Elsa was sitting in her study after finishing a rather annoying letter she had Kai send out regarding questions from unattached kingdoms. They had no business even asking since they had declined her (rather generous) proposals of partnership in the past. She wondered if a neatly written, FUCK YOU, would be alright. She grinned at her slick purple dip-pen she was twirling in her hand. Anna's gotten to me, she thought, watching the ink glide around the tip. A hesitant call of her name comes from the other side of the door. She clears her throat before her sister enters in a jaw dropping dress with one shoulder on and the other off.

"You look adorable," Elsa blurts, standing up with a start, making Anna swallow her words and blow her a kiss. She did it with her left hand, showing off the engagement ring she can proudly wear on her finger at last. Elsa had a pleasant shiver run down her spine and she smiles at the sight. "Your ring looks lovely as well." She takes a couple of wide steps forward in a very awkward Anna-like way and pokes her sister's nose. "So does your face," she pokes her stomach, "and your figure, and—" she tickles Anna's side and gets a jittery Anna bouncing around in her arms while Anna coughs out OFF! NO! Dn't-STOP! Which Elsa responds to with a, "Oh DON'T stop?" She tickles her harder and Anna yelps before ducking under Elsa's arms and scurrying off a few feet away.

"Well you're in a mood today. A good one! I'll take it."

"You better take it," Elsa jokes, strolling over to Anna and leaning into her sister's ear, licking the shell of it. Anna closes her eyes at the feeling. "Just like you graciously take my fi—"

"—Ahhhh," Anna shivers violently and grabs Elsa's arms to steady herself. She looks at Elsa bashfully. "Hold that thought. I'm gonna need to be capable of speech in order to tell you the next thing."

"No fun," Elsa huffs, eyes narrow but not quite heavy looking. She's been doing a lighter dusty purple instead of the deep cool one she used for so long. Anna shakes her head and kisses Elsa, who tips her backward, relishing in the little squeak Anna gives her before standing them upright again.

"Be good!" Anna chides humourfully, wagging a finger. Elsa tries to bite that finger with a nom nom nom and Anna laughs into a kiss. "Northuldra, Ryder's place," Elsa immediately notices she left out Honeymaren and panics internally. "They want to visit Arendelle…" Elsa nods slowly and brings a hand up to the side of her neck. That means Honeymaren is going to realize Anna wasn't just my girlfriend like she introduced herself as. Anxiety itches the back of her neck and she rolls out her shoulder. "The idea of merging might help them. ...And us. We need some new allies."

"They wouldn't like that," Elsa insists, turning to the side and reaching behind herself to lean on her bulky desk.

"Have you asked?"

"Yes."

"Recently?"

"Well no," Elsa answers distractedly, fingers tapping her paperwork. "I haven't seen them in quite a few months. I've been… you know, wedding planning. Sort of."

"And I haven't?" Anna leans forward and flicks Elsa's shoulder. Elsa shakes her head insistently. "I'm kidding. Trust me I understand you're busy. It IS June first today after all." Anna claps her hands together and bounces on her heels with a huge toothy smile. "Twenty days Els!" Elsa cracks a small smile and hugs Anna's side, fingers running over her sister's hips.

"I'm not quite sure how to tell them… about us." Elsa rubs her own neck and shifts side to side.

"Well it can't be as hard as telling the whole world," Anna says sincerely. Elsa can't argue that.

Two Hours Later

A defiant looking Yelana with about four other Northuldrans come stalking through the center of Arendelle where Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff are already waiting. Arendellians either greet the guests kindly or walk the opposite way. At least it isn't just me they do that to, Elsa thinks pensively. Anna and Kristoff had been skirting around the water fountain talking to anyone who'd listen, but Elsa had been running over every possible way she could greet and talk to Honeymaren and the rest of them. Mostly Honeymaren though. She was wringing her hands together and her foot was tapping the stone below her. Just relax. She's a lot like Anna, just talk and she'll listen. She finally spots Honeymaren (and Elsa can finally catch her breath) who looked to be distracted by Ryder before she turned her head the Queen's way. Her brown eyes were immediately locked onto Elsa's shy blue's.

Honeymaren has a way about her. She's so intense, even just watching her stroll over like some kind of rare cat can either make you incredibly turned on, or incredibly nervous. Elsa tried not to feel either one. Honeymaren and the rest were getting closer and closer, and I should really be walking towards her right about now. Elsa flattens out her skirt before snapping her fingers at Anna and Kristoff who give each other put off looks at the gesture. Elsa didn't notice, she was still staring right at Honeymaren who's giving her the most suggestive smirk possible. Elsa didn't hear the volatile huff from the back of Anna's mouth. Kristoff worriedly looks between the two sisters and bites his tongue.

