Doesnt go with the story that good but i wanted a nice Thorin moment. Killi catches a favor, and is strange. And he's so sweet! Thanks to the few who reviewed the last chapter! You gals are awesome! The sweetness just for ya'll. Sorry its short. Posting now cause I work early tomorrow and wont be able to in the morning. Enjoy!

Filli fell asleep once he and Thorin got Killi's wounds cleans and wrapped. Thorin however did not fall asleep. He had his back against a tree trunk that was the closet to his nephews. He figured he'd watch over the two of them. Killi for sure since he seemed to be the one who found trouble. Or maybe it was trouble that followed him around? Either way it was an unfair thing for his little nephew. He watched his nephew's sleep he could hear soft snores coming from the two.

He looked over to where his men lay scattered about. They had returned about an hour after Killi had been found. They got lost looking for an opening in the big cave. Ori had gotten his foot stuck in some kind of a hold that he said suddenly appeared in the ground. And on their way back they told Thorin they got lost again, saying the trees looks a lot different in the blackest of the night. They used the stars to find their way back.

Thorin was mad at them cause to him it felt like a bunch of lies to cover up not wanting to help out. He knew it wasn't true but his mind was so mad about everything that had happened in a day's period. He wanted to think the worst of his men, and thoughts of what could have happened to his nephew played in his head. What if he had gotten there too late? Or if he had only ran faster Killi would not have gotten tortured in the first place. But thinking back he knew he couldn't have ran any faster. He knew he had gone over his limits with the speed he did do. His legs hurt so badly now from the strain he had put on them. They had never worked so hard at trying to get somewhere since he was able to walk.

He knew the thoughts he was thinking were dumb but he was trying not to think about today. He saw Killi start to move around. It sounded like he was whispering to someone so Thorin got up to check on him.

Killi's eyes were partly open and he was looking off to the distance. "I don't want to go."

Thorin looked over at Filli thinking he was talking to his brother but Filli was asleep.

"What if uncle catches us?" Killi said swatting at the air. "Stop throwing your food at me please."

"Killi, boy wake up." Thorin placed a hand on his nephew's cheek rubbing his thumb down it.

Killi tried to focus on his uncle's face but a strange happy look showed up on his face suddenly. "Mother!"

Thorin's eyes went wide looking down at him shocked. "What?"

"Oh Mother, you do not know how much I've missed you!" Killi threw his arms around Thorin's shoulders. "I thought you to be dead." He squeezed Thorin tightly smiling like a crazy goose. "Uncle has taken such good care of Filli and me. You should be so proud."

Thorin was so shocked at his nephew's behavior that he didn't know what to do. The only thing coming to mind was to hold him and go along with it. But he had no idea what to say so he stayed silent holding onto the young man. He could feel the heat coming from Killi as he held him. 'A fever' Thorin thought as he pulled the younger man closer. He must have not gotten the wounds as clean as he should have but then again orcs were nasty creatures.

"I know, but its ok now. We helped uncle get back our land!" Killi said proudly to what he thought was his mother.

Thorin pulled Killi away from him looking at his face. Killi's head was wet and his eyes feverish and they had dark circles under them. It was strange to see his nephew having a one way conversation with himself. But it was better for him to have delusions of his mother than memories of orcs, Thorin was happy with that.

"What? What do you mean you have to leave?" Killi looked at Thorin shocked tears were starting to form in his eyes. "Please don't leave me. You haven't even talked to Filli yet." He gave Thorin pleading eyes, and then he turned his head to look at his sleeping brother. "Filli." He whispered reaching over to shake him but someone grabbed his hand to stop him.

"Don't wake him sweety." Thorin said in as low of a voice as he could. "Let's not wake him, he needs his sleep." It felt so weird calling his nephew sweety but he didn't want Filli to wake up since he needed the sleep. He knew Filli didn't want to sleep as it were, he wanted to stay up and keep an eye out for his brother.

"Yea I suppose you're right mother, that battle was quite long and tiring. You're so thoughtful and lovely mother." Killi looked back at what he thought was his mother with loving eyes.

Thorin thought it was sweet, he wished his sister was still around to see it. It made him sad knowing that she wasn't. "You should get some sleep. You look tired." Thorin found it odd that Killi thought he was his mother, they looked nothing a like nor sounded alike.

"I love you." Killi said unexpectedly pulling Thorin in for another hug.

Thorin didn't know what to say or do again. This was the strangest thing that had ever happened to him, but once again he played along. "I love you too."

"Goodbye mother, I'll see you again one day." Killi whispered in his uncle's ear.

Soon Thorin could hear Killi's slow even breaths as he fell asleep. Killi was still in his arms cuddled up and Thorin didn't want to wake him so he just sat there holding him. He rested his chin on Killi's head and after a while his legs began to fall asleep but he wasn't going to move in fear of waking him up.

Loved how this came out. Mushy in all the right ways XD