
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