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Aragorn bowed low when Lady Galadriel and Lord Celeborn came into view. He hoped that Lady Galadriel was to caught up in her grief for her grandchild that she would not think to look into the young King´s mind. As usual he was proven wrong. "My Lord Elesar, we are glad that you welcome us into your beautiful city. We hope everything has been well since.." Lord Celeborn fell silent, he could not voice it.
"Yes, my Lord and Lady, everything has been as well as expected. We are preparing for the burrial ceremony as we speak. It has been a tremendous loss for both Gondor and the Elven world, one we do not think we will ever recover." Aragorn faintly muttered, feeling the loss of Arwen more evident then ever in days, he also felt guilt, guilt for going to Legolas so soon after Arwen´s dead.
"Do not worry, Aragorn, son of Arathorn, you do not need to feel guilty. Arwen knew your heart, she came to me before she left for the White City, to press the same concerns as you are pressing now. I know for your respect for her, you would never betray her even if you could never be with the one you truly love. Go and rest and let us not speak of this before these terrible days are over and Arwen´s body has been given back to the ground she loved so dearly." Aragorn snapped out of his thoughts after he heard the Lady´s voice in his head. He smiled slightly, a sad smile before he turned around and walked in front of his guest to lead them inside the Citatel.
Getting inside, he soon found himself stopping in front of Elrond. The Elven Lord looked nothing like the Elf he was before. It was like these mere 9 days had aged him a age more. He was pale and his dark hair was bound back. Aragorn stood stiffly and waited for the Lord to begin speaking. "I wish to hold a counsel with you and the Lord and Lady of Lorien. Mithrandir is already waiting for us."
Aragorn nodded and followed him into the counsel room where as was said, Gandalf was sitting next to the chair where Aragorn himself normally sat. He looked at the King before he threw a worried look at Elrond, Aragorn caught the look and nodded before he sat down.
"What is it that you wish to hold a counsel for, Elrond?" Galadriel gently asked.
"As you might all know, we are weary of Middle Earth, for truly as for me, it holds nothing more safe more tragedy. Since the dead of my only daughter, there has been something playing in my mind. Yet it will need the aproval of the King of men for she belonged to him." Elrond looked at Aragorn directly.
Aragorn shook his head and answered. "She does not belong to me, she was my wife and I loved her, yet speak freely, Master Elrond, she belonged to me as much as to the Elven Kind and there was nobody more then you who she held in more regard."
"I wish to take her with me to the Undying Lands. There might be change that she will be reborn, yet I do not know if I can keep her from you, unless you give her freely." Elrond answered sharply.
"There is nothing more then I want for her to be free. I would have her go to Valinor to be with her family." Aragorn answered, feeling the weariness crash down on him. "Take her with you, if that is what you wish."
Elrond nodded and then said. "Did you ever love her as much as she loved you?" Aragorn who has began to stand up, looked at the Lord before he answered. "I did, but she passed from this world. If you wish to take her then do so, I will not stop you." Aragorn leaned heavily on the chair before he nearly collapsed, he was to tired.
Gandalf grabbed hold of him before the King was going down and gently helped the human to sit down. Galadriel and Celeborn both stood up and rushed over to the young King. "What is wrong with him, Mithrandir?" Celeborn asked the white wizard while his wife knelt in front of the fallen king and pushed his hair away from his face. Elrond remainded seated, the healer was in a shock when he saw his foster child go down.
"The strain of the last few days, together with the dead of Arwen and the small bond they shared has left him drained. His soul is crying out for his soul mate and then the child that needs him, it has been to much. When is the last time you slept, Elesar?" She asked, looking into his eyes.
Aragorn calculated in his mind before he answered in a soft and weary voice. "The night she gave birth and then a couple of hours in between but never a full night."
Galadriel softly nodded and then said. "Take him with you Mithrandir, I belief you know what is best for him, you know who I am speaking about." Gandalf nodded and gently helped the young king stand up, he helped Aragorn walk into the throneroom.
