In honor of Sirens in the water… I release this early…

"Jack, where are we?"

The elder winter spirit said nothing, but dropped to the ground beneath him and motioned for her to join him. His hand was hidden inside his hoodie's pocket, the other absently swinging his staff around. Alice dropped down beside him, falling into step with him. She asked no further questions, but instead just looked around. There were a few children who noticed Jack, and passed easily through her. Jack only gave them a small smile and waved them off. Alice sighed at the feeling of more children passing through her. They didn't believe in her, and could only see Jack.

"I'm busy, guys." He said quietly, "I'll come back later. Alright?"
The children gave sad replies, but walked slowly away.

"You didn't have to send them away. You could have played with them."

Jack shook his head, stopping her words, "I came with you. Not them. I wanted to hang out with you today. No one else."

"But, I don't-"

Jack interrupted with pulling out his hidden hand, and taking her hand in his. He laced their fingers together, feeling the slightly warmer temperature of her hand against his. It was so slight that it had taken until then to realize it. "No one else." He repeated.

"Okay?"

"Where do you wanna go? We're going to go anywhere you wanna. We're going to have some fun." Jack called, dragging her with her hand still intertwined with his. His smile was wide, small laughter breaking through.

"What's gotten into you?"

"It's nothing." He stated, "I just haven't been myself too much. Just wanted to hang out with you, like we used too."

"We didn't really hang out, we just talked about random things because I couldn't do much because I was sick."

"But we still hung out." He smiled, "It was more than getting killed, and training and getting called off for duties. We could hang out. We could be together."

"Well, what do you want to do?" She said in finality. She knew she wouldn't win an argument with Jack Frost. He would always figure out some way to get the upper hand. He was Jack Frost, he'd think of something. "I don't know where I am."

"Was there anything you ever wanted to eat?"

"No? I was always content with what my cook made me." She answered.

"Well, we'll just look around. We'll make something up. We're just having fun." Jack squeezed her hand tighter, "Just us."

And they had fun, especially after Jack started freezing random people's drinks and watching their startled expressions. He made it snow one time in a restaurant, and the two high-tailed it outta there when a few children recognized Jack. Alice could've sworn that one of them had recognized her, but they had exited so fast that she wasn't sure.

Four hours later, and the two were at the park. Jack had brought her there without a word. She let the wind push her as she sat on the swing. Jack was sitting on the top of the swing set, his legs swinging idly.

"Jack, thanks for today."

Jack smiled in response, standing and floating down to take place on the same swing she was occupying. He stood behind her, his bare feet on either side of her hips. He stayed silent though, letting the wind blow them in the swing.

"Jack… why did I come back?"

Jack didn't respond, only jumped back from the swing and jammed one of his hands into his pocket.

"Why won't you talk to me?"

"Just… thinking." He spoke quietly. The wind stopped pushing her in the swing, and died down, leaving the two winter spirits alone.

"So you blatantly ignore me for a few minutes to think?" Alice called, standing from the swing. "I didn't know you're body temperature slowed down so much you can only do one thing at a time."

"Oh, shut up." Jack grinned. "I was thinking of something important."

"Who you were going to prank next?"

"A little more important than that."

"Jack Frost the trickster, thinking of something more important than who to prank next? What, how you're goin' to get away with it?"

"Little more important than even that."

"What could be more important than that?"

"Jokes and tricks aren't everything to me. Not anymore."

"Not anymore?"

"It wasn't even nine months. It was supposed to be nine months."

"Nine months?"

"It's been four months since I heard you singing that song. It's hard to believe that it's been so short of a time. And yet here we are."

"Are you okay?"

Jack shook his head, "Just thinking."

"It doesn't sound like 'just thinking'." Alice took a step closer to him, peering up at his face, her snow-kissed strands swaying. "What happened?"

"What makes you think something happened?"

"Jack…"

"It's nothing."

"Jack."

"Fine. It was a dream. That and the man in the moon keeps telling me something." Jack looked away, his hand slipping out of his pocket and scratching the back of his head.

"What does he tell you?"

"Something important."

"Is it 'not-answer-Alice' day?"

"I'll give you a hint, it has something to do with your name."

"What does it have to do with Alice? I'm not falling down any rabbit holes lately." She crossed her arms.

"Other name."

"Yuki-Onno?"

"Lady Frost."

"Yeah… what about it?"

"Jack Frost," Jack motioned to himself, and then motioned to Alice, "Lady Frost."

"Yeah, that's our names."

"Sometimes I forget how innocent you are." Jack rubbed his face in thought.

Alice gave him a confused smile.

"The moon said that he made you another winter spirit for a reason. One of two, two of one." Jack turned to face her, "It was so I could never let you go again."

"Again?"

"When Pitch killed you, I tried to let your memory go. It didn't work out very well. I ended up stopping… being Jack Frost."

"I wish you would smile more."

There's something I'd never tell him. Is that, even if I died because of something he did, I would still want him to be able to smile.

"I will. I promise." Jack tilted his staff and brought Alice close to him with the hook of his staff, "But that wasn't why I wanted to hang out with you today. I wanted to ask if you would allow me to make our relationship… official."

"I thought it already was."

"Again, sometimes I forget how innocent you are." Jack placed his hands on either side of her face. "Well then, Ms. Alice… I hereby make this relationship official."

"Since when do you have the ability to officiate that?" She called, adding a learned smirk.

"Since I'm Jack Frost, and you're my girlfriend." With that, Jack closed the distance and brought his lips against hers, capturing them with lips that were tinted in the lightest of blue.

He let his lips move against hers as his thumbs glided over her cheeks. He could feel ice crystals forming beneath his fingers. Even though he couldn't make her breath frost over, he could still form ice crystals on her skin. But considering they were both winter spirits the same temperature as ice, he wasn't exactly sure how.

And he didn't care.

"Excuse me, but do you know where Pitch is?"

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