Okay, here's the second chapter! Beta-d by Lillianne
Chapter 2: Snow War and a Tour
A fact that Jack found out about the Queen (or should he call her Elsa) that day was...her one weakness.
She easily gives in when it comes down to her little sister. All Anna has to do is plead, occasionally collaborating with Olaf to make it more effective.
"It's fine, right? Jack can live here right? Just for three months Elsa, three months!" she pleaded to her sister with her huge blue-grey eyes. Elsa didn't stand a chance against that.
Jack amused himself by watching them interact with each other, her loved observing sibling interactions, it's like in the middle of adorable and catastrophe. Meanwhile, Kristoff who stood beside him, empathised with the Queen's situation, as he could never say no to Anna either, it was really hard to resist her. Kristoff empathically sighed on behalf of the Queen.
"Okay Anna...Fine. Just three months, okay?" said Elsa, giving in to her sister's wishes, sighing at the end.
Jack held his laugh. "Thanks," he said, almost bursting in mirth.
Elsa frowned at the spirit, but said, "Yeah," with no emotion apparent.
Well, Jack could understand why the Queen is hesitant to let him stay at the palace. He is a winter spirit from who-knows-where and could do who-knows-what to her loved ones as well as her people. She was simply being cautious.
"Yay!" Anna cheered happily.
"Hey Jack! Do you wanna eat?" asked the bubbly girl towards the frosty spirit.
"Uhm...Actually, I don't need to eat."
Anna gasped.
Even Elsa and Kristoff looked a little taken aback too with the revelation.
"Don't need to, but you can... Right?" Anna questioned the spirit. Jack sighed at her sharpness but nodded.
"I can eat, but well...My tongue can't exactly taste anything... So, I find it useless to do so."
Anna gasped again, a bit louder this time.
"Oh no...That's such a shame...Poor thing," she said, with a gentle tone.
However, it doesn't exactly make one feel better when the one is getting pitied.
Despite that, Jack grinned, "No, it's okay and to be honest, I think humans have it harder as they need to eat all time to keep their energy up. That looks rather troublesome," he said, jokingly.
Kristoff chuckled at the truth and said, "You're right on that one but...Does it mean that you don't drink as well?"
"Yeah, I don't," answered Jack, nodding in affirmation.
He doesn't have to look to know that all of them were staring at him with pity, though he wished that'd be subtler about it. Be it as it may, he understood why they were acting the way they were. In more than one occasion, he still got pissed about it. Why did he have such a tongue?
Sigh...Why?
North, the jolly Santa Claus and Bunny, the grumpy Easter Bunny, have no such problems, so does Tooth (Though, she is the tooth fairy). The only one who seemed to be in the same boat as he is, would be Sandy. Jack often wondered if Sandy's case has something to do with his mute condition. It wasn't fair but it was indeed something he had to deal with for those hundred of years.
Anna looked like she was deep in thought. "Okay never mind then, we'll skip dinner and fast forward to the next agenda! I am going to show you, your room instead!" she exclaimed, a bit of excitement seeping into her expression, which was serious just moments ago.
"I'm okay with it," stated Jack, shrugging his shoulders.
"I will continue with my duties then," Elsa declared, giving them a small smile before she walks away.
"In that case, I'm gonna continue with my deliveries... I have a few more to-"
"No. You're coming with me," interjected Anna, as she hugged one of his arms. Her face was nuzzling his arm in affection.
Kristoff sighed but said, "Okay, love..."
Jack couldn't help but be amazed at the power the young Princess holds. Does she really have everyone wrapped around her little finger?
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They showed Jack to his room, and Jack thanked their hospitality.
He plopped onto his new bed, and relaxed. He wondered whether he should tell them that he didn't need a bed, as he doesn't sleep? Never mind, it would be troublesome to explain and it was a bit uncomfortable to keep reminding them that he wasn't like them. He wasn't human.
They treated him like human, maybe because they didn't fully understand that he wasn't a human and due to his humanly appearance, it was inevitable for them to think of him as one.
He remembered how uncomfortable it was to explain his condition to Jamie, but the young boy understood easily enough and stopped treating Jack like human right away. The boy understood that he was not comfortable with offers of food and shelter.
