Chapter 2

An Adventure; he says!

It started in a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. This hobbit was very humble and polite too! When an old friend of his that made fancy fireworks has visited yet again in the Shire. Pleased to see him; the hobbit went on with his good mornings phases until Gandalf had a crazy proposal for Bilbo Baggins. An Adventure; he says! As the 'Took' inside Bilbo's nature would love to say yes, but the Baggins side, Bilbo refused this offer like a switch as this was not his ideal life but Gandalf rudely invited two, no four or perhaps eight? Or maybe more? Twelve dwarves were in his hobbit hole!

"Out, out, out!" Bilbo tried to say as the ill-mannered dwarves had eaten up all his contents in his food storage. "What are they doing here?!"

*Knock knock*

"Now who is that!" Bilbo screamed as he was completely flustered with the twelve plus one wizard in his house!

With a light heart as Bilbo was ready to scare away his final uninvited guest, the door he opened too was yet another dwarf, but strangely this dwarf was different. Giving out that totally different vibe compared to the other dwarves who quiet down for his entrance. Bilbo blinked several times as Thorin Oakenshield has invited himself in.

"No, no more dwarves, please.." Bilbo snored as he felt a tickle in his nose.

With a quicken sneeze, Bilbo woke himself up as he realized he was incredibly warm. 'How odd, it was really cold last night..' He yawn as he tried to think it through with his morning dose. 'But I feel really warm...' Sitting up with his arms stretched out, he looked around to notice Dwalin and Balin was already up and ready to move. 'They must have taken the last watch.' Bilbo thought as he decided to name down his fellow companions.

First Gandalf, Nori, Ori, Dori, Oin, Gloin, Bifur, Bombur, Bofur, Fili and finally Kili.

'That should be all of them!' Bilbo smiled as he was pleased no one had attacked them in their sleep. 'Wait a second, where Thorin?' Again with his clueless daze; Bilbo then noticed a large hand across his lap. Over the blanket and someone's coat? Bilbo was stunned. Lifting the coat and blanket, the hobbit realized Thorin was sleeping beside him. With that glance alone, Bilbo screamed.

Hopping out the blankets and uncovering his favorable weapon sword. He pointed at his invader as the rest of the company who was rudely awaken by his scream, all looked at Bilbo including Thorin.

"What are you doing under my sheets!" Bilbo cried as Thorin felt too embarrassed to tell him.

"Well, you see..." Thorin has shyly begun to say.

"Spit it out!" Bilbo continued to yelp that made Thorin blush.

'He's even cute when he angry like this.' Thorin shook his head as he got up to stand.

Gandalf soon followed. "Well, well, well, I think a certain dwarf owns an apology for his savior." The wizard smiled.

Thorin growled as he clutched his fist as he thought it furiously. 'You'll milking this really hard aren't you, you damn wizard.'

Bilbo, who was still angry, let alone, embarrassed to have to wake up with a 'stranger' beside him, continued to point his sword.

"I'm waiting..." As his tone lowered.

In the background, Fili and Kili couldn't help but laugh as the other dwarves stood by awkwardly while Ori the youngest dwarf looked at the situation differently. "What is happening exactly?"

"Don't ask, young love is quite dangerous for a dwarf like you, Ori." Nori said as he shrugged his shoulders.

"LOVE!?" Bilbo spooked as he drops his sword. "What do you mean by that!?"

That's when Fili and Kili smiled at each other as if they were able to read each others minds, the twins ran up beside Bilbo. "Don't knock it until you try it Bilbo!" said the blonde.

"Uncle Thorin just thinks you're cute is all!" said the other.

Bilbo was suddenly rattled. "Are you insane! I'll never go out with a passive aggressive mannered MALE dwarf; in a million years!" He yelled without thinking that stunned Thorin and how he said it was like pushing the King of the mountain OFF the mountain! For that singular outburst that bothered his feelings, Thorin was pissed.

"Well, excuse me that I tried to be nice! By keeping you warm!"