"What do you mean with his soul is crying out for his soul mate?" Elrond´s sharp voice caught through the silence.
Galadriel turned around and answered. "Do not tell me you did not forsaw this, even Arwen knew this when she forsaw it. She is not the one he loved most, that belongs to another. Arwen knew she could give birth to the heir of Gondor but she also knew that she would never hold his heart like this other person does. She even came to me when you passed through Lorien."
"How can you aprove of this?" Elrond answered.
"It is not the time nor the place to pass judgement. We will discuss it when the time is due." Galadriel commanded. Her voice was thick as steel, there was a hint of power in there. Elrond looked at her before he nodded and sat back down in his chair.
In the mean time, Gandalf brought Aragorn to the King´s private room. The guard that stood in front of the door gave them some trouble. "I cannot let anybody pass without the King´s concent."
"Your king is in my arms for he is very weary and needs some much needed rest. I sugest you let us pass or your king will have to explain why there is a blood stain on the floor where a second before a perfectly proper guard was standing." Gandalf countered and by that idea the guard paled. Gandalf grinned and answered. "If you want to help your king, find me prince Legolas and send him here."
The guard did as he was asked and Gandalf helped Aragorn into the room. The King laughed and said. "Did you just treatened one of my guards?"
"Aye, I did, but this is hardly the time to discuss this." Gandalf answered while he helped Aragorn onto the bed. Aragorn nodded and slowly began to remove on of his boots before he bolted up right again and asked in a hurried tone. "What time is it, Gandalf? I need to bid a good day to Thranduil."
Gandalf shook his head and answered. "No, you will not. It is nearing 8 clock strikes and you need a full night sleep, my friend. Legolas is coming as we speak to stay with you and I do not want to see you until tomorrow morning, and well rested."
"And rested if something he will be if I have a say in the matter." Legolas´s voice sounded from the dooropening. A smile appeared on Aragorn´s face at the sight of Legolas. The Elf did not smile back, instead he walked into the room and fixed Aragorn with a cold stare before he answered. "Damn Aragorn, I thought you knew better, you are healer for crying out loud, you are suposed to know your body´s limitations, yet why is it always that I see you, you have crossed them?"
Aragorn bowed his head in shame and the tears sprang in his eyes before he cried. "I am sorry, Legolas, I did not know I was so weary until the counsel. Seas (please), forgive me?"
Legolas did not answer, instead he put his hand under the man´s chin and said. "Hush, be quit and lay back." Aragorn did as he was asked and soon he heard Gandalf close the door behind him.
Soon he heard Legolas move through the room and he asked. "I am sorry, Greenleaf, will you forgive me?"
"I guess I don´t have a choice but promise me to get some sleep." Legolas answered, a new weariness in his voice Aragorn was not used to.
The man rolled onto his side when he felt Legolas sit down on the bed. "I felt very guilty today when Elrond told me he wanted to take Arwen with him to the Undying Lands..."
"Do you want to continue this or not?" Legolas interupted him, Aragorn was confused but before he said anything he noticed the look in Legolas´s eyes, a vanereble look. A look the Elf did not wear lightly.
"You mean our relationship, aye I do, I love you Legolas." Aragorn answered swiftly.
"It will be hard you know, many people will not accept this." Legolas answered, his voice far away.
"I do not care, meleth, all I care about is you. Would it be alright that after this, I come to Ithilien for a few weeks? So we have some time with just the two of us." Aragorn asked, sitting down next to blond Elf.
Legolas looked at Aragorn and then answered. "I would like that. Now, human, I belief it is time for you to sleep."
"Aye, naneth." Aragorn joked while he lied down next to the Elf. Barely 5 minutes later, the human shot up and answered. "I cannot sleep like this." Before Legolas had a change to reply, Aragorn had moved his head to the Elf´s stomach and while his hand searched that of Legolas, he muttered sleepy. "A, that is much better." Legolas smiled and while placing one hand on the human´s chest, the other one played with his hair and he watched Aragorn´s eyes drift shut.
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