weissqueenschnee asked:
Oooh how about a drabble where Elsa asks Ryder (essentially) "Ryder is it gay that I want to kiss your sister" and Ryder is like "Elsa I may not have what you and your people call a dictionary... but I'm like 99.9% sure that's the very definition of gay."
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"R-really?" Repeated Elsa, now blushing so hard she was almost as red as the beets Ryder and her were preparing for the soup.
He looked up from his stirring. "Well. Yes. Wait, do we mean the same thing?" He suddenly worried, thinking that sass probably wasn't the first approach to have had if she was only talking about happiness.
She was clearly flustered. "Y-yes. Like... Gay."
He frowned, preferring to double check. "You do mean gay as in... Homosexual, right? Not super happy. As in, attracted by someone of the same gender."
A silence passed, punctuated only with the cracks of fire in the calm forest.
"...Like, having feelings for another woman." Added the Northuldra.
"Yes, Ryder!" Grumbled Elsa.
He did an apologetic gesture, then smirked. "Then yep. Totally gay."
The blonde gulped. Was that it then? Did she finally put her finger on what had been on her mind for days? Weeks, if she were honest with herself?
Bruni, who had been curling in the fire he provided beneath the kettle, looked up to her and peeped in concern. He could sense that her heartbeat rose to an alarming level. Was the Fifth Spirit having a stroke?
"I'm fine", muttered Elsa, feeling his silent question and reassuring him.
"Oh, you are, I'm certain of it." Grinned Ryder, thinking she was talking to him. "After all, there's a reason why overjoyed and homosexual are linked in one word. And, may I add, I've known my big sister for all of my life, and I have yet to see someone who has ever talked to her and not smiled afterwards. She's a real mood lifter."
Now Elsa blushed completely, the tip of her ears feeling like she literally was burning. Indeed, whenever she talked to Honeymaren, she felt better than the minute before. In those doubtful times, where Elsa was still thinking about the decision of starting a new life away from Arendelle, her support was therapeutic and always made her... Warm inside.
Ryder had finished cutting the carrots and looked at the blonde's face again. Her skin was usually pale, and it was even more now that Winter was approaching and that the first snow enhanced her features. So the blush was noticeable. He smiled, but chose not to comment.
Then in the background, over Elsa's shoulder, he saw Honeymaren approach with the meat they were going to add to the soup. Oh, he wouldn't comment, but she would...
So he just stood and wait, smiling wider at the scene about to happen.
