A/N: there is some graphic scenes in this chapter...it's the birth, so be prepared and there is some language to.

Several months have passed since that day when Kili and Bofur were joined in the most sacred of rites, before all of Erebor. Since that glorious day both men's lives seemed to get better for them. Each day Bofur grew more and more round with his and Kili's child that laid safe and sound within Bofur. As the months seemed to fly by they both learned what it was to be married to one another. There was some high moments and there was some lows for them, but together they were able to get through them because they had each other to stand by their side...giving one another the strength to get through whatever came their way.

One such low time was when Bofur had to learn about diplomacy and laws, which was something he never had to learn before in all of his years, but as a  Prince's Consort it was required. He had to sit through what seemed like endless lessons upon decorum from Balin who had the patience of a saint for he took the time to instruct Bofur in the confusing dance of politics. It was one such day that Bofur lost his patience with all the stupid laws before him...and it was Kili who paid the price. Kili had just entered the family quarters, when the sound of Bofur's screams of frustration echoed throughout the room...with his heart in his throat he dropped the book on Dwarf Laws from two hundred years ago, onto the ground to rush to his husbands side.

"Durino Shirumund (by durins beard) Balin! Are you trying to tell me there is no law that protects bearers! That is stupid." as Kili rounded the corner, he saw Bofur pacing...more like waddling back and forth in front of Balin who was seated at a table with several books laid out before him, looking exhausted.

"Bofur. What's wrong love?" Bofur stopped his pacing as Kili quickly stepped to his side...taking his husbands hands into his own. Bofur heaved a sigh as he gave a recounting on what he found out that had upset him so much. It seems that there existed no law that protected bearers from the appalling life they were forced to endure for several generations. With Balin's help, Bofur was researching for anything that would help keep the others like him safe from enslavement and abuse..they found nothing to date. That was one reason why Balin had sent a message down to the library for a book on ancient laws..hoping maybe something in the past would be there within it. It just so happens that Kili was down there when Ori came running up to him with a large old book in his hands. 

"Prince Kili. I am so glad you are here. Balin sent a message down here for me to find this book for him. It is on Erebor Laws from tua'kantuz ferreng (200 years) ago...back in the time of King Thror himself. I can't believe it is in such good condition still after all this time.  Isn't this amazing?" the look of wonderment on his face made Kili chuckle at how adorable he was...he could see why Fili could never seem to take his eyes off of the young man as a small blush stained the man's cheeks. Shortly after his brother's wedding Fili revealed , while deep in his cups, his infatuation for the third son of Ri...but he begged for Kili to keep that between the both of them." Anyways, Prince Kili, would you mind terribly giving this to Mr. Balin for me..please?" he looked up at Kili with pleading brown eyes that could melt even the wintry of hearts.

"Of course, Ori, I don't mind at all." the smile the young man gave him was filled with relief.

"Oh, thank you Prince Kili. I have alot to do here still and this will let me get back to it very quickly." with one last smile, Ori spun around and scampered off to attend to things needing his attention. That was how Kili came to be here in the family quarters at this time, since he knew Balin would be here during this hour tutoring Bofur. He listened attentively to his husband's justified complaint about the inequality of the laws regarding bearers within Dwarven society. Kili felt that his love had a point about how abhorred his kind were regarded and things needed to change soon if there was going to be any hope for their people. He knew Bofur was trying to find an old law that restored freedom to bearers...but so far neither him or Balin had found it.

"Oh, Balin, I have the book you asked for from Ori...maybe we can find something in there." he went quickly to retrieve the book from the floor where he dropped it shortly ago and brought it to both men who began to avidly search through each and every law there was. Kili held out hope but even he was losing what little was left of it. In the end all their hope was shattered for there in bold print of King Thror's own handwriting was the laws that pertained to all bearers.

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*BEARER LAW- REVISED IN THE YEAR 2740 BY KING THROR*

Because of the decline in bearers among the Khazad race, I hereby enact the law of any Khazad that presents as a bearer is required by law to submit themselves to the head of their household with the expressed intention of obtaining a proper marriage price for the compensation of the loss of a valued family member. All bearers are required to be under the protection of the Head of their household that they dwell in. Any and all rights the bearer has is subjected to the laws of the Head and can not be refuted, if opposed then bearer is bound by law to punishment that has been ordained as is proper by the Crown.

