They spent the day with Dis in their new home going through many of the objects gathered there and cleaning up a bit.
"I think we should renovate both bathrooms." Fili told him grimly. "They are as bad as the one in my old flat."
"We can get Dwalin and Bofur to help, they both worked in construction a lot." Kili noticed. "I was thinking about buying a new stove for the kitchen, and a new fridge. Maybe we could use a microwave oven."
"What are you planning to do with your flat?" Fili asked curiously.
"Legolas said he needs some time away from his father, so he'll stay there for now." Kili informed Fili. "That is if you don't mind."
"Of course I don't" Fili replied curtly. "What's between him and his father?"
"Lots of crap." Kili replied grimly. "Thranduil is pretty much a sociopath. Add that to the idea that he's a starving vegetarian vampire."
"Sounds grim." Fili noticed. "So why don't you call Dwalin and ask him if he can come over in two weeks."
"Great!" Kili smiled at him. "That way we'll have time to pack the things I want from the flat, and choose things for the kitchen and bathroom."
"That's the plan." Fili noticed with a smirk. "If you have any doubts about what we're doing, please tell me now." He gently took Kili's hand.
"Doubts? I'll always have doubts, but the decision has been made, and I'm not letting you out of my sight ever." Kili assured him in a deep voice.
Fili gently kissed him and pulled him into a warm hug. "You're the best." He noticed gently.
"Let's go home." Kili pleaded. "I'm not having sex with you when you're mother is lurking around."
Fili smiled happily. "I know what you mean."
On the way back Kili called his friends about the help with the renovation, both Dwalin and Bofur did not hesitate to offer their help, so they agreed to come over next weekend to check the house and make a list of needed materials. Fili later had to call Frerin and report that next weekend they will come over not with one vampire but with three. Frerin wasn't happy to hear that, but he had to agree. Fili was aware they would be under careful supervision.
Fili had a difficult week ahead of him, but with Kili's helped he finished his final paper, and passed two of the last three exams. They spent some time in shops choosing tiles and things they needed, and they had their first fight about what they wanted the new bathroom to look like. Kili was in favor of leaving it old style, while Fili was clearly inspired by Kili's modern luxurious flat. They took photos of everything they liked and decided to talk later with Dis and Kili's friends.
They drove in two cars, packed with stuff. Kili and Fili in Fili's truck, and Dwalin and Bofur in a big van. The moment they arrived it was evident they were under wolf supervision, but their guards remained hidden. Dwalin and Bofur immediately started complaining about the intensive wolf smell, but soon realized they just had to get used to it. Dis had a slight problem seeing a fridge full of blood bags, but she just had to swallow the idea that three vampires needed more blood that just one Kili. Her reaction to the two vampires was reserved at first, but later she realized both Dwalin and Bofur were as calm as Kili, and their wit and nice aura made her open up to them. She loved the idea Kili had for the bathroom, and Dwalin firmly said only an old style bathroom would match the house, so Fili's idea went out of the window. They spent nearly two days measuring, counting, evaluating. Dwalin pushed for modifying the chimneys to a safer and more modern construction, while Bofur decided the whole house needed repainting. They turned on the heating to test if it was working properly, and the vampires checked the roof.
"It's a good house." Dwalin admitted as the four of them were sitting at a fire in the yard and smoking. Fili was cooking some sausages on the fire.
"Much nicer than I thought it would be, and in pretty good condition." Bofur added. "Do you remember the house in New York Thorin bought several years ago?"
"That crap? It was hell, we had to change the floors and walls. The renovation was so expensive we thought Thorin made his first bad investment, but because of the location we sold it later for nearly two million." Dwalin remembered.
"So that's what Thorin does?" Fili asked curiously.
"One of the many things he does. He often buys real estate and the two of us fancy it up." Bofur told him with a smirk. "It keeps us busy and focused."
"If we stay too long in one place we get bored and misbehave." Dwalin winked at Fili.
"As long as you don't misbehave here." Fili noticed grimly.
"We can promise to behave for a week or two while the renovation." Bofur smirked. "But we're both bad boys if you haven't noticed yet."
"I have." Fili bit into his sausage.
"Are all these stinking wolves as sexy as your mate?" Dwalin asked in a tense voice glancing at Fili eating.
"Keep your eyes to yourself!" Kili gently laughed. "Or have no eyes at all." He threatened in a low voice.
Both vampires just laughed. "Relax, your mate is your mate." Dwalin assured him.
"Where are the wolves by the way?" Bofur glared in the direction of the forest. "I'd like to take a look…" He sniffed the air gently.
"Watching our every move and lusting for my food." Fili added taking another sausage. Both vampires smiled in such a way Fili knew they would seek out of wolves sooner or later out of sheer curiosity. "Will you two manage without feeding while your stay here?" He asked worried.
"Well we do prefer fresh food, but donor blood is good enough." Bofur added. "Kili's the one who hates donor blood, I never really minded it."
"As least Thorin can sleep calmly when we don't feed out in the open." Dwalin added.
"As if he sleeps at all." Kili joked. "He stays up and watching over a sleeping Bilbo usually with Bilbo's work in hand."
"What does Bilbo do?" Fili asked curiously.
"You haven't told him?" Dwalin laughed.
"Really?" Bofur laughed along Dwalin.
"Bilbo is a famous writer. You know William Underhill and his books?" Kili gently explained.
Fili just looked at him clearly very surprised. "That's cool, I've read two of them." He noticed. "At least he'll be able to write for an eternity as a vampire, I really liked his books."
"We're all thrilled with the idea as well." Bofur smirked. "Thorin is much calmer and nicer with Bilbo around."
"And Bilbo as a vampire will be so cool and in control of Thorin we'll have a very peaceful eternity." Dwalin added.
"As if you like peaceful…" Kili gasped with a smirk.
"I'm dead tired." Fili noticed gently.
"Give me your car keys, I'll drive your truck into the garage." Kili proposed. "And we'll drive home in one car."
"You'll be able to sleep all the way in the back wolfy." Bofur joked gently.
"Sounds great." Fili told them, putting out the fire.
The young wolf observing them from the forest felt relived the group was leaving. The smell of three vampire was drilling in his head, and all his instincts were telling him to attack. As soon as they put out the fire and got into the van, he rushed into the wood to report to Frerin. However the sight of the huge bald vampire was still in his head, he'd love to bite into that vampire's ass, Ori noticed with a grim smile.