Chapter Thirty Five

Though he could never quite forget that Smaug was lurking somewhere unseen at school, Kili still found it easy to enjoy the next couple of months. How could he not? Life had suddenly gone from absolutely awful to improbably perfect all in a very short time.

Now that Tauriel and he had made up, she helped him integrate flawlessly into the archery team. Bard must have spoken to them as well, because they all made an extra effort to be welcoming to him. Of course, it didn't hurt that placed in the top five at their first competition.

If he had been worried about negative reactions to his and Fili's relationship, he hadn't needed to be. The few people who even noticed didn't seem bothered by it. And their friends were more relieved than anything.

"Legolas and I had a plan to shove you both into a closet naked if you hadn't gotten together by Christmas," Aragorn told him one day during study hall. "If I had to listen to Fili talk about moving to California one more time…"

"So should we adopt that plan to get you and Legolas together then?" Eomer cut in, shooting Kili a wink even as he was elbowed in the side by his boyfriend. Aragorn just opened his Chemistry book and pointedly ignored the blond twin.

Kili wisely decided to not comment on Eomer's comment either. He was sure Aragorn and Legolas could figure things out without his rather inept help. Instead, he turned back to the papers he had printed out earlier.

Eomer was quick to catch sight of what he was reading, though. "Why are you looking at graduation requirements?" he asked with a frown.

"I'm meeting with the guidance counsellor after school to talk about some things," he replied, trying to be as vague as possible.

"Is something wrong, Kili? You haven't fallen behind in your classes or anything, right?" Faramir asked in concern.

"No," he said with a shake of his head. "I just want to go over the classes I need to take to graduate."

"But they go over that with us in homeroom when we sign up for classes for next semester," Faramir said suspiciously.

Kili sighed in defeat. "I want to graduate a year early," he admitted reluctantly, not wanting them to try to talk him out of it.

Because he couldn't go a year without Fili. It was awful just when he was stuck in junior high while Fili went to high school. And that was with them living in the same house! Fili wouldn't want to live at home his freshman year of college, even if he did end up going to a school in the city. It wouldn't really be convenient anyway.

So since he refused to be left behind when Fili went off to college, he had decided he would just graduate early.

From what he had read, it wouldn't be that hard. Well, from an administrative standpoint at least. It would be a lot of work, but he could deal with that.

It was for Fili, after all.

"You don't have to do that, you know," Aragorn said gently. "Fili's not going to go off to college and forget you or anything."

"I know that," he retorted, rolling his eyes. "But it'll be easier for both of us this way. This way my senior year won't suck because he's moved into some dorm or apartment in the city, and his freshman year won't suck because I'm still here."

"Does he know you're planning this?" Eomer asked.

"No, and don't any of you tell him!" he hissed. "I want to go over everything and make sure I can do it before I mention anything to him. And I've got to talk it over with my parents."

"He won't hear it from us," Faramir assured him.

Kili relaxed at that and began pouring over the printouts once more. If it took 44 credits total to graduate, that was 11 credits a year, and 5 a semester. So if he wanted to do it in three years, he'd have to fit the 11 credits from senior year into the remaining six semesters. And since he had already gotten 2 credits in junior high by taking Algebra I. That combined with the 6 credits he was taking this semester meant he already had 8, leaving 36 left to do in five semesters. With four blocks each semester with a maximum of 2 credits each, finishing a year early was extremely doable.

Which is exactly what the guidance counsellor told him in his meeting. Though, she brought up a lot of stuff about college that he hadn't thought of. He'd have to catch up a bit in figuring things out, but thankfully he had decided early enough to try and graduate early that she assured him it wouldn't be too difficult.

Armed with his plan in hand, all he had to do now was talk to his parents about it. But first, he had to tell Fili.

He slipped into the auditorium to watch the last hour of Fili's rehearsal. The musical was coming together extremely well, though he could tell that everyone was a little frazzled with opening night in a week. Fili had already made him promise that he wouldn't sneak into rehearsal any next week, as it was their tech week when they'd be in costume and Fili didn't want the musical ruined for him.

Kili had agreed, though it really didn't matter to him if the musical was ruined. He would be more focused on Fili than he'd on the actual story. Besides, it was Cinderella! Who didn't know that story? What kind of spoilers could there be?