Bearers are forbidden to own property, have control of money or to either buy/sell without the authorization of the Master. Any bearer found out in public must be veiled and under escort at all times for their own protection against harm that may occur. If bearer is found without veil or escort they can be subjected to confinement to a safe location until such time as the Master can retrieve them and proof is ascertained of ownership. If proof is determined that bearer is without protection of sorts than they are susceptible to be sold for a marriage price, so they are under protection of a household once more and all proceeds of the sale will be applied to the upkeep of the kingdom.

PUNISHMENTS AUTHORIZED BY CROWN:

No bearer can be permanently harmed during punishment but they can and will be subjected to the administering of proper punishment that are authorized by the Crown and Healer's Guild.

SET PUNISHMENTS:

spanking/flogging: no marks are allowed to be visible after 30 minutes of punishment being carried out.

temporary isolation: no more than 24 hours within a seven day time span.

restraints: so bearer can not harm themselves during set punishment.

missed meals: no more than two consecutively are allowed.

Any of these are permissible to correct bearer's behavior. If the Master is found to have disregarded these approved methods of punishment then the Master will be heavily fined and possibly cast out of the mountain without his property which will be confiscated and allocated appropriately as the bearer's family see's fit as compensation for violation of Dwarven rights and signed contract.

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Bofur felt the hopes of bearers on his shoulders and it was almost more than any Khazad could bear...but luckily for him, he did not have to do it alone for Kili adamantly stood by his side on this matter. For a few hours Kili consoled a discouraged Bofur...making a promise to him that someway, somehow they would find a way to change it or get around this archaic law.

"Bofur, i promise you kardunah that I will protect you and our children from this law made by some gold crazed fool called grandfather. Don't worry. together we will find a way  to protect us from this stupid, demeaning law." tenderly he soothed his beloveds mind by kissing him senseless ...neither taking notice as Balin made a hasty retreat, leaving the two lovebirds to their own ardent reassurances as he made his way to talk to his king about a situation in his kingdom.

One of the high moments during these months...maybe not so great according to the senses, but hilarious all the same, was a time Bofur's food craving reached a level that no one had foreseen happening. It was around the dinner hour and many people were gathered within the Great Dining Hall eating their meals. Bofur came down to the Hall to eat with everyone on this night with Kili close to his side to make sure he did not take a wrong step down the stairs. As they finally made it to the hall, they both could see long tables set up along the walls filled with various assortments of food. Bofur slowly waddled his way over to see what appealed to him...noticing Kili made his own selections really quick as he filled his plate with different meats and bread.

"Bofur? See anything you want amralime (love)?" he peered at the older man who just stood there looking very indecisive at the assorted food. Bofur sighed heavily and shook his head negatively.

"No. I...I can't see anything I want really." as he kept eyeing the food, he wasn't aware of Bombur coming up behind them until he spoke which startled both men.

"Nothing here you want, huh? Hmmm...how about I make something special for you and the baby?" Bofur brightened at that suggestion and both Bombur and Kili chuckled at the relief on Bofur's face. "Kili, why don't you both sit down and eat. I'll take care of Bofur's food and bring it out when done." Kili smiled and he went to sit down with his brother who was conversing with their mother, Dis, as they both drank their ale...knowing Bombur would take care of Bofur perfectly. "So...nadad (brother), what exactly are you craving?" he waited for the man to decide...afterwards he wished he hadn't asked.

