Author's Note: Technically I have a paper that was due an hour and a half ago, but I am in so much pain I can't focus on anything scientific. I'm going to write it in a few hours and just except the 10 point deduction as a fair trade. Here's the second part, which is really just filler. They'll get into the park next chapter, I promise. Not sure I'll dive too far into their trip though; might just cover this day. I don't know, I'll see how far I want to take it as I go along. Also I don't know if you people know this or not, but I adore talking to you guys and hearing what you think, so feel free to say hi or to throw suggestions/ideas at me. This universe is my new favorite thing and I love expanding it, bit by bit. Also I just generally enjoy talking to people (especially about fictional characters &/or Disney world) so there's that too. Enjoy this bit of the story!
Edit: Apparently I gave Tauriel a last name that wasn't Roberts earlier. And apparently Kili's last name is Durinson and not Durin. I'm so dumb I've forgotten my own stories. God. Now I'm embarrassed. Excuse me while I run around fixing my various mistakes instead of actually writing.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything and most of this was written while in extreme pain/at 1 am so I'm not sure if it's all, y'know, grammatically correct and that shit. Shout at my face if it's not, yo.
"Tauriel, put your hand down," Fili groaned for the third time. "We're not going into the parks like this."
"Peer pressure isn't very nice," Tauriel replied. She and Fili typically agreed on most things, but when they disagreed it was an absolute mess in Kili's opinion. Hard headed monsters, the pair of them, they refused to let things go when it suited their fancy. Currently Kili was flopped onto his back on the trundle bed on the floor, staring at the ceiling as his brother and his best friend had a stare off. Frodo was already asleep on one of the two beds in the room while Thorin and Bilbo sat on the edge of the other.
"Tauriel," Fili whined, making a face at her, but Tauriel shook her head.
"We're at Disney World," Tauriel replied. She had the same gleam in her eyes that had been then when she was thirteen, standing on their front porch and declaring that they were joining the baseball team at school. It hadn't mattered then that the team was only boys; Tauriel had been stubborn enough that the coach had finally buckled and let her join.
"I'm tired," Fili said, in the tone of voice of someone who had put up with Tauriel's stubborn bull-headed behavior for ten years. "The parks can wait until tomorrow."
"Fine," Tauriel said, pursing her lips. "You can stay here and rest, then. Kili and I are going into the parks."
Kili groaned, covering his face with his hands. "Taur, please don't bring me into your love spats, you know I hate choosing sides!" Immediately after he spoke he realized he should have just kept quiet, because Tauriel turned to him, her lower lip sticking out a little as she frowned at him. He squirmed, shutting his eyes against the sight of her puppy dog look, which made her kick at his legs lightly.
"Kee," she said, "don't you want to walk around Disney World now?"
"Peer pressure isn't very nice," Fili sung at her mockingly. She turned to scowl at him heatedly, her eyes narrowing. Kili swallowed before sighing softly and biting at his lip. They would continue on like this forever if no one stepped in and from their tiny, fond smiles his uncles didn't seem too inclined to break them up anytime soon. Bugger.
"Yeah, actually, I would," Kili said, sitting up. Tauriel spun around to beam at him, lighting up like she'd just been given Christmas, and Kili felt his insides revolt at the sight. He couldn't even spare a second to regret the fresh slice of Hell Fili was going to give him because Tauriel was lunging for him, taking a hold of his wrist and yanking him to his feet. "Oh god," he whispered, staggering upright.
"We pick our tickets up outside the parks, right? All we need is the receipt from online?"
Thorin nodded, pulling one of the bags on the bed beside him over and opening it. He dug around briefly before holding out two pieces of paper, his lips quirking up into a tired smile. "For Tauriel Wood and Kili Durinson," he read, holding them out to the pair.
Bilbo frowned at the pair of them for a moment. "Both of your cell phones are charged, correct?"
"Yes, uncle," Kili said, running his free hand through his hair. Fili was standing there, glaring at him like he'd committed the biggest sin of all, but before Tauriel could even reach for the papers he was there, taking them from Thorin.
"Mine too," he said shortly. Kili blinked, utterly stunned and silent, but Thorin smiled like he had expected that, holding out a third paper for Fili to take.
"Stay together," Bilbo told them, looking a little stunned at Fili's acceptance of defeat. "Don't go wandering off and call us immediately if something happens."
"They're going into a Disney park, you fussy twit, not fighting a dragon," Thorin said fondly, wrapping his arm around his husband. Kili couldn't resist the urge to make a face at them as Bilbo curled into Thorin's side.
"That's gross," Fili said, still frowning a little bit, "we're leaving."
