So sorry for the long time between updates, but now that school's started, I'm going to have even less time to work on this fic. So, so sorry! D: I swear I have the whole plot laid out in my head; it just takes a while to put it all into words.

Again, disclaimer, I don't own Free! or Frozen.

More sassy Haru coming your way...

"Haru. Haru."

The fuming, black-haired swimmer stopped as soon as he heard Makoto's tone. The two of them were in the locker room, with Haru heading to the showers and Makoto trailing behind.

"Haru, you know I'm going to make you apologize sooner or later." The brunette was surprising even himself with his sermonizing tone of voice. "You have to understand that Kristoff is new here. You can't seriously expect him to know everything about what's happened."

Taking a deep breath before turning around, Haru peered at his friend under his dripping wet bangs. His face had regained its usual stoniness, but what he said next revealed much of what he was feeling and hit Makoto like a slap to the face. "You're not my mother. Stop lecturing me. Leave me alone."

For the rest of the day, the rest of the members of the swim club were awkwardly all too aware of the unusual silence between Haru and Makoto. And then there was poor Kristoff, caught up in the wordless argument without ever being mentioned. Nagisa and Rei shared a look then kept quiet.

Frustrated and annoyed, Kou ended the practice early and sent the club members home. The atmosphere in the locker room on the way out was so tense and thick that no one even noticed the tall blond foreigner quietly slip outside in the direction of the school building.

Handwriting looping elegantly on her notebook paper, Elsa leaned her cheek on one hand while writing at her desk. The rest of the poetry club stole the occasional glance at the breathtaking girl, admiring her concentration on her work. It was a quiet, peaceful spring afternoon, and the effect was clearly not being wasted on the relaxed exchange student.

So, when Kristoff suddenly threw open the classroom door, Elsa jolted out of her chair at the sound. "Elsa!" Kristoff breathlessly called. "We need to talk." Rising out of her chair as calmly as her still fluttering nerves allowed, amid whispers and sideway glances, Elsa joined him in the hallway, closing the door discreetly behind her.

About to reprimand him for interrupting the club meeting, the slender girl stopped short when she saw the upset almost angry expression on her friend's face. "What happened?" she asked tentatively.

"Some guy in the swimming club just told me that the pool was frozen over three days ago." When the shorter girl tensed, Kristoff instantly knew what happened. "You snuck out of the apartment that day, didn't you?"

Elsa averted her gaze to the floor. "I went for a walk at night to see the town. And there was this beautiful pool with cherry blossoms surrounding it." Her fingers clasped to each other nervously. "So, I wanted to dip my feet in, but when I did…"

"Yeah, I got it." The stocky blonde sighed and scratched behind his head. "But, come on, you gotta admit that was pretty reckless of you."

Elsa raised her head to look at the taller boy. "I'm sorry, Kristoff, I really am. I honestly didn't think the water would ice over. I thought I could hide it and keep it under control—"

A squeaking shoe suddenly echoed in the empty hallway.

Both of the foreigners stood stock still, eyes wide open like two deer in headlights. After a few moments, footsteps could be heard hurriedly running down the stairs. Seconds later, silence engulfed the building. When their eyes met again, Elsa and Kristoff exchanged a serious glance, then headed back into the classroom.

For the rest of the club meeting, the two of them stuck close to each other, not caring about the suspicions being raised among the gossip-eager students surrounding them. Finally, the club activities ended and the two blonde, mysterious foreigners walked out of the school together.

To my dear Anna,

So far, it's been a ton of fun being here in Japan with Elsa. We've been here for more than a week now, and we've already met a whole bunch of interesting people. Some of them were really interesting, like this blank faced guy who turned out to be a jerk and then this cute quirky blond kid who reminds of that snowman friend-person-I still don't know why it's alive and moving-guy of yours. We managed to get into one of the local high schools, but we have yet to actually do anything of what we came here to do.

I don't know how long it's going to take us to get back, but Elsa is stubborn to not leave until she's satisfied. The only problem we had so far is that she kind of froze a swimming pool in the middle of spring, so…yeah people are getting a little suspicious.

We're getting to be pretty popular, being new here and all. Ha ha, but don't worry, you know I still only have eyes for you. Of course, Elsa is attracting a lot of guys and it's actually pretty entertaining to see how she deals with it. You should see her face when a high school guy approaches her and tries to ask her on a date. And there are plenty who are staring at us in other ways, like they know who we really are and where we're from. It's a little scary to not have the usual number of guards protecting us, but I'm sure we'll manage. Otherwise, things are great!

I miss Arendelle and Sven and the village, but I miss you most of all, Anna.

All my love, Kristoff

Kristoff,

Please keep my sister safe and come back soon as you can. I love you.

Your fiancée, Anna

Hope you enjoyed another painfully short chapter! Oh yeah, and I realized when doing research that Elsa's eyes are blue, not green. ( -_- )

R&R please! 3