Anonymous E

"Hello?"

"Oh my god, Kristoff, Kristoff! Someone answered the phone!"

"Then talk to her!"

"How do you even-"

"Just get back on the phone." Kristoff shoved my face back to the phone.

"Are you going to tell me who is this speaking now?" The person over the phone asked.

"H-h-hi!" I forced a smile as wide as possible.

"Who're you smiling at, she ain't going to see it, you baboon." I turned and snarled at him.

"So who's that big meanie on the other side?" The speaker asked.

"Oh-oh-h Oh my god, you're still talking to me?"

"No, this is the voice machine. So who's this?" I heard the person 'heh', clearly proud of her sarcastic remark.

"Oh, I'm Anna! and you?"

"What?"

"Okay, here's the deal, I was just gaming with my buddy here Kristoff-"

"The big meanie?"

"Yes- wait, he's not a meanie, he's a dickwad. Anyway, Kristoff was just saying I need to get laid and all that and I said who the hell am I supposed to get laid with if all I do all day long is game-"

"You could get laid with a gamer?" Oh my god, is this person even real?

"Yes I'm real, now move on." Oh shit. I pursed my lips and hoped to god my brain has full control over my body, especially my mouth.

"Okay, so he decided, hey why not play 'Have you met Anna?' Y'know, that game from How I met Your Mother? Yeah, but I can't speak to people in real life for nuts, so... long story short, this is the phone-version of it."

The person on the phone chuckled and said, "No I haven't met Anna. But I've met three Annas in my life, you'd be my fourth but technically, we're not meeting so..."

"Are you serious?"

"No, I'm not serious, call me E."

"You wanna get laid?"

"Uh... I'm not gay."

"So why're we talking?"

"'Cause you're entertaining."

"Oh."

A moment of awkward silence passed and I started panicking. Say something, Anna! Show her you can talk even on the phone! Compliment her, be nice!

"Do you sing?!" I almost shouted.

E almost burst out laughing. She quickly recovered, muffling her laugh, probably with her hand or something. "Indeed, I do. Did." She corrected herself.

"So you no longer sing now? Why? Your voice is beautiful, it's amazing! I'd probably listen to it all day-" Stop, Anna, stop! Crazy-girl-sound-alert! Alert! "Okay, I'm just gonna… stop… rambling… now."

E laughed again, oh her laugh is just as beautiful. "No, go ahead, I'm enjoying myself so far."

I put the phone away from my ear and turned to Kristoff, who was still on his computer. 'She likes it, she likes it! She likes my rambling!' I mouthed. Kristoff glanced at me, had this smug look on his face. I gestured a punch to him, still unable to stop smiling. He gave me a thumbs up before returning to his game.

"So why don't you sing?"

"Reasons."

I rolled my eyes. "We're not going to get to know each other at this rate, y'know…"

"Why don't you tell me about yourself instead?"

"Well okay… Anna Arendelle, North Light U," I heard a 'hmm' but continued anyway, "Game design and development, second year. Seventeen, my favourite colour is pink, my worst subject is math, and I liked doodling a lot. So I struggle a lot in school because, you know, computer and math, but designing is fun and I got Kristoff so…"

"Do you get to play games in class?"

"Oh no. I wish. But nobody cares in class, so actually, we do. Lecturers don't give enough shit about us, so long as they do their jobs, y'know? Sometimes I wish we do play games in class though, who knows maybe it would be easier to understand what they're talking about. And I can spend less time on the computer and y'know, go out. Meet people, real people, and actually talk to them." I rolled my eyes and added, "Actually get a life."

"If you don't like game design, then-"

"And development," I added, "Sorry, my lecturers keep emphasising on that. I bet you're rolling your eyes right now."

E paused for a moment before responding. "Actually, I just did. So why are you even in there?"

"Because Kristoff."

"What?"

"Because Kristoff. No elaborations, nada."

E didn't speak and we remained quiet for the next few minutes.

A toy reindeer came flying at me and bounced off my head. "Ow!"

