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When Bilbo awoke he felt more energetic than ever. He snuggled closer to the warmth in front of him but stopped dead in his tracks when he heard a light chuckle.

"Never thought you were into cuddling, dear burglar!" Kili chuckled and ruffled through Bilbo's hair. Bilbo blushed and hurriedly stood up. Fili who returned that exact moment just smiled. The Hobbit was a rather cute lad.

"Hey, how was it, cuddling with Bilbo?" Bofur grinned when he approached them. Bilbo blushed crimson red up to the tip of his ears and Fili said: "It was awesome! Imagine the softest teddy bear you can find! Then you have Bilbo!"

"Really?" Bofur asked, a bit flabbergasted. Kili and Fili nodded and grinned. Bofur watched Bilbo intently and seemingly lost in thought. Bilbo was redder than ever and just tried to ignore the three dwarves. But the next sentence made him choke on his breath.

"Can I try it too?" Bofur asked with a childish glitter in his eyes. Bilbo stared at him, mouth agape.
"No Bofur! We want to cuddle with Bilbo!" Kili and Fili said a bit overprotective and embraced the Hobbit.

What have I gotten myself into? Bilbo wondered and wished that a rock would hit him right in this second. However, fate wasn't a nice guy and so Bilbo had to endure the arguing of who would cuddle with Bilbo this night. After a while, Bilbo finally had enough.

"Alright Bofur, tonight's your turn. Kili and Fili I appreciate your help, but I don't want to get more problems than I already have." Bilbo said and looked to the ground as if expecting Kili and Fili to be mad at him.

They, on the other hand, stared at Bilbo in wonder. Even Bofur stood there, blush on his cheeks and mouth agape.

"You… You are such a cue creature Bilbo Baggins!" Kili and Fili yelled and hugged the Hobbit a bit tighter.

"Stop that!" Bilbo giggled a bit embarrassed. The whole company was watching them, most smiling, except for Thorin and Gandalf.

Gandalf didn't just simply smile. The glitter in his eyes and the mischievous grin spread across his face were downright ominous. Especially when one considered that his gaze was shifting between Thorin and Bilbo ALL the time.

Thorin had had quite enough. He gave the signal for breakfast. He had underestimated Gandalf though. Thorin sat aside from the company as usually, but this time Gandalf sat beside him.

"It seems that Bofur, Kili and Fili are quite fond of our burglar." Gandalf mused and watched Thorin from the corner of his eye. Thorin almost choked on his breakfast. Why did this damn wizard pestered him so early in the morning?

"But I think that this is an improvement. Maybe now he will be a bit more like his old self." Gandalf said as cryptic as usual and disappeared. Thorin just shook his head and started watching Bilbo. Almost against his will. Almost.

The Hobbit was sitting between Fili and Kili who told him a lot of jokes just to see the burglar smile. Thorin caught himself smiling, but that smile vanished as soon as he took notice of his behaviour.
Bilbo was in a rather good mood for the rest of the day. Kili and Fili walked beside him the whole day and Bofur was in front of him, and asked Bilbo to tell a story. Bilbo began telling stories of his childhood where he would set out to the forest to have an adventure. Fili and Kili laughed at that and said: "Well, but certainly you aren't an adventurer anymore!"

"Well, I'm rather sure that it will take no time for me to become one again, in the company of you…" Bilbo mumbled and blushed. Kili, Fili and Bofur had to suppress the urge to hug Bilbo. That damn Hobbit was so damnable cute!

Bilbo just smiled for the rest of the day, and listened to everybody talk. It was then that Bofur asked him to tell how he escaped from the Goblin cave. Bilbo blushed furiously, and part of his good mood fled when he remembered Thorin's hard words afterwards. However, that was yesterday and today was today.

"Well, it wasn't that easy, even for a Hobbit. When I tried to flee, some Goblins caught me and there was a struggle and we fell down one of these bridges. When I woke up, I found a strange creature and had some sort of riddle game with him. I won and he led me to an exit. I wanted to run back and help you escape, but you were out and alive, so that wasn't necessary anymore." Bilbo said and blushed. He left a really huge part out. A REALLY huge part, but he wasn't sure if he should tell the company of the ring yet. It could come in handy.

"Well, you showed a great deal of courage out there!" Oin grinned and elbowed Bilbo. Bilbo blushed again and stroked the back of his head, while slightly smiling. They currently were on a cliff with huge pine trees to set up camp. But as soon as the fire was lit, everything went down the hill. Bilbo could not remember all of what happened, but he remembered what was important.

Warg scouts came down the hill and to the place where they had set up camp. Gandalf, the dwarves and Bilbo himself climbed the trees to avoid the danger, but that didn't help very much. The worst part came, when this huge white Orc came along, on his scary white warg. Thorin lost it. Bilbo could remember the wrath in the king's eyes, and in this moment, everything was clear. That must be Azog the Defiler.

When Bilbo saw how strong this particular Orc was, he was frozen in fear. But that changed when he saw how Thorin fell. Azog was standing in front of Thorin's unmoving body and Bilbo felt a spark of something completely foreign in him: Wrath.

With a cry as loud as a growling Warg, he jumped from the tree and tackled Azog, with his elven sword drawn. He would protect Thorin from this creature, no matter what.

Bilbo carried another secret with him. Since he found the sword he was now carrying, he asked Balin to train him. Bilbo had learned quite well. He fought with Azog, he fought with everything he had, his lips drawn back in a snarl. That Orc had a foul smell around him and was so damn huge, but that was Bilbo's greatest advantage.

He slid under Azog's legs and hit Azog with the handle of his sword right between his legs. Azog howled in pain and a merciless grin spread across his face. He wouldn't let this Orc hurt Thorin even further.

Bilbo heard the encouraging screams from the dwarves and hurried to get up again, to ram the handle into Azog's lower back. Azog howled again, but before Bilbo could hurt him more, he felt himself lifted into the air from an eagle. When did these eagles came?

The eagle let go, so that Bilbo fell on the back of another eagle. Bilbo stretched his neck to look for Thorin. Relief flooded every fiber of his being, when he saw the king, carried by a huge eagle. But the relief soon faded, when Bilbo saw how lifeless Thorin looked. He started to panic.

"Please don't die!" He whispered under his breath. For the whole flight he couldn't tear his eyes away from Thorin. He didn't want him to die! He wanted Thorin to look at him again, with this cold stare! Bilbo would even endure all the snide remarks and bullying if that meant that Thorin could live.

When dawn was drawing nearer and painted the far horizon in a gentle pink, the eagles set them down on the Carrock, or so had Gandalf said but that didn't matter anymore. What mattered most, was that Thorin was still alive.

Bilbo was standing a little away from the group facing the other direction. He was about to cry out of happiness. But that soon faded away to utter sadness.

"You…What were you doing? You're gonna get yourself killed! Did I not say that you would be a burden? You were not to survive in the wild and that you have no place amongst us?" Thorin said with a straight tone of voice. Bilbo felt tears prickle in his eyes, but despite his feelings he turned around to face Thorin. And then, the miracle happened. Thorin suddenly smiled and said: "I've never been so wrong in all my life! "

After that said he pulled Bilbo in a tight embrace, still smiling. Bilbo was flabbergasted, but soon he returned the hug. A wide grin spread across his face. When Thorin held him an arms length away and looked for any injuries the Hobbit might have taken in the fight, Bilbo realized one thing: He was madly in love with this stupid dwarf king!