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"You broke his heart! He gave you the most precious thing he has and you broke it," Fili snarls at the red haired Elf in front of him. It had taken nearly an hour to calm Kili down, to sooth away as much hurt as he could. This Elf had everything he had ever wanted and she broke it. Tauriel bows her head and takes Fili's hand into her own.

"Look at my Mark Fili. Can you honestly say that it is something that would signify Kili?" she asks him softly not raising her voice. Fili looks at the Mark, a Mark he has often grumbled over since the whole fiasco with Kili, and shakes his head.

"When I was healing him and he spoke to me I thought him Markless and feared that I may not have gotten to him in time so I tried to comfort him."

"But you did, you saved his life and gave him hope that you two might one day be together."

"I did not mean to. I have a Other, a One, someone I love dearly and she loves me as well."

The blond Dwarf growls lowly. I did not mean to.

"I do not know if Kili is Markless…"

"He isn't," Fili interrupts "He has a Mark. A Mark he thought belonged to you!"

A sudden look of understanding flashes in her eyes that makes Fili weary.

"He is the one who matches your Mark. Why do you not tell him."

"Because it is not me he wants," Fili bites out looking at Tauriel.

"And I am not the one who he needs."

Fili flinches away at that. His brother did not need him, Kili is very capable of being whole by himself.

"Fee? What's going on?"

Kili is standing in the doorway to the hall, brown eyes still red ringed and he cannot look at Tauriel for very long.

"I was just talking to Tauriel," Fili says going over to his brother. Tauriel watches them interact a soft look on her face. Kili had once said that he thought the stars had a cold light and watching him with the blond Dwarf she sees why he'd prefer the Sun over stars. Now all he needed to do is see that his Sun is right there. Kili hugs his brother and they turn around to leave, Fili giving her one last look over his shoulder.

"Are you sure this will work?"

"Of course it will work. Just watch."

Splash, clack!

Lindir stands perfectly still, the wooden bucket that had fallen on his head as he walked down the hallway to the Hall of Fire quivers slightly as he shakes. He's soaked to the bone. Oh he was going to kill the twins when he got a hold of them. He yanks off the bucket and wipes off his face. Yes the twins are going to die.

Fili and Kili cover their mouths as the irate brunette Elf storms by muttering threateningly in Sindarin. The minstrel hadn't been their target but they couldn't feel bad when he reacted so amusingly.

Splash!

"ELROHIR! ELLADAN!"

Seeing that their second trap caught not only Erestor, the scary librarian, but Elrond as well Fili and Kili decide it best to run and try to come up with an alibi. If they had stopped to look behind they would have seen Elrond bend down to pick a waterlogged piece of paper.

Hope you enjoyed the walk through bath!

Elrond knows his boys handwriting, a mixture between flowing and scratches on the wall, and the thick, blocky yet delicate handwriting is not theirs. If they had stopped and listened they would have heard Elrond call out to Lindir. Seen the shock that graced the Peredhil's face as he reaches out a hand to wipe away the rest of the makeup covering Lindir's Mark. Silver cursive script, his own by the Valar, writing in a circlet pattern of the word Peredhil and it rests upon tawny brown leaves. But since they didn't they also missed Elrond speaking softly.

"You…. Come to my chamber for dinner? It appears we have much to talk about."

Nor did they hear Erestor curse up a storm because he had most certainly lost the bet.

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