"Are you even talking? If you're not talking then get off the phone…" Kristoff growled, "I need your back up here, I have the shittiest team ever."

E probably heard Kristoff again and said, "I'll hang up now…" I could hear her voice getting softer.

"No, no, wait wait don't hang up yet!"

"…Hmm?"

"I… liked talking to you, so can I call you again?"

I heard E smile over the phone, and I smiled back. "Sure."

After hanging up, I put my phone by the bed and got on the computer. "So what do you need?"

"A tank. Stupid tank doesn't know how to tank."

"Done." While waiting, I turned to Kristoff's screen.

"You like her, don't you?" He asked.

"Tssss, no I don't." Nice save, Anna. He totally believes you with that totally fake laugh.

He smirked at my stutter and pushed my head. "You so do."

Just take a deep breath, Anna. Take a deep, deep, breath. She'll answer, she said it's okay to call her back. Now let it all o-

"Hello?"

"Oh my gosh I thought you wouldn't pick up, I was so scared you wouldn't pick up, you know that?! I thought you'd be gone after that day, Oh my god I'm so excited, I can't wait to tell you about my day-"

"Anna?" Oh shit, not again.

"Oh. Sorry. Sorry." I quickly zipped my lips.

"So… your day?"

"Oh, oh! Right!" Seriously, Anna, get a grip. This girl doesn't mind you rambling, but for god's sake, get your shit together.

"I really do enjoy listening, so don't be afraid."

"Right. So today I was in school minding my own business and then this bird fell out of the sky. Yes, a bird. I don't know what it is yet, but-" "Anna" "-Kristoff told me to take it to a vet but I'm worried they don't let me keep it so I'm keeping it on my own. How cool is-" "Anna" "-that right? It's like in those short clips you see on Youtube where someone keeps an injured bird and then-"

"Anna!"

"Oh, oh, I'm so sorry." Good going, Anna, you screwed up big time now.

"Anna…"

"Yes?"

"You have to take it to the vet."

"But-"

"What if their wings don't recover without the required help?"

"I can help it!" I tried.

"Do you know what it needs?"

"No…"

"Exactly. Also, Anna?"

"Yes?"

"Keep calling."

The call ended and the phone started to doot. Anna's jaw fell as she stared into blank space.

"And so-"

"Anna?"

"Did I say something wrong again?"

"Sorry for interrupting."

"No no, it's okay, go on." I forced myself to shut up. Truth was, I really wanted to continue. But E wanting to participate in our conversations were rare and I really wanted to hear more about her.

"Don't take this the wrong way, but… how… are you able to keep talking?"

"Wha-" Don't sound rude, Anna. "-y…?"

"Do you talk so much?"

"Because I like to talk." I took her silence as encouragement to continue. "It helps people understand me. If people talked and understood one another more often, I'm pretty sure the world would be a much better place."

E remained silent on the other end of the line.

"You know… I'm always talking about myself, so why don't you talk for a change?"

It was soft, but I managed to catch it. A shy question. "…About?"

"Anything. You don't have to tell me about yourself, you could just tell me about your day, or your friends, or something that happened on tv."

"Okay," E replied. I drummed my fingers on my desk and stared at the math question before me. Then I heard her inhale a deep breath and I braced myself as if she was going to tell the biggest secret of her life.

"I like math." I dropped my pen and made a face. Ew.

"Why?"

"Because it's fun. It's logical-" Oh god, she sounded so enthusiastic it was adorable.

"How is it that I don't understand logic," I interrupted her unintentionally.

Silence.

"I don't know? Maybe you're just not trying hard enough."

"Maybe." I threw myself onto my table and sighed. "I'm doing math now, by the way."

"Logic is beautiful," Ok, E wasn't making sense. How is logic beautiful? How is math beautiful? "You're rolling your eyes at me right now. I can hear your eyeballs rolling. I'm going to shut up right now."

I slapped myself on the face. Good going, Anna. You just shut the only girl who listens to you ramble up. You just threw away your ticket to getting to know mysterious E.

"Hey,"

"Yeah?"

