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Of course it all started with the mithril chain mail that he insisted bilbo put on as he watched, then some small gems and neckalces he found around the mountain while searching for the arkenstone and then finally after recovering and starting to rebuild his long lost home he started with gifts he had crafted on his own.
After a good long 2 weeks he finally finished a bracelet with markings that looked like vines with some beautiful flowers that ori told him meant to cherish someone for eternity. He was proud of his work and packaged it beautifully, thorin had courted the hobbit for months and months but it seemed dwalin finally got it trough his thick skull that dwarven ways wouldnt get noticed by Bilbo, so now he was trying to mix what he had ori learn and writer about into his crafts.
Thorin approached Ori and showed him the bracelet with a nervous look. ''The bluebells meant eternal love.. right?'' Thorin said quietly with an embarrased look. It didnt matter how long he had been trying to court bilbo, he still felt shy around bilbo and shy when he gifted him things.
''Yes!! they return to the same spot every year, their faithful nature is why hobbits see them as a plant to show love'' ori said, glad he could help the king since he wouldve loved to see his friends happy togheter. And long ago Bilbo let it slip to him that he found the dwarven king attractive, but then bilbo quickly had Ori swear on his brothers that he wouldnt tell anyone about bilbos little crush so he kept it to himself.
Thorin put the gift back into one of the pockets in his robe and left for a council meeting with Balin, as a good king he tried to listen and do what he could to help his kingdom but even a king sometimes gets lost in thoughts. Especially when it comes to love, balin would notice whenever Thorin lost focus and give him a quick tap or kick to the chin to shake him out of the trance bilbo had put him in.
After finishing the meeting and thanking dain for helping him with convince the others in the council the kingdom did not yet need a consort, dain knew thorin had eyes for the little lad who saved him and normally dain wouldnt be a fan off it but he had started and unlikely friendship with the hobbit himself so he could understand his counsins love for the lad.
Thorin finally made it to dinner with the rest of the company for the first time that week and he was glad he saw Bilbo made it too, Bilbo was in charge of planning where to plant crops and what plants to choose. And he was gifted his own little garden by the whole company as a thanks for everything, of course he wasnt too busy with his job but much to thorins dissapointment he had missed a dinner a last week cuz he was planning a bit with bard since dale would also need crops while waiting for the city to be rich by trades again.
While they ate Thorin on multiple occasions had to stop himself from staring at bilbo, luckily for him the others asked bilbo about how it was going with the garden so it didnt seem like thorin asked bilbo a million questions himself. Near the end of the dinner bilbo was deep into a conversation with oin since he had promised oin to grow some of the herbs that oin needed to keep making ointments and medicin. Bilbo tried hiding it but his tail swayed back and fourth in happiness when he got to talk about his garden and the crops, especially since the dwarfs listened with true curiosity and not just listening to be polite.
After awhile thorin finally got ahold of the hobbit and they walked off together under the excuse of the king wanting to know more off the plans bilbo had made. As they walked thorin felt a tad bit nervous about giving bilbo the bracelet, he had tried giving courting gifts before but knowing it was now something he would understand made it seem a lot more scary. It took thorin almost 20 minutes to get the courage to ask bilbo to speak somewhere private so he could give the gift, they sat down together infront of a small furnace with tea before thorin finally spoke up.
''Bilbo, i know you do not see why us dwarfs care so much for jewelery but i do believe you will see the beauty in what i have crafted for you'', before thorin could finish opening the box the bracelet was in bilbo quickly spoke up ''thorin, i do appreciate all you do for me but i really do not need more bracelets. Its far more then i need or deserve'' his tail rolling up in guilt.
Thorin looked at bilbo with his sad puppy eyes, a low voice mumbling ''so you do not want it?..'' as the box now stood open in his big hands. Bilbo was a bit shocked to see the bracelet, of course all the stuff thorin had made him was beautiful, maybe not in a way he understood but he saw beauty in the time and effort put into them. But this bracelet with the beautiful vines and flowers was something that did really catch bilbos eyes in a whole diffrent way.
Bilbo picked it up for a closer look and thorins face quickly turned happy again at bilbos interest in his creation ''you have never seemed so interested in jewelry before'', bilbo smiled a bit apologetically since it was true that he hadnt had much interest in it til now but this bracelet was truly beautiful.
''I appricate this gift thorin, i do not know what i have done to deserve it'' said bilbo as thorin put it onto his arm, his hands lingering a bit longer then normal as bilbos tail began tapping against thorins foot in the same speed and rythm as his heart beat. Thorin wanted to say bilbo deserved it since he was the only one able to steal his heart but before his heart was allowed to speak his nerves said ''you are doing so much for my kingdom i cannot seem to stop wanting to reward you for the help''. Bilbo smiled and stared down at the bracelet before looking back at thorin ''i will never have the heart to give this back but you must stop spoiling me your highness, spend your time taking care of yourself''. Thorin sighed and leaned back in his chair ''I do not belive this is spoiling, this is the bare minimum if not less after everything you've done'', bilbo chuckled and joikingly said ''of course, i am the best burgalur so i do need a very high payment''. They both laughed and joked around for awhile before parting for the nigth.