"Have fun," their uncles called after them as Tauriel grabbed Fili's wrist. They were pulled out the hotel room's door and down the three hallways until they reached the stairs. There they were released and without any warning Tauriel threw her arms around Fili, kissing him with an exaggerated noise on the cheek. Kili stood back and watched, only a little jealous, as Fili's expression softened until a smile tugged at either corner of his lips, his arms winding around her waist. He picked her up and swung her around, even though he was only an inch or two taller than she was, until her bright laughter filled the halls.
"We're at Disney World," she shrieked, stumbling as his brother dropped her back on her feet. She almost tripped backward down the stairs, but Kili darted out and snagged an arm around hers, pulling her upright before she could. She rewarded him with a grin, using their linked arms to swing him around and drag him down the same stairs he saved her from tumbling down. Fili followed them, his earlier sullen behavior magically vanished.
"Yes, you lunatic," his blond brother griped, grinning wider with every passing moment. "We're at Disney World. It's nice to know that your eyes didn't suffer too badly from the nine hour trip we took to get here."
Tauriel stuck her tongue out at Fili cheekily and Kili let their banter wash over him for a little while. They argued over which park to go to first, Fili firmly in the camp of seeing EPCOT while Tauriel argued for Animal Kingdom. Kili finally suggested seeing Magic Kingdom, because it was the original park and had the most interesting rides, and was then subjected to a ten minute description of why he was wrong as they caught the bus from their hotel to Magic Kingdom. It was early April, which meant that it was 23 degrees Celius and rising, with the sun shining brightly and not a cloud in the sky. They had been marveling at the sunshine and warm temperature during the taxi ride to the parks, but now that they were standing in lines to get their week long tickets for the parks Kili was beginning to see the drawbacks of the Florida weather.
"It's fuckin' hot," he muttered, scuttling a few sets to the left so that he could stand in some shade provided by a strange mouse shaped bush. He was trying not to dwell on the bush shapes, mostly because they were a little freaky. Fili rolled his eyes at his brother, but Tauriel smacked him in the arm, still smiling around the edges of her mouth.
"No swearing while we're in Disney," she said, all too cheerfully.
"God, you're beginning to sound like Uncle Bilbo," he griped, his nose crinkling at the thought. Tauriel's expression went from cheery to irate in less than a second, her mouth dropping open in shock.
"I do not sound like Uncle Bilbo," she denied.
"Do too."
"Do not."
"Do too."
"Kili, take that back; I do not sound like Uncle Bilbo!"
"Tauriel sounds like Uncle Bilbo," Kili crowed. She went to smack him again and he danced back a few steps, barely avoiding running into a women in a pair of Donald Duck mouse ears. Tauriel's cheeks went pink, something that happened a lot when she got mad, and Kili found himself grinning and he turned and took off, the twenty year old hot on his heels.
"Guys," Fili groaned, still standing in line. They were four from the front. "Guys, could you not? You're disturbing people."
"Your face is disturbing people," Tauriel and Kili shouted at the same time. Kili watched as Fili looked to the sky, his mouth curling into a smile seemingly despite himself. It made Kili feel lighter than air, to have the feeling of the sun warm against his skin, his heart pounding in his chest as his brother smiled. They'd been apart for too long, Fee and him, school slowly taking the blond away for longer and longer periods of time. Kili was determined to make this trip the best trip of their lives, especially since it looked as if Fili might take an internship overseas come summer. Fili caught Kili looking and his grin bloomed into a full on smile, the corners of his eyes crinkling a little as his teeth showed.
"Got'cha," Tauriel shrieked, leaping on his back. Apparently he had spent a few seconds too long distracted by his brother and the red head was now wrapped around him like a breathing backpack. He grunted, staggering forward a few steps as she giggled loudly in his ear.
"Oh god," Kili wheezed, grabbed at Tauriel's arms, which were wrapped around his neck like a vice. "Taur, get off, you weigh a ton."
"I do not," Tauriel argued. She dug her chin into his shoulder, making him shudder violently and squeak. "Now come on, the line's moving forward and I think we've gotta be present to get out tickets inside."
Kili could've dumped Tauriel on her rear end and left here there to walk the twenty or so feet to the ticket counter herself, but it felt nice, feeling her heartbeat against his shoulder blade. He slid his hands behind her knees, holding on to make sure she didn't fall, and took off to join Fili in the line at a trot, purposefully bouncing the woman on his back as he went. Tauriel shrieked again, this time in wordless laughter, and Fili rolled his eyes at their antics as the ticket counter woman called out for the next person to come forward.