Fili grinned at him as he caught sight of him and made a beeline for him as soon as rehearsal was over.

"Hey," he said, leaning over and brushing a kiss against his lips, causing Kili to blush. "You weren't here at the start of rehearsal. I thought you'd gone home."

"I was in a meeting with the guidance counselor," he said with a shake of his head. "Ready to go?"

"Yeah, let me grab my bag and we can go," Fili told him, darting to where his backpack was thrown against the wall near the stage before grabbing Kili's hand and pulling him out the auditorium, grinning broadly back at him as Kili protested his hurried pace with a laugh.

Fili tugged him out the side door of the building, but instead of moving towards the sidewalk, he led Kili around the back corner before pressing him gently against the brick wall. Before Kili could say anything, Fili's mouth was on his, tongue snaking into his mouth as the blond pressed their bodies together.

Kili groaned into the kiss, fisting his hands in the back of Fili's shirt and arching his back off the wall in an attempt to get closer.

"Sorry," Fili murmured against his lips as he pulled back slightly. "Couldn't resist."

"You never have to apologize for stealing me away for kisses like that," he replied breathlessly, surging forward to capture Fili's lips once more. He moaned as Fili's thigh wedged between his and rubbed deliciously against his arousal. Kili broke the kiss with a gasp as Fili's hand found its way to his ass and pushed him forward so that he was straddling the blond's thigh.

"Fili!" he cried, bucking forward with a groan. The blond looked hesitant for a moment, glancing around. "Don't you dare," Kili growled, knowing Fili was about to pull away and stop, just like he always did. He attacked Fili's mouth with a kiss again, pushing his own thigh forward to press against the bulge in Fili's pants.

"We shouldn't do this here," the blond gasped, unable to stop himself from thrusting forward though. Kili shuddered as the thigh under him moved with the motion, creating amazing friction against his straining erection.

"You started it," Kili accused with a smirk, grinding down with a groan. "And you won't let us do it at home either."

"Kili, no," Fili said, pulling away from Kili with obvious effort. The brunet whined but Fili put his hands on his shoulders to keep him at arms length. "I'm sorry, but I am not going to get you off for the first time hidden behind a dirty wall. You deserve better than that."

Kili groaned for an entirely different reason, leaning his head back against the wall. "You're killing me here, Fee," he said with a pout. "And I can't even be mad at you for it. That's so not fair."

"I'm sorry," he replied, stepping away from the wall and holding out his hand. "If it's any consolation, I'm killing myself here too. And you can be mad at me if you want to be."

He took his hand and shook his head. "It's no fun being mad at you if you give me your permission." He pulled him towards the steps of the school and sank down to sit. "Let's wait here for a few minutes. It's kinda… uncomfortable to walk right now."

Fili laughed and sat down next to him. "Yeah, you're right. So what was your meeting about?"

"I, um, wanted to talk to the counsellor about graduating a year early," he said before biting his lip and looking at Fili out of the corner of his eye. He thought he knew how the blond would react, but he wasn't as positive as he'd like to be. After all, maybe Fili thought it'd be better for them to spend a year living apart.

"And?" Fili asked, a glimmer of hope in his eyes that caused any worry Kili may have to evaporate.

"It'll be a bit of work, but it shouldn't be that difficult," Kili pronounced confidently, giving Fili a grin.

"You know you don't have to do all that extra work for me, right?" he told him seriously. "You don't have to graduate early if you don't want to. I could take a year off and get a job or something and still stay at home. Or I could live at home and go to a city school. We wouldn't be apart."

"It's better this way," he insisted. "Besides, it won't be so bad. It's not like school is hard or anything. I make straight A's now and I don't feel like I'm working all that much. An extra class or two a semester isn't going to hurt me."

Fili chuckled. "Of course it won't, genius," he teased, standing up and helping Kili up as well. "But you'll have to sell it to Dad and Pop."

"You think they won't go for it?" Kili asked apprehensively.

He shrugged. "They might not be too keen on losing us both to college in one go."

And when Kili pitched the idea to Bilbo when they got home, Fili turned out to be right. Their dad was less than enthused about the idea, though he seemed a bit resigned to it as well.