After bilbo left thorin really hoped and prayed to mahal that bilbo would finally understand what he was trying to do, whilst in the halls walking to his own chambers all bilbo thought was ''oh yavanna, i need to teach those dwarfs of the meaning behind flowers before he gifts me something with forget-me-nots or peonys.. even knowing it isnt on pourpos my heart beats hard at the meaning of bluebells''.
The next day bilbo went to the library to find Ori to talk to him about the gift, when he got to the library he saw Bofur and Ori talking while Bofur looked at some books about whittling, he was planning on learning a thing or too as a gift for his cousin and brother. Bilbo approached them both quickly and sat them down to talk, he babbled on for awhile before saying ''and then he gifted me this bracelet'' while pointing at his arm. ''It has bluebells!! it means everlasting love.. i need to teach him what the god forsaken flowers mean before my heart explodes!!''.
Bofur and Ori looked at each other for a second, bofur who had long known that something romantic was in the air and Ori who had helped thorin make the bracelet. Bofur chuckled and said ''bilbo, perhaps the bluebells were picked on pourpos'' whilst ori nodded. ''Not long ago thorin came to me double checking that bluebells meant eternal love, so he definetly knew while gifting you that..'' said ori with a soft smile as bilbo stared with wide eyes at them both, feeling his heart race. He quickly stood up and rushed off, his tails couldnt find out if it wanted to sway back and fort in happiness or go hide between his legs.
After hiding in his garden for awhile bilbo wandered around the mountain looking for bifur, bilbo wanted to make something for thorin and if there was a whittler who could teach him to make something fantastic it was Bifur. As bilbo figured Bifur was the rigth person to seek help from, bifur taught him everything he had to teach when it came to whittling even down to what wood would be best to use. Of course theoretical stuff isnt enough to learn the beautiful skills bifur had so bilbo would only whittle when he was with bifur for awhile, and it was nice since he got to know bifur better and ofcourse the two brothers bombur and bofur liked being with their cousin so he also got to spend extra time with bofur and bombur.
After a bit of trial and error bilbo had whittled a very stunning little acorn shaped dish that was made for placing your rings onto, he also tried whittling something that looked like a oak tree to hang necklaces and bracelets onto but it wasnt as pretty as his first creation, much to bilbos despise.
Though bifur convinced him not to throw it away, it may not be perfect but it was still useful and bilbo could decide to give thorin something later on when he got better to replace it. While bilbo showed bofur and bombur what he had created one evening his tail was all over the place, after bofur complimented the craftsmanship on the items he joked they would soon need to tie down bilbos tail or else someone could get seriously injured from getting whipped by it.
Balin who was long done with thorins pining and dancing around asking bilbo for a courtship was very thankful to hear of what bilbo was planning, bilbo had asked balin to make time for him in thorins schedual and though it was a bit hard balin couldnt say no since he desperatly needed thorin to get over this issue so he could focuse more on being a king.
so about 2 days after bilbo had finished his gifts for thorin he got the chance to have a private meeting with him at mid day to show him what he had created, however balin could not stop himself from telling his brother so bilbo had gotten some funny looks and a wink by dwalin the day he was gonna see thorin. Dwalin swore that tail was about to whip off his entire beard when the embarrased bilbo walked by him and into the empty council room thorin was sitting in for the afternoon tea bilbo had asked him to.
Bilbo gulped and wiped some sweat off his forehead as he sat down, trying to keep his tail from wacking a hole in the hard stone floor as he placed the gift on the table infront of thorin. Thorin with a glint of hope looked up at bilbo ''and what is this?.. master burgalur'' in a tone a bit more flirty then thorin had intended, Bilbo gulped once more and said ''well my dear king.. i wished to thank you for the beautiful bracelet, you know to us hobbits.. bluebells are a very intimate flower'' with the same flirty tone that thorin had used.
Thorin quickly grew hot and tomato red in his face as bilbos tail gently caressed his legs under the table while he opened the gift, he was very happy and amazed with the acorn shaped dish though he was on sure off if it had a specific use or was just for decoration. ''i must ask, is this beauty you have made me decoration or is it for something specific you had in mind?''. Bilbo smiled and grabbed thorins hand, thorin was sure a confession was coming until bilbo started pulling two of his rings off to put into the dish ''see, its for when you go to bed or go for a bath and need a place to put your rings''.