"I'm craving peanut butter...and chocolate." Bombur laughed at Bofur who hummed in enjoyment at the thought of the sandwich....but something was still missing on it. " Oh...and with bananas." Bombur nodded...easy to fix quickly. "Oh! with pickles too. Yumm." Bofur closed his eyes in pleasure at the idea...Bombur cringed a bit at that, but what his pregnant brother wanted he was getting. So with a nod he turned to go make it but before he got three feet away Bofur hollered out once more. "With hot sauce too. Oh Mahal yes, that's it." Bombur stared at him in aghast which made Bofur nervous as he began to chew on his lip."...Please, Bom?" the cook nodded his head and ran back to the kitchen to assemble this atrocious sandwich for his expecting brother...trying to not retch at the sight or smell of it. The second it was made he rushed out with it ...trying to breath shallowly so not to inhale the noxious smell...noticing as he passed several dwarves they turned green and left their plates behind, scampering as far as they could from that smell. Finally, with relief he made it to where his brother sat next to Kili, who was chatting animatedly with  Fili and Dis..he set the plate down and hustled away as fast as his legs could carry him...praying he didn't lose his own stomach contents.

The moment Bombur set the plated sandwich in front of him, bofur felt his mouth water at the divine aroma...not noticing how conversation stopped around him and stared at what was on his plate with disgusted horror. He hummed in delight as he picked up the lovely created meal and took a large bite, humming in ecstasy as he chewed. The wonderful flavor of chocolaty peanut butter and bananas washed over his tongue, pairing perfectly with the vinegar spicy pickles, all of which made groan in pleasure. The whole time he ate with gusto , some dwarves began to edge away from the smell emitting from his food...he moaned and hummed the whole time. Fili cleared his throat as he edged a tiny bit away...breathing shallowly as he watched his nadad'dli (brother in law) practically inhaling his sandwich.

"Damn, he looks so happy eating that Ke. Happy as a pig in slop." Fili smiled at Bofur as he talked to Kili next to him..watching his husband with a fond expression himself. The moment those words left Fili's mouth Bofur gasped and looked at the blond prince in distress as his sandwich fell to his plate...big tears filled his eyes and he began to wail.

"You...you think I'm FAT!" the dark haired man began to wail loudly as those fat tears fell down his face. Fili's blue eyes went wide in shock...many dwarven eyes turned to stare at him and they began to narrow, Fili knew one wrong move and he was going to be hurt...real bad if he didn't fix this real soon, especially with Kili who glared at him.

"No...no,no, no Bo. Of course not! I think you look beautiful." he saw Kili growling at him for that remark. " Bofur , I was just saying how much you are enjoying that well crafted sandwich Bombur made you." Bofur sniffled and began to calm down quickly as he saw the contrite look in Fili's eyes. Fili breathed a sigh of relief that the pregnant crisis had passed..he should have known it wasn't going to be that easy..it was short lived because Bofur gathered his sandwich back up as he spoke.

"You think Bom did good job for me?" Fili vigorously nodded at him to try and appease his overly emotional nadad'dli...seeing a bright smile come back to his mustached face. ~Whew! Crisis averted.~ Fili thought. "Here, Fe...take a bite. See how good it is." Bofur held out the sandwich to Fili, who's eyes went round in horror. He was about to decline it, but a swift whack to the back of his head by Dis and Thorin growling lowly ~ Take a bite~ made him change his mind. Steeling his nerves and stomach he leaned forward..trying to contain his revulsion on his face as he took a small bite and chewed. Fili fought the wave of nausea in his stomach as he prayed he would not gag...choking down the foul bite as soon as it was safe to swallow. The look on Bofur's face of his delight made Fili plaster a smile on his own for the sweet man who quickly tore back into his food with euphoria once more. As Fili took a long deep pull on his ale to wash the atrocious taste out of his mouth he noticed his Uncle and mother give him a pleased smile for appeasing his brother's hurt feelings so well. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Kili lean over to whisper softly at his older brother.

"Nicely done nadad. Thank you for that." Kili's eyes twinkled in merriment at him...suddenly a thought came to Fili's mind and he smiled wickedly at his dark brother.

"No problem. I'm just happy I'm not the one who has to kiss him afterwards." with those parting words and a smirk he quickly got up with his ale in hand to go talk to Nori about the last merchant caravan that was supposed to arrive from the South with supplies before the snow began to fall..leaving his poor brother to contemplate his near future fate.

