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Life in Erebor was boring and Kili wanted a way out.
There is no way in hell I'm going to be living here for another year. He thought as he looked over the city of Erebor. His house was located right under The Lonely Mountain. The location of Kili's room gave him the perfect view of the city that laid below him. It was beautiful to say the least, especially during this time of day when the sun was already going down and the sky was painted in different colors. But Kili was bored of it. He held on to the iron ledge and sighed. Everything that once had interested the brunette, had become dull and unimpressive. He knew the city like the back of his hand, every little corner, every underground club, the most important and elite restaurants and the raunchiest bars, he knew them all. The people he was acquaintance to were boring and basic, to say the least. He wanted to see new places and meet new people, go out there and explore, go on an adventure! But his uncle, the high and mighty mayor of the city of Erebor, wouldn't let him.
"You're too young Kili, you're only 21"
"Give it time, my boy. You'll soon get the chance to see the world"
"Why do you want to fly away from your nest? Have you not been treated well here?"
"You'll die out there, without the proper knowledge you need"
He was tired of his bloody excuses. He was always trying to turn his words into something else and never giving him the opportunity to say what he truly wanted to say. But despite all that, he loved his uncle and he didn't have it in him to disobey him, no matter how tired he grew of him and his rules. The only thing that kept the brunette from not jumping off a cliff and into a dark abyss was the way he lived life.
It was weird, out of everything he did, this was one of the things that his uncle didn't seem to have a problem with. He just let him do as he pleased with whoever he wanted to and Kili was truly grateful for that. He loved sex, more than he loved anything else in the world. He never kept a solid partner and rumors were going around that he had dated about half the population of the city. Kili knew that was a lie, he didn't sleep with just anybody. No, they had to be in his radar for him to even approach them. Through out his lifetime, the brunette had been called "manwhore", "womanizing scumbag", "cheating bastard", "unfaithful jerk", amongst other things. He didn't care though, not really. He loved the way he lived life, one step at a time without a care in the world. He didn't like being tied down and he didn't do too well with commitments either. People didn't seem to mind though, they knew of his lifestyle, knew that nothing good was bound to come out of a relationship with him, yet women and men of all ages would try their luck with him.
It was fun. He had power over them and he could do with them whatever he pleased. He could use them once to satisfy his needs, or he could play with them for a while until he got bored.
Taking a deep breath, he stepped out of the balcony and proceeded inside his room. The air outside was chilly and the last thing he wanted was to catch a cold. After closing his balcony door, he went straight to the bathroom. He had a date in an hour and Kili was never late. He stripped out of his pajama pants and boxers and after setting the water to the right temperature, he stepped under the shower. He let the water wash away the bitterness he was feeling and the stress of the day. Just like usual, Kili had tried to talk to his uncle about letting him leave the city, this time settling for the city of Mirkwood. His uncle had thrown a right fit, something Kili had never seen his uncle do before. Kili had completely forgotten about the feud that went on between the mayor of Mirkwood and his uncle, all he was trying to do was come up with a compromise, but his uncle had stormed out the house with Dwalin, his bodyguard, in tow.
His uncle's action left him fuming and before he knew it, he had stepped outside of the house as well and went straight up to the mountain. There was a path created long time ago that allowed him to easily climb it without falling and breaking his neck. He was sweating bullets when he finally reached his sanctuary. It wasn't that high up, but it was a spot that gave him a perfect view of Erebor. He took out a cig from his pocket and a lighter from the other. After lighting the damn thing, he inhaled the putrid smoke that he had learned to love so much and then exhaled it. His uncle was unfair and Kili truly didn't understand his reasons. The only place he was allowed to visit that wasn't Erebor was the small city of Dale. It was a forty minute drive away from Erebor and it was smaller too. Kili didn't like it either, since he also knew the place fairly well.
A knock on his bathroom door brought him back to reality.
"What is it?" He asked as he finished rinsing his body
"Your uncle would like to speak with you sir" Bella, one of the maids, said in a shy voice
"Tell my uncle that I'm busy" He snapped and continued with what he was doing
"I'm sorry sir, but your uncle said this is very important." The girl replied, trying to keep her steadiness in her voice
"Fucking shit" Kili hissed as he turned off the water "Tell him to give me a goddamn minute"
Bella scrambled off without saying anything else. Kili grabbed the towel from the rack and tied it around his body, taking a smaller one and drying his wet hair which was beginning to curl already.
