Kili stands shortly after Gimli takes Fili to work, offers a smile to Ori and goes back to Fili's room. He looks from his shirt, laying where it had landed last night, and Fili's closet and smiles. A soft cream shirt catches his eye and he bundles up his own tee, pulling Fili's on instead. The material is soft and he smiles, taking a picture of himself and sending it to Fili.
He yawns and stretches, gathering himself he turns, but hesitates and sets his own shirt down on the bed.
Pulling his hood down Kili smiles at Balin, his manager and Thorin, his father and owner of one of the major company's sponsoring him. They greet him and all grab coffee on the way to the meeting room.
Kili takes a deep breath, preparing for the usual chaos and back and forth about tours, records, merch, and image. He pauses realizing that his P.R, Nori, will have to know about Fili. Balin notes the pause and raises his eyebrows in askance but Kili shakes his head and nods to the door. He takes comfort from the feel of Fili's soft shirt as he steps in.
Standing with a hand on his hip Fili eyes the metal he is supposed to be building platform supports out of. He's pretty sure Bofur is asking for a miracle since there is no way that he's looking at enough steel for the task.
His phone goes off and he steps around the partition shielding the others in the scene shop from stray sparks when he's wielding, pulls off his gloves and opens a message from Kili.
His grin is nearly painful as he looks at the picture of the brunette in one of his happy feelings stay with him as he tackles his latest impossible project.
Five days later find Fili sitting at the kitchen island in his pajama pants, wearing Kili's shirt, with dark circles under his eyes. Ori looks worriedly at his roommate who has clearly not slept, again.
"You wanna talk about it?" he prods but Fili shakes his head, pushing his coffee mug around on the counter wordlessly. Ori sighs and catches hold of the mug, "Fine but I'm calling Gimli, you need to get something out, I'm not blind."
Fili's head jerks, "No! I'm fine, just really tired..the theatre…." Ori looks at him skeptically and then lets out a snort, he picks up Fili's phone and goes to dial but pauses as it rings in his hand.
Fili snatches it away quickly, answering with his throat tightening, "Hello?"
On the other end Kili sounds as exhausted as Fili feels, "Hey! Sorry for the radio silence, my P.R team just about shit a brick at the meeting. Thorin, that's dad, took my phone and Balin and Nori basically shoved me into seclusion until we figured out a bunch of stuff. I swear I'd still be re-assuring them if Bilbo hadn't guilt tripped dad into letting me get away and I'll explain everything if you say it's alright if I come over and I know that I kinda rambled that all out. Sorry. So can I?"
Fili relaxes a little hearing Kili's nervous babble, "Yeah…of course you can come over." Ori raises an eyebrow as Kili blurts, "Good, I'll see you in twenty thanks!" and hangs up.
Fili sets the phone down and Ori snorts again, "Mr. Rockstar not calling you is why you were losing sleep and moping? Oooooh you are in so deep."
Fili just lets his head hit the table-top, wincing, "I know. I feel like shit."
Ori pokes him, "You look like it too. Have you changed in the last three days? Gone to class?" Fili sits up a enough to glare at his roommate but gets up and disappears down the hall, leaving Ori to laugh in the kitchen.
Kili rushes to get to Fili's, he said twenty minutes but is now beginning to realize that was a bit optimistic as he gets into his car fifteen minutes later. It's been closer to forty minutes by the time he arrives, knocking hard on the front door. Ori opens the door, looking worried and Kili swallows his disappointment that it's not Fili.
"Finally, well get in here Mr. Hotshot, Fili's threatening to change back into his Pj's god knows they're in need of a wash by now."
Kili raises an eyebrow and follows Ori into the living room. Fili gets up and moves to hug the musician before he's even fully in the room and Kili hugs him back tightly, the tension in his shoulders already lessening.
"I've missed you." He mumbles into slightly damp blonde hair and pulls back enough to look Fili over. Fili smiles at Kili, taking in his tired features, "I missed you too, thought maybe you'd changed your mind."
