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CHAPTER 5: Old Friends

Elsa tapped her right foot the floor with her usual fast but pleasing rhythm. She snuck a glance on Detective Frost, who was sitting on his chair, just right in front of Elsa. Mr. Frost focused his eyes on his computer and was writing a report with bored eyes.

The platinum blonde couldn't blame him, writing report was extremely boring for everyone and Detective Frost loved some action more than any officer in NYPD. She considered giving him a cup of coffee, but he already had one in the morning. Too much caffeine was unhealthy and she didn't want Mr. Frost to have any addiction. Dealing with his smoking was hard enough.

It has been a month since they've met. It has been a month since Elsa has become Detective Frost's partner and started to stay at his apartment.

The first day of their partnership was full of surprises and it proceeded really quickly. However, the following days were monotone and eventless. Everything settled into a routine briefly, as if they have had this kind of lifestyle much earlier.

Suprisingly, they were really compatible partners. She of course, argued with the detective a lot, but they never have argued about work. Detective Frost always focused on his work and did his best to accomplish it. There was no way that someone could distract him from the work. He even would ask Elsa's opinions and engage a conversation about the cases. They really acted like partners, they moved, thought together. Thanks to their cooperation, they have already been one of the best officers in the whole NYPD.

The only bad thing about the work was the fact Detective Frost was indeed, a workaholic, just like Elsa. Elsa tried her best to uproot his addictions and bad habits, but she really couldn't help him with this problem. The detective didn't have a life apart from the work. In his free times, he only read books, listened to music and worked out. He didn't have any friends or family. He didn't want her as a friend, didn't want to spend time with her outside of the work. After they came to his flat, he would slam his bedroom's door and stay there for the rest of the day.

He was still a jerk who hated androids with his whole heart and for the records, Elsa doubted if he had a heart. Apart from the night that he was drunk, Mr. Frost was never soft, friendly, kind, sweet, warm and amiable. He was tough, rough, stiff, harsh and snappy. It was a miracle that he didn't kick out Elsa from his apartment once he was sober.

Thanks to his soldier years, he had a very disciplined, near lifestyle. Mr. Frost would wake up at 5:00 a.m, do some workout and Elsa would ready his breakfast. The detective claimed that he didn't eat breakfast but when Elsa cooked for him, he always ate the food and stopped whining. For him, it would be a waste of food and money if he refused to eat the food that she made. Not only breakfast, Elsa also made his dinner. The detective refused to have lunch, saying that it was unnecessary for the human body. What a soldier.

At least, his diet was healthy. He hated fast-food and junk food. He ate whatever Elsa cooked for him, never pushed the plate with disgust in his face. The man accepted that Elsa's dishes were delicious, this was the only compliment that he had said to her. He even listened to her some time to time. Elsa warned him about vitamin D lack a lot, so the detective finally surrendered about the idea of taking the pills that his doctor suggested.

He had a few bad habits though, just like any other humans. He was a workaholic, he smoked a lot and had a huge problem of sleeping. Mr. Frost slept at most four hours, he always had nightmares. Every single night, at 3:00 a.m, the detective would wake up because of a nightmare.

Elsa could get into the rest mode if she wanted to. She could sleep, in human terms. However, she never needed it and she wanted the take care of the man, so she always kept an eye on him. That was how she discovered his insomnia. Elsa never asked what his nightmares were about, he would yell and refused to tell her anyway.

So before he woke up, Elsa would make him warm milk with honey. When she first did that, the detective angrily shouted at her. But when she didn't give up and did it again, he just accepted the glass of milk with honey and drank it in silence.

Even though they still weren't friends, at least, they got used to each other.

"Hey, plastic. Your friends are waving at you." Mr. Frost shook Elsa from her thoughts.

Elsa turned her head to where the handsome young man was pointing to with his thumb. Astrid and Merida were standing there, Merida looked sleepy (she despised mornings) and Astrid was grinning softly.

