For a moment, Kili only gapes at the ring, not because he's shocked that Beth would agree to wed Mister Daryl, of course not, her love for him is ever certain; but he thinks of Tauriel, of what she'd said of intimacy equating to marriage in the Elven culture, and he hasn't been able to help but think on it since then. They'd taken steps in their relationship that evening he'd admittedly been worried about, if only because he's quite gone that far with anyone before, and in spite of how confident he is that their love will be everlasting, Tauriel is still Tauriel. He only wishes to please her.
Tilting his head, he studies his friend for a moment, trying to determine what the proper reaction should be. She'd agreed to the engagement, and she is smilig, so it stands to reason that she's happy; but there's a hint of something else, too, which Kili supposes can be explained away by the fact that the question had been asked in such an awful place.
"A glimmer of light during a dark time, then," he settles on saying, beaming at her. "Congratulations all the same, it is something to be celebrated. Perhaps with another cupcake."
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For a moment, Kili only gapes at the ring, not because he's shocked that Beth would agree to wed Mister Daryl, of course not, her love for him is ever certain; but he thinks of Tauriel, of what she'd said of intimacy equating to marriage in the Elven culture, and he hasn't been able to help but think on it since then. They'd taken steps in their relationship that evening he'd admittedly been worried about, if only because he's quite gone that far with anyone before, and in spite of how confident he is that their love will be everlasting, Tauriel is still Tauriel. He only wishes to please her.
Tilting his head, he studies his friend for a moment, trying to determine what the proper reaction should be. She'd agreed to the engagement, and she is smilig, so it stands to reason that she's happy; but there's a hint of something else, too, which Kili supposes can be explained away by the fact that the question had been asked in such an awful place.
"A glimmer of light during a dark time, then," he settles on saying, beaming at her. "Congratulations all the same, it is something to be celebrated. Perhaps with another cupcake."