Kili shakes his head as he cups Fili's cheek, "No but I'm thinking I should've been here sooner. Have you slept at all since we had dinner?"
"No, he hasn't. He's been sitting around in that shirt you left and looking miserable for a few days now. Showered…and actually ate something, just for you today. The idiot's already in love with you and he deluded himself into thinking you'd gotten a good lay and some affection and that was that, you weren't coming back. If you could do us all a favor and call a bit sooner next time." Ori lays bare Fili's week, having always been just a bit too honest.
Fili shoots him an ugly look but Kili pulls his focus back, the younger man's brow furrowed, "You thought I would just leave like that?"
Fili shakes his head a bit sheepishly and Kili growls low in his throat, "My P.R guys are so dead…I'm here now and I won't disappear without warning like that again. Now how about we curl up, put on a film and I'll explain, then beg your forgiveness with some food."
The blonde laughs at that, tugging Kili to the couch he grabs a case and presses it into Kili's hands. "Hot Fuzz?" Kili asks, his nose crinkling a little and Fili mock gasps.
"You've never watched it? Shaun of the Dead? The World's End? Simon Pegg, Nick Frost?"
Kili stares at him and Fili sighs dramatically, "Poor child, well put it on." Skeptically Kili inserts the disc and presses play, figuring if the previews are long enough it'll give him plenty of time to explain. Fili's thoughts are on the same wavelength as he turns to Kili.
"So…that meeting?" He asks uncertainly.
Kili lets his head tilt back, breathing a sigh, "Yeah…well it was a pretty normal meeting, looking at sales, production schedules for the new record, tour dates, promo ideas…all that. Legolas and Tauriel are amazing of course, Frer is too busy antagonizing dad, they're brothers. Anyways we got all that sorted well enough and I pulled the band aside along with Balin, since he's my manager, Dad, and Nori. I told them I met somebody and they were stoked! But, then I told them you were a guy and I wanted to go public and be open about my bisexuality, maybe even do a press release and a couple interviews…"
Kili pauses, seeing Fili's widening eyes, "Just about my sexuality for now! We don't have to do any releases, but I did want to talk to you first anyways. Well…Balin looked like he was gonna have a stroke, Dad instantly decided to relieve me of all communication devices, they said it was better this didn't get out before we had a strategy and all. Legolas agreed but thought it wasn't fair to not even let me talk to you so they took his phone too so he couldn't tell you. Tauriel and Frer were possibly even more indignant, Frer even tackled dad but they don't have your number or anything so…I guess Balin and Dad though I'd go running to you and make a big public display. I'm not stupid enough for that though, jesus."
Fili blinks and then laughs a little, "You're life is insane."
Kili blushes and nods as Fili adds, "I agree that you're team needs a good reaming though, this week was fucking awful…although I need to try and make a good impression I guess."
With a grin Kili snuggles into Fili's side, relieved that the blonde wasn't freaking out about the potentially public nature their…whatever, might take. The menu was up and Fili presses play, pausing the movie almost immediately, "So…we can officially call this dating now?"
Kili sits up a bit, "Well, I did tell everyone you were my boyfriend, so I mean…" Fili grins and kisses him happily. He pulls away with a wink and starts the movie properly, pulling Kili flush against him as they meet Nicholas Angel.
It's late that evening, Ori made dinner and Fili is washing up, relaced even after all his roommate's ridiculous jokes about Kili not staying the night and the insinuations about Fili's skills in the bedroom. He sets down the last dish, pulls the plug and wipes his hands dry, feeling his phone vibrate.
A grin finds its way onto his face as he reads the text and shoots off his reply before heading to bed and feeling better than he had in days.
"Any luck with them swans then?" –Kee
"It's just the one swan actually." -Fee
Notes: Please tell me you've all seen those films..or at least Hot Fuzz.