A Family Matter   von CP
                        (Fili/Kili/Thorin fluff+angst)
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                             Kapitel 4: Of Future
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He loved his brother with all his heart. And Mahal knows he would do anything
for him.

Fili stroke a strain of damp dark hair out of Kilis face and put a gentle
butterfly kiss on his forehead to sooth away the pain. Not sure if it was his
own or his brothers.

"Kili." He almost broke at the look of his baby brothers in his lap.

"Please. Kili stay with me. I need you. I can't do this without you."

A bitter smile was formed at the thought of the familiar words and the truth
that went with them. For the first time he could understand and truly forgive
them.

"Please don't leave me. Stay with me brother..." He begged with a hoarse voice
filled with sadness and grief.

But Kili didn't reply. Hadn't done so in a long time. His skin was pale and
covered in a thin layer of sweat. The fever that had taken him spread through
his veins like poison, unforgiving burning the live away and leaving an empty
shell.

It started a week ago, with nothing but a small wound enabled in his brother's
side. There shouldn't be anything to worry about. Kili was no fool, didn't hide
his injury from him or his uncle. And Oin had also seen to it. The wound wasn't
deep...but after a couple of days it has gotten worse.

There was heat around the injured flesh accompanied by an angry red and purple
color and even the fairest touch had pained his brother gravely, till the point
he was no longer able to walk.

The infection had eaten away at him and now Kili didn't even possessed the
strength to open his eyes anymore.

It scared Fili behind anything else seeing his brother, his other half, wither
away in the endless sleep that had claimed him. He could almost give in the
illusion that this was all but a bad dream. It had to be. His brother wasn't
dying in front of him, no. He was just sleeping. So he began to hum the old
lullaby his mother once taught him. The only one he knew.

He felt Kili relax in his arms and phantomed a smile on the motionless face,
while his thoughts drifted to better times. Times long ago, hidden under a
blanket of peace and comfort. Where Kilis laughter would still ring in his ears
and would trail after every step he made. Where the future seemed bright like
sunrays, promising of a better morrow. Where Kili was still...

He slowly rocked back and force. The lifeless body cradled in his arms and kept
humming the lullabys tune with a broken voice and a broken heart.

Tears were streaming down his face and darkness was filling his soul.

When the sun touched the horizon and no strength was left in Filis own body he
lay down next to his brother. Alway ensuring the hold on Kilis hand wasn't
losing.

He kissed his brother for the last time and closed his eyes, trying his best to
ignore the cold that now crawled into Kili.

He missed the burning heat fiercely now. Missed his shivers that had rocked the
Younger's body in his sleep. He even missed the painful moans that had been
forced out of Kilis throat.

But the most he missed his brothers warm breath...

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