"Amrâlimê, there is no longer a reason for tears. I do not know what it is that you saw that day but it is nothing more than memory now. Somehow we were given another fate and I do not believe we should waste it." A small hope kindled that he was not certain he should dare to have. Kili knew his feelings, knew that his love was certain but Tauriel...

Rubbing his thumbs lightly over her skin, reluctant to release her hands. He wished to pull her close and reassure her that he was whole, but he that gesture might not be accepted.

She had hesitated the first time he had spoken of his feelings. He understood her reasons. Duty and kin had pulled her from him but perhaps that had not been the only reason for her reluctance. Perhaps she had did not feel the same way and her heart did not yearn for his. "I am glad that I am here and that you were brought her as well. You wished to see the world and the Librarian said we would see many during our stay in this realm."