"Elsa," he whispers loudly. This idiot is not about to pull something, right? Ugh I'm gonna kill her if she gets into a fight with Anna so soon before their big day! Kristoff rubs his huge hand over his face. In the past month or two, he and Elsa had been rapidly growing closer as friends (which he totally never saw coming). Even Anna noticed, and she sweetly encouraged Kristoff to keep it up, even giving him ideas for what to ask Elsa about or where to go with her every once in awhile. Anna kind of loved it, seeing the awkwardness between the two was sometimes her favorite part of the day. I'm such a jerk, Anna thought with playful conceitedness. Elsa doesn't answer, she's already ten steps ahead of them. Elsa was clearly going in to greet Honeymaren first, but Yelana somehow deviously stepped in between the two, forcing Elsa to take a step back.

"Your Majesty," Yelana greeted, holding her hand out which Elsa actively shook.

"Hello," she greeted back, clearing her throat. Her eyes drifted back up to Honeymaren's but the intensity of those eyes was throwing her off so her gaze shot back down to Yelana. "Good to see you all again. I have a proposition for Northuldra once you all get settled in." Yelana chuckled and waved to Anna who gave a distracted wave right back. Anna was glaring daggers at Honeymaren who spitefully smirked right back at her. Kristoff was covering his face. Women, he huffed, feeling like his body temperature went up about fifty degrees from the stress of it all.

"You want to partner with us?" Elsa nodded assertively and Yelana wrinkled her lips. "Well I have some questions about what that would entail."

"Of course," Elsa answered, her stupidly uncontrollable eyes went back to Honeymaren who she flinched at when she saw the sharpness of her gaze in Anna's direction. Elsa turned her head back to Anna who looked incredibly hot, Elsa thought coyly, but also entirely peeved. She seemed rigid and uncomfortable and very unlike herself. Elsa was a little worried to say the least.

"I heard that was your girlfriend," Yelana rather boldly said. Elsa's heart leapt instinctively, and she looked around as if to see if anyone heard who could scold her. It's still hard to hear that word, even if I've come to accept that part of me.

"Fiance," Anna corrected, putting her hand against Elsa's shoulder possessively. Elsa gave herself a point for not shrugging it off. Honeymaren rolled her eyes and Elsa's face burned at the near growl that came from her sister in response. Elsa quickly clasped her hands over her lap and pointed her head back to the castle.

"How about you all look around before we head back at…" Elsa looked at the clock in the center of town, it was one PM exactly. "Head back in thirty minutes. We have a late lunch prepared with more than enough food for everyone." Anna had told her smiling more would help ease tension, so Elsa mimicked one. And who would've guessed, Anna was right. I should tell Anna to give herself a pat on the back later. The Northuldrans looked at each other with small grins before accepting with gracious thank you's and general excitement. Yelana got caught up talking to someone Elsa guesses is her version of an advisor and Anna roughly pulls Elsa against her side.

"IfyoutalktoherIswear-" Anna hisses against Elsa's pinkend ear. Elsa gives her sister a hasty smile because Honeymaren was already walking this way. She had the nerve to greet Elsa with a pat on the arm.

"Hey. Been missing you, buddy." Anna takes a sharp exhale and Elsa is going to burst from this awkwardness. Elsa looks down at Honeymaren's dress. It's traditional to their culture, Elsa had already picked up on that, but it seemed like she went out of her way to sow new patterns and colors into the tan hems and along the flowy sleeves. Blue. Just blue.

"Hi," Elsa answers tightly, fingers cramping up by her side. Her sister and Honeymaren just wouldn't stop glaring at each other and Elsa realized they were going to get nowhere in this environment. "Will you give me a moment? Please?" Honeymaren gives her a confused look before throwing a hand in the air nonchalantly.

"Sure." She walks over to Ryder who's chatting it up with Kristoff, stuffing their faces with chocolate from Mrs. Kiddo's pastry shop. Elsa spins on her heels and grabs Anna's elbow, pulling her to the side in between a shoe shop and a jewelry store.

"Elsa she is-"

"-I know," Elsa bleats. Anna's scowling and Elsa rubs the sides of her arms, leaning in close. "I know. I'm going to have to say something, aren't I?"