Her friends.

Elsa tried to smile. Like always, she couldn't smile properly, but she was really damn happy. She has been living for nearly four years and all the people she cared about were men. She didn't have a female friend, until now.

Merida and Astrid supported the deviants and in the department, they have been the kindest people. They were really friendly and warm. It didn't take much time for Elsa to open up to them and become their friend. Elsa spent her friday nights with them, they went to the cinema, shopping and etc. She felt so ease, happy and relaxed around them. Merida and Astrid were best friends but they always welcomed Elsa, so she felt like she had a real friendship between them.

This was the first time that she interacted this intimately with humans and this made her extremely proud of herself.

"I've been assigned to a new partner." Astrid announced with an angry tone.

Elsa frowned. "So you and Merida aren't partners anymore?" she wondered aloud.

"Yeah. From now on, my partner is Moana. She is cool, but I am worried about Astrid." Merida huffed and furiously retrojected the piece of hair which was lingering around her left eye.

"He has already been late!" Astrid snarled and eyed the entrance huffishly.

Jack sucked the cigarette deeply, then breathed out the smoke while the satisfaction was controlling his body.

As he smoke, he snuck a glance on the android who was waiting in front of the NYPD. The android was male, he had light skin, freckles, green eyes. He had auburn hair and wore a police uniform.

"You should get in before your worries not let you to." Jack finally opened his mouth and made a suggestion to the android.

The android swallowed thickly, he looked at Jack with innocent and scared eyes. If Jack had a heart, he would feel bad for him. The android looked like a lost puppy.

"Who is your new partner?" Jack questioned him with his normal bored tone.

"Astrid Hofferson, Mr. Frost." the android scanned Jack and learned his name as he replied to him calmly.

Jack sighed. "Alright, come with me." he dragged the android to the police department.

When they entered the department, Jack pulled the android to Astrid. "This is Astrid Hofferson." he introduced them dryly.

The android didn't look at the woman though.

Elsa grinned hugely as she stared at the auburn haired android with warm and happy eyes. "Hello, Hic." she greeted the android, tried to hide her enthusiasm but failed immediately.

Hiccup grinned back and hugged Elsa. "Look like we are not partners anymore, Elsa" he commented teasingly.

Elsa hugged him back. Her huge grin was still there, after she broke the hug, she turned her face to Astrid, who was shocked, just like Merida. If Jack had to admit, he was a bit shocked of Elsa's sudden actions too. The platinum blonde usually avoided physical contact but she had no problem with hugging the guy.

"You have one of the best partner in the world, Astrid. Hiccup really is the best. I am sure you guys will get along." she informed Astrid.

Astrid visibly relaxed at those words, her bad prejudice about 'Hiccup' finally faded away. "It is nice to meet you, Hiccup. My name is Astrid Hofferson, please just call me Astrid. It took so much time Elsa to drop the formalities." Astrid warmly and kindly introduced herself.

"And I am Merida. I hope you will love here." Merida shortly introduced herself.

Hiccup just nodded excitedly at them, a wide grin was spreading to his handsome features.

"So... Why are you here?" Elsa suddenly questioned him sharply and tapped her foot to the floor with her usual rhythm.

"After you left Detroit Police Department, my partner wasn't really good and as I told you earlier, Stoic is retired. He moved back to the countryside. Nothing kept me in Detroit so I moved to here, it is also near to where Stoic lives and-

"Which one?" Elsa asked suspiciously. Jack was taken aback from her sudden anger.

Hiccup gulped. "I swear-"

"Hiccup, you are lying. Was it Markus or Connor? I told them that I didn't need a babysitter!" Elsa snapped with a deadly tone.

Jack, Merida and Astrid were baffled. Jack didn't show it though. Markus and Connor... He knew those names. Elsa told him that Markus was the leader of the deviants and Connor was the deviant-hunter who became a deviant to help his own kind.

