Sorry for like the gazillionth time. I was just really busy this week even after school ended and ugh. It's been really annoying. So here's chap 9. Just wanted to thank everyone so far who has followed/favorite/reviewed. I've been wanting to say that for a while and decided why not now? Anyway enjoy!

Disclaimer: As a gift for getting through this past school year, I should be awarded with the rights for Frozen. Or Anna ;)


Chapter 9: Drawing back

Ever since Anna announced that her and Hans were official, Kristoff had become extremely uncomfortable whenever he saw her or whenever somebody would bring the topic up. Hell, he grew uncomfortable when he saw Elsa or Eugene just because they were close to her. Even though Eugene was dating their cousin, he had a brother-sister type of relationship with the sisters. So to Kristoff, he had to choose one of two options: continue doing what he was doing and stay close to Anna and all them, or draw back from everyone and go back to his loner life-style with Sven being the only thing he came into contact with. And seeing as Anna was interacting with Kristoff a lot less than before, the latter won out. Of course, though, he didn't get out of the picture just like that. Instead, whenever Anna or whoever would call him, he'd not answer the phone then say "my phone wasn't charged," or "I was asleep," and if he did answer, he'd cut the conversation short. If they'd text him he'd reply a few times and then not reply. If asked if wanted to go anywhere, he'd say that he was too busy. And his German Shepard, Sven, seemed to take notice.

"Why are you avoiding them?" Sven asked him one day after Kristoff failed to answer yet another call. Kristoff shrugged. "Because I decided that I want to spend more time with you." Sven barked.

"Liar. You spend more than enough time with me," Sven declared. "No, I don't!" Kristoff argued. Sven grunted in disagreement. "Look, if you don't like that the idea of me spending more time with you, then I'll just...not spend anymore of my free time with you!" Kristoff threatened. "Fine by me. You need to start getting out again anyway.''

"Okay then!" Kristoff exclaimed. He took his wallet and keys and left the apartment. "Urg, why are dogs so ungrateful sometimes? I thought they were supposed to be man's best friend not man's biggest annoyance!" he mumbled to himself. He took a sharp left turn and went into the local ice rink, where he'd sometimes play some pickup games of hockey or simply just to skate around. Either way, he just went there whenever he was down or stressed or overall not in a good mood. Getting a pair of ice skates, he got on the ice and began skating mindlessly letting all the tension melt away.

"This is more like it," he sighed to himself. He was the only person there today, which surprised him because it was almost always full but it wasn't like he was complaining about it. On the contrary; he loved it. He was able to actually get some alone time and it helped. He skated backwards and pulled off an array of moves that he would usually never do in public because it kind of embarrassed him.

"Well, well, well. I never imagined that you, Kristoff Bjorgman, knew how to ice skate like that!" Elsa called across the ice, startling Kristoff and making him fall flat on his butt. Elsa tried to stifle a giggle.

"Oh, it's just you," Kristoff deadpanned getting himself up. He rubbed his bottom. He knew there was a chance of it bruising.

"Yup," Elsa replied casually. Kristoff shook his head. "What are you doing here?" he asked.

"I come here to skate," Elsa said simply. "Hahaha, seriously? The Ice Queen making smartass remarks?" Kristoff asked.

Elsa blushed a little shade of red and said, "I come here sometimes to practice balance and stuff. It helps me with ballet. So, where'd you learn all those tricks from?"

Kristoff blushed as well, though his was a lot deeper than Elsa's. "Hockey," he answered shortly.

"Ah, I see," Elsa shifted her weight from one leg to another. An uncomfortable silence dawned upon them and Kristoff began to skate away, Elsa in tow. "Hey, Kristoff," Elsa called from behind him. "Yeah?" he asked.

"What's up with you as of late? Anna's told me that you barely answer her calls and texts?" Elsa started.

Kristoff tensed at the question but regained his composure quickly. "I've just been busy," he lied.

Elsa skated in front of him. "With what?" she interrogated.

Kristoff shrugged. "Life."

"Uh-huh. So it doesn't have to do with the fact that she's seeing someone?" Elsa said eyeing him. Kristoff tensed again and turned around, desperately trying to get away from her. He was successful at first, but Elsa was a very fast skater and caught up to him in no time. "Can you just leave me alone? I came here to be by myself."

Elsa shook her head no. "Kristoff, she thinks she's done something wrong and that you hate her."

"Well, you can tell her that she hasn't done anything and that I don't hate her," Kristoff spat, looking ahead with an angry and pained expression on his face.

"Kristoff, she is worried about you and she misses you," Elsa said sincerely.

Kristoff snorted. "Hard to believe," he grunted. Elsa grabbed his arm. "Why would that be hard to believe?" Elsa asked incredously.

"I mean, because she stopped chilling and almost completely forgot about me after getting a boyfriend," he said.

"Kristoff, you are so wrong! You couldn't be anymore wrong! She hasn't stopped talking about you! Especially now that you're avoiding her," Elsa stated.

