Bilbo doesn't look like brushing it off is just going to work. He looks halfway between about to cry and likely to smack Thorin in his foolish mouth. That doesn't mean he climbs out of the dwarf's lap. He just...he settles that hand that had been unable to go no where on Thorin's shoulder and looks downward, feeling foolish himself.
Cultural differences have been plaguing him from the moment he met Thorin and his Company. He's been fairly good with it, but that doesn't mean he can let something as important as a kiss slide.
Dwarves might thing they're 'something to get caught up in' and do it but hobbits--
"A kiss if for someone you love," Bilbo says in dismay. And to think, his first kiss had been to the dwarven king of all people! Thorin seems to sway between hating him and barely tolerating him. They're friends of course, but oh.. He'd wanted his first time to be meaningful.
For the other person to really care for him.
He feels like an idiot about to blubber over this so he takes the dwarf in his hand again. The stroking is slower now. It will take time to build back up.
MISUNDERSTANDING TIME
Cultural differences have been plaguing him from the moment he met Thorin and his Company. He's been fairly good with it, but that doesn't mean he can let something as important as a kiss slide.
Dwarves might thing they're 'something to get caught up in' and do it but hobbits--
"A kiss if for someone you love," Bilbo says in dismay. And to think, his first kiss had been to the dwarven king of all people! Thorin seems to sway between hating him and barely tolerating him. They're friends of course, but oh.. He'd wanted his first time to be meaningful.
For the other person to really care for him.
He feels like an idiot about to blubber over this so he takes the dwarf in his hand again. The stroking is slower now. It will take time to build back up.