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The late autumn moon was soon about to set on the horizon when the long awaited event finally happened in Erebor. Prince Kili was still in bed along with his beloved Bofur who was wrapped up in his arms...both blissfully asleep. Suddenly Bofur jerked awake as a sharp pain shot through his abdomen, making him holler out so loudly that Kili wrenched himself off the bed looking for the threat of danger. His bleary eyes saw nothing that could be a threat to either of them and he cast his brown gaze to his husband who was sitting up in bed, clutching his stomach with both hands as he gasped. Kili eased close to his love and reached out a hand to lay on Bofur's shoulder as he groggily rasped out to him.

"Bo? What's wrong kardunah?" his love could not answer as he gasped in pain while sweat formed on his face. "Is it....is it the baby?" Is it time?" Bofur nodded quickly as his face went pale...Kili's heart lurched in panic and he tore out of the bedroom shouting. " Amad! Amad! It's coming!" one of the doors to the bedrooms off of the family quarters flew open to admit his mother into the room. Her hair was still in it's sleeping braid and her gown flowed around her ankles as she made her way over to her agitated son. She swiftly took his bare shoulders into her hands and made him calm down enough to speak clearly.

"Kili! Calm down. Now what's the matter?" her blue eyes caught his browns and he took a deep breath to steady himself as he slowly told his mother what was going on.

"Amad, Bofur is going into labor. we need you." she nodded her head at him and then a smile swept across her face as she gave him a pointed look.

"I'll be there in a few moments. I will get dressed first...but ..uhhmm...son. You may want to get dressed yourself. I don't think you want to be seen like this by others." Kili glanced down at himself and realized he was still naked. He blushed crimson as he squawked at her, who chortled at her son's mortification as he covered himself with both hands and rushed back to his room to get some clothes on. Maybe ten minutes later, Dis came walking through their door and went straight to Bofur who was groaning on the bed in pain. With quick efficiency she reached under the covers on Bofur and checked his opening for dilation as if she was checking a woman...making soothing sounds as she did it. "Well Bofur, you seem to be dilating fine...not to fast, so we have time for me to fetch Oin for you." she gave him a smile as she patted his hand with her other one not used in her examination. "You are doing fine love. Just breath when a contraction comes...in and out. It may help if you walk around a little bit...Mahal knows it helped me both times. Also, you may want to put on a robe for your modesty and comfort." she walked over to the wash basin to clean her hands, then she was out the door to alert Oin to the imminent arrival of the newest member of the Durin family.

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It was an hour later when Oin and Dis came back in to check on Bofur, who was slowly shuffling around the room, holding onto Kili's arm for support, grunting and groaning with each step. Just as Oin entered the room, Bofur went very still as he peered down at the floor...everyone's eyes followed his gaze. There on the floor was a large wet puddle under the expecting man who gulped loudly...Oin spoke into the silence.

"Well, it looks like I arrived at the right moment. Come on lad, let's take a look at you and see what's going on now." gently him and Kili careful walked Bofur back to bed to lay down while Dis went to clean up the mess on the floor. Oin, with a confident and knowledgeable manner he swiftly examined Bofur...making a hmmming sound as he did. "Right, right. Everything looks good Bofur. I think within a few hours we can be expecting an arrival." he removed his hands and cleaned them off to begin getting things ready for the birth. Dis took one look at her boys and slipped out of the room...some people needed to be alerted of what was happening.

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Bofur nearly arched off the bed as another contraction shot through his body as rivulets of sweat dripped from his brow from all the strain his body was under the last few hours. On his right stood Kili, who held his hand in his while with the other he tried to brush back the soggy tendrils of hair that stuck to Bofur's face...whispering words of encouragement to his husband. At his feet knelt Oin who had his hands between his legs...calling out instructions to everyone assisting him in the delivery.

"You're doing good Bofur...breath like that and when I tell you, I want you to push....You need to bear down on my command." Bofur nodded as he gasped out a string of profanities at the pain.

"Ugghhh...MEN EZUN! (i hate you) You did this...this is all your fault!" Bofur screamed at Kili, who didn't take his words to heart for he was warned a while back by his Uncle Thorin that during labor they're tongues become pretty sharp....it was a reflection of their pain.