Thorin felt a longing to feel bilbos hand again as soon as it left but he tried to control himself ''it is a wonderful gift, i shall have it by my bed, but what off this tree?'' said thorin with curiosity, bilbos face formed a mischevious smile before he stood up. He carefully walked around thorin to end up behind him, his tail trailing against thorins arm as he did before he gently grabbed thorins hair and lifted it up out of the way. He took one of the necklaces off thorin and carefully hung it on the tree, standing closer to thorin then what was deemed as normal with his tail still teasing thorins need for physical contact with the hobbit.
thorin touched the necklace, making it dangle as it hung from one of the branches of the little tree before looking up at bilbo. ''i am very thankful for this my dear hobbit, it is a very nice gift that i will not only enjoy looking at but also get a lot of use out of. im glad you mentioned the bluebells too, it was very much intended to be seen as something intimet.'' thorin said as he gently played a bit with the tail practically tickling his arm at this point, bilbo quickly turned around with a flushed face at thorins words but especially beacuse of the fact hobbit tails were sensetiv things. Thorin smiled at the face bilbo made, he grabbed the tail ever so slightly harder and asked ''what is the problem? you seem..'' he played with the tail a tiny bit more before finishing his sentence ''embarrased.''.
Bilbo knew thorin did it on pourpos and as embarrased as he was he couldnt let thorin win this.. so he did his best to stay bold. He swiftly sat onto the arm rest of the chair and gently caressed thorins beard and said ''i am quite all rigth myself, thorin. why do you ask?''
Thorin couldnt even look bilbo in the eyes anymore, he just stared down at the ground with ears and cheeks as brigth as a ruby in the sunlight. ''master baggins, i think you may kill me. my heart cannot take this much longer'', bilbo chuckled lightly and kissed thorins cheek. ''that was too bad, master dwarf. it seemed to me we had just gotten to the fun part''
Thorin quickly stood up out of his chair and dropped to his knees, bilbo audibly gasped by how quick the dwarf moved. thorin grabbed ahold of bilbos hands and quietly barely above a whisper said ''please bilbo baggins of bag end, will you be my consort.'' while leaning his face into the hobbits legs in an attempt to hide his embarrasingly red face. A laugther broke out of bilbo as he joined thorin on the floor to hug him, he hugged thorin tightly and kissed his forehead. ''nothing would make me happier then to be by your side for the rest of my life, my dearest, thorin.'' before thorin could even respond the door burst open and both fili and kili ran in yelling at the top of their lungs ''UNCLE BAGGINS!!!'', they practically leaped onto bilbo and thorin to tightly embrace them both. Dwalin came after them and with a gruff said ''i told you two lads if you wanted to listen in youd have to be quiet and WAIT til they came out.'' kili choose to ignore dwalin completely and just said ''uncle thorin, when will you tell amad? when will you be wed? when will we get cousins-'' fili cut off his brother and said ''bilbo i am so glad you will truly be my uncle and not just in spirit!''. the cute comment fili made had earned him a pat on the head from a very happy bilbo, though his tail was tightly wrapped around thorin even if his hands werent.
By dinner the whole company knew that thorin and bilbo were offically courting since kili could not keep his cake hole shut for more then a minute, fili could be quiet but when kili started talking he also wanted to be apart of sharing the news. At dinner all the company spoke of was bilbo and thorin, they had all noticed them staring at each other during the entire quest and the soft moments they always seemed to share so it wasnt too much of a shock to them but they were all very happy.
By the days end kili and fili had sent a letter to their amad that she had to hurry up and come meet their new uncle. Dis was very much shocked the first time kili and fili mentioned thorin having a crush to her, and even more shocked he actually did something about it, he would not get far without getting teased by his sister now.
At the end of the week thorin and bilbo sat closely infront of a fireplace sipping on tea, bilbos tail was neatly wrapped around thorins leg and thorin had a hand on the hobbits thigh. They spoke quietly and intimatly to each other over the fire, bilbo felt at ease that he finally got to give thorin something back after all those gifts but he was long from finished repaying thorins kindness. Thorin stared into the fire, glad he finally had the love he had wished for. He did not know how he deserved it after what he did at the ramparts, but he would never let himself do anything that would cause bilbo or their relationship harm again as long as he lived.
bilbos ears pearked up at the sound of thorins voice ''my heart has long ached for you, ghivashel. I fear i cannot ever let you leave me now''. Bilbo smiled gently and said ''i fear you will never get rid of me'' as his tail tighten its grip on thorins leg.
They both felt a deep sense of comfort in each others precense and quickly both fell asleep even sitting up right in their armchairs, the world felt at ease and perfect now that they were finally together in the intimate way they had both dreamed off.