So sorry I have totally been neglecting to update for the past, like, 7 months... It's no excuse, but I was busy with semester exams, then my teachers insisted on beginning intensive preparations for AP exams before we'd even finished all the material. But AP exams are over now, so I finally got around to finishing this part which was sitting abandoned and lonely in my draft folder.

But, I cannot thank you all enough for the followers and reviews!

I don't own Free! or Frozen, there's so much OOC it's not even funny, my attempts at humor, all that stuff; please enjoy. :)

Despite her powers, Elsa enjoyed a clear, sunny day as much as the next person. Reveling in the spring weather that seemed to have warmed up overnight, the blonde queen hugged her thin, pale legs to her chest, being sure to mind the skirt length on the uniform she'd taken to wearing for school. She was sitting on a foldup chair beside the pool, watching the swim club practice. After last night's incident, she refused to go to her own club and insisted on staying with Kristoff. She absent-mindedly tugged at the hems of the thin gray gloves that now wrapped protectively around her hands. Sounds of coughing and gagging suddenly came from her right.

"Kristoff, the pool water went up your nose again?" Elsa heard Makoto ask exasperatedly. "If you want a nose plug, I'll go get one."

"No cough I dun wan one cough," Kristoff managed to say. "Dey mage me cough loog sdupid."

The queen chuckled to herself, listening to Kristoff's protests and Makoto's nagging. It was endearing how hard Kristoff was trying to learn how to swim. Her eyes drifted from her friend to the other boys in the pool. The boy who usually wore glasses—Rei—was practicing his stroke while Nagisa timed his laps. Then, cautiously, she allowed her gaze to shift to the dark-haired, flat-expressioned boy in the violet-lined swimsuit. Naturally, he was swimming freestyle in the far lane, but Elsa swore that Haru's blue eyes flicked in her direction every couple of minutes.

Having neither said nor done anything to suggest any suspicion he might have only made Elsa's anxiety worse, fearing that he was slowly but surely putting together the pieces of her secret. It was only a matter of time, Elsa repeatedly told herself, before he realizes the extent of her abilities, of her purpose of being in Japan, of her whole situation.

"Elsa-san?"

Said girl looked up, jolted off her train of thought. The redhead manager, Kou—or Gou, depending on who you ask—held out a bottle to her blond peer. "Would you like some water?"

Taking a second to collect herself, Elsa smiled and took the bottle. "Thank you. And, you can just call me 'Elsa.'" Kou grinned and squatted on the ground as the blond twisted the bottle's cap off.

"If you don't mind, may I ask what brings you to the swim club?" Kou absent-mindedly twirled a lock of reddish purple hair, still nonchalantly observing her team's routine practice. She didn't notice the girl sitting next to her visibly stiffen.

"Oh, Kristoff was raving about the club last night, I just had to come and see what was getting him so excited," Elsa spoke as smoothly and calmly as she could manage. She twitchingly tugged at her glove hems. But as if on cue, Kristoff burst up from the water again gagging on chlorine and flailing embarrassingly.

"OH MY GOD, MAKOTO, MY TONSILS ARE BURNING!"

"Is that so?" Kou replied to Elsa. There was nothing in her tone that indicated or even suggested doubt of Elsa's claim, but nonetheless, the queen felt her body temperature slowly dropping below freezing. "Hey, do you feel a breeze—"

"So about Haru."

Kou's eyes lit up and she turned her attention to the fidgeting foreign exchange student. Elsa internally punched herself for being so rude to interrupt. The redhead tried to keep a sly grin from creeping across her cheeks. "Yes? What about Haru?"

"Um…I sense that Kristoff and I have gotten off on the wrong foot with him, but I would really like to become friends with him and everyone else here, of course." She knew she was sidestepping a lot of extra information, but Elsa continued. "Do you know what sort of things he likes?"

Kou could barely keep her inner fan girl contained. Did Elsa, the pretty blond foreign exchange student, have a thing for Haru, the handsome level-headed star of the swim team? The two of them would be a cute couple—that is, if Haru could get over his unhealthy, borderline sexual obsession with water. "A lot of stuff, I guess, like swimming, swimsuits, pools, water in general…oh! And I think he likes dolphins."

"Hm," Elsa hummed to herself. Truthfully, she did want to make friends while in Japan, but, for now, she needed to concentrate on erasing any suspicions Haru might have of her and her friend. "Does he like sweet things?"

"I don't know. Maybe. He might," Kou dabbled then narrowed in for a direct offensive. "Why do you want to know?"

The blond girl seemed legitimately surprised, as if she herself had yet to come up a reason. After a moment of silence, Elsa slowly replied, "…for a gift."

Kou nearly jumped up in glee. This was a perfect scenario for setting the two up. True, the gift would actually be coming from both Elsa and Kristoff, but the redhead vowed to make sure that the elegant, beautiful Elsa would be the one personally, individually delivering it.

At that moment, a shout came from Nagisa, saying it was time for club to end. Still barely managing to contain her grin, Kou stood up, called for the end of practice, said her farewells to Elsa, and left. The other boys filed into the dressing rooms to shower, leaving Haru in the pool and Elsa sitting on her chair. Realizing the situation a few minutes later, the blond hastily rose from her seat and headed for the exit. She'd only taken five steps when the swimmer's voice cut through the silence.

"Why're you wearing gloves today?"

Elsa hesitantly turned to face Haru, who stood stock still in the shallow side on the far end. "It's more than 70 degrees today."

Elsa couldn't respond. She'd tried to hide her gloves by wearing her long sleeve uniform rather than short sleeve today, but she realized that they still stood out against the black fabric of the blazer. Unable to form words, she just stood there dumbly.

When the blond student failed to reply, Haru spoke up, "If you're still cold tomorrow, I'll bring a jacket for you. The one you were wearing yesterday didn't seem to keep you warm."

Wait, keep me warm? Is that why Haru had commented I was cold last night? Elsa relaxed. "Oh, no thank you. But I appreciate the offer, Haru." The dark-haired boy nodded, accepting her response, and resumed swimming laps. Tension evaporated from the queen's shoulders and her hands dropped to her sides. She would've laughed if she wasn't so terribly relieved.

Maybe he's not as smart as I thought he was, Elsa thought, feeling incredibly calmer as she left.

Ooookaay, that was kind of short. I feel like my pacing was a little fast in this part, but then again, it probably was in the other ones too. -_- I actually don't ship anyone from Frozen with anyone from Free! because the overall tone from the two productions seems kind of incompatible with each and it just feels like a stretch. But, hey, if you do, that's cool.

I'm actually a little embarrassed that a whole season 2 of Free! came out while I was procrastinating this fanfic, but I probably won't finish before they make a sequel of Frozen. The next update might take a while, since I may rewatch Free!'s first season and look for the second. But that's nothing new...

BTW, I put a poll on my profile concerning this story, and depending on the results I get, I may change the plot around a little bit.