"Oh no no no," Anna chuckles aggravatedly, pressing her hand against her chest. "Let me!" Elsa winces.

"Sweetheart…" That's all Elsa has to say to make Anna pull herself together again. I'm being silly, Anna admits to herself.

"Fine. But I am NOT leaving you two alone." Elsa nods and presses her tongue against the inside of her lip. Anna starts swaying her knee side to side and looking at the rocky pavement. They're jammed into the tight alley, almost nose to nose that smells like cherry licorice from down the road.

"What's wrong?" Elsa nudges her nose against Anna's cheek and Anna turns her head away. "Hey," Elsa forces it this time, tipping Anna's chin toward her. "Tell me what you're thinking." Her voice is gentle, only Anna ever gets to hear it this way. She looks up at Elsa with wrinkled brows and brings her hands up to the pale skin on her sister's chest, just above her breasts.

"You two look pretty good together…" Anna starts, lip quivering. Elsa sighs and quickly presses a kiss to Anna's forehead.

"Don't say that," Elsa insists, holding her sister's waist tighter and pulling her closer. Anna looks fragile, picking at Elsa's dress, biting her lip. "Anna, come on. I hardly know her." Elsa's trying to be pragmatic, and she continues to spout off things she finds reassuring, but Anna isn't taking it. She seals her lips before she tugs Anna out with her again, dragging her behind as she taps Honeymaren on the shoulder. PHEW. OK. Just say it. Justttt say it, Elsa.

"Hey," Honeymaren purs. Elsa ignores her.

"Enough of the flirting," Elsa says flatly, holding in her anxiety expertly somehow. Both Honeymaren and Anna widen their eyes. Kristoff and Ryder look over and pretend not to be listening with chocolate over the edges of their mouths. "Anna and I are going to wed in just twenty days and nothing has ever felt more right." A few people walking nearby stop in their tracks, obviously listening in. Elsa ignores it, too focused on her words and the way Anna is looking up at her with her cute glossy lips slightly parted. "No one's more right and nothing can change that."

The spectators (except for two who roll their eyes in distaste) lightly clap out of respect for their Queen and soon to be second Queen. Elsa gets a little red and takes Anna's other hand to look at her ring that shimmers in the sun. They forget where they are and give each other those starry little smiles they only save for themselves.

"Dammit," Honeymaren whines, messily dragging her fingers over her scalp. "God I need a woman who'd look at me like that." It breaks Anna and Elsa's reverie and they chuckle awkwardly at the people around them before turning back to Honeymaren who's dramatically holding her heavy head. Honeymaren opens one eye into a slit and looks at Anna. "How'd you get so lucky?"

"We were born for each other." Elsa almost gags on what that implies but pretends it's innocent like Anna's going for. Anna's staring at her dreamily, falling forward slightly, and Elsa grins before checking the time. It had only been fifteen minutes.

"How about we show you around?" She waves to Ryder finally, who goes in for a palm burning high five. Anna laughs and Elsa scolds her before Honeymaren follows behind them with Ryder and Kristoff standing on opposite sides. Honeymaren rubs her forehead. Talk about cock-blocking, she thinks exhaustedly, flinching when Ryder accidentally shoves chocolate into her face. SLAP!

"OW!" Ryder yelps, rubbing his shoulder that she just decked. Kristoff chuckles and reaches over Honeymaren to pat his friend.

"Man, you're a lot like Anna." He freezes when both women in question were giving him looks that could kill. He chuckled awkwardly and Elsa shook her head at him with the smallest of grins. After a few minutes of walking around, Ryder and Kristoff split off to go see Sven, and to Elsa's utmost surprise, Anna and Honeymaren were both huddled around Olaf near the castle gate. Olaf was loving the attention, twirling around and spewing out overloads of information he's been learning from Anna and Elsa. The two took turns every night reading him books from Elsa's bookshelf. Elsa blushes, her hip against the side of the four foot railing on the brick bridge, covering her face at the memory of Olaf accidentally grabbing that very specific and highly inappropriate book at the bottom of her shelf. Of course it was with her instead of Anna. It would be just my luck of course. Elsa awkwardly shivers and gets in closer to the three of them who are bent over looking at a caterpillar on the ground.

"Hey get outta here little guy," Honeymaren says sweetly, bending to her knees and lifting it up.