Right now, being offered a blanket, food and giving this big room... It was peculiar for him. Some spirits could eat and sleep, technically he could as well, but he found it ridiculous to do so when it has no effect on him. Besides that, he couldn't even taste the food even if he really wanted to. When it comes to sleep...He honestly couldn't be bothered with it, he can sleep when he wants to but he doesn't most of the time... It's useless.
Passing out is a whole different matter.
Comparing this place to Jamie's home, Jack found it way more uncomfortable here. Not just the palace, but also, the whole world. After all, everyone here including the adults could see him. Every single one of them, notices him.
He is happy with the change, as he has always wanted people to notice him. On the other hand, he is also confused with the change.
For the first time in his life (in a few hundred years), he was getting so much attention...
On top of that, he even got treated like human! It was a lovely but confusing change...
Of course, Jack wouldn't want to be treated any less than human though he wanted them to understand that he is different. He is a spirit, a Guardian... He was even dead, once.
He even came up with a theory, thanks to Jamie's comic books, that his body was indeed undead, like a zombie. Dead but moving due to the Moon's power.
So, he wasn't remotely human. Not at all...
Everyone would understood that with time...Hopefully.
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Spirits...
Elsa couldn't help but be intrigued by the idea of their existence...
She couldn't resist the impulse to check some books on spirits in the middle of her duties. It was just a few a flick of reads which in time, became a few thick books.
She read some books and noticed that the definition of spirits in her world could be and probably is different from Jack's.
Her thoughts were reeling. Why doesn't Jack need to eat or drink? How does he have power to move around? Where did he get his energy? How does his powers work? Was he like her or different from her?
Nevertheless, he was not different from a normal human...His appearance is slightly weird and he definitely stands out but generally, she didn't find it too abnormal. She had a hard time believing that he wasn't human. He looked like one, talked like one and moved like one, but he wasn't one.
Does he even breathe?
Elsa shook her head.
Focus Elsa! Focus! You have duties to attend to!
"Elsa!"
On cue, her little sister entered her study room, without knocking...As per usual.
"What's wrong, Anna?" Elsa asked, too used to Anna's behaviour to scold her.
"Let's play outside!" she exclaimed. Elsa rolled her eyes in reply.
"I have duties, Anna... And besides, I just made the skate ring a few hours ago, remember?" Elsa explained.
"Buuuut, I wanna play with Jack and Kristoff. Jack suggested a snowball fight, but then I remembered that he's winter spirit and that won't be fair!" Anna whined.
"So, you want me to help you compete against a winter spirit?" Elsa clarified.
Anna nodded quickly. "Yes, I've made a bet after all!" she said proudly.
"What bet?" Elsa asked, piqued in interest.
"If I win, Jack has to wear shoes. Oh my god, I can't stand it, I can feel my feet hurting just seeing him barefooted all the time!" Anna rambled and this time, Elsa couldn't help but laugh at her excuse.
"What if he wins?" Elsa questioned with curiosity.
"I'll have to shut up for the whole day... He said that I'm hurting his ears...Curse him!" Anna fumed, Elsa laughed louder.
"Sooo yoooou have to help me!" Anna pleaded again.
"Okay...okay... I'm in," Elsa declared, a bit excited.
"Yay! Let's go!" Anna cheered then pulled Elsa with her.
They went to garden where Kristoff and Jack were chatting. Anna waved her hands.
"I managed to bring Elsa!" she said proudly.
Elsa's cheeks redden a bit, what was she? A prize? She wasn't a workaholic...Okay, maybe just a little.
"Okay then, we can get this started," Jack stated, stretching his limbs. He seemed confident. Well, he was a winter spirit after all.
"I'll be the referee," said Kristoff, he didn't want Anna to misbehave this time.
"Eh, what?! That's no fun!" Anna whined.
"It 's okay, you can fight two against one. You girls against me," Jack said cockily.
For some reason, Elsa had a strong urge to wipe off that cocky smile off his face.
It was pissing her off.
He might be a winter spirit, but he wasn't the only who has control over ice and snow.
"Oh you might regret that, we are the unbeatable duo! Isn't that right, Elsa?" Anna winked to her sister.
"Let it begin," Elsa simply said.