"Excuse me! Keeping me warm with you snuggling beside me! How is that nice! You're sick! Why couldn't you use another blanket or something!"

"And you wouldn't stop kicking in your sleep! Even if I offered my warmest coat to you!"

Evenly frustrated along side with Thorin as there was no way to reason the King; who gave him a strange offer of kindness, but unlike Thorin, Bilbo can easily cool down as fast as he can argue.

"You know what; I'll explain this intelligently. I am a hobbit. A male one. And you, sir, is a dwarf. A male one. It cannot work out!" Bilbo shut him down as Thorin escaped into lower useless insults.

"You're such a spoiled little pansy." Thorin said that made the other dwarves gasp. "And like I said before, you don't belong here with us!" As he decided to turn up the notch a bit.

Bilbo was speechless as that comment shaken the lone hobbit from the inside.

"He didn't mean it." Fili tried to apologize as Bilbo couldn't help but speak his mind.

"That's fine with me! Because I was never a burglar to begin with!" Bilbo said as he picks up his sword and was caught carrying away by his feelings.

The twins hurried to comfort the halfling who was heading back in the direction of the Shire as they personally knew how to deal with their uncle's cold side.

"Hey! Bilbo! He was only teasing!" Kili told him as Bilbo shake his head.

"That's no way of teasing someone," As he tried to keep himself level headed.

"Kili, get lost! You're not helping." Fili told his twin as he nudges him aside as he walked in front of Bilbo and stop him with a palm of his hand as he placed it at the halfling's chest.

"Look, listen. Bilbo. Thorin is one hard nut to read, but I know it when I see it that Thorin is in love and that is with you and believe it or not, your outbursts are very harsh."

The hobbit then steamed. "My insults!? He called me a spoiled little pansy!" Again, he shook his head. "Nope, I'm done! I'm leaving!"

"Come on, Bilbo. He knows it inside that you mean a lot for the company and honestly, we need you to be with us until the very end."

Given a moment to breath, Bilbo sighed at what Fili had said was right. There and back again, Bilbo looked back to other dwarves who were packing up their supplies just to get started with their hike across the country.

It's been three months since they started this journey, but who was counting anyway? As Bilbo looked back to the twins who were waiting patiently for his answer.

"Very well, I'll do this for you, Fili." Bilbo said honestly and looked at Kili. "But not you. You put sap on my soup spoon and I couldn't get rid of it within the next two hours until we found a lake to wash it off."

"Aw, Bilbo! My feelings are hurt!" Kili tried to complain as both; Fili and Bilbo ignored his childish pout, but in the end, the trio was laughing.

'How could I ever say no to them?' Bilbo smiled as he thought of his own silly nephew.

"Uncle Bilbo!" The Baby Frodo would say with his arms pulled out in front of him.

The sadness came as the truth was in front of him, once they finished their objective by taking back Erebor, Bilbo was worried that he'll have to say goodbye to them. To Fili, to Kili and the rest of the company. Oh, how his life had twisted in only three months. To think several months ahead was another adventure awaiting for them and for Thorin too..

"Thorin..." He accidentally said out loud.

As the younger twin heard him. "Sorry, what was that?"

"Nothing!" Bilbo spouts out as caught up with his thoughts and feelings that started to develop. 'Maybe I was hard on him..'

As he remembered that surprising embrace from Thorin.

Thank you...

Flustered, Bilbo has begun to turn red as pomegranate very quickly. 'Nope! It cannot happen! I will not make it happen!' as the Baggins' stubborn side told him.

This was one thing Bilbo had decided for himself and that was not to fall in love for the King of the mountain as such thing cannot happen! Not to mention it would bring shame in his family line and possibly Thorin's as well, Bilbo Baggins just doesn't swing that way, then again, he rarely got him interested in women in the Shire... oh dear.

Could it be before the start of the journey when he opened that round door to see Thorin's appeal. Has Bilbo at first fallen for him instead!? No! Bilbo has declined it as he continued to follow the King's lead on the trail to Lonely Mountain.