Mithril - Kili x reader (english version)

Chapter 11

Two months had passed by now since the Hobbit and the half-elf came to Erebor and exactly one month since Kíli had been ill. In this time (y/n) had become very good friends with Kíli and with Balin, Bofur Ori and Nori too. She spend most of her time with one of them or with Bilbo. Balin often joined her in the library and he taught her about the dwarfish culture. Bofur could always cheer her up, when she was homesick and above all she was told all the stories she didn't know yet. Kíli had made it his business to teach her Khuzdul. Only dwarves could speak this language and only very few outsiders, since this was the strictly guarded language of the dwarves. But Kíli's argument, that (y/n) after all still was half-dwarf, convinced even Thorin and he finally allowed that she would learn Khuzdul. To learn the language of the dwarves wasn't easy at all and included much training if one wanted to speak it properly, but the girl had fun with it. Not last because of the dwarf, who was her teacher with this.

"Traako*!" (y/n) swore quietly. Kíli had learned by now, what this elfish word meant. That was why he asked slightly amused:

"What's the matter?"

"I keep muddling felek** and felak***, that's all...", she complained and threw her (h/c) hair back over her shoulder.

"Maybe we should stop for today, there's no point in going on if you keep being stuck with this two words. You can trie it tomorrow.", the brown-haired dwarf explained carefully, because it had happened before, that the girl became quite pissed of, when she wanted to learn these words. (y/n) opened her mouth to protest, decided otherwise and mumbled:

"I guess you're right... It's just annoying me..."

"It'll be fine." Kíli said to cheer her up and they went on a walk though the mountain together. It already was late, which was why (y/n) soon wished him a good night and went to her room to sleep. When Kíli lay in his bed too, he couldn't sleep at first. After the dream after which he had become ill, he had only one time dreamt of Fíli's death again and right now he had to think of it. He was quite sure, that he would dream of the day on the Ravenhill today again and he was scared to close his eyes. Finally his eyes shut and he fell to sleep and, as he expected, he dreamt of the death of his brother.

When he woke up, he curled together and put his hands behind his head to repress his shaking. He hoped, that he hadn't awoke the others, but this time he hadn't screamed in his dream and it was possible, that he hadn't screamed in reality either. At least no one came to his room to look after him, which calmed him down.

A/N:

*Traako = elvish word for shit

**felek = Khuzdul for to hew rock

***felak = Khuzdul for a tool for cutting stone; to use such a tool

The runes in the picture above have no meaning for this chapter.