"Just wanted to know you're still there." I smiled.

"Scared I'll stop talking to you just because you're a math geek?"

E didn't reply for a while, I was about to apologise when she finally spoke up.

"All my friends did."

What the-?

"Your friends are stupid." Ops. And then I heard a soft giggle over the phone which immediately registered as 'go on' in my head. "Seriously, they sound superficial as hell, that's not friendship. Are you sure you're using the right word, friends? Because they don't deserve that."

"Maybe they don't," she finally said, smiling. "Thank you, Anna."

I sighed and grinned from ear to ear as well.

"That's what friends are for."

She didn't deny it. That stretched my grin even further.

We both stayed the silence for a minute before I broke it, "I got a presentation tomorrow for the entire cohort and I'm dreading it."

"I thought you do game designing and development."

"Yah, I know right? It doesn't make sense. I thought I'd be making proposals and sending my design files over through the school portal but noooo, the lecturer insisted on presentations."

"Well Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft has to present their new gaming products every now and then…"

I think that was meant to comfort me. Wait, she knows about games?! She plays games too?! Is she a gamer?!

"No I don't, but my brother does. He got the latest PS4." I think I heard a 'gah', but I wasn't sure.

"So… you don't like games?"

"Not a fan of it," She said. "I only play tetris."

"Are you serious?!"

"Umm yes?"

"Tetris is one of the smartest games ever! It has no ending, no plot, just repeated blocks falling, and just constant increase in speeds as you level up. It keeps people entertained for hours and it doesn't even require the top quality graphics and animation. People just keep playing on and on and companies just keep re-making that game and variations of it and they keep playing them anyway. It's legendary. Okay, sorry, game-student rant. My bad. Stop. Now."

E covered her laughs again. Oh god, they were pleasing to the ears. "So what about your presentation?"

"I'm scared shitless."

"You shouldn't be," I was about to say I know when she continued "I enjoy listening to you talk. I'm sure your presentation will be grand."

I took the phone off my ear and stared at it. The call said 'E: 56:45' and counting. Was she real? I raised an eyebrow. Grand?

"I hope so."

"You just convinced me that the most boring game in the world is actually good. Trust me. You'll do great." She smiled over the phone.

"Well maybe you're just easy to convince."

"I am not!" E raised her voice a bit.

"Or maybe it's simply because I'm a game student so you don't bother countering." I heard E take a breath but did not say anything or let it out. I wondered if she pouted. I wondered what she looked like. She must be cute. She sounded cute.

"Hey, how do you look?"

"What?" E sounded shocked.

"I asked how do you look?"

"Like a goddess."

Phfft. "Seriously, how do you look?"

"You do realise that it's creepy that a stranger calls you and asks you for your looks, right?"

Good point. My heart sank a little at the refusal.

"Does it really matter anyway?"

"No." I bit my lips. It was a lie. Half of me hoped she knew, half of me wished she didn't. My throat tightened and it felt like I couldn't speak.

"I'm going to sleep now, good luck on your presentation tomorrow, Anna," she said after two minutes.

"Thank you." I forced out.

"That's what friends are for." I heard E smile over the phone one last time before hanging up. I stared at my phone, now in locked mode. My hold on it tightened and the volume setting increased. It mattered a lot, and I hated that it did.

Kristoff was right.

I was falling for an anonymous speaker.

"Hey E!" I shouted over the background music.

"Hey Anna, get back in here!" Hans shouted from the living room.

"I got a call to take!" I rested my hand on the balcony railings and brought the phone back to my ear.

"You don't have to call every single day, you know?"

"But I want to."

"Okay."

"You were right, you know."

"About?"

"My presentation. I threw away my script and rambled on like I usually do with you." I held myself so I didn't jump off the balcony.

"And...?" E asked eagerly. I could practically hear her urging me to hurry.

"I aced it!" I squealed.

I heard E gasp. And then a sharp sigh of "Congratulations!"

"You sound more relieved than I am."

"Indeed. And I'm assuming the party you're at is for you?"

