Why did she agree to this? Was it because Anna wouldn't give up easily? Or because she wanted to know what it feels like to date her, even if pretended?

Elsa sighed.

"First things first." Anna slipped her hand on Elsa's, smoothly intertwining their fingers. "Elsie, you should hold me too!"

"W-What?"

"Your hand." Anna lifted their hands. "I can't be the only one holding you. You should hold me back."

Elsa couldn't say anything, her energy focused on not swooning because of the way Anna's soft hand fit perfectly on hers. She prayed to every God out there to make Anna oblivious to her sweaty palms when she obliged. It wasn't that they'd never held hands before. It only felt different now because they were on a date. A date which seemed... ordinary. They were in a movie theater, and, to be frank, they'd been to countless movie theaters before.

"Elsie, your hand is sweaty. You're too nervous," Anna giggled.

The movie was something Anna suggested, wanting to watch it with Elsa ever since the announcement months ago. Elsa had been busy lately and Anna didn't want to watch it with someone else. Besides, it was the perfect idea for a first date. Looking at the blonde beside her getting nervous, Anna tried her best to lessen the jitters and convince herself that if Elsa couldn't get comfortable around her, she was pretty much done when with the girl she liked.

Elsa's jaw dropped once she saw the poster that Anna was pointing at. "We're going to watch a cartoon?"

"It's an anime, Elsie, not a cartoon! And you're still calling me 'Anna'!"

"T-That's... But anime? Really?"

"It's a romantic-comedy and qualifies for a date, right?" Anna hummed while Elsa kept staring at the poster.

True to Anna's words, it did look like a love story... of a straight couple. It qualified as a date... for a straight couple.

"Fine." Elsa sighed and walked towards the ticket booth with Anna in tow.

Anna noticed how Elsa's mood changed, still looking uneasy but for a different reason. She didn't know that Elsa was trying to ignore the slight pang of hurt that lit up her veins. Elsa knew that Anna was straight and had always been one for being a hopeless romantic, hoping and dreaming for Mr. Prince Charming to arrive and sweep her off her feet.

"There's also yuri in this movie, you know?" Anna informed.

"What?" Elsa wasn't knowledgeable when it came to Anime. The fancy term Anna had uttered was lost to her.

"Nothing." Anna sing-sung and dragged Elsa to the confections. "Popcorn, love?" she asked mischievously and noted how Elsa went as stiff as a board. "Elsa? Elsa!" Anna shook the blonde frantically.

"W-What?" Elsa stuttered.

"Whew! I thought I lost you back there!" Anna glared with a pout. Elsa just stared at her like an idiot, incapable of being functional at the moment. Somehow, the sight had Anna breaking out into a laughing fit.

"What?" Elsa asked for the third time in a row.

It was difficult to get herself under control. It was ridiculously cute how Elsa could be shocked by simply being called 'love'. Anna didn't mean to be rude, but she wanted Elsa to get used to calling someone with a term of endearment and vice versa. If Elsa almost fainted while standing up, that just meant she needed more training than Anna had previously thought. Still, it was simply adorable.

"Okay, that's it. Call me something personal, Elsie," Anna demanded, feeling giddy when red bloomed from Elsa's cheeks.

"D-Do I have to?"

"We're dating now. Rule number one." Anna raised a finger with her free hand to remind Elsa of the rules they came up with. Elsa's throat bobbed up and down slowly, and Anna couldn't bite back a grin because she knew that the blonde was thinking of something.

"B-Ba... Babe," Elsa said softly, Anna almost missed it.

It was Anna's turn to stiffen. Of all the pet names Elsa could come up with, it had to be 'babe'! This just sent both of them confused and incredibly awkward. Still, Anna couldn't stop herself from laughing again, only making the taller girl blush further.

"You know what, forget it." Elsa covered her face with her free hand.

"No, no! I just... wasn't expecting that from you! I was just surprised! It's a good surprise!"

"Really?" Elsa asked sardonically.

"Mhm. I like it." Anna said more calmly this time. The confession made Elsa feel nervous once more. Slowly, she lowered her hand enough to see Anna's smiling face and— Is that a blush?!

Elsa could feel the heat growing on her cheeks at the sight of a blushing Anna. The blonde swore that her own face could be beyond the shade of Anna's hair by now - the shorter girl had to see it. "I think I-I'll stick with your n-name."

