Special thanks to CinnamonPearl517 for beta-ing this chapter!

Chapter XIII

God damnit, Elsa huffed while repositioning herself on the couch for what felt like the hundredth time in the past hour. This silence was almost as bad as the one last night. Not that it should be, really, Elsa thought, she was just over complicating things in her head. She was the only one who felt incredibly awkward, extremely anxious. Anna, on the other hand? Well, she was as bad as Kristoff when it came to video games.

Looking to the young girl seated on the floor in front of the TV, Elsa couldn't suppress a chuckle. They had returned home from the police station and, after dinner, Anna had asked if she could play a video game. Elsa, of course, obliged and they had been doing so for the past hour and a half now. Anna had immediately been hooked on Elsa's copy of The Last of Us and hadn't put the controller down once—expect for when she threw it to the floor in frustration after being killed.

Elsa had been content to watch her at first, her mind completely at ease. Eventually, however, her thoughts which had been plaguing her earlier came back. She had told herself she would talk to Anna about whatever they were tonight, but now that said redhead was so involved in her game, Elsa had a good excuse to let it slide for now.

No, I can't just push it aside anymore. This is killing me and I don't even know why.

Elsa looked back to Anna and took in a deep breath. She opened her mouth, but no words exited. Rolling her eyes at her sudden inability to speak the English language, she shut her eyes in frustration.

Fuck, shit, damn! This shouldn't be that hard! Why am I such a coward?

Steeling her nerve once again, Elsa released a breath through her nose in an attempt to calm herself. She was going to do this. Tonight.

"Anna?"

"Hmmm?"

"Can I…? Can I talk to you?"

"Sure!" the girl in front of her chirped. "Let me just kill this Clicker really quick!"

Elsa smiled a little and looked to the television screen just in time to see the main character shiv a deformed human in the head. Anna let out an adorable victory laugh before pausing the game. Quickly, she picked herself up from the floor and plopped down on the couch beside Elsa.

"What's up?"

Elsa looked down at her hands in her lap, but remained silent. All of her thoughts were a jumbled mess in her head. She didn't know where to start. Anna seemed to pick up on her internal squirming and quirked an eyebrow at her.

"Elsa?" she questioned. "Are you alright?"

Elsa nodded her head, but didn't meet Anna's gaze, knowing what little confidence she was still able to cling to would instantly dissipate upon seeing those mesmerizing turquoise eyes the redhead so cruelly possessed.

"I'm just…lost," Elsa finally let out with a sigh. "About us. Where we stand and everything."

"Like…relationship-wise?" Anna supplied tentatively, a blush unnoticed by Elsa beginning to creep up her neck.

"Yeah," Elsa sighed. She glanced up at Anna and managed a smile. "What are we, Anna?"

"W-What do you want us to be?"

Elsa couldn't hold the younger girl's gaze and averted her eyes to Anna's hands, now clinched into tight fists in her lap.

"That's why I'm asking you," the blonde answered. "I don't know. I'm so new to all of this; all of these…feelings."

A few seconds of silence passed between them before Elsa ran a hand through her hair before turning to face Anna fully on the couch.

"I think it's obvious how much we like each other, Anna," she started. "I mean, we've already exchanged several kisses and a few of them— I feel like at least—held a deeper meaning than some." Elsa looked away briefly to compose herself before continuing. "I've never felt this way about anyone, Anna, and although what I feel when I'm around you is pleasant, it's also somewhat startling. I just… I've never felt this way about anyone and, although I hate to play this card, the fact that you're a girl is throwing me for an even bigger loop."

When she heard Anna giggling, the blonde looked back up, having only realized she had moved her gaze back to the space between them during her speech.

"I've never seen you so unsettled, Elsa," Anna said. "It's like you switched places with me; usually I'm the one who rants, but I find your rants endearing." Blushing, she added, "You're cute when you're nervous."

Elsa matched her blush, but smiled.

Letting out a huff of her own, Anna then took the turn to speak.

"I understand where you're coming from Elsa, and I'm not offended about you questioning your…sexuality because of your feelings. I'm a bit confused myself, but what I am certain of is how I feel about you." Reaching up, Anna traced a hand down Elsa's cheek and around her jawline, causing the blonde to shiver and Anna's blush to darken. "I really like you, Elsa," she stated. "I feel so safe around you; you make me feel like I'm on top of the world and I'm glad I met you, despite the trouble it's gotten us in. I'd bravely face any impending danger to stay with you, Elsa; if you'll let me."

Elsa opened her mouth to speak, but Anna shook her head and continued on.

"You don't have to say anything," the younger girl said. "I don't care if you can't express your feelings towards me in words yet, I know they're there regardless." Smirking, she went on, "Honestly, you're pretty easy to read. You wear your heart on your sleeve, Elsa, and I love that about you. I can see your feelings in your eyes when you look at me, I can feel them coming off you in waves when you care for me." She blushed and whispered, "I was overcome with them when we kissed the first night and each subsequent one since then."

