In the morning, Fili awoke suddenly when a cold draft ruffled his hair, and he rolled over with a groan to see the window open. He hadn't left the window open, had he?

His heart suddenly stopped as he rolled back over to look at Kili's bed. He let out a shallow breath when he found Kili reclining against the headboard of his own bed, eyes gently shut. As Fili's sudden rustlings, Kili opened his eyes and nodded at his brother.

"Good morning," Kili said simply, the he stood and walked across the room, pulling on his coat which hung on a peg by the dresser.

"Good morning," Fili nodded, "What are you doing? Are you leaving?"

"Well, what's it matter?" Kili shrugged, tugging on his coat.

"Plenty, we're selling today!" Fili replied, "Look outside, it's a beautiful day, perfect for the stand. Uncle would be furious if you disappeared today!"

"He's already furious," Kili mumbled, and Fili sighed.

"He's just worried about you; it's what uncles are supposed to do."

"Yell at you?"

"No, take care of you," Fili rolled his eyes, "Thorin is worried about you, he wants you to be careful."

"Rae isn't bad."

"No, maybe not, but selkies can bring trouble, Ki. Please, stay and sell the wares today."

"Well if I stay, where is Rae going to go?"

"I don't know, around town I guess. You need to spend some time doing your job. There's a reason we brought you on this trip, Kili, and it wasn't to goof off the whole time."

"Maybe I can give her some money and she can hang around in a restaurant or something, huh?"

"Sure," Fili shrugged impatiently.

"Okay," Kili agreed. He still tugged on his coat, but he sat on a chair and fiddled with something in his pocket while Fili got ready. In a few minutes, the brothers were ready, and they excited the room, Kili immediately heading for one slightly down the hall, knocking softly.

"Kili?" a voice floated out of the room.

"Yes, are you ready for breakfast?"

"Okay."

Rae came out of the room clad in blue dress, and Fili widened his eyes, pulling Kili off to the side.

"What is she doing here?" Fili spat in a hushed whisper, "Where did you get the money for a room?"

"From Bofur; unlike you, he's perfectly willing to help me."

"Bofur," Fili sighed, "And you plan to pay him back, I hope."

"Of course," Kili nodded, "With whatever I earn from selling at the stand."

"Well, then you'd better sell rather than gallivant around town."

Kili rolled his eyes, but he nodded in agreement, and then he hurried over to Rae, and the two of them descended the stairs, Fili watching nervously. Thorin would be furious is he was down there and saw Rae and Kili coming down the stair together.

Kili hurried after the two of them, and though Thorin wasn't at the bottom of the stairs, he was in the tavern, and when he saw Kili and Rae, he face went from pale to purple.

Fili reached his uncle before Thorin could make a loud outburst, and whispered the situation to him. Thorin glared at Bofur for a moment, and then let out a repressed, angry sigh.

"He'd better help us sell our wares and not abandon our stand," Thorin growled, "Or so help me…"

"Thorin, he's agreed. If we yell at him, it'll only make him more upset, and then who knows what'll happen," Fili reasoned, and Thorin nodded slowly.

"I suppose pushing him will only push him away," Thorin nodded, "He'll get over this soon. Something will happen, and then he'll be over this."

"Yes, now let's eat breakfast, and sell our wares, and be calm. Please?"

Thorin nodded, casting a glare at Kili and Rae, before sitting on the bench and casting a mock happy smile at the staring dwarves, before chowing down on his breakfast.

The next couple days progressed in the same way, and Kili continued to pay Bofur back, who was eternally grateful that the situation hadn't brought Thorin's wrath down upon him. However, Bofur would be glad when the situation had passed.

Kili and Rae saw no more of Krangon, though Kili did spend all of his time either in the tavern room, or stand. The next day, however, Thorin agreed to give everyone a break, and Kili was excited to get away for a while. He didn't have much money to spend, since most all of it was going to Bofur, but he had a little, and he planned to have a good time out on the town.

The next day, Kili woke up with a yawn and hurried to pull on his coat, though he did wait for Fili to be ready as well.

Kili had been awakening earlier and earlier, as of late, because he was excited to see Rae in the morning. Fili was soon ready, and Kili bounded off to get Rae from her room, and then the two of them rushed down the stairs. When they reached the bottom, Kili stopped by the window, and Rae glanced at him questioningly.

"I have something for you," Kili said, and Rae looked surprised.

"Something from your stand?"

"Oh, no. It's a necklace, from the sea! Here," Kili produced a round, black stone from his pocket, and thin rope laced through a hole at the top, and Rae's eyes lit up.

"It's beautiful!" she cried, slipping the stone around her neck, "Thank you, Kili."

Kili beamed, nodding happily, and then the two of them strolled form the inn, Fili watching them with a frown. He hoped the two of them didn't spend to long out in town, but it seemed that Kili was listening to him and Thorin less and less, though Fili suspected it was partly because of how angry they'd been that one time. Maybe if they hadn't been so angry, Kili wouldn't have been driven away?

Before Kili got very far, however, Thorin hurried up to him and Rae and stopped them.

"Kili," he called, "I'm not going to stop you from your day off, but could you deliver something for me first, please?"

"Well," Kili glanced at Rae, "Alright, what is it?"

"Here's a package; a short man in town ordered this yesterday, and he said he wanted it delivered to his shop. It's down on the end over there?"

"Krangon's shop?"

"I'm not sure; he called it The Sea Shop though."

"Okay, Uncle. Hey Rae, why don't you wait in the tavern, I'll be back in a few minutes, then we can look at the town," Kili said, and Rae nodded, heading back to the tavern, and Thorin smiled. Finally, Kili was acting more normal, he was even delivering the package, maybe things would be alright after all.

AU: Okay, I know it's a sort of short actionless chapter, but it sets up quite well for the next chapter which will be the start of the Kili!whump, I promise. After all, Kili is delivering to Krangon's shop...