The next morning Kili was first to wake up, he gently looked at the brother holding him in his arms and clutching him to his chest. He reached his hand up gently and traced the soft beard and later gently reached towards his hair. He just wanted to make sure it was as soft as it seemed, and it really was. He smiled realising he managed to do that without waking Fili. He nuzzled again into his neck and gently laid a kiss on his skin. He felt carefree, and it was exhilarating to sleep so amazingly close to Fili. Kili had a feeling this embrace was more similar to that of a lover and not that of a brother. He was so close he could feel Fili's chest rise and fall with every breath. He could smell the gentle natural fragrance of his skin. He truly felt happy and remained still not to wake Fili and just to intake the emotion of being so close. He could immediately tell the moment Fili began awaking, and he was transfixed with the change. Fili gently shifted when he awoke but feeling the body pressed into him he just smiled and reached out to pet his brother's long brown hair.
"Would you like something nice for breakfast?" Kili gently asked him.
"Meaning?" Fili asked him gently.
"Frittata." Kili murmured.
"Sounds suspicious." Fili asked.
"You won't know until you try!" Kili told him.
"Fine, but shower comes first!" Fili replied and gently untangled them and attempted to get up. Somehow he looked his eyes and saw some kind of disappointment. Kili looked away and sat in the bed.
"I'm going to my meeting at noon, and I hope you will come over and join us for lunch. Mr. Baggins said it would be nice if you would come over." Kili told him hesitantly.
"Why not!" Fili smiled at him. "I'm curious about this writer therapist never-seen-before neighbour."
"I'll meet you in the kitchen soon." Kili gently told him and observed with sad eyes as his brother got up and turned to leave.
"Why are you so sad I'm leaving you for just twenty minutes?" Fili suddenly asked him still having his back to Kili.
"I want to be next to you all the time." Kili spoke almost inaudibly.
"The sooner we part now, the sooner we'll see each other again." Fili looked back at him with a smile and went to his room.
Kili just looked at the door sadly, but noticed the logics in what his brother said. He just wished he had enough guts to admit he didn't see a good reason why they couldn't take a shower together.
The frittata pleased Fili's taste; he couldn't just face the fact that Kili inherited all the culinary talent in the family. His only thought being the closer he stayed to Kili, the bigger chance he'll be able to eat this kind of food regularly.
"So we still have like an hour, let's go play. I'll walk you to the meeting and after lunch over there we're going to town." Fili told Kili his plan.
"To town?" Kili asked.
"I'm not telling you why, let's make it a surprise." Fili playfully grabbed Kili by the shoulders and guided him upstairs to his room.
The second session with Bilbo looked different than the first one. Instead of just sitting Bilbo placed him at the desk in front of a wide range of drawing tools. Kili's eyes were shining as Bilbo was reading out loud a chapter and he drew whatever came into his mind. They talked about many things later, slowly Bilbo was learning about his school problems and fears. Bilbo was slowly seeing the emotional fragility of the boy, so characteristic for FAS, the insecurity despite obvious talents and intelligence, the emotional swings probably strengthened by hormones and entering the difficult teenage period. He had a feeling there was more, especially hidden deeply in his childhood, but it was just a matter of time things would evolve.
The real shock came along with Kili's brother; Bilbo had never imagined the boy to be so different from Thorin and Kili. But then the second strange thing was the deep relation he noticed between both boys. He knew they met barely days ago, but it seemed as if they were bonded tightly.
After lunch Bilbo gently suggested that maybe Kili should show Fili what they were working on. Kili first went silent, then he withdrew a bit, but later he looked up and asked Fili if he wanted to see it.
"Of course I do!" Fili told him warmly, and the warmth Bilbo saw in Fili's eyes was the answer to the question why Kili bonded with him despite his FAS.
Fili watched with amazement the drawings Kili made, the first ones drawn in pencil, and the newest ones in full colour.
"When you said you liked art, I never imagined you could create something as truly magnificent as this." Fili gently told him, and the shine in Kili's eyes was the best reward.
Bilbo silently observed the interaction between both of them, the deep longing for family and closeness. The deep love clearly visible.
"We'll drop by a shop I saw in the centre, they have all these fancy stuff for drawing and painting, and the moment you start complaining about how much I'm going to spend today I'm warning you – then I'll buy the whole fucking shop with everything in it." Fili smiled as he was threatening the overjoyed Kili.
"I'd like to see that." Kili gently replied.
"And uncle would love to hear about this talent of yours, will you show him your works?" Fili gently asked, and Kili could only nod as an answer joy making it impossible for him to speak.
"I'll see you on Monday in the evening." Bilbo gently told Kili as he was walking them out.
"We'll both be here." Fili told him with a smile, as they turned to walk home.
"So where are we going today?" Kili asked feeling a bit better.
"A surprise, but you probably already know we're going shopping again, but not for clothes." Fili slowly told him, and Kili glanced at him with a smirk. Fili saw that kind of face for the first time and he answered with the same.
"Uncle where are you?" Fili yelled entering the house.
"In my office!" Thorin yelled back.
"We have a surprise for you!" Fili told him and went into the dining room to display Kili's works on the long table.
Kili was standing there a bit off with the idea that Thorin would see his drawings practically immediately.
"What kind of surprise?" Thorin asked curiously but Fili was blocking the entrance to the dining you.
"You see, these meeting Kili is going to are a bit unorthodox. And well Bilbo, his therapist, discovered a new talent." Fili told Thorin with a playful smile. "Be prepared, today we're going shopping again."