Could Elsa have a personal relationship between them? Jack didn't know, he never asked. At that moment, it hit him that he knew nothing about Elsa, not even her hobbies or interests.

"It was Nines." Hiccup replied hastily.

Elsa's beautiful blue eyes grew bigger because of utter shock. "Nines? I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself." she murmured, mostly to herself as she was trying to figure out why 'Nines' did this to her.

"You get it all wrong, Elsa. I didn't know where to go and Nines suggested that I should move to New York City. He thought it would be great if you were there and help me out. He thought we can help each other and stick together." Hiccup explained quickly.

Elsa let her muscles to relax when she understood that her friend was saying the truth. "I am sorry Hic, you know how much protective they are. I shouldn't have been mad at you." the android apologized sweetly.

"It is okay." Hiccup rubbed the back of his neck cutely.

Who the hell was Nines? And why Jack suddenly felt so damn curious? He bit his lip as he tried to what this guy meant to Elsa. A friend? No, they seemed to have a more intimate relationship. Maybe... a lover?

He rolled his eyes annoyance. "Hey, plastic, don't we have a work to do?" Jack changed the subject with a snappy tone.

Elsa and Hiccup turned their heads to the grumpy man simultaneously. "Of course, detective. I apologize, I forgot it when I saw my old friend." Elsa kindly climbed down his grumpiness and sent another grin to Hiccup.

"It was nice to meet you, Mr. Frost!" Hiccup smiled at Jack cutely while the man has already been heading to his desk.

Feeling a little bit flattered of those words, Jack allowed himself to be a little bit kind: He didn't say something harsh to Hiccup.

The platinum blonde had a smug smirk for the rest of the day and honestly, it irritated Jack. She was so delighted and excited to have her friend right by her side. Elsa seemed like she really cared about Hiccup and had no problem of showing her affection to him. And not only Hiccup, the android also showed her care to Astrid and Merida. She easily made friends and improved her friendship.

He was jealous. He was jealous because he couldn't behave friendly and properly. He missed spending time with Astrid and Merida, but all he did was to push them away. And now, he felt like Elsa was a replacement of him, she was way better than him in social interactions.

It was better this way. If he tried to be friends with Astrid and Merida, they would query him about why he left them without saying goodbye and joined the army. He didn't want to tell what happened right after his graduation. They probably know what happened anyway, North probably told them. Still, he didn't want to remember anything about that day.

"Detective Frost, are you feeling fine? Your stress levels are a bit high-"

"I am feeling fine, plastic." Jack cut Elsa off, like always.

The platinum was cooking his dinner, like she did every night. She turned her head to Jack and gave him a soft gaze.

Jack hated that gaze. He hated that Elsa was too good, pure and the fact that the android genuinely concerned about him as if she was responsible for him. He didn't need someone to concern over his ass, he was doing great of his own. He didn't have drinking and mental problems like the other soldiers who have seen war. He was just grumpy and jaded.

Elsa... Even though he hated androids and was a little bit jealous of her, he was attached to Elsa more than he should have. He got used to her, she kept him company, he didn't really feel lonely after she moved into his apartment. He was grateful that the android cooked for him, cleaned his house, helped him to feel better. She didn't have to do any of them, Jack told her that many times. But the gorgeous woman android did it anyway.

His thoughts finally let go of him, when the bell rang. Jack frowned, why the hell someone was ringing his bell? Elsa didn't move, easily figured out that Jack wouldn't want that. If someone he knew was there, he didn't want them to see Elsa. It would seem like he had a relationship with the android.

He opened the door suspiciously. As he saw the familiar figure right in of him, Jack attempted to close the door, but the figure put his foot to the door, blocked Jack's action.

He didn't say something, just pulled Jack and hugged him as if they weren't seeing each other for a lifetime. Normally, Jack would easily block the young man's action thanks to his quick reflexes, but his shock stopped him. Moreover, he wanted to be hugged by the man. He missed him and he desperately wanted to wrap his arms around him too, however, his stupid pride and logic didn't let him to.

