Disclaimer: The title LOTR and it's brilliant characters belongs to the great mind of J.R.R Tolkien. As for the others, Miya (Mee-yah) and the rest, they're part of my hyperactive imaginative mind.
AN: I have a new story up called Aielenamin. :)
Chapter 6 - Was
Arwen's laughter was music to Aragorn's ears. He had just told her about Legolas' tale of Miya and himself. "Now the pieces seem to fit! Miya's disposition is a lot like Legolas', though her anger is unmatched by our cool prince," Arwen said, a smile still dancing on her face.
Aragorn gathered Arwen with one arm and let her lean her head on his shoulder. "It seems like they met again yesterday in a most unlikely circumstances though. She killed a troll that was rolling down the hill towards Master Gimli," he said.
"Miya never told me anything about her knowledge of Legolas though," Arwen said thoughtfully. Through the years, Miya had been very open about many things about her life, nothing was hidden from Arwen. Apparently, the elleth chose to forget that part of her past.
"So tell me more about Legolas' best friend. Both our friends are hiding something, though I do not know what it is. When Legolas was telling me about her, he said that she was his missing piece, as you are mine. Do you think that unconsciously, he is longing for her? Though it seems far-fetched for they have naught seen each other in seventy years," Aragorn said.
Arwen shook her head, dislodging herself from Aragorn. "Legolas and I have something in common. Miya is also my father's godchild. Miya's parents are both of high and noble births and are friends with Thranduil and my father. But you see even if there is some longing in Legolas' heart, it cannot be possible for Miya is already betrothed to another. Gregor is also another protector of Rivendell and they fell in love. If you don't have someone special in your life and you happen to see Miya and Gregor together you will long to have a love of your own. Too bad her best friend's entrance came a little too late. Miya and Gregor have been engaged for a little over a month. Father doesn't really know about it because Miya asked me to keep it a secret."
Aragorn frowned at this revelation. Hearing Legolas' voice talk about Miya was like him saying that he cannot live without the sun's heat or the cool breeze of the air. What if Legolas finally finds his courage and discovers that he is in love with his best friend? Now Aragorn is hoping that his ears had really deceived him that Legolas really just like Miya in a platonic sense.
"It wouldn't coincide with our own wedding, my love," Aragorn said with a loving smile to Arwen who blushed. "It seems that a lifetime with you has already become a reality." He kissed Arwen lightly and thanked everything that he could thank for the gift of this lady beside him.
The went inside Elrond's castle and were greeted by some elves who knew the pair. Arwen and Aragorn were talking animatedly that they didn't notice a pair of green eyes watching them. Miya watched her 'older sister' with her face lit up in happiness. Arwen was now her best friend, it made her both happy and sad to know this fact.
Seeing Legolas that afternoon made her want to slap him for not keeping his promise. But a scene caused by her was a crime to her being and she wouldn't do it even if she was provoked. Her pride was at stake. After meeting her eyes with his and seeing that she had shocked him to the core was enough.
Aragorn was there with Legolas. She had seen him before, a year to be exact when Elrond summoned them all to answer the call of the threat of Mordor. It flared her up even more that Legolas didn't even think of looking for her. It pained her at the same time that he didn't care enough to try.
It looks like she had been staring at him for a long time because Aragorn turned around and looked straight at her. Moments later, he and Arwen were in front of her. Smiling graciously, she greeted her friend.
"Miya, this is Aragorn my beloved. Aragorn, this is Miya, my closest friend and confidant," Arwen said, introducing the two. Aragorn shook Miya's hand and grinned.
"We have met yesterday, am I right my lady?" he asked her with a curious smile. The elleth before him stood proudly, her eyes not missing anything that was happening in the party. She was a true protector with how she acted. But beneath the surface, Aragorn found a genuine girl. Someone whose life may be dedicated in protecting the Last Homely House but wasn't above being any other elleth who had fun.
She nodded. "I was near your camp site and trolls usually stay in that area, your friend wasn't careful enough to warn the dwarf to stay quiet," she said, an amused glint in her eye.
"I do believe that my friend, the elf named Legolas, is also your friend. Your best friend, in fact," Aragorn said, pushing the matter further. He noticed that her eyes hardened at the mention of the name and the implications his words had. Aragorn now was measuring the warning Legolas said about Miya's anger.
"Was my best friend, my lord," she said in a cool manner. "Pardon me, my lord, but I have some pressing matters to attend to, I must leave you both. It was nice meeting you, my lord," she said abruptly before turning around and leaving the two with matching perplexed expressions on their faces.
Seconds later Arwen turned to Aragorn. "Well, at least we know that she doesn't think that Legolas is her missing piece," she said humorlessly. "I think our elf friend is in too deep a trouble with Miya,"