"Okay...You'll lose if you get hit by a snowball five times or say, 'give up.'" explained Kristoff, looking at the three players.
"Now, begin!" shouted Kristoff.
Elsa was in a fighting stance, making snowballs on her hands. Suddenly, she saw Jack running fast towards them, she let out a gasp.
Anna barely dodged it when Jack threw the snowball in short distance.
Wow, he took this seriously!
"Aren't we supposed to have fun!" shrieked Anna, shocked to be attacked so quickly.
"Unfortunately, I don't like shoes or any type of footwear," Jack exclaimed with a fake apologetical expression on his face.
Well, that really answered why he was so serious about this.
Elsa took this chance to aim snowballs at Jack, but she couldn't believe it, he was so fast! It was almost like he glided on the snow rather than running on it.
Jack threw snowball at Elsa but she blocked it with an ice shield. He was amazed for a second but managed a back flip to avoid Anna's snowball.
"Wow...This is becoming so intense..." commented Kristoff, glad that he chose to be the referee instead of being stuck in the snowball war.
"Uuugh! Stop moving!" Anna fumed, throwing many snowballs at Jack, but the winter spirit just avoided it easily. Too easily, to the girls' annoyance.
"Like hell I will," Jack yelled back, a smirk plastered permanently on his face.
Elsa was astonished with Jack's agility. He seemed to be able to do acrobatic stunts as if it was easy as turning his palm. He could also jump so high, even reaching one of the branches of a tree. He had successfully done that followed by flipping back down to the ground as if it was nothing.
Slowly, Elsa analysed Jack's style.
He liked to attack from short distance, which means that he'd approached them first before throwing the snowball.
Out of the blue, Elsa quickly froze the snow beneath Jack's feet. The winter spirit was stunned and almost slipped.
Elsa took this chance and threw a big snowball at him.
Splat!
"One hit on Jack!" Kristoff declared.
"Shit," Jack grumbled, regaining his footing.
"Wow! That's Amazing Elsa! Four more to go!" Anna cheered.
Suddenly Jack appeared in front of them, Elsa tried to dodge it but instead, the darn snowball hit her, on her shoulder.
"One hit for Elsa!" shouted Kristoff again.
Jack was ready for another close counter attack, snowballs in his hands. Elsa couldn't do anything in this short of time.
"Ah! Shit!"
Jack turned suddenly, avoiding Anna's snowball but failed because he was too close.
"Two hits for Jack!" Kristoff shouted with a smile, feeling proud of Anna.
"Yeah! Take that!" Anne shouted happily but then screamed when Jack turned his attention to her.
This time, he formed many snowballs, throwing it one by one with accuracy.
Two hits on Anna before the girl could run further.
"Two hits for Anna," said Kristoff, bursting with laughter.
Jack smirked but then gasped; he turned to see Elsa lifting up a giant snowball.
"Hey! Wai-"
And she threw it. Jack's eyes widened. For a slim woman, she sure is strong...
Jack tried to avoid it, but the snowball was too big. In the end, the edges still hit him.
"It should be counted as ten snowballs!" Anna voiced out.
Kristoff just shook his head, being a fair referee. "Three hits for Jack."
Jack grumbled, digging his way out from splattered snowball. He was pissed to see Anna laugh at him beside a tree, so he just approached the tree and kicked it with all his might and the Princess ended up buried in the fresh fallen snow.
"Anna!" Elsa stunned.
A hand came out from that pile of snow, gesturing Elsa to go on while she tried to dig out of the pile of snow.
"Uh... Three hits for Anna," Kristoff wasn't sure if that could be counted as a snowball...
Jack turned to face Elsa, but gulped in fear when he saw the Queen was in rage.
"You...Have...to LOSE!" she declared, making a war cry. Elsa began throwing snowballs with rage at the poor winter spirit.
Jack barely avoided it. Elsa's ability to form snowballs with a flick of a finger, made her throwing much quicker than Anna's. Eventually, Jack cleverly chose to run away but unfortunately, he got hit on the back.
"Four hits for Jack," declared Kristoff.
"Wow, you're not going easy on me huh?" Jack stayed a safe distance from the Queen.
"You're the one who took this seriously from the beginning," Elsa replied.
"Well, I don't like shoes," Jack reminded her, with a matter-of-fact tone.