"Come on, tell me or show me, you know I have no patience." Thorin told him grimly.
"Kili are you ready?" Fili asked with a smile, and they boy shyly nodded.
"Uncle are you ready?" Fili asked the clearly impatient Thorin.
"Just show me for Mahal's sake!" Thorin demanded, and Fili finally stepped away from the doorway.
Thorin came into the room and approached the table. There on the flat surface were Kili's first drawings done at Bilbo's sessions. He walked around curiously, and he looked really carefully at the drawings.
"Did you really do this Kili?" He gently asked the very scared and silent boy, and he got a nervous nod as an answer.
"You're a fucking genius!" Thorin yelled suddenly and pulled the boy into a bear hug. Kili's eyes were showing lots of surprised, but he let Thorin pet him and clutch him. "I'm so proud of you boy! With that kind of talent you could be a professional painter, or designer or whatever connected with art you might choose!"
"I was blown away as well!" Fili admitted. "We're going shopping for painting stuff, if you don't mind."
"Good and you know what, I could use a portrait for our stupid family gallery in Erebor, and maybe you could try?" Thorin gently suggested.
"I'd like to!" Kili admitted. "And I'd like to paint Fili as well." He added after a moment throwing a blazing glance at his brother.
"Chose the best room for painting and make it your studio." Thorin told Kili confidently.
"Thank you!" Kili gently squeaked.
"We're leaving in like twenty minutes; do you need anything from town?" Fili asked Thorin with a smile.
"Come safely home, that's all I'm asking. What time should I expect you both back?" Thorin asked.
"I've got lots of plans, so late." Fili told Thorin. "Sorry for leaving you like that, but I know you hate going to the town centre."
"No worries, I've got things to do anyway, and I've got a meeting later tonight." Thorin replied.
"Let's get ready!" Fili pulled Kili up the stairs.
"So I can't ask where we're going, but can we talk about something on the way?" Kili gently asked.
"What would you want to hear about?" Fili asked surprised Kili himself wanted to talk.
"Tell me about Erebor." Kili asked.
"I'm planning to take you there; we always spend the holidays over there." Fili began explaining, and then he told Kili all about the huge castle, the area, the climate. He told Kili about the family gallery and all the other interesting legends connected with the family.
"So Uncle should have the title "King under the Mountain?"" Kili was completely surprised.
"It used to be an official title in the old days, but now only the local people refer to him using it." Fili specified.
"Fascinating." Kili replied. "So now he wants me to paint him and put the painting in that famous gallery?"
"Well, every King under the Mountain has a painting in Erebor. And you're the only person qualified to do it." Fili told Kili warmly.
"I'm not sure I can do it..." Kili whispered.
"Of course you can! You're a genius! And even if the first one doesn't turn out as you want it to be, you can always paint another one, and another one." Fili told him trying to reassure the boy. "When did you realise you could draw like that?"
"I don't see anything special in it..." Kili began talking, and he slowly told Fili about his hesitation and lack of trying and practising painting.
As they were reaching a huge shopping centre Kili looked around curiously. "You said we're not going shopping for clothes."
"Yup!" Fili told him and pulled him out of the car. Kili just smiled and followed him swiftly.
As Fili pulled him towards the cinema Kili just grabbed his hand with such enthusiasm that Fili began laughing at him. "So what film are we going to see?" Kili demanded immediately still holding Fili's hand. "The newest action movie." Fili replied, as they got seated. Somehow their hands remained entwined and none of them was even thinking of trying to untwine them.
"So was it your first time in the cinema?" Fili gently asked him as they were leaving the cinema.
"No, but it's a rare thing." Kili explained. "Last time Beorn got us tickets for my birthday."
"I love going to the cinema." Fili admitted. "So I'm glad I can count on you joining me!" Kili just smiled at that.
"So what's next?" Kili asked hesitantly.
"We're picking up an order I made, and we're going to choose something special for you." Fili told him.
"But you've already bought a lot and spent a lot of money on me..." Kili's voice was pleading.
"You're the only person in the world who would refrain from spending even when you can. That's why I'm planning to spoil you a bit, so we're equally spoiled." Fili told him and decisively dragged him to a computer shop.
"I've come here to pick up my order." Fili gave the man a printout.
"Yes, we have it ready Mr. Durin." The man smiled and went into the back of the shop. He came back with a box, and from the drawing and markings it was evident it was a laptop. Kili just yelped and looked at Fili with hope this wasn't what Fili was refereeing to, but Fili's smile made it clear this was exactly what they came for.
"Is there anything else I can help you with Mr. Durin?" The shop assistant asked.
"Why yes, we need a new mobile phone as well." Fili told the man, and when the man approached a stand with the latest mobile phones, Fili took Kili by the hand firmly and whispered to him. "If you don't choose something, I will choose for you..." Kili looked at him not recognizing his brother in this firm and decisive person in front of him. "I insist." Fili whispered again with a tone which caused shivers on Kili's back.
So Kili did as Fili had instructed him, he listened to the man explaining the pros and cons of all the models and tried to ignore thinking about the crazy price tags, he finally made a choice.
"A good choice." Fili smiled at him, and that smile was the best reward Kili could get. Fili signed the papers for a new number and paid for everything.
"So now it's time for your reward." Fili gently told him dragging him into the art shop. "Remember what I've warned you about. Don't think about money at all."
"That's going to be difficult..." Kili replied. "But I'm going to take whatever I might need."
"That's a good start." Fili laughed gently.