[The Hobbit] Only the earthlings don't know

Bilbo was used to reading novels in bed for a while, so he was ready to go to bed before ten o'clock.

Picking up the book he was reading recently, which was lying on the table, Bilbo pushed open the bedroom door.

At a glance, there was someone standing beside his bed in the darkness.

Bilbo turned on the light calmly.

Since getting to know Thorin, his heart has become much stronger.

"I came to say goodnight," Thorin explained.

"Good night," Bilbo replied, kindly opening the window for him.

Thorin nodded, turned and was about to jump out the window—his tentacles were handy, whether for chores or windows.

"That's all?" Bilbo asked a little surprised.

"...how else?" Thorin put his foot on the window frame, thought for a moment and answered, "You prefer something more enthusiastic?"

Bilbo remembered what Kili said about getting thicker, and immediately took a step back and declined politely: "I think this is fine."

Thorin smiled and disappeared from Bilbo's sight.

Seeing that smile, Bilbo always felt something was wrong.To be honest, Thorin is the type he likes, not the kind of love at first sight, of course, but a kind of yearning for the same sex - he is very manly, there is no doubt that this makes Bilbo envious.

If they get to know each other normally and get to know each other gradually, maybe I can't help but pursue him first, maybe?

It's a pity that the first formal exchange of names was met with a bouquet of roses from the same sex...

This is very embarrassing.

Bilbo was leaning on the bedside, absently flipping through the novel, and felt that he couldn't read it, so he dragged the computer to his lap and logged into the chat room.

March 9 8:10

【Kili】: Congratulations to Thorin for being kicked out of the house by Bilbo for the 73rd time.

【Ori】: Papa papa papa.

【Sauron】: Papa papa papa.

【Bard】: Papa papa papa.

[Aragon]: Tears of sympathy were shed.

[Fili]: But today I spent 24 minutes more at Bilbo's house than the day before yesterday!

【Bard】: How long in total?

【Kili】: 3 hours and 12 minutes!

【Bilbo】:...

【Ori】: Hey, Bilbo, you are here. You are almost not online at night when you are not working. We thought you were not here_(:з」∠)_.

[Bilbo]: If you don't go online, how do you know you made such a big news.

[Bilbo]: Thorin doesn't care about you either.

【Fili】: Uncle went to read again.

[Bilbo]: ... What book?

[Kili]: My book "How to Get People on Earth to Bed".

[Fili]: I think he also took notes on his studies.

[Bilbo]: I even made study notes! ?

【Kili】: I also bought related exercises.

[Bilbo]: There are practice questions! ?

【Fili】: Eight years old.

【Bilbo】:...

Bilbo shut down the computer silently, and decided not to worry about it.

When they arrived at the store the next morning, some colleagues had punched in their cards, but they were still eating breakfast in the small warehouse inside, and only left a note outside for Bilbo:

Your boyfriend is waiting for you upstairs.

And Emmy wrote specifically for him:

If you quarreled, make up quickly.

Bilbo took out a pen and dripped a drop of ink on the boyfriend's "male" to cover up the whole word before changing clothes and going upstairs.

Sure enough, Thorin was waiting at the door.

Bilbo pointed out the door, then pointed to Thorin, then walked in and turned on the computer.

Thorin took a step out obediently.

After spending an hour burying his head in finishing his morning routine, Bilbo raised his head and twisted his stiff and sore neck—he always kept his head down, no matter whether he was working or writing.

A cup of coffee was gently placed on his desk.

Bilbo looked up, only to see Thorin withdrew his hand and walked out of the office door with a straight face, continuing to stand where he had been in the morning.

After looking at him for a while, Biblo sighed: "Come in, sit for a while." The company's regulations are not strict, not to mention that he is usually the only one in the upstairs office, and no one will care about the addition of a strange foreigner. Star.

It's almost time for compromise every day, Bilbo thought sadly, it's always me who compromises.

Yes, every time - 3 hours and 12 minutes!

Thorin dragged a stool and sat quietly diagonally across from Biblo.

"Don't you even have to work?" Biblo finally couldn't help asking.

"No." Thorin replied simply, he is a man of few words, he hardly speaks unless necessary, but occasionally he will praise himself - of course, it may not be intentional, it's just a natural reaction in front of his sweetheart .

Bilbo sighed again, and pushed away the computer. "I think we should talk, Thorin."

"Of course, if you wish," Thorin replied immediately.

"I don't doubt everything you said, like you...saying you're interested in me." Bilbo faltered and shrugged, "But I think maybe you got it wrong somewhere, and I don't mean emotionally, but It's somewhere else."

"It's not quite the right way of saying it, at least," Bilbo said finally.

"Am I bothering you?" Thorin asked after a moment's thought.

Bilbo thought about it for a while, and finally answered honestly, "It's not very bothering."

Although Thorin was a bit annoying, he didn't bother him much, just like when he was working just now, he just stood aside quietly, didn't speak, and rarely restrained his momentum.

But the answer seemed to bother Thorin instead.

His eyebrows were a little wrinkled, and it took a long time before he said, "I don't quite understand."

"I don't know what the culture is there." Biblo said, "But at least we live our own lives here, and occasionally make appointments to get to know each other better. If we like each other, we will continue to have in-depth contact."

"I feel like you don't have a life of your own," Bilbo concluded. "You're taking mine as if it's yours, and it makes me feel like... personal space is being violated."

"I don't have anything to do." Thorin replied seriously. "I don't have any private life. I may not live long when I come to Earth—Bard knows, mine is only a temporary residence permit."

"Then what are you doing here?" Bilbo couldn't help asking, "Visiting relatives."

"Marry." Thorin replied as a matter of course, "I will court you and get married."

"I mean before you came..."

"Just before coming." Thorin interrupted him, "Kili sent me a picture, taken outside your shop. You were at... about a substitute shift that day, and you were not far behind him—I mean Kili ——Through the glass door, the focus is not on your body, and your face looks blurry."

Thorin rarely said so much, "But I think it was love at first sight."

"For a photo?" Bilbo wondered.

"...to you." Thorin took a moment to reply.

Bilbo had no choice but to say anything else.

He thought he had compromised again.