"OH! OH! Let me touch her!" Olaf shouts, flailing his stick arms around while Anna rubs his head. Honeymaren looks at Anna as if to ask whether that's alright, and Anna smiles and nods. She holds her hand out to Olaf like she's giving him a gift, and he aaaw's at it before gently touching it with one of his three fingers. "It's so fuzzy and cute and warm and-" Olaf never stops and Elsa chuckles under her breath. Definitely got that from Anna. Yelana comes up behind Elsa and asks,

"Ready to go in?" Elsa nods and Anna looks to have heard, standing up and settling Olaf down, who's still petting the caterpillar. Elsa, Yelana, and a few others are heading toward the gate, and Elsa calls back to Anna.

"Coming?" Anna looks over at Honeymaren who's looking at her expectantly.

"We'll be there in a little bit." She looks down at Olaf and leans closer to him. "Hey go with Elsa please? I'll be there soon." Olaf pouts before saying goodbye to the caterpillar and reaching out for Elsa's hand. Elsa looks a little worried but Olaf is already dragging her forward.

"Are we gonna have to brawl this out?" Honeymaren says skittishly, standing up with Anna. "I don't wanna mess up my hair right before a fancy lunch." Anna gives her a half-hearted laugh and adjusts her dress over her shoulder again. Honeymaren can sense the agitation and leans both arms over the bridge railing, looking off into the expansive waters that stretch far into the horizon where the sun is high and warm. She loved summer. "Sorry about earlier," she starts quietly, sighing. "Tacky. I was being weird. I guess I'm just really lonely." For the first time today Honeymaren looks genuinely uncomfortable and down, so Anna leaps next to her and roughly pats her back.

"No no no! It's fine-well it isn't… But I get it she's so cute and beautiful and nice and never knows when to tell someone to stop-well except for today I was surprised. But anyway I'm sure you have lots of people interested in you cuz you're pretty cuteandseemniceandlookgreatand-" Honeymaren grins and raises a hand up.

"Hey, it's alright," Honeymaren interrupts calmly. Anna's rolling her eyes at herself with her head turned away, cursing this gift of rambling that never seems to get better andit'ssoannoyingIhateitsomuch- "Are you her sister?" Anna chokes and awkwardly pats her hips, dusting nothing off but a piece of innocent lint.

"What would um, hah. What would make you say that?" Anna chides herself for not just saying no. She may as well have screamed yes right then. UGHHHHHHHH!

"Well I've spent a lot of time gawking at her," Honeymaren looks at her chipped nails through her lashes and groans. "I'm pretty sure I'd be able to see the resemblance." Anna doesn't say anything, and she just stands there like a sitting duck. Oh God Elsa's going to kill me for screwing this up. Honeymaren looks at her again and sucks her teeth. "Also she never shut up about how amazing her sister was. And the way she was looking at you… it made you seem like you were the most special person in the whole world." Honeymaren drops her head against her arms and sighs loudly. "God I'm such a hopeless romantic!" Anna swallows and slowly reaches out for Honeymarens's back.

"I was the same way… before," Anna starts with a soft crook of her lips. Honeymaren looks up at her with a devastated look and Anna continues, letting her thumb rub Honeymaren's shoulder. "All I ever wanted was a Prince to come and snatch me up and take me away to some magicalll place. Every game her and I played together involved me getting rescued because, 'LOVE conquers all,' I thought." Anna laughs and Honeymaren smiles a bit, looking up at Anna with tender eyes. "Elsa always shouted, 'Anna the whole town is in ashes. HOW IS LOVE GOING TO SAVE US?!' Every. Single. Time." The two of them laughed, eyes crinkled. They gave each other friendly smiles and Anna reached up to fix a piece of Honeymaren's hair. "Well… I'm older now and I still think love conquers all. Even if it's hard. The only thing that got me through my hardest times was Elsa." Anna drags her fingers across the stone by her waist and sniffs. Anna feels warmer, even when the sun is beating on her, the way Elsa can light up her whole day (let alone life) is stronger than any star. The irony wasn't lost on her.

"You love her so much," Honeymaren says, breaking Anna out of her own head. "It makes me happy, I dunno why. You just seem so right for each other." Anna gives her a hug which makes Honeymaren chuckle. GGR-rww. Anna and Honeymaren look down at their stomachs. "Food sounds good right about now."

