A/N: Hey there guys. Can I first off say thanks to Doglover645 and MysteriousWriterGirl14 for leaving a review, yay! This next chapter is mostly just some sister-to-sister conversation about Elsa and what the kingdom think then some fluff and sisterly teasing because these two dorks can't stay serious forever. Hope you think it's cool (pun intended but it was just unavoidable to be honest with you, you all knew it was coming sooner or later, so wipe that shocked look off your face, yeah I'm talking to you!) -whoops...
I don't own Frozen, or any of the characters, I reeeaaally wish I did but unfortunately I do not *cries*.
Anna continued to stare at Elsa's bright red face, eyes closed as silence hung so heavy in the air between them, occasionally broken by the crackling of ice travelling up Elsa's sleeves and Elsa's barely audible whispering of 'Don't feel, don't feel.' over and over again. It was so silent you could hear a pin drop as Anna continued to think frantically for something to say, anything. Okay, maybe not anything considering anything usually meant the first thing that popped into her head which usually wasn't very clever at all.
Elsa could practically feel Anna's eyes boring into her. She kept having to remind herself to breathe, as ridiculous as that sounds. She heard and felt the ice crackling up her sleeves. She was wracking her brains trying to think up something to say. 'Come on you idiot, just say something, anything!' She thought. She took a breath and opened her eyes to see exactly what she expected; Anna, staring at her in disbelief.
"Anna, please say something." Elsa begged. Anna frowned and it felt as if she was somewhere else, drifting off, she felt...confused, to say the least.
"I...I don't know what to say Elsa." Anna replied shakily, looking at Elsa with an unreadable expression.
"Please...please stop looking at me like that." Elsa said quietly. Anna blinked a few times in confusion then looked into Elsa's arctic blue eyes; full of fear, disappointment and...shame. Her lower lip had been taken hostage by her teeth and Anna knew she was waiting for a reply.
"Umm...are you?" She asked, albeit hesitantly. 'Idiot!' She thought as she saw Elsa's eyes flicker with confusion. Elsa thought before answering; she was most definitely confused, she didn't know the answer to Anna's question, she felt angry, with herself and with everyone else for bringing this rumour to life.
"I...I don't know. I've never...I haven't ever had the chance to get close to...anyone and so I-I can't- I don't know." Elsa replied anxiously. Anna's heart shattered as she saw Elsa's eyes well up with tears, she felt useless. Elsa was on the verge of tears and Anna felt like there was nothing she could do to help.
"It's okay." Anna whispered, rubbing her thumb over Elsa's knuckles once more. Elsa looked at her with disbelief.
"What? You're- you're not... disgusted?" Elsa asked meekly. Anna smiled and shook her head, she wasn't confused anymore, if this is who Elsa was then she was willing to accept it.
"Why would I be, you're still the same Elsa I know? I just know one more thing about you." Anna smiled and looked affectionately at Elsa, who couldn't be more shocked.
A tear trailed down her cheek and Anna wiped it away with her other thumb.
"Please don't cry. You have such beautiful eyes, it's horrible to see you crying." Anna whispered her thumb still resting lovingly on Elsa's pale cheek.
"Anna, I'm scared, wh-what if some declares war on Arendelle for having queer Queen, what if someone decides they don't like you because you have a lesbian sister, I-I don't know what I'd do if someone...if someone hurt you, hurt Arendelle. I'm confused, I don't know what to do." Elsa whispered, her voice shaky and obviously scared. Anna encouragingly squeezed Elsa's hand and smiled warmly.
"It'll be fine, Elsa." Anna said cheerily grinning but those words reminded Elsa of her father, three years ago on the day he and Mama left for Corona. 'You'll be fine Elsa.' He had said, but she wasn't. She was a Queen, at far too tender an age she had the burden of an entire kingdom thrust upon her shoulders. Technically she had been carrying this burden unofficially for three years, when her parents passed on she had to take on the responsibility with the help of the royal advisors at eighteen years old.
Now her kingdom believed her to be homosexual, it made things...difficult. At future balls she would have to constantly watch where eyes roamed and think about everything she spoke before spoke it so nothing could be interpreted the wrong way.
"Elsa you need to stop worrying about me, take a moment to think about yourself." Anna chuckled, squeezing Elsa's hand with a smile.
"Anna...this isn't confirmation that I am or am not because- because quite frankly I'm confused, I don't know what I am." Elsa said in a quiet, shy voice. Anna nodded with a content smile.
"I understand Elsa. I just hope you're okay." Anna replied sweetly. Elsa couldn't believe how accepting Anna was. She hadn't given Anna a straight answer, yet Anna seemed totally fine with that.