"You are alive." the man stated as if it was the biggest mysterious fact in the world and he was the one who solved it.

"Obviously, Eugene." Jack snorted and took a look at the young man. He looked same, same happy and cocky expression, same face details, he didn't even look much older.

"I am going to marry Rapunzel, Jack." Eugene articulated, clearly wanted the detective to digest those words.

All of a sudden, Jack wanted to puke. "Get the fuck out of my house." he demanded silently as he dropped his gaze to the floor. If he saw Eugene's face, he knew he would be guilty as hell.

"I want you to be my best man. You are still my best friend and no one can replace your status." Eugene calmly declared, didn't even flinch at Jack's heart-breaking words.

"I won't be. A fucking android, Eugene. Are you hearing yourself!? I am not going to witness my old best friend marry a fucking piece of plastic!" Jack roared and furiously glared at the handsome brunet.

Elsa dropped the wooden spoon that she was using, felt her hands trembling so badly. If she didn't install a program to stabilize LED color, it would surely be red by now. When she finally made a sound, Eugene turned her head to Elsa. His hurt and angry expression vanished and his gaze softened.

"I apologize if everything is so sudden for you? Sorry about Jack's behaviour... Don't blame him. He has been through a lot of things but he is still the best person that I've ever met. By the way, what is your name?" the man smiled warmly at her and ignored Jack's death glare.

"My name is Elsa, Mr-"

"Oh no, please just call me Eugene. I hate formalities. Don't you have a surname, Elsa?" the young man bubbled out and took a step to Elsa. Thanks to her scan, Elsa could observe that Jack's stress level was increasing every second.

"I don't have a surname, Eugene. I've never had an intimate relationship with a human, unfortunately. Therefore, I didn't pick up a random surname." Elsa answered him monotonously and picked up the spoon from the floor.

Eugene's smile turned to a wide grin. "You sure? Seems like you and Jack-"

"What are you trying you to imply?" Jack snapped, knowing the answer. How dare he!? How dare Eugene imply that he had something between Elsa!?

"I never thought that you would let an android stay at your house, my dear friend." Eugene cockily smirked and hummed.

"I am not an android fucker like you." Jack roughly hissed.

The man turned his gaze to Jack and snorted. "You will lose us if you continue to be like this, Jack. At least, be softer to Astrid and Merida. They are not tolerated like me. You are really breaking their heart." Eugene warned and his voice tone changed to a very serious one.

"I don't give a damn about you guys." Jack lied, but it was so obvious. He knew his old friend didn't believe him.

"Alright, but at least don't hate Elsa. Androids are not bad as much as you think, Jack. You can't hate them forever and by seeing Elsa, you have already started to feel sympathy towards them." Eugene pointed out wisely and gave Jack a soft, understanding smile.

"Get out."

Eugene handed his wedding invitation to Jack, Jack grabbed it and tore it apart, then threw it to the floor.

Eugene just sighed at his behavior. "As I said before, don't be harsh on Elsa, alright? Have a good evening." he shortly advised and left the apartment silently.

Elsa quietly waited Jack to say something to her, scream about how much hated androids. Jack instead of doing that, grabbed his phone and sent a text to someone quickly, then went to his bedroom and changed his clothes in five minutes. Elsa was still standing in the kitchen.

"I am going out." Jack simply stated.

"Your dinner is ready, Mr. Frost. I suppose you are going to drink, at least eat something. Drinking while you are hungry is really unhealthy for your body." Elsa expostulated to his decision.

Jack sighed tiredly. "Look, plastic, I am having a fucked up day and I want to get drunk as soon as possible. Don't you have a life apart from being a pain over my ass?" he remarked rudely.

Jack picked up his keys and wore his shoes, opened the front door. Before he left his flat, he snuck one last glance on the platinum blonde.

Elsa was staring at him with her blue piercing eyes, she looked too sad.

She was so beautiful.

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