When they finally step into the dining room, it was clear to Anna that Elsa hadn't been talking to anyone else since her eyes were only on her food. The second Elsa heard the door creak, she pushed her chair back and Anna waved for her to stay seated. Elsa sat down begrudgingly and set her napkin over her lap again. All of the others in the room were loudly talking with mouthfuls of food. It made Anna happy to see the almost every chair filled. God I missed this. Honeymaren pulls Anna's seat out for her and bows her head dramatically.

"Your Majesty," she says sleazily, earning a sharp scolding from Yelana. Anna and her laugh anyway, and Anna plays it up, raising a hand to her chest and lifting her chin.

"Oh my," Anna starts, making her voice high-pitched and silly. "I have never been so dazzled!" She sits down like the clumsy mess she is, nearly tripping into her seat backward, and Honeymaren sits down next to her, chuckling into her fist. Elsa looks very confused and not nearly as entertained. Anna reaches over to her sister's hand set on the table and rubs her fingers with her soft thumb. "Hey…."

"Um. Hi."

"We're good now," Anna reassures her quietly. Honeymaren's busying herself picking foods and dropping them onto her gold-rimmed plate. Elsa still seems a bit awkward, but Anna's attention is directed back toward Honeymaren who's asking Ryder what hand the knife goes in. Anna nudges her and quietly shows her, cutting the meat on her own plate and bringing it up to her mouth. Honeymaren and Ryder clear their throats and do the same.

Three Hours Later

"I never expected this would happen," Yelana explained, waving for her people to follow her out into the castle courtyard. "I had you pegged as the running away type." Elsa was a little peeved at the word choice but she didn't interrupt. Elsa was still riding high on her ability to get Northuldra to finally agree to partner with Arendelle. They even made plans of creating an easy path between the two places for easier transportation of goods. Yelana even agreed to a few renovations Elsa and her advisor suggested. "Well it seems you've settled down here for good."

"I still plan on traveling. What's a Queen if not experienced in things outside of her own land?" Yelana nodded happily and shook Elsa's hand rather roughly. "Well, I suppose we'll be seeing you." Yelana hummed and looked back at Kai who was way behind them. Elsa caught that suggestive smirk and a disturbed shiver rolled down her back. I don't need to know.

Honeymaren and Anna stumble out of the castle giggling like best friends, and Ryder and Kristoff are following not far behind. Elsa feels weirdly out of place, standing alone and watching. Anna peels her eyes away from Honeymaren and smiles brightly at her sister. She nudges the others over to Elsa who finds herself trying to look anywhere but at them. Why can't I be normal for ten seconds of my life? Anna surprises her with a kiss to the head before entertangling their arms and leaning into Elsa's side.

"Anna's pretty awesome," Honeymaren declares, smiling at Elsa and Anna both.

"Why thank you! You're pretty ok yourself."

"I can't believe how much art you've made!" Honeymaren shouts. Anna shimmies her shoulders.

"Oh well I had lots of time." Elsa still feels a little sting at the thought. "We should draw together sometime! I'd love to see your work."

"Sounds good to me," Honeymaren gatefully agrees, checking over her shoulder to see Yelana waving for her and Ryder to leave. "Alright… well see you guys." She sounds a little sad, so Anna sntaches her up into a bonecrushing hug. Ryder sneaks in next to Elsa and whispers,

"I got a feeling Anna is all I'm gonna be hearing about for dayssss." Honeymaren glares at him and grabs him by his collar and drags him with her.

"See you around, Elsa," both Ryder and Honeymaren say. Elsa waves timidly and watches Ryder frantically wave to Kristoff and Anna before turning his head toward the shed Sven is in. "BYE SVEN!" All of their ears cry at the volume of that hollar and Kristoff smirks like a proud dad.

"I like that guy," Kristoff declares, crossing his arms and puffing out his chest.

"You SURE you aren't gonna be getting married next?" Anna teases him, leaning into his shoulder and he drops his arms, turning his back to her.

"Oh stop," he pouts before his eyes light up. "Crap!" Kristoff gets on his knees in front of Elsa who looks down at him with a raised brow. He clasps his hands over each other and holds them up to her. "PLEASE tell me you asked them to send over some more reindeer?!" Elsa shrugs nonchalantly and looks off to the side.

"Maybe," she says with a smirk.

"REALLY?!" Kristoff jumps off the floor and wraps her up in a tight hug. She groans and tries getting out of it, frazzled. "You're the best friend ever!"

"Sure, until Ryder shows up again," Elsa says with a pretend edge to her voice. Kristoff didn't hear it though, he was too busy shouting at Anna about how great more reindeer will be. Anna watched Elsa the whole time.