"A-and you're okay with... that possibility?" She asked. Anna smiled again, something Elsa loved to see, and nodded.
"So long as you're happy Elsa, I'm fine with it." Anna replied. Elsa smiled and breathed a deep sigh of relief.
"So..." Anna said awkwardly. Elsa smirked and looked at Anna, she could practically see the cogs in her brain working overdrive to think of something to say.
"So..." Elsa echoed. Anna frowned and looked at Elsa.
"This...is kinda awkward." Anna said quietly. Elsa frowned slightly and her eyes flitted over Anna's face, trying to read her expression.
"Well, I'm tired, so we should probably go to bed." Elsa said, picking up the wet gloves from the table.
"Whoa, whoa, calm down Elsa. I think you're beautiful and all but that's no reason to come on to me." Anna teased. Elsa just looked at her with a serious expression, no amusement evident on her face. "Too soon?" Anna asked. Elsa nodded.
"Just a tad." She replied. "Not to mention that would be even worse than being just gay, as it would also be incest." She smirked whilst throwing a wet glove at Anna's face, it resounded throughout the throne room with a wet slap.
"That's nasty!" Anna shrieked, holding the sopping wet glove in her hand, ready to strike back.
"What is? Incest or being smacked in the face with a saturated glove?" Elsa asked teasingly as she threw the other glove, just missing Anna's arm. Anna rolled her eyes and threw one back, it made a loud slap again as it hit Elsa's cheek.
"Who uses words like 'saturated'? Dork." Anna teased as Elsa looked shocked; mouth agape and eyes wide.
"Anna!" Elsa yelped.
"It's only fair!" Anna laughed as Elsa peeled the purple fabric from her face.
"That's disgusting and I am not a dork." Elsa muttered holding the glove away from her like some diseased animal. Anna grinned.
"I know you are but what am I?" Anna giggled.
"That's so old." Elsa replied with a raised eyebrow.
"Just like you then?" Anna teased, pinching one of Elsa's cheeks.
"I am not old. I'm only twenty-one." Elsa protested, gripping Anna's hand and gently prying it off of her cheek.
"So that isn't old?" Anna asked, grinning like- well like an idiot. She couldn't remember the last time she had such playful banter with Elsa because A: She hadn't seen her in so long, and B: Elsa was usually all serious, like: 'I am the Queen, Queens don't have time to slide down the banister of the stairs, it isn't proper.'
"No, I'm only three years older than you." Elsa growled.
"Blergh!" Anna stuck her tongue out in a childish manner and chuckled.
"Rude." Elsa laughed then sighed tiredly.
"We really should get to bed, you look like you're about to pass out." Anna smiled, taking Elsa by the hand and walking side-by-side out of the throne room.
"If- if you want to I-I- we could talk about that thing tomorrow, that is only if you want to, I won't pressure you or anything because that's just mean and I really don't want you to feel uncomfortable. I'm rambling again aren't I?" Anna blabbered. Elsa smiled and sighed contently at Anna.
"I wouldn't really know what to say to be perfectly honest with you. It's just...awkward, really." Elsa replied nervously. Anna nodded and smiled, she knew Elsa was scared, nervous and ashamed but she couldn't help who she was.
"I understand." Anna said.
They walked in silence most of the way, whether out of awkwardness or tiredness. After a moment of very awkward silence they had reached Elsa's room and they just nervously looked at each other, not really wanting to say anything.
"So I guess I'll see you tomorrow, I mean obviously I will it's not like you won't be coming out agai- wait no I didn't mean it like that, I just meant that-" Anna blurted.
"-Anna, calm down. You can come in, if you would like to." Elsa cut her off. Anna frowned and looked at Elsa's door, since 'The Great Thaw' she had never been on the other side. If either of them wanted the other's company while they slept, they would sleep in Anna's room. Now Anna was being given the chance to see on the other side of this door.
"Ar-are you sure because I really don't wanna invade your privacy or anything." Anna replied.
"It isn't invading my privacy if I invite you in, unless you'd rather not come in." Elsa said quietly, anxiously. Anna frowned again and soon enough curiosity got the best of her.
"Sure." She grinned.
Elsa reached out for the door handle, stealing a glance at Anna who looked very much intrigued to see what was on the other side. Elsa pushed the door open and walked inside with Anna trailing behind her, being careful not to tread on Elsa's teal cape.
