Daisy whispered "Kili, please stay! I, we need you." Then tears pooled in her eyes and she sank to the floor.

Seconds later Fili and Poppy appeared on the balcony. The hobbit kneeled down next to her best friend and embraced her. "Daisy, what's wrong?"

Daisy sniffed "I told him that I'm with child and he ran away. I'm so stupid. How could I think that he might love me? Can you bring me to my room? I need to pack my belongings. Maybe I can still reach Mirkwood in time to go home with my family."

Poppy looked at her husband in worry. Fili bit his lip and whispered to his wife that he'd go to look after Kili.

Poppy nodded and helped Daisy to stand up. Then she put her arm around her waist and brought her to her room. There Daisy curled up on her bed and cried with her cushion in her arms. She asked Poppy to leave her alone and sobbed desperately. She was even too exhausted and sad to pack her belongings.

Poppy left quickly to inform Dis about what had just happened and to ask her if she looked after the children. Of course Dis agreed and so Poppy returned to Daisy's room. She sat down on the bed next to her friend and stroked her back and hair. "Shh, shh, everything will be alright. I'm sure this was just a misunderstanding."

Fili ran after Kili and soon found him on another balcony. The latter was sitting on the ground with his face buried in his arms.

Fili looked at his brother in worry. He was angry and wanted to yell at him because Kili had run away from Daisy but he also know that Kili had been hurt deeply by Tauriel and that all of this was probably too much for him.

He kneeled down opposite to Kili and carefully touched his brother's upper arm. "Kili, what's wrong?"

"Daisy is with child! That's a disaster." Kili sobbed.

"I know, Kili. She told us after she came here from Mirkwood. But why is this a disaster? You always wanted children, didn't you?" Fili asked quietly.

"Yes! But not like that!" Kili exclaimed angrily and threw his amputated arm in the air. "I'm a cripple. I can't even close my boots or trousers. I could never take care of a child."

Fili sighed. "Kili, you don't have to do this alone. Daisy and you will be wonderful parents and we will all help you."

"What if Daisy doesn't even want the child? It has been sired out of wedlock and I know that this is frowned upon by hobbits. Here she will be treated like a whore and the child won't have a good life either." Kili sobbed.

"Kili, Daisy loves your child. She would never hurt him or her. Do you think she would have told you if she hadn't wanted the baby? She would never be that cruel; she's not Tauriel." Fili said with a smile.

"You're probably right. But they will still treat her terribly." Kili said and looked down at his hand.

Fili sighed because he knew that his brother was right. "You could marry her. I'm sure Uncle Thorin would understand and allow it under these circumstances." He suggested "We should ask him and then you should go to see Daisy. She thinks that you don't want her anymore. She even thinks about going back to Hobbiton."

Kili looked at his brother with wide eyes and nodded. "I hope you're right. Let's go to ask him immediately. I need to know if I'm allowed to remarry that soon. Then I'm going to apologise to Daisy."

Fili agreed and together they walked to Thorin's study. The dwarf king was surprised but happy about Kili's wish. He had hoped that his nephew might want to marry Daisy to make up for his mistake and to make sure that she or the child wouldn't be an outcast and had already thought about forcing him to do that. He also explained that normally two years of mourning had to pass between the death of the spouse and a new marriage. But there would be an exception in Kili's case because his wife had been sentenced to death and she had abused him. Kili sighed in relief and thanked his uncle. He promised that he would ask Daisy to marry him soon but he wanted to prepare it properly.

Fili and Kili talked about how to surprise Daisy and soon they arrived in Daisy's room. The hobbit was still sitting in Poppy's embrace but wasn't crying anymore.

When the dark haired dwarf saw her tear-strained face, he swallowed and slowly went towards her. He took her hands and looked into her eyes. "Daisy, my love, I'm so sorry! I was so scared that you might not want the baby because it might cause so many problems. I'm sorry! Please forgive me!"

Poppy squeezed Daisy's shoulder encouragingly and then stood up and walked towards her husband. Fili smiled at her and put his arm around her waist. Then they both smiled at Daisy again and left quietly.

Daisy smiled at Kili with fresh tears in her eyes. "Kili, I would never hurt our baby. I've already suspected to be with child when I was still in Mirkwood and I was so scared that Tauriel might find out. But then I was brought her and everyone was so supportive after Mister Oin confirmed the pregnancy. I was sure that everything would be well and now Tauriel will never be able to hurt us."

"But my arm." Kili said in worry.

"We will manage. I can always help you and I'm sure Fili, Poppy and your mother will as well. Maybe Fili can teach you how to be a father." Daisy tried to soothe his worries.

Kili swallowed but nodded and smiled at Daisy. Then Daisy took Kili's hand and put in on the tiny bump of her belly. "I'm sure everything will be alright."

Kili had tears in his eyes and leaned up to kiss Daisy. The latter pulled him into a tight embrace. They enjoyed each other's company and suddenly Kili could remember his dream about his uncle again. He thanked Mahal that he had made him survive and whispered into Daisy's ear "If we're going to have a son, I'd like to name him after my Uncle Frerin."

Dasiy didn't even question why Kili wanted that but nodded. She pulled the dwarf next to her onto the bed and after many kisses they fell asleep in each other's arms.

Kili had to stay in the infirmary for a few more weeks until he was finally well enough to stay in his own rooms. He still needed help with almost everything but his family or someone of Thorin's company were always there to help him. He also spent a lot of time to prepare the surprise for Daisy. In the end he was incredibly happy that he had managed to get it ready in time for her birthday.

The next day Fili, Poppy, Dwalin, Dis, Kili, Thorin, Runa and the children met on the balcony of Fili's rooms to celebrate Daisy's birthday. She got a few dresses to wear while she was with child and useful things for the baby. The children had made a few toys with Runa's and Poppy's help. Daisy had tears of happiness in her eyes and hadn't even realised that she hadn't gotten any gift from Kili until he walked towards her and kneeled down in front of her chair. He pulled a necklace out of the pocket of his trousers. "I wanted to give you something special, my love. Of course I couldn't make this on my own. So Fili helped me to forge it and to put the gems into it. I know that you love the colour green and so I hoped that you would like emeralds."

Daisy smiled at Kili. "It's so beautiful! Thank you, my love."

Kili smiled and swallowed nervously. "Daisy, I love you more than everything in the word. Do you want to marry me?"

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