"Yeah, I made friends! They think I'm super smart and super cool!"

"I'm glad then…" E whispered.

"You know, I made friends with this guy called Hans, and he's really cool. And handsome. He's the… you know, the cool kid! He's really good in math, just like you, and he loves tetris too! His favourite colour is purple too, he's like the male version of you, E!"

E didn't speak, so I took it as a sign to continue. "And he said he wanted to hang out with me more often! Can you believe it?! People wants to hang out with me! I've seen his designs and he's really good, I can't believe someone like him wants to be around me! I hope he doesn't mind my rambling like you do."

I heard E say something I couldn't hear, but she quickly shrugged it off and changed the topic. "I hope you be careful around him, though."

"Huh, why?"

"After one presentation, you're suddenly one of the cool kids, and best buds with the popular handsome guy." She deadpanned.

Oh. My. God. "Are you worried about me?!" God, take me now. When she didn't speak, I took it as a yes. "You are worried about me…" I couldn't stop grinning like a dopey idiot. I slammed my palm over my mouth. Although I knew it didn't mean anything, I couldn't help it. Friends worried about each other. It meant nothing. I heard a puff on the other end of the line. E was pouting. She was pouting!

"It's alright, E, I bat for the other team, I thought you'd know that by now." I stuck out my tongue and winked.

"You could be bi, I wouldn't make assumptions."

"True, but too bad for Hans, I don't like guys."

"You don't like what?" A voice from behind me called out. I turned around to see Hans stumbling into the room and struggling to catch hold of the bed but failed miserably.

"I'm just telling my friend here I don't like guys, Hans!"

"Oh, okay, are you coming down, Anna? It's your party after all."

I hummed in thought and decided, "Later, I'm still on the phone. Gimme a few minutes."

"Alright…" He stood up and somehow, with his betraying legs, managed to walk out.

"You really should go back to the party, you know. Like he said, it's your party after all."

"Nah, I still wanna talk to you. To be honest, there was too much grinding involved." I stuck out my tongue and made a sound, earning myself another laugh from E. It felt like I couldn't go a day without it. "I'm more of a waltz person."

E sounded curious when she asked, "Hmm, a waltz person?"

"Yeah, after a tiring day of gaming, waltzing is kinda nice, you know? Slow and relaxing." E laughed again. I love it when she laughs.

And then it stopped abruptly. Oh crap, did I say that out loud? Okay Anna, pretend like nothing happened. Be cool. Maybe she didn't hear it, just hope to God it's just the music at the back she heard.

"Anna, how did you know you're a lesbian?"

"Wha-?"

"Sorry was that rude? I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked-"

"No no, it's okay, I was just shocked."

"So it's okay to ask about it?" She asked timidly.

"Yeah, it's no problem, how did I know I'm a lesbian, hmm…" I bit my lips and rubbed my chin. Oh right. "I think I was fifteen.. No no, fourteen? I can't quite remember the exact age, but I really liked this girl. She was pretty and all I knew was that I wanted her. We dated for a while, we kissed by the way, but things didn't work out. She said I talked too much-"

"You don't talk too much," E whispered, not wanting to interrupt me.

It felt like time stopped. I couldn't hear anything else but the soft static over the phone. I could feel my throat choke up and my nose started filling up. Quickly, I put the phone out of hearing distance and took sniffed as hard as I could and swallowed.

Ew. Disgusting.

"So anyway, the kissing was fun. I really enjoyed it and kinda… you know… wanted more?"

"I see…"

Quick, Anna, quick, change of topic! "What about you?"

"Me?"

"How did you know you were…?" I waited for her to fill in the gaps. Just then, I heard a door slam from E's side.

I heard a male groan and then E replying worriedly. I couldn't tell what, but when she returned to the phone and told me she had to go, I felt my heart shrink a little.

It didn't take long before I managed to put Olaf to sleep. I returned to the living room to clean up the mess he made after returning from his party when I felt my phone vibrate.

'Anna sent an image'

It was odd, considering we have never conversed with text messages before, let alone share images of our lives. Eagerly, I opened the file.