"I just feel horrible that I can't say those words to you, Anna," Elsa whispered, feeling slightly ashamed of herself although she tried to beat the feeling from her being. "The feelings are there, but the words…?"

Anna silenced her with a kiss. Elsa responded immediately, moving her lips against the younger girl's with such a ferocious passion she wasn't able to express out loud.

When Anna pulled back, she was grinning, her eyes half-lidded and her irises a shade darker.

"Words aren't important, Elsa," the younger whispered back. "I don't need to hear them if you can still kiss me like that."

Elsa smiled before pulling Anna back to her, crashing their lips together once again.

Anna was right. Even though Elsa couldn't tell her how she felt, she could sure as hell show her; and Elsa was intent on doing just that. Copying Anna's actions from their first kiss days ago, Elsa slowly ran her tongue along Anna's bottom lip. The redhead parted her lips, and Elsa quickly darted her tongue inside to taste. Anna's tongue met hers and soon they were battling for dominance in a fight of who loved the other more.

Although their hands remained in their respective laps, Elsa's twitched, anxious for the same action her lips were receiving.

Pulling away only slightly, Elsa rested her forehead against Anna's and watched as the younger girl opened her eyes with a pleasant hum. Elsa grinned.

"Hi," she breathed.

"Hi," Anna echoed back.

Another silence passed between them as the girls focused on each other's breathing and the beats of their hearts. It was the sense of peace they had been longing for and now that it had been exposed, it was a feeling of pure bliss.

"Did you know you were…gay?" Elsa eventually asked, pulling Anna's hands into her lap.

Anna shook her head, while still keeping her forehead against Elsa's. This caused the blonde to shake her head as well and they shared a laugh at the silliness of it.

"I kind of just figured it all out recently," Anna explained. Biting her lip, she blushed. "Last night, actually."

Elsa blinked in surprise, finally raising her head up to look at Anna fully again.

"Really?"

"Mmhmm," she nodded. "I thought back to my days in the orphanage and foster care and remembered there was this one girl I had a crush on when I was fourteen. Back then, I didn't think much of it, so it kind of slipped my mind until now. But then I thought about all the guys in the Royals and I realized that the entire time I was with them I didn't feel a thing for any of them—even Daniel, who was my closest friend. I just don't notice guys; they don't capture my attention." Smiling coyly, she added, "Unlike a certain enchanting blonde."

Elsa just blushed again at her words causing Anna to laugh, although she was equally as pink from her confession.

Suddenly turning serious, Anna squeezed Elsa's hands as a shadow crossed her face.

"I… I think I know why you might be so caught up in all of this, Elsa."

"Why do you think?" the elder girl prodded.

Biting her lip again, Anna refused to look at her as she said, "I think it might be because you're afraid to love; or to openly admit it anyway. You loved your parents so much, Elsa, and when they died, the part of you that knew how to love—that knew what love is—died with them. I'm not trying to say you don't love Kristoff as your best friend or anything, I'm just strictly talking about romantic love."

Damn, Elsa thought, this girl suddenly became a scholar.

But, wait a minute, Elsa had never really told Anna much about her parents other than the fact that they died when she was young.

"Where did you come up with all of this?" Elsa asked, expressing her thoughts. "I never really talk about my parents; even to Kristoff."

Pink tinted Anna's cheeks as she took her lip between her teeth again.

"I saw the picture of you as a kid with your parents in your room," Anna went on. "You looked so happy in that picture. You had this…innocence about you—and not just the typical childlike innocence, but a pure, unadulterated innocence. I… I want to see that happiness again. I know you're not depressed or anything now, I mean you're obviously happy still, but…it's not the same happiness. You've built these walls around yourself and you're afraid to let others in. Does that sound weird?"

Elsa laughed as she shook her head. "It doesn't sound weird, Anna," she said. "In fact, it makes more sense than any thoughts or reasoning I've put together."

The blonde kissed the redhead's nose. Grinning, she added, "You're very observant; discovering these things about me I didn't even know myself."

Returning the kiss to Elsa's nose, Anna giggled. "I like to take pride in my knack for observing others."

Her thumb tracing Elsa's jawline, Anna continued, "But I don't think this has anything to do with sexual orientation and I don't think it matters anyway. You love who you love, and sometimes you don't even realize who you're falling for until you…do."

Anna giggled at the look of deep thought that crossed Elsa's face at her words. Placing a finger under Elsa's chin, Anna lifted her head so she was looking back into her deep blue orbs.

"Hey," she started, "stop thinking about it, alright?"

Elsa felt the tightening below her stomach intensify as she noticed Anna's eyes become dark again, and soon she felt herself being pushed back against the cushions of the couch, Anna hovering tantalizingly above her. Elsa gulped, her mouth suddenly dry, but her nerves buzzing with excitement and…arousal?

"Don't think and just..." Anna took Elsa's hands and placed them on her sides so she was holding Anna. "…act. Let your emotions take you, Elsa. The words will come when they're ready."

And with that, Anna's lips were back against Elsa's, the younger girl's tongue forcing its way to dance with Elsa's again.

