Kili is Still Prone to Stupid [closed]

[youngestone]

Who: Kili and Thorin
What: After the event, Kili needs to talk to his uncle.
When: Post-event (forward dated)
Where: Dwarfhaus

[After reassuring Fili that he was okay, alive and home, Kili leaves his brother to go shower and track down his uncle. If Fili had a bad time down there, he can't imagine that Thorin was okay either.

He goes down to the forge, suddenly feeling like a six year old caught stealing from the cookie jar. His team is elsewhere, so it's just Kili who goes looking for Thorin]

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[youngestone]

[Kili doesn't meet Thorin's eyes, clearly worried]

Are you okay? Hayato told me you went down there...

[darer]

[ Thorin shakes his head. ]

I did, and shouldn't have. It hit your brother worse than it did me.

[ Not that that's saying much. ]

[youngestone]

I'm sorry. It's my fault.

[darer]

No. You're the only one of us who had enough sense to stay out of them.

[youngestone]

You wouldn't've gone down there if I hadn't run off like an idiot.

[darer]

[Thorin steps closer, places a hand on Kili's shoulder.]

It was our own choice.

[youngestone]

[He can't meet Thorin's eyes]

Because I was an idiot and ran off because everyone was mad at me!

[darer]

[ Thorin gives a frustrated, half-hissed exhale, lowers his head a moment. His grip on Kili's shoulder tightens. He's giving up on keeping old frustrations boxed in. ]

Yes, you were a fool and you should have known better, and if you'd spoken to even one of us before leaving, instead of leaving a note, all this might have been avoided! Do you know how many experienced Rangers go out and never make it back? And you didn't so much as say a word in parting.

[youngestone]

I wasn't sure where I was going--and I didn't want you guys following me!

[Kili's able to move away from his uncle's grip, though he still won't look at him]

And that wasn't what I was talking about anyway. I was talking about leaving after I got back because I knew this was going to happen and I wanted to give you both a chance to calm down before I came back and got my ass chewed out for doing stuff both of you have done.