"Nah-uh! Rule number one, Elsie! You agreed!" Anna pouted and jumped to where Elsa was looking at, purposely putting herself in Elsa's view. Elsa avoided her by looking somewhere below, but the redhead knelt in front of her. The blonde looked to her left and Anna stood there again. Their game of 'catch her eyes' went for a few minutes until Elsa finally sighed and looked at the redhead.

"Feistypants." Elsa huffed, making Anna blink.

A slight disappointment passed through the redhead when Elsa decided to change her pet name. She loved it when the blonde called her 'babe'. It made her feel special. Not that this new one doesn't, but there was something about the first one that felt... nice.

"Fair enough." Anna shrugged and pushed down whatever disappointment it was she felt. If Elsa was comfortable with the new one, so be it. 'Feistypants' could still pass as a term of endearment, right? No one had ever called her that but Elsa. In a way, it was also special.


Elsa couldn't understand what was interesting about watching romantic films. To her, it was cliché and unrealistic. The main characters were sweet and there was nothing going on. Either the guy was a jerk then turned into a good guy because of the girl, or the girl was shy and suddenly there was mister good guy to protect her. Sometimes she had to wonder if there was ever something original about these things.

"Anna, would you mind letting go?" Elsa's palms were sweaty because Anna had never let go since they started holding hands.

"Sorry, no can do. It's essential for couples to hold hands when in a theatre." Anna chewed on the popcorn she was eating.

"Is it? I think that's just clinginess. How on earth am I going to eat?" For Elsa, holding hands all the time was impractical. Maybe she really wasn't cut out for a relationship.

"Like this!" Anna grabbed around four pieces of popcorn and placed them in front of Elsa's lips. "Say aaaaah."

"I d-don't think tha- ngrh!" Elsa was cut off when Anna shoved the pieces of popcorn into her mouth.

Soft, Anna thought when her fingers lightly touched Elsa's lips. The shorter girl frowned, unable to understand what that sudden bolt of electricity was. "Delicious, right?" Anna asked, deciding to ignore the odd sensation.

"I think I have better chances eating with my own hand. If I let you feed me, I'll only end up eating around twenty pieces of that huge bucket of popcorn."

It wouldn't be much of a problem if only Anna would let go of her hand. Elsa couldn't use her right hand because she was holding her own drink. The hole in the arm of her chair was small to a point she couldn't settle the massive cup inside it. Of course, there was always the choice of placing the cup between her legs, but that doesn't sound too appealing.

"It's not my fault you ordered the biggest cup!" Anna giggled and took around five pieces again, offering it to Elsa once more. "And you're calling me 'Anna' again."

"I don't think we need to call each other pet names all the time." Elsa awkwardly took the popcorn into her mouth. This time, she didn't bother fighting back because she'd rather be the one to eat it than have Anna shove it in her mouth again.

"True. But knowing you, you'll never call me anything else but my name. We're dating, Elsie. You accepted."

Elsa blushed and thanked the theater for the dim lighting. She was sure that Anna couldn't see her face. It still hasn't sunk in that they were now dating. Sort of. She had mixed feelings about the entire thing, dating the girl she had been in love with since forever purely because Anna was 'helping' her become more confident.

On the other hand, Anna had been through a lot of relationships, but unbeknownst to Elsa, she was also feeling awkward about their arrangement. This was the first time she ever went out with a girl, and it had to be her best friend. Much like Elsa, she was completely clueless. All she knew was that girls wanted to be treated right, and she was confident that Elsa could do it. It was just that Elsa was totally shy and easily embarrassed.

"Elsie?" Anna coaxed and Elsa let out a soft 'hm' sound. "Did you remove your shoes or something?"

"What?" Elsa snapped her head to Anna in confusion.

"You totally did!" Anna accused.

Elsa was confused. What is she talking about? Remove my shoes? Why will I remove my shoes while I'm outside? Elsa was totally caught off guard, she couldn't even confirm nor deny Anna's accusations. It was a stupid idea. Removing her shoes while in a public place sounded absurd, unless there was a valid reason why.

"You shouldn't do that while inside the theater! It's carpeted here! I got a static earlier when I touched you." Anna sighed and grabbed a fistful of popcorn, shoving it all in her mouth. Meanwhile, Elsa just stared at her, shocked.


Rubbing the carpet with your feet while wearing socks may or may not build up an electric charge which can give you that satisfying 'zap' to shock someone with a static electricity. But the shock will only happen when done immediately! And you can't touch any metal or you won't be able to shock someone! Aside from yourself, that is. Anna thought that the electricity she felt when her fingers touched Elsa's lips while feeding her with popcorn was only because of that.