Chapter 5 - Changes
Each of them entered the house with a melon in arms. The scary impression of the tremors earlier still lasted in them for a while. Once inside of the house, Tauriel placed her melon on the table and got rid of her hand-made gown, which began to feel itchy against her skin. Meanwhile, Kili stabbed one of the huge water melons with his spear, parting it in two. It was an intense bright red inside. He yanked a piece of it to eat, and offered one to her. The abrupt breakage caused an impression on Tauriel, making her coil painfully in fetal position and hold one of her sides. It was a really bad cramp. Kili stopped what he was doing to aid her.
"It hurts! It hurts!" she sobbed, teeth clenched and eyelids pressed shut.
Kili felt helpless. In a moment of desperation, he simply carried her to the bed, leaning her back against his chest where he caressed her hurting side gently in circular motions with his warm hands, while humming a soft melody in her ear. It eased her down.
Her skin felt softer than he remembered it, which was a pleasant sensation. It smelled sweet too. He could not contain himself. With the tip of his nose, he traced her neck up and down gently, from her ear to her collarbone. His lips nibbled softly the invisible line that his nose traced. His hand slid all the way down her swelling belly, until it reached her nether region. She let out a pleasure sigh, turning her head to kiss him. He turned her to face him, laying her flat on her back gently as he pinned her against the bed with his weight. He positioned her legs to take her at that very moment. She did not oppose. On the contrary, she welcomed it. They were craving it after all. With a passionate kiss, they set out to make love the entire afternoon, totally forgetting about the water melon they split open...
Aulë watched in disbelief the very same act that costed him his Durins. He could still not grasp the idea of an elf and a dwarf mating, regardless of his wife's many explanations and the theory of soul mates, in which the races did not matter at all.
"What are you doing?" asked Yavanna, curious to why her husband was paying so much attention to her project.
"Oh, nothing of importance. I was just taking care of your experiment. Is all" Aulë could not bring himself to explain his sudden attraction to it.
"Give me that!" said Yavanna, taking her Valinor fragment from Aulë's hands and placing a dome of night over it. "Come, you need to rest."
They left the workshop for a moment...
For the past few months, Tauriel had cramps and cravings of many things, being Kili one of them. He was still asleep in the cabin when she had that strange sensation of smelling bad. The scents of things were too strong for her, even the delicate scent of lavender flowers nearby made her nauseated. Naturally, she would be constantly dizzy and tired. So she went down to the waterfall to take a bath. Carefully, she stepped on the rocks until the water level was up to her waist. Goosebumps crowded her creamy skin, as sensitive as it was to cold, and surely those waters were chilling. She sank into it, surfacing immediately by tossing her head back as her wet hair swiped in the air like a whip.
She began to feel her skin with her fingers, which was indeed soft as Kili described it. She caressed her big belly gently with both hands for a moment, deep in thought while taking a moment to examine her body changes; Her belly was projected forward. Her breasts were bloated, like two sizes more than her average and her nipples were still dark. She squeezed one of them gently... a thin line of milk streamed out of it. She observed the translucent liquid between her fingers like it was something foreign to her. She sighed, embracing her big belly. That's when she felt a kick from inside out. It made her gasp. Another kick followed up the previous, only this one was harder. She caressed her belly, whispering some chants in Sindarin to ease it down. It was time to get out of the water and return to the cabin.
"Kili? Please wake up!" She said, shaking him vigorously. He groaned lazily.
She kept shaking him until he opened his eyes, "What is it?" he asked all groggy.
"My belly moved! Give me your hand!" She placed his calloused hand to her belly, "Did you feel it?"
"Yes!" Kili sat on bed, placing both his hands to her belly. It kicked again, and this time a shape of a tiny foot with toes could be outlined on her skin for a few seconds. They were both astonished.
"Did you see that?!" Asked Kili with excitement.
'Yes I did!" responded Tauriel equally excited.
Dumbfounded, they looked at each other's faces establishing eye contact. They began to laugh like fools. But truth is they were scared.
"I am hungry" she said softly.
"Me too. Let's see what we can find today. Are you up for a long walk?" he asked.
"Sure. The fresh air could do me good." was her response.
"Right, let's go!" Kili wore his shoulder bag (the only thing he ever wore), grabbed his spear, and wrapped his arm around Tauriel's waist, helping her up as they set out to leave the cabin.
To be continued...