Strawberry blonde tied in braids. Bloodshot blue eyes with a hint of green and a very flushed face with freckles. The girl was wearing a green tank from what I could see, and her bra straps were light blue. Behind him was a blond wearing a cap, with his arms wrapped under the girl.

I jumped when the phone I vibrated again, juggling it so it wouldn't drop.

'Anna', it said. Anna was calling. What?

"H-hello?" The bass in the background drummed in my heart and I could hear people shouting 'shots' and lots of other unintelligible yelling.

"Did you receive my message?" Anna slurred. She sounded drunk and my heart drummed harder.

"Anna, are you okay?"

"Okay? I'm more than okay…" She said with a laugh.

"Are you-" Before I could finish my sentence, the phone on the other end was snatched by someone.

"Hi, are you Anna's mysterious friend? I don't know what happened between you two but Anna came down to the party pretty upset and I think she's pretty drunk right now so—"

"Are you Kristoff?"

"…Yes?"

"The blond guy in the picture?"

"…Yes?"

"Take care of Anna, thank you."

After hanging up the call, my phone flashed me the sent image again. Somehow, the picture brought a smile to my face.

Wait, she was upset from talking to me?

For the next few days, all I did was stare at my phone. For some reason, between Anna's hand and phone, there was this force field. I couldn't touch it. I haven't even brought it out with me, and whenever I get back, all I did was stare at the bloody phone. Homework? Naw, look at the beautiful phone. Game? Naw, watch the phone's battery slowly drain. Go out with Kristoff? Naw, wait. If. E. Calls.

Or texts.

"This is retarded, feisty, pick up the phone and call her already." Kristoff, sitting before my bed, rolled his eyes at me before spinning on his chair.

"But I screwed up!" I slammed my fists on the bed. The phone bounced but I caught it right before it landed and threw it to the end of the bed like it was a disease.

"Don't be an idiot, so you drunk-texted and called her, get over it, call her, apologise, and it'll be all fine."

"No, it's not fine! We've never texted! And I sent an image text! Drunk!" My fringe fell and I puffed at it.

Kristoff picked up my phone and unlocked it. "I'm calling her to apologise for you right now,"

Oh holy shit, no. From my end of the bed, I tackled that d-bag but missed as he wheeled himself away from the edge of the bed.

"Don't hang up, she'll see the missed call." He said as he got off the chair. Before he left my room, he saluted and added, "Tell me how it goes, okay?"

I placed the phone at my ears and whispered an 'Alright'.

"Anna?"

"E-e-e- E! Hi!" I sighed at the end. Well at least she picked up, right? Which means she wasn't mad.

"Hi? Are… you alright?"

"Yaaa-yah I am. I'm feeling great."

"You… didn't call the past week so I got worried." She smiled, relieved. Come on, Anna, say sorry. Mankind did not evolve to go 'E-e-e-'. Speak!

"S-Sorry,"

"No, it's okay, I've… been busy on my end anyway."

"No, I mean, I'm sorry for the drunk text and call. It was… rude of me. I shouldn't have done that." I tucked my hair behind my ear, and quickly added, "But don't worry it'll never happen again!"

"It's not a problem, it was good to know who I was talking to anyway." What.

"Wait, so you can have a picture of me, but I can't have a picture of you?"

"Don't get me wrong, you sent it voluntarily." E chuckled, evidently amused.

"You're totally enjoying the upper hand you have right now…"

"Totally."

"Is there any way I can get one of you? This is totally unfair."

"Not anytime soon."

"Stinker."

We stayed silent for a short while. I was starting to enjoy our little moments of quietness. It wasn't awkward, it was actually comfortable. It was sort of… nice. Maybe that's why E likes silence.

"I'm sorry for drunk-texting and calling you…"

"It's fine."

"Oh right, so what have you been busy with while I haven't called?"

"Not telling you unless you tell me something first."

"Anything!"

"What were you upset about after our second last call?"

"What?" Our second last call… was during the party. Oh. "Oh." I gnawed my lips.