"You know what? Just-just leave me alone, okay?" Kristoff said ripping his arm away from Elsa and getting off the ice. He huffed angrily and began to march out the rink, ignoring Elsa's pleas to come back. He kept walking, not paying any attention to what direction he was walking. He came up towards an empty section in Brooklyn Bridge Park. He sat down on a bench and ran a large, shaky hand through his blonde mane. He looked up to the sky. It was a clear night, no stars just the light of the crescent moon shining down on him. He took a couple of deep breaths to calm down. After a few minutes, he got up and began to walk away back to his apartment.


About two weeks had passed since Kristoff and Elsa's encounter at the rink. And since then, Kristoff completely withdrew himself from everybody, including Eugene, his Aunt and Uncle. That is, until Eugene had enough of it. It was a Tuesday morning when Kristoff came to work at the pizzeria. Eugene came up to him to confront him.

"Hey man," Eugene said walking up to Kristoff. Kristoff gave a short wave and walked past Eugene. "Nice to see you too," Eugene muttered under his breath. He jumped over the counter and followed Kristoff to the kitchen.

"Kris. Hey Kris!" Eugene called. "What do you want Eugene?" Kristoff responded and clearly annoyed. "What's up with you? Why are you so uptight?" Eugene said patience losing out.

"I'm fine," Kristoff retorted. He started walking back out to the kitchen. He wore a scowl and wanted to avoid everyone right now. Eugene rushed up to him and roughly grabbed his arm and spun him around. "Oh, really? Because it sure doesn't look like it!" Eugene exclaimed.

Kristoff continued to glare at him refusing to speak. Eugene continued, "I heard what happened with Elsa at the rink. You're not getting out of it with me, I can promise you that," Eugene declared looking Kristoff in the eye. "Why the hell do you care?" Kristoff shot. Eugene narrowed his eyes at Kristoff. "Why do I care? Because Anna and Elsa are worried, your Aunt and Uncle are worried and quite frankly, I'm worried about you. Yes, believe it or not, I am worried about you."

"It isn't your business," Kristoff said, his voice starting to rise. Eugene began to feel the anger build and slowly release as well. "Kristoff, you're my friend. One of the few that you have, and I want to know why you're acting like this."

"Acting like what?" Kristoff challenged.

"Acting like this! Like a little fucking pissed off tough guy! Jesus Christ, why are you separating yourself from everybody?!" Eugene yelled.

"Oh, now you're cursing at me?" Kristoff shouted back.

"Yes! I am!" Eugene said getting closer to Kristoff. "Now answer me! Why are you avoiding everybody?" he started to angrily poke Kristoff in his chest "Is it because of me? Or Anna? What's your reason?!"

"Goddammit, leave me alone!" Kristoff shouted shoving Eugene. Eugene felt all the anger come out as he got up off the ground and began to shove Kristoff back. "What the hell has happened to you? What shit put you to become like this?" Eugene said. Kristoff now felt the weeks of anger, frustration and just pure loneliness that was bottled up explode. He pushed Eugene with more force and he ended up on a table. "Oh no you don't!" Eugene said getting off the table. He ran up to Kristoff and grabbed him by his shoulder and pushed him up against a wall.

"Tell me!" Eugene demanded. Kristoff got loose and sent a right hook to Eugene's jaw, sending the slender man to the floor. Kristoff was breathing hard as the anger and raw emotion took over. "You wanna know why?! You wanna know why I'm acting like this?" Kristoff roared. He felt his face grow red with rage and tears welling up in his eyes. "It's because I can't stand to see Anna anymore! It's because every goddamn time I see her with Hans, it kills me! You have no idea how much it kills me." he said, his voice wavering. "Every moment they share. Hell, just that he can afford to take her somewhere nice kills me!"

Eugene stayed on the floor rubbing his sore jaw and listening to the over-emotional man. "It kills me that he can actually afford to pay for both of them, whereas I can barely afford for myself. She has so much more in common with him than she does with me. It just reminds me of how shitty my life is and how stupid I was to think that maybe she could fall for me." Kristoff continued, "So yeah call me stupid. Go ahead. That's the truth! I fell in love with her and actually had hope she'd fall for me."

Eugene's eyes widened. "Wait, y-you love her?"

"Yes! I do! I admit it. I love Anna. But obviously she's happy with someone else. Someone she deserves. Someone that can love her the way she deserves." Kristoff's shoulders slumped slightly. "They just remind me of how I don't deserve her. Her friendship or anything. Of why I'm a loner."

A familiar high-pitched voice said, "Y-you love me?"

Both Eugene and Kristoff turned toward the source of the voice. It was Anna.


Cliffhanger! Woo nelly. Is it me, or are things starting to get a little heated? Let me know how I did with the angst, cliff hanger (I'm trying) and how you overall liked this chapter by simply (duh duh duh duh duhhhh!) reviewing. So, uh, until next chapter guys!