Pt 2 – Chapter Five
Elsa had been in her bedroom all morning, and even after her promise to Anna the previous day, she had told her sister that she needed some time alone to think.
Elsa's head was hurting, she had done too much contemplating, too much analyzing, too much thinking. And it was time to come to a decision.
She laid down on her bed, and closed her eyes and eventually the headache wore off.
Once it had, she got up and put on a dress. She brushed her teeth and hair, and went downstairs. It was still morning as Elsa had always woken up early, but she didn't feel hungry at all. She said hello to Anna, and gave her a hug, but then left her sister to finish her breakfast.
Elsa quickly found Hans in the library, he was sitting on the sofa, but not reading. Elsa came in, and sat down in the arm chair across from it. He looked up, and the first thing he noticed was that she was wearing her gloves again. She didn't say anything, and neither did he.
They sat in silence. It was killing them both. It wasn't exactly an awkward silence, just a very tense one. They'd barely spoken since the kiss.
'Elsa.'
Elsa shifted her gaze, and looked at him.
'I've said I'm sorry.'
'And I've said it's alright.'
'Then why are we barely talking? Why aren't we like we used to be?'
'I don't know.'
There was silence again. Elsa stood up, and went to sit next to the Prince.
'Listen Hans. I've been doing a lot of thinking.'
'About?'
'Secret.' Elsa put her finger to her lips and gave a small smile. 'And, I don't know what's even going on anymore in my crazy life. But I think I'm beginning to understand.'
'Understand what?'
'That life's too short be afraid of getting hurt. Life's too short to live in fear. Life's too short to not forgive and forget, and life's too short not to love...' She trailed off into a whisper. Hans moved closer to her to hear the last part. She had no idea what was going on, her heart was fluttering in her chest, and her mind was screaming at her to get up and run away, that he wasn't to be trusted. But she couldn't move away.
And it was like she'd just said; life's too short to live in fear of getting hurt.
And so when he moved closer, she didn't move. And when she moved closer, he didn't move. Hans' eyes were searching hers, looking for a reason not to, looking for answers, asking what she wanted. He was so confused, one day she's telling him not to kiss her, and then a few days later her lips are inches from his and she isn't moving back.
But she had said that she'd been doing a lot of thinking. Maybe that thinking was about him?
Hans looked at her, there was no sign of fear, no sign of anything telling him to move back. And she hadn't moved either, she was inches from him and he so desperately wanted to kiss her again, but given the result of that last time.
Elsa had seen fear flicker across his face, and for that moment he looked so innocent and so lost. 'It's okay,' she whispered, her voice barely audible above their heavy breathing.
And so he didn't hesitate to place his lips upon hers. Elsa's eyes fluttered closed, and she didn't feel afraid anymore.
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Over the next few days things went back to normal between Hans and Elsa. Although now they had decided their feelings for each other, they were acting a little bit like a couple. Not too much though, as this was all very new to them, and they refrained from saying anything even remotely flirtatious when anyone was around.
And things were seemingly going swimmingly, that was, until Hans received a letter.
'Hans?' Elsa knocked on Hans' door.
He opened it, and gave her a quick hug.
'There's a letter here for you.' Elsa handed it to him, kissed him on the cheek and then left.
Hans looked at it.
Prince Hans of the Southern Isles
Arendelle Castle
He turned it over, and was about to open it when he saw something else;
If undelivered, return to:
The Southern Isles Castle
The Southern Isles castle? Who would be sending him a letter from there? Hans suddenly became very nervous and his hands shook as he opened it.
A/N: cliff hanger!
Well let me tell you, the contents of this letter will have a vvveeerrryyy big impact on our Princy, Elsa and Anna! And the plot is gonna take a twist soon!
Buuuut there is a catch now. I have 20+ followers for this fic, and lately i get 1-2 if any reviews at all.
And i am not updating until i get five reviews, and i didn't want to have to do this but reviewing takes less than a minute roughly and it makes me happy to start writing again.
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