The redhead was right about one thing, Elsa managed to think as the girl assaulted every one of her senses, acting was a lot easier than speaking.

Anna pulled away from Elsa's mouth and the blonde inhaled sharply when she felt Anna's lip press against her neck. God damn, where did Anna learn this?

Elsa was paralyzed with pleasure as Anna continued to trail kisses down the blonde's neck, stopping to pay special attention to some spots with her hot tongue. Elsa shivered as her lips came to rest on her pulse point and she had trouble suppressing the moan that wanted to break free when she felt Anna bite down.

Remembering how her arms worked, Elsa started to slowly move her hands up and down Anna's side in a slow and steady rhythm. It may have been all she could do at the moment, but it seemed to be enough to please Anna as she let out a breathy sigh against Elsa's neck.

A moan finally did escape Elsa when Anna moved up to bite Elsa's earlobe and kiss the spot behind it. She could literally feel Anna smirk against her when the sound escaped her, and Elsa could only blush. She was at Anna's complete disposal.

But, she'd be damned if she wasn't incredibly turned on by the prospect. Elsa shuddered at the tight feeling between her legs, her fingers digging into Anna's sides unconsciously in response.

As Anna lowered herself back to Elsa's lips, Elsa could feel Anna's hands slowly snaking their way under her shirt.

"Anna," Elsa breathed into the kiss at the feel of the young girl's fingers dancing across her bare flesh.

"Tell me if I go too far," Anna murmured, reaching up to trace the lining of Elsa's bra.

Elsa just nodded as Anna continued to kiss her. Way in the back of her mind, she was frustrated with herself that she probably wasn't pleasuring Anna like she was her, but Elsa hadn't been lying when she said she felt paralyzed. She was surprised she hadn't turned into stone yet.

"Elsa…" Anna groaned as her thumbs swiped across Elsa's bra, barely able to feel the blonde's hardened nipples underneath.

Elsa was the one to then pull out of the kiss as she managed to move herself to place kisses on Anna's neck now, finally returning the affection she had been given.

Anna hummed in pleasure as Elsa tended to her neck, the younger's hands still under Elsa's shirt and stroking her breasts.

One of Anna's legs fell in between Elsa's and pressed up against her core. A feeling of immense pleasure rocketed up Elsa's spine at the pressure and she pulled away from Anna with a breathy gasp.

"Damn," she rasped out. "What was that?"

Anna smiled sheepishly as she sat back to straddle Elsa. "Sorry."

"Don't be," Elsa matched her smile. "It felt great; it just kind of startled me."

Anna's hands had come out from Elsa's shirt and were now running through Elsa's soft locks, the redhead looking down at the elder with bruised lips and a dreamy, content smile.

"I love you, Elsa," she whispered, trailing a hand down Elsa's cheek and giggling at the shudder the action elicited. "You don't have to say it back, but I just wanted to hear myself say it. 'Cause I do, and I love it."

Elsa grinned up at her as her arms came to wrap around Anna's neck.

"I hope I showed you that the feeling is mutual?" she questioned.

Anna gave a saucy wink in response and Elsa's insides nearly melted.

"I think I may need more convincing," the redhead said with a smirk.

Grinning just as deviously now, Elsa made to move back to Anna's throat.

"Don't mind if I do," she whispered.

XxXxX

Later that night, Elsa woke up. She blinked her surroundings into focus and became acutely aware of the weight on her chest. Looking down, Elsa saw a mass of red hair belonging to Anna who was still in a deep sleep, an adorable smile splayed across her features.

Running a hand through her hair, Elsa smiled.

"I love you, too, Anna," the words bubbled out, finally able to break free of the blonde's hold on them. "I love you, too."

It may have just been Elsa's sleep-heavy imagination, but she could have sworn she saw Anna's smile widen at her words, the hand that was tangled with hers tightening its hold ever so slightly.

Well that was the smuttiest same-sex scene I've ever written. I'm actually pleased with how it turned out (dom!Anna is awesome and I may have to revisit this characterization later on). Anyway, this chapter was full-on romance so the plot will resume next time.

I'm thinking maybe just four or five chapters left of Belonging. *gasp* But don't worry, I have plenty of other ideas milling about in my head! Speaking of which, I'd like to get an idea of what people would like to see next. I'd appreciate your vote in a review or a PM.

One idea is a Prison!AU where Elsa and Anna are both in prison after being wrongly convicted and will be about them attempting to prove their innocence with plenty of Elsanna cuteness and angst on the side. The other is an Android!AU where Elsa has been experimented on to become a weapon of war and although her human attributes and emotions have been suppressed, she finds herself struggling on coping with who she really is.

The last two are kind of silly, but are pestering me all the same. One is a Restaurant!AU where Elsa works at a restaurant where she meets Anna (this might be the story I experience with a full-on smut scene with). The other is a Pokemon!AU just because I find the idea of Anna and Elsa being pokémon trainers very amusing.

Anyway, incredibly long AN over… Let me know what you'd like to see! :)