Anna looked around the room and inspected every little detail; the large bed on the left side of the room, headboard against the middle of the left wall, the dark purple sheets and ebony woodwork on the head and footboard. The ebony wood chair beside the bed with purple upholstery, the table in the corner with an identical chair and a pile of papers, an inkwell and a white quill sitting in it. The bland white walls and the ebony bedside table with a small vase containing a single white iris; symbolising wisdom and hope. The large triangular window cast moonlight across the large room giving it a somewhat supernaturally magic feeling. There was a pillow resting on the wide, cushioned window sill and an ebony vanity a few steps away from the table, with perfume bottles perfectly arranged, a few hair pins set neatly to the side and two books left carelessly on the surface. Other than the books, nothing was out of place, quite the opposite to Anna's room.
Elsa had taken to nervously straightening out the bed sheets, re-arranging the perfume bottles and running a hand over the smooth, dark-wooded surface of the table.
"So...this is where you- your room, this is where you spent..." Anna tried and failed at attempting to string together a single sentence but Elsa didn't need her to finish.
"Yes. I was in here, everyday. I'd sit and wait for you by the door most days in between lessons. Every time you asked me to build a snowman, I did answer you. I really did want to come out but I-I couldn't hurt you again. Papa tried to help, in the end it only made things worse, he told me not to feel, to conceal my emotions. Papa always told me that I should never let anyone know what I was feeling, nobody at all but that's difficult when you have ice powers linked to your emotions." Elsa explain, brushing the previously platinum blonde lock of Anna's hair gently.
Anna felt tears sting her eyes, she wasn't going to cry, not in front of Elsa. So instead she just pulled Elsa into a hug and rested her chin on Elsa's shoulder.
"It's okay now though." Anna whispered, gently rubbing circles on Elsa's back.
"Everything's okay when I'm with you." Elsa replied sweetly, as she pulled back to look Anna in the eye and placed a chaste kiss to Anna's forehead. Anna pulled her into another tight hug, tighter than Elsa's ribs would've liked but she appreciated it none the less.
"I'm always gonna be here for you Elsa." Anna muttered into Elsa's neck.
"I'll always be here for you from now on, I promise, I love you more than life itself." Elsa sighed.
After a silent moment of hugging they pulled away from each other smiling happily to the other.
Ding-Dong
Ding-Dong
Ding-Dong
Ding-Dong
Ding-Ding.
Chimed the grandfather clock in the hall. Elsa and Anna exchanged a tired look and Anna sighed wistfully.
"We should go to sleep, it's two o'clock in the morning." Anna said taking a step towards the door.
"Anna, you- you could stay if you wanted to." Elsa offered. Anna grinned and nodded whilst diving forward to envelop Elsa in another hug.
"Are you sure?" Anna asked. Elsa nodded. "I'll be back in a minute, I'm gonna see if I can find a night gown."
"You could just borrow one of mine." Elsa replied. Anna frowned.
"Won't it be too big?" Anna asked. Elsa raised an eyebrow and smirked.
"Are you trying to say I'm fat?" Elsa chuckled. Anna's eyebrows shot up and she shook her head.
"No I meant because you're taller and...uh yeah taller." Anna replied, her eyes flitting to Elsa's chest for a second, then back up to her azure eyes. Elsa's brow furrowed in confusion.
"And what?" She asked. Anna frowned, 'Is Elsa really this clueless?' She thought.
"Y'know you have umm... bigger uhh..." Anna replied, gesturing to her own chest and Elsa's cheeks flushed red with realisation.
"Oh, you- those...I'm sure it'll still fit...mostly." She answered. Sh walked over to a large door on the wall and opened it, searched for a moment then pulled out two night gowns, one a dark navy blue with long sleeves and high collar, the other a lilac colour with long sleeves and a slightly lower collar.
The night gown was slightly big on Anna, the bust was looser than it should have been and it was a little too long and it didn't match her skin tone what so ever but she was happy as she lay next to Elsa. Both of them had let their hair down and brushed it, Anna loved Elsa's hair. It was a little bit longer and was thicker than her own which was probably why she kept playing with it, twirling it around her fingers and just messing with.
When the two finally fell asleep, close to each other, cuddled up it was early morning, at least two o'clock, but as long as they woke in each others presence, it would be okay. They could face the challenges of the next day.
A/N: And there is chapter 4, sorry there isn't much action, I just wan5ed to explore the relationship between Anna and Elsa and how they would interact, my guess is a little awkward but still sweet and teasing towards one another because thats the natural sister dynamic, I think. Anyway see you guys next chapter leave a review if you liked it and if you didn't please don't hesitate to tell me why.
Darius ;)