"You're doing great azyung. I'm so...." Bofur turned those jasper eyes onto his husband and if looks could kill then he would be a single parent in that second.

"MEN FOCAIL (fuck you)! You try squeezing a melon out of your ASS!"Bofur threw back his head as he screamed again from the spasms inside...Oin tried not to laugh at him as he focused on the task at hand.

"Kili, you're doing good. Dis, you have the blankets ready. It's not long now." suddenly another spasm hit and Bofur clenched around Kili's hand in his own as Oin barked out to the agonized man. "ALRIGHT...Come on Bofur...PUSH!" with a roar from Bofur who pushed with all his might and a scream from Kili, who believed in that second  his hand was caught in a painful vise grip. As Bofur pushed with all his might, Kili's eyes went wide as he leaned over and watched Bofur's tight rose expand and stretched to obscene dimensions as a tiny head crowned at his entrance...seeking a way out of its constricting enclosure.

~Oh Mahal! That's not right! How's it ever going to be normal again? It's destroyed beyond  repair!~ Kili thought as he watched his beloved entrance stretched beyond what he believed was possible or natural. His thoughts were jolted out of their disbelief and back onto what was going on..it was the sweetest sound he ever heard that reached his ears...the baby's first cry.

"It's a ....GIRL!" Oin bellowed out as he cut the cord and handed the squalling child off to Dis to be cleaned up and swaddled in her little soft Durin blue blanket. Kili felt his heart soar as he watched the baby with tears filling his brown eyes...then he gazed upon his weary husband who beamed with pride at what he had just done.

"It's a girl Bofur. A beautiful girl love." he swooped down and kissed  him on the lips...his joy and pride for this gorgeous man, the emotions racing through him made him feel like he was flying on cloud nine. As Bofur went to return the kiss, another spasm crashed through his body making him gasp and groan loudly as he began to bear down once more...Oin's hands flying back between those legs...getting ready to catch the infant that was eager to join its sister into the world.

"Doing good lad! Come, push one more time...almost there...almost...YES!" Bofur felt the tiny body slipping from his into Oin's waiting hands and a loud wail spiraled up , filling the room with those innocent new cries."Congratulations, it's a BOY!" the child's cries echoed around the room that joined his sister's own sweet melody as Dis swiftly handed the little girl to Kili to hold as she snatched another blue blanket to wrap around the distraught boy...promptly cleaning him up so he could join his sister.

Kili sat there stunned, holding his newborn daughter in his arms, as it registered that he was now the proud father of twins. Next thing he knew he was holding both of his children as both Oin and Dis swept through the room , cleaning Bofur up and changing sheets so he could be comfortable. Kili did was not very aware of everything going on around him for he every bit of his attention was centered on these two most perfect treasures drowsing comfortably in his arms. As he gazed down upon their sweet faces, a feeling of being unprepared and insignificant washed over him at that moment. Here was two delicate and fragile lives that trusted him to protect and guide them through life...to make everything in this world safe for them...he felt very unqualified for this job before him, but he promised he would do all he could to fulfill it for them. Finally Bofur was settled back into bed in a clean gown and Kili gently made his way back to his beloved's side where he delicately placed both babies next to their "momma" who exhaustedly cooed down at both drowsing infants as he sleepily counted the little fingers that curled around his own large one. Neither man noticing as Dis and Oin slipped out of the room to give the new family some privacy as they went to announce the new arrivals to those waiting beyond those doors.

"Oh Ke. What should we name them love?" Bofur's voice was raspy from all the screaming he did. Kili eased himself onto the bed next to both infants as he reached out to caress his lovers cheek with a finger. As they lounged there upon the bed, wrapped around their new family in a cocoon of bliss, they both thought upon it...it was Kili who spoke as he smiled at his husband.

"How about Kilur and Baili. A twisted variation of both of our names to honor us both as their fathers?" Bofur's smile was radiant as he gazed upon his three loves...his gorgeous husband Kili, his handsome boy Kilur, and his beautiful daughter Baili. Now they both were truly complete...they were now one happy and complete family.

~THE END~