The two had officially been dating for three weeks now. Anna spent almost every night at Elsa's apartment. On weekends, they frequently hung out with Kristoff. He and Anna had managed to become fast friends. Elsa awoke on her couch, with Anna's arm wrapped around her, having somehow managed to squeeze herself between the blonde and the cushions. Kristoff lay on the floor. The two gamers had insisted that they all spend the weekend playing through the entire Metal Slug series. Elsa had mostly just died. It was Sunday morning at 10:37. The other two had done irreparable damage to Elsa's sleep schedule. She kissed Anna on the forehead and then went to her bedroom to do her morning yoga.
By the time she had finished, both her girlfriend and best friend were awake and sitting at the dining room table. "G'murning," Anna mumbled, attempting to force coffee down her sleepy throat.
"Good morning," Elsa replied, giving the younger girl a big kiss that woke her up better than the coffee ever could. "Morning, Kristoff."
"Morning, Else," he replied, Elsa cringed at hearing the return of her nickname.
"You'd been doing so well," she sighed.
"You know you'll always be Else to me, or else," he threatened.
"Very clever."
"I think it's cute, snowflake," Anna teased.
Kristoff guffawed hardily, "It's funny 'cause you're pale."
"Don't you have someplace to be?" Elsa asked. "Like anywhere else?"
"And miss your cooking? My stomach would never forgive me. What's for brunch?"
Elsa grumbled and stepped into the kitchen. "I was going to make doughnuts, I made the dough last night while you two were fighting that giant monster."
"I thought you were dying even more during that fight," Anna quipped, before looking really embarrassed when Kristoff gave her a fist bump in appreciation.
"Why're you always so grumpy, isn't that yoga stuff supposed to relax you?" Kristoff asked.
"It does, you just irritate me so much it undoes all that good. Imagine how many times I'd have maimed you if I didn't do yoga."
"Like you could take me."
Elsa glowered again, sighed, then shook off the grumpiness. She genuinely loved Kristoff, but damned if there was anyone who knew how to better get under her skin. "Did you want anything to go with the doughnuts?" Elsa asked, forming the dough into the proper shapes, and filling some with jam.
Kristoff considered for a long moment, "No, doughnuts should be enough."
"Can I help?" Anna asked, finishing her coffee.
"Of course, muffin," Elsa said, trying on her millionth nickname for Anna and hating it more than the last hundred. "Let me rephrase: of course. I'd be happy to have your help, unlike some lackadaisical dicks I could name."
Kristoff giggled, as Anna skipped merrily over to the blonde, putting her arms around her.
Later that day, after Kristoff had left, Anna and Elsa were finishing watching Moulin Rouge, which Anna had claimed was her favorite movie. "Did you like it?" Anna asked, bouncing in giddy anticipation of the older girl's appreciation.
"I did. Your singing along to every single song was probably the cutest thing I've ever seen. The movie was really good though. A little cliché, but good song choices, and all around enjoyable."
"Not enough blood in it for you?"
"Not every movie I watch is full of gore," Elsa admonished, "Some are just full of the potential for gore."
"Oh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have undersold the vast complexities of your film choices. So what, your favorite musical is Sweeney Todd?"
"Sweeney Todd is pretty good, I mean there is no place like London."
"But it's not your favorite."
"It's definitely up there."
"Little Shop of Horrors?"
"Nope."
"Tell me!"
"Anna-" she hesitated.
"I'll be your best friend."
"You're my girlfriend, I think that's better. Besides, Kristoff would fight you for it."
"I'll do that thing you like with my tongue?"
Elsa shivered, "Okay, fine," she sighed, blushing, "it's Annie."
"What? No way."
"My parents took me to see it when I was a kid. It's basically the only good memory I still have of them."
Anna paused, staring at the older girl. It was so easy to forget the heartbreak that the woman she loved had gone through. The realization hit her like a ton of bricks. "I love you," she said, the words surprising herself. She paused again, reconsidered them, then repeated those three little words. "I love you."
Elsa stared at her in confusion, "It was nothing, just a dumb memory. You don't need to go getting all emotional over it."
"I love you," Anna said again.
Elsa was finally hit by the significance of what Anna was saying. "I love you too," she admitted, taking the younger girl into her arms. Their lips found each other, and the two fell into the embrace.
A little over a month had passed, the girls had become even more inseparable. Ariel couldn't even recall the last time she'd seen Anna. The redhead had managed to persuade the older girl to go enjoy the first snow of the year with her. "Do you wanna build a snowman?" she asked, squealing with delight. Elsa would have done anything she asked if it made her that happy.
Elsa watched Anna rolling the body of the snowman, her too big pink winter coat making her look even more innocent than usual. There wasn't anything for it, Elsa had fallen head over heels for this girl, so she was gonna do as she was asked and find some sticks.
Anna stared at the blonde's butt while she rolled the ball of snow bigger and bigger. Elsa's purple and blue winter clothes fit her substantially better, in all of the right ways. Anna scooped up some snow, patted it as well as she could into a ball, and threw it at the older girl. Anna scored a perfect hit- the snowball had hit Elsa's bottom. Elsa turned around, prepared for war. She scooped up her own snowball, and hurled it at the redhead.
Anna dove to the ground, the ball flying over her head. She came back up with fresh ammunition, and hurled another snowball at Elsa's chest. Yet again, her aim was true. Elsa returned fire, hitting Anna successfully this time.
The two fought for over an hour. They never finished building their snowman. When they were done, panting, with Anna the clear winner, they went back into Elsa's apartment and showered. When they were clean, Elsa looked hungrily at the younger girl, running her hand up Anna's thigh. While Anna was more than eager to see exactly where this would go, and ride it to its completion, there was a topic she'd been putting off asking the older girl about for weeks, and she was running out of time. She bit the bullet, "I told my parents about you," she admitted.
"Oh," Elsa stopped, her fingers mere inches from their destination. She pulled her hand back, "How did they react?"
"Well, I mean they were surprised, at first. They never knew I was bi. I mean, I know I should have told them, that's a thing you do, right? It just never came up. My father was really shocked, but he didn't seem upset or anything, just surprised," she was growing nervous. "He said he didn't recall my ever crushing on a girl, and I told him 'what about Aurora,' he said he had forgotten about her, and he thought that had just been a phase. I told him 'nope, not a phase' and he said oh. My mom was fine the whole time. She wasn't really surprised. She claimed I had a crush on her hair dresser when I was a little girl. I don't remember." Elsa stared at her, transfixed. "So I told them that I have a girlfriend and that she's really smart and pretty, and that she's gonna be a doctor, and they want to meet you and will you please come home with me for winter break?"
Elsa's mouth dropped open. "You want me to meet your parents?" She had never been asked to do this before, and was utterly terrified by the idea. She didn't know what parents wanted, they might as well be a different species, she had absolutely no idea how they worked. "Do I bring a present?"
Anna hugged Elsa tight, reminding both of them that they still weren't wearing clothes. "So you'll come? It's only a few hours drive from here, they're in the next state over. It'll be the best, you'll love them, they'll love you. You can finally see what normal parents are like!"
Elsa seriously doubted that Anna's parents were normal based on what she'd told her, but she nodded in agreement. "Of course I'll come, I love you, I want to meet your parents, even if I don't understand at all why you want me to."
Anna clung tighter. Now that that weight was off her chest, her mind was onto other more pressing issues. She kissed the older girl passionately, her tongue sliding into her mouth.