A/N Thank you to Eldhoron for helping me come up with this idea!


#70 I Am Still Here

Elladan was not sure just how long he had been sitting up in this tree waiting for his brother to find him. Earlier, the two of them were bored and decided to play Hide-and-Seek, and it had been agreed Elrohir would be the seeker. Now hours later Elladan was still hiding and waiting. He was beginning to get hungry, but he told himself he would not leave until his brother found him. Surely, he wouldn't have forgotten all about him. Would he? Perhaps he should go and look for him and find out what happened.

Just as he decided maybe he should go and find his brother, Elladan heard the sounds of hurried footsteps coming towards him. "Elladan!" he heard a voice call for him. "Where are you?" It called again. Elladan snickered as he looked far below his hiding place to discover his frantic brother looking for him.

"I am still here where I have been waiting for you to find me for the last three hours!" Elladan called out trying to hide his displeasure at having been forgotten and stuck in a tree for so long. "What happened? I might be a good hider, but I am not that good!"

Elrohir cringed inwardly. "I am sorry Elladan; I tried to locate you, really I did but then Glorfindel came out and had some sweets, and I forgot about you."

Elladan was furious. His brother abandoned him for some sweets?! As he opened his mouth to give him a piece of his mind, Elrohir held out a small package. "To make it up to you I made you some cookies. Will you forgive me?" Elrohir asked hoping his brother would forgive him.

Elladan noticing his brother felt bad, climbed down from the tree and took the cookies from Elrohir's outward hand. "I forgive you Elrohir, but, next time we play I will be the seeker, and you can be the hider."

Elrohir smiled and hugged his brother. "Deal!"