"Yes, oh, now tell me."

"Classified."

"Classified?"

"Classified."

"Okay…" I could practically hear her train of thought choo-chooing. Kristoff, you and your big mouth!

"I'll tell you when I see you."

"You sound confident you'll see me one day."

"I am," I beamed.

"Okay, I was planning on telling you anyway…" I leaned my head closer to my phone if that was possible. "I made a friend!" She whispered excitedly.

"What?"

"I made my first friend!" She whispered even louder, unable to contain her excitement lower any longer.

"B-b-wait, first friend?"

"Well, technically second, since you're my first."

"Then the guy from that night?"

"What night?"

"Who did you leave me for during the night of my party?"

"Oh, that was my brother, he got home drunk. He was vomiting all over the place I had to go take care of him."

Oh.

Oh.

"Did you think that was my boyfriend?"

I gulped and nodded.

"Was that what you were upset about? Were you Jealous?" Oh god, I could practically hear her smirking.

"A little," I squeaked. "I thought you ditched me for your boyfriend!"

"It was your big day, I wouldn't have done that," she assured.

"Oh, so if it wasn't my big day, you would?" I feigned hurt.

"I didn't say that, you did." She deflected my bullet like a pro. God dammit, this girl. "Besides, I don't even have a boyfriend, so don't you worry."

"Who knows, you could have a girlfriend, I wouldn't make assumptions."

"Anna…" She dragged my name. She should call my name more often. I love it. God, I was in too deep. "I just said you're my first friend…"

My phone vibrated against my ear. I checked the message.

'Kristoff sent a text'

Oh right, I was supposed to tell Kristoff how this goes.

"Hey E, I gotta go, I'll talk to you later?"

"If you call, definitely."

"Yeah! And all the girls turned up in a tuxedo and all that! It was amazing!"

I heard E laugh over the phone before she asked, "Even the straight girls?"

"And that was how you guys got your principal to redefine the dress code?"

"Yeah!"

We spent the next few minutes laughing over my school memories before taking the time to catch a breath.

"Anna?"

"Yes?"

"Remember you told me you were fourteen or fifteen when you liked a girl and liked kissing her?"

"…yes?"

"…I tried kissing a girl last night," Oh dear god, no. "And I didn't like it."

"Oh."

"Anna, are you alright?"

"Yeah, yeah! I'm alright, I'm fine. So what was it like for you?"

"Mm, her lips were soft. And she was pretty rough. But I've never kissed a girl or a guy before, so to be frank, I got nobody to compare it with. All I knew was that I didn't enjoy it…"

"I-I-I see…"

"Anna, are you sure you're alright?"

"Yes, I'm just… working on my design right now, sorry."

"Oh, I'll… talk to you later then?"

"Definitely."

I stared at the ceiling after hanging up the phone. I wasn't sure what to feel. I wasn't sure what I was feeling either. I should've been glad she didn't enjoy the kiss, but why did my heart feel like it was breaking?

I hadn't called my mysterious friend since our previous call. I didn't have the heart to. Every time I picked up my phone, the furthest I went was typing her number. I couldn't press call. But everything changed at twelve-thirty.

My phone rang just when my class ended. I was on my way to my next lecture with Kristoff and Hans.

It was the first time she ever called me. It was the first time she initiated a call. And I freaked my shit.

'E', was all it said. Because that was the only detail I knew about her that I could add in the contact. Not even email, school, job, birthday, nothing.

"Pick it up," the two boys urged me. And somehow, I did. I don't know what higher power gave me the strength to, but somehow, I mustered the courage and swiped my finger to answer the call.

"Hi Anna," She sounded happy. Excited, even. I gritted my teeth, cussing myself for hating whoever made her this happy.

"E?" I whispered not trusting my ability to say anymore. Kristoff and Hans glanced at each other before looking back at me worriedly.

"How do you know you like someone?" I smiled at them and mouthed them to wait for me while I talked to E. The boys nodded and turned to sit by a nearby bench while I walked over to a nearby window.