"Don't you want to enjoy your senior year with your friends, though?" he asked with a sigh.

"I wouldn't enjoy it without Fili there," Kili pointed out.

"And I wouldn't enjoy my freshman year without Kili around," Fili added, unknowingly echoing Kili's earlier argument to Aragorn.

"I suppose it'd be pointless to try to convince both of you to live apart for a year anyway," Bilbo said in resignation. They both gave him horrified looks. "Don't look at me like that. It's important to know how to live on your own."

"Why?" Kili asked. "Fili's always going to be with me." The blond nodded in agreement, grabbing his hand and squeezing it reassuringly.

"Well, you know, there might be times where you have to be apart, for school or work or something," their dad said, looking as if he wanted to add something but not being able to bring himself to say it.

"So we should be unhappy for a year because we might have to spend a week apart for some reason?" Kili said skeptically. "That doesn't make sense."

"I think I know what Dad means," Fili cut in, giving Bilbo a solemn nod. "But I don't think it's something we have to worry about. Spending time apart by choice isn't going to make being forced apart later any easier."

Kili felt like he missed something as Bilbo sighed again. "You're right," he said sadly. "And I hope nothing ever does force you apart. And if you want to finish school a year early, Kili, I suppose your pop and I can live with that."

"Thanks, Dad," he said with a relieved smile.

Later, though, when they were safely in Fili's room downstairs, he asked Fili what he had missed.

The blond gave him a sad smile. "Dad's just worried that we wouldn't be able to live on our own if something happened to one of us."

Kili started at that. How would living a year on his own keep him from being destroyed if something happened to Fili? He shook the thought away though. There was no use worrying about something that might never happen.

"Oh."

"You know," Fili changed the subject with a sly smirk. "Frodo's staying at Merry's this weekend."

"Yeah?" he said with a raised brow, wondering where the blond was going with this.

"Well, you know Dad and Pop have that awards dinner they have go to tomorrow night," he continued, smirk growing into a full-blown grin, displaying the dimples Kili loved so much. "I remember because Dad had to double-check to make sure it wasn't the same night as the musical. So…"

A slow grin spread across Kili's face. "So we'll have the whole house to ourselves. Do you actually intend to do something about it?" he teased.

Fili leaned over and backed Kili into the corner of the couch, arms bracketing his body. "You bet I am," he whispered into his ear, breath hot against Kili's cheek. "I'm going to take you apart just like you took the desk lamp apart."

Kili couldn't help huffing a laugh at that. Trust Fili to remember that stupid lamp at a time like this. "You're not going to put me back together wrong, are you? I'd hate to never be turned on again."

"Don't worry, Kee," he said, kissing him lightly on the cheek before moving away and sitting back on the couch. "I won't break you."

He groaned. "I think you already did."

#

Getting through that night and the next day was torture. Fili didn't make it any easier, either, sending him heated looks whenever he caught his eye.

Kili thought he would combust by the time 6:30 rolled around and Bilbo was hollering up the stairs at Thorin to hurry up. The baker then shot the two of them a narrow-eyed look. Kili cringed, feeling like their dad knew exactly what they planned to do as soon as they left the house.

Thankfully, Bilbo said nothing about it and just yelled at them to not burn the house down as he and Thorin walked out the door.

They sat stock still as they heard the car pull away from the house. They waited a few moments more in silence before Fili abruptly grabbed his hand and tugged him towards the basement. They nearly tripped a couple times on the stairs as their mouths met again and again.

Kili couldn't believe this was happening. He gasped as Fili pulled back to help him out of his shirt before tossing his own on the floor. He shivered as their naked chests pressed together, the skin on skin contact feeling better than he ever imagined.

"Fili, please," he begged into his mouth, shuddering as Fili's fingers played with the waistband of his sweatpants. His breathing became harsh as Fili finally pushed his pants and underwear down slowly, standing up and holding him for balance as Kili kicked them off his feet.

He shivered as he stood completely naked in the middle of Fili's bedroom, the blond's blue eyes almost black with lust as they took him in.

Fili swooped in for an open-mouthed kiss, backing him towards the bed and lowering him down gently as the back of his knees hit the edge.

"Fee," he whined, tugging on the blond's pants impatiently. He chuckled as he stepped back from the bed and dropped his own bottoms before quickly joining Kili on the bed.