He walked over to his walk in closet and took out what he thought was an appropriate attire to wear tonight. His date, Joanette, had invited him to the Mountain Top bar, it was was in the middle of the city where things were less fancy but not too shabby. He decided to wear black skinny jeans, doc marten shoes and a white shirt. After getting dressed, he put on some of his favorite cologne, placed his damp hair into a messy man bun, grabbed his leather jacket then walked out of his bedroom.
He didn't want to see his uncle. Not after he had finally managed to cool down from his earlier encounter, but he knew that if he didn't see him, his uncle would find a way to punish him later on. With a grunt, he knocked on the door of his uncle's study and waited for him to let him inside.
"Come in" The throaty voice of his uncle said
"You wanted to see me?" Kili said, stepping into the room
"I wanted to apologize for today" His uncle said as he stood up. "Please, have a seat"
"I'm going to be late" He said as he hovered around the door.
Thorin gave him a small smile, one that didn't meet the eyes, then said "Where are you off to tonight?"
"Center of the city" He replied. He wasn't in the mood to make idle conversation with his uncle. The whole situation was beginning to make him a bit tense.
"I hope you don't go downtown tonight. I heard there was some sort of fight in the area" His uncle said, sitting back down.
"I don't hang around the run-down" Kili said nonchalantly
"Good, good" Thorin said, a little awkwardly, looking away from his nephew
"I'm going to go now" Kili said, turning to leave
"Kili wait" Thorin said, making him stop in his track
"What is it?" He said without turning around
"I'm sorry about today, truly. I didn't mean to snap at you. I just don't want you get hurt out there. You're too young, to naive. I just want what's best for you" He sighed
Kili's hold on the door handle tighten. He breathed in and out, trying to calm the beating of his heart. He couldn't believe the nerve of his uncle. To call him young was one thing, but naive?
"You don't think I'm naive when I'm out there whoring around" Kili snapped, poison dripping from his voice
"Kili" His uncle said, his voice low, almost like a warning.
"You know it's true. I'm not so naive when I'm out there getting shit faced and sleeping with everyone that spreads their legs for me. But when I want to get out of this fucking miserable place, you hit me with this?" He retorted. He felt his blood boiling as he turned around to face his uncle.
"Enough!" Thorin yelled, slamming his hands on his desk as he got up from his seat. "I let you whore around like you say because It's the only thing that makes you bloody happy! You're never satisfied with anything Kili, never." Thorin fumed
"That is not true! I'd be happy if there was something to fucking do here, but there's nothing!" Kili said, folding his shaky arms across his chest, like a petulant child.
"There's plenty of things to do here. For some reason the only thing you see fit to do is to go out and return at ungodly hours of the night. You could work in the mines you know, or get a job in your degree like a regular bloke" Thorin said, pointing a finger at him
Kili snorted and gave his uncle an incredulous look. "Well yes uncle, I can obviously do that. But you see, I majored in Journalism which means I have to get the fuck out of this fucking place to get some good enough news that I can write about"
"There are plenty of things to write about in here. Erebor Daily would be happy to have you as one of their journalist. You only have to tell me Kili."
"No. Fuck no. Erebor Daily was rated the boringest newspaper in the whole Middle Earth!" Kili exclaimed, "There's nothing worthy to write about here. This place fucking sucks" He spat. He wanted to get the fuck out of there, to go on his date but he knew he couldn't. His mood had been dampened and if he did go out and meet Joanette, he would only be snappy and rude to her, not that he cared, but his attitude would lead to extremely boring sex or no sex at all. He didn't want to risk it.
"You're not leaving this place and that's final. Not until you're mature enough." Thorin grunted as he sat down, placing his head on his hand
"You're fucking unfair" Kili said, his voice barely audible as he tried to bite back the tears that threatened to fall out. Without waiting for his uncle to reply, Kili stepped out of his study, slamming the door behind him. It seemed like the accident from the morning repeated itself, only this time Kili was the one who was storming out of the house.
He fished his phone out of the pocket of his jacket and texted his date.
Won't make it tonight.
He sent the message and shoved his phone back in his pocket.
He walked towards the garage and got into his car. He wanted to drive as far away from here as he possible could. He had half a mind to drive out of Erebor and into Dale and maybe there he could leave to Mirkwood. But he discarded the idea, he knew that if he did that, his uncle would drag him back here and he would have to face extreme consequences.
He ended up driving downtown, to the run-down part of the city. The one place his uncle didn't want him to go to.