After the conversation with Bilbo, Thorin spent all of his spare time either with the little hobbit, or learning whatever he could about hobbit culture from others. He asked Balin to collect whatever information that he could possibly find about the hobbits, then spent those nights doing his research as it where.

Thorin then took what he had learnt and put it into practice with the little hobbit, he had learnt a lot about his partner through this method of courting, although he got very strange looks from dwarrows who where unaware of hobbit courting and the fact that hand holding in public was a completely acceptable from of touching in hobbit courting rituals.

During the weeks that followed, the two of them managed to fit both courting rules together so that there was a nice mix where both Bilbo and Thorin where considered happy. The gifts still kept coming from Thorin, however he had become more attuned to what Bilbo may have really felt where thought about and he would love more than those before. There was one gift in particular which Thorin had spent weeks working on, and had given to Bilbo in parts. As Bilbo had told him, flowers where a large part of the culture of hobbits and meant a lot more than he previously believed, he made the link with the flowers and the gems that the dwarves found so precious. He began by creating metalwork flowers, different types in different colours depending on the flower, Lily, Sunflower, Passion Flower, Daisy... He created them in different ironworks which he felt best represented them, he then placed a precious gem right inside of the flower so that when it was dark it would reflect on the metal petals to create an array of colours.

This was the last gift that he was going to give the hobbit, the last flower that would finish of the piece, so far Bilbo had been ecstatic with each flower that came, however the last one would be the one that finished it all off. The last was a rose. The true symbol of love for both cultures, Thorin had created the rose out of gold, the most precious metal to the dwarves, and a large polished red ruby lay inside of the gold rose, the flower was larger than the rest and had more time taken then all of the rest, it was the last gift after all and it needed to be something very special for Bilbo.

It was the day which marked the start of summer for the dwarves calendar was the same day that Thorin was going to give the gift to Bilbo, he had booked the entire day off from his Kingly duties in order to spend it with Bilbo and that was exactly what he was doing, he had also made arrangement for Bilbo to be let off from his work for that day also, not like the little hobbit would deny him anything, even if he did tell him that it was a waist of a working day, Thorin laughed it off.

It started with a large breakfast in Thorin's quarters, after breakfast the two of them took a leasurely stroll through the private quarters, admiring some of the stone carvings that had been cut into Erebor's halls hundreds of years ago, probably right at the start of the civilisation of dwarves within Erebor. Bilbo loved the history, and that was exactly why Thorin had taken him through the halls which would have otherwise remained closed to all but the royal family. After the stroll, Thorin and Bilbo had what the hobbits would refer to as second breakfast, something that Bombur had gladly told Thorin when he came snooping asking about Bilbo's dietary requirements and enjoyments.

It was around noon when Thorin finally told Bilbo that he had perfect his last gift, if accepted it would mean that their relationship would be able to move on to the next level and a real engagement would be considered.

Thorin was nervous, of course he would be, this was really the end point in this part of the relationship, and deemed whether it would continue or not, he believed that Bilbo would accept but did not want to be over confident about the matter for fear of looking foolish.

The box which had been created for the Rose was carved beautiful, thanks to the work of Bofur and Bifur who had worked endlessly to perfect the piece, knowing exactly how much it meant to Thorin. The carving was then glossed over and a coating was put over it to make sure that it would never chip as long as it was cared for reasonably, something they all knew Bilbo could do very well.

The dwarf King had gotten on to his knee for this gift, presenting it to the hobbit from below him, it was seen as respectful for such things to be done, Bilbo's trembling little fingers removed the beautifully carved lid of the box and his breath caught in his throat when he saw the rose, the beauty and love that was represented within it, Bilbo took it from the velvet which it lay one and turned it in his fingers to get a look at all sides of it. He then slowly placed in back in the box, which made Thorin worry. The hobbit took the box and put it to the side on the table they where stood beside, before throwing himself into the dwarves embrace, laughing and crying all at once

"It is more beautiful than anything I have ever seen, I love it. I love you, my dear dwarf." Bilbo whispered into Thorin's ear, he then laughed heartily in relief and embraced Bilbo in a tight hug.

NOTES:

Okay so erm, perhaps the end? I don't know, I could go on and to their wedding day but I don't know... What do you guys think?! I feel like this is a really good ending part for this fanfic, I may in the future do a sequel but I really want to get on to my own story which involves a relationship between Thorin and my OC Tahlaia. But yeah, I want to know if anybody would actually like that and want to read it? Basically I need you all to review on this chapter and tell me things hahahaha. Also this chapter is very late because quite frankly I've had a shit load of stuff going on in my private life. I was in the news today, I've also just been asked to do my first live-project illustrating a childrens books and I'm just so busy creating a portfolio this stuff has had to wait. Anyway it is here now and I hope you enjoy it!

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