Kili groaned as Fili covered him with his body, lining up their erections so that they slid deliciously together.

"I-I'm not gonna last," he warned breathlessly, bucking up against the blond and shivering.

"Me either," Fili gasped, capturing Kili's mouth in a desperate kiss as he thrust against him.

Kili came embarrassingly quickly a few moments later, white bursting behind his eyes as he wailed Fili's name.

"Kee!" Fili cried a couple of seconds later as he came as well, making Kili feel better about not lasting very long.

The blond collapsed bonelessly on him, panting heavily as he tried to catch his breath. He made a move to roll off of Kili but the brunet wrapped his arms around him to keep him in place.

"Please, stay," Kili whispered, the warm weight of Fili on top of him oddly comforting to him.

He couldn't say how long they stayed like that. Eventually, though, Fili started peppering his neck with kisses, coaxing more moans out of his mouth as he moved lower. He mewled and arched off the bed when the blond's mouth latched around one of his nipples. Who knew those could be so sensitive?

His mind stuttered to a halt as Fili kept kissing even lower. "F-Fili?" he said as the blond reached his belly button, cock already standing at attention once more.

Fili just gave him a heated look before moving down. He wrapped a hand around Kili's erection and gave the head a tentative, testing lick.

"Fuck!" he groaned, throwing his head back at the feeling and hips bucking wildly. "F-Fee!"

He tried really hard to keep his hips still as Fili wrapped his lips around him and took as much in as he could, not wanting to inadvertently choke the blond, but it was probably the hardest thing he had ever done.

"F-Fee!" he gasped, his entire body shaking with pleasure at the hot suction on his length. "Feels amazing!" he groaned.

He cried out as Fili hummed in answer, blue eyes sparkling up at him. He pulled desperately on the blond's hair. "Fee, I'm gonna come…"

Fili's only response was to suck hard, making Kili come completely undone. He screamed as he came. He must have blacked out for a moment because the next thing he knew, Fili was at his side, kissing his forehead gently.

"Okay?" the blond asked, eyes shining with concern.

"Perfect," Kili breathed, rolling to his side and kissing him, groaning at the strange bitter taste in Fili's mouth, quickly realizing he was tasting himself.

He snuck a hand down to where Fili was still hard and wrapped his hand around the blond's length, smiling as Fili moaned into their kiss.

It only took a few strokes for Fili to stiffen against him and cry out as his cock spurted in his hand. Curious, Kili brought his now messy hand up to his mouth and sucked a digit into his mouth to taste Fili's release.

It wasn't terrible, he decided. It felt salty and thick on his tongue, but it wasn't bad.

The reaction his actions drew from Fili, though, would have made any bad taste worth it. His eyes darkened and he growled, pressing Kili back into the mattress as he climbed on top of hims and devoured his mouth.

Fili pulled away with a sigh, though, and rolled out of bed. "Come on," he said, holding a hand out to him. "We need to shower and wash the sheets before Dad and Pop get home. I'm sure they know exactly what we're doing but no need to leave the evidence behind."

Kili grimaced at the idea of their parents knowing what they were doing, feeling any faint stirrings of renewed arousal disappearing at the thought.

"Can we at least shower together?" he asked hopefully, unable to tear his eyes from Fili's body as he bent to pick of Kili's sweats.

He eyed the clock. "If we hurry. You go on up and I'll join you after I throw the sheets in the washing machine."

By the time Bilbo and Thorin got home, they were both sitting innocently on the couch in the living room, curled around each other and freshly showered, but with nothing pointing to what they had done while their parents were out. Fili's sheets had also been washed and dried and were now safely on the bed once more.

"Don't stay up too long, boys," Bilbo told them as he and Thorin climbed the stairs to their room.

Kili smiled up at Fili and snuggled against him in relief, having been half afraid that Bilbo would take one look at them and know.

"Can we accidentally fall asleep together here?" he murmured, not wanting to give up their closeness. Tonight had been amazing and he wasn't ready for it to end.

Fili chuckled and pressed a kiss to the top of his head. "Sure."

Kili smiled as he let his eyes slip close. "Love you."

"Love you too, Kee."

tbc…