Elsa was determined to win; she glanced at Anna who was almost out of the pile of snow.
It was for her sister! Yeah right.
She decided to make a surprise attack. She froze the snow below her feet and skated towards Jack quickly. The winter spirit was surprised to see her so close and tried to flee.
Unluckily, Elsa didn't notice a rock sticking out of the ice blanket she made, her foot got caught on it and she fell...
Good God, there were even more rocks on the ground she was about to fall onto.
"ELSA!" Anna screamed in panic.
Elsa squeezed her eyes shut, ready to collide with those rocks. She didn't have enough time to make snow to cushion her fall. Then suddenly, strong arms grabbed her torso and she landed with a soft thud.
She opened her eyes and found Jack beneath her. He was groaning in pain.
"Oh my god!" she screamed. She saw Jack clutching his head; she stood up fast and didn't waste a second to help him up.
"Are you okay? I'm so sorry..." Elsa murmured softly, helping Jack to stand up.
"Don't worry, I'm sort of immortal so, this is nothing," he said but winced a bit.
Elsa did a quick inspection on Jack's head gently, she couldn't find any wounds or blood but still...
"I'm okay, really."
Jack wore a serious expression, convincing the Queen he was indeed fine. Elsa just nodded; she simply couldn't bear it if someone else got hurt because of her.
She was also surprised, as she would've never thought that Jack would've saved her as he did. He seemed like that happy-go-lucky guy who was just cocky and uncaring towards others. Boy, was she wrong.
"Thank you for saving me," she said with a grateful smile, thanking him with her cool blue eyes.
"Don't worry. If I didn't, I'd probably get burned on a stake if I let the Queen get hurt on my watch," he joked. Elsa just smiled wider hearing his lame attempt at the joke.
"Jack! Elsa! You two alright?" Anna yelled, as she ran towards them.
Elsa just turned and smiled at her sister. "I'm okay, Anna," she spoke assuring her sister.
Jack just shrugged. Once Anna arrived right front of them... She shoved a snowball to Jack's face.
"Done, five hits!"
There was a moment of silence, no one moved. Jack was the first one to react.
"Eeeeehhh!" Jack shouted, peeved at the unfairness of it.
"A-Anna, he saved me-"
"No, a bet is still a bet," Anna said with serious face, though you could tell a victorious smirk was itching to be etched on her freckled face.
Kristoff who arrived a bit later, did a face palm. His girlfriend could sometimes be...sneaky. Okay, no, not sometimes, probably most times.
"Anna! He saved me and he is even injured because of me!" Elsa voiced out, trying to change Anna's mind. She would've never thought that her sister would resort to such tactics to get what she wants.
"Well, because you did save my sister from those evil sharp rocks, I'll change my condition. Elsa, you must take him for a tour around Arendelle tomorrow, and you Jack, you must stay with my sister till the end of tour," Anna declared, her eyes, glinting at the power-wielders.
"A tour? No Anna, I don't have time for that. I have meetings to attend tomorrow and-"
"Okay then, Jack, I'll get you a pair of shoes," Anna interjected, looking at Jack who winced at the mention of shoes.
"Argh...No Anna. I'm not gonna go through with that," Jack groaned.
Elsa felt guilty to see him so distressed. He lost because of her. Although, she didn't understand why Jack hated shoes that much but she did feel guilty to make him a pair...
"Okay, okay. Fine, I can cancel the meetings tomorrow. I'll take him sight-seeing around Arendelle," Elsa said, giving in to her guilt.
"Really?" Jack spoke up, looking at her with surprise.
"Yeah, it's fine. Take it as a thank you for saving me," Elsa assured him, with a warm smile that could've thaw the coldest heart.
Both of them stared into one another awkwardly and smiled, not noticing Anna who was doing a victory dance beside Kristoff. Her boyfriend just crossed his arms at his girlfriend's little dance. She looks adorable.
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To be honest, Jack didn't really know how to act in front of a woman. Young little girls are different; women were like aliens for him. He never talked to them, Tooth couldn't be counted because she wasn't exactly human, so truththfully, he was acting on pure instinct around them.