"E, I'm in school." No, not now, please. Now definitely wasn't the time. I can't deal with this right now.

"You were at a party and that didn't stop you from calling." I heard footsteps. I think she was running.

"I would've expected you to be at school too."

"How did you know I'm a student? No, wait, how do you know you like someone, Anna?"

"D-do you like someone?"

E didn't answer.

"I think you know you like someone when you want to be with that someone," I started. "And you want to be with that someone as often as you can, you want to be able to see them, touch them, hug them. You want to be there for them. You want to do everything and anything you can for them." I sniffed, before continuing. "When they're happy, you're happy. And when you're happy, you just wished they were there with you, happy too."

"Anna, why're you crying?"

"Because you like someone, don't you?"

And then she hung up. I turned and stared at my phone and held onto it tightly before squatting down to hide my face. I leaned against the wall. I think my friends knew I was crying. But they didn't approach me. And I was glad they didn't.

"Anna," There was that excited voice again. "Anna?" She sounded so much closer now. I must be crazy.

A hand ran through my fringe and I felt a warm breath from my right cheek, "Anna, are you alright?"

I turned to the source. Platinum blonde hair all pushed to the back, she tied her hair in a braid and it fell over her shoulders. She had the brightest blue eyes I had ever seen, they shined with so much joy. She had the widest grin I could ever imagine her having.

"E-E?" I stuttered.

"You can call me Elsa," she said, still smiling.

Did she personally come to meet me to share the news? To personally break my heart? God was too good.

I wiped my tears and turned away. "Anna, do you like me?" She asked, facing my back. Kristoff, Hans, what are you doing? Why aren't you getting her to leave?

"Anna. Do you like me." She asked again, demanding an answer.

"Need you ask?"

"I need to hear it."

I sniffed and muttered, "More than I'd like to."

I heard her slide her back against the wall. "Remember that new friend I told you about that?"

I nodded, knowing she was watching me.

"I spoke to him because you gave me the courage to speak." Oh, so I was the one who brought about my heartbreak. Good going, Anna. "It turned out he was scouting for potential employees. And he told me that after I graduated, he was willing to offer me a job."

Bitter, I wanted to ask, "Is he your boyfriend now then?" but I didn't. My breath was so shaky, let alone speak.

"Remember that kiss I told you about? Remember I said I didn't like it?"

I nodded again.

"I lied."

It was so fast I almost had a whiplash, and fell back when I turned to face her. I totally forgot I was crying for a moment there. But there she was, smiling at me, with a hint of worry. She raised her hand to wipe away the tears from my eyes and snaked one down to the back of my neck, while the other remained at my chin. "Sorta." She said, giggling.

"I half-enjoyed and at the same time felt extremely guilty about it. Because throughout the kiss, all I could think of you. After I was accepted the job, all I could think of was telling you, so I ran over. I knew all your lectures were because Olaf told me about you."

"O-Olaf, that liddle guy?" Crap, all the mucus was blocking my nose.

She bit her lips and raised an eyebrow. "I just confessed that I think I like you too and you ask about my brother?"

"Waaih, whag?" I sniffed. My heart throbbed so hard it almost hurt. Almost. But I felt like flying. I wanted to cry again, but I didn't. Did she really just say what I think she said?

"Don't swallow, blow it out and speak." She pulled out a tissue from her bag and covered my nose.

"Dank you," I blinked away the last of my tears and smiled giddily when she removed it. "I love you, Elsa." Damn, her name sounded like music even from my lips.

Elsa smiled back, "I love you, too, Anna."

"Can I kiss you?"

Elsa burst out in tears and laughed, oh god, her laugh sounded even more heavenly in real life. She brought her lips to meet mine. Okay, I've seen heaven.

"Not guilty?"

She laughed again. I could listen to that for forever.

"None."

A/N: May or may not be a one-shot. Or two-shot. Or 2.5-shot. We'll see.

[Edit: Added separators cause is a bitch and removed them when I uploaded this document. Thanks to manicmethod/bewareofthefrozenhearts for informing me]