Stars (A Legolas Love Story and Lord of the Rings Fanfiction)

"Goodbye."

Legolas' Point of View

Katherine pulled me back before I could really hurt Éomer. How dare he make a move on her even when he knew we loved each other?

Katherine quietly took my hand and led me to her room.
I sat on the bed as she got a bowl of water and a clean cloth.

Her beautiful eyes narrowed as she focused on fixing up my injuries.
She bit her lip and two lines formed between her eyebrows as she concentrated on lightly dabbing the now wet cloth on a cut on the back of my hand.
The piece of fabric came away bloody.

"Why am I bleeding? I haven't bled since...." My thoughts drifted back to 60 years ago.
The huge Gundabad Orc, Bolg, had smashed my head against a wooden pillar. I had been momentarily stunned and Bolg had left me there.
I had felt something trickling out of my nose. My hand had come away bloody.
That had been the last time I had bled. It usually would take immense force like that to cause such a thing.

"Since you gave me a bit of your immortality, I suppose it means you can get hurt now like me." She said quietly in her low voice.

My other hand reached over to feel the cut, but she slapped my hand away. Her eyes twinkled as she put some small bandages on my little cuts.
Too soon, her eyes dulled again and became sad.

"There. All better." She said, leaning to carefully kiss each wound individually, ending by pressing her lips against mine quickly. Too quickly.

"Thank you for helping me." She whispered. Then she got up and put away the things she had used.
She was quiet and serious, so unlike herself. The encounter with Éomer had shaken her.

"Why can't we be happy?" I asked, pulling my knees up and wrapped my arms around them.

"I don't know." Katherine replied, sitting next to me and looking into my eyes with a sad expression on her face.

I released my knees and put my hand on her cheek, she responded by leaning into my hand.
"All I want is for the woman I love to be happy. Why aren't you happy, darling?"

She sighed and responded.
"I don't know. This is just too right. Something is going to come between us, I just know it. Something always pulls us apart."

"Can't we just live in the moment, Kat? Can't we just love each other until that something happens?" I pleaded with the upset woman.

Tears rolled down her cheeks as she looked up at me.
"I'll try."

I smiled slightly to cheer her up and then helped wipe away her tears. I kissed her forehead and hugged her tightly. I didn't want to lose her ever again.

(A/N Warning: If suicidal thoughts and actions affect you, I wouldn't recommend reading this next part. I do NOT encourage suicide or self-harm. No one should ever take their own life when there is always a way to fix it.)

Katherine's Point of View

"Kat? Katherine!!"

I snapped out of my daze and looked up at Legolas from where I was sitting in the Throne Room of Minas Tirith.

"You don't have to be here. Aragorn and I are just talking about renewing trade relations between Gondor and Mirkwood. Why don't you take a walk? It'll be good for you." Legolas smiled at me as I nodded. I stood up and walked out and downhill towards the streets of the city.

I was quietly walking along a street when a heavy force pushed me against a wall.
It was Éomer.

"You think that just because your Elf beat me up means that he loves you? You're just a coward and a freak." Éomer pointed his finger at me as he said the hurtful things to me.