Anna is a fun girl, she is indeed childish and much more predictable compared to her sister, Elsa. Well, Anna could be scary too at times, and she acted suspiciously around him (can't blame him for thinking that way), as if she's scheming a plan that obviously involved him. He can't help but beware of her, but at the same time he felt as if he was playing right into her trap (which he is).
He just prayed it wasn't something dangerous...or anything that involved shoes...
Getting back to the topic at hand, in his eyes, Elsa is...weird. Well no, in truth, she is a beautiful girl who is well composed and had a tough exterior. Despite that, she is also has a kind personality, but compared to Anna, she is more unpredictable.
Yesterday when they were playing snowball, or snow war dubbed by Kristoff, Jack was sure Elsa disliked him. Of course, he didn't know why and he was interested to find out either. Jack was used to it, especially before he became a guardian, so he was fine with it. However, that didn't mean he wanted to see her get hurt.
She is still a woman, a female and every female reminded Jack, of his little sister. He knew that deep down; he has a soft spot when it comes to female population.
Honestly, he was glad that he had saved her that day, as he also won her heart. However, he is still cautious around her and Jack really doesn't want to get into her bad side. After all, the Queen is more powerful than he is, especially without his staff, though he hated to admit it.
"I apologise for making you wait."
Jack turned, he saw Elsa standing in front of him with a soft smile on her lips as she nodded at his direction.
She was wearing a comfy-looking blue dress. It hugged her slim waist and flared out till her feet.
She only tied her hair in a pigtail with her side bangs apparent. Somehow, this getup reminded him how similar she is to Anna and how young she really is.
"Hello Your Majesty, let's start the tour," he bowed with a smirk. She laughed a little.
"That's doesn't fit you at all and please, just call me Elsa," she said warmly.
"Sure, then you can just call me Jack," Jack replied.
"Alright then," Elsa nodded in affirmation.
They started walking out of the palace, towards the town. The sight of it amazed Jack. He didn't pay much attention to it yesterday as he was...too busy but now, he could enjoy it to the fullest.
It was nostalgic to see all these old-fashioned buildings. He knew there wasn't any electricity used in any one of them, it reminded him of how Earth was like, hundreds of years ago.
"Your kingdom is beautiful," Jack said and he meant it.
"Yeah, I know...Arendelle is a peaceful kingdom, that's why I love it so much," she responded, calmly walking by his side.
"Oh...I can understand that," Jack said smiling as he watched the little children playing with snow. He was eager to join them, adding more ammunition for throws or something like that...but then, he had promised Anna to stay by Elsa's side till the end of tour. Oh well...
"You mean, you love your kingdom too?" Elsa asked.
"No...Not a kingdom, not even a place. I mean...it's more like protecting people," he said nervously.
Right, he shouldn't say that he didn't have a proper home back on Earth. He's a wondering spirit with no permanent home...Wait, that sounded too pathetic. He is a free spirit and he liked to roam around, he didn't need a home. Now, that's better.
"Oh...I see. So, your job is to bring winter?" Elsa asked again. With each question, Jack could tell that the Queen was curious about him; she wanted to know more about him rather than have an empty conversation. Weirdly enough, he didn't mind.
"Not really. Winter will come eventually with or without me. Though, I can make winter come faster by controlling blizzards, the wind or the falling snow," he explained.
Ah right...He never mentioned that he was a Guardian of Fun. Then again, Elsa didn't even know what Guardians are...
Explaining what spirits are, is already painstaking, Jack decided to put it aside for now.
"Oh...Then what do you do during other seasons?" she asked again.
"Nothing much, I usually stay at some random snowy place like high mountain, the North pole or the South pole, visiting other spirits and etc," Jack answered.
Wait...Why was he only answering her questions? He should ask her some questions too! You know, just to be polite, it's not like he's curious or anything.
"My turn, where did you get your powers from?" he asked, surprising Elsa a little.
"I'm just born with it, so I don't really know where I got my powers form," Elsa said honestly. Jack nodded.
Wow, that was rare. In all of his life, he never met a magic-powered human like Elsa. Then again, this world is filled with magic…He could feel it.
"How about Anna? Does she have some special powers too?" Jack questioned.
Elsa shook her head. "No, it's just me...she's normal..." she answered, a bit too softly for his liking.
