Elsa had just finished a long and tiresome day of her queenly duties and finally got the chance to lie down and relax. She hadn't had a day like this in a long time and didn't quite expect it either. But despite all of it, she knew she could now sit in quiet. She positioned her pillow up against her backrest and shut her eyes, finally embracing peace after so long.
It was short-lived, however, as something slowly wrapped around her waist after a few minutes. Elsa jumped in fright and shot her eyes open, but quickly found that it was her smiling little sister Anna who shifted herself in place beside Elsa while still clinging her arms around her waist. Elsa relaxed her body and smiled as she pet her sister's ginger hair gently and lovingly, then spoke up.
"I missed you." Elsa cooed, pulling Anna up her left side and reaching her right hand over to hold the princess' shoulder.
"I missed you more!" Anna replied, looking up at her sister. "You were gone for so long, it was like I hadn't seen you in days."
"I'm sorry, my love, but I have-" She was shortly interrupted by her sister's giggles. "…What's so funny?" Elsa asked, confused.
"I just… love it when you say that." nuzzling her face into the side of Elsa's chest.
"Say what?"
"'My love' or 'I love you', stuff like that."
"Oh…" Elsa said realizing, "well, it's true! I do love you!" Anna giggled again and hugged her sister tighter.
"Tell me how much you love me." the princess said. Elsa was a little unsure of Anna's demand and raised one of her eyebrows at her in confusion. "Please…?" the princess pleaded with an adorable puppy face—one which her big sister couldn't resist to no matter how hard she tried.
"OK... anything for you, my little snow angel." the queen said, squeezing Anna gently like a baby hugging its teddy bear while it sleeps. "Well, Anna, I love you more than anything in the world." Elsa whispered into her little sister's ear, causing Anna to giggle and grin without control. "You're beautiful, you're funny, and you're the best thing that's ever happened to me. I'm so happy and thankful that you actually exist in my life, and if you ever weren't, I'm certain my life would end. Everything I've ever done was because I loved you. Like isolating myself from you for thirteen years, it was because I didn't want to hurt you, and it killed me every day not to see you… because I loved you too much."
Anna couldn't stop smiling and was fighting as hard as she possibly could to hold back tears. With every compliment Anna received from Elsa, she blushed and teared up. In return for her affection, the princess hugged her sister tighter each time.
The queen could hear silent sniffles coming from Anna and rested her head on her own to comfort her. She planted many soft kisses upon her sister's head and wiped away her tears with her thumb before she began to rock slowly.
"I love you, Anna, and sometimes, even more than I love myself."
Anna sniffled. "…Huh?"
"I said I love you more than I love myself sometimes." planting another kiss atop Anna's strawberry blonde hair.
"But, Elsa… how can you not love yourself as much as you love me?" Anna asked, releasing herself and turning toward her sister.
"Well, I-"
"I mean, look at you! You're so beautiful and your hair is so amazing and you have ice powers, which is a bonus! How can you not love yourself?" Anna speedily asked.
"Thank you, Anna, but it's not what I look like that I don't like sometimes, it's who I am." Anna looked very confused at her. "…I was a coward for running away and leaving you, and I am truly sorry for that." she explained to Anna before lightly taking her sister's hands in her own. Despite what Elsa said, the princess knew that she was just as great on the inside as she was on the outside. Elsa was everything that Anna needed in life, and would always be there for her.
"Well, actually, to be fair, the duke and the townsfolk were calling you a monster and stuff like that, and it was kinda my fault for causing it, so…" Anna awkwardly ended with a shrug and stared at her sister who was smiling back. After a few seconds, Elsa tugged Anna's hand and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.
"I love you." the queen cooed to her after breaking the kiss. The princess couldn't help but grin like she always did.
"I love you, too." Anna replied tenderly before she moved. "Well, I know you are very tired, so I'll just-" she said as she began to exit the bed.
"No, no, it's OK. Stay here with me, please." the queen said, halting her sister by grabbing Anna's hand. The princess turned to her and slowly crawled back on the bed shortly after.
"OK then. If you insist." And with that, they spent the next little while snuggled together—happy in each other's embrace.