Jack frowned. Why did she talk that way? It sort of meant that she is...abnormal, and she isn't.
"You are extraordinary, in the best possible way," Jack uttered, trying to cheer up the beautiful Queen. She just smiled softly in return...
"Yeah, I guess so..." she said but Jack knew she didn't mean it. It wasn't even convincing...
"Oh Your Majesty, good morning!" greeted her people.
Elsa waved back with so much grace; you just know she is the Queen. "Good morning," she greeted back.
"Your Majesty, I just finished baking these chocolate buns, please do try some and I hope you like it," said an old man from a nearby bakery, who handed her a basket filled with steamy buns.
"Oh no, It's alright... I already have had my breakfast," Elsa declined, as politely as she could. However the old baker insisted on it.
"Then you can have it for your lunch, of course your friend could have some too," the old man insist. Jack just grinned at the old baker, not daring to explain his condition. It'll just weird him out.
"Oh well... Thank you Mr. Baker," the Queen said, bowing her head a little at the old man.
"Wow, the people here are really nice," stated Jack, referring to the old baker. Elsa just smiled bashfully.
"It's the reason I didn't want to go on this tour, especially without guards with me," she spoke.
"Oh? You don't like to interact with your people? Is that it?" Jack sputtered, a bit taken aback at the idea.
"No, of course not! I just feel really bad when they give me presents like this," she explained hurriedly. Jack mouthed an 'O'. Suddenly, an old woman bumped into his shoulder, though she ignored him...
"Oh Your Majesty, here please have some of my apples!"
A throng of people approached Elsa, giving her various items, like food, flowers and gosh, even clothes!
Jack was baffled with this scene yet; he chuckled seeing how Elsa felt troubled with all the gifts. After all, her people needed these items more than she does!
Well...it's no wonder why she disliked going out now...Especially without guards.
Maybe he should dress like one? Nah, he has to wear shoes if he does.
"Oh thank you every one," Elsa said with warm gracious smile, though her eyes had a glint of worry in them.
Finally, her lovely fans dismissed themselves. In the end, Elsa ended up, surrounded with big piles of gifts. There were baskets of fruits, bags of clothes and various other trinkets.
"Wow...You're really famous and loved here..." Jack teased her. Elsa furrowed her eyebrows at him before clapping her hands twice. A few patrol guards nearby heard her, and strode towards her, answering her call.
"Bring these back to the palace," she ordered. The guards bowed and carried all the gifts towards the palace. I hope they won't take any of it for themselves, thought Jack.
"You forgot the chocolate buns," Jack reminded her, noticing the basket of buns was still in her grasp.
"I-I'll bring this back later," she muttered, blushing red. Jack just smirked; Kristoff had mentioned how Anna had a thing for chocolate. It seemed like Elsa had the same sweet tooth as her sister.
"You can eat now if you want to, I don't mind," Jack said, partly teasing her.
Elsa glanced him with suspicious eyes. "I bet you'll tease me," she pointed out. Jack just chuckled.
"No, no, of course not. Maybe, I don't eat, but I do know that food is more delicious when it's still warm," he said, being thoroughly honest.
Yeah, he could take this chance to bother the Queen about this...but Jack wisely chose not to. Not this time, there will be more chances soon.
Elsa chose to sit by the fountain; she glanced at Jack doubtfully which he responded with his best smile. Looking at her bun, she bit into it, enjoying how warm and tasty the chocolate tasted. She smiled while eating those buns and somehow, that made it worth it. He rather watches this than tease her...which was a new thing for him.
Elsa looked tough and cool at the outside, but she was surprisingly quite simple in the inside. She's a girl just like any other girl.
"Is it that tasty?" Jack asked, curious as she kept smiling happily biting into that chocolate bun.
Elsa blushed and tried to regain her composure, it only made Jack chuckled lightly.
"Well, of course it's tasty, it's from Arendelle," she said, rather proudly.
Jack just played along with it. "Okay, okay...Do you need a drink?" asked Jack. Elsa's mouth was already filled with another bun; she blushed a little but nodded slowly at the offer.
Jack stood up and walked back to the bakery they passed by earlier
"I'm sorry but can I have a glass of water?" he asked the old baker.
"Of course, here you go," said the baker, bringing a glass of water to him.
"Thanks," he said.
Wow, it still felt weird talking to people. The best part is that they actually replied him. Adults were replying him. Not just other spirits and a bunch of kids.
He walked back to Elsa, offering her the glass and she accepted it with a shy smile.
She thanked the spirit with a slight blush gracing her cheeks. Jack wondered why she kept blushing; maybe it's the chocolate?
"Don't mention it," replied Jack. He wondered why he was being so...helpful. He is the Guardian of Fun, a reputed prankster...Huh, Elsa looks adorable smiling like this... So much better than her on a rampage...Boy, that was scary.
Wait, what...
Jack shook his head. What the hell was he thinking?
"Jack?" Elsa murmured, worried.
"Ah no, oh you've finished. Here, let me return it," announced Jack. He turned, just to see the old man had walked out of the bakery.
He approached him with a smile. "Thanks for the water," he said.
"You are such a gentleman," the old man praised him.
If Jack could blush, he'd blush but, when he does, it would like he was sick since his cheek would turn purplish as if it's bruised. So he controlled it, praying that he didn't as he put on a confident front.
"Well, she is a Queen," said Jack. He looked back at Elsa who waved at the owner of the baker.
Walking back towards her, he asked, "Full?"
Not meaning to tease her but Jack couldn't hold it.
"Yes, thank you," she said, trying to look stern but with her pink cheeks, it was hard to take her seriously.
Afterwards, they walked more while conversing with each other. It was pleasant to enjoy the city and snow like this.
Not surprisingly, a little girl approached them with a flower in her hand.
"This is for you, Your Majesty," she said with her cute little voice, offering the pretty flower to Elsa.
Elsa smiled then kneeled in front of her. "Thank you sweetheart, it's beautiful," she said, accepting the flower.
"Is he your boyfriend?" the little girl asked innocently as she pointed at Jack.
"W-what!? O-of course not!" Elsa answered, a bit thrown off guard.
A middle-aged woman quickly approached them.
"Hush, Lily! Your Majesty! My apologies...My daughter is just a child, I'm sorry," she bowed to Elsa, her head low.
"N-no it is okay," Elsa sputtered, calming herself down.
The mother took her daughter, who just smiled innocently to Elsa. The Queen just awkwardly smiled back then glanced to Jack, who surprisingly didn't react or anything.
"These days, children are quite something right?" he asked. He seemed able to keep cool hearing that little girl innocent statement.
"Yeah, they indeed are," affirmed Elsa, avoiding Jack's eyes.
Jack was wondering why.
The Queen should understand that it was impossible for them to be together, Jack couldn't even imagine it. Moreover, he was never interested with romantic relationship before, or was he ever attracted to someone. That's why he could play it cool, he never even thought of the idea of a relationship, not with anyone!
They resumed sight seeing, with Elsa still avoiding to meet his eyes. The winter spirit just brushed it off as a woman thing that he would probably never understand.
Then suddenly, a little boy fell in front of them. He had been running and tripped on a rock. He fell with face first. Ouch.
That must've really hurt.
The little boy cried in pain.
"AAAAAAHHHHH! MAMA!" he cried, his voice louder than the church bells.
Jack just smiled as he crouched down beside the little boy.
"Hush, hush, little guy...Don't cry, here look at what I got," Jack said, showing his palm and then closing it. Then he opened them, and a small cute snowman 'magically' appeared on his palm.
The boy stopped crying, distracted in fascination with Jack's little magic trick.
"Now...Stop crying and take this snowman home," Jack added, putting the little snowman onto the boy's hand.
"Thank you!" said the little boy, wiping his tears away.
"Mama! See what I got!" he shouted along the way as he turned away from them, running to his mama.
Jack just smiled knowing that, no matter where he is, he's still the Guardian of Fun...
"Wow, you're good at handling children," Elsa said, startling Jack when she turned up beside him.
"Well, I like children," Jack admitted. The winter spirit noticed that Elsa wouldn't look at him in the eye again...
Women are indeed strange…
To be continued
Wow, filled with so much fluff, I think I will get toothache...
However, they still haven't fall in love with each other, it won't be that easy especially Jack. But don't worry, me and